Todd Akin's Greatest Hits

[antigop]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akins-greatest-hits.php

An untold number of Americans first met Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) — the GOP’s nominee to unseat Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) — on Sunday, after he falsely claimed that women have a natural defense against becoming pregnant from what he called a “legitimate rape.

Though the outlandish claim represents a fairly common view in the pro-life movement and the GOP, the backlash was so fast and severe that some GOPers are calling for Akin to abandon his candidacy, so somebody less tainted can take his place.

But even if Akin hadn’t exposed that he holds this controversial view, his candidacy wouldn’t have been a cakewalk. Although until this weekend he enjoyed a small lead over McCaskill, his record is thick with the sort of fringe views that prevented several GOP challengers from defeating Democrats in 2010. That’s why McCaskill, an unpopular incumbent, worked hard to assure Akin won his party’s nomination.

Here are some of Akin’s greatest hits.

Read what he has said on the following:

Student Loans
Social Security
First Amendment
Marital Rape
Civil and Voting Rights
School Lunches
Missing and Exploited Children
Anti-abortion Violence

[riverwalker]

1. ironic Akin photo

[oldhippydude]

2. i hereby nominate Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO).

for the Christine O' Donnell.. prize of 2012