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Missouri’s Todd Akin is trotting out former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and his wife, Janet, to robo call for him as he desperately tries to defeat Claire McCaskill.\u00a0 [Remember Ashcroft, the guy who spent $8,000 of taxpayers’ money to place\u00a0 modesty draping over the breast-revealing, art-deco statue of the Spirit of Justice in Washington, D.C.?]<\/p>\n

The call entails John, then Janet, then John, then Janet, acting out a bad cop, bad cop plea for votes, as they alternate imploring me to vote for Todd Akin to \u201ccontrol reckless spending,\u201d and to prevent \u201cthe government takeover of our personal lives.\u201d\u00a0 [This is from a virulently anti-choice former Attorney General who favors government-enforced pregnancies. No takeover of our personal lives or uteri there, right?]<\/p>\n

Also, they want me to vote for Todd Akin to \u201csave our kids from being slaves to our national debt.\u201d Hmm, the use of that word, \u201cslaves,\u201d was pretty jarring in today\u2019s non-post-racial political atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Anyway, they both really really want me to vote for Todd Akin. Not gonna happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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