“Tell that to Karl Rove and Reince Priebus. The difference in this race is not Akin’s words but the GOPe’s over the top reaction to his words.”
I am no fan of the GOPe. As a matter of fact, if they manage to screw up this election, I plan to re-register independent. The GOPe went after Akin because they didn’t like him to begin with, and saw an opening to get rid of him when he shot himself in the foot. He should have been a whole lot smarter than his words conveyed. The problem I have with some “conservatives” is that beyond the common bonds of basic conservatism, they have some really odd ideas. That’s how Akin seems to me. Maybe it’s his religion, I don’t know, but you can see the damage he did to himself with people who would, absent his untimely remarks about abortion, have willingly voted for him.
I happened to be watching the Akin interview that Sunday morning and was not taken aback by his “notorious comment”. I understood Akin’s words to imply forced rape, as opposed to statutory rape. His words were sadly misconstrued by some people and deliberately distorted by political operatives in efforts to affect the November election.
Todd Akin’s gaffe was not worthy of destruction of his political career. He did NOT do anything illegal or immoral or malicious. He did NOT deliberately disparage women who were impregnated by rape. And Akin’s business dealings did NOT make his family rich at the American taxpayers’ expense.
Claire McCaskill’s husband, Joe Shepard, made business deals in the Senate dining room, selling tax credits tied to Obama’s stimulus money. Businesses affiliated with Shepard have received almost $20 million in federal subsidies for low-income housing developments during his wife’s first five years in office. Mccaskill’s obscured misuse of her office for financial gain is far more offensive than a few misspoken words.
War On Women? McCaskill Business Sued For Sexual Harassment
http://danaloeschradio.com/war-on-women-mccaskill-business-sued-for-sexual-harassment/
Sen. Claire McCaskill’s husband cut business deals in Senate Dining Room
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/18/whistle-blower-audio-sen-claire-mccaskills-husband-cut-business-deals-in-senate-dining-room/#ixzz2B5fVJwrz
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. McCaskill’s Husband’s Businesses Benefitted From $20 Million in Stimulus Funds
http://nlpc.org/stories/2012/10/25/exclusive-sen-mccaskills-husbands-businesses-benefitted-20-million-stimulus-funds
By the way,
Akin was right that a female’s body can “shut down”, or more aptly said, “fail to ovulate” in case of stress or trauma. Fertility experts can attest to that fact.......
Important Facts to Know About Ovulation:
An egg (ovum) lives 12-24 hours after leaving the ovary.
Normally only one egg is released each time of ovulation.
Ovulation can be affected by stress, illness or disruption of normal routines.
http://netwellness.org/healthtopics/pregnancy/pregmenstrualcycle.cfm
Stress can definitely interfere with conception.
That’s because stress can affect the functioning of the hypothalamus — the gland in the brain that regulates your appetite and emotions, as well as the hormones that tell your ovaries to release eggs. If you’re stressed out, you may ovulate later in your cycle or not at all.
It’s important to differentiate between constant and sudden stress. The body often acclimates to constant, everyday stresses, so you’ll probably ovulate fairly consistently each cycle. It’s sudden stress — a death in the family, an accident, divorce — that can throw your cycle off and interfere with ovulation.
Toni Weschler
Fertility Educator
http://www.babycenter.com/404_can-stress-get-in-the-way-of-getting-pregnant_1336350.bc
The Science of Stress and Fertility
Pisarska tells WebMD that the effects of stress may be different for each woman.
“Stress may cause one set of reactions in one woman, and something else in another, so ultimately the reasons behind how or why stress impacts fertility may also be very individual,” says Pisarska.
While doctors may not know the exact links between stress and fertility, a series of studies shows the impact is hard to ignore.
http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/features/infertility-stress
Stress and Fertility
By Michael C. Darder, MD & Susan L. Treiser, MD, PhD
Q. Can emotional stress affect fertility?
A. Severe stress can prevent ovulation, and that, of course, makes it impossible to get pregnant. Significant stress can affect the hormones in the brain that direct egg development; the eggs stop growing and there’s no ovulation.
http://www.conceiveonline.com/articles/stress-and-fertility