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Mike Huckabee’s wife: ‘Women are really on fire for Todd Akin’
The wife of Fox News host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) says that “women are really on fire” for the Missouri Republican Senate candidate who said that sexual assault victims could not get pregnant through “legitimate rape.” During a radio interview with Janet Mefferd, whose show is sponsored…
Akin: Evolution is not ‘a matter of science’
The Missouri Republican Senate candidate who asserted that women could not get pregnant through “legitimate rape” shared some more wisdom with a tea party group on Thursday, telling them that evolution was not “a matter of science” because “all of the different things that have to be lined up” to…
Akin’s Female Supporters Reveal Anti-Choice Gender Ideology
Via the comment threat at Feministe, I found this excellent blog post analyzing the “women for Todd Akin” organizers. As you can imagine, female supporters of Akin are by and large religion-addled fans of the patriarchy. Why women support the oppression of women is an interesting phenomenon, no doubt worthy…
Todd Akin stands by 2008 comment: Non-pregnant women are receiving abortions
Republican Rep. Todd Akin, who is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri, on Wednesday stood by controversial comments he made in 2008, insisting that abortion doctors were falsely telling women they were pregnant. “There’s ample evidence that abortion doctors on any number of occasions have deceived women into thinking that…
Santorum urges entire Republican Party to support Todd Akin
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (PA) on Saturday urged Republican Party officials to resume their support of Republican Rep. Todd Akin, who is running for Senate in Missouri. “The entire Republican Party should stand up and say, ‘You know what? He’s our candidate, it’s too important for the future of…
Small but dedicated army of women Akin supporters pledge to ‘stand with’ him
Outside the Renaissance Grand hotel in downtown St Louis, a grey-haired man in a blazer argues with a group of women in pink T-shirts, one of whom is in a motorised wheelchair. The man is one of hundreds of pro-life Missouri pastors who, moments earlier, had re-ignited Todd Akin‘s campaign for the US…
Sen. McCaskill: Akin ‘makes Michelle Bachmann look like a hippie’
Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) principal election opponent went on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Friday and claimed he’s “somebody who kind of makes Michelle Bachmann look like a hippie.” Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) was responding to Akin’s comment that she wasn’t very “ladylike” during their recent debate. “I’m at a loss,” she…
Akin: McCaskill not acting ‘ladylike’ because she’s ‘threatened’
The Republican Senate candidate from Missouri who recently said that women could not get pregnant from “legitimate rape” may have lost any chance of winning back female voters on Thursday when he accused his opponent of not being “ladylike.” Speaking to reporters in Jefferson City, Rep. Todd Akin again dismissed…
Akin again insists he’s staying in Missouri Senate race
Appearing at at a press conference on Tuesday, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) said again that he’s committed to running against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) in November. Tuesday’s announcement coincided with the final day Akin could have dropped out of the race. Fellow Republicans have been pressuring Akin to withdraw after…
Rep. Todd Akin: ‘Write me a decent check’ to get my attention
Republican Rep. Todd Akin, who is running for Senate in Missouri, thinks that giving your member of Congress money is a good way to get in touch with them. A video uploaded to YouTube on Monday by the campaign of Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) highlighted Akin’s response after he was…
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