Missouri GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin responded angrily to Indiana Republican Richard Mourdock's recent statement that pregnancies resulting from rape are God's will. "Why bring The Lord into this," said Akin, "when science tells us that a woman's body has a way to shut down the whole pregnancy process if a woman is inseminated as a result of a legitimate rape."
Mourdock shot back, claiming that Akin -- by embracing science -- is "giving Satan a gigantic bear hug." Mourdock adviser Joe Simpson added: "My Gosh, what's next for Akin -- is he going to start telling us that global warming is real?"
GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney, in an attempt to cool things down, suspended his campaign and met with both Akin and Mourdock today behind closed doors to see if common ground could be found between the two Senate candidates.
Details of what happened at this meeting are sketchy, but it was reported by one source close to Romney -- who spoke on the condition of anonymity -- that the Governor attempted to get Akin to concede that a small percentage of rapes might result in pregnancy if the woman who was being legitimately raped was not "in the peak of physical health" at the time of the assault. Both the Akin and Mourdock campaigns refused to comment after the meeting ended.
Prominent Republicans expressed concern today that this disagreement between Akin and Mourdock could have a negative impact the GOP's chances in the General Election. Said top Republican strategist Henry McIntyre: "The last thing our party needs is a distraction like this during the final two weeks of the campaign."
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.....it was noted that Romney had binders filled with women that had been illegitmately raped but had still gotten pregnant suggesting that god and science sometimes worked together. One reporter noted "the whole thing was very confusing."
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