Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) called Todd Akin's now infamous "legitimate rape" comments "partially right" at a breakfast with constituents yesterday. Also, he's a trained obstetrician.

"I wish we could have an honest and respectful dialogue about these complicated issues," Tina Fey told attendees at last night's Center for Reproductive Rights Inaugural Gala. "But it seems like we can't right now."

Last night, a 2008 speech surfaced of Todd Akin saying, among other ludicrous statements, that doctors perform abortions on women "who are not actually pregnant." Today, Buzzfeed's Rebecca Berg contacted Rep. Akin's campaign for comment and, guess what, they're standing by the comments, if not Akin's exact phrasing.

It turns out that Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comment might not be the most inaccurate and stupid statement of the Missouri Representative's career. In a 2008 speech on the House floor, Rep. Akin said (emphasis mine):

Remember Todd Akin? The imbecile Missouri state representative who made those "legitimate rape" comments about five weeks ago? Well, now that some time has passed and he's officially still in the race to be Missouri's next Senator (yesterday was the last day for him to withdraw), Republicans are lining up to support…

Notable gasbag Newt Gingrich is still making noise, most recently in support of Missouri Senate candidate Todd "legitimate rape" Akin.

Former Saturday Night Live star and current raving lunatic Victoria Jackson has some thoughts on Todd Akin and the controversy surrounding his "legitimate rape" comments. They are, of course, very scientific and well-researched. Here are some of her coherent opinions on the matter:

Rep. Todd Akin's office said it was deeply disturbed by comments made by Karl Rove this morning implying he might murder the controversial Missouri lawmaker.

Rarely does an Internet parody video need a trigger warning for rape victims, but Funny or Die's "Legitimate Rape" faux-pharmaceutical ad is so unreptentantly brutal in its mockery of Rep. Todd Akin's now-infamous remarks that it probably needs more than one.

In a masterful bit of Orwellian dissonance, Wisconsin's recall-surviving Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch (R) last week called Rep. Todd Akin's attempt to categorize rape "abhorrent, insulting" and "disgusting," before immediately reversing course and approving of VP nominee Paul Ryan's efforts to do the same.

Like a retirement home choir composed entirely of singing Carrie Nations, the Raging Grannies are mad as hell and they're not afraid to channel their anger through song.

A spokesman for Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) told the Associated Press yesterday that multiple threats have been made against the congressman, his family, and his staff since he made his controversial "legitimate rape" comments on Sunday.

Conservative columnist Mona Charen would like to offer a "mild dissent" about Todd Akin, the Missouri senate candidate who claimed that in cases of "legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." Sure, she acknowledges, there isn't any scientific evidence, at all, to bolster that…

Before allowing local reporters in Denver to conduct one-on-one interviews with Mitt Romney, his camp made reporters promise not to ask him any questions about Rep. Todd Akin of "Legitimate Rape" fame or abortion in general.

All right, turns out we were all angry over nothing. When Todd Akin used the questionable phrase "legitimate rape," he was just trying to distinguish those rapes from the ones women lie about — you know, the false rapes.

Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin, the Republican Senate candidate who believes uteri have a rape exception, has launched a "Still Standing" website asking supporters to sign a petition. Actually, he's launched it three times, because whoever is writing his websites for him doesn't know the difference between "your" and…

In the aftermath of Rep. Todd Akin's now-infamous "legitimate rape" remark, many rape victims have been left wondering where their rape falls on the Spectrum of Legitimacy.

As the Republican Party considers keeping its ultra-strict anti-abortion plank in tact, at least two media outlets are making their displeasure known through similarly pointed imagery.