Amidst this year’s pivotal presidential elections, there
are also the subtly important congressional races. The GOP was hoping to catch up to the
Democrats in the Senate with several Senatorial races that will occur this
November. One of the hopefuls, incumbent
Todd Akin of Missouri, was expected to wipe the floor of the election. But a few weeks ago, Sen. Akin made a remark
about ‘legitimate rape’, which has dashed any hopes of reelection for Rep.
Akin. Yet, despite criticism within his
own party, he continues to run for office.
Mitt Romney, the GOP’s republican candidate for president, tried to
convince Todd Akin to drop out of the race last Saturday: “You see Mr. Akin,
and this is just what I understand from Dr. Paul, in the case of an
illegitimate candidate, the voter has a way of shutting down any interest in
that candidate. But let’s just say that
this does work or something, I think that the punishment should fall on you if
you lose and not the entire Republican Party.”
Realizing he just said something truly ironic and funny,
Mitt Romney then went on to make an off-color joke questioning Barack Obama’s
birthplace, pulling the Republican Party back to earth. In relative terms.
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