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September 18, 2012 | 5:44 pm | Modified: September 18, 2012 at 5:50 pm
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Todd Akin, everyone's favorite punching bag since his unfortunate comments on rape and pregnancy in August, made another lady-related boo boo this week. His female-centric campaign website, Akin.org/women, featured a photo of three women next to Akin with the headline "I'm a women [sic] and I support Todd."

In addition to being grammatically incorrect, the statement was flat-out wrong. One of the women in the photo was Corinne Matti, an operative for the Missouri Democratic Party. Her job as a "tracker" for the party requires Matti to attend Akin events and report back to the party, which the Akin camp was apparently aware of.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Akin campaign has disabled the site. Akin spokesperson Ryan Hite told the paper that the page was "simply a draft version that was not approved for public release."

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