Well, I wanted George Allen and Trent Lott to fight back, when they were under fire. They wimped out, in an embarrassingly pathetic manner. I stood by Christine O’Donnell, an admittedly weak candidate with some very distinct flaws, but shouldn’t have been trashed by the GOP-E like she was. I stood by Sharon Angle, a better candidate, whom I still believe gets unfairly maligned.
Harder for me to stand by this Akin guy. His comment was just horrid. It made my skin crawl. Even though I’m pro-life and very much a social conservative, and I ‘think’ I get what he was trying to say. But it was a grotesque, terminal failure in the communication department, which somehow even managed to offend my own sensibilities. I have a feeling he’ll do it again. In fact, with McCaskill’s campaign having spent $1.5 to $2 million just to help prop him up as the candidate she most desired, I have a notion the Dems probably have older video footage of Akin in their hands, saying some other similar goofball stuff. All ready to be put in commercials.
Bad, bad situation. He’s now the “GOP Rape Guy,” and the media is tying him with Paul Ryan, who will undoubtedly be dubbed the “Other GOP Rape Guy.” The whole Dem Convention will probably be railing against “the GOP and Rape.” The whole thing brings back memories of 2006, but on steroids.
As a pro-lifer - I am angry that now “we” are seen as being a bunch of ignorant-of-basic-biology knuckledraggers.