# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/141 "2012-08-21T10:40:38Z")
I thought Jack Daniels, Marlboros, and hanging out around staircases was the natural defense against pregnancy. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/142 "2012-08-21T13:06:01Z")
Not at the parties I go to. ---
**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 21, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/143 "2012-08-21T13:11:34Z")
Interesting article that suggests that Akin (and others) might be getting this misinformation from the group _Physicians for Life_: [http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/did-todd-akin-get-his-misinformation-rape-and-pregnancy-physicians-life](http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/did-todd-akin-get-his-misinformation-rape-and-pregnancy-physicians-life) ---
**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 21, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/144 "2012-08-21T13:23:41Z")
It’s not just this guy, it’s [the party](http://articles.kwch.com/2011-05-25/rights-groups_29584145). > [@](#): > > (WICHITA, Kan) — A Kansas State Representative is under fire after comments he made about insurance restrictions on abortion. > > In a recent House debate, Rep. Pete DeGraaf (R-Mulvane) was quoted during a conversation with Rep. Barbara Bollier (R-Mission Hills). > > The House was discussing insurance coverage for abortions. The point was made that proposed coverage restrictions did not make exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. DeGraaf suggested that women purchase separate abortion-only policies. Bollier questioned him about the likelihood of women doing this. > > Rep. Pete DeGraaf said, “We do need to plan ahead, don’t we, in life?” > > Bollier asked him, “And so women need to plan ahead for issues that they have no control over with pregnancy?” > > DeGraaf then responded, “I have a spare tire on my car.” “I also have life insurance,” he added. “I have a lot of things that I plan ahead for.” ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/145 "2012-08-21T13:54:27Z")
Here’s something I wish would be done routinely when politicians wuss out on interview appointments: [Piers Morgan puts up empty chair after Akin cancels appearance](http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/21/politics/piers-morgan-empty-chair/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/146 "2012-08-21T13:58:57Z")
And, latest polls haven’t moved significantly. “He may be an idiot, but he’s \*\*our \*\*idiot”. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/147 "2012-08-21T14:19:04Z")
That’s kinda funny **Truman**. That last poll is from PPP - a Democratic pollster (although one that’s pretty well respected). The Akin +1 is exactly the same as his May number. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they put out a seemingly good poll for him just to convince him to stay in the race… ETA: And man have there been few polls lately of any races. I guess the recession hurt pollsters too? Although at least we now know that Obama leads in New York by 29 and Romney leads on Oklahoma by 29. So we can keep those off our “in play” board… ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/148 "2012-08-21T14:39:02Z")
> [@Condescending\_Robot](#): > > Right, because all those people who were going to vote for the Republican in the first place are just going to abandon him in droves now that he’s come out as not a big fan of women. Its kind of a close race to begin with and turnout will matter. > [@elucidator](#): > > If he stays in, he does so in defiance of Republican leadership, and kisses their money goodbye. Only way that works is flipping them the bird and rallying the Tea Party stalwarts. Plus, in all likelihood goes down in flames. > > Not that Ms McCatKill is any great shakes, but the (D) counts here. Whats your problem with McCaskill? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/149 "2012-08-21T14:40:43Z")
Not lefty enough. Duh. Of course, to be ruthlessly fair, if she were, she would have no chance at all, rather than the slim one she has against a total idjit… ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/150 "2012-08-21T15:13:03Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > That’s kinda funny **Truman**. That last poll is from PPP - a Democratic pollster (although one that’s pretty well respected). The Akin +1 is exactly the same as his May number. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they put out a seemingly good poll for him just to convince him to stay in the race… In May there were three viable Republican contenders and Akin wasn’t even the favorite. He just won the Republican Primary a couple of weeks ago. Last week he was +10 over McCaskill. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/151 "2012-08-21T15:16:28Z")
The combover conceals the hole in the top of his head, but the hole in the front of his head does not. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/152 "2012-08-21T15:34:07Z")
Mike Huckabee shows up to remind us that [rape has created great and wonderful people.](http://gawker.com/5936386/mike-huckabee-would-like-to-remind-you-that-rape-has-created-some-extraordinary-people?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_facebook&utm_source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow) We need to declare a no fucking Republican men stance. Any Republican male who continues to defend rape will not be allowed with twenty feet of women, let alone the possibility of having sex with one. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/153 "2012-08-21T15:50:06Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > We need to declare a no fucking Republican men stance. Any Republican male who continues to defend rape will not be allowed with twenty feet of women, let alone the possibility of having sex with one. Men need to keep twenty-_two_ feet away, to avoid the extra reach granted by a wide stance. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/154 "2012-08-21T15:52:48Z")
A bell. They should wear a bell, for the benefit of the blind. Also, those flashy light things that bike riders use, for the deaf. The stupid will just have to deal. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/155 "2012-08-21T16:30:45Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > The class had about 65 people, and ten of us were women. How were the genders apportioned? > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Physicians for Life Holla. > [@The Second Stone](#): > > Wouldn’t it be more respectable to teach the controversy here? Watch my left hand. You watching? Okay, pay close attention. Ready? Now, in 2008, the president ran on a platform of improving the economy and the economy has not significantly improved under his Presidency. He has also not alleviated the continually growing debt. Not to mention, Cynthia McKinney is a bit of a loon and Elizabeth Warren may be a democratic socialist. You feeling sleepy? Good. On the count of three, both sides are bad, so vote Republican. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/156 "2012-08-21T17:00:31Z")
And Representative Steve King says that he’s never heard of a child getting pregnant from incest or statutory rape. [http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/steve-king-statutory-rape.php?ref=fpb](http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/steve-king-statutory-rape.php?ref=fpb) Does he think that such acts don’t occur, or does he believe that a female’s body knows the age of consent for her state and “blocks the pregnancy”? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/157 "2012-08-21T17:23:28Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > And Representative Steve King says that he’s never heard of a child getting pregnant from incest or statutory rape. > > [http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/steve-king-statutory-rape.php?ref=fpb](http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/steve-king-statutory-rape.php?ref=fpb) > > Does he think that such acts don’t occur, or does he believe that a female’s body knows the age of consent for her state and “blocks the pregnancy”? Shockingly, that is about the 50th most misinformed, ignorant, crazy thing Steve King has ever said. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/158 "2012-08-21T17:24:57Z")
> [@](#): > > The odds that a woman who is raped will get pregnant are “one in millions and millions and millions,” said state Rep. Stephen Freind, R-Delaware County, the Legislature’s leading abortion foe. > > The reason, Freind said, is that the traumatic experience of rape causes a woman to “secrete a certain secretion” that tends to kill sperm. Didn’t Cole Porter write a song about when you’re near your beloved, you “secrete a certain secretion”? It’s interesting to watch the Republicans scramble to convince Akin to drop out of the race. “No pressure, Todd, _but get the hell out_ so we have a prayer of beating McCaskill!” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/159 "2012-08-21T17:31:27Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Mike Huckabee shows up to remind us that [rape has created great and wonderful people.](http://gawker.com/5936386/mike-huckabee-would-like-to-remind-you-that-rape-has-created-some-extraordinary-people?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_facebook&utm_source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow) Jesus Hydroponic Christ. These imbeciles really need someone on staff who’s empowered to say “Mike? Todd? It’s quiet time now, okay? No more talking. Ditditditditdit NO. Zip it. Zip. _Shh_.” ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993/160 "2012-08-21T17:45:04Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Jesus Hydroponic Christ. These imbeciles really need someone on staff who’s empowered to say “Mike? Todd? It’s quiet time now, okay? No more talking. Ditditditditdit NO. Zip it. Zip. _Shh_.” And that goes for Rep. Steve King too. Merciful heavens, the thing that flabbergasts me most about this is that some Pubs are **keeping on talking about it** as though they imagine they could correct the spin by tweaking the wording a bit. Guys. No. It was an incredibly stupid and factually unsupported thing to say. Stop jumping on the stupid-and-factually-unsupported bandwagon and just hush up your talking. Or hell, since I personally am a liberal Democrat and don’t care how much science-allergic Republicans get jeered and mocked, carry on jumping and keep running your mouths. No skin off my mysterious female secretion-secreting body functions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-nominee-from-missouri-todd-akin-is-a-feeble-minded-moron/631993.md?page=9)