I am particularly exhausted by the feeble attempt to somehow blame all of this on anybody except Akin. If he had even an eight-grade-level understanding of female anatomy, none of this would have happened. That's all on him.
If you want to argue that Democrats somehow fiendishly tricked Missouri Republicans into electing this idiot to five terms in the House and a nomination for the Senate, fine. I think that attributes far too much skill to the left, and raises the question of why the Dems ever lose any election, but you have fun with that. It doesn't change the fact that Akin's an idiot who happens to have enjoyed support from the GOP.
I don't care if Democrats built Akin in a cave from a box of scraps as a Trojan horse for Republicans. A Trojan horse only works if you're dumb enough to bring it inside the city walls.
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Date: 2012-08-21 11:03 pm (UTC)If you want to argue that Democrats somehow fiendishly tricked Missouri Republicans into electing this idiot to five terms in the House and a nomination for the Senate, fine. I think that attributes far too much skill to the left, and raises the question of why the Dems ever lose any election, but you have fun with that. It doesn't change the fact that Akin's an idiot who happens to have enjoyed support from the GOP.
I don't care if Democrats built Akin in a cave from a box of scraps as a Trojan horse for Republicans. A Trojan horse only works if you're dumb enough to bring it inside the city walls.