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W. Todd Akin: “I really appreciate you bringing that point up, gentleman, because what you're really saying is there are a whole lot of…”

On the recordApril 28, 2010
I really appreciate you bringing that point up, gentleman, because what you're really saying is there are a whole lot of question marks out there. It almost seems like to me, coming from our State of Missouri, it's almost like maybe you fall off your roof and you land on the ground and you know you hit pretty hard--you get to be an old geezer like me--and you kind of pick yourself up and say, I wonder if anything's broken. You start reaching around to see what's the damage. It seems like now people are kind of asking the question, what's the damage going to be? You really hit the nail on the head.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Apr 28, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is discussing concerns about uncertainty and potential consequences in a broader context.

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