Todd Akin, the former six-term U.S. representative for Missouri’s second congressional district, who ended his career back in 2009 for his remarks regarding what he called “legitimate rape” is back in the spotlight with the upcoming release of his new book, “Firing Back.”
The Washington Post reports that “Former congressman Todd Akin (R-Mo.) regrets apologizing for his 2012 remark that ‘legitimate rape’ rarely causes pregnancy.”
Akin explains himself in a soon-to-be-released book, “Firing Back: Taking on the Party Bosses and Media Elite to Protect Our Faith and Freedom.” Politico obtained a copy early and reported on a passage in which Akin suggests that he shouldn’t have apologized in a TV ad.
“By asking the public at large for forgiveness,” Akin writes, “I was validating the willful misinterpretation of what I had said.”
In a WorldNetDaily op-ed, Akin launches an all out attack on the Clintons, starting with the article’s subtitle: “Todd Akin exposes mind-blowing press manipulation, Clinton hypocrisy.”
Akin begins the piece writing:
When asked to comment about my instantly infamous “legitimate rape” comment in my new book “Firing Back,” I describe what Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney should have said: “A credibly accused rapist is giving the keynote speech at the Democratic convention in two weeks, and you want me to denounce a decent, God-fearing man for his inelegant comments about rape? No, not happening, and if the truth hurts, put some ice on it.”
Akin’s “put some ice on it” comment refers to “Jane Doe No. 5,” Juanita Broaddrick, who he writes “made a highly credible claim under oath that Bill Clinton raped her when he was attorney general of the state of Arkansas.” According to Akin Clinton bit Broaddrick’s lip during the incident, writing in his op-ed piece:
“On the way out of the room, when Clinton saw her swollen lip, he famously said, ‘Put some ice on that.'”
What is particularly interesting about Akin using this claim is its lack of credibility. For instance, Broaddrick denied any such claim in an affidavit from January 2, 1998. [You can click here to read her affidavit.] Clinton’s attorney, David Kendall, denied the allegations on Clinton’s behalf and no legal action, civil or criminal, was taken against Clinton. Jack Nelson, Washington bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times may have put it best when he wrote that many journalists were skeptical: “This is a story that’s been knocked down and discredited so many times…. [E]veryone’s taken a slice of it, and after looking at it, everyone’s knocked it down. The woman has changed her story about whether it happened. It just wasn’t credible.”
But, of course, none of this matters to Akin and he continues his attack on Bill Clinton briefly reminding readers of Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, a former Miss America and Gennifer Flowers before broadening his attack to include Hillary Clinton:
Hillary Clinton’s role in all of this was to manage what the Clinton camp called “bimbo eruptions” and denounce women like Lewinsky and former Clinton girlfriend Gennifer Flowers as liars. According to Broaddrick, Hillary even made a veiled threat to her after the rape occurred.
The Politico reporters chose not to know any of this. They insisted that Clinton’s “impeachment involved Lewinsky, not sexual assault.” This long-standing evasion of the rape accusations against Clinton have allowed him to regain his popularity and allowed Hillary to perpetuate the Democratic nonsense about the so-called “Republican War on Women.”
Akin completes his article whimpering about his political destruction and by waging an all-inclusive attack on the Clintons and the media:
The bottom line is that my career was ruined for my linking the words “legitimate and rape.” The Clintons, meanwhile, have maintained their careers only because the media have consciously delegitimized the rape and assault charges against Bill Clinton. And don’t get me started on Hillary’s jokey radio interview in which she took credit for springing a man she knew to be guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl.
The word “hypocrisy” does not do justice to this outrage.
You can watch Akin making his career ending gaffe in the video below.
And here is Akin’s infamous apology ad, credited by the Washington Post as The Worst Political Ad of 2012:
CLICK TO WATCH Taylor Sing her hilarious ode to Todd Akin
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