the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we're talking about doesn't make sense to the american people and certainly doesn't make sense to me. >> it was the first question president obama took at his press conference this afternoon. the president denouncing todd akin's rape remark from the weekend and he is not the only one. republicans are collectively wishing the show me state candidated to a kin had shown a little less this weekend. here is how he responded to a question about abortion in the case of rape. >> if it is a legitimate rape the female body has ways to shut