Mitt Romney joins calls for congressman Todd Akin to quit Senate race

Looks like Akin is on is todd then,(todd means on is own) no one appears to want him. Rape is rape in every shape and form, if the victim is impregnated, she should be allowed to have it removed, if she so wishes. Really it has nothing to do with anyone else, especially the government and lawyers. To some women, it would be like a cancer or tumour, they need it removed immediatly.

The Republicans have been walking the razor's edge with female voters to begin with. Remember too that Aiken also signed a bill which would have redefined rape as being "forcible" (i.e. involving actual physical violence). This means that if a man intimidated a woman into having non-consensual sex, say, by waving a gun around ... or if she were drugged with a "date rape" drug ... or if she were passed out from alcohol or otherwise incapacitated, it would not be considered rape. The bill was so heinous that it was voted down almost immediately. Yep, same guy voted "yes" on this bill.

So we're not just talking about a verbal typo here. His political stance has always reflected this primitive view based on junk science. He graduated with a seminary degree, not a biology degree.

But there are two issues about Akin that should be pondered.

The first is: If he is against abortion, that's fine. It's his opinion. What angers people like me (women) about what he said was his appeal to junk science in order to justify his stance. It makes him sound like an ignorant dullard without even the most fundamental, junior high knowledge of biology. Should he get into office, what other nonsensical garbage will he spew, what other scientific lies will he concoct to hoodwink Americans into voting for whatever idiotic bill he proposes?

The second is this: Why not just come clean and say = I am against abortion even if the pregnancy was a result of rape? If that's what he believes, then just say it. I find it dishonest that he's looking for some bizarre "back door" justification for his belief - almost as if he's uncertain of his own convictions. Perhaps subconsciously he knows forcing a mother to carry a rape baby to term can be just as traumatic as the rape itself, but his religious convictions prevents him from acknowledging that fact? If he, indeed, feels this strongly against abortion, why does he need to rely on junk science and plain old bullshit to argue his point of view? Is his religion not enough?

So yeah ... if the Republicans had a ghost of a chance to win over the female vote - over half the population (and women vote more than men), they had no choice than to distance themselves from Aiken.

Also realize, too, that Aiken still believes what he believes, and now we all know what that is. He cannot put the toothpaste back in the tube. There are no "take backs" in politics.

calls for congressman Todd Akin to quit Senate race

Does the Republican Party have a "hot-line" to Britain's Conservatives? Some individuals among them seem interchangeable.

Should he resign that seat post haste?

I'm on the fence about whether he should resign. Probably not, but running again ... eh, I don't think so. Other senators have resigned for saying similar things. The guy from Vermont who said we should ship all of the disabled and mentally ill to Siberia comes to mind.