Two Sides Of Todd Akin Come Out In Final Campaign Push
In the final week of the election, Missouri voters will see two sides to Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin.
One is a compassionate guy women can trust. The other is a flawed politician Republicans need to win back the Senate. Each will get its own airing in the final leg of the campaign with ads urging voters to choose the unpopular Republican and defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Still struggling to win support among women voters after his legitimate rape comments from August, the Akin campaigns final ad push includes a minute-long spot in which a rape victim praises Akin as the most compassionate person shes ever met.
The woman, Kelly Burrell, identifies herself as a single mother, a woman who has had an abortion. Ive been raped in my past.
The reason that Im voting for Todd and Im so proud of him is because he defends the unborn, Burrell says in the spot. Hes a kind man, a compassionate man. He has so much integrity.
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