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| Akin campaign continues with Claire McCaskill 'dog' remarks | Akin campaign continues with Claire McCaskill 'dog' remarks |
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Todd Akin says the darndest things, volume MCMXXVI: the Republican candidate for senator in Missouri infamous for believing the female body has a mechanism to stop conception in the case of "legitimate rape" now has compared his opponent, Senator Claire McCaskill, to a dog who would play fetch for the president. | Todd Akin says the darndest things, volume MCMXXVI: the Republican candidate for senator in Missouri infamous for believing the female body has a mechanism to stop conception in the case of "legitimate rape" now has compared his opponent, Senator Claire McCaskill, to a dog who would play fetch for the president. |
| "She goes to Washington, DC, and it's a little bit like, uh, you know, one of those dog, you know, 'fetch,'" Akin said at an event Saturday. | "She goes to Washington, DC, and it's a little bit like, uh, you know, one of those dog, you know, 'fetch,'" Akin said at an event Saturday. |
| There's not a lot of polling performed in Missouri but the race appears to be very tight. Republicans have started to put money back into Missouri despite Akin's time in the doghouse. | There's not a lot of polling performed in Missouri but the race appears to be very tight. Republicans have started to put money back into Missouri despite Akin's time in the doghouse. |
| RNC chief Reince Priebus, Governor Mitt Romney and many, many other Republican leaders told Akin to drop out of the race, but the party was unable to call their man to heel. | RNC chief Reince Priebus, Governor Mitt Romney and many, many other Republican leaders told Akin to drop out of the race, but the party was unable to call their man to heel. |
| UPDATE: Rick Tyler is a top Akin adviser: | UPDATE: Rick Tyler is a top Akin adviser: |
| If Todd Akin were a dog, he'd be a "Bernese Mountain Rape Apologist" RT @rickwtyler: If Claire McCaskill were a dog, she'd be a "Bullshitsu" | If Todd Akin were a dog, he'd be a "Bernese Mountain Rape Apologist" RT @rickwtyler: If Claire McCaskill were a dog, she'd be a "Bullshitsu" |
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