LIKE IT OR NOT, WHAT'S OK FOR DEMOCRATS IS NOT OK FOR REPUBLICANS...

'THE MURDERER AND THE RAPIST'

As a Tuesday deadline looms nearer for embattled Rep. Todd Akin to decide whether he should pull out of the Missouri Senate race, political analysts say that the Republican's comments on rape could hurt the GOP's chances of taking control of the Senate and also spill over into the campaign for the White House. But you know, if this guy was a Democrat there would be nowhere near the outcry for him to remove himself from this senate race. I mean after all, in three icons of the Democrat Party you have a member of the Ku Klux Klan, a murderer and you have a rapist. And yet you have a Republican who says that he misspoke and there are demands being made that he be tarred and feathers, politically speaking.

Then we have Democratic a pollster, Doug Schoen, who declared in what described as an exclusive interview that “Akin must go now” or risk hurting the GOP’s chances to retake the Senate. “What he said was reprehensible and abhorrent,” asserted Schoen. “For the good of the Republican Party, and indeed the country, he needs to withdraw before tomorrow's deadline.” So I guess, as a Democrat, Mr. Schoen views being a member of the KKK, or a murderer or a rapist as not being abhorrent behavior? I mean how else can you view such an idiotic statement? And this guy is supposed to be a knowledgeable source in matters of politics. Sorry but I'm just not seeing it.


Republicans, from GOP standard bearer Mitt Romney on down, also seem to be in agreement that Mr. Akin should “do the right thing,” according to GOP strategist and Fox News contributor Bradley A. Blakeman, who noted the difference in the GOP’s handling of Akin as compared to the Democrat’s “flat-footedness” in admonishing 'Slow Joe' Biden for his racially charged comments. “The vice president’s remarks were outrageous and the fact is that Republicans immediately did the right thing, but Democrats doubled down on Biden and made it look like the vice president didn’t say anything he should have been apologizing for — and that’s just wrong,” said Blakeman.


Akin apologized on Monday for his televised comments that women's bodies are able to prevent pregnancies if they are victims of "a legitimate rape," but he refused to heed calls to abandon his bid for the Senate. Granted, I think we can all agree that it was a really stupid thing to say, but at least no one died at his hands nor was anyone actually raped. I think what we are witnessing here is a bit of a kneejerk reaction with Mr. Akin essentially becoming the victim of heightened sensitivities at a time when it's viewed as being imperative that the GOP create the best chances possible of gaining control of the Senate. Unfortunately Mr. Akin may end up being a casualty in a much larger war.