Poor Todd. He can't help it if he married a whack job.
A friend in St. Louis and I both are represented by Todd Akin in Congress. My friend was seated next to an elderly man yesterday and, when the topic of Looney Todd came up, he gave my friend the inside scoop: it's Lulli Akin who's behind Todd's thinking.
My friend's recount of the conversation:
"The conversation shifted to Todd Akin, and I mentioned that one former staffer was quoted as saying that Akin's wife was even more extreme than he is. The man next to me, it turned out, had attended some political dinners and had happened to be seated next to Mrs. Akin a couple of times. He said she's really off the wall, and that she rules the roost and tells Todd what to say, how to dress, and what to do. She home-schooled their six kids not only to keep them out of public school, but to keep them away from other people. They have no TV sets in their house -- she won't allow them -- and she's likely the source of a lot of Todd's misinformation about women's bodies."
An odd situation for a man who is a member of the Presbyterian Church in America. PCA doesn't allow women to have any substantive influence at all. They're allowed to make coffee and lead women's discussions, but women are not allowed to become ordained pastors, ruling elders or deacons within a PCA church.
Whatever. I'm sick of him representing me in the U.S. House, and I can't stand the thought of him representing me in the U.S. Senate.
Get out and work for Claire.