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The election has not gone well for the Republican rape gaffe candidates. They've lost. Mark this down, guys: In 2012, there are severe costs for sounding like you're a little bit of a rape apologist. The casualties:

Candidate: Richard Mourdock, running for Senate in Indiana.

Rape gaffe: "I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize life is that gift from God, and I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen."

Result: Lost to Democrat Joe Donnelly.

Candidate: Todd Akin, running against Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri.

Rape gaffe: On rape pregnancy: "If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

Result: Akin lost to McCaskill.

Candidate: Tom Smith, running against Sen. Bob Casey in Pennsylvania.

Rape gaffe: Said rape pregnancies were similar to getting knocked up. When asked about rape pregnancies, Smith said, "I lived something similar to that with my own family. She chose life, and I commend her for that." A reporter asked, "Similar how?" Smith responded, "Uh, having a baby out of wedlock." When asked if that was really like rape, Smith said, "No, no, no, but… put yourself in a father’s situation, yes. It is similar. But, back to the original, I’m pro-life, period."