Missouri Congressman Todd Akin. He's running against Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill in the Senate.Republicans seem to know how to say things the wrong way. Six-term Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO), is no exception. Akin is running against incumbent Claire McCaskill in the U.S. Senate. In an interview, Akin quickly backed off comments he made in which he told an interviewer that a woman's body has ways to prevent pregnancy during rape and that such pregnancies are very rare. So far everything that Akin said was correct. His statement up to this point is factual. Here's where Akin got into trouble: He was asked the question would he support abortions for women who have been raped. His response was, "It seems to me first of all from what I understand from doctors that's really rare." He went on to say, "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down." That's where he got into a firestorm. What does he mean when he says legitimate rape? In other words if a woman is raped and becomes pregnant, then that rape is illegitimate or not a rape at all? It's a bad choice of words. Rape is rape. Rape is wicked and repulsive regardless if a pregnancy results from it or if it doesn't. He placed himself in a situation he didn't need to be in. He's going to have a difficult time in digging himself out of a hole on this issue. We don't need those kind of comments from a Republican candidate running against an incumbent that needs to be defeated. His foolish comments could change the dynamics of that race.
According to a Fox News website on Tuesday August 21, 2012, Todd Akin says he's staying in the Senate race despite the "rape" comments a few days ago. Many Republican politicians such as GOP candidate Mitt Romney and former Republican Missouri Senators Kit Bond, John Danfourth, and John Ashcroft have all called for Akin's resignation from the U.S. Senate race. To read the full story, click on the above link.
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