Abandoning Akin in Rock and Roll Fashion

Republicans ran away from Todd Akin this week as fast as they could.  Their efforts to distance themselves from the Missouri Congressman reminded me of "American Woman," released in 1970 by The Guess Who.  This is the short version:

American Akin, stay away from us
American Akin, please get off our bus
Don't come anywhere near our show
Tampa's just fine without you, you know.

We've got more important things to do
Than spend our time out there defending you
Now Akin, we said stay away
American Akin, listen what we say

American Akin, stay away from us
American Akin, please get off our bus
Gotta stop talking 'bout rape, old man,
You're messing up our grand old plan

Privately we're there with you
But we can't afford to lose
Now Akin, we said get away
American Akin, listen what we say

Go, gotta get away, gotta get away
Now go, go, go, gotta leave us, Akin,
Gotta leave us, Akin,
Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye

You're no good for us
We're no good for you
Gonna look you right in the eye
Tell you what you're gonna do

You know you're gonna leave
You know you're gonna go
[Fade]

In the Botanical Gardens, as in Life. . .

The Republican Party keeps getting kookier and kookier

Dominated by old, angry white men

Their misogyny is breathtaking.

The rest of us watch their antics puzzled, in disbelief

As these creatures--with tough shells and thick skin--trudge ever onward.

Neanderthal Man

Todd Akin, the Republican candidate for Senate in Missouri, holds extreme views on abortion. When asked about pregnancy that results from rape, he said, "First of all, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare.  If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

Two questions:

What doctor is he talking to? and

Where do people like Todd Akin come from?