Despite prodding from the highest levels of the Republican Party, including presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney, embattled Kansas Rep. Todd Akin thumbed his nose at the GOP yesterday and refused to drop out of the U.S. Senate race.
Instead, Akin thinks everyone is “overreacting” to his mistaken choice of words, and says the only voice he would listen to regarding his candidacy would be the voice of God. Or in other words, Republicans: GET LOST!
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Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus threatened Akin that if he did not drop out, he would lose all financial and political support from the GOP. But even that did not deter Akin, who is almost assured to lose the senate race after his disparaging comments on what he called “legitimate abortion.”
Akin has since issued a video apology, hoping to gain back some semblance of support. But even the most stalwart Republicans say Akin’s chances of winning are slim to none. They were hoping he would drop out and allow a replacement candidate to come in at the 11th hour to challenge Sen. Claire McCaskill for her seat. But Akin, who is angry the GOP never supported him anyway, has said “nothin’ doin’.”
Akin’s words are just part of a series of negative news regarding the GOP. His words join the controversy of freshman congressman Kevin Yoder, who rudely swam naked in the Sea of Galilee in Israel, as well as the impending hurricane that could completely shut down next week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa. It also comes just as the GOP is adopting its party platform, which does not allow for abortion exceptions in the case of rape or incest. Hmmm…
This is about to get very interesting!
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…a couple of interesting reads…..A. Sullivan: "Akin Is The Christianist Mainstream"Wonder why FRC is still backing him? Or that he sees no reason to quit? The answer is that his view of female reproduction is based on the work of one Dr. Jack C. Willke. Willke is not, as one might expect, some obscure quack, far, far away from the center of Republican and Christianist politics. He is, the LA Times notes, the founder and president of the International Right to Life Federation, president of the Life Issues Institute, and a former president of National Right to Life, the oldest and largest pro-life group in the country. He was president from 1980 to 1983 and then from 1984 to 1990. In 2007, Willke was described as "an important surrogate for Governor Romney's pro-life and pro-family agenda" in the words of the Romney campaign. "I am proud to have the support… Read more »