GOP is trying to take women back to the dark ages.

Romney and Ryan policies on women's health are dangerously wrong.

Mitt Romney says he will "get rid of" Planned Parenthood. Paul Ryan co-sponsors legislation that narrows the definition of rape - and he wouldn't make exceptions for rape, incest or Mother's health.

I would like to see what Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin have to say on this matter.

Ryan will have a hard time since he co-sponsored a bill with Akin defining "forceable rape" that would prevent abortions in cases of incest, and often times even in situation where adults groom children into having sex consensually.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/19/712251/how-todd-akin-and-paul-ryan-partnered-to-redefine-rape/?mobile=nc

Given the history of this campaign Romney /Ryan have a very exclusive group of friends. Haters,bigot,racists,nut jobs, runs the gamut.

And these are the people they want us to vote for.You don't hear this trash from the Democrats

Yep, tying Ryan to Akin in a big ole BEAR hug shouldn't be too difficult. There appears to be no daylight between them (sorry for the graphic imagery folks, it appears to be consensual) regarding "legitimate" rape:

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/19/712251/how-todd-akin-and-paul-ryan-partnered-to-redefine-rape/

and now Romney is trying to walk it back? LOL,...Romney is an idiot who totally blundered his VP pick. At least the Kochheads are happy, right?

Xabre - so would they. And, they'll make their comments after the powers that be of the GOP tell them what they can think!

It's amazing that the GOP is FULL of idiots like Akin, Romney, Ryan, Palin, Bachmann, ..... OMG the list goes on and on....

Concern - intelligent people know exactly what Biden meant. Ooops! Sorry, I know that leaves you out!

Obama/Biden 2012 and let's send the bozos of the far right to the Cayman Islands

"I have an entirely different view," Romney told NRO of Akin's remarks. “What he said is entirely without merit and he should correct it."

"As soon as I figure out what view YOU PEOPLE want me to have, I'll get back to ya!" "no more GOTCHA questions"

Xabre - so would they. And, they'll make their comments after the powers that be of the GOP tell them what they can think!

Actually on second thought, I'm convinced following her last outburst in which even McCain had to scold her, the GOP must have told Bachmann to keep her mouth shut. Palin on the other hand...

Now that Romney has slapped NoJo's ass with that apology, I guess she will have to vote for herself.

I see that JAS1 is defending the apology but did not slam the original statement. The fall in line orders must have just been issued.

What no words from Ryan yet?

The SS Akins was official cast adrift by the GOTP Express, which than turned about and put a torpedo below the Akin's water line.

On a brighter note for the GOTP, Akins self inflicted wounds are easy to triage and they can use their campaign dollars elsewhere.

Looks like Claire McCaskill will be serving six more years. Thank you, Mr. Akins! Appreciate it!

JoAnn -

Nice try at a redirect, however, you are missing the point. Are you really going to vote for people that will deny you of your freedoms??? Better Pay, Affordable Health care as a Women I can't believe you would stand idly by and let anyone tell you what to do with your body.

From a recent press conference...

Romney: "I fully support Congressman Akin's stance."

An aide whispers into Romney's ear. Romney: "I thoroughly denounce Congressman Akin's stance."

Reporter: "Governor, didn't you just say you supported his stance?"

Romeny: "I never said that!"

(Sound of Etch-A-Sketch being shaken)

JAS - you are such a HYPOCRITE! If President Obama hadn't released years of his tax returns you and all the other mental midgets would have screamed their heads off! But, since it's the clearly dishonest or at least dishonorable Romney, you're fine with it.

You have no integrity and it shows daily as you attack President Obama with lies but let Romney skirt established criteria. You truly are a great Republican - just not much of a person!

Obama/Biden 2012

Okay, so now we know where the Republicans draw the line.

If a stupid, misogynist comment from a Neanderthal right winger REALLY might affect their own election, suddenly they're offended.

Otherwise, not so much.

Leave Me Alone, Okay:

Romney: "I fully support Congressman Akin's stance."

An aide whispers into Romney's ear. Romney: "I thoroughly denounce Congressman Akin's stance."

Reporter: "Governor, didn't you just say you supported his stance?"

Romeny: "I never said that!"

Excellent. Allow me to add:

Paul Ryan: "I don't remember saying that. My aides must have said that for me."

TeaPeople running for re-election first were running away from the Mr. Marvelous Budget.....Now they try to run away from Akins remarks!

Sorry TeaPublicans.......you can't run away from your votes in Congress!......

chilled - sorry - they'll have to run from the entire Republican platform! There isn't anything left of what was once an honorable party. They are now defined by the likes of Romney, Ryan, Rove, Santorum, Palin, Bachmann. There is not an honorable Republican left!

Obama/Biden 2012

Thanks for the link, Eric. It will be interesting to see if and what Ryan does have to say!

Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R) called on Akin to resign his Senate nomination.

That would be SWEET!!!!!! (But again that would involve a Republican listening and actually doing something!)

Sanity ... there are a few ... but they've declined to attend the party of hate's convention .... ;-) (Jon Huntsman ... can you imagine how different this race would be had he garnered the nomination????)

chilled

TeaPeople running for re-election first were running away from the Mr. Marvelous Budget.....Now they try to run away from Akins remarks!

It is anatomically impossible for an ASS to run away from itself.

You're absolutely spot on SeekingSanity.....blackcat!

....There's nothing left.....empty....

I would like to see what Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin have to say on this matter.

C'mon! Someone needs to get Paul Ryan's views on this ASAP! He can clarify Mitt's view and his own!

Akin, Romney and Ryan are showing America what the Tea/GOP party has at heart:

Rape is not a problem

Women belong in the home

Corporations should be able to run businesses as they like without government interference

Everyone should carry a gun in one hand and a bible in the other

Everyone should pay their fair share in taxes except those earning more than $250,000. Those earning more should pay much less until the GOPTP can erase those burdens.

Free speech after the GOPTP has edited the contents

End any and all government financial assistance to the poor/out of work in the country while allowing government loans to corporations at will

End Medicare/Medicaid and make individuals pay for their own health care

Worship oil companies

Global warming is a fallacy

Green energy is too costly and not necessary

Increase the defense budget while cutting all other department budgets

End college loans. If you can't pay for it don't go.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012

C'mon! Someone needs to get Paul Ryan's views on this ASAP! He can clarify Mitt's view and his own!

I am more interested in how Mitt Romney (and Ryan) feels Akin should 'correct' this statement.

Layton - you're right about Huntsman but I can't really consider him a Republican. He flies in the face of what has now become the sick norm for the GOP.

It is sad he doesn't represent the party but it has been so taken over by the far right radicals he just doesn't fit anymore. I think he is felling that. It would not surprise me if he jumps ship in the near future. I just don't see him fitting in. He has morals, ethics, etc. He's just NOT a good Republican - in the eyes of the current party.

Obama/Biden 2012

Is this guy (Akin) representative of the republican party and their knowledge of the female anatomy?

If so, I now understand why they voted against "Planned Parenthood." These are the same kind of people/politicians that are preaching morals to everyone...

I truly feel sorry for this guys wife... She must be a very unhappy woman...

Yeah! Good point Xabre!

How do you correct that statement? Rewording it just will not make it sound any better. Bachmann and Palin will tell you how a woman can pray away their pregnancy after a rape.

You Betcha!

Yeah! Good point Xabre!

How do you correct that statement? Rewording it just will not make it sound any better. Bachmann and Palin will tell you how a woman can pray away their pregnancy after a rape.

You Betcha!

Let's also ask Sarah Palin what she thinks of Bristol not getting married to her baby's daddy after all...not to mention her little grandson already spewing F-bombs at his young age. And this is the party that preaches traditional "Christian" values? The hypocrisy really turns the stomach.

That's exactly what Obama and his minions are making this campaign about.

Yeah, and Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan really have "fresh ideas", with thirty years of failed trickle-down economics not being enough after all. And let's cut the deficit, by massively increasing spending on defense. Such new and brilliant ideas there. Maybe that's why Mitt Romney's platform is essentially "Obama is bad" while avoiding any conversation upon his ideas whatsoever. Oh, and any comments on the topic that the Romney / Ryan plan would raise taxes on 95% of Americans?

As several posters have pointed out, Paul Ryan and Todd Akin co-wrote a bill that re-defined rape, and that would have eliminated Federal funding for abortions except in the case of "forcible rape".

An excerpt from the article mentioned above:

Federal law prevents federal Medicaid funds and similar programs from paying for abortions. Yet the law also contains an exception for women who are raped. The bill Akin and Ryan cosponsored would have narrowed this exception, providing that only pregnancies arising from “forcible rape” may be terminated. Because the primary target of Akin and Ryan’s effort are Medicaid recipients — patients who are unlikely to be able to afford an abortion absent Medicaid funding — the likely impact of this bill would have been forcing many rape survivors to carry their rapist’s baby to term. Michelle Goldberg explains who Akin and Ryan would likely target:

Under H.R. 3, only victims of “forcible rape” would qualify for federally funded abortions. Victims of statutory rape—say, a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 30-year-old man—would be on their own. So would victims of incest if they’re over 18. And while “forcible rape” isn’t defined in the criminal code, the addition of the adjective seems certain to exclude acts of rape that don’t involve overt violence—say, cases where a woman is drugged or has a limited mental capacity. “It’s basically putting more restrictions on what was defined historically as rape,” says Keenan.

Although a version of this bill passed the GOP-controlled House, the “forcible rape” language was eventually removed due to widespread public outcry. Paul Ryan, however, believes that the “forcible rape” language does not actually go far enough to force women to carry their rapist’s baby. Ryan believes that abortion should be illegal in all cases except for “cases in which a doctor deems an abortion necessary to save the mother’s life.” So rape survivors are out of luck.

And, of course, as we learned today, Akin isn’t even sure that “legitimate” rape survivors can get pregnant in the first place.

//thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/19/712251/how-todd-akin-and-paul-ryan-partnered-to-redefine-rape/?mobile=nc

So first we had "forcible rape", now we have "legitimate rape"?

Romney's first statement on the topic didn't really clear anything up:

“Gov. Romney and Cong. Ryan disagree with Mr. Akin’s statement, and a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape.”

I'm confused - would they not oppose abortion in instances of "forced rape", "legitimate rape" or rape altogether?

I think Paul Ryan still needs to answer a few questions as to why he feels it is necessary to classify different "levels" of rape.

Paul Ryan: The Deficit? I Built That!

All those years my wife was on birth control pills,

I never knew she had an eject button for her uterus!

Who was it that wanted to know what Paul Ryan has to say about Akins?

They're birds of a feather, apparently.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08/todd-akin-paul-ryan-redefining-rape

This isn't the first time Akin has expressed fringe views about rape in the context of the abortion debate. Last year, Akin, vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), and most of the House GOP co-sponsored a bill that would have narrowed the already-narrow exceptions to the laws banning federal funding for abortion—from all cases of rape to cases of "forcible rape."

....

So why was the "forcible" language so important? Pro-life advocates believed they needed to include the word "forcible" in the law to pre-empt what National Right to Life Committee lobbyist Doug Johnson called a "brazen" effort by Planned Parenthood and other groups to obtain federal funding for abortions for any teenager by (falsely) claiming statutory rape. Abortion rights groups, Johnson warned, wanted to "federally fund the abortion of tens of thousands of healthy babies of healthy moms, based solely on the age of their mothers." Richard Doerflinger, the US Council of Catholic Bishops' top anti-abortion lobbyist, echoed Johnson in congressional testimony, arguing that the "forcible" language was "an effort on the part of the sponsors to prevent the opening of a very broad loophole for federally funded abortions for any teenager." Planned Parenthood flatly denied having a plan to open up such a loophole.

Underage teenagers claiming statutory rape? Brazen. Absolutely brazen.

Why don't we just get rid of the age of consent, altogether?

Just let the market control it. Sort of like the minimum wage.

@ tnsevol --

Great minds thinking alike. Obviously, we're both brazen.

Actually JAS, mental midget is the apt description of you. You prove it with every stupid post you make. And, your dishonesty in your response to me is not unexpected. You could no more admit to being the hypocrite you are than you could post an intelligent remark.

Pity - but typical Republican!

Obama/Biden 2012

Romney did the right thing to call out Akin, but wrong to say he should "correct" the comments. Romney should have simply told Akin "You blew it."

Ryan on the other hand, this would make for an interesting debate question considering Ryan's views supposedly align closely with Akin.

Reverend Wright was not Obama's VP choice.

Ryan co-sponsored the bill with Akin redefining rape.

I would imagine Paul Ryan will not address this issue at all now. If he does, He'll either have to contradict Mitt's statement or his own stance on the issue.

I would love to hear him spin this one!

Are you really going to vote for people that will deny you of your freedoms???

Yes. Yes she will. She a well heeled GOTPer.

For those that need a refresher in English:

A methapor is literary device to illustrate a point. No one is literally going to put anyone in chains, same way no one is actually "tied to their mortgage". But rape is a reality. We aren't talking about the casual use of the word, like "being raped at the auto mechanic" for the bill for brakes, or "you just got raped" in an online game like Halo. This is something that is a reality. Rape is violent, and is a violation of one of the key tenets of the Tea Party movement, self sovereignty.

If you don't like abortion, fine. Don't have one. Isn't the invisible hand of the free-market supposed to guide all government decisions?

hs321 tying akins comments to Rmoney is like tying Reverend Wright's comments to Obama.

The republican/teabagger party has been trying to do that for a long time and still are. Look you just did. You republicans sure like to dish it out but when it comes back to you all you can't take it.

Welcome to the 2012 republican/tea bag party. The defenders of rape.

JoAnnaSmith1

Romney "Akin's rape comments "insulting, inexcusable . . "

That is the correct response.

Obama's response to Biden's "chains" comment:

Obama is defending Biden's comment that Republican deregulation policies would put people "back in chains," saying his vice president was only talking about GOP proposals to roll back new rules for Wall Street

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"Joe Biden has been an outstanding vice president," Obama told PEOPLE (apparently Obama doesn't talk to the national press anymore). "He is passionate about what's happening in middle-class families. So I will be talking to him a whole lot about the campaign generally."

Source: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/obama-stands-behind-biden/1

That is the incorrect response.

Joanna, list me say this as simple as possible.

We, black have not been slaves for 150 years, so for most black the pains of slavers are long forgotton

Women are still being raped and assaulted in this country every day.

so your comparison is sick and offensive to most people, and i wish you would stop trying to justify what that man said with what biden about chains, as a black man that does not bothers me, and since when have you even given a S8it about what is said about black folks away way.

lets face it Joanna, your comments and post here,don't make you a friend or champion for black causes.

Tying Akin's comments to Romney is like tying Reverend Wright's comments to Obama.

Ah no... Mitt is now tide to Mr. Akins through his "excellent" and thoroughly "vetted" running mate Paul Ryan.

Sucks to be a Mitt supporter right about now. Well, actually from my view point it always has...

Akins 2012 - "Dragging the GOTPs chance of carrying the Senate on comment at a time."

"lie down with dogs, get up with fleas"

Detroit-Storm - Why would make such a hateful comment about dogs?

Skup,

I wouldn't compare a politician to a dog, because even a dog has enough sense not to poop where they sleep. Just a time tested homily about the company you keep.

Once again Mitt leaves us hanging on what his position is. He says he has an entirely different view, but doesn't tell us what it is.

The guy can't answer multiple choice or true/false questions.

Every question is answered by a rambling essay answer that leads back to nothing!

fuzzy44 - 1.48 - Ryan will need to first run the numbers on this or he'll have to get wonky on you. Which ... sounds kind of awkward now in this Akin context.

JoAnnaSmith1

JAS - you are such a HYPOCRITE! If President Obama hadn't released years of his tax returns you and all the other mental midgets would have screamed their heads off!

Umm, no not really InSanity. You see, results matter, not these little side issues of tax returns, or school grades, or birth certificates and such. The people that want those things are the mental midgets. Obama seems to believe this too:

"Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things." - Barack H. Obama Democratic Convention speech 2008

Source:

That's exactly what Obama and his minions are making this campaign about. So keep doing that mental midget thing you've got going for yourself InSanity. It fits you well.

Tax returns for a presidential candidate are significantly different than college transcripts and birth certificates. You are using a fallacy of false analogy here in attempting to make your point.

Tax returns help to explain why Mr. Romney wants to further decrease the tax rate he pays in order to keep more capital gains for himself and his friends. The fact that Mr. Romney decided to not release any more to "you people" told me everything i needed to know about this used car salesman. i don't need to hear any more about it, and the vast majority seem to agree.

Displacement is what you are doing when claiming that President Obama is pushing the 'small minded' issues in this campaign. The republicans/tea party have been clamoring for transcripts and birth certificates, and they are the ones who are running ads with outright fabrications in order to persuade voters against the President. When i've looked at transcripts of speeches or listened to the President on the campaign trail, he's not talking about small minded issues. He's going back to the plan he outlined back in 2008. some of the things on that agenda are done, but he states that there is still work left to do. He's pushing for a vision of america that keeps her values and traditions in place, but moves us forward into the 21st century.

The Romney Ryan vision of america wants to return to the fabled greatness of the 1920s, with the wild west legal system and lassiez-faire capitalism that caused the great depression. They want to return to the days where women were second class citizens, and had little to no control over their lives. They have gone away from the constitutional freedom from religion by attempting to legislate christian sharia law through anti abortion and the silliness of outlawing contraception through legislation. They do all these things and still claim to know the founding fathers' intent better than us, even though the constitution was designed to be changed because they knew that things wouldn't always stay as they were.

Conservatism is rooted in the past. It is against change for any reason and is designed to maintain the status quo. The status quo as a result of conservative thought dominating our political institutions for the past 32 years has led to a point where the status quo is untenable. The false dichotomy of political parties in this country has led to a point where gridlock is the most common outcome, and this is the thing that the founding fathers most wanted to avoid. Compromise is what this nation was founded on, and compromise is what made this nation the greatest country of the modern world. If we allow our elected officials to continue believing that they can push forward ideologically driven agendas and not compromise one bit on any of them, our nation will fade into obscurity like the Roman empire.

JoAnna, i don't know you personally. i have to believe that if we met face to face and discussed things we'd be able to agree on more than we disagree on because that is what i've found to be true in my interactions with people. i'm not attacking you by stating these things, just trying to point out the logical connotations of the positions you are defending. i don't agree with everything the President has done, and he's human and is entitled to his mistakes as we all are, but the overall platform and vision that he supports is light years ahead of where Mr. Romney and the Conservative policymakers want to take us. We must learn from the past so that we are not likely to repeat the same mistakes, and right now the Conservative agenda is a recipe for undoing the protections of the New Deal era that allowed this country to become the economic powerhouse of the world, and that would prevent another great depression that would cause the end of the USA as we know it.

Obama's response to Biden's "chains" comment:

That is the incorrect response.

Don't you hate it when Democrats are just sooo non-PC. Too bad it also happens to be the truth.

Fuzzy44 --

I would love to hear him spin this one!

Don't even bother. Whatever Ryan said in the past, or whatever he says now, or whatever he says in the future, when it becomes inconvenient, his staff will be responsible for it.

The guy just plain doesn't know how to hire.

Memphis Kelly - when you consider Condi Rice a "great" woman you are putting truly great women down. Condi was nothing more than a lap dog and yes person for both Bushes and she failed our country miserably.

But, the right wing faction has so few women to brag about I guess they'll scavenge and say Condi is great!

Pathetic!

Obama/Biden 2012

I like it when a Politician Responds to one of his party members and tells him off. Did Obama call for Biden to correct his remarks on Chaining us up?

The reason Governor Romney "tells him off" is because Mr Romney is aghast at the idea that Mr Akin revealed the actual GOP stance on the issue honestly, and for all to see.

"Legitimate rape" - think about what that means. It pretty much says everything it needs to say about how the GOP regard women.

JAS - oh, unlike you who support an entire PHONEY political party. They don't give a damn about women; the middle class; anyone who is not white, male and stupid; yep - that's YOUR party. Actually, a pretty good fit for someone like you!

Obama/Biden 2012

JoAnna Smith --

Wow. Just wow. The lengths people will go to deny their history, their legacy, their heritage, their very soul.

Haven't you given up enough for this phony in the White House?

Boy, you're right JoAnna. I guess it IS time to give up on the half white guy in the White House and instead get a REAL white guy in the White House who completely understands blacks' "history, their legacy, their heritage, their very soul."

And who, as a REAL man, also understands the difference between "forcible" rape and "illegitimate" rape. Someone who understands women's "history, [our] legacy, [our] heritage, [our] very soul" and can explain it to us in simple words that we can understand.

And thank YOU, JoAnna, for taking the time to clarify that for me. Because otherwise, I get so confused.

But I know I can always count on you.

@ #1.69

There goes my pesky staff again -- that merry band of tricksters.

Quick, stop them before they start a war with Syria, or Iran, something like that.

Two things!

First, Ryan will have to explain the bill he co-sponsored with this idiot. Not much wiggle room for him. He is as radical right as they come (Ryan that is).

Second, this idiot from Kansas really can't say he mispoke, but ANYONE with half a brain would never say "they say a woman's body can shut things down if it were a forced rape". That isn't miss-speaking, that is something he believes... Unbelieveable.

JoAnnaSmith1

Jeff - We, black have not been slaves for 150 years, so for most black the pains of slavers are long forgotton

Wow. Just wow. The lengths people will go to deny their history, their legacy, their heritage, their very soul.

Haven't you given up enough for this phony in the White House?

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

please stop the crack, meth and what ever else you are doing.

Deny my history, since when do you give a Sh-t about black history.

lets face it Joanna, your comments and post here,don't make you a friend or champion for black causes.

JH... WOW.. .really??? dragging up an un-proven story from the Clinton era??? Don't you remember all the wing-nuts that came out of the closet around that time making any and everything up about him??? Of COURSE you beleive him.... no proof... no charges.. yet you "believe"...

Biden NEVER MENTIONED BLACKS IN HIS SPEECH.... he mentioned shackles... shackles mean just what is says... it does NOT say "slavery"... it does NOT say "blacks".... try as you hard as you can to make what he said racist... maybe it will stick with a few more of your repbublican simpleton followers.

Memphis Kelly --

I see Condi Rice and Darla Moore have been invited to be August National GC's first female members.... the club couldn't have made a better choice! Both are great women who have made it own their own.. as opposed to Obama's contention they didn't do it without gov't help!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Condolleeza Rice has ever had a job that wasn't a government job or an academic job. All of which valuable experience caused her to conclude that terrorists would never actually blow themselves up in airplanes, even though suicide bombers had been blowing themselves up in the Middle East for hundreds of years, and she had been handed a memo to that effect by her own national security staff.

Her great, made-it-on-her-own mind also concluded that Benazir Bhutto ought to go home just at the moment of the very worst tribal uprisings in modern-day Pakistan, with the predictable result that Bhutto died. Do you ever wonder what Rice was thinking about there? I have a pretty good idea.

I suspect she also might have told you there wasn't even a possibility that Osama bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan. Just goes to show, doesn't it?

Oh, yeah. She's a GREAT example of the modern GOP woman and token.

Embrace her.

fuzzy44

All those years my wife was on birth control pills,

I never knew she had an eject button for her uterus!

None of us did - all these wasted dollars on birth control!

Akin's "automatic shutdown" revelation is up there with the Republican view of evolution: evolution is not real because if evolution was true why dont the monkeys at the zoo turn into humans?

JH-479998

And Joe Biden was talking to a black audience and he said "they want to put y'all in chains".

all my RI friends use the "y'all" or even "you's" regardless who they speak to so I guess I should inform them that they are being racist.

I'll send out the memo immediately....

old fat guy-1144960

Jeff...

Black people have a different color skin... so what?

Oh 150 years ago blacks were slaves. So what? They are all dead now. Everyone of them.

There is no place on this planet that affords more opportunity for black folks that right here in America.

So pull up your pants, tuck in your shirt, speak proper english and set about being good at something.

Success will find you!

hey first of all i'm 50, OLD TUB OF LARD!!!! so my pants ar already pulled up, my grandmother was a teacher, so my english is proper, and sucess has found me enough to raise and put 4 kids through college.

so what your point.

TELL JOANNA we don't need her championing black causes.

Jeff...

Let's try American causes and forget the skin color excuse is my only point

Republicans are so simple minded that their word association is limited to their own bias:

(They'll put you back in chains) - can ONLY mean chains of slavery. Not debtor's prison?

(They'll have to sit in the back) - can ONLY mean back of the BUS (which was never stated)

(You didn't build that) - can ONLY mean SOCIALISM is afoot

The ignorance is astounding when I 'listen' to the righties deny context, science, biology and pretty much every other FACTUAL, substantive POINT.

Good grief, but they are tenacious with their WILD fantasies about the world. "It's like they take PRIDE in being ignorant" - Barack Obama, Summer 2008

They DO, Mister President, they REALLY, REALLY do!

old fat guy-1144960

Jeff...

Let's try American causes and forget the skin color excuse is my only point

i was not tring black causes, if you would have read my post, i was responding to joanna lane comparison between what Biden said and Rep. Todd Akin. she compaired chains to legitimate rape.

she was trying to justify what he said, and all i was trying to do was make her understand that slavers ended 150 years ago and rape that still happens every day.

TO: Memphis Kelly who wrote:

"There wasn't a damn thing Romney could have done in this situation to please dumbfux/carrot top or her minions!..."

Kelly, the situation is this, all of this is part of the Republican "Platform" and Romney supporters expect Romney to fully defend this position among other "far out right wing" positions that offend nearly every American in one way or another.

Obama/Biden 2012

No comparision between what Biden said and what Akin said.

Akin should resign his nomination ASAP. Romney has publicly called him out for his comments.

Obama on the other hand makes excuses for Biden's equally offensive and stupid remarks. What is troubling to me is this guy could become president so easily.

Obama/Biden ... FAILED LEADERSHIP

Republican's abortion policy generally is insulting and inexcusable.

TO: old fat guy-1144960 who wrote:

"...Obama on the other hand makes excuses for Biden's equally offensive and stupid remarks..."

I'm wondering why it's white people who pretend to be so offended by Biden's comments when caucasians were never in "chains" to begin with, if that's the way those who claim to be "offended" are taking.

African Americans, on the other hand, who might be offended by any such comment seem to be taking Biden's comments to mean "chained down by debt".

Now, about Romney's AND Ryan's tax returns. As it turns out, when you study Ryan's votes he made under the Bush Administration, Ryan was spending machine!

Ryan did NOT vote against any of Bush's wasteful spending on Republican overseas, warmongering ventures, but to spend American Taxpayer monies ON the American Taxpayer is a bitter sin, if you listen to Republicans tell it. In Republicans' view, if we had spent trillions for all Afgans to have health care, it would have been just fine.

Obama/Biden 2012

Was the rape of Juanita Broaddrick by Bill Clinton "legitimate"? Pretty pathetic when the left thinks so highly of a rapist on the left and condems "words" from the right. Pretty much shows the respect the left has for women.

If Bill Clinton raped Juanita Broaddrick, then he is a felon and deserves to be in jail. Anyone on the left will tell you this.

You are complete nuts if you think anyone on the left will defend a rape. Rape is rape.

Of course it is also important to add that if there's a lie involved here, then you are a creep for falsely accusing Bill Clinton. can we agree on that as well?

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• Give Flip-Flop Mitt a couple of hours -- he'll change his mind. By Friday he will have 8 or 9 different opinions abut this Todd Akin clown.

JH - okay so you dredge up an accusation that was denied after it was made, then made again. When someone takes that route, it is difficult to know exactly what happened. Had President Clinton ever been tried for "rape" and convicted, I would find him as disgusting as any rapist.

However, he didn't seem to have any problem getting consenting women to have sex with him so, I'm pretty unsure of the rape.

And, since the "victim" told so many different stories, took them back, made them again, it is impossible to know the truth.

Try something that has legs!

Obama/Biden 2012

When Republicans OPEN THEIR MOUTHS and speak, that which is REALLY on their mind

the country RECOILS & half of the GOP acts offended .

Imagine what it must be like to SAY you fight for freedom, believe in the US Constitution and government

BUT underneath that facade you are actually for, rigid conformity, the market over the constitution & NO federal government !

Imagine having to LIVE A LIE 24/7 because if you speak your mind PATRIOTS will recoil at your irrational position...imagine thinking one thing & having to deny it in public out of fear that you are either a NUT JOB or a FRINGE RADICAL .

The dichotomy contained within every Conservative that forces them to keep their REAL FEELINGS & POSITIONS secret or hidden from the public OUT OF FEAR of rejection must be overwhelming .

Living a LIE is hell... willfully living a lie is a GOP/TP badge of honor.

There is a SICKNESS running rampant in this country, a disease of the mind.........

and it is CLEAR who the CARRIERS are & how it affects humanity .

This country needs a vaccination for stupidity but I'm positive that one faction of politics would prevent

any usage of it out of fear that it would deny them their RIGHT to remain dysfunctional & adversarial .

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juanita_Broaddrick#Allegations_against_Bill_Clinton:

In 1997, Broaddrick had filed a sworn affidavit with Paula Jones' lawyers, denying that Clinton had ever assaulted her: "During the 1992 Presidential campaign there were unfounded rumors and stories circulated that Mr. Clinton had made unwelcome sexual advances toward me in the late seventies... These allegations are untrue ...."^[1] In November 1998, Broaddrick contradicted her sworn statement in an interview with Dateline NBC.^[2][3]

You want to see more tax returns ? Change the law.

Or why not just vote for someone who DID show us more tax returns?

If Mr Romney wishes to remain a private citizen, he can keep as much info about him confidential as he likes. I don't care in the least.

Romney's behavior is no different from hiring someone, and the first day when they start, I ask them for their social security number they scream, "You are violating my privacy!"

Byron - I know Bill Clinton is a liar. I'm not sure about Juanita Broddrick.

Seeking - Bill Clinton denied a lot of things.

I read the reports and I watched the TV report. I do believe the woman. Bill Clinton NEVER came out and forcefully denied the accusation. I would think that if someone made an accusation like that you would not take it lightly.

I just don't understand the left when they attack an idiot for saying such a stupid thing and try to tie him to the entire republican party and at the same time just overlook something as serious as an evil act from one of their own.

I remember when Patty Murray and Hillary ran Bob Packwood out of office for just talking to women about their attire and probably patting some on the behind. He was an old fart who probably treated women like that all of his life. Then they went after the Secretary of the Navy. They tried to stop him from getting his pension when he retired because of the Tailhook scandal. He wasn't even at the Tailhook partry but he must have been a republican. But where were those two when Bill was taking sexual advantage of an intern. That must have of been OK with them because they sure didn't want to run him out of office. The hypocrisy from the left has no bounds.

Byron,

Another thing, the dems got Romney's tax returns and started telling lies about what they found. They claim he has money stashed in foreign accounts to get out of paying taxes. Do you think that Romney and the IRS are working together to hide his money?

mitt twitt and pauly crackers are they not a great pair. romney(mormon) believes in pologamy,cutting senior citizens medicare that they have worked so long and hard for and giving them vouchers for medical help that cover vitually nothing.no medical help for the working poor and disabled (although mitt&pauly will eat their hamburgers).all the help you a gonna get from thsee two carpetbaggers.ryan(roman catcholic) doest believe in planned parenthood funding(will stop government funding if elected)doesnt believe in abortion even extreme cases like rape or incest.neither will use government funds to help students go to college and get a better education so they can get a better job.no government money will be given to the states to help secondary schools(each state will have to provide their own).if mitt twitt&pauly crackers these two conservative repubs get in the white house get ready to cry in your beer you bought while obama was still in office. there wont be no soup line.mit & pauly are taking the jobs overseas to china,india etc(outsourcing romney calls it).they dont like obama"s made in America jobs.for a very bright future with good jobs and great education lets vote sweet home Chicago 2012.

Well since Ryan seems to think the same way as Akins, I'd suggest Romney dump the loser now. He won't...and I can only hope it is as big a blow to his election chances as Palin was to McCain.

So this is who Mitt is going to lead his troops. Call them out for their mistakes very clearly!!! Bravo.

Go Obama Biden 2012.

Anna Molly dear..... Condi Rice has more actual political and hands on experience regarding foreign policy than Barry has in his big ears! Were she a democrat and you would be praising her... but as a Republican you slander her... what a hypocrite, crawl back under the refrigerator, the lights are on Anna..!

Don't feel sorry for puppet boys Mit and the Twit! Feel sorry for Sheldon Adelson, the Koch Brothers et al. This foot in the mouth (actually speaking their real truthful intentions) will cost them many more millions to keep pulling on the marionettes strings. Like Brawny paper towels and gaming a lot of us ain't buying what your selling boys!

yosolo: "Look at this week's Newsweek cover story:"

Clearly stated at the beginning of the article: "full disclosure—an adviser to John McCain".

Enough said!

What's nauseating is the Republican doublespeak / obstructionism and then trying to blame Obama for not accomplishing anything.

This coming from Romney who wants to repeal Roe v Wade, and "get rid of" Planned Parenthood, and Paul Ryan who supports "personhood" bills that would even make contraception and other procedures illegal -- The FACT is this comment is held by a lot of Teapublicans -- most just don't make the mistake of saying it out loud. Throw out the Christian Taliban.

Anna Moldy, Condi Rice is much smarter and more pragmatic than your thin skinned Kenyan! It is a shame that we will never see proof of that, like a debate or some other forum.

Also Condi Rice has shown that she loves America. Your guy.... not so much, he prefers a welfare state to a Republic.

So now that Republicans are worried about losing votes, they are changing their tune.

That's funny, where were all these Republicans when Santorum said the same thing? Oh, that's right... EVERY Republican supported him. In fact, these boards were FULL of Republicans supporting Santorum and his "rape babies are a gift from God".

But now that votes are on the line, they decide to change their mind for a few days. Typical GOP.

PANIC! Some idiot said the Republican thoughts OUT LOUD! Quick, spin up the lie generator!

Akins and Ayn Ryan co-sponsored HR3, a bill redefining rape. The language in that bill has been part of the republicon party platform since 1976! Who is in charge of the republicon party platform this year? McConnel of state rape infamy!

Anything that Romneyhood, Ayn Ryan, et all say from now on is a lie, as it goes against everything they have been working for for 36 years.

and yet, with ALL of the genius that is Condi and with the full backing of the US Government and Military - who was it that 'got' Osama bin Laden?

And who was it that said during the 9/11 Commission investigation

"...bin Laden determined to attack in the US..."

Condi was book smart up until she hitched her wagon to the ignorance and disaster that is George W Bush. At that point, all bets were off.

Why don't you all go ahead and run her for President? (rhetorical question)

It's okay, once Romney is in office he'll change his mind again........

Romney has no backbone at all and i find it scary that people believe what he says. For me i don't really care much i do as i wish reguarless of what they say and if they take my money i will get it else where. My concern is for the people who are unable to do what the need to survive under Republican rule. But they're is a good chance this will be the last hurahh for a while if the survive this election.

Should they get in and America see's the plan it may be over anyway

According to politifact.com Romney only tells the truth 29% of the time.

Apologize Hell. The RNC/TP and the Candidates should cut off his funding and call for him to drop out of the election.

Why should he apologize for saying he believes?

Maybe victims of rape should just take up the Rick Sanctimonious position of, "Accept the baby as a gift from Dog," if their bodies don't automatically "take care of it."

Nathan---Romney's statement tells me what we need to know about him---he calls for Akin to "correct" his statement. In other words--he tells Akin to flip flop and come out with the politically correct position on rape. Instead of calling for Akin's resignation from his seat and from the Senate campaign. Somehow Romney thinks a "correction" is all that is necessary.

Eric, thanks for the info from politifact to assure us Romney is indeed qualified to be a politician.

Or maybe Mr. Akin could just be "Santorum'd" instead?

Or maybe Mr. Akin could just be "Santorum'd" instead?

Well he is a Republican...

If Romney is elected, the Tea Party will be leading him around like a little puppy.

TO: Doug-384925 who wrote:

"If Romney is elected, the Tea Party will be leading him around like a little puppy."

And not JUST the Teagaggers, Grover Nordquist will be the acting "President" and push Romney around like a little girl.

Obama/Biden 2012

What's REALLY INSULTING is that Mitt thinks he can con the people of this country into thinking that Akin's point of view is different than his own.

It's not.

You Republicans just have one SNAFU after another. You had a slam dunk Senate win in Indiana but you nominated some teatard and now you're trailing. You had another slam dunk Senate seat in Missouri and now you're giving that one away with this Todd Akin fool. Keep this up and come January, Democrats just may have 60 seats.

here is a little test you can try at home so you can understand Romney's mentality. Ask a priest, a minister, a born again priest etc. to read their holy book. I guarantee they will all be happy to share their religion with you. Then ask a Mormon to let you read one of their holy books and see what happens. Then maybe you will understand.

@george pauljohn... WHAT? That made no sense. I was born and raised Mormon, though I'm agnostic now, and I can tell you point blank that the Mormons will be more than happy to share their books with you.

Akin: "Ooops, did I just say that out-loud?"

Romney: "Learn to control you internal monologue moron. Now we have to spin our arses off even more!"

Akin: "You mean using the racist dog whistle about work for welfare? Ooops, I just did it again, didn't I?"

Doubter222 -- Rick Santorum, Sharron Angle, and the making lemonade out of lemons BS -- Paul Ryan and "personhood" criminalization of contraception, in vitro fertilization, etc. -- The whole lot of them are for "extreme rightwing social engineering." Romney wants to repeal Roe v Wade and get rid of Planned Parenthood along with Medicare, ACA, and anything that helps women.

Yet another, "Those aren't the words I would have used." moment.

PANIC! Some idiot said the Republican thoughts OUT LOUD! Quick, spin up the lie generator!

Re: American girl- why will Nordquist be acting president ? He and Romney have been in the headlines dissing each other lately.

Akin has 24 hours to bow out on his own, after that the Republicans will throw him out.

As Mormon Jeff Warren rapes little girls Romney will say "inexcusable.... I am running for President Jeff"

Akins and Ayn Ryan co-sponsored HR3, a bill redefining rape. The language in that bill has been part of the republicon party platform since 1976! Who is in charge of the republicon party platform this year? McConnel of state rape infamy!

Anything that Romneyhood, Ayn Ryan, et all say from now on is a lie, as it goes against everything they have been working for for 36 years.

How bad is the Ryan-Akin anti-abortion bill?

By Greg Sargent

The national battle over Todd Akin's comments about "legitimate rape" has shed light on a"personhood" bill, co-sponsored by Akin and Paul Ryan, called the Sanctity of Life Act. Much of the chatter today has focused on whether Ryan opposes abortion in cases of rape. The Romney campaign confirmed today that Ryan does personally oppose it, while clarifying that a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose it.

(Wow! A complete Flip-Flop in the same sentence! The last one above. That's gotta be a new Romney Flip-Flop Speed Record!)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/how-bad-is-the-ryan-akin-anti-abortion-bill/2012/08/20/c7e37e04-eafe-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_blog.html

• This is PROOF POSITIVE that The GOP Mullahs are trying to IMPOSE a form of pseudo-Christian Sharia Law on all of America. Think about that. That is what The GOP gang is really up to.

BTW, That bill would be HR 212

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr212ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr212ih.pdf

Thank you for taking the time to write an informative post, for anyone interested in knowing just how serious the repugnikkkans are about turning back the clock on women's issues. Pity us if ROMNEY gets to appoint another Supreme Court justice, it will take DECADES to have a high court that is consistent with democracy. Our ONLY hope is to overturn, not Roe v Wade-- but CITIZENS UNITED. And that will never happen if the teabrained maroons keep getting the white house.

What Mr. Akin said was really not that offensive, but his words have led to a much more offensive reaction from others. First of all, Mr. Akin is guilty of two things in his remarks.

He used the wrong word “legitimate” instead of “actual” which is what he obviously meant.

Second, he is guilty of ignorance as to the ability of a woman to be able to shut off reproduction in the event of “actual” rape. OK, this is really ignorant, but the good thing about ignorance is that it can be corrected with education and I am sure he is now educated on this issue.

Now compare this “ignorance” to the arrogance of some others.

Take for example Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, both of whom have stated that they believe life begins at conception. This is who they want us to beleive they are. They really want you to believe that life begins at concecption is one of their core beliefs. But is it? I wonder.

How can you believe that life begins at conception, and not believe that the “person” must also come into existance at conception as well. This is only logical. And if you believe that the “person” comes into existance at conception, then how can you, as a would be leader on a national scale, believe it to be ok for abortion to be allowed in the special case of rape? This is a constitutional issue.

The 14^th Amednment to the Constitution, that document that all elected officials swear to uphold and follow, clearly states among other things “…nor shall any State deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Note: All persons are coverd. Therefore, if life begins at conception, then so must the person come into being at conception as well. This is only logical. How can you have life in human form without also having a person?

So here it is. Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan either believe that life begins without a person, or they believe the Constitution does not apply to them. There is no other way to slice this.

So while all the pundents are attacking Mr. Akin for word choice and ignorance (now corrected), he can not be attacked for lying about his beliefs. In fact, what he stated is clearly within the bounds of the Constitution he too has sworn to follow. When he stated that there should be punishment
for rape but we should punish the rapist, not the fetus, he is in compliance with both the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and his beliefs as stated. My hat is off to him. Thank you Mr. Akin for clearly stating your beliefs and giving the voter the clear choice to vote or not to vote for you based on who you say you are. Thank you.

Compare this clear logic and statement of core beliefs of Mr. Akin to those of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan who want you to believe that in their hearts, their shared core belief is that life bgins at conceptions but the person begins at some point after that? That is ridiculous. that is ignorant. that is just plain political posturing. Or is it the case that they both belive that Life and person begins at conception but the Constitution somehow does not bind them as it does everyone else including Mr. Akin? Aborting an inncoent fetus (person) because of the crime of rape commited by someone else is just fine with them I guess, constitution be damned. That is what they have stated.

Personally, I would prefer to have in office someone that I trust with whom I disagree, rather than someone that contorts what he states as a core belief just to get votes. Been there. Done that. That is Obama’s record. He said a lot of what he would do and then did the opposite. How am I now to
believe Romney and Ryan are any different given the current issue and their remarks as stated loudly by them in the past few days?

Either the 14^th Amendment applies to all persons or not. Either life and person begin at conception or not. Either the constitution applies to all persons or not. If it applies to all persons, then it applies to an unborn fetus just as it applies to Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan. So if you believe that life and person begin at conception, the 14th Amendment precludes you from aborting the person (fetus) for the crimes of another. Life and person either begin at conception or not. You can't have a person without life, and you can't have life without a person. To state otherwise to get votes is to me repulsive in the least.

Therefore the views as expressed by Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan are very worrisome to me, as both
gentlemen call into question their understanding of the Constitution and their sincerity as to their stated beliefs. Both of these issues are to me very serious indeed.

In the case of Mr. Romney and Mr. ryan, we are again dealing with ignorance, but on a different scale since these two gentlemen have held elected office for some time and have sworn in the past to follow the Constitution. Are we now to believe they don’t know what the constitution contains?

What I see in this unfolding of events are more politicians trying to parse their beliefs to get elected. More of the same. I would rather have an Akin in office that speaks his beliefs even if poorly as to word choice
(legitimate instead of actual) then have others in office that parse their beliefs into contortions just to get elected.

Mr. Akin should and has appologized for his medical ignorance, but he does not need to appologize for being clear that he thinks the rapist should be punished, and not the fetus. However, my vote for Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan is now in question until they can satisfactorily explain how they can believe that life begins at conception but a person begins later, or how a person can begin at conception but is somehow in the eyes of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan an exception to the words of the 14^th Amendment. In the first case, they are being illogical, a bad trait for a national leader. In the second case, in my mind, they are the ones that are unfit for office becasue they seem to not care if they violate the Constitution, the founding document of our Republic.

I think Mr. Romney and Mr. ryan need to come down off their high horses and apologize to Mr. Akin and to the people of this great country for their obvious contortions of belief or their ignorance of the Constitution. We already have a president and too many members of Congress that think they are above the law. We don't need to elect more of the same.

It summary, it appears to me that Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, contrary to their prior remarks, do not really believe that life begins at conception, and that my friends is a whole new ball game.

People in glass houses should not throw bricks.

Well said. There's no way Ryan can legitimately distance himself from Akin. They're on the same page, and their records prove it.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/19/712251/how-todd-akin-and-paul-ryan-partnered-to-redefine-rape/?mobile=nc

Read for yourself about Ryan's redefining rape.

Had he not came out against the comment you would have been complaining about that.

I don't think Romney and his people did their homework when vetting Ryan. And if they did they sure did a bad job of it.

The real question: What moron would vote for this guy? Everyone is entitled to be stupid and say stupid things. However, who would ever claim to support such a candidate? Would I (or anyone else with even a quarter of brain) say, "this is the guy that I place my belief, trust and support in"? Personally, I would be too embarrassed to claim him. As a matter of fact, I might "unfriend" a few folks, if they were actually that damn dumb to support such idiocy and nonsense. I wouldn't be able to trust them to cover my backside (pun intended). Yeah, that's a pretty deep hole Akin's dug for himself (intended, again).

even though mitt romney was born in lansing,michigan both of his parents were mexican nationals(george romney had 12 wives) born in chichua,mexico. they never became american citizens.

mitt twitt&pauly crackers are taking women back to the 1800"s. are you sure thay are mormon&catcholic and not muslims. they dont think women should work for the public. that they should stay home and have kids. while they heman rule the roost.

when republicans do tell the truth. BELIEVE THEM.

Welcome to the misinformation section, otherwise known as comments. When George Romney was a presidential candidate the Congressional research committee stated that George was a U.S. citizen. His parents were U.S. citizens and when George was born they were at a Mormon colony in Mexico. If U.S. missionaries have a child while working in another country, is that child not a U.S. citizen ? The Democrats raised a stink that George was ineligible to run for president because he was not a U.S. citizen- deja vu ? Like Obama's citizenship has been questioned ?

Why diss only Akin? There's at least 125 more just like him in the house and about 50 in the Senate.

Akins and Ayn Ryan co-sponsored HR3, a bill redefining rape. The language in that bill has been part of the republicon party platform since 1976! Who is in charge of the republicon party platform this year? McConnel of state rape infamy!

Anything that Romneyhood, Ayn Ryan, et all say from now on is a lie, as it goes against everything they have been working for for 36 years.

Here is what every American should really be talking about and it will scare the crap out of everyone who supported or now supports Obama!!!

1) Obama has increased our national debt by almost 6 trillion dollars in just 3 ½ short years. That is $4.24 billion per day increased debt! This is more debt than was accumulated by all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Bill Clinton combined and is destined to destroy the future of every household in America, end of story! Were this the private sector, any CEO in America would have been summarily fired for this type of “criminal handling” of American fiscal policy!

2) Obama’s reckless spending has been so devastating that, even if clear thinking America’s could vote him out of office, it would take a permanent,
across-the-board tax increase of 60% just to begin to balance the budget within the next 10 years. Think about that for a minute.

The impact of such reckless spending has the potential to force 90% of currently working Americans into living in utter dire poverty.

For those who think that can’t happen, think again!!!

3)The takers have been kept fat and happy so far living off the efforts of others, borrowed money that the yet unborn will have to repay. Obama allows millions of illegal aliens to flow into our care. We then provide all their necessities of life - food, shelter, education, medical care, clothing and all you can eat taco bars in a thinly veiled effort to “buy votes” from yet another group the “Obama administration strategists” characterize as one dimensional, intellectually compromised, single issue constituencies.

Many of the liberal posts in this chat comfirm Obama's "one dimensional, intellectually compromised, single issue constituencies" characterization!

4) Under Obama, the S&P has already downgraded the U.S. sovereign debt rating from AAA to AA+. Should Obama be reelected, there will be yet another downgrade as early as 2013. The implications of this are major. The U.S. cannot run its day-to-day operations without borrowing money. Anything that impacts its ability to borrow money has serious consequences. China and other nations are likely to reduce or halt extending more and more loans by buying U.S. Treasury securities. Premier Wen Jiabao of China recently expressed concern that the Obama Administration is causing the U.S. to be viewed as “something of a, well, deadbeat. "We have made a huge amount of loans to the United States. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets!”

Fearing the fact that Obama’s socialist deficit spending will bring about an economic
doomsday in the US, the Chinese have now become a net-seller of Treasuries resulting in an increase of 41 basis points in 19 trading sessions. Obama has bankrupt America. So, who will buy our debt in the furture?

5) In order to limit the likelihood of a near term a default stemming from this massive deficit spending the Fed will continue “monetizing” his debt. In effect Obama’s reckless spending forces the Fed to commit grand larceny. Rather than honestly repaying what it has borrowed, the government merely prints up extra currency and uses it to pay its loans. The debt is “monetized”…transformed into an increase in the money supply, thereby lowering the purchasing power of everybody’s savings and creating inflation. The the U.S. adjusted monetary base has been expanded by 100 billion dollars in the last 2 months alone!

6)This is precisely why every American household is struggling to make ends meet and why Obama is in effect forcing you to take a shopping cart full of cash every time you buy groceries or buy gas. To make matters worse, his energy policy is criminal and will likely result in gas prices of over $6 per gallon in less than 3 years!

Do your research American, we cannot withstand 4 more years of this!

If you have a brain in your head, now is the time to use it!

7) The Obama administration has metastasized into a pathological cancer on our society, but we can start to cut the cancer out in November!

Akins and Ayn Ryan co-sponsored HR3, a bill redefining rape. The language in that bill has been part of the republicon party platform since 1976! Who is in charge of the republicon party platform this year? McConnel of state rape infamy!

Anything that Romneyhood, Ayn Ryan, et all say from now on is a lie, as it goes against everything they have been working for for 36 years.

newdayDAWNING...RETURNED

We DO know what Romney's position is on this!

Missionary, some days he is on top and some days he is on bottom. This is the story told by his wife life.

Laughing, BCWC: I KNEW someone would go there!

hey job1 not necessarily all republicans just these two bumbling idiots. with the brains of beavis & buthead.

Texastornado55; You serious? The GOP / T Party platform, is the rich deserve the wealth, and all families need to do for them selves. How can any woman with a brain see support of any kind in any GOP candidate?

opps, sen mccaskil should send mitt a thank you!

kr-2875346

The good senator was smart enough to help fund Akin's victory in the primary. One of the arts of war is the wisdom to choose your enemy. She gets an A+ on this.

bcwc - grats on the Tsun Tsu reference

call me dumb, but what the heck is a "legitimate rape"? anyway? the only way that would make sense is if Roe vs wade where already overturned. And a woman wanted an abortion so she lied and claimed rape. omg he just showed everyone why it's all for nothing.

The language in HR3, the third bill the republiocon house passed, is also in their national platform and has been since 1976.

What Akins said and Ryan cosponsored is official republicon policy. Who is in charge of the republicon party platform this year? State rapist McDonnel!

so much for making this about what Mittens wanted to talk about. Have a fun time trying to play Ryan as "bold" choice at the convention when he coauthored bills with Akin redefining rape. Of course the Anyone But Obama crowd will say this doesn't change anything, but it really does. The Republicans are being pulled off message by their own mistakes. It won't be a complete blowout, but when polls show 54% of the Romney vote is just because they don't like Obama, versus 27% that think he will do a better job you have to wonder how many are going to show up at the polls after things like this.

and the GNOP is so concerned with jobs....look how many jobs bills they have propsed since 2010..."0"..and look how many anti woman bills they have proposed "MANY" .....

GNOP they can't handle facts. THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Well I must admit, the republicans are resilient. Take for example the 2008 snafu of the Larry Craig Bathroom, as experienced by investigative "reporters."

Larry Craig bathroom investigated:

hurting people is always their top priority.

It's a "Wide" one,...(see reference to Larry Craig, above!)

lol

bingo laura-417908.

Rape is RAPE!!!!!!! It needs NO redefining, No sub categories, nothing...........IT IS RAPE!!!!!!

Why the HE!! are MEN redefining ANYTHING to do with WOMEN??? Even to the extent of BARRING WOMEN FROM SPEAKING ON A HEARING ABOUT WOMEN"S ISSUES!!!

WOMEN ARE NOT PROPERTY, They are equal to MEN, and in many cases, SUPERIOR to men.

There is an ill wind blowing, darkening the skies with fear and hate.

Don't let it shadow your spirit & Soul, Just remember to turn on a light.

In the Light,

Much Love, Peace and Understanding,

Da Pup

Ironically, Akin is on the House science committee. No joke.

ml - now that's just scary. He probably still believes the earth is flat!

Obama/Biden 2012

That's the REALLY frightening bit -- that if you follow his comments to the logical conclusion, it basically boils down to this:

"Is it a rape or not? Well, she got pregnant, so deep down she must have wanted it, the immoral slut. Now let her carry the baby to term, so she has to live with the consequences."

Sick, sick, sick.

Missouri doesn't teach biology in school; it might lead to evolution.

Actually, it is Kansas that doesn't teach evolution.

And we're not ALL Bassackwards,...sadly - this asswipe is, though!

Paul Ryan

Got the BIGGEST BROWN NOSE award in High School.

hey sandy put a beard on him. he looks like dictator of iraqn.

i thought god made babies.

sweetsweetdrew Plus the stork delivered them.

Well said. Racism, hatred, and intolerance are the central planks of the GOP/TP platform. The Republican Party is sowing the seeds of division and bigotry and they will reap their bitter harvest in November.

mmmmmm, pie and baloney....