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Subscribe to RSSEven as many in the GOP called on Congressman Todd Akin to resign from the Missouri Senate race following his inflammatory comments on rape, Akin allies remained defiant.
NBC News has learned that the Missouri Republican is in Ohio today. He is doing radio interviews and "more filming" for TV ads.
Sources around Akin dismiss the calls for him to withdraw by 5 pm Central time saying, "The only deadline is November."
Advisers say that the six-term Missouri congressman remains "confident that he can beat Claire McCaskill, and he's prepared to do it."
Despite intense pressure from national elected officials and conservative voices to exit the race, "This isn't stressful for Todd," says a close associate.
"This is a time for him to reach within, as he has, and stand up for what he has his entire life, what he believes in."
Advisers dismiss the critics as largely coming from Washington, adding that it's "easy to vilify someone you don't know" and claiming it's "not surprising for political figures to respond to the problem this way."
Akin is ignoring the non-elected conservatives, who are upset with him as well. His advisers push back that those critics "might have the opportunity to reconsider" and "re-evaluate" as Akin continues his campaign.
Team Akin also asserts that those "putting out releases" were never his constituency. Their chief defense is that Akin has been "authentic and transparent" in his apology and that he is "openly hurting for anyone he hurt" with his comments. The newly released ad is described as an effort to give voters an opportunity to "see his heart in this circumstance."
On the seemingly dire politics of staying in the race, Akin advisers assert, "The truth might work," referring to what they consider his sincere apology.
Projecting unusual confidence in the face of so much opposition, advisers even predicted that Akin will be sworn into office in January "stronger having endured and overcome."
And they claim he will consider this experience a "blessing," because Akin would have a new national audience for his grassroots causes and be better able to speak to people who believe the political process has "left them by the side of the road."
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Who cares about Akin in November. We should all care about removing Obama in November.
Obama has stomped on the Constitution and needs to be removed. How about talking about something important like that NBC? How about talking about how Obama funneled tax dollars into the hands of his donors? How about how Obama is dividing this country?
The article is right about one thing. Only November matters.
It's five o'clock somewhere and Akin stays in the race. Then in November he can go home and seek unemployment. No Senate seat; No house seat.
Well done Claire. You supported President and will keep your seat, even in a red state.
Sorry guys, but I got to do a replay of this:
Red Sux walks into a doctor's office with a frog sitting on his head.
The frog looks at the doctor and says, "Hey doc , can you get this wart off my ass?
Doubtless, Akin's .."more filming":
Means lying through his back teeth, via zero-fact Ads.
Romney and Ryan are disgracing themselves on welfare and Medicare Ads -
c/o Addled Adelson who who only wants to buy up his own government -- personally.
I still don't understand what Akin did wrong. He can put his views in the Akins/Ryan woman hate bill and that is Okay with the republicans, but if he says it on TV they try to run him out of the party. Freakin morons!
Yup, Akin it'll be over in November. Relish what little time you have to join the rest of the Tea-Nuts who'll be kicked to the curb.
4more 4 44
Obama/Biden 2012
GT--do you ever have anything substantive to say or are you just another nasty proxy for Jen and her crew to just personally attack and have nothing substantively positive to say about your own candidate.
JD,
It is called "GOP/Romney reverse-reverse distancing" from the truth.
GT - LOVE it! :-)
do you ever have anything substantive to say
Yeah Kirk, All the time.
BTW - Who's Jen
Prove it Red Sox Rule,
If your integrity is anything like the success your team is having this year..
GT - please don't tell me Kirk is still on his Jen kick. Where the heck did he get Jen????
GM's still alive. Bin Laden's still dead. My daughter will never be denied coverage for her pre-existing condition. So much for the Obama positives. Now it's time for some negatives. RedSux is still a tool and Akin's dead meat! As well he should be. The neanderthals died off millenia ago.
The Akins Diet - If it is legitimate weight gain, the body will shut it down...
Seeking Sanity--still waiting for you to defend Obama's jobs bill? I am giving you the platform and stage to show off your brilliance and knock me to the curb, why are you scared?
The only reason Mitt wants Akin to stop is because it keeps the topic alive and ties it to Ryan, and therefore Mitt himself. If everybody stops talking about it, it will just go away. If Akin stays in the race, everybody will keep talking about it.
Really GT--I havent seen it. Just more sophmoric attempts at humor on an anonymous blog. Just comes across as if you were raised in the gutter with no class. Seeking Sanity is always saying the left are the smart high IQ voters, so prove it with substantive dialogue proving your brilliance and brainpower. Calling people silly names with personal attacks only proves the opposite and just hurts Seeking Sanity views of high IQ voters.
George W. Bush stomped on the constitution far more than Obama. Sadly he was never removed before he trashed the American economy with his sad ideas about home ownership and deregulation!
Dick Cheney funneled $Billions into the company he was still collecting a check from during his entire two terms as vice president - Halliburton.
Republicans are dividing this country with their deceit and their lies.
I know you got it in for Obama, but like he said, you can't just make stuff up. We had enough of that during the last Republican administration. And you can bet that the American voters remember all this, too!
Kirk - Eat @!$%# you pompous and arrogant little ass wipe. If you don't like what I post, then don't read it. And as far as IQ, you better clean up your own house of RWNJ's who post here...
You still didn't answer my question. Who's Jen?
O&Joe 2012
EEngineer--its unfortunate but two wrongs dont make a right. There is no defending much of Bush presidency but allowing Obama to do the same under that defense, is just as bad. Bush didnt trash the economy with his ideas of housing and deregulation both parties did. Bush spent way too much money on two wars and a prescription drug plan while cutting taxes but Obama is doing just as much and making a bad situation worse. Obama is funnelling tons of money into his donors too like Soros and his Brazialian oil rights and there are tons of Solyndras. Neither person is right and we shouldnt allow Cheny, Busy or Obama this ability. You might think the GOP is dividing this country but no one before like Obama has turned being successful into a bad thing. His rhetoric about punishing the successful and his concepts of how business is built is beyond naive its dangerous. He is creating an entitlement country in which concepts like self reliance, personal accountability dont mean anything anymore all under the guise of trying to create equality of outcomes. I am sorry but I am never going to be Albert Pujols or Steve Jobs and I dont begrudge them one single penny. We need a new president someone who isnt an ideologue
GT--wow, Seeking Sanity can you tell me if this is the type of high information IQ voter you were referring to earlier? You really have me shaking in my low information boots. I have no problem calling out anyone who uses personal attacks rather than substance to post. But since I voted for John Anderson, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton twice, Bush II, Kerry and then McCain in my lifetime and I am for gay marriage and pro choice, do I still qualify as a left wing nut job or a right wing nut job?
RSR: Well, what do you know, another post by someone who a) has no idea what they are talking about and is merely parrotting the viewpoints of their constant companion - the fox; b) is a paid operative of some rightie front group for the ultra rich and is merely parrotting the viewpoints of their empoloyer; or c) truly believes the nonsensical machinations that you are posting. In that case you are to be pitied.
BTW: thanks for posting your picture!
The FACT is Akin's positions are held by the entire Teapublican Party. They have simply managed to fly below the radar for too long now. There has been plenty of opportunity to vet Akin, and he won the primary fair and square. Just because it is inconvenient now for the entire GOP/TP ticket, too bad, own up.
Also, electing Romney/Ryan would mean the the entire clown car comes with them -- Michele Bachmann, Allen West, John Bolton, and you name it. Akin is just one of the many clowns. Say NO to the clowns -- throw them all out!
With the rightwing Mediscare, more states are in play. Progressives, get out the vote--It will count this election more than ever. Learn what is required in your state and VOTE!
RedSoxRule...
Wow....you are truly brainwashed. Try shutting you're mouth and opening you're eyes.
Are the Rebublicans REALLY not going to support a guy they must have to gain control of the Senate? Watching Rove backpeddaling his removal of support is gonna be fun to watch. Not to mention Cronyn.
Politics is such fun.
Kirk
The prescription drug program came in 40% under budget and is the model for the Ryan Plan to save medicare.
You know the nicest thing about it is that the democrats can no longer say that grandma has to chose between eating dog food and buying medicine.
Advisers dismiss the critics as largely coming from Washington, adding that it's "easy to vilify someone you don't know"
Ha really, nice try, they don't know him? Akin is a six term congressman, republicans put this guy on the tech and science committee and he worked with Ryan on legislation on this very subject of redefining rape. This mans views are no surprise to republicans, they know full well who he is, he was on a Fox TV station saying what many republicans want to hear from their candidates, he actually thought this would help him, his statements were meant to reflect core principles for republicans. Republicans can't bury this guy fast enough, not because of his views, they have known full well what his view is, he just made political trouble for Romney, Ryan, and the whole GOP by being perfectly frank about his views in what he felt was the safety of a Fox TV interview. I'm glad it was a Fox station, so now maybe we don't have to hear people complain about the question that was being asked instead of the insane answer given.
I'm still trying to recover from the QUACKERY about "legitimate" rape preventing a woman from getting pregnant. It is all the more mind-bending to think someone this ignorant is on the Committee on Science and Technology -- Gawd, or Michele Bachmann on the Intelligence Committee.
What this tells me, and should indicate to other Americans, is the Republican Party has been crazier for longer than we ever thought. It's become obvious that the GOP is unable to be trusted with anything. The Republican Party needs to be Repealed and Replaced.
He used a poor choice of words. He actually meant forcible rape.
Not getting drunk, having sex and then saying you were in no shape to give consent.
You betcha' TruePatriot!
Poor Akin, being kicked to the curb as his BFF runs for the VP.....Akin has been betrayed by the RWNJs!
Guess, what happens in the TeaPeople Congress is supposed to stay there.....Even the Weeper referred to them as "Knuckle Draggers"!
That's gotta hurt!
Those who parse the definition of rape are disgusting -- Whether it's with a gun to the head, or being drugged, or a minor subjected to incest... What is being missed all the more is the QUACKERY. Akins and many others in the Teapublican Party actually believe that when a woman is traumatized (i.e., due to violent force) that the women can't get pregnant.
This is what the anti-science Flat Earth Society lays before our feet -- Grown, even educated adults who are in positions of power, who are this friggin' ignorant! I'm going to lose my lunch...
The Weeper! LMAO!
@True: I've been losing my lunch everyday since this started. This sickness that is on the Right has got to be gotten rid of. It really blows my mind that there are people in this country who believe what Akin says, and what is even scarier to me is that there are women who believe this, too!
O&Joe 2012
I wonder why the female TeaPeople in Congress haven't spoken out since they too voted for these draconian bills.....Com'on lets hear from them!....Have the courage to speak out, one way or the other!
Please - I don't want to see his heart - I want to see a brain! You cannot apologize away ignorance.
He's like a man who beats his wife - "Oh honey, I'm so sorry, I'll never do it again." Then, you know what happens - the beatings continue as do the apologies. You cannot change, sir - you just don't get it.
chilled: Nope, not a chance. The female teapublicans figure they lose either way so they will just do their best to stay out of the limelight and hope to weather the sh!t storm. Pansy-ass women!
@AlaskaGirl-759554
Sadly......you're right...but like their male counterparts, they can't run from their vote!
That's right. When they are faced with answering questions from their constituents is when the rubber meets the road for them. Whether they like it or not, what Akin said is pretty much representative of what the Republican party is today. That is evidenced by the bills and laws they have put in place in their own representative states. I think the moderate Republicans got overwhelmed by tea party folks flooding their party and now I think many of them are having "buyer's remorse" when it comes to so many of the nut bags they helped get elected.
mim, you won't have to see his heart, he doesn't have one. I am still a little numb from Akins remarks, however, what bothers me more is tht he is in lock-step with ryan. Very frightening that people like, akin, rayan, bachmann, issa, west, king etal, have such rabid adherents and these people actually have some power to achieve their goals. Akin is on a mission and if he gets elected he will have even more power. Every woman in the US should be very frightened for themselves, their daughters, nieces, goddaughter, as well as fathers, boyfriends, or any person who cares. There really is a War on Women, wake up republican women, vote for the President and guarantee your own health decisions, vote for romney/ryan and I guarantee you will not any control over your own health decisions, the state will own your uterus.
Obama 2012
Hey, RedSux, you know people like Akin and you are the best gift Democrats can ever have...wink..wink..True, at least Akin is to help Claire. Thanks for the help...wink again.
bouHaHaHaHa
@ Sky, glad you are still numb, I went from being numb to out and out pissed off! Paul Rand is a piss-ant who is so bloated with his own ego! What the Republicans don't get is that it is not a good idea to piss off women. What they really don't get is that they started this war on women, but we will win this war come November! Women of America: We must stand together to end this! The lives of our current and future women depends on it! WE WILL NOT GO BACK!
Alaska, I am royally pissed and numb, I called my local DNC headquarters and up my volunteering to get out the vote, The whole republican cult sickens and saddens. But I'm not going back to anything near W's reign, I'll do whatever I can to stop the onslaught, don't have much disposable income, but I did manage to send $100 to the Campaign. My Body, My Incubator, My Bedroom, off limits to the white swinging dicks of control.
Obama 2012
You go girls!
I don't know what the big deal is about the Akin comment. We Liberals have always been aware of the T.P.Rep.'s determination to gut the Medical Reform Act and any other advance in the reforms for the American worker's.They have stated their intentions many times.They are committed to advancing the wealth of their masters,the 1%ers, I know that their lackeys insist that it is 1.--07 ,or some such number, but it is still a very small minority . We , the Voters, should also realise that the increase in the Super Rich's wealth comes at our decrease in benefits and Welfare programs. We didn't create this economic collapse,they did,but as usual, we are going to pay the major price for their obscene greed,which they are attempting to brain-wash us into accepting as our fault.
Obama liberal views about abortion can compare with Akin in different directions. Obama cosponsor a Law in Chicago that allowed the mother kill her baby born alive during abortion. However Akin did not put his fingerprints in any bill.
At least Akin comes out and says it on camera. The rest of the TP arm of the GOP believe that kind of 17th century nonsense, they just know that if they SAY they believe it before election day, they would have less than no chance of winning any election. Because, whether they choose to accept it or not, most Americans have rational brains and they choose to use them instead of blindly following the right-wing agenda that would bring back archaic and hateful prejudices towards any person not white, male or a fertilized egg in the womb.
Go ahead and vote for the Republican ticket if u choose to....and watch them take us back...back....to when women were second class citizens, to when blacks were made to sit in the back of the bus. There is a reason why they call the left-wing "progressives"...it is considered progress to achieve human rights and equality for all. Progress to look out and care for those of us who are less fortunate than people like Romney, who was lucky to have been born into an affluent family and didn't have to work doubly hard to become a billionaire.
At least Akin made clear his thoughts and feelings about women. Now, if we can just have one of those "hot mic" moments with Romney, or especially Ryan, when their true contempt for Americans pops out and instantly goes viral! Oh what fun that would be, watching their spin doctors trying to stamp out that firestorm! Watch how fast the Republicans try to distance themselves from whomever it is who lets their true beliefs be made public.
Ruh Roh!
Akin has gone ROGUE!
The tea-baggers sure have a problem on their hands! lol
Ryan/Akin 2012 - Representing true compassionate, Christan, values, one vagina at a time!
Fisty, why don't you care that Obamacare is going to determine you vagina's treatment? I guess you are also denouncing Obamacare since it allows the government to decide what is best for your vagina.
Thanks for agreeing that Obamacare should be repealed.
Fisty, why are you such a hypocrite?
RSR - That's a bunch of BS that Fukt Noise hasn't even been trying to spew...
How old were you when you found out that your parents are brother and sister?
Ryan/Akin 2012 - Representing true compassionate, Christan, values, one vagina at a time!
God damn it Feisty, you made me spit my coffee all over my monitor...!!!LMAO!!!
Sorry bout that!
I knew YOU of all people would appreciate it! ;o)
Feisty I have to agree with you on Akin has gone ROGUE! He should of resigned.
But so did Obama when he was for Traditional Marriage and then changed his mind. He did it for votes and that is the truth. I know you won't agree with that, but who cares.
Why do you always group people? Not all the Republicans are bad and not all the Democrats are bad.
Bad people are just bad. You of all people should know that.
Did you take a look at the link I sent you. I promise is very interesting. Come on and take a look.
Holy Crap! Thanks for that monitor spew, Feisty!!!
Rogue .... & the tag . . . . BAHHAAHHHAAA!!!
Hmmmmmmm wonder which non-elected people he's referring to ...... could it be Mittens? The possibilities are endless . . . .
Where does RedSuxDrool keep coming up with this stuff? He just makes it all up!!!
I have plenty of paper towels to go around... ;o)
Couldn't tell ya since I have him on ignore author!
Reading @!$%# causes the death of too many brain cells... kind of like Blatina!
I gave up foxnews comments, as they were so pathetic. Now it's you sad little people, who remind of a mean-spirited high school clique.
Grow up.
Heck, he's even ignoring Rush The Drugster......that's gonna' really cost him!
Fisty, why don't you care that Obamacare is going to determine you vagina's treatment? I guess you are also denouncing Obamacare since it allows the government to decide what is best for your vagina.
Red Sux - Sorry dude, but your statement is just plain retarded. I don't know what else to say.
Kirk - Is this post by "Red Sux" your idea of a high IQ comment? !!!LOL!!!
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O&Joe 2012
RSR: again with the post without proof. Merely virulent spewing to try to obfuscate and detract from the real subject which is how Akin is representative of all that is wrong with the Republican party. There are a lot that believe those things, he just got carried away and SAID it.
GT--no excuse for the dialogue but at the same time, Jen creates the environment and enjoys the personal attack give and take. She wants to divert discussion of real substantive issues and not discuss Obama's record because she is part of his campaign team. She isnt interested in real debate and discussion. I dont know why anyone actually engages with her as its a waste of their time. She just wants to have a little group hug with all her campaign team on here.
ed ilton...
Lol...um..no, Faux news isn't even allowed to have comments anymore since they cant control the blind hate of the right, which they themselves have created.
JDills
Red Sox Rules gets one thing you don't. The ACA will operate a little like medicare in that what treatments you can get they have whittled down to the least expensive.
On one of Obama's more truthful moments in 2008, he actually admitted that the government would be going to at some point "suggest" to doctors that on certain aged people that it might be better to just give them a pill for the pain.
DB Akron,
Even if what you say is true, don't you think that it would be better to work together and "fix" this legislation instead of just trying to repeal the whole thing? There are some very good parts to this program along with a few bad. Just fix it. Don't waste the time and try to repeal it 33 times. Work with your fellow Congressman and Senator's. Get it fixed and do the job they were elected to do!
I am getting very tired of everything being blamed on the President when Congress is the main stumbling block. There is no way one guy is the cause of what is tearing this country down! But, it certainly could be better if both parties started to do the work they were sent down there to do.
DB Akron (at post #2.15) - that's simply not true. You are obliquely referring to the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).
The IPAB is a group of 15 medical experts nominated by the President and confirmed by Congress tasked to recommend ways to Congress for Medicare to provide better services at lower costs. They have no power to make changes, only to recommend them to Congress who makes the decision to follow them or not. Should Congress reject the recommendations AND not enact alternatives, then the Secretary of Health and Human Services may enact them (may as in "not required").
The IPAB is specifically prohibited by law from recommending any policies that ration care, raise taxes, increase premiums or cost-sharing, restrict benefits or modify who is eligible for Medicare.
Your "pill" comment is directly akin to the "death panels" idiocies uttered by Ms. Palin that were roundly and soundly debunked several times. The simple fact is that under PPACA the elderly and terminally ill can have voluntary access to end of life counseling if they should so choose it.
What does this say about the people of Missouri who would vote for an as*hole like this?? Is the whole state full of kooks?? They are the only ones who can stop the madman Aiken. It's their duty as voters and American's. Who in their right mind would vote for any republican anywhere?? It's none of your fu*king business what a women chooses to do with HER unwanted pregnancy. First of all, they want to ban birth-control and then they turn around and want to ban abortion. This is what happens if you're not allowed to use birth control. I mean the whole concept makes no sense. Is this what you want in this country?? It's their version of the way things should be. They are the Christian Taliban and they want to control how you live, yeah the same people that want their country back as long as you live in it their way. F'U tea-republicans, it's not your country to run the way you want. We live in a Democracy, run by "We The People" and we will never live under your thumb or rule!! Save America and vote Democrat in 2012. Don't let these fools ruin America. They never fought for her so why should they lead her??
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
AG99, because of the liability to insurance companies that comes with insuring seniors, I would hardly think any private insurance companies could possibly make any money on seniors. That is why most seniors could not get insurance through private companies before Medicare was begun and why Medicare was started. Also, private companies have more expenses than Medicare with advertising, needing to make profits for investors, higher corporate-head salaries, etc. I would imagine with Ryan's second plan that offers Medicare, that Medicare may be the cheapest plan offered, because either private companies will raise their rates very high to still make their profit after the high cost of seniors' healthcare to them, or, worse yet, they will pass seniors' high expenses on to the younger people they insure. Ryan's healthcare plans are either disastrous to hardworking citizens who have paid in all their lives (as with his first bill/plan) or just make no sense (as with his second bill/plan).
Actually, Obama's is the only plan that does something to cut the cost of Medicare and does it immediately as needed by cutting $400-$600 billion in 10 years to healthcare providers while not adding any expense to seniors. This is also the only incentive to help curb healthcare inflation by this reduction in Medicare payments and by mandating insurance for most, thus reducing inflation in healthcare due to the costs of the unpaid bills of the huge percentage of uninsured.
I know of some people who are genuinely worried that Romney/Ryan may repeal all of ACA except the mandate, because the Obama mandate is modeled after Romney's mandate in Massachusetts.
NOW I SEE all we need is TORT reform . ? LMFAO you are simple .and " Bless Your Heart ."
Todd, you can't speak for people who have been left at the side of the road, when you are speeding ahead, trying to run over women on your race ahead for personal aggrandizement.
But, you stay in that race, hear, after all, God is talking directly to YOU!
Go for it Todd. Remember this November, you have two opponents, McCaskill and the GOP establishment.
Three opponents. Every Missouri woman who doesn't think she should walk two steps behind men!
Al: well, actually, more opponents than that. You forgot to mention anyone with a brain and the capacity to use it.
True Auntie and Laker but I want to see him directing fire at the GOP establishment. Call it Operation Chaos II!
Stay in Todd. Common sense will determine how people vote. You will lose the loons but they wouldnt vote for you anyway.
ROFLMAO!! At this point, loons are all he's got!!
The funny part is, when he loses, he will blame the "Liberalist" media for his loss, and be
reaffirmed that god is allowing him to live in a world that is wicked in order to test his soul for
the afterlife.
Of course, his loss in Missouri in November will have nothing to do with his six year old mentality that the body can tell the difference between a rape pregnancy and one born out of passion or love or too much alcohol.
My question is, if the body can tell the difference between a rape-pregnancy and one affirmed by Jesus in the invisible realm through His Approval of appropriate Carnal Christian Copuli, why wouldn't the body have similar mechanisms for pregnancy to terminate them when the condom breaks, or the the guy mis-times his pullout because that little pink slice of heaven feels too good?
Seems to me, if the body were that smart, or trainable, we could end a lot of custody battles in the courts. Let try to train the body to do that. No more condoms, no more pullouts, no more booze. Lets just all train the body to recognize unwanted pregnancies. If it doesn't work, make this idiot financially responsible for their upbringing and care.
Then you'd practically see a Republican throwing condoms at teenage girls as the walk out of gym class.
Yeah, women need some Jedi training to control their uterus. Sounds like a Darth Cheney kind of technique taught by the Sith. Are the TPRepubs really Sith in hiding?
Damn, boy!
Eric - Well stated!
Bleary, actually I think war criminal looks more like shmeegle, that spider like thing crawling all over Haliburton. But I'll take Darth, love to laser his carcass to the Hague if only they'd indict him.
Obama 2012
Okay, so Akin says out loud what the republicans all think so they pretend they're outraged and call for him to drop out so they look like they have some semblance of decency.
People, the republicans are trying to ban abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. They're trying to pass personhood laws all over the country. They say they don't want government involved in their personal lives yet they are trying to pass laws to control your uterus. How are they any different from this idiot Akin?
They're not.
And let's not forget that Republican VP candidate Paul Rand is right there in the thick of it and agrees with everything that Akin stands for and even co-authored a bill with Akin to ban ALL abortions. So, let's see, the Republicans want to ban all abortions, they want to ban most forms of birth control, they want to end planned parenthood, they want to get rid of programs that feed poor children. I am sure that I have left out many wonderful things that Republicans want to do to women and children but I think you all get the idea. So, if they want to ban abortion and they want to ban birth control, then who in the hell is going to take care of all the unwanted children, especially those that are a result of a rape? Are all of the good Republicans going to stand up and take each and every child into their care? You guys do realize that it will cut into your finances to have to feed an clothe another child as well as maybe having to spend alot of money seeking out mental health counseling for the child of a rapist because who knows what kind of mental issues the kid might have being the child of a brutal rapist. The kid could be mentally defective. Do you really want that mix in your family of "perfect" children? What will your neighbors think?
Frank H - actually they are. Ryan's proposal would ban all abortions - even in the case of rape or incest or when the mother's life is in danger. Then the babies can just go to hell because the GOP doesn't want any funding to help with child rearing. See how that works!
Obama/Biden 2012
I think that Frank was responding to the last line which asks how are Republicans any different from Akin.
Oh, and by the way, I don't have sex to "Make Babies".
I have sex because I love the way a girl looks when she's bent over the bed pillows, with her fabulous arse in the air, and is begging me for it harder and faster, while I bite her shoulders and eat those arse cheeks.
Sorry Republicans, i know you hate people who have sex just because they like it. But I am guilty as charged. I don't want all that religious nonsense, just the hot girl. And that fabulous ARSE starring right back at me.
Way I see it, if God didn't want me to conquer that ARSE with a good ole fashioned Irish Pounding, he wouldn't have made me such a relentless pune-hound.
I need a cold shower!
I need a cold shower!
LMAO
... or a cigarette...
Okay, a cold shower, a cigarette, and then obviously chocolate!
I just got out of the shower, smoked my smoke and ate my half pound of kisses. Oh, my, my, my.
Geeze!
Remember the first "Mighty Ducks" movie? To get their goalie over fear of being hit with pucks (an occupational hazard if there ever was one), the coaches tied his arms to the goal. In 35 minutes, the puck drops on the Missouri senate election. Akin's gonna look and feel like that goalie!
I guess the plan for the Republicans is to force rape victims to have unwanted children and if they're poor deny them any form of assistance or health care coverage.
These guys are not too bright but they're Christian.
Well, it is as my mother said "two wrongs don't make a right." At least they're being consistent, if completely, totally, and utterly unreasonably consistent.
Boy, his handlers are spinning themselves into a frenzy. Their reaction and their stance, and Akin's for that matter, says to me that they could give a rat's ass about anything other than their own political agenda. They truly see nothing wrong with what Akin believes to be the truth, which is that women possess magical secretions to ward off the pregnancy as a result of a legitimate rape. If the woman becomes pregnant after being raped then she must have enjoyed it and therefore she was not legitimately raped. This is what many Republicans are advocating when they stand behind such a person. I won't call him a man because that would be disrespectful to the many wonderful men in this country who know better.
Funny enough, the statistics out there are that a woman is more likely to become pregnant as a result of rape than of consensual sex. Now shut up and spread em for small government, we got a lot of legislatin' to do down there.
When men can get pregnant and have babies then, and only then, can they intelligently make decisions about what any woman decides to do with her body!!!!! The key word here is INTELLIGENTLY!
Of course he will stay in. Number one what does he have to loose. Number two dropping out hand the election to his opponent. A few years ago a democratic no one managed to get the sealed divorce records of his opponent opened up for public view a few month before the election. The opponent was so embarassed he dropped out of the race. The democrat won. That democrat now holds the highest office in the land. My advice to you Todd is keep on keeping on, and in the future try and keep your mouth shut on hot button issues such abortion. Heck your a politician If anyone should know how to say a whole lot of nothing when asked a question is should be you.
f: highest office in the land??? What ARE you talking about?
This is how Barry got elected to office in the state of Illinios. Then it was back to the campaign trail.
Before that he was nothing more than a community activitist.
F 454, all great points, in one corner we have a community organiser, a man of the people.
In the other corner, we have a ultra wealthy guy whom only cares about the reset of his ultra wealthy friends.
Looks like an easy decision to me :)
f, divorce proceedings are a matter of public record here in Florida as well as Louisiana, couldn't tell about other states, but I think what ever your try to push I'm not feeling the love for it or you.
Obama 2012
Akin is counting on the support of ALL of his friends! BOTH of them!!
His shrink and his bartender?
Auntie - nope - the bartender doesn't like him. He'll continue to pour him drinks but he can't stand him!
Obama/Biden 2012
His left and right hand. I am sure no intelligent woman would ever sleep with this idiot after those comments he made.
Hey, Sanity, that might not be lemon juice in those drinks!
My gosh, MSDNC, give it a rest. Biden chain comments-barely a mention, Obama "you didn't built that"-barely a mention, the Gay Liberal activist shooting up the FRC in D.C. last week-barely a mention, the Obama PAC accusing Romney of killing a steel workers wife-barely a mention but a Republican in Missouri making a dumb comment about rape and abortion-at least 20 articles on MSDNC in less than 2 days.
I guess you guys still argue that Fox News is "right wing" and MSDNC is "main stream"? Yeah, right! Hugo Chavez would be proud of your network.
Akin's comment was dumber than anything Biden has ever said, and "You didn't build that" was nothing but Republican propaganda of a sound bite taken out of context.
Akin meant it. It wasn't a gaffe, and it wasn't taken out of context.
They always use the taken out of context. Anyone that excuses or justifies or enables that kind of truthfulness from this man is no better than he is.
I just want to say "Thank you" to all the men that have posted comments, who know better, and are on the right side of humanity! Your women are lucky to have you!
O&Joe 2012
Hey, that's the free market for you. People want more Akin being a fool so they feel better about themselves as decent human beings. It's only too bad he doesn't say something stupid every day.
Paul Ryan and Todd Akin cosponsored H.R. 3, attempting to redefine rape.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/redefine-rape-hr-3-abortion-stealth
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr3/text
The GOP-Teanuts are upset because Adkin expressed aloud what the radical right really feels in their hearts-it was suppose to be secret until after the election----what hypocrites ! A vote for Adkins, and the GOP extremists is a vote for a return to the Dark Ages , right-wing insanity, and the loss of Democracy as we know it. This Texas Independent will hold his nose and for the first time vote for Obama....Better we go over the cliff than return to the Middle Ages, and the top 5% ruling over the rest of us peasants !
I see RacistRedsoxrule is blathering his nonsense on and on, as usual, today. What an Arse-hole he is.
What a pompous ass...Just proves politician's egos are 100 times bigger than their brains.
The Washington post had an interesting article about this:
“Today, his fellow Missourians urged him to step aside, and I think he should
accept their counsel and exit the Senate race.” Mitt Romney
So now Romney wants him to quit.
But one of Romney's supporters from 2007 is Akin's doctor buddy Dr. Jack C. Willke. Doc Jack is the one who promotes the idea that women don’t get pregnant from rape.
“Dr. Willke is a leading voice within the pro-life community and will be an important surrogate for Governor Romney's pro-life and pro-family agenda,”Romney Campaign October, 2007
Romney has his own agenda for wanting him to quit. Truth be told, he has probably known all along what kind of crazy this man is, but now that the rest of the country knows, he wants him "Gone, baby, Gone". He has to keep distancing himself and Paul Rand from this guy since Akin and Paul Rand are very well entwined, and all three of them are on the same page where women's health and rights are concerned. Romney is just grandstanding so as to seem "presidential". Good luck with that, Mittens. Oh, and We are still waiting on those income tax returns! We aren't forgetting about that!
I think that the independence of thought in the political arena is admirable - But one also has to draw the line between myths and "I want it to be like this," from truth, often a double-edged sword!
Problem here is that, politic positions/rhetoric tends to blind politicians about absolute truths - Akin and his supporters don't get it! He should have never voiced what he said publicly - Such beliefs must remain at the country club, or in Vegas! He puts the spotlight on Republican ideology, and that's why he's being asked to step aside - The Republicans are bent on controlling the entire government, and Akin is now a liability towards that end!
The link did not post in my last reply. I will try again.
I guess that links will not post here go to: w w w. washingtonpost ezra klein is the author. titled "Rep. Todd Akin is wrong about rape and pregnancy but he's not alone".
ron_ae, here's the link you are refering to from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/20/rep-todd-akin-is-wrong-about-rape-and-pregnancy-but-hes-not-alone/
Great article that explains who started this idiocy and those who are still pushing it.
ron, you have to be a member for a certain length of time in order to post links. I haven't checked your join date but keep posting and you should be able to post links after 4-6 weeks, sometimes sooner. If you are still unable to post links, go to your newsvine page and click "Help" and then "contact us" for permission to do so.
Obama/Biden 2012
So if you were an undecided voter before...you shouldn't be anymore. If you vote for the party of Woman haters, then you will allow this bunch of scary mouth breathers to put TWO new RIGHT WING CRAZIES on the supreme court. That is some scary $hit..........Mitt....
Representative Sh_T FOR BRAINS Akin: The Science Committee
Representative Bat-Brain Bachmann: The Intelligience Committee
These people were picked by fellow Replicans for their Committee Seats. Gives a citizen some idea of the Replicans in general.
Representative SFB Akins and SFB Ryan present a bill allowing for abortion only in the case of FORCIBLE Rape (as though there was another kind)
The True Republicans are turning in their Graves as no True Republicans are represented by these wing-nuts.