No. There is a vast difference between good and evil. Manson had evil intent and acted on it. Akin had good intent and expressed it in a way that could be misinterpreted. He did not mean to do any harm or even any appearance of evil.
A new poll from Wenzel Strategies shows Rep. Todd Akin leading incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill in the race for the Senate seat in Missouri.
It’s big news that Akin is still alive and kicking despite being abandoned by the national Republican Party leadership.
Akin, who refused to succumb to pressure from his own party leadership to get out of the race after poorly expressing himself in an interview on the issue of rape and abortion, has been left to his own resources and friends to raise funds.
According to the just published fundraising report for the last quarter, going through...
I'm not positing moral equivalence. I'm talking about ridiculous understatement.