re-defined rape by introducing the qualifying adjective "forcible," thus playing into the idea that there is legitimate and non-legitimate rape. It's not made up, it's the truth. You can try to paint this guy as an outlier but, the fact is, his attitudes towards women are pretty mainstream in the republican party. He's just a little sloppier about expressing them than smarmy, slimy Romney and Ryan. Politics is such a nasty thing in life. I wonder what becomes more rabid, religious ideology or politically ideology? In general terms I would have to go with politics. It is the only game where mudballs are trump. Both parties are lobbing them at a pretty good rate right now, and it's hard to point a finger at which one started it. I tend to think it was the Republicans, but since I am a Democrat, I am probably biased. Are you suggesting that Akin's comments were just a "slip of the tongue"? Why is it that so many Christian Republicans are allowed to get away with passing off lying, bigotry, and intentionally misrepresenting the truth as merely "misspeaking"? I don't give a fig about what Akin feels in his heart; what matters is what he says and does (remember when Santorum told outright lies about the socialized health care system in Netherlands systematically killing old people and his spokesperson refused to address the lies and instead just keep repeating, "Rick is pro-choice, and it's really about what's in his heart"?); Same with Christians: