August 21, 2012

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin wants Missouri voters to stand with him against his opponent in the Senate race, Claire McCaskill. But he had a bit of trouble getting the request right.

First time:

Second time:

In this attempt to fix the misspelling of “you’re” there are two “R”s instead of one.

Third time was the charm:

Everything was spelled properly this time.

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