Same here with this Akin guy. His big mistake was in letting Democrats campaign for him without complaint, and then giving an early post primary interview to a well known Extreme Leftwingtard fruitcake ~ obviously he wasn't in concert with what Conservative Republicans ought to be doing in a primary.
But neither was Mitt. Both needed to step down on that issue alone.
I would have been quite happy for both of them to drop out, or maybe just MItt drop out.
were todd akin were a conservative democrat; said the same plausible thing he said (essentially that a woman’s state of mind effects the probablity of a successful conception) and was attacked by the same republican establishment media and actors, my defense of him would be exactly the same.
the pandering games that liberal republicans (like romney) or democrats play mean nothing to me as an ex democrat, now independent conservative. my faith in God exclusively defines me, and a man who will stand-up for the right of all innocents to life (including the unborn) is a man i will trust, because that issue is at fulcrum of our failing culture; it will expose and draw the hate of all the enemies of God and of our God given liberty. that alone, to know my enemies, is worth supporting this man for me. not withstanding all of that, i still believe that conservatism can win against all odds. it really depends on what good men will do and finally on what God wills.
for example, romney couldn’t have stepped down if he wanted to (and he, IMO, being groomed like obama from childhood to take political power would never voluntarily stepped down anyway. ends justify the means people like him never volunteer to “step down”); he is in the race because God has decided he will work his own purposes through romney. let us hope and pray that it is mercy this time, and not justice, the Lord has on his plate. frankly, my money is on justice.
Horsepuckey!!
JC