Guys, if Akin ends up winning this, let's finally conclude there is no hope left for America.
My first impulse would be to agree with this sentiment, but then I have to remember that my MP said "I oppose the wholesale slaughter-on-demand of the innocent unborn" and opposes abortion in all circumstances. Many Todd Akins out there in elected office, just that they're smart enough not to tell the whole world that they're misogynists.
Indeed, that's the point. The depressing thing isn't that people like Akin exist, but that a majority of people could actually elect them even after their sickening views are widely exposed. And we're not even talking about a small nutjob-filled constituency, but a freaking 6-million-inhabitants State which is conservative but not overwhelmingly so.
