I assume you've all heard of Todd Akin. The crazy Senate candidate from Missouri running against Claire McCaskill. Well what got him in the national press was comment number 1 on this list. But here are his top ten (from the McCaskill campaign).
Top 10 Extreme Akin Quotes:
10. "[Social Security and Medicare] are enslaving people and destroying people’s lives… Basically we fought a war on slavery already, we don't want that anymore." (1/10/12)
9. "[Doctors are] giving abortions to women who are not actually pregnant." (1/22/08)
8. "I think [food stamps are] destructive; putting people in chains to the welfare state is not compassionate and it needs to stop." (6/11/12)
7. "One of the things that did distinguish me from some of my colleagues here was the fact that I would support a repeal of the 17th Amendment." (6/11/12)
6. "Our freedom is seriously threatened right now… I hope we will fight the battle with ballots and not bullets, but the Second Amendment is our last ditch of defense." (4/24/12)
5. "[Claire] had a confidence and was much more ladylike [in 2006], but in the debate on Friday she came out swinging." (9/26/12)
4. "The Federal Government is destroying things right now. It's paying women to have children out of wedlock. What you pay for, you get more of. That's nuts." (5/25/12)
3. "The bottom line is you've got a conservative House, you've got a bunch of socialists in the Senate, and you've got a commie President. That's where we are." (4/16/11)
2. "[Student loans are] the stage three cancer of socialism that is threatening our freedom." (6/2/12)
1. "From what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." (8/19/12)
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Reference #6 ... Since I lived in West Berlin back in the early 1980's, when the city was encircled by a wall and the East German authorities shot to kill their citizens who tried to flee over, under, or around the "Anti-Fascist Protective Rampart," I think I know a little bit about how governments threaten freedoms. Mr Akin is a world-class, bottled-in-bond, dyed-in-the-wool, gold-plated, 24-karat, 100% pure moron who shouldn't be elected to any office more significant than Dog Catcher. And that would be an insult to dogs. The man is a gross embarrassment to America.
Mr Akin should go on the Comedy Tour with Larry the Cable Guy.
And I thought our virginian'glenn allen' was the craziest nut job - you win!
I live in Kansas but right next to the state line of KS and Missouri. This guy is an idiot.
He's gonna be your next senator. Doesn't that make you proud?
Jay
Bilbo - But that fact seems to escape a lot of people.
Angel - Except if this moron manages to get elected it's not going to be funny.
Peg - I hope we don't 'win'.
Lizbeth - I think idiot is being to kind.
Jay - Can you sneak over the border and vote for Claire?
Mr. Akin needs to crawl back into the hole he's lived in most of his life. He is one scary man.
Andrea - I can't beleive there are so many people that think like him.
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