My article from the August 23, 2012, issue of Front Page Magazine: Obama’s ‘Legitimate Rape’ Lifeline By Matthew Vadum The recent “legitimate rape” statement by Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin has now metastasized into a matter of far-reaching political implications. Few dispute that the comment exhibited deep intellectual incompetence, and the entire conservative establishment unanimously agreed that such a person has no business representing the conservative cause. Nonetheless, Akin refused to budge. In so doing, a once assured Senate seat has been put in play, while the Obama campaign and the Left have already unleashed a torrent of propaganda to … Continue reading Obama’s ‘Legitimate Rape’ Lifeline