[Cheerio]

There is absolutely no comparison. Akin mentioned the word “rape” once - and apologized for the incorrect “speech”, while Bubba Klintoon was accused of rape and lost his law license. One made a speech and one is the RAPIST.

[tsowellfan]

Were the democrats unfair to Howard Dean for his famous scream?

[doug from upland]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Akin’s words were worse than a crime, they were a blunder. Every time an interviewer brings up the words abortion or rape with a Republican, they should answer, “Unemployment is 8.3% and going up, 16 million workers have given up and dropped out of the work force, or the numbers would be worse. We need to grow the economy to provide opportunities for young people. Next question.”

Why take the bait?

Liz Warren is running ads using Akin’s words against Scott Brown. If Akin even so much as breathes a little life into the corpse that should be Warren’s Senatorial hopes, it’s an unforced error. Akin is a DUNCE. Even if his bizarre biological theories are true, what possible advantage is there in bringing it up?

I am not interested in the validity of his claims: by making it harder to elect pro-life candidates, he is giving the baby-killers more opportunities to appoint judges, make policy and write laws.