Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Talk About Lady Parts … Akin is Back!

by Shawn Drury

Disgusted by Ted Cruz? Offended by Jim Inhofe? Repulsed by Thom Tillis? Well, that threesome could be adding a fourth to their esteemed ranks.

Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin is reportedly looking to take another crack at entering the world’s most deliberative body.

According to The Hill, Mr. Shut That Whole Thing Down is weighing a primary run against fellow Republican Roy Blunt in 2016, which would make for a spirited primary, to say the least.

 

The Hill quoted Akin as saying “there is a high level of dissatisfaction among conservatives, that they have to some degree been pushed out of the Republican Party… the sentiment is there. The Tea Party is skeptical and wants some fresh blood, not just the same establishment guys.”

So Akin thinks the GOP isn’t conservative enough? I guess that’s one way of looking at État des affaires.

If that’s not rich enough for you, Akin also thinks he fits the “fresh blood” requirement. Mmmk. Akin was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1989. He stayed there for 12 years. After which he went into the private… hold on, cancel that. After leaving the Missouri House, Akin was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Where he stayed for another 12 years before he ran for the Senate and, you know the rest…

So Todd Akin served in elected office for 24 years, but is not one of “the same establishment guys.”

We have a winner of today’s Lack of Self-Awareness Award. And he didn’t even have to speak at CPAC to do it.