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>> and what an advantage when you're running against a republican party that really has been taken over by economically by the tea party, and culturalists and socialists used by the religious right, sort of the far religious right. you see this in polling. neither party is particularly popular right now, but the republican party is a lot more unpopular than the democratic party. just those two sort of partisan brands. and a lot of it has to do with, you know, instances like this, especially in the obama era, where people like todd akin will suddenly command, you know, attention for saying some...

Pregnant. not being able to get pregnant isn't the only insane rape idea. in 1990, texas republican clayton williams, who unsuccessfully ran against ann richards for governor, apologized after comparing rape to foggy weather, saying, "if it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it." joining me now, goldie taylor, a contributor to thegrio.com, and michelle goldberg, senior contributing writer for "newsweek" and the daily beast. goldie, you just heard former republican presidential candidate, mike huckabee, thinking that the real confusion here was just the use of the word "legitimate" before "rape...

Mccaskill to cast all those votes? well, those votes have cost her politically, especially the vote for the affordable care act, which remains unpopular in missouri. the votes that claire mccaskill has cast for president obama's agenda have cost her so much politically, that she has been running significantly behind an abject, imbecile who said this -- >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. but let's assume maybe that didn't work or something. i think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be in the rapist and not atta...

Personhood. >> would you have supported the constitutional amendment that would have established the definition of life at conception? >> absolutely. >> cecile richards, that puts him very clearly in the position of saying that he is opposed to abortion in cases of rape or incest. >> look, i think that this whole thing has been so disturbing with mr. akin. what i think folks are forgetting is that he's actually a sitting member of congress. and what we've seen this entire year is a congress that is actually willing to pass any bill they can, to eliminate funding for planned parenthood, for can...

Republican presidential candidate, mike huckabee, thinking that the real confusion here was just the use of the word "legitimate" before "rape," instead of forcible. if akin had just said "forcible rape," well, hey, all of us republicans would have been cool with everything you said. >> you know, that's what got my goat yesterday afternoon when this story started to break, were the many qualifiers that we've been hearing about rape. whether it is incest or forcible or assault or, you know, legitimate. rape, as i said last night, rape, as the president said today, is rape. it does not matter, a...