# Senate nominee from Missouri Todd Akin is a feeble-minded moron. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 19, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993 "2012-08-19T19:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/281 "2012-08-24T22:31:09Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Akin is in Tampa, where he just hosted [a press conference](http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/24/13461203-akin-were-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election?lite) to announce (again) that he intends to stay in the race. > > At this point, I think it’s just plain old stubbornness, compounded by the effects of living inside a like-minded bubble of fellow ignorami. Ezra Klein on MSNBC devoted about 11 seconds to covering the event live: “Oh, sorry, Akins is just repeating his tired bullshit, let’s cut back to our discussion…” ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/282 "2012-08-27T19:05:18Z")
[- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anc_gP2_QeI&feature=player_embedded#)! Use of the F-word and the one finger salute at the end. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/283 "2012-08-27T19:11:06Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anc\_gP2\_QeI&feature=player\_embedded#](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anc_gP2_QeI&feature=player_embedded#)! > > Use of the F-word and the one finger salute at the end. Cited and linked in this thread three days ago, along with another song on the topic: > **[Legitimate Rape, the musical](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=663158)** > > I did a search on “Legitimate Rape”, our current Topic of Interest in the Pit and elsewhere, and noticed a new trend – songs based on the phrase. I can’t listen to these at work, but I’m fascinated. These are videos, possibly NSFW (but i wouldn’t... ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/284 "2012-08-29T06:45:29Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Very often, a fertilized egg will fail to implant and be flushed out by Aunt Flo. Would they require that a funeral be held and a death certificate (long form) be issued for every period? WebMD: A miscarriage is the loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy. The medical term for a miscarriage is spontaneous abortion, but the condition is not an abortion in the common definition of the term. According to the March of Dimes, as many as 50% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage – most often before a woman misses a menstrual period or even knows she is pregnant. About 15% of recognized pregnancies will end in a miscarriage. [Miscarriage Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment](http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/guide/pregnancy-miscarriage) More details: Miscarriage is the most common type of pregnancy loss, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). Studies reveal that anywhere from 10-25% of all clinically recognized pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Chemical pregnancies may account for 50-75% of all miscarriages. This occurs when a pregnancy is lost shortly after implantation, resulting in bleeding that occurs around the time of her expected period. The woman may not realize that she conceived when she experiences a chemical pregnancy. [http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/miscarriage.html](http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/miscarriage.html) ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/285 "2012-08-29T15:34:14Z")
[Fuck. Does this ever end?](http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/08/27/751971/pennsylvania-gop-senate-candidate-getting-pregnant-from-rape-is-similar-to-having-a-baby-out-of-wedlock/) > [@](#): > > Tom Smith, the Republican challenging Sen. Bob Casey’s (D-PA) seat, suggested that having a child out of wedlock was analogous to rape during an interview with a reporter at a press club this afternoon, claiming that it would have a “similar” effect on a father: > > ``` > MARK SCOLFORO, ASSOCIATED PRESS: How would you tell a daughter or a granddaughter who, God forbid, would be the victim of a rape, to keep the child against her own will? Do you have a way to explain that? > > SMITH: I lived something similar to that with my own family. She chose life, and I commend her for that. She knew my views. But, fortunately for me, I didn’t have to.. she chose they way I thought. No don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t rape. > > SCOLFORO: Similar how? > > SMITH: Uh, having a baby out of wedlock. > > SCOLFORO: That’s similar to rape? > > SMITH: No, no, no, but… put yourself in a father’s situation, yes. It is similar. But, back to the original, I’m pro-life, period. > > ``` The GOP. God save the unborn. I grew up in a church which felt that it was better for the woman to die than to be dishonored by a rape. From the then [President Kimball](http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/11/16/the-mormon-mentality/) > [@](#): > > It is better to die in defending one’s virtue than to live having lost it without a struggle.” Go Mormons! Having to keep the baby must be God’s punishment for a lack of “faith.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/286 "2012-08-29T16:53:54Z")
Meh. Smith’s comments aren’t quite the same because he was really just walking back an original stupid assertion. I don’t think he would actually have drawn an equivalence if he wasn’t speaking off the cuff. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/287 "2012-08-30T01:24:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Meh. Smith’s comments aren’t quite the same because he was really just walking back an original stupid assertion. I don’t think he would actually have drawn an equivalence if he wasn’t speaking off the cuff. No? But when you say that you’re against all abortions, no exceptions, then own up to the fact you don’t give a shit about the mental health of the rape victim. Tell the rape victim that yes, it sucked to have someone force themselves on you, and we will fucking make sure that this experience is that much worse by not allowing you to terminate the fetus because our invisible man says that you are going to be screwed again by oppression. Did you read the fucking interview? This asshole doesn’t care about the emotional health of rape victims. He’s never, ever considered that in his life, or he would have had a more nuanced answer. This is why I linked to what pretty much most patriarchal societies have always said: our women are less important than our honor. Any woman who gets raped is asking for it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/288 "2012-08-30T22:42:24Z")
If you believe abortion is murder, than the emotional health of rape victims is a lesser concern. I think it’s not murder, but if I did I’d be an asshole to say rape babies don’t deserve to live. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/289 "2012-08-31T15:09:23Z")
[Now available at your local pharmacist, or the dark alley next to it!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzqvqzBdUQ&) ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/290 "2012-08-31T17:05:38Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > This is why I linked to what pretty much most patriarchal societies have always said: our women are less important than our honor. Any woman who gets raped is asking for it. The mayor of Toronto’s neice who also is the daughter of the mayor’s brother, a Toronto alderman, is all over the Canadian intertubes today [**after falling on her face**](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/toronto-mayors-niece-sparks-outrage-over-dont-dress-like-a-whore-tweet/article4509383/) for telling women on Twitter to avoid rape by not dressing as whores. The resulting shitstorm forced her to apologize. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/291 "2012-08-31T17:18:17Z")
I missed the edit window after realizing the story linked above doesn’t mention the apology. [**This story**](http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1249246--krista-ford-apologizes-for-don-t-dress-like-a-whore-tweet-hears-from-assault-victim) includes it. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/292 "2012-08-31T18:26:53Z")
> [@](#): > > The officer later apologized. Ford did the same Thursday, expressing her regret on Twitter: “I didn’t mean to cause such an alarm and I apologize if I did. **I just want women to be safe**.” Even in the apology, she’s still missing the point. It doesn’t matter what you wear. You could wear a fucking burqa and still get attacked. The offensive part is that the women are being held responsible for what the men are doing. “But maybe if you oppress the women just a little bit more, take away a little more of their freedom, the crimes against them will stop.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/293 "2012-08-31T19:43:59Z")
I’m still waiting for some Republican candidate nonce to tell women to stop jogging because their jiggling boobs are causing them to be sexually assaulted. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/294 "2012-09-27T19:18:04Z")
Now that it’s too late for replace Akin on the ballot, [the Republicans are crawling back to him on bended knee](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/todd-akin-backed-by-demints-senate-conservatives-fund/): > [@](#): > > A cascade of Republicans and Republican groups have backed Akin since Tuesday evening, when his deadline to withdraw from the race expired at 5 p.m. CT. The list now includes the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which had called on Akin to withdraw from the race; the Missouri Republican Party, which had distanced itself from the candidate, according to Akin’s campaign; and former GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry… The GOP – the party of empty threats, meaningless bluster, and craven surrender when its bluff is called. Just the guys we need leading the nation in these times… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/295 "2012-09-27T19:20:22Z")
You know, you never see Akin and Rush Limbaugh in the same place… ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/296 "2012-09-27T19:50:35Z")
Hmm… Maybe Akin is also part of the act. Nation Reels as Rush Limbaugh Revealed to Be 30 Year Long Andy Kaufman Prank > **[Nation Reels as Rush Limbaugh Revealed to Be 30 Year Long Andy Kaufman Prank](http://www.citizenschwartz.com/nation-still-reeling-after-rush-limbaugh-revealed-to-be-30-year-long-andy-kaufman-prank/)** > > (PALM BEACH, FLA) When Rush Limbaugh’s official publicist announced the conservative pundit would be hosting a nationally televised press event Monday mor ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/297 "2012-10-03T22:05:59Z")
Just a brief update - Akin continues to demonstrate his lack of understanding regarding women’s healthcare: > [@](#): > > Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-Mo.) Senate campaign confirmed on Wednesday that the candidate stands by a comment he made in 2008 that doctors regularly perform abortions on women “who aren’t actually pregnant.” > > In a statement to BuzzFeed, Akin spokesman Rick Tyler called the congressman’s comments “factual” and cited an investigative news article from 1978 as evidence that doctors trick women into thinking they’re pregnant in order to collect fees for an abortion. The “investigative article” is from the Chicago Sun Times and here’s a pdf of it. [http://dlib.nyu.edu/undercover/sites/dlib.nyu.edu.undercover/files/documents/uploads/editors/ChiSunTimes\_1978Nov12\_1.pdf](http://dlib.nyu.edu/undercover/sites/dlib.nyu.edu.undercover/files/documents/uploads/editors/ChiSunTimes_1978Nov12_1.pdf) That article details some genuinely bad choices by some genuinely bad Chicago area abortionists. However, Akins and his team apparently didn’t bother to read the _whole_ article, which includes a statement saying that the series on Chicago abortion doctors would also include reports of clean, healthy local abortion clinics. The statement concludes by suggesting that women looking for reliable abortion information should contact Planned Parenthood, and provides PP’s contact infor, along with that from a second clinic. So another F for reading comprehension for Team Akin. The really exciting part though was this admission of fraud by one of his supporters: > [@](#): > > Abby Johnson, a staunch anti-abortion advocate who previously ran a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas, backed up Tyler’s claim in statement provided to BuzzFeed by Akin’s campaign. “In support of Congressman Todd Akin, I can attest that when I served as director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan, Texas, we often scared women into getting services they did not need - including abortion - so we could collect the fees,” Johnson said. “This included women who were not pregnant and women who were in the process of miscarrying.” In a just world, attorneys in Bryon, Texas would be revving their engines even as you read this … ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/298 "2012-10-04T02:24:31Z")
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