Who is this Todd Akin and why is everybody, it seems, paying so much attention to what he has to say?
Answer: He’s a congressman from Missouri who’s running for the U.S. Senate in a race that could prove critical for control of the next Congress. And he’s everywhere in the news because of a statement he made about rape.
What the congressman said in a television interview was so outrageous that it should prompt Republicans and conservatives across America to tell Missourians that it’s time they empty their trash. Which is what the congressman’s statement was. Foul-smelling trash. The kind that overflows the garbage can and embarrasses the whole neighborhood.
What the congressman said was that women who are the victims of a “legitimate” rape need not fear being impregnated because he’s been told (by doctors!) that the female body “has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
Goodness. Where to begin? The “honorable” Mr. Akin’s statement was medically illiterate, politically stupid and morally offensive. And that’s just for starters. And what th’ heck do you suppose is a “legitimate” rape? On second thought, don’t tell us. We’re not sure we want to know.