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VIDEO: Paul Ryan’s ‘Legitimate’ Problem

Paul Ryan and Todd Akin are one and the same in limiting access to abortion — even in cases of rape and incest.

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Todd Akin’s Top 10 Crazy Moments

MEMO: The Consequences of Crazy, Volume 2: Todd Akin is a Legitimately Bad Candidate

Displaying an incomprehensibly poor understanding of human female biology and raising disconcerting questions about what distinguishes a “legitimate” rape from presumably lesser rapes, Rep. Todd Akin forever entered the political lexicon and emerged as a national punch line with his comments on “legitimate rape.”

For casual observers, the comments raised the question of how an individual holding such an extreme view not only wins a Senate primary, but holds onto a seat in the House of Representatives for over a decade. Indeed, such concerns are well warranted. Rather than an isolated incident, these remarks are just the latest in a long line of outrageous comments from Akin.

With the deadline passing for Akin to withdraw his name from the November ballot, Republican strategists are wishing that they had had a way to shut down his whole candidacy. Instead, they are finding out that these are the consequences of nominating crazy.

VIDEO: Todd Akin’s Shocking “Legitimate Rape” Remark

Yesterday American Bridge researchers caught Todd Akin — the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri — when said on-camera that victims of “legitimate rape” don’t get pregnant because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

Afterward, he tried to pass the whole thing off as an “off the cuff” remark. Watch Akin’s shocking remarks: