Illegitimate Responses to Illegitimate Rape Remarks

Bible Prophecy Blog ^ | 8/24/2012 | Denny Burk

[Former Fetus]

I have been out of pocket this week and until now unable to comment on the controversy surrounding Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks about rape. As a result, much of what needs to be said in response to this enormous gaffe has already been said by others. Nevertheless, I would add one observation to the discussion that has been bugging me all week.

Politics vs. Principle

I have been disappointed by Republican responses to Akin that are driven more by politics than by pro-life principles. Over and over, I have seen politicos trying to dissociate the Republican presidential nominee from Akin’s “illegitimate rape” remarks by emphasizing that Mitt Romney supports abortion rights for women who become pregnant through rape. This is, of course, Mitt Romney’s position, but it is not a pro-life position. Nor is it a Christian perspective on life.

[Former Fetus]

Short and to the point, this is the best I've read on the Akin controversy.

[TigersEye]

Someone says the word ‘rape’ and half the GOP morphs into hysterical NOW hags.

[muawiyah]

Akin failed to properly defend RTL when he agreed to give an interview to that particular reporter.

However, such stupidity is pretty much in line with his having let Democrats advertise for him during the primaries.

He wants to run as a Republican but doing the cross over bit with the evil Claire McCaskill is simply not the right thing to do.

The party failed to notice what this guy was up to or they could have pulled his credentials last Spring.

We have better Conservatives available to run.

[SeminoleCounty]

We have better Conservatives available to run.

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Well..we can run the Third Place person as a Third Party candidate..../sarc