[tsowellfan]

Congressman Akin was too quick starting his apology tour instead of just taking the hits and moving on to other issues such as the economy.

[utahagen]

Akin is a good guy and I hope he weathers this storm. However, conservatives should learn from what just happened to Akin. There is no point in trying to have an honest, nuanced public discussion about abortion because the media will distort and destroy. Pro-life politicians should say: “Every fetus is an unborn child and every unborn child has a right to life. The circumstances surrounding the pregnancy do not determine whether an unborn child is human. Therefore, abortion is never justified. However, it is morally licit to propose or support legislation that has exceptions or that protects only a portion of unborn children from abortion — if such legislation is more likely to pass than an absolute ban at that time. As Voltaire said, “Le mieux est l’enemmie du bien” - the perfect is the enemy of the good.” The ban on parital-birth abortions is an example of such legislation: you could argue that it should have been rejected because it didn't protect all unborn babies, only those about to be killed by that particular method. Yet, did any pro-life groups oppse the ban for that reason? Pro-life politicians should say that no unborn babies should be killed, but that we'll start by saving 10%, 30%, 98%, etc.

[Road Glide]

“Congressman Akin was too quick starting his apology tour instead of just taking the hits and moving on to other issues such as the economy.”

Not half as quick as the Republicans and conservatives who immediately howled for his head....!