U.S. Representative Todd Akin Monday called interview about rape "a very serious error," but told former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's radio audience that he feels "just as strongly as ever" about the need to be the Missouri Republican Party's nominee to defeat U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill in November.
"I'm not a quitter," Akin told Huckabee in the afternoon interview. Huckabee has been a supporter of Akin's in the primary campaign and endorsed the Wildwood Republican in television interviews.
Akin's comments claiming "legitimate rape" would not cause a woman to get pregnant have drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans. In an interview with National Journal, Mitt Romney, called the statements "insulting, inexcusable, and, frankly, wrong."
In the Huckabee interview, Akin said he had not been contacted by the Romney campaign or the Republican Senate Campaign Committee about dropping out of the race.
Monday afternoon, he quoted John Paul Jones in saying "I've not yet begun to fight," while attempting to pivot the conversation to Claire McCaskill's record on the economy. But he acknowledged, "I'm not perfect," when Huckabee asked how he'll address the issue when it comes up in the remainder of the campaign.
Candidates have until Tuesday afternoon to withdraw as the nominee of their party for the November election in Missouri.
I wouldn't dare call this a gaffe. Not even close. He said it. He meant it, and now he probably regrets it, not because he feels differently, but because everyone knows EXACTLY where he is standing now. Believe in abortion or not, just don't legislate someone elses rights. You don't have to agree, but we all have to be free.
Does anyone want to discuss the $6 per gallon gasoline about to become reality? Does anyone want to predict if your job will be eliminated starting with year 2014? Do you want to know how expensive "ObamaMcCaskill-Health-TAX" will be? The largest TAX in history will be imposed starting 2014, just after the Nov election. All of your employers will be making layoff decisions as they are going to be "forced" to pay much higher medical insurance premiums for you. Your potential wage iincreases will be gone. Giving you the right to insure a 26 year old, and removing pre-existing conditions from Insurance will be costing YOU. Sounds good, but It does not come free All about to come upon us because of McCaskill's votes AGAINST Missouri's desires. While liberals can re-define "marriage" "Gay" "free" "patriotic" "Fee or Tax" "capitalism", this board is full of interest in Defining "rape" So be it, a real deflection of the issues is AKIN's Fault. Now, I believe Akin should step down from the race because his comments have nothing to do with tackling our real problems in Missouri. Although , McCaskill has "said" much more in her "VOTES", Her votes have inferred every Missourian as "Ignorant" and I take extreme acception to that. We should all know that a vote against What Akin said, is not a vote for McCaskill.
He has made a number of statements, about ending the voting rights acts, about ending school lunches for poor and working-class children, about liberals, and now, cavalierly, about the rape of women, that show what sort of candidate he is, a complete and total nutcase and disgrace. But he is whom Missouri Republicans have chosen, there are people on here who support him no matter what, so if Missouri hankers that badly to have this walking disgrace represent the state, alongside hypocrite Roy Blunt (Mr. Family Values who divorced his wife and married his lobbyist girlfriend, among other winning actions), then so be it. Every woman in Missouri who votes for this man, though, will have ratified his outrageous, anti-women statements.
All of your other statements are akin to this one, completely off the charts in terms of their detachment from reality. Vote however you want, but please, step outside the right-wing echo chamber and learn some macroeconomics and microeconomics, pronto. You'll be able to trim your rant by 4/5ths next time.