I wonder if the redoubtable idiocy of 'legitimate rape' moron Akin can in the long run prove a good thing for republicans. Of course in the short term it's a disaster - given Obama's horrible, indefensible performance as president the media is desperate for some excuse that will justify in their minds the continuing bias in support of him - Akin has now handed it to them - and it's not only that his comments were astoundingly stupid, it's also that his stubborn absolutism in refusing to acknowledge the damage he has done conforms exactly with the kind of intolerant extremism liberals will now stigmatise all conservatism with - Akin is basically a perfect confirmation of all the evil intent liberals want to believe motivates the right.
So, yes, this is bad and may cost Romney the election - but in the long run, if it forces conservatives to rethink the indulgence they too often show to an Akin-like mindset, some good may come of it. After all, you want to survive against a media controlled by left wing sympathies, anything that sounds like intolerant absolutism is not the way to go.
