[supremedoctrine]

Finally, someone who makes sense on this thread.
When someone as retrograde and unsophisticated as Todd Akin
somehow manages to become a cause celebre for Conservatism , then the Republican Party, the VEHICLE through which we bid for and win or lose elections,becomes all the more vulnerable
to being characterized as the party of ignorant neanderthals.
Hard liners like Akin figure they can actually justify an extreme position against abortion on many grounds, chief among them,for the purposes of the interview that aroused such controversy,that a woman who’s been forcibly raped has to do nothing but let the wisdom of her own biology go to work and “shut down” and keep a fetus from developing.
He is a moron and an embarrassment to the Republican Party,
and just the kind of Republican the Democrats salivate over
meeting in a well-lit corner of political “discourse”.
I sm profoundly Pro-Life , but for reasons that make sense,
and the hardline holier-than-thou position of people like Akin and unfortunately Huckabee, who has a lot more to recommend him, does nothing but harm.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You agree with Tokyo Rove and Haley "Purchase Your Pardons Here" Barbour.

You must be so proud.

[hecht]

dont you realize that toothless barefooted hillbillies that believe in what Akin said are 55% of the electorate in Missouri. thats why there are two republican senators, a governor etc.

[Lorianne]

Well said.

I’m for islands not capsizing too ... but for reasons that make sense. Akin is a moron.

Let’s get some actually intelligent people to run for the House. It already has a quorum of blithering idiots .. we don’t need more.

[Uncle Chip]

just the kind of Republican the Democrats salivate over meeting in a well-lit corner of political “discourse”.

I'll bet you do a lot of salivating with those Democrats.

[Diamond]

Hard liners like Akin figure they can actually justify an extreme position against abortion on many grounds, chief among them,for the purposes of the interview that aroused such controversy,that a woman who’s been forcibly raped has to do nothing but let the wisdom of her own biology go to work and “shut down” and keep a fetus from developing. He is a moron and an embarrassment to the Republican Party,

Your caricature of his remarks seems to be more of an indication of your own presuppositions, agenda, and/or bias than any reasonable interpretation of what he actually said. While what he said was stated rather clumsily, if you don't think that stress, not to mention the trauma of actual rape has any effect on fertility rates then you are the one ignorant of the available scientific data on the subject. Google “stress infertility” sometime.

Todd Akin is a friend of mine who has tremendously helped me and my family, so naturally I don't appreciate your mischaracterization of his remarks here, not to mention the thinly veiled profanity directed against him by those on this thread whom you think makes so much sense.

[Just mythoughts]

http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/2012/01/bombshell-romney-says-bain-capital.html

Want to see somebody else that is ‘retrograde and unsophisticated’? Akin is NOT alone. Wonder now how many liberals voted in Republican primaries for our nominee? After all OccupyWallStreet was designed and created for the planned for and expected GOP-e nominee.