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To: i-node who wrote (668363)	8/21/2012 10:51:56 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (27) \| Respond to of 1580042

Worse. He gave away the McKaskil seat which would otherwise have been taken away from her. Tragic but that's what they get for running a nitwit against her. No worries. The Rs will force him to quit the race.

To: i-node who wrote (668363)	8/21/2012 12:59:09 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1580042

I heard that Akin got the nomination because of Democrats voting for him in the primary.

To: i-node who wrote (668363)	8/21/2012 3:03:49 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580042

IMO what he said was not as near stupid as it was made out to be. A study in the 70's said about what he said but included other types of trauma as well. This was widely taught in the 70;s and early 80's. Later studies showed no reduction of pregnancies from trauma, except for rape which had lower conception rates than normal. However this was accounted for because of rapes being completely at random (whereas a fair percentage of normal conception there is an effort to conceive when the woman is most fertile) and that many rapes do not go to full orgasam of the male. He admitted the error and IMO the Republicans should quit the circular firing squad every time their candidates commit a gaffe.