. Was Akin’s statement so egregious that he would have lost even if his own side had fully supported him and poured in it’s normal financial support? Therefore, it was the media feeding frenzy that sunk Akin and not the content of his words.
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Yes Akin’s and Murdock’s statements were so misogynistic, factually untrue,self destructive and just plain crude that it tarnished the entire party. These guys didn’t just shoot themselves in the foot they set off a grenade in the barracks taking out the whole platoon.
please see #172