Rep. Todd Akin made some astoundingly ignorant and offensive comments.  But perhaps, the most offensive term that he used was the term “doctor” used to describe the people who taught him all the nonsense he spewed about “legitimate” rape and the female body’s ability to repel conception if you rape her enough.

One of those men is Dr. John Willke.  He actually believes this stuff, but he’s more than just an idiot, he’s dangerous.  He’s the former president of the national Right to Life committee.  He’s not just a conservative whack job, he’s one of THE conservative whack jobs.

And he’s a friend of Mitt Romney’s.  That’s right, in 2008 he was a major endorser of Mitt Romney for president.

Another of Akin’s so-called experts in the field of rape science is the Rev. D. James Kennedy.  This guy is the author of all sorts of books with titles like, “Abortion: Myths and Realities” in which he claims that women who get abortions are just “hysterical, ” and “Life: An Inalienable Right” in which he claims that women are responsible for being raped.  He also says that husband should make reproductive choices for their wives, and that we should “rebuild America based on the Bible.”

These men are not just Todd Akin’s political and philosophical mentors.  These are major players in the development of the new, insanely backwards Republican party.  The party that Reagan would never recognize.  The party that doesn’t care about saving the government money so long as the government isn’t spending it to help people.  The party that cares more about what goes on in a woman’s body than what goes on in the town square.

These beliefs are becoming part of the party platform- including banning abortion in the case of rape or incest, as per these lunatics’ baseless claims.

Akin did not misspeak.  He actually spoke what he believes- what Paul Ryan believes, and likely what Mitt Romney believes.  These men are dangerous.  Remember that come November.