a few male Republican candidates res- onated so ‘broadly because they reflected the perception of the GOP as a conclave of out-of-tovch men. As Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri might put it, when a candidate emerges with offensive: views about rape, “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

become timely again, but now my target has been clarified, though it's still those increasingly incredible sexist legislators. Take Missouri Senator Todd Akin—please. Referring to conception during a rape, when he said, “If it’ s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing do

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ps in the 2012 election that challenged the brand. Whether the infamous "47%" remarks made by Romney or the "legitimate rape" comments made by Rep. Todd Akin in his Senate campaign, there were numerous examples of Republican leaders making statements that were terribly out of step with where voters — part

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ws. "If it's legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." In fact, women can become pregnant from rape. - Rep. Todd Akin (R-Missouri), 2012 "All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the big bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of H