What I meant was don't let "perfect" be the enemy of "good".
Is Akin the perfect candidate. No. The only person that I know of that shares my exact same beliefs, values, and ideals is...me.
Since I'm not running for any office, I have to find the person that most closely fits with what I hold dear. And most times, that person has some ideas or beliefs (or voting record) that aren't exactly like mine.
And occasionally, like me, have said some pretty stupid things. In Public. In front of a large group.
For those that have never been on a campaign, it sucks the life out of you.
A few years back I was a Precinct Committeeman. As such my job was to help educate my neighbors about the candidates, get out the vote, and help with the campaigns. I helped for one "weekend". Wednesday night was three events*. Thursday night was another three. Friday was five. On Saturday there were eight events we went to and we were out until past midnight. Sunday was get up at ungodly O'clock in the morning (4am if IIRC), to go hit the Sunday morning talk shows. The first being at 5am on the local college radio station for all two of their insomniac listeners. And our guy was as bright and cheerful as if he gotten 8 hours of sleep after napping most of the previous day. I was very impressed as I fought to stay awake. (We did one other Radio show, and a TV show that morning, then more events.)
So Akin said something stupid. Given that he's been running awhile, and he's apologized, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. None of us are perfect, and the demands of a campaign, where everything is scrutinized, (we had "an operative" from the other candidate follow our guy around with a video camera,taping every word, so that if and when he said something dumb, they would leap on it and make a TV ad out of it), make it even harder.
The point being what I said earlier, that we on the right don't pick up or wounded from the battlefield. A leftist says something stupid and they go out, circle the wagons around their guys and redouble their efforts to get him/her elected. We, on the other hand, go out and shoot our wounded. Why should he withdrawal? Do we not forgive? Or are we far to ready to pick up rocks and start throwing them at our own glass house?
Is it better to have an Obama acolyte in the Senate where it could be enough to keep "Do Nothing" Harry Reid as Majority Leader and that body in the hands of the D's? Will this country be better having Claire McCaskill as Missouri's Senator? Yes Akin is flawed. We all are. But come on, we can do better with Akin there than her.
Is that what your saying? Even though he's probably at around 75% or greater in shared beliefs, values and ideals, just because he said one dumb thing, I should vote for the other person with whom I share 10% or less of the same beliefs, values, and ideals ?
That's even dumber then what Akin said.
*Event- any meeting or get together by any group that would let our candidate talk and/or give him money. He'd give his canned 3, 5 or 10 minute stump speech, then shake hands, listen to their complaints (my job being to listen, empathize and take notes of what they wanted), and then off to next event.
