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What a whack job. He knew exactly what he said, and he can't back pedal from it. I hope the @!$%# doesn't withdraw. He'll lose big time in November
O&Joe 2012
Don't you guys at First Read have anything newsworthy to report on?
"Akin Watch"?
Really?
How many people outside of MO actually knew who this guy was 48 hours ago?
What has the "AKIN WATCH" got to do with getting our economy going again?
What a freakin' joke.
Akin's fantasy of being a Senator will win out over logic. He will likely stay in the race and be clobbered in November. One more example of the tea party exposing their true beliefs.
WCA - Akins is what the GOP is all about. He is the heart and soul of your party. Oh, I'm sorry. It's actually a tossup between him and Bachmann, or is it Palin.
O&Joe 2012 (Pro-Choice)
ya-know GT, his base is probably fired up and on board with him. they'd vote for him regardless of what he says. Personally, there doesn't seem to be a moderate wing of the gop. We already know that ryan and akin is on the same page.
And still no thoughts from Paul Ryan on this guy or his speech? What are you afraid of Paulie?
it's called a news cycle and the akin/gop is at the top of it. like it or not. clearly you do not, dang.
Thanks to his
slip of the tonguetelling the truth... PLENTY do now! lolPS: I see you're still a coward! lmao
WCA -
What is the Repubes obsession with constantly trying to control a women's body parts? Didn't they get into enough trouble in Virginia trying to mess with them. "Women don't like it."
O&joe 2012
I hope he stays in, he'll be a continual headache and most of all be the best POSTER BOY and Paul Ryan's cohort in matters of women's health issues....what could be better?
Nasty DumbFux, AKA Betty, did you overlook this on today's FT??
BTW, are you the same Betty King, Roselle, IL that was reported in the Las Vegas Sun last month for being arrested on public intoxication and indecent exposure charges??
LOL!!!
Akin just backed out of a Piers Morgan interview. Piers had an empty chair sitting across from him! LMAO!
Piers called him a Gutless little twerp! Too Funny!
Not at all...
I'm aware of how the Idiot from Albany always has to have the last word and I gave it to you! ;o)
You can thank me later!
Akins, I hope you resign. What a fool.
Hey Joe, is that true about Beisty Nasty DumbFux? If it is I hope she seeks help, I really mean that.
How come no one has said anything on what NewsWeek wrote on Obama yesterday?
It most be true what they say, " some times your best friends become your worst enemies".
Isn't that the point of reporting the news? You know disseminating information. Just a thought.
856329, is this the article your referring to?
www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/a-full-fact-check-of-niall-fergusons-very-bad-argument-against-obama/261306/
Probably not.
And what does Ryan's continuation of trickle-down have to do with getting our economy going?
He needs to step down because he is an idiot from the dark ages.
Claire was hoping he would be her opponent because she thought she had the strongest chance against him. A lot of talk here in MO of crossover Democratic voters voting for him and money going to his campaign. It will be interesting if he does step down. She did not want to go against Brunner.
Happily, Akin is willing to throw his party under the bus to suit his own ego.
I'm aware of how the Idiot from Albany always has to have the last word and I gave it to you!
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Nasty DumbFux: That sounds like a big "no comment/refuse to confirm or deny" to me.
Looks like what you did in Vagas, didn't stay in Vegas.
LMAO!!!!
Don't know exactly, but at least the members of the House who signed onto that legislation with him, like Paul Ryan, for example.
Tell you what, WCA. Why don't you take a peek at the Republican platform being crafted by Governor McDonnell from Virginia, who so badly wanted vaginal probes for women, and report back to us on what's in there as it relates to women.
Why on earth would YOUR side trust a guy like that with your platform if you weren't interested in those issues?
After all, what does he know about anything else? And what do YOU know about that?
Then they're a match made in Heaven because they have no scruples throwing him under the bus, either.
They finally seem to have realized that people are judged by those with whom they associate.
Now I'm waiting for them to realize that associating with mob boss Sheldon Adelson might not be so smart, either.
Or wait. Unlike Akins, he gave $25 million to Romney's campaign.
He'll be sticking around. Gotta draw the line somewhere, you know.
Anna so what does that say about who the President associated with prior to being elected? Don't get me wrong Akin is an idiot who needs to step down but politicians on all sides have had strange bedfellows. Unfortunately it is usually about their checkbooks and not what is in the best interest of the average person. They pander to special interest groups.
@ ksw62118
I prefer a communist to a misogynist any 6 days of the week and twice on Sundays.
The way things are going around here, a good dose of communism might be a refreshing change.
Don't confuse communism with totalitarianism. Authoritarians like Akins are closer to that than Bill Ayers will ever be.
You guys didn't mention that folks advising Akin right now are his closest allies - not the establishment Republicans. And they're likely telling him only what he wants to hear...kind of like preaching to the choir.
Ursala.....his wife is his chief campaign advisor, so you can imagine a lot with that knowledge. Can we say a strange kind of pillow talk????
Talk about a mood killer... and a bad visual at that! Oh, my eyes! Yuck!
Eye Bleach coming right up devie....I hear ya.
Am I the only one who is waiting for Willard to show some testicular fortitude and tell this miscreant to GTFO?
I'm betting the cowardly lion will wait until after 5:00 pm and THEN come out & tell Akin's to take a hike! lol
If Willard can't stand up to some scum-bag Congress critter, how can we expect him to represent us on the world stage?
Meh... meh... meh!
Come on Feisty, Eddie Munster and Akin are two peas in a pod. If Willard throws Akin under the bus, wouldn't Eddie Munster have to be jettisoned also?
I guess it all hangs on just how "severely conservative" Romney really is...
I love how the established Republican leaders cannot even get him on the phone, they don’t know his number.
Now they are asking Mike Huckabee who backed him in his Senate primary to intervene and ask him to step down.
People with extreme views are unlikely to change their minds and most certainly not their convictions. This is a very clear picture on how he would vote in the Senate if elected.
Feisty's usual ignorant rant aside, Akin should resign from life. He's too stupid to live. The rest of America is waiting for the divider in the White House to show some testicular fortitude and step down from the incompetence he's shown as a leader. Like Feisty, he's too arrogant and stupid to do that.
This is the major problem in picking Ryan, eventually one of his clones was going rogue. There must be at a minimum 100 more droolers out waiting for the barn door to be unguarded. Someone in the Party didn't order enough muzzles.
BCWC..........that is quite a mental picture you just drew up and very accurate, I'm still laughing, thanks
It appears that Florida has just passed their version of Ryan's version of Akin's version of Personhood. Actually it is the same version.
Akin=GOP/TP thought process.
Why would a woman, person of a minority race or anyone other than a millionaire vote for one of those misogynistic, racists?
The damage is done regardless. Akin can stay in or leave but the damage is done. He spoke what Republicans believe and that was a big no no. Now the RNCs trying to play down the importance of choice for any woman. The Republican convention will highlight two things about Republicans. Number 1: They are all Todd Akins type extreme pro lifers who put biology aside. Number 2: The many strip clubs they will be caught in daily will make a mockery of their "family values" platform.
If the GOP throws Akin under the bus, shouldn't Willard do the same for Ryan as Ryan and Akin co-sponsored HR3 which puts into law the crappola that Akin was spewing about the other day. Face it Republicans, what Akin said was mainstream Republican policy, however inartful it may have been said. Time to own your positions or throw Ryan under the bus too!
Very good point, Al.
It's almost time for Willard to flip-flop on his VP pick anyway.
HR3 ? what's that?
signed Paul Ryan.
But Al, while true that would be the honorable thing to do. Romney's campaign yesterday already flipped and flopped and are now not quite in favor of the draconian measures Ryan and Akin proposed, not sure if Ryan was consulted but whatever, he'll do whatever the campaign says because that's the kind of guys they are
Romney & Ryan should step aside TODAY !They are both unfit to hold the office !
I'm waiting for the mainstream media to examine who is donating these millions to the Republicans and what they hope to gain for it. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting.
The Chamber of Commerce has put thousands of dollars into defeating Independent Senate candidate Angus King, for the sole reason they want to give Republicans the Seanate majority, so CEO's can get another tax break. The Maine Chamber of Commerce is so embarrassed by the national group, they have tried to distance from those ads. Former Governor Angus King is backed by several members of the Chamber in Maine, and has a reputation for being pro-business.
If you ask me, there will be a backlash against groups like the Chamber of Commerce, who are trying to influence the election for reasons having nothing to do with electing the most competent representative. People in Maine know Angus King as a moderate and competent leader, and for a group to run attack ads against him reflects badly on those special interests. I think the Chamber is muddying their reputation, I really do. Something tells me, the billionaires supporting Romney will be sadder but wiser when this is all over, as well.
How about where are the jobs that was suppose to be created when we give the 1%'er's a tax break. they have had it for some years now and nothings happened. The GOP is just that. Greedy Old People always have been, always will be. Get the dirt from your eyes...here's some eye bleach for ya Alexandr1. And like it has been said over and over who votes for people who believe rape might not be rape? hummmmm?
Draft language for the 2012 Republican Party platform includes support for a constitutional ban on abortion without specifying exclusions in the cases of rape or incest, according to CNN.
The news comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding Rep. Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) suggestion that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant. The GOP Senate candidate running against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has faced calls to abandon his campaign from both parties despite attempting to walk back his remarks.
Details on the party's position also come with the Republican National Convention just one week away.
"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the GOP platform states, according to CNN. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."
I loved it that the President had a successful press conference yesterday, in which he got some punches in on Willard. Heck I think he should have one every week up until the election.
Use that bully pulpit and get the National attention while slamming Willard and exposing this republican cult for the liars they are. Most of all it's free air time coverage.
The Republicans are angry with Akin because he let the cat out of the bag to early! Romney/Ryan feel the same way as Akin. They anticipate winning in November, so they have been telling lies all over the place. Everything they said they will get rid of - they will. But now, they are trying to flip-flop. If you were running for president, would you tell the american people something they don't want to hear at this point? NO! Don't believe them. They told us that they would create jobs when they were elected in 2010 - have you seen them lift one finger to help get people back to work? I wonder how they would feel if (GOD forbid), one of their wives were RAPED - Will she just tell her body not to get PREGNANT!
I am personally grateful to this republican from Mo. (Akin) for making the decision to stay in the race. It will make the democratic job so much easier. It exposes these unamerican fascist for what they are. Dictators.
Hang in there Akin dont quit,you are with the right party to have such a view point.It is a little hard to believe that a college man would think such a thing,did you sleep threw class? A man with your intelligent knowledge is definately needed by the Republican party.
What's especially disturbing is that this ignoramous has a position on the House Science & Technology Committee!
For crimes against science, Akin should be removed from this committee post-haste!!
And we haven't heard anything from Paul Ryan about HIS stand against abortion for any reason. I"m hoping he gets pressured to make his stand clear, and his close link to Akin emphasized by the press and concerned citizens.