I never saw anyone mention this here on Daily Kos, so I thought I would pass on this little snippet of news.
Former US Representative Todd Akin of Missouri has died at the age of 74 after battling cancer for several years. He will go down in history as the guy who infamously claimed that women’s bodies have a way of shutting down pregnancies from “legitimate rape” and thereby sunk his bid for the Senate. He was also the original inspiration for our esteemed fellow Kossack Brainwrap’s legendary Republican Rape Advisory Chart.
Thank goodness he never ran for office again—no doubt he would have fit right in with Trump’s GOP of today. Who knows what kind of damage he could have done if he had won a spot in the Senate.
Thoughts and prayers to his family, I suppose.