Todd Akin's gaffes over 'legitimate rape' and 'ladylike' are not accidental: they encapsulate Republican attitudes to women

Todd Akin has issues with women. And so does his Republican party.

Akin, of "legitimate rape" fame, is now complaining that his Democratic opponent, Claire McCaskill, had the nerve to actually campaign against him. McCaskill's decision to run a standard political campaign was apparently not properly "ladylike", and Akin is offended at her aggressiveness. No, really; here's the quote:

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