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cali

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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 04:54 PM Aug 2012

No, really. wingnut psychiatrist/fox commentator/ Keith Ablow sez Aikin is raping the repub party


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The best evidence that Congressman Akin’s statement reflects a world view, rather than a misstatement is that he won’t pull out of the Senate race. He doesn’t understand—and may not have the current capacity (read here, empathy and sensitivity) to understand—that his candidacy is an unwanted intrusion on the Republican party; a political rape, if you will. It fails to incorporate the needs of party and country into his life story and goals. And even if his candidacy should bear fruit, and yield him a Senate seat, that result will not justify his persistence and inability to hear the word “no” from his party.

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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/23/inside-mind-todd-akin/#ixzz24P9tFp1h

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No, really. wingnut psychiatrist/fox commentator/ Keith Ablow sez Aikin is raping the repub party (Original Post) cali Aug 2012 OP
Is that "Legitimate Rape?" Downwinder Aug 2012 #1
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