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Thu Jun 26, 2014, 11:47 AM Jun 2014

Todd Akin's revisionism...

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Todd Akin Says He Lost Because He Loved The Constitution Too Much

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Thursday, 6/26/2014 10:25 am

Former Missouri congressman Todd Akin, who lost his bid for U.S. Senate following his notorious comments about “legitimate rape,” is out with a new book saying that his infamous remarks weren’t the real reason why he lost. Instead, Akin maintains in his new book, “Firing Back,” he was the victim of a plot by Republican party bosses who didn’t like the fact that his “first allegiance was always to the Constitution.”

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/todd-akin-says-he-lost-because-he-loved-constitution-too-much#sthash.Tjqm7jB4.dpuf

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Todd Akin's revisionism... (Original Post) Archae Jun 2014 OP
whatever, goodbye, good riddance. GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #1
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