Akin spotlights his faith in fundraising plea

Rep. Todd Akin earlier this month / Christian Gooden

(AP) ST. LOUIS -- Republican Congressman Todd Akin is highlighting his Christian faith while asking for help in reviving his Senate campaign.

A fundraising appeal sent Wednesday by Akin notes that he has asked both God and voters to forgive him for saying women's bodies can block pregnancy in cases of what he called "legitimate rape."

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Akin is continuing his Missouri campaign despite enormous party pressure to drop his challenge of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.

In the appeal, Akin writes that the media, "Washington elites" and "party bosses" are all against him.

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Rep. Todd Akin

Kerry Messer, president of the Missouri Family Network, says the controversy has united grass-roots Republicans around Akin, who has long been a favorite among home-schooling organizations and conservative church groups.

Messer says, "We need to prove that he really is our candidate, and this is not a decision for someone outside Missouri to make for us."

[aintfakin]

(apologies to Country Joe and the Fish)

well its one two three what are we fighting for?
don't ask me I don't give a damn
just got back from Afghanistan
and I still see the Taliban

fashion hint for Akin:
get a turban. It will look honest and better than that comb over

[lloydbest1]

Akin's flying of the "Christian Flag" says a lot more about his twisted interpretation of a benign religion than it does about Christianity. Christ Himself wouldn't recognise the Christianity as practised by Mr. Akin if He stumbled over it in broad daylight.

[emomarcelo]

Honorable congressman Todd Akin, we love you and beg you not to leave the race for congress. In you, we see the beliefs we have had since the beginning of time.
Sincerely, The Flat Earth Society, The Ku Klux Klan, Opus Dei, Attila the Hun, the Jack the Ripper fan club, Association of Tyrannosaurus Rex.

[mike2366]

What a jerk, four years of Obama and this meat head comes along to screw his whole party with dumb ass remarks. QUIT NOW !!!! The good people of Missouri do not need an idiot like you representing them. The Congressman is an embarassment. Quit the race for the Senate and resign from Congress. Im a life long Republican your acting like a stroke victim.

[jdreagan]

I am not sure I could have said it better, Mike. By Akin's selfish and unthinking actions, he might influence the ultimate makeup of the houses of congress to the extent that the country's future is jeopardized. Akin needs to disappear!!!

[omnibus66]

What Akin has done is the simple act of flying the true Republican flag for all to see, and now you want him to quit? The king is naked and you want us to believe he has clothes? The Grand Old Party of nothing but hypocrites.