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Missouri Rep. Todd Akin again rejected dropping out of the Missouri Senate rate amid Republican fears that he's become too politically toxic to win.
"We're going to be here through the November election, and we're going to be here to win," Akin said at a press conference in Missouri arranged on short notice.
The conservative congressman has been under fire since last Sunday, when he said on a public affairs show that "legitimate rape" rarely leads to pregnancy. For that comment, Akin has apologized, but virtually the entire Republican leadership — including presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney — have urged Akin to step aside, and allow Republicans to name a different candidate for Senate.
Akin has spent the past few days in Tampa, the site of the forthcoming Republican National Convention, rallying social conservative leaders behind his flailing candidacy.
"Our position on him and his candidacy has not changed," Tony Perkins, of the socially conservative Family Research Council, said Thursday on MSNBC. "He has a very difficult road ahead of him, and I think he's still pondering his decision as to what he does, although at this point, he said he's going to stay in."
Todd Akin, ostracized by the GOP, is now relying on his social conservative base in Missouri and the movement's national leaders to keep his Senate campaign afloat. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, discusses.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a prominent supporter of Akin's in a hard-fought, three-way primary, also came to the congressman's defense.
"Who ordered this "Code Red" on Akin?" Huckabee asked supporters in an email on Thursday. "If Todd Akin loses the Senate seat, I will not blame Todd Akin … I'm waiting for the apology from whoever the genius was on the high pedestals of our party who thought it wise to not only shoot our wounded, but run over him with tanks and trucks and then feed his body to the liberal wolves."
The Missouri Senate race is crucial to Republicans' hopes of winning back the Senate. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill had been seen as vulnerable, though she's seen as having a political advantage after Akin's comments. She has refused to address the controversy over Akin's campaign fortunes, saying only that she expects to face him as her general election opponent.
Akin could still drop out by Sept. 25, allowing the state GOP to name a replacement. Akin would have to ask a court to remove his name from the ballot in that instance, and pay for the cost of reprinting the ballots.
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Akin: " we are going to be here through the November election"...and then we need to find a REAL job, because only the most fringe right wing will vote for us!
Boy, Romney what a leader YOU are! You told this guy to get out of the race, after all, it is all about YOUR election, and he didn't.
Sorry, Romney, even your own team does not take you seriously!
Akin and Mitt becoming a birther .....
The GOP - the gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving ad fodder to the Democrats!!!!
Obama/Biden 2012
Poor Akin! He broke the GOP code/vow of silence!
Stay in there Todd.....Yes....."Freedom of Speech" and all that!
As a lifelong Democrat and a firm Obama supporter the issue is that both can still win despite their bizarre words. Few are taking into account just how screwed up the minds of about half of the electorate (and far more than half in areas like the South and Midwest) have become. These are people that favor the Bible over science and reason and they believe conspiracy theories over fact. That's how messed up this nation has become. It's the great American tragedy. That and the fact many of these people have armed themselves to the teeth and that many may not be willing to accept a vote that does not go their way.
That's right make Akin the victim in a situation he alone created for himself. Show the voters that the GOP doesn't feel they need to take responsibility for a complete lack of knowledge on the issues they are expected to know and write legislation about.
Maybe the GOP (for once) doesn't want to seem like they are superstitious, medieval thinkers who might actually be in touch with reality? And if it means distancing themselves from backwoods thinkers like Akin, then so be it!
I certainly don't agree with his views but good for Akin. All he did is express vocally what the GOP has been doing under the media and the people's radar for sometime. All he did was express what Paul Ryan and the rest of the GOPers in Congress voted to do. Akin's words are the GOP Platform. Why should he drop out of the race just because it inconveniences Romney/Ryan; puts the spotlight on their radical agenda. It's not Akin who is the hypocrite, it is the rest who want to sweep their radical Platform under the rug and hope no one notices Akin's views are in their Platform.
Romney is no leader. His comments about his birth certificate trying to make it sound like a joke was gutter, dog whistle politics. I do not believe Romney is a racist but he deliberately threw the red meat to those who are. John McCain in 2008, had the courage and the leadership to stand up to the crazy talk coming from his party. I respected John McCain for that and still do.
Today was one more missed opportunity for Mitt Romney to show courage and leadership. He could have said, no one has ever asked for my birth certificate because they know I was born here...and then added, President Obama was born in this country, in Hawaii; I know it and you know it, too, so together let's move our party away from that kind of rhetoric and disrespect. A comment similar to that would have shown a leader but instead Mitt chose the low road to cater to the crazy birthers and feed the lie; he joked only to "appease" the ugly side of his party.
voxrationis, I firmly agree with you. It is so important for the Democrats to get out and vote. I was reading an AP article today about the what if's of a Republican Congress and Romney as President. We've got some rather old Supreme Court Justices and having the Republican scenario in charge of replacements is one scary thought.
Translation: The end is veeeery near now. It's like the boxer has been knocked down and lost consciousness, only to stumble to his feet, eyes crossed, jaw slack, unable to count the number of fingers being held up. Of course apparently he has no difficulty sniffing them...
Yep, good point newday ... maybe he should change parties, huh?
The above is so much more egregious and serious than ....
Or ....
Or a man accused - a man that paid $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment suit for propositioning, having a state trooper escort a woman to his room where the guy drops his pants and says …
What do libs say about this politician accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment … a man they even elected as president?
In the first two cases … not a word.
In the third ….
And libs think they are “champions” of women?
Yep Akin ... should change parties. What he did was not near the offenses Clinton committed.
Republicans have come out of the wood work asking for Akin, their candidate …… to step down.
Kinda funny that the “champions” of women ….. haven’t called for him step down.
They will mock and ridicule Akin, but they don’t ask for him to step down. They want him to run because they feel he is the easiest to beat for their deeply flawed candidate.
The repubs have threatened to pull all funding for Akin. The dems actually spent $1.5 in the repub primary trying to push Akin past 2 better, harder to beat candidates.
Think about it, the dems will actually invest $1.5 million in someone they feel is so horrible for women – risk actually helping put that person into office – if it is their best shot at holding a seat? What a cynical and blatant disregard for the goodwill / well being of the women of Missouri.
And these guys claim the moral high road … the “champions” of women?
Hardly, this is more like a legitimate rape of common decency.
And sadly, this is nothing new libs.
Akin should switch parties, or if he wants to win now ..... Call a news conference and announce he will step down and run as soon as McCaskill or any lib apologizes for Clinton.
Boy, Romney what a leader YOU are! You told this guy to get out of the race, after all, it is all about YOUR election, and he didn't.
Sorry, Romney, even your own team does not take you seriously!
so he (Akin) said it wrong. how does that compare to Bill Clinton's sexual preditory acts when he was POTUS? Sound like the typical Press double standard. And how much press time did Clinton's rape take up? Compare that to this incessant chatter from the "Press" regaeding this distraction> As Clinton staffer said it, " Its the economy, stupid"
So true, now Willard has shown that he is actually a member of the racist birther bagger club.
I don't know about anyone else but, I'm glad to see the birthers are still over on the other thread, spitting venom & gnashing their teeth...
What a snake pit that place turned into!
The only sin committed by Akin against the GOP is that he forgot to lie.
We know that the Republicans have not got a heart, but it's nice to know that they've got an Akin R. Sole instead.
Akin is Childish...Toddler Akin, in short Todd Akin, growing up to be a bully, if he will ever grow up.
Apologizes for poor edit on #1.8 - 2nd to last paragrapgh and last sentence where not edited out.
I'm off to a matinee, Prometheus , I am back and disapointed, and seeing as silly season is well underway …
Yiddish-Inspired Sass for Election Season
By Michael Kaminer
May your son the doctor introduce you to his fiancée, Bristol Palin.
May your child give his bar mitzvah speech on the genius of Ayn Rand.
May your insurance company decide constipation is a pre-existing condition.
It's not clear who's behind these Yiddish Curses for Republican Jews. But in just three days, the online phenomenon has attracted more than 5,000 Facebook "likes", a thousand Twitter followers, and — presumably — some lucre for Barack Obama, whose campaign gets a nod with a "Donate to a Mensch" link.
"Do you have a dad who worships Sheldon Adelson?" asks YCRJ's Facebook page. "A sister-in-law who answers everything with the words 'but Israel…' even though that isn't a complete sentence and she hasn't left Miami for 30 years? A brother who is convinced that Obama wants to 'tax him to death' even when you gently break it to him that he isn't quite as rich as he thinks he is?
"Well, now you can make your shame and anger known wishing on them just exactly what they deserve. (And remind them if they want to see a real Marxist, there's a picture of Grandma Sophie next to the bedroom mirror. And oy vey, is she disappointed.)"
You can also submit your own curse via Facebook. A suggestion from YCRJ: "A death panel? A death panel is too good for you!"
My addition is … Akin? Oy, they should free a madman and lock him up.
Although Republicans might say-
God should bless him with three people: one should grab him, the second should stab him and the third should hide him.
bob,
Have you started drinking already?
Which is ok, it is cocktail time on a Friday.
But I am confused by your first post and then the disclaimer.
Have you left the GOP party?
Akin never raped anyone, but the keynote speaker for the DNC, Bill Clinton raped Juanita Braddrick. What hypocrasy from the Press, what a stupid distraction from Owebama's failure. Clinton rape press minimal, Akin gaaf: way too much coverage!
cal20 - prove your accusation about Bill Clinton. Where is the arrest? Where is the proof?
You're just another stupid radical right winger who will spout any lie you can. You are pathetic gutter trash.
Obama/Biden 2012
You know this is a FACT... HOW?
See how stupid you sound?
Akin is sick, he needs help from 'the rapist'...I mean...'therapist.'
If Akin becomes senator, what a joke, you mean, people actually vote to support or endorse 'legi rape'? You got to be kidding me, right, Todd (Childish Toddler)?
BCWC,
Great humor for a Friday afternoon.
thanks!
[Boy, Romney what a leader YOU are! You told this guy to get out of the race, after all, it is all about YOUR election, and he didn't. Sorry, Romney, even your own team does not take you seriously!]
Then:
[Apologizes for poor edit on #1.8 - 2nd to last paragrapgh and last sentence where not edited out.]
Sure it was a poor edit, b0b...wink wink...nudge nudge...know what I mean...
Apparently that is what happens when you post rambling bull@!$%# lies all the time, isn't it b0b...they catch up with you, and you end up posting the truth...
b0b, you might as well ended with Obama/Biden 2012
Psst Seeking - the proof was on the not so little blue dress.
Yep Sanity, old Billy C waged [and come on - continues to wage] a war on poor old Hillary, and by proxy all women.
Or are you cool with serial adultery Sanity?
Shoot even McCaskill told Meet the Press in 2007 she'd never let her own daughter anywhere near Billy "is that a cigar or are you just glad to see me" Clinton.
BUt then again, and speaking on the mistreatment of women, we all know you voted for little Johnny Edwards, right Sanity?
Yep, he sure did right by poor old Elizabeth.
BUt hey, you have a lovely weekend Sanity. You kinda need it it would seem.
Northstar -
Sorry for the sloppy post.
Distractions not drinking.The last sentence and paragraph before, were newday's comments which I pasted to respond to and failed to delete - and missed on the edit.
I'm not a repub - I'm conservative.
Insanity: where's the proof that Armstrong doped? Where is the proof is a Jr High debate tactic. Just ask Anita. Not like the DNA on Intern's dress. Bill Clinton, avocate for women's issues? Like letting the fox (wolf) into the henhouse. Prove that Akin is a rapist! Everyone knows about your champion Bill Clinton. Hypocrite Press.
MICKSTER - what's up buddy?
How you been?
Say, what ever happened to those Romney felony SEC charges you were all hot and bothered about a few weeks ago?
Doggone it Mickey - you are always so late to the party. And here the weekend is just abut to get going.
Oh well, maybe the man will let you off a little earlier next week.
Check you later chief.
Republican fears that he's become too politically toxic to win.
Ha don't be too sure he has been elected six times in Mo. What they fear is that his honest description of their legislative agenda and their ideas are too toxic for Romney to win.
BTW the big difference between Clinton and Akin for those trying to make that silly comparison is that Clinton never tried to make his faulty thinking or actions the law of the land, as Akin and many republicans wish to.
Feisty ...
No kidding! It will probably go on all weekend! Speaking of that ... have a good one.
I'm not a repub - I'm conservative.
Bob - What party do you belong too....
Akin is an idiot and should drop out. It is one thing to be strident pro-life. No worries there; he believes what he believes. However, it is quite another to come up with some quasi mind over body birth control theory upon one being raped. What a joke.
The whole abortion thing is such a red herring for the Dems. It's not as if Roe v Wade is going to get overturned (and even if it did it is a states right to make law for their state). And it is not like the Repubs that do not believe in abortion are bad people; they just believe differently than the pro-choice folks.
Somehow this whole thing (abortion issue; not the idiot Akin statement) has gotten turned upside down with "assualt on womens reproductive rights", "a war on women" etc.
For me, I could care less if a woman has an abortion--it is her choice. However, I do not want to have to pay for it just like I do want to have to pay for somebody elses dental exam.
In any case, Akin is a bozo and has ZERO chance of winning (rightfully so, btw). If the repubs want a shot at the seat he needs to bail or they need to run a third party candidate
There are way too many "fringe elements" associated with the Republican party who try to insist that this was/is supposed to be a "Christian Nation", that abortion is "murder", and that rape victims who get pregnant are "blessed". I think Akin, Huckabee, Bachmann, Gohmert, Ryan, Romney et al. have willingly coalesced into a kind of Tony Perkins/David Barton Frankenstein Monster. Inviting this kind of 'thinker' into the party is one thing, but inviting them to build the party platform is quite another.
Layton,
No kidding! lol
I had to leave, it's to the point they're screaming they're NOT racists while spewing their racists views in the same comment!
I can only tolerate so much contradiction and insanity... ;o)
Not to mention the collapse Nazi's who trashed the place!
One of you nasty Liberals made a quote that Republicans have no heart, well I am here to tell you that the Liberals are the ones with no heart or compassion. You are the nastiest, mean spirited bunch I have read in a long time. You guys think that anyone who does not believe the way you do has got to be dumb and uneducated. In fact, it is you guys who are the sheep who just follow what your dumb leaders spew. You have no ability to research anything and express your own views. You just regurgitate the same propaganda over and over. Can't you at least be creative and original? The real problem is that the Socialists have invaded our colleges and have brainwashed all of you to their Liberal, Socialist way of thinking. Very sad country we are becoming.
Fromdom includes freedom to be an juvenile Toddler (Todd Akin), freedom also includes freedom for you to defeat Toddler Akin.
Freedom is a wonderful thing, without it, how would we know the twisted mind of The Todd (a REpublican TODD or RE - TODD?).
Spanky - idiot - the little blue dress was Monica Lewinsky's - not Juanita Braddick. Juanita first said she was raped, then she wasn't, then she was - they finally decided she just wanted the publicity.
And, Monica - she was a willing participant.
You as an attorney (yeah, right) should get your facts straight.
And, I'm pretty sure neither Clinton or Edwards is running for election so Spanky - want to keep up?
cal20 - your second post is as stupid as your first. I'm assuming you were trying to say something? Again, where is the proof about Clinton? Where was the arrest? Where were the charges made? Where is the civil suit?
You truly are a mental midget of the far right!
How interesting that when you can't say anything good about the topic at hand that you go back to history. Pathetic rabid right wingers!
Obama/Biden 2012
I'm not a repub - I'm conservative.
I hear that a lot lately on this blog, It must be an indication of just how damaged the republican brand is these days, those two used to go together republican and conservative, but now many conservatives do not wish to associated with republicans. More bad news for the GOP and Romney.
Snookie,
I would ask if you own a mirror but, it wouldn't matter because you wouldn't see your reflection in it anyway...
Say hi to the situation for me will ya?
Me too Forrest!
I'm curious as to what the difference is?
Since it's the bat @!$%# crazy *cough* conservatives who have hijacked the GNOP!
Go Akin - now if we could only get the rest of the lying republican party to bone up to what they really believe in. Come on Romney, own up to your tax free ride for the rich, hike taxes on all others. Come on Bitch McConnell, tell us how you and your buddy Cantor are pleased as puppies now that you gleefully slowed economic improvements just so you could punish Obama voters. Ryan, man up to the fact you want Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security ENDED.
You should all use Akin as an example for telling the truth vs. the lies you spew everyday.
"run over him with tanks and trucks and then feed his body to the liberal wolves"
I don't think you have to be a "liberal wolf" to point out that this guy is a little around the bend when it comes to women's issues ... but if the republicans didn't stick together when one of them did wrong ... who would be left standing ... they even stood by "grab 'em in the butt" Cain!
Ha Spanky I'll say it again, making mistakes and being a jerk is one thing, and trying to make your mistakes and jerkiness the law of the land is quite another.
No socialist invasion, just a proven fact that reading and education expand the mind to other possibilities vs. the limited mind set of the far right extremists. Hate to break it to you, if you like single pointed conservative views, they make special colleges for that, joyful institutions that teach you revised history, revised science, and specialized classes on how to retain your conservative views. Check out Pat Robertson, he would love your closed minded views. Of course you may have to handle snakes to keep your faith.
I have went here a couple of times Spanky, but here I go again, so what do you think about Romney "taking the fifth" on his taxes Spanky. I think he is in a real political jam here, why suffer all the speculation, if you are proud of what you have done just release them right.
SeekingSanity
Seeking, complimenting Spanky is verboten.
JERSY GIRL 1
Yo Jersey girl, do you know that almost every post by Harley Chic is just a copy and paste and she does not even bother to cite.? Other than that, do we believe that you like her and GermanGem are "dumb and uneducated"? Yes we do!
Ya know, no matter what you think of Bill Clinton I don't think he was into forcing women to do anything. Rape is a crime of violence, not sex. I know that confuses you people on the right. Tab A is going into slot B so it must be about sex. But it's about control and violence.
Be sure to let me know how the most powerful man in the world at that time who had an embarrassing sting of women willing to cover up for him even when the truth came out would hate a woman so much he had to abuse her.
Accusing a president of rape, even a former one, is a serious accusation my friend. It has nothing to do with not being able to keep it in your pants. It's a dangerous and violent crime. You need to watch your stupid mouth lest someone peg you as a big a pig as the man you defend so vehemently.
Seeking Sanity,
Clinton sexually harrassed/took advantage of Lewinsky and then made it sound as if she was a crazy stalker. Clearly Clinton's track record with woman is one of taking advantage of them and using his power over them whenever he wanted to. That is not even in dispute.
I thought Clinton was a good President....I also think he is a scumbag. Anybody who treats women like he did clearly does not respect them. Same goes for Edwards yet another sleazeball. Clinton is really the leader of the Dem party so it is interesting that they try to position themselves as fighting a war on woman. The hypocrysy boggles the mind.
And yes, I know Clinton and Edwards are not running for office. Neither are Bush, Cheney or Palin.
Anyone want to bet that you won't hear much from Sen. McCaskill until Sept. 26, and then the ads will start running? It's the strategy I'd use if I was running against Akin. Akin's October is going to be a real trip through hell if he really stays in to the end.
As idiotic as Akin's view is on rape and pregnancy you'd think he'd at least have a bit more sense than to say something like that to a reporter. The fact he didn't know better shows a serious lack of judgement I wouldn't want in anyone running the government.
Let's see now, Bill cheated on Hillary so that makes what Akin said about rape okay? You really have to be twisted to believe that.
Of course... you have proof of this?
Which we would like to see!
Problem for you pal is, the facts say it was consensual!
Back to the topic at hand...
But Akins is... whether you want to admit it or not! ;o)
bob-1805084
I am not a socialist, I am a democrat. Goose, sauce, gander.
Clinton's extramarital affairs? inexcusable! But at least consensual.
Todd Akin? pure nuts and pure insult to all? Pure madness, pure cold-blood
If you have to pig (pick) between the two, what's your choice?
I have to pick Horny Bill, not Vicious Todd.
Here... this comment deserves a proper edit;
I'm not a repub - I'm a MAJOR @!$%#!
bob-1805084
bob, I think Feisty has developed a shine for you. Floor wax.
Rape is never consensual
Akin, please don't drop out. Pleeeease! Having you around is like having the cartoon channel and C-span combined into one!
You got that one right (pun intended). These people have shut out anyone and any news outlet that doesn't march to the same tune and these rwnj's. Yes, I truly believe there are dangerous people out there who will stop at nothing to get their agenda put into place. We laugh at them, but remember they laughed at Hitler and Mussolini too. We all know how that ended. The best remedy for this is to never let these people seize the majority of power. I would hate to have take it back like we did in the sixties.
So, Bill Clinton's infidelity is okay because it wasn't rape. What a guy!
And he was our President. Weren't we lucky.
Feisty and Chucky,
Nothing like the most powerful man on earth seducing a 22 year old intern and then throwing her under the bus like she was a psycho ("Now you listen. I did not have sexual relations with that woman". LOLOLO). I guess technically it was consenual but I am guessing him being the POTUS may have influenced her. Hell, that must have been more effective than getting her drunk.
Like I said earlier, Akin needs to go. The guy is an idiot. I also said Clinton was a good POTUS but was a slimeball and did not respect woman (the proof here are the multiple lawsuits brought against him. Flowers, Jones, Lewinsky, etc....). He still doesn't.
Not sure if you have a daughter, but if you do and you have no problem with scumball behavior like Clinton (you know, the kind of stuff that get's CEO's fired in the private sector) then good for you. However, I suspect you will be a grandmother sooner rather than later plus have a daughter who is a single mother.
I liked Clinton as a POTUS. But make no mistake about it, he used his power to take advantage of and abuse women....nor does he respect them.
I sure hope so! Each time we see and hear your name we can remember what a sick party you belong to. One that makes up crap that are out and out lies to get elected. How does it feel to be running your campaign with almost no money and loss of support. Loser!
Clwyd,
Yes, the Obama campaign is having a tough go of it. Time for Biden to plagerize a speech.....
Victor, I checked your comment to show how stupid it was. They didn't have to pay Akin for his big lie about woman can create a situation to prevent a rape pregnancy by just thinking it!. It just comes so natural to all republicans. That is why I quit the party after Reagan and then I didn't know he was outsourcing the office due to Alzheimers.
I just love how the RWNJ's have been saying,"Bush has been out of office X number of years now, quit blaming him,it's all Obama's now"
Akin pops up with his pointy little head and forgets to use the patented Koch/GOP/TP brain to mouth filter and says what the most of the Neo-cons in the republican party actually think. Them BAM! the RWNJ's drag Clinton out to hold up and say "What about him!!!!"
Clwyd,
Not sure how much clearer I can make it but Akin is an idiot and needs to go.
However, I don't expect the the Dems to put Clinton out there as a role model to womans rights. If so, I suspect his speech would include something along the rights of women in terms of things such as kneepads.
Again, my point is that the de facto leader of the Democrat party does not respect women. This of course led to him being dis-barred and impeached (only the second POTUS in history to be impeached). And more on point, he did very well with the economy (worked in bi-partisan fashion which Barak will not do) which is why his sleazy history is rarely talked about. That is, this election is about the economy and in that vein, Obama has been an utter failure.
We need competency in the Oval Office. Obama is out. I think we can all agree that Obama's ecopnomic results truly suck.
The way Akin said it was stupid, but was he really wrong?
I disagree with everything Akin believes--especially sexist pig QUACKERY. But I'll give Akin this -- He is standing up to the Shock Jocks like Limbaugh and Beck, the commentators like Hannity, and even leaders of the GOP/TP. This is a LOT more than one could ever say about Mitt Romney.
Agreed. Libertarian, Independent, whatever -- the rightwingers vote a straight Republican ticket regardless and should just own up to it.
G-Dog-787120 -- Agreed. I'm beginning to wonder if older white males feel threatened not only by other races, but also women breaking the glass ceiling and taking the REALLY good jobs. What better way to keep women down then to take away women's rights on all levels, most of all family planning and control over their bodies.
newscover -- Agreed. Huckabee exemplifies the hypocrisy of preaching "family values" but protecting those who stray. David Vitter solicited prostitutes, which was not only immoral but illegal, yet he remains in office.
Rather than "police" their Party and rebuke bigotry (racism, sexism, etc.) and conspiracy theories, this is Republicans adhering to the old Reagan 11th Commandment. As if the Birthers, Muslim Brotherhood infiltration lies, and other BS wasn't already bad enough, this sexist pig's view of women and rape along with pseudo-science QUACKERY cannot be ignored, enabled, or embraced. Silence is consent, but Huckabee is suggesting the Party actually stands by it!
To Bill: Not only was Mr. Akin wrong on all accounts it showed what the real GOP is. It's like your in a Si-fi- movie and there are aliens amongst us. You run across a device that makes all of them glow yellow. Mr. Akin is yellow and just showed everyone what the GOP is. What Romney/Ryan is. Like what you see?
This is not the GOP that my dad voted for. They have been hi-jacked. Vote them all out.
"I'm not a Republican, I'm a conservative."
That's like saying, "I'm not an alcoholic, I just drink a lot of beer."
I hope the hurricane misses Tampa, so the American people can see the real ill wind.
Rombot.Has.Nothing.
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan= T. Money Trim 'N' Rapy Luau (now more than ever)
Funny that Akin is not allowed at the convention, but Huckabee is. Huckabee has identical beliefs to Akin.
"I'm not a repub - I'm conservative."
"Yes, the Obama campaign is having a tough go of it."
They are?? President Obama is leading in every swing state. His numbers are going up. Rooney's are going down. Even Rasmussen, the most right leaning poll in the nation has him leading by 2%.
My words exactly about the Oval Office, but I said them about the BUSHwhacker in 2008 when we were losing 750,000 jobs a month and he was trying his trickle down economics which got us into this recession in the first place, along with his two illegal wars that have wasted $5,000,000,000,000 and added 1/3rd of our national debt. Thay have also wasted 7,200 lives for nothing in two lost wars!
OBAMA IN 2012.
"I'm not a repub - I'm conservative."
You guys really have no clue?
Here's a hint ...
.... Clinton ... Bush were big government "necessary evils". Obama has become an "intolerable evil."
Need a an example of ..."for when we suffer" ...look no further than than the social engineering of big government that created the economic collapse and the state of the economy today.
Our founding fathers got it ... the unsophisticated populace of the 1700's got it ...
Sorry you guys don't get it.
Todd is going to save the GOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The evils we do live long after we are out of office. Just ask bush and Clinton. Some hide and others change doing good works. Just ask bush! IJ you can find him?
Bill Clinton's infidelity is his family's problem. Not the nation.
No kidding. Eight years of prosperity, 10's of millions of new jobs, peace through most of the world, good relationships with everyone were too much for you, huh?
Good thing we went back to huge deficits, wars and everyone hating us, right? So what if the country suffers, at least W never cheated on his wife. That's what is really important.
The problem, as usual, is that Conservatives seem to have lost any ability to understand nuance. Since we don't think Clinton should be locked up for committing adultery it means that we all support adultery and have no family values.
They don't see any difference between adultery and rape. It's all black and white for them.
I always find it amusing that those who rail against government the most are those who could least survive without it.
Kind of like all the Republicans who rail against how evil and wrong government is and how it doesn't work...then spend millions making sure that they're the ones who are in government to make sure that it can't work.
If we listened to the conservatives at the founding of this country we'd all be singing "God Save the Queen."
Charlie,
If you believe the polls I guess that is good news for the incumbant POTUS....a virtual tie at this point.
Byron, no problem with Clintons performance in office; he did a good job. That being said certainly you must admit he treats women poorly, used his power to take advantage of them and does not respect them.
I mean really; the intern in the Oval Office episode. And I know it was consensual blah,blah, blah. But seriously. Whatever with the fraternity stuff in the Oval Office. A bit beneath the POTUS, but whatever--no big deal. LOLOLOLOL.
However, the part that was entirely wrong about that was the aftermath where Clinton tried to make Lewinsky look like some fruit cake, nut, stalker, liar that he barely knew. Essentially the POTUS bringing the full force of the POTUS office to crush a naive 22 year old intern.
Bill, you may have wanted to confiscate the dress prior to Monica leaving that day.....LOLOLOL.
Admit it man, the leader of the Democrat party is no friend of womans rights.....unless you view kneepads as a womans right.
victor, you have not a clue. While I do not condone Bill Clinton's actions those are personal relationships. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Republican's broad brushed attack on women's rights.
Mike,
Any way you slice it Clintons actions were clearly an abuse of power and influence. As far as I am concerned, once he got caught is where I have the problem (the old Ms. Lewinsky is nuts angle). Instead, maybe he should have manned up and simply said "yes, I had an affair with Monica Lewinski and me and Hillary are working through this private matter. We plan to keep it private and I will continue to conduct my POTUS responsibilities without interruption".
Instead, to cover up his affair he positioned to make it look like Lewinsky was ready to do the Glenn Close Bunny in the boiling pot of water from Fatal Attraction movie. HE made it public when he threw Lewinsky under the bus in public.
I could care less what he does/did in his private life. However, how he handled it clearly demonstrates his lack of respect for the fairer sex (along with all the other affairs he had). This much is clear: the then POTUS, now defacto leader of the Dem party is no friend of womens rights.
Not sure where you are coming from with the Republican broad brush attack on womans rights. If you are referencing their pro-life/antiabortion platform then I do not see how that is an attack on womans rights. They clearly disagree with pro-choice folks. It does not make them "wrong"; it just means they have a different viewpoint on abortion.
For me; I am pro-choice all the way. I could care less if someone has an abortion; it the woman's choice at all times. That being said, I do not want to pay for it out of my tax dollars in the same vein as I do not want to pay for your dental work.
So please, spare me the Repub war on woman crap when you have multiple, high profile democrat leaders (Clinton, Jessie Jackson Sr., John Edwards, Al Sharpton, Anthony Weiner etc.) who have clearly demonstrated they do not respect women.
Bill-2910238,
You said: "The way Akin said it was stupid, but was he really wrong?" The way you have juxtaposed that question with the content of #1 implies you believe that he is correct at least in his conclusion.
If you believe Akin was actually right in his conclusion, you are wrong. CNN states (Aug. 22):
"A woman's chances of becoming pregnant are the same after rape as they are after consensual sex, according to medical experts and published studies."
Vox, sadly, you are correct.
Perhaps the modern Republican Party just needs to go ahead and make their platform thus.
1. We are the arbiters of the will of the one true god on earth.
2. We and only we (and televangelists that bring lots of voters) know the true will of the one and only god.
2. God commands us to legislate the word of god (as we see it) upon all the nation.
3. All who disagree are not of god.
4. Shrimp cocktail (and any other thing we like forbidden in Leviticus) is OK because while the entire Bible is literally 100% true, there are a couple of bad translation spots, and only we know which ones they are.
5. Anyone who does not agree with us on EVERY POINT, will burn in everlasting hell fire, and will not be invited to the hospitality suite, either.
This is a great pity, too, because the Democratic Party is little better ... really ...
Voice o' Doom,
Or, you can say the modern Democrat Party is:
1). We believe President Obama because he says so.
2). We will plagerize when neccessary
3). We support our leaders who treat women with disdain and no respect
4). Everything should be "free"
5). We are the party of "cool"
6). Accountability sucks; we do not believe in it
7). Europe is better than us
8). If you do not agree with us, then you must be an idiot. There is no reasonable explanation for believing there may be another solution. You must be demonized if you disagree.
9). It's Bushes fault forever
VK, if you run across very many of our posts here, you will know that we are no fan of either party ... we simply consider the current flavor of the Republican party more fundamentally dangerous to the ideas upon which our nation was conceived ... most especially their insistence upon the insertion of a wildly errant, small minded perversion of the Protestant Christian faith into government ... but make no mistake ... we consider the Democrats only slightly less dangerous.
Run Todd Run!
See Akin Run!
Since he's no longer feeling the love from Willard & Co.
Ryan/Akin2012 - Representing compassionate, conservative, Christians, one vagina at a time!
Well ,Todd can count on two votes, Huckabee and Tony Perkins.
Too bad they do not live in Missouri.
"This is not going in his favor, so you have to step aside from self, from yourself, your desire to get in there and serve and do what you believe is right, and you have to, in a sense, take one for the team. You have to step aside. Hand the mantle to someone else." - Sarah Palin, 8/21/2012
Translation (for those of you who don't speak word salad): "Akin should quit."
When even the former-half-term-governor tells you it's time to quit...
Northstar - Tony Perkins - the nut job from Psycho????? That pretty much fits! LOL
Feisty - my imagination or are there more right wingers out today????
DaNoid,
Pain will not be at the convention, but Huckabee is and will be speaking.
Wonder if he has enough guts to say tot he convention what he sent in his email.
Romney will have his hands full keeping his base on board.
His birther remark today was his way of indulging the 30% of the GOP who think Obama was not born in the US.
He really is not in control of his party... in fact,I think most of them control Romney.
Seeking,
I know ! LOL
He is now the head of the American Family Council. The group that loves mothers,flag, and apple pie.
Oh NO GF!
Willard blew his dog whistle and they crawl out of the cess-pool to dazzle us with their brilliance! lol
Feisty - I've never seen so many wacko's before! And the garbage they are spewing! OMG There isn't a brain left in the GOP!
Feisty and Seeking,
I think these new RWJN are already in Tampa.
They have gone to the free beer tent, back now in the hotel lobby they are sitting around with the free wifi, and time on their hands,waiting for the next bus to pick them up for the dinner buffet.
Aww, there's our girl Sanity, the authoritative expert on big brains. :)
Thanks for the chuckle Sanity. You never, ever fail to amuse.
Then on to the "family values" strip clubs to get their "freak on"!
BTW: Aren't "idle hands" considered the devils work with these bible bangers?
Northstar, you do know who's in the free beer tent ... because he wasn't invited to speak at the Convention, just the "invitation only reception" .... Sheriff Joe! Him and a few cocktails should get all the crazys fired up!
Great idea!
Liquor up the already gun toting certifiably insane!
What could possibly go wrong? lol
Ryan/Akin2012 - Representing compassionate, conservative, Christians, one vagina at a time!
Feisty, I love it. You should make it a bumper sticker and market them. You'd make a load of $$$...
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O&Joe 2012
Aha - and I see Spanky, the authority with NO BRAINS is back!
You don't need a brain when all the bad that happens is God's will, and all the good that happens is due to corporations giving people the opportunity to work, and there is nothing in between these 2 truths that we need to know. If something worthwhile comes up rush will tell me during the day, Glenn will explain to me when rush isn't on at night....why do we need brains? Quit confusing people with that kind of talk...having brains might propagate more questions, and there is no place in the cesspool for more questions.
Layton,
Can you imagine the streets of Tampa tonight after the bars and free booze tents close???
sheriff Joe, isn't he also speaking at the convention?
@Feisty - there is a reason the Brits refer to them as Wankers.
Ah - Tony Perkins - the head of the Hate Disguised as Family Values Council. That one is a piece of work.
Thanks for the idea!
I'm off to the printers tomorrow & of course I'll cut you in for a "finders fee"!
RedDevPS
Busy hands are also the Devil's work when one's seed is spilled upon the ground. Bible bangers? Nah Bible wankers. Damn country is infested with them.
It's clear the Republican party misspoke. What they really mean is Aiken has become too toxic for THEM to win.
Ground? Tissue? Whatever?
Isn't that considered murder according to today's GNOP?
Absolutely, and Monty Python has a great song about that. The GNOP home schooling mantra is No Sperm Left Behind.
I think they consider that less than murder, something like reckless abandonment maybe, it's only murder when the women gets her egg involved and then of course it is all her fault and responsibility.
Forrest Grump 2.0
Forest, your wit is truly a joy. Luv ya man.
I believe it is. The mass murder being committed at certain online sites on an hourly basis is mind boggling. It must number in the billions of trillions.
Along those lines, I can't wait to see Akin and his BFF Tony start the Tampon Project. God forbid, a fertilized egg goes rogue and is discarded during the menstrual cycle. Team Akin/Tony will need to inspect each discarded tampon to ensure the woman didn't intentionally cause the rogue egg. Pity the poor woman found with the rogue egg - that will be a life in prison, all in the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness for zygotes (and corporations).
Why thank you blackcatwhitecat.
You know why a women contributes one egg and the man has to contribute a billion sperm? Because being the male component they absolutely refuse to stop swimming and just ask for directions!
Rogue eggs, rogue sperm ... where is the resident expert on rogue? ... SARAH where fore art thou? Not that anyone needed to worry, all you had to do was look at her and she became pregnant. Nonejaculate Conception.
Northstar . . .
He's only speaking at the "Invitation Only Reception" but 8 other birthers are speaking . . . Donald Trump, Janine Turner, Sam Olens, Mike Huckabee, Rick Scott, Cathy McMorris, Bobby Jindal and the newest to the club, Mitt Romney.
layton,
Unbelievable!!!
The birthers, fundamentalists, tea party wingnuts, flat earth group, and gold bugs, these are not your Daddy's
Republican party.
Why are they backing Romney?
Maybe because they will need every Mormon in the US to counter the above groups.
Todd is going to Storm the Florida GOP Convention with his wife Isaal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOP said our colors don't run, but their running from Isaac !!!!!!!!!!!!!
He said exactly what is in the platform. What a bunch of hypocrites these republicans are.
dpd ... love the avatar! Way to go Kraft foods! :)
Unless the platform is printed in "Guns and Ammo" or "NASCAR Illustrated" none of them will ever read it.
I sure wish someone could tell us how many guns and rounds of ammo God and/or Jesus said we should carry. Same for Mother Nature. After all, they claim freedoms are granted by God/Jesus/Nature yet, I cannot find a single passage along the lines "Thou shalt bear arms and shoot thy neighbor".
Of course he'll be on the ticket in November. The GOP is nothing but a bunch of Nazis, White Power extremists, rapists, child molesters, and guys who troll airport men's rooms for pickups. He fits right in
Romoney's religious faith is "MONEY" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a feeling Congressman Akin will still be there beyond November...if by "there" you mean Missouri. Yeah, I suspect the Congressman is going to have a little free time on his hands.
(Don't worry, sir, as you can go write your book and maybe get a guest speaker spot on FOX News and go get paid to speak at Tea Party events.)
He can always get a job teaching Biology or Human Sexuality at Liberty University.
He could go into research.
Who knows...maybe he'd win a Nobel Prize if he could, in fact, find a woman's biological "rape detector"?
Yep, cause as we know Nobel Prizes are damned tuff to 'win.'
ALGORE and Obama have 'em.
Say, just how and what is Obama doing these days to tackle that awful and terrible global warming thing-y?
Yes, I can't wait to hear more about those spastic tubes and penis/sperm dissolving secretions.
Why not just claim that rape scares the hell out of the stork and he runs away.
Aw, whatsa matter, Spankers? You still pissy because that mean ol' nasty Nobel Prize committee wouldn't give the 43rd President of the United States one of those fancy-shmancy prizes?
Guess they don't have the Noble Prize for Stupidity....I'm sure there would be a whole lot of GNOP contenders/prentenders......
GNOP can't handle facts. THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Show us the 1040's Mythe! WHAT are you hiding!
Romoney says vote for me and I will be your neighborhood watch dog !!!!!!!!!!!!!
RASMUSSEN REPORTS:
8/22/2012 - 500 Likely Voters
Sen. McCaskill = 48%
Rep. Akin = 38%
McCaskill +10
Da Noid: Hey, I'm right there with ya, but even McCaskill laughed at that poll.
AlaskaGirl-759554
McCaskill is playing this like a consummate pro. A new text book is being written.
Hey Noid - what Rass have on Obama/Romney?
And just think, Mitt's sittin' on all that cash, about to unleash it next week.
Yikes!
Spanky,
"And just think, Mitt's sittin' on all that cash, about to unleash it next week."
I am thinking that all of us will witness lots of "shock and awe" until we all want to throw up...
But at the end of day, I believe Obama will win reelection.
It will burst the bubble of the unlimited, unnamed super pacs.
And the old guys with more money than they can throw away before they die will make lots of young wives very rich in years to come.
Yep...it will be quite the shock for spanky and his delusional buddies when they realize that all that bs the racist leadership in the GOP have been telling them isn't actually the opinion of the majority of Americans as evidenced by Obama's reelection....their bs was nothing more than ranting by a few old white guys trying to hold on to power and money and only believed by a MINORITY of feeble minded and intellectually lazy retards.
Sharron Angle may be looking for a sidekick.
...They could open up a "shut the uterus down with our magic lemonade" stand and make millions at teabagger cross-burnings!!!
I hope that this comes through -- a good article on the polarization of American politics...
The people in Missouri are smart enough to hand a victory to the Democrats thanks to Akin's medieval mind set.
. . . and all the press gave him free TV time for this. Please people. Start waking up and doing your job. Pleeeeze!
Akin and legitimate rape versus Romney and birth certificates - not sure who's got the bigger foot in his mouth.
Or, head up their........
Akin definition of legitimate rape---the woman is beaten so severly before, during and after the rape she dies.
Yep, that would definitely prevent pregnancy...
Man oh man, the republican party is just busting at the seems! Implosion is not far behind!
"Don't roof rack me, bro".......American dogs who demand to ride inside
O&Joe 2012
DEVO still lives!!
AlaskaGirl... Please send my new monitor to ... as I just spewed enough coffee out of my nose to short out my other one...
IMO best comment so far...
I'm a registered Independent and Republican views on women only helps push me further away from voting for Republican candidates. The thought of so many Republicans sharing 12th century views on women is nuts.
WA- how many babies have you helped murder this year?
Larry - if you're a Republican you are probably responsible for the deaths of hundreds of babies/children. How sad you don't care about a child once it's born.
Obama/Biden 2012
@Larry - how many millions of starving children did you kill this year?
Larry....how many children have you intellectually molested with your warped ideology this year?
Being an Independent voter myself, I'll be watching the voting results in Missouri to get an indication of the general state of adult education. It's the Electoral College who elects the president, and so the voters are only casting their ballots for their state's representation. If Akins receives a large vote, it will be an indication of the extent of scientific illiteracy in that state, and or faith based illiteracy which I consider to be roughly equivalent.
There are higher standards to being a leader in society than just being biologically alive. There are numerous faiths in this country, your's being just one. Aren't they teaching honor and integrity in church, or mother's teaching such ideals to their children while at home? Akins if he were an honorable man, would see is error against a greater cause he exposes to believe in, and even if his greater cause were a minority belief, he would still understand that he should stand down for that cause's chance of survival. An example of this idea is the Japanese officers who committed suicide in WWII. Theirs was a loosing cause, but they still exhibited a sense of honor. So now if Akins stays, he's not only an idiot, but without a sense of honor as well...AND HOW DOES THAT SPEAK OF HIS CONSTITUENCY?
Let's take this to the barnyard level of thinking, for those who weren't allowed a good education. " But she's such a good mother. " Reply, " I've heard of a nanny goat being termed a good mother but I don't plan on marrying a goat. " The "good intentions" of the voters of the State of Missouri should look at the good of the future of the State, and forget about any insinuation that if you vote conservative that gets you a personal ticket into heaven. I'd suggest the voters vote for representation who can get federal sponsorship for public works projects and such into their state in the near future. Akins stupid comments about rape isn't the kind of thinking that is going to accomplish such goals.
Larry
They will not answer your questions. They hide behind "choice". They are the worst form of life on the planet.
They are liberals.
ruk .. this one is not hiding ... though we see you trying to hide behind a bible there ... that will make no difference to us ... it is just an ordinary book ... conceived and written by many mortal men ... (though it does contain knowledge that is far above your head, and you have no idea at all that it is even there; you would not like it, either) ... translated and compiled by other men ... though I do hate the idea of damaging any book ... as all ideas must have equal footing in a truly free nation.
I never ceased to be amazed at those who demand government get out of their business ... until it is this issue, and then they demand government be in everyone's business .. and bedroom ... or closet, for that matter ...no politician or cleric is welcome into my personal decisions ... no Republican ... no Democrat ... no priest ...
There's your "supporters" Mitt. Most likely being a Mormon Bishop your beliefs are exactly in step with Akin. You're just way to pragmatic to say so in a speach but your choice of Ryan speaks volumes at a great volume.
What is 12th Century about believing that an innocent child should not be murdered?
It is the leftist baby killer ideology that is 12th century
Larry - your ignorance is overwhelming. No one wants innocent children killed - except the GOP who doesn't want any programs that give help to the poor whose children are suffering. It is the far right that is harming children. Your beef is with them!
Obama/Biden 2012
Larry, say your wife is raped. You willing to have that innocent child in your house? You willing to raise and love tht child as your own? Even if he looks just like his father? BTW that won't be you. Nah you'll just abandon it to someone else to raise at someone else's expense. BTW Plan B stops the pregancy before it is a child. Human tissue yes a child no.
larry,
The question is about treatment women in the 12 century.
Women in the 12 century were either the property of their fathers or husband. They had no legal right of their own.
Even in the middle ages, the greatest mind of the day Thomas Aquinas said "women were misbegotten males."
T.Akin still does not understand the basic biology of women. He has a 12 century mind.
SS.... Larry didn't get the memo.....the TeaPeople don't want to talk about that!....That which they ban.....even in the case of rape or incest!
Give me a break, Larry. No one is advocating infanticide. It's just that you people seem to have slept through biology class and don't understand that a zygote/embryo isn't a fully developed person. What is 12th century is for the government (or anyone else for that matter) to mandate that a woman impregnated through rape or incest be forced to give birth against her will. Furthermore, it seems to me that all the people who are hollering about right to life are the same people who want to get rid of Medicaid, Aid to Dependent Children, and food stamps, thus their hypocrisy is clear. They care only about the unborn. Once those children are born, they should feel free to starve and live in poverty.
It is 12th century medicine that thinks a women's body can recognize that a pregnancy is the result of rape and spontaneously abort it. Are you actually supporting Akin's view?
David - I'm not sure it's even 12th century medicine. I just think its Akin delusion!
If Romney is elected and Akin is not, Willard plans on making Akin a special science advisor to the president
Hey Larry - tell us more about child murder, bible style.
Thanks BUT NO thanks!
Reading the @!$%# that drips from his lips is enough to drive anyone with an IQ higher than a lintball to run from organized religion!
Until crazy pastor Larry can get pregnant, he needs to sit down and STFU!
I'm sick & tired of these control freaks!
Hey Larry ... I rarely do this but shove it!!!! I've been called a murderer because I didn't take responsibility for the rest of my unimplanted eggs after numerous invitro attempts. You're NOT a woman (from your avatar and name) and you HAVE NO F*#%$& CLUE ABOUT WHAT GOES ON WITH OUR BODIES! So CORK it!!!
so layton- how many babies have you murdered that interfered with your lifestyle choices?
Larry ... I was trying to become a mother. And you sir, are a bona fide PIG to tell me that what my body and my husband and I went through with such angst to become parents was on your F'ing political agenda? You are now telling me I am a murderer? I am a born-again Christian Progressive Liberal Democrat. And you are nothing but a neanderthal. How dare you. Seriously. HOW DARE YOU QUESTION ME?????
MY LIFESTYLE CHOICE WAS TO BE A MOTHER!!! PIG! I adopted ... have you??? I've coached, mentored, taught ... what the he** have you done for anyone other than yourself?????
Layton, Larry is a PIG every time he opens his mouth. He is a small minded, self righteous zealot that wants to tell everyone how to live and then disses on them in the name of his god.
What a cretin.
OneOfTheSane, two little words for you (but greatly felt) .....
Thank you.
This has got to be killing Romney! I hope Akin keeps holding little impromptu press conferences. Who knows what else will slip out of his slimy mouth!
"We Won't Go Back!"
Obama/Biden 2012
Tax Returns! Tax Returns! Tax Returns!
Don't worry, there's plenty of TP to wipe Akin's Ass.
TP as in Tea Party?!! LOL
Stick to your (unregulated) guns, Todd! America needs Claire McCaskill. But, for the love of your almighty God, resign from the Science Committee. If you are a "true conservative," you have to admit that you don't even acknowledge that science is "legitimate."
You're an idiot... that's a scientific fact from a Conservative.
Name calling; that's what you have? Really? name calling? What is this third grade?
see 2016, the movie
cal20 - oh, you mean the fictitious movie that the GOP paid to have made - that is based on lies? Of course you'll be salivating to see that so you can spread the lies. Of course you will - it's all you have!
Obama/Biden 2012
like Michael Moore's movies? See this movie and then tell me if it is based on lies, don't be so myopic. I sat through a couple of Moor's movies and can tell you yhat they are typical leftist propaganda, devoid of truth and substance.
cal20 - you're the myopic one - and totally lapping up every lie the GOP spreads. That movie cost the Koch brothers big money but they don't care about the money as long as they spread their lies! They know low information voters like you will lap it up!
Obama/Biden 2012
Don't act like a Union hack and regurgitate everything george Soros tell you. Karl Marx said " the end justifies the means" meaning it's ok for Progressives to lie! See the movie! No seas pendejo.
cal20 - Marx stole that quote from Nicolo Machiavelli in his writings "The Prince". Machiavelli wrote it to partially support his ideas on how a Republic shoud be run. Remember that he was alive in the Medici timeframe were force being used to remove a political rival was the norm.
Evidence of this idea being practiced in the modern era: "Swiftboat"; accusing Sen. McCain of fathering an illegitimate black child; birthers; accusing a President of being a Muslim and supporting terrorism; "apologizing for America world tour"; the bogus OPSEC video; Valerie Plame; (the recent quote from) Hank Williams, Jr.; Karl Rove's actions on behalf of President Bush and Gov. Romney (Crossroads, etc.); Rush Limbaugh's accusations; etc.
It is NOT a phrase that means "it's ok for Progressives to lie."
paraphrasing is condoning. . . Michael Moore is a propaganda instument; twisting facts to make his point. That's akin to lying. And don't forget Rachel's ranting.
But akin has always been fully supported by mr grover, the gop, the rushbo, & foxnews.com. Especially the ryan man who was his closest and best buddy who wants to become vp. The two authored soooo many bills that went nowhere in the area of defining rape. Much like what akin described. He shouldn't back away from something he truly believes in. No. No. This is democracy. Representative govt. But i tell you, mr grover, the gop, the rushbo, & foxnews.com controls nearly everything the people who have signed mr grover's no-tax incrase pledge form. Driving some women away because of the no abortion due to rape issue.
But what can you say. You can tell mr grover, the gop, the rushbo, & foxnews.com are ideologues. They have difficulty with the facts and the truth. It's why they have problems with science - the branch of knowledge dealing with the body of facts and truths. They have a war on science, the truth, and the facts. So be careful of what they will tell you. They have a culture of lies.
But our democracy is based upon being who you are. The country doesn't really want anybody who is working and in fact just a puppet for other people. No. No. The country with all of its voters have no control over govt officials who are actually controlled by puppet masters. It's like the raising income taxes on the wealthy. Dropping the temporary bushman tax income tax cuts. No way say mr grover and his wealthy sponsors. Drop the temporary tax cuts on the wealthy say the vast majority of the country. Mr grover says that anyone in congress who breaks his/her written and signed pledge to not raise taxes will not be reelected. Mr grover rules the gop in the area of tax increases on the wealthy.
"Don't break my heart, my Akin breakin heart"! New RNC National Anthem.
Alaska Girl,
OMG, LOL.
Now I will not be able to get that tune out of my mind.
Good, someone else as miserable as I am! I have been humming it to myself and then smacking myself upside the head to stop! Is it cocktail time yet?!
No kidding, that is hilarious. Is Billy Ray a democrat, because he hasn't had much work since HannahMontana went off the air and I think we should give him a call... Screw it, I have a guitar and a youtube account. Very funny Alaska. Very funny indeed.
I highly doubt that Billy Ray is a dem, but thanks for the shout out! Hey, I am gonna look for you on youtube, but send put the word out on here so that everyone can see it! That's awesome!! Are you gonna wear the "Billy hair"?
what if the artist is a lib and has the song removed fron the RNP?
PB80,
Yes please post it on FR when you get it finished.
We will give you tons of views.
You will be on the top ten for sure. :)
30 more minutes AlaskaGirl.....!!!
Potential Commander in Chief: "Please step down you're hurting our chances to win."
GOP Ally: "I don't have to listen to you go 'F' yourself!! Besides I don't care if you're President just as long as I'm Senator!!!!"
Hahahahahah wow you can't make this stuff up.
Mike and Alaska Girl,
You both cracked me up!! I've been reading MSNBC comments for years and finally decided to join in.
GOBAMA '12
MNBinski,
Welcome to First Read, neighbor.
The thread on Friday get a little silly in the late afternoon.
I remember the 2008 GOP convention in St. Paul.
This one will be crazier that the McCain/Palin one.
Welcome MN Binski!! Join me and AlaskaGirl for a cocktail in 30 minutes!!!
Welcome to the show Binski!!! My advice as a newbie to you would be to become good friends with the "ignore this author" button!
Mike: You are the bartender! I'm a whisky girl, so a double would really be nice about now!
"Don't roof rack me, Bro!" American Dogs that demand to ride inside.
O&Joe 2012
It's cocktail time here ... and that is making my glass of wine so much sweeter!!!! hahahaha!!!!
WoooHoo! Enjoy!
Cheers to all of you!!!
Nice dry white wine ...
There's your unity, allright!
Akin: 'We're going to be here through the November election'
Please I hope he is... we need more stupid people in political office... It makes the rest of the world laugh.
we need more laughter in the world... and only the US can provide it. God Bless the US of A. and a pie in the face.
Holy @!$%#, there are liberal wolves? I thought they were all conservative.
I hope Mr. Akin stays in the race. He has a perfect right....to hand the seat to the democrats.
And after the parade of the clowns during the Republican primary he and his like-minded Congressional colleagues will provide material for pundits and late night comedy. It keeps that sector of the economy going for a few more months.
What is Akin guilty of, telling the truth, his real beliefs, I mean he heard about the vagina rape detectors from a Doctor that is part of the Romney team.
The republican platform wants roe vs wade over turned, and no abortions, no exceptions for rape, incest of life or the mother! And if Rand, I mean Ryan has his way, outlaw birth control! And pass person bills, so a day old fertilized egg has rights, so there goes in vitro fertilization.
hummbird - exactly right. He had the nerve to say what he really thinks unlike the two goons at the top of the ticket. They aren't incensed that he believes what he said, they're just mad that he said it and there isn't a nickel's worth of difference between him and Paul Ryan, ergo Romney. He outed them, and their heads are exploding because of it.
"he outed them". That's exactly what he did. Many Republicans didn't even realize Romney's stance was no abortions WHATSOEVER and they assumed he supported instances of rape, incest and health concerns of the mother. Now they're scratching their heads going "WHAT!!?" Thank you Akin.
Remember Star Trek? When a yeoman would beam down? They always had red shirts and you knew Yeoman Olson was not coming back?
Akin is wearing a red shirt.
I'm waiting to see the reaction of MSNBC (which has all but buried him) if he wins.
William - what would that say about any group of people who would vote for someone who is clearly not qualified to walk across the street without someone guiding him? Oh right - it would say they're Republicans!
Obama/Biden 2012
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You have a man in the white house for over three years and he still isn't qualified to sit their and you speak about qualifications. This man would mess up a lemon aid stand and you will vote for him again. Why?
rukidding47? ru?
You don't know the difference between their and there and you are working on other people already? Fix yourself.