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Its not the man with the knife at gunpoint. thats just not the reality. the statistics bear out again, again, again, and again. i think there is also a very comfortable thing that were doing, and it would be great to put akin, a six-term congressman, kind of throw him into the bus. >> it is unclear that he is not going to be a senator right now. >> and tea party backed and very easy to throw him under the bus, but the reality, the rape culture in this society, this is a massive consensus opinion...

>> i believe theres about 78 to 81 members of the democratic party that are members of the communist party. get the hell out of the united states of america. [ applause ] >> hes really something, isnt he? but its been a terrible week for alan wests previously strong campaign to become the publicly craziest member of the house of representatives. alan west easily overtook michelle bachmann when she start ed running nor president and tried to do an imitation of a sane person. then out of nowhere c...

Headlines we have never seen. even republicans condemned their crazy republican kol lecolleagu. everyone, they all objected to what akin had to say about rape. but none of them, not one of them objected to alan west saying this about president obama. >> he does not want you to have self-esteem of getting up and earning and having that title of american. he would rather you be his slave. >> not one of those holier than todd akin republicans objected when alan west said this to debbie wasserman sh...

Look who is at the top of the ticket, and, mitt romney, he has we involved as many americans. if they want do have this conversation going into their convention you have to look at what is in their platform and what the president wants to do in the second term and what he is committed to doing regarding partial-birth abortion. you have republican female senators who consider them sells pro choice who are against partial-birth abortion. if they want to talk about that when the president is so far...

As the akin issue, as kind of the difference -- the fundamental difference between republicans and democrats on womens issues. i think on that you have to hammer that point in whether youre talking about education or whether youre talking about planned parenthood funding or talking about choice. what akin does is provide a much more emotional argument and, you know his remarks, you know theyre so outrageous that i think he aliens yates mott rats and independents clearly even members of his own p...

Same time. he has to satisfy positions he took in a local race with his new national position. he has to do both on the same day in the same election. >> he was asked specifically about the rape issue. he said this. "his statements were outrageous, over the pale. i dont know anybody that would agree with that. rape is rape period. end of story." the fact of the matter is we are five days before the republican convention and having a discussion about rape and abortion. >> whats fascinating is the...

>> sam stein, "he didnt tell me what to do." ryan seems to be saying he did tell him what to do. >> this is complex for paul ryan, much more so than mitt romney or other republicans, because obviously paul ryan co-sponsored the bill that codified what akin was talking about. and we keep talking about, you know, where he stands in this, and his whole premise is he didnt say anything inappropriate, he just said it in the wrong way. and for paul ryan, this is complex. this is complex stuff. he actu...

>> lets listen to rush limbaughs reaction to what akin said. even rush -- even rush has a problem with this. >> that belief that a womans body shuts down and the whole notion of the legitimate, illegitimate rape, its just -- thats the thing that bothers me about it. thats just absurd. its not intelligent. >> krystal, when you cant get any kind of defense out of rush limbaugh, its -- it doesnt get crazier than this. >> its a bad sign for akin. but rush limbaugh and sean hannity and mitch mcconnel...

That have arisen around what akin has said and done to the republican brand, he could be toast. >> i agree. >> you think thats his moment to do that? >> yes. >> what about a moment to cast -- to flick it aside as part of the, you know, garbage thats being chewed upon repetitively and then to talk about the bigger issues that plague this country and rise above it. are we saying the same thing. >> i think youre saying the same thing. >> you know, i think that what were seeing, this is the house is...

Couching their position in these lofty terms about life and a culture of life, its one thing. when you have very graphic images of women who have been raped being forced to carry that baby to, you know, to actually have that baby, against their will, thats a totally different image for the american public. so, yes, they want to distance themselves from his words, but theyre not doing anything to distance themselves from his actual policies. >> and sam stein, what akin has served to do is to high...