Bless that good ol’ Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin. He just can’t keep quiet about things that got him and his political party into trouble.

Akin, a Republican, has written a book with a mouthful of a title: “Firing back: Taking on the Party Bosses and Media Elite to Protect Our Faith.” It’s going to be released in a few days.

Democrats’ mouths are watering at the prospect of raising money using this man’s pearls of wisdom as the lure.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/todd-akin-book-firing-back-democrats-reaction-108823.html?hp=l2

Akin sought to win election to the U.S. Senate seat from Missouri. He was considered a strong candidate until he sought to differentiate between “legitimate rape” and, well, other kinds of rape. He was trying to explain how some women become pregnant as they are being sexually assaulted, explaining that “the female body has ways to try and shut that whole thing down.”

Akin, I hasten to add, is not a physician.

He didn’t win the Senate seat in the 2012 election and his comments — along with those uttered by other GOP candidates that year — helped fuel the perception that his party has declared war on women.

Akin is just the gift that keeps on giving, apparently, with the publication of his book. I’m not sure if I’m going to read it. I might catch an excerpt or two when they show up online.

Democrats and their political-action committee pals — such as Emily’s List — likely are going to reap some benefit from this guy’s memoir.

And why not? Akin provided a tremendous case study on the troubles politicians — particularly those of the male persuasion — find when they speak of things of which they know zero intimate knowledge.

Pregnancy comes to mind.

Akin told Politico that his “only regret is apologizing for his comments about rape and pregnancy.”

Let the fun begin all over again.