August 21, 2012
— CAC Since PPP decided it can't help itself, I've done you all a service.
I went through their ridiculous R+9 sample and ONLY changed the D/R/I proportions to match previous elections, and an even turnout.
With R+9, PPP's headline screams Akin up by 1. It is an obvious, sick ploy to get this delusional Bio101 flunkie to stay in and cost us a seat.
Here are the real numbers:
If turnout in November matches 2008 (it won't):
McCaskill 49.25% Akin 39% (this is a D+6 turnout model)
If turnout in November is even, an incredible feat for the GOP considering heavy turnout in St Louis and Kansas City during an election year:
McCaskill 47% Akin 40%.
If turnout in November matches the best we have ever seen in the state (R+3 during 2010):
McCaskill 45% Akin 41%.
McCaskill is a dead duck if we dump Akin. The other candidates from the primary were crushing her up and down. To trail her by four in a best-case scenario is inexcusable at this point.
The fact that PPP had to triple the best R margin ever just to get Akin over McCaskill screams agenda polling, but they will never admit to that, so I'm calling them out on it, and it's time for you to spread the word. PPP's "Akin still leads" poll is garbage, the approval rating for Akin with this huge R spread is a God-awful 24%, and McCaskill hasn't cut one rape ad yet.
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Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at August 21, 2012 07:17 AM (8y9MW)
I want you not to have said something so stupid that you'd need defending.
Looks like neither one of us got what we wanted... but if you leave now maybe we'll end up with a candidate who can get through the rest of the election cycle without saying more stupid crap.
Lets try that and see how it works.
Posted by: gekkobear at August 21, 2012 07:18 AM (X0NX1)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 07:18 AM (+7i2c)
Posted by: Dave at August 21, 2012 07:18 AM (z0U44)
Posted by: Jaws at August 21, 2012 07:18 AM (4I3Uo)
When the GOP / Romney Campaign calls you and asks for money,
tell them you will be happy to donate after AKIN DROPS OUT.
Posted by: Fresh at August 21, 2012 07:19 AM (O7ksG)
Posted by: Cicero at August 21, 2012 07:19 AM (QKKT0)
We need..... http://tinyurl.com/cy8pzfb
Posted by: MSM Spin doctors at August 21, 2012 07:20 AM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 07:20 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Roy at August 21, 2012 07:21 AM (VndSC)
He's got to be a Dem plant, where the hell does he think he's going to get the money for those ad buys?
Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 07:21 AM (wwsoB)
There must be something that someone hasn't said yet about this.
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 07:21 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 07:21 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 21, 2012 07:21 AM (y5+i+)
This race is going to bleed all over others in the fall. Virginia Senate comes to mind. Get a hook, and be done with him quickly.
Really nice job there, Akin.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at August 21, 2012 07:21 AM (l3vZN)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 07:21 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at August 21, 2012 07:22 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 21, 2012 07:22 AM (i330i)
Posted by: pep at August 21, 2012 07:22 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 07:23 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Captain Obvious at August 21, 2012 07:23 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: Barky O'Genius at August 21, 2012 11:20 AM (QKKT0)
And then put it on the roof of his car with her vagina still quivering.
Posted by: MSM Spin doctors at August 21, 2012 07:23 AM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Dave at August 21, 2012 07:23 AM (z0U44)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 21, 2012 07:23 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 07:24 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 21, 2012 07:24 AM (HethX)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 07:24 AM (Dnbau)
I hope something gets through!
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 07:24 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: Todd Akin Clown Posse at August 21, 2012 07:24 AM (y5+i+)
I don't think he's going anywhere. -_-
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at August 21, 2012 07:24 AM (3YIOB)
Posted by: Justamom at August 21, 2012 07:25 AM (Sptt8)
9% GOP bonus huh PPP?
My Huckabee rage is hyperbolic, but the donk agenda and game with the open nomination process is real.
Akin needs to go or we need to choke off his GOP backing and cut a deal with the libertarian. The problem is we may hurt the party in MO a long time if he forces that. Akin is in "matter of religious principle" mode which means he will not budge.
The asshole is hiding from GOP contact, so he is either that selfish or is in on it.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:25 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2012 07:25 AM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Todd Akin at August 21, 2012 07:25 AM (/Mla1)
But I would say turnout will be closer to 2010 than 2008 which was a Dem wave year. And by closer I mean better than 2010, perhaps R+5.
This is going to be a R wave year.
Posted by: Vic at August 21, 2012 07:26 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Losing my shit at August 21, 2012 07:26 AM (LnQr8)
Don't wanna turn on oven.
Posted by: Justamom at August 21, 2012 11:25 AM (Sptt
Yes.
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 07:26 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2012 07:26 AM (DOf3C)
Posted by: MSM Spin doctors at August 21, 2012 07:26 AM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 07:26 AM (r2PLg)
Boy is he in for a surprise...
I am telling you this guy has to be a DEM plant. Our manchurian candidate!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 07:26 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Janet Napolitano, Secratary, Sexual Harassment Incidence Team at August 21, 2012 07:26 AM (O1BLm)
During his 2008 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney welcomed the endorsement of a pro-life doctor linked to Rep. Todd Akin’s widely condemned statement that “legitimate rape” rarely leads to pregnancy.
Dr. John C. Willke is a leading proponent of the view that women are unlikely to become pregnant by “forcible rape,” a theory he laid out in a 1999 article on the subject.
Posted by: Jay at August 21, 2012 07:26 AM (3LaGb)
Posted by: Steff McKee at August 21, 2012 07:27 AM (Gszws)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 07:27 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Timmy Turbo Tax at August 21, 2012 07:27 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Dave at August 21, 2012 07:27 AM (z0U44)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at August 21, 2012 07:27 AM (DGIjM)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 21, 2012 07:27 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 21, 2012 07:27 AM (dZ756)
Posted by: Todd Akin at August 21, 2012 11:25 AM (/Mla1)
What? Barney told me that was a gerbil. bitch.
Posted by: Mrs Barney at August 21, 2012 07:28 AM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2012 11:25 AM (DOf3C)
I had some Red Vines the other day.....I can't remember if I ever had any before but OMG....those things suck. Like eating plastic.
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 07:28 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 21, 2012 07:28 AM (HethX)
Posted by: Big Johansson at August 21, 2012 07:28 AM (aZcPb)
Even if the right people are talking with Akin right now, this is going to take a little time.
Akin isn't independently wealthy. Whatever the deal being put together is, they will need to have some place for him to land that pays roughly the same or a bit more than his congressional salary.
His campaign debts will need to be covered and probably one or two of his key staff will need offers to go somewhere else. Lots of calls are probably in the works. Akin is in a fairly good position to get a decent deal.
Posted by: jwest at August 21, 2012 07:28 AM (ZDsRL)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at August 21, 2012 07:28 AM (Ho2rs)
http://bit.ly/PSCKRp
Never say I did nothing for you, Horde.
Pardon me, bunk.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 07:29 AM (da5Wo)
so a demonrat poll oversamples repubs for the first time since their polling. I'm so shocked!
"Akin.
Must.
Go."
The loser needs to go, what the f88k is wrong with him, I read he just bought an ad buy. I'm so pissed!!!!!!! This is a damn winnable seat! This PO$ might even cost some other senate seats and swing states! I can just see the dem ads right now running 24/7! What a pathetic PO@ this man is!
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 07:29 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at August 21, 2012 07:29 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 07:29 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: CAC at August 21, 2012 07:29 AM (hlgXA)
Posted by: Gerry at August 21, 2012 07:29 AM (JKq+J)
Posted by: Jay at August 21, 2012 07:29 AM (3LaGb)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 07:29 AM (iJ5jJ)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 21, 2012 07:30 AM (i330i)
We are boned.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, reminding everybody we are boned at August 21, 2012 07:30 AM (O1BLm)
Reposted from last board, since a new thread went up.
My goodness, some on this board, think it is just easy to force someone out. Newsflash - politicians act in their own self-interest and go on suicide missions all the time. Working against us in this case is Akin's age. If he were 50, then you could probably convince him that he still has a career. But he probably thinks this is his last real chance. And he has the ego to think he can win. In fact, I think there still may be a chance he could.
But it isn't that simple. He is the onlyone who can make the decision. Regardless, I see plenty of political upside.Mitt can show that he is standing up to the so cons, withoutoffending the so cons. That'ssomething. Obama has shown no ability touse a perceived advantage for his benefit. Why should we assume he will automatically do so here.
And if we were counting on this seat to give us control of the Senate, then I guess we aren't doing as well as I thought. I thought the idea was to win up to 55-58 seats? Every last seat matters, but I hope this seat isn't the one that tips us from 50 to 51. If that is the case, then we need to look at the whole senate campaign and not just this race.
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 07:31 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: CAC at August 21, 2012 07:31 AM (hlgXA)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth
yawn. Just out of politeness let me inform you that I don't bother reading what you write. Don't waste your breath attacking me over and over.
Now back to AKIN!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 07:32 AM (ovpNn)
Kate Upton is shocked by this.
http://bit.ly/PSCKRp
I swear I thought she'd seen a grown man naked before.
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2012 07:32 AM (DOf3C)
They've already made it clear to Akin that they want him out. Romney and the GOP have the same ability to force him out as you do. None.
I realize that it's a difficult concept to grasp for those of you who believe the "GOP Establishment" is an all powerful cabal of boogeymen that secretly controls the thoughts and deeds of every Republican everywhere.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 07:33 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Prolific Concern Troll Amerikka at August 21, 2012 07:33 AM (qZXps)
If this guy stays in, he is not only stupid, he is dangerous; chock full of delusions of his own grandeur.
It's not what he's said that is scary. It's not his stupidity that is scary.
It's that he thinks he is doing God's work that is scary. That is dangerous. Deadly dangerous, as is shows him to be a man to willing to sign off on any number of evil schemes and plans in the name of doing good. Overtaken by the notion that God has selected him. Rather than the humility that God has no need of man to do His work.
This is a guy after that evil of Huckabee, who let convicted murders out early--despite the likelihood they would kill again--because he thought himself qualified to judge for God whether the man had repented and would sin no more.
An arrogance from evil consumes men like Huckabee and Akin.
Posted by: RoyalOil at August 21, 2012 07:33 AM (imtbm)
o- sure, so i'm still yapping on the other ADKIN post while everyone has Ran to the new ATKINS post. because well you know,
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 07:33 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 07:33 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Prolific Concern Troll Amerikka at August 21, 2012 07:34 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 07:34 AM (r2PLg)
Yeah, good times, good times.
Nous sont désossées.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, reminding everybody we are boned at August 21, 2012 07:34 AM (O1BLm)
http://tinyurl.com/d7fwg9d
Posted by: Mrs Barney at August 21, 2012 07:34 AM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Andrea Mitchell at August 21, 2012 07:34 AM (/YJYi)
Can the MO repub party kick him off? the ballots are not printed yet.
Some of my wife's family are in MO, they are independents and hate, absolutely loathe Claire, but they will not vote for this Akins, especially after this. They were willing to vote for any decent republican, Brunner, steeleman, etc.
So can the repub party in MO kick out Akins, and select their own senate candidate?
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 07:34 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2012 07:35 AM (DOf3C)
Yeah, good times, good times.
Nous sont désossées.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, reminding everybody we are boned
As long as the MXM has this AKIN fool we wont have those conversations again...
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 07:35 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 07:36 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at August 21, 2012 07:36 AM (DGIjM)
Posted by: George Obama at August 21, 2012 07:36 AM (5ZFqg)
Dude I want to salute you.
No seriously.
Here's to you SH you don't see that this asshammer just handed the M$M the tools for a 24/7 the GOP blames the rape victim memefest, and that takes a faith in mankind I find refreshing.
Here's to you SH.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:36 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: bill mitchell at August 21, 2012 07:36 AM (hlUJY)
If Akin drops out , the Akin conversation goes away and we can get our groove back. If he stays in, he will be an albatross. The democrats need a distration. This is it.
Posted by: Fresh at August 21, 2012 07:36 AM (O7ksG)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 07:37 AM (9TTOe)
their ego is an exercise in hubris that allows the dems to move the football of forcing Churches to buy birth control pills and fund abortions closer ot or across the goalline....
I'd call that evil.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:37 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Losing my shit at August 21, 2012 07:37 AM (pmDdf)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Prolific Concern Troll Amerikka at August 21, 2012 07:37 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 07:38 AM (05RcU)
That's wonderful...he went to MY STATE to hide....awesome.
That is so he can't sign the withdrawl papers and have them handed in.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:38 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 07:38 AM (9TTOe)
If Akin drops out , the Akin
conversation goes away and we can get our groove back. If he stays in, he will
be an albatross. The democrats need a distration. This is it.
Posted by: Fresh
^this
ANd they are going to use that advantage like drunken sailors use (qZXps)'s mom at the Bangkok tittie bar.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 07:38 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 21, 2012 07:38 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 07:38 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 07:38 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 07:39 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 07:39 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: CAC at August 21, 2012 07:39 AM (hlgXA)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 07:39 AM (05RcU)
This is 2012. Minimum babe pic resolution should be 1920 x 1080.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/95gbrgl
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 21, 2012 07:39 AM (xr29d)
Posted by: Ed Anger at August 21, 2012 11:38 AM (tOkJB)
But cobloggers can make comments disappear.
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 07:39 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at August 21, 2012 07:39 AM (msPO3)
Posted by: Dave at August 21, 2012 07:39 AM (z0U44)
CAC..PPP was dissed the minute it came out...can you believe someone like Akin will believe it...YES....it gives him the delusion to believe....I mean his poll readers must be totally stupid!! Oh yeah Todd that PLUS 9 Repub sample had nothing to do with it and it is not even close to reality. BUT TODD IS NOT IN REALITY!! That is the problem....he will no go....he is another in a long line of conservatives that are fatally flawed. He is staying and taking all the misery with him. PPP gives him a joke of a cover. Sorry CAC but time is passing and nothing is being heard from Akin. His ad sumed up his position...he thinks this will blow over because like I said he is fatally flawed. Obamacare I am afraid is here to stay! We have taken the easy seat pick up for Rs and thrown it back to Dems...people better realize that this seat was an easy pick-up now a disaster...We need to realize Government Run Healthcare is here to stay and America died another fatal blow. We can complain here all we want but it means nothing.
Conservatives are the majority ruled by the minority. We allow this every election when we refuse to get behind one candidate and 90 percent of the time the worst ones wins and then they lose in the General. We have to love with the consequences. Our liberty is under attack, our way of life, our freedom, our love of country and what do we do....keep attacking each other over 3 candidates splitting the vote and the worst one wins. Then we sit back and watch them get crushed and Dems rule and we are RULED!!
Get ready today is another dark day for America. Claire will win if Akin is left and we know he will not go on his own. Claire is the happiest woman alive and millions of conservatives have seen the future take a turn for the worse and we are powerless to do anything about it except come here to the Web and vent...sad indeed....ONE MAN....destroying the future for millions!! Only in America!
Posted by: bluerose75 at August 21, 2012 07:40 AM (HDcKc)
You should've kept going; you were so close. One or two degrees more and you'd have finally gotten to Kevin Bacon.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 07:40 AM (SY2Kh)
You have not noticed that at the same time the media is ramping up war on wimminz they are also going fullcourt press on fuckstick's economy being "the new normal"?
They are going to try to use passive aggressive selling of socialism as the only answer coupled with the culture war
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:40 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 07:40 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at August 21, 2012 07:40 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 21, 2012 07:41 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: (QZxps)'s mom, from a Bangkok tittybar at August 21, 2012 07:41 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 07:41 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at August 21, 2012 07:41 AM (JxMoP)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 07:41 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 07:42 AM (9TTOe)
Its going to be a very tight election in some swing states...all they need is 1-2% more of the female vote.
They see this magic vagina legitimate rape thing for what it is - SUPER TOXIC to the GOP brand.
One thing people are not considering is enthusiasm.
This is the type of hot button item that can enthuse the base. You can bet all those bull duke types are going to be at the voting booth to protect their "reproductive rights" if the MSM can enflame them sufficiently....and they are going to do their damnest to enflame.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 07:42 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: CAC at August 21, 2012 07:42 AM (hlgXA)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/95gbrgl
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 21, 2012 11:39 AM (xr29d)
Quality work right there sir. Definitely some pointy elbows. I salute you. Twice.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 07:43 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 07:43 AM (9TTOe)
According to Hot Air, "The Strategy Group for Media" was behind Akin from the start. It is an organization devoted to electing progressive candidates. Google it.
Did this progressive funding not come out during the primaries?
The candidate is a fraud. He is not Republican, he is not Conservative, at all.
The same group came up with his "apology"ad. This whole thing is a fraud.
Posted by: mimi at August 21, 2012 07:43 AM (Y95e4)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 21, 2012 11:39 AM (xr29d)
I think her spanx are ruining my appreciation of her ass.
This will help me get over it.
http://tinyurl.com/9zdlbt4
Posted by: garrett at August 21, 2012 07:43 AM (DOf3C)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 11:38 AM (LRFds)
You serious?
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 07:44 AM (X6akg)
Occam's Razor.
His jackassery is the result of being a jackass. No conspiracy theory necessary.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 07:44 AM (SY2Kh)
@115. Thanks Sven. Let's just give up. Looks like this Akin guy is going to bring down the whole movement. We gave it a good run didn't we. After 4 miserable years, it looked like we could get rid of Obama. But then Akin happened. Its over for us. At least we can now blame the collapse of the US on one guy - Akin. Because once the MSM gets a hold of a meme, we just can't possibly win. Never have been. Thanks Akin. You really screwed us over.
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 07:44 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 07:45 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: bluerose75 at August 21, 2012 07:45 AM (HDcKc)
Posted by: Fresh at August 21, 2012 07:45 AM (O7ksG)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at August 21, 2012 07:45 AM (GBXon)
Nos se deshuesan
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, reminding everybody we are boned at August 21, 2012 07:45 AM (O1BLm)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 07:46 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 21, 2012 07:46 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 07:46 AM (Dnbau)
Nos se deshuesan
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, reminding everybody we are boned at August 21, 2012 11:45 AM (O1BLm)
ooo, i like it.
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 07:46 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 21, 2012 07:46 AM (/f+n8)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 21, 2012 07:47 AM (HethX)
F A C E P A L M
Last one to leave turn out the lights.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 07:47 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: sexypig at August 21, 2012 07:47 AM (dZQh7)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 11:46 AM (Dnbau)
another goody!
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 07:47 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: bluerose75 at August 21, 2012 11:45 AM (HDcKc)
Yes, you were the ONLY one to notice it. Kudos.
/s
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 07:47 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 07:48 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at August 21, 2012 07:48 AM (1RgPf)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Prolific Concern Troll Amerikka at August 21, 2012 07:48 AM (qZXps)
Discuss......
Slim Jims kick both of their flexible red asses. Because they're made of MEAT.
Posted by: Cicero at August 21, 2012 07:48 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at August 21, 2012 07:48 AM (DGIjM)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 07:48 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 07:49 AM (iJ5jJ)
BTW:
115.359. Withdrawal of candidacy, deadline for, how made.
Any person nominated for an office who wishes to withdraw as a candidate shall, not later than the eleventh Tuesday prior to the general election, file a written, sworn statement of withdrawal in the office of the official who accepted such candidateÂ’s declaration of candidacy.
So he has to file a written and I assume notarized statement at a specific office. He just can't say "No Mas" and ankle.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 21, 2012 07:49 AM (kdS6q)
Yes you could find the info. Akin is either the world's biggest sucker or he thinks we are. No other explanation.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:49 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 07:49 AM (zrpqj)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 07:49 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Gerry at August 21, 2012 07:49 AM (JKq+J)
We need to pick up 4 seats.
We will lose 1 in Maine
We will hold our most vulnerable in Mass.
We will pick up seats in Florida, Nebraska, Virginia, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. That's the 5 we need right there.
Any scenario that involves us losing any of those seats also includes Obama winning, so the Senate is moot. The Ryan pick guaranteed that Nelson and Obama will either win together or lose together in Florida.
We also have a chance to pick up Hawaii, New Mexico, Montana, and some folks think even Michigan might be in play.
Yeah, it sucks to lose this race, but it isn't the end of the world. If we lose the Senate in November, then the country was over anyway, we are just the last to know. I think that even with ClairBear holding her seat, we will still net 7 seats. The Dems just have too many to defend.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (ZJNI6)
"the first commercial to run is how McCaskill was a supporter of Akin"
She kept her hands clean, it came from a special group affliaited with the DNC but doesn't have the "dems" word in their title.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: I am totally conservative, really! at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (qZXps)
and now the rumor mill says he is in Ohio's capital hiding so he can't be made to do it....
Hats off Claire...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (75f1S)
That is so he can't sign the withdrawl papers and have them handed in.
I can stay home and not sign stuff. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Cicero at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (QKKT0)
At this point if Akin believes he is doing God's work he will show up on every damn MSM show he can trying to fix the damage...this guy will not go away and even if there is a war in the ME the next article will be the Republicans war with rape victims.
Posted by: H Badger at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (n/0Nw)
The election is MONTHS away.
So what? How exactly is Akin going to answer when McCaskill says "you're so bad your own party has disowned you, so why should anyone vote for you?". Do you think that'll lose its sting in the next 3 months?
Posted by: pep at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: bluerose75 at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (HDcKc)
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 21, 2012 07:50 AM (MkgGw)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 11:49 AM (iJ5jJ)
Uh.... by saying.... "my name is not Akin, and I'm not running in that Race, next question?'
Posted by: Capt. of the Circular Firing Squad at August 21, 2012 07:51 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 07:51 AM (iJ5jJ)
I'd like to believe you about Scott Brown holding....tell me Dave how does brown answer the obvious ads and questions he'll get on this without driving MASS women off or his GOP base there?
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:51 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 11:49 AM (05RcU)
It seems like Israel doesn't need a war in Egypt right now.
Posted by: Cicero at August 21, 2012 07:51 AM (QKKT0)
Someone over at GOP headquarters who's not trying to track this guy down needs to be working on ways to minimize the national damage and getting those out there.
Posted by: Dan K. at August 21, 2012 07:51 AM (c32CV)
Posted by: logprof at August 21, 2012 07:52 AM (zNefn)
GAME OVER MAN!"
I think you're being a politically brain dead here. It's not the answer that matters. The answer is irrelevant. It's the question. It's the explaining. It's the fact that we're talking about Akin and not Obama.
Seriously. How does anyone who talks about politics not know how this stuff works?
Do you really think the GOP is doing everything they can to separate from this guy because it's no big deal?
If you don't think this is a blow to our cause you are DELUSIONAL. Posted by: Tommy V
^ this
if you dont understand this you dont understand whats going on.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 07:52 AM (ovpNn)
Make sure he knows it!
If you're not, you're not helping. (f you support him, whatever. I did, I really did, I even offered to help on the campaign. But this statement is a freaken boat anchor and I don't think you can escape it. It showed an incredible lack of preparation for a simple question he knew was coming. Dude clearly can't run a statewide campaign, and his success in congressional races must have been due in part to the makeup of district 2 more than anything.
I admit it, I was duped.
Posted by: tsrblke (Work) at August 21, 2012 07:52 AM (hNqu5)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 07:52 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 07:52 AM (05RcU)
If the RNC followed through on its threat to not support the O'Donnell candidacy in 2010... then maybe Akin would believe they aren't bluffing this time around.
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 07:52 AM (zrpqj)
because the type of guy who believes he has a direct 9 line to God and God gives precise advice back on demand is REALLY REALLY prone to Magic thinking like a Sierra Clubber and AGW?
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:53 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Yermo at August 21, 2012 07:53 AM (E3/4A)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 07:53 AM (iJ5jJ)
Posted by: RioBravo at August 21, 2012 07:53 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: naes at August 21, 2012 07:53 AM (4WQJ/)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 21, 2012 07:54 AM (qZXps)
It wasn't God. It was an angel, clothed in a brilliant raiment of white. My guess is Gabriel.
Posted by: Todd Akin at August 21, 2012 07:54 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at August 21, 2012 07:54 AM (DGIjM)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 07:55 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: sexypig at August 21, 2012 07:55 AM (dZQh7)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 21, 2012 07:55 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 07:55 AM (Dnbau)
If it wasn't for all the other stupid shit you've said today that would be funny.
Posted by: Andrea Mitchell at August 21, 2012 07:55 AM (/YJYi)
There must be something that someone hasn't said yet about this."
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 11:21 AM (X6akg)
Even the trolls are bored. Normally, I'd expect Jimmy Joe to come back today, but I think he blew out his sphincter yesterday trying to get attention.
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 21, 2012 07:55 AM (QjSgY)
...
Thanks. I needed that. Interesting state guidelines.
Given the preexisting 2012 Democrat mantra "Republican War Against Women," Akin needs to withdraw himself in order to prove that the 2012 elections are not all about him. Cutting him off might yet happen. The Republican Party and the American People would be better served without Akin & Morons, Inc. (that includes McCain, et al., as "rape" happens in all fashions).
Akin can always try to stay in local politics if his constituents really want him around. If not, destructive parasites need removal. "Ask" him to drop out. If he doesn't, purge him.
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 21, 2012 07:55 AM (BAnPT)
Exactly. He is going to make abortion easier, more funded, and lobbied for from grades 2-12 on our dime. All in the name of prolife politics......
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHA
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 07:56 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 07:56 AM (zrpqj)
Wir sind ohne Knochen
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, reminding everybody we are boned at August 21, 2012 07:56 AM (O1BLm)
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 07:56 AM (gmeXX)
The strategy for media group tied to... wait... David Axelrods company, AKPD Media.
Akin is a set-up. A fraud. He is there for one reason only. To foul the election.
Posted by: mimi at August 21, 2012 07:56 AM (Y95e4)
Posted by: sexypig at August 21, 2012 07:57 AM (dZQh7)
I thought they were made of awesome.
I vote they're made of WIN.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 07:58 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: NotCoach at August 21, 2012 07:58 AM (rsudF)
...
Nothing like international events on the brink of world destruction happening. Nah, Ace would have posted something sometime this past week. //
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 21, 2012 07:58 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 07:58 AM (iJ5jJ)
Apparently G-D spoke to him and his wife
oh. G-D. As in, a democrat from on high with the promise of riches?
Posted by: Fresh at August 21, 2012 07:58 AM (O7ksG)
Hello, all! I'm choosing not to comment on the Akin thing because it gives me heartburn, and I've got a rosy sunburn already from the Romney/Ryan town hall yesterday here in NH. I'm trying to hold on to my sunny optimism from the latter.
Can we discuss the Drudge headline about Biden showing up in Tampa at the 'Pub convention? Because that just seems... odd. Maybe it's not; I admit I rarely pay attention to the conventions, so I don't know if it's typical for the sitting VP to turn up at the site of the opposition's convention. But it just seems strange to me, particularly given Biden's gaffetastic performance of late.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 07:58 AM (4df7R)
Akins communications director is his 24-year-old son.
She called them and asked them why in the heck Akins went on Jaco's show (a know ultra-leftist who is desperate to get back in mainstream news and was guaranteed to ask embarrrassing questions). The answer was "He was fair to us in the primaries." Yeah, proving they didn't learn the lesson of John McCain and that they knew zip about Jaco.
His district is and has always been safely GOP, so he has never had to run a competitive campaign.
When this first came out she thought it would blow over. Now she thinks that it won't (and partly she says because of all of the conservative press grabbing pitchforks and torches and making it worse - her words, not mine).
Problem is that no one has name recognition if they can get someone to step in. The runner up, a business guy, is inexperienced in politics and Steelman has some baggage and is very weak in verbal skills.
Missouri GOP will decide. She thinks they will go for a woman, IF the woman will do it. Ann Wagner who is well-known in GOP circles might, but she would have to withdraw from her race for Akins old seat.
End of reporting.
And now I say, what a mess, and why don't we have people to train new candidates so they won't say stupid stuff?
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 21, 2012 07:58 AM (GoIUi)
Ok.
If this is concern trolling I don't want to be right.
Posted by: cynder piss at August 21, 2012 07:58 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at August 21, 2012 07:59 AM (xAtAj)
"If the RNC followed through on its threat to not support the O'Donnell candidacy in 2010"
O"doneld seemed flakey, she never said anything this disgusting, rape, etc.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 07:59 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 07:59 AM (9TTOe)
slim jims are greasy , has anyone tried bluox jerkey?
blazing hot smoked beef jerky looks awesome.
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 07:59 AM (TomZ9)
AFAIK CAC used Missouri Turn out numbers, not national.
Posted by: tsrblke (Work) at August 21, 2012 07:59 AM (hNqu5)
You are missing a big point.
The only reason we were starting to win on medicare was because we got the media talking about it enough for people to be exposed to our words.
Thats been shut down thanks to aikin.
its aikin all the time now.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 07:59 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 21, 2012 08:00 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 08:00 AM (4df7R)
BLU-108 http://tinyurl.com/f2ge2
Since crossing any kind of open terrain would be suicide for Egypt if they do.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 21, 2012 08:00 AM (tf9Ne)
Pretty simple.
"I already said I don't agree with a candidate in Missouri who will not be elected. Which is more important to you? Hypothetical discussion of abortion legislation that has zero chance of being enacted, or jobs?"
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 21, 2012 08:00 AM (ZJNI6)
So is not reading the post.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 08:01 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 08:01 AM (Dnbau)
Dude you don't get it....
we have to defend New England, we have to try to grab Nevada....
nah fuck it you're right....
You know what from a purely moral standpoint I think the Federal Government interfering in any market disrupts true price equilibrium to a sinful degree.....
I know let's make sure we let the media run on GOP wants to kill granny, end welfare, cut student aid, reduce the portion of free versus toll roads, end energy assistance programs tomorrow!
Sven for candidate, and just to make things really fun we're gonna make sure Sven puts his 12.75 years of sobriety to himself and have Ron Paul advising him all the time to "use the will of the founders and make the case to the people" and send him to guys so over the top liberal CNN broomed them for interviews!
SMELL THE WiNZ!
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:01 AM (LRFds)
I'm fucking done with you, RNC.
And why shouldn't I be? 3rd parties can't win? If you can't beat Claire, it's pretty obvious the GOP can't win, either. I had a front row seat to you screwing up NY-23 and now this. No more.
Posted by: Joe Biden's Pscyhiatrist at August 21, 2012 08:01 AM (Tlix5)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 11:56 AM (zrpqj)
----
LOL! That's a good joke.
Posted by: Serious Cat's Mom at August 21, 2012 08:01 AM (zrpqj)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 08:01 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 08:01 AM (qZXps)
In the meantime keep him in that barn in ohio and beat him until he cant speak walk or shit sitting down for 4 months.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:01 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Nukie at August 21, 2012 08:02 AM (yU1Dt)
Come to think of it, the angel did look a little like a fat Hitler.
Posted by: Todd Akin at August 21, 2012 08:02 AM (QKKT0)
I hope you're right, the PP crowd just got as on fire as we are....
if the bleeding is contained no biggie but if they spread the word and get other segments going it's bad...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:02 AM (LRFds)
"You are missing a big point.
The only reason we were starting to win on medicare was because we got the media talking about it enough for people to be exposed to our words.
Thats been shut down thanks to aikin.
its aikin all the time now.
"
exactly right, even Fox now is forced to cover this idiot. Its spreading way too fast and way to wide. Needs to be shut down immediately. This Akins fellow frankly sound even more idiotic with his latest ad. They have to now cover this nonsense instead of Ryan, romney' very effective medicare line and positions.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 08:02 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 12:01 PM (05RcU)
Link worked for me. :\
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 08:03 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 08:03 AM (iJ5jJ)
The subject has been beaten more to death than Rodney King in a high speed swimming pool chase.
Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2012 08:03 AM (m2CN7)
exactly....they picked our dumbest asshole backed him with money and are now feeding him bullshit polls to run out the clock.
"awesome"
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:03 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 12:02 PM
mmm, now that you mention it.
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 08:03 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:03 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 08:04 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 21, 2012 08:04 AM (Ec6wH)
This just in...the results from a highly scientific poll conducted by...me.
*
9 out of 10 people at my work place have no frickin clue who Todd Akin is.
*
The one person wringing his hands over this mess...ME.
Posted by: dananjcon at August 21, 2012 08:04 AM (eavT+)
Posted by: NotCoach at August 21, 2012 08:04 AM (rsudF)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 08:04 AM (qZXps)
exactly....they picked our dumbest asshole backed him with money and are now feeding him bullshit polls to run out the clock.
"awesome"
Posted by: sven10077
yep.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:05 AM (ovpNn)
You mean having the media use bullshit lies that still generated enough interest to look at what was being sold is not as effective an angle as letting them parse the words "legitimate rape and *fill in candidate X*'s ties to the national campaign?
Nah....can't be let's stand tough and ROWR to save Akin
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:05 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 21, 2012 08:05 AM (wtvvX)
You're onto something big here, catpiss. You should call Reince Priebus with this immediately. Use the red phone.
Posted by: Cicero at August 21, 2012 08:06 AM (QKKT0)
...am i right?
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:06 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 08:06 AM (UEEex)
I have to admit that the nonstop barrage of Akin-related posts is very similar to the nonstop barrage of Herman Cain-related posts back during his "sexual harrassment accusation" days. In other words, it's very draining. Not that it's not important, and I agree that Akin has to go, but a thread on an unrelated topic would be a nice change of pace. For instance, Israel's vow to attack Iran before the US elections.
*hopeful look at cobloggers and ace*
And yes, I expect to be pelted with slings and arrows. *bows humbly*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 08:06 AM (4df7R)
Jeremiah and Sven. You guys have convinced me. There is nothing to do but bitch, complain and moan. Because certain people won't join you in your self-pity party, they are just dumb, naive and ignorant.
You guys are right, this will be the entire conversation from now until the election. I agree with both of you guys. So why bother fighting at all. Let's just pack our bags and go home.
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 08:06 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: mitt rombley at August 21, 2012 08:06 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 08:06 AM (Vhc4u)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 21, 2012 08:06 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 08:06 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:07 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 08:07 AM (Dnbau)
Hey genius if Romney had Atwater's balls Barack's would be in Romney's hands....
"why thanks for the question on Akin and my stance on rape as it relates to abortion, I'd like to ask you why Barack Obama stood between the police investigating failed abortions in the third trimester and babies dying screaming in linen closets with no care?"
BOOM
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:08 AM (LRFds)
Updating a bit on the paperwork. Looks like Akin would have to file in the Office of the Secretary of State, since that's where he had to file the original papers for his candidacy.
How's traffic in Jefferson City?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 21, 2012 08:08 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at August 21, 2012 12:06 PM (4df7R)
Possibly even a crossbow bolt or two
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 08:08 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Drew in MO at August 21, 2012 08:08 AM (MkgGw)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 08:08 AM (UEEex)
No one says it's the end of the world. It's just very bad for our side.
Honestly, I get why Akin is too narcissistic to drop out. He's narcissistic and clearly stupid. I'm shocked that people are defending him and saying it's the media's or the left's fault, like they don't understand how this game is played.
It scares me that some of us can be just as stupid as Akin.
But, no, it's not the end of the world. Perhaps the end of our hopes of repealing Obamacare (or at least made it signicantly more difficult), but not the end of the world.
Posted by: Tommy V
Whot the fuck is defending this guy? AFAIK he is being universally slammed by conservatives.
Posted by: Serious Cat's Mom at August 21, 2012 08:08 AM (zrpqj)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:08 AM (r2PLg)
I'm sure, though, that there was much tearing of hair and gnashing of teeth in the Dem camp yesterday. He went off too soon; he wasn't supposed to implode until AFTER the deadline for withdrawal.
I wonder what time the call went out from McCaskill HQ to PPP to suggest "hey, we need your help keeping him in..."
Posted by: JEM at August 21, 2012 08:08 AM (o+SC1)
You guys are right, this will be the entire conversation from now until the election. I agree with both of you guys. So why bother fighting at all. Let's just pack our bags and go home. Posted by: SH
I didnt call you dumb naive and ignorant. Stop projecting.
I am pretty sure sven didnt either.
Dont get frustrated cause someone doesnt agree with you, keep making your argument or adjust your point of view.
If i got my panties in a wad over some anomymous person on the net not agreeing with me, i wouldnt have nearly as much fun as i do posting.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:09 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 08:09 AM (iJ5jJ)
The press is dead in this country. Only a corrupt commie propaganda machine exists.
Posted by: TexBob at August 21, 2012 08:09 AM (MWiE1)
I'll still vote for Akin if he stays in, but I think the people that hate claire enough (like me) are in the minority.
Posted by: tsrblke (Work) at August 21, 2012 08:09 AM (hNqu5)
Posted by: #OccupyResoluteDesk at August 21, 2012 08:09 AM (2W2bY)
Seriously, what is the wide, wide world of politics can be his reason for showing up in Tampa???
And what if there is a Hurricane at the same time as the convention?
Posted by: ziggyelman at August 21, 2012 08:09 AM (AsMdZ)
You are contending that any KNOWN non Moby CT poster here who is so wrapped up in the morals of this they refuse to acknowledge the media and political realities of his continued presence, or outright turn this into "let's demonize other conservatives on the morality of an impure angle of attack on abortion" are defacto arguing for anything else?
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:09 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:10 AM (oZfic)
And why shouldn't I be? 3rd parties can't win? If you can't beat Claire, it's pretty obvious the GOP can't win, either. I had a front row seat to you screwing up NY-23 and now this. No more.
Right, because the RNC definitely has the power to control the mindthoughts of every idiot who wins a primary.
Anyone else you'd like to blame for Akin saying something stupid? The Illuminati perhaps? How about the NRCC? And of course we can't let the Freemasons off the hook either.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 08:10 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk, reminding everybody we are boned at August 21, 2012 08:10 AM (O1BLm)
The officials said Tuesday they have made their objections known to the Egyptians directly and through American mediators. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were discussing a sensitive security issue. (AP)
If you take those tanks out from the Sky, I think Egypt will get the message.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 11:49 AM (05RcU)
------
The more tanks in the Sinai desert, the fewer there are in Egypt to challenge the Brotherhood, and the Islamist bloodlust is slaked a bit by a threatening posture towards Israel. Also pins down Israeli forces on their southern flank, as well as diverting aircraft which might be committed to a planned Israeli strike at Iran?
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 21, 2012 08:11 AM (QjSgY)
Anyone else listening to Rush?
Yes, to some degree... He said ,unlike his predecessors, he plans to continue campaigning during the Republican convention.
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 21, 2012 08:11 AM (W2Z3C)
Seriously, what is the wide, wide world of politics can be his reason for showing up in Tampa???
And what if there is a Hurricane at the same time as the convention?
Posted by: ziggyelman at August 21, 2012 12:09 PM (AsMdZ)
Maybe that's the point.
Let's face it -- Barack wouldn't be beside himself with grief if Joey B. got washed out to sea by a hurricane, never to be seen again.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 08:11 AM (4df7R)
"SOURCES: Biden at GOP convention; Secret Service in Tampa say they are Biden advance -- he's coming Monday or Tuesday... Developing..."
Posted by: Dan K. at August 21, 2012 08:11 AM (c32CV)
Posted by: thunderb at August 21, 2012 08:12 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 08:12 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at August 21, 2012 08:12 AM (PH+2B)
Posted by: Floyd Alsbach at August 21, 2012 08:12 AM (Ad13n)
Posted by: Serious Cat's Mom at August 21, 2012 08:12 AM (zrpqj)
Posted by: Daryl Herbert at August 21, 2012 08:13 AM (uRu7b)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 08:13 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 08:13 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: catman at August 21, 2012 08:13 AM (YKUmW)
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 08:13 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 21, 2012 08:13 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 21, 2012 08:14 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 08:14 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Mike Huckabee, fresh from Holiday Inn Express at August 21, 2012 08:14 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 08:14 AM (hA+ft)
1 Strip you of your committee assignments in Congress immediately.
2 Remove any future help for your Congressional election (I'm not sure if he is retiring from Congress or running in a safe district)
3 Black list every single one of your campaign staff so that they never work another campaign.
4 Push a write-in candidate like Steelman or Brunner. Whoever.
5 Make sure you never get a lobbying job in your retirement on capitol hill.
6 Black list any members of your family who want a future in politics
7 Censure you on the floor of the House.
Then again he'd probably see it as a test from God.
Posted by: naes at August 21, 2012 08:15 AM (4WQJ/)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:15 AM (oZfic)
The democrats were relying on the lack of unified message from our caucus because we are all "the prettiest pony" in our ideals unless we force ourselves not to be....
The democrats have message discipline to the point they have convinced extremely disparate groups to subvert their best interests to vote D and it works!
CoalMiners actually voted for the jugeared clown....
we can't convince parts of our coalition that running a 20% polling POV up the flagpole is a dumb play....
egads
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:15 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 21, 2012 12:13 PM (W2Z3C)
*SHUDDER* But I wouldn't. I want him as far away from that nest of scum and villainy as possible. Too dangerous with all those whackjobs running around.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 08:15 AM (4df7R)
Alan Keyes almost pulled out a victory against Obama in Illinois...can he do the same here?
If by "almost" you mean "only lost by 36% or so" then, YES! Yes he can!
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 08:15 AM (TULs6)
MSM hack: So, Gov. Romney, what do you have to say about Rep. Akin's rape comments?
Romney: The economy sucks and Obama hates medicare. Ryan and I are putting together plans to get America's economy back.
End of line.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 21, 2012 08:15 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:15 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 08:15 AM (05RcU)
He's so egotistical he'd see being ran over by the space shuttle as a test from God for the next 5hours 45 minutes.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:16 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 08:16 AM (4Ljxa)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 08:17 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Gerry at August 21, 2012 08:17 AM (JKq+J)
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 08:17 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: sTevo's work around at work. at August 21, 2012 08:17 AM (/EQjC)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:17 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:17 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 08:17 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 08:17 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:18 AM (9TTOe)
"the mob doesn't tell me what to do "
No, but Akins is damaged goods, he needs to withdraw, its gone byond MO now.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 08:18 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 21, 2012 08:18 AM (W2Z3C)
Beyond the fact that you're wrong, CAC used Mo. numbers, Missouri *is* historically quite representative of the United States as a whole. Until McCain narrowly beat Obama in Missouri in 2008, whoever won Missouri won the presidency in every election for a 100 years or something like that. It really is a bell weather state.
Face facts, there is absolutely zero fucking chance that Akin beats McCaskill now. None. He probably can't even carry the Springfield/Joplin area now, which are pro-life bastions because of the ham handed approach he took. He's going to get massacred amongst the moderates in Kansas City and suburban St. Louis, absolutely destroyed.
And, just for the record, I am strongly pro-life. I used to be a rape/incest exclusion type of pro-lifer, but years ago I was persuaded....by a very intelligent Jesuit, not by a dipshit like Akin. There are persuasive arguments for his position, Akin just doesn't have the smarts to deploy them. When you are running for Senate, it doesn't matter that your heart is in the right place, your head has to be working on all cylinders as well.
Posted by: DanInMN at August 21, 2012 08:18 AM (XqeyF)
Oh goody, here's where we get to fail again to prove Rush right. This is starting to feel a lot more like '06 than '10 and in '06 I went to bat for Foley and then spent the cycle yelling about the doublestandards with a bullhorn....
Thanks Rush....you're a star and I know you can find safety when the shit hits the fan.
"so there's that"
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:18 AM (LRFds)
To think any of this was McAsshead's doing requires too much dark fantasy to make it work.
Simplest answer: Akin's an establishment dipshit that didn't have the patter down and blew it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 21, 2012 08:18 AM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 08:18 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: ziggyelman at August 21, 2012 08:19 AM (AsMdZ)
breasts, , eyes, arms , legs ,compound crossbows., thigh boots ....
handsome men, gorgeous women.
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 08:19 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Serious Cat's Mom at August 21, 2012 08:19 AM (zrpqj)
Posted by: The Mob at August 21, 2012 08:19 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 08:19 AM (0q2P7)
1) I'm registered Republican.
2) I live in Missouri.
3) I will not vote for Todd Akin for Senate.
4) I'm done with this entire issue.
Posted by: filbert at August 21, 2012 08:19 AM (smvTK)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 08:20 AM (ZCAlb)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 08:20 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 08:20 AM (ACkhT)
http://tunein.com/radio/The-Rush-Limbaugh-Show-p20617/
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:20 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: sexypig at August 21, 2012 08:20 AM (dZQh7)
I'm in.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 08:21 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at August 21, 2012 08:21 AM (DGIjM)
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 21, 2012 08:21 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:21 AM (oZfic)
Oh gee you mean the polling actually jives with what I said about the national level....well I mean except for the extra 4% of MO that agrees with the 20% position.
Thanks.....
hey no I got it....
Let's let him stay in "for MO" with those numbers....handing the media this ammo was well worth making sure the 24% position gets argued.
My bad objection withdrawn
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:21 AM (LRFds)
Yesterday I said I would eat crow if this proved to be a hoax, so I'm having a big dish of it for lunch today. My apologies for falling for a hoax and spreading it here. I'll try to be more careful in the future.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 21, 2012 08:22 AM (omynL)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2012 08:22 AM (TMB3S)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:22 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 08:22 AM (iJ5jJ)
Posted by: catman at August 21, 2012 08:22 AM (YKUmW)
8
When the GOP/ Romney Campaigncalls you and asks for money,
tell them you will be happy to donate after AKIN DROPS OUT.
Yes, great idea. Perhaps ROmney can bribe him to get him out of the race and then he really would be a felon. Romney and Ryan have done enough with this. Unfortunately this happened so close to the deadline as Akin hasn't had time to go through the 7 stages of grief. He will get out eventually.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 21, 2012 08:23 AM (VLifP)
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 12:13 PM (ACkhT)
**
Just your Republican bonafides.
Posted by: dananjcon at August 21, 2012 08:23 AM (eavT+)
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 08:23 AM (gmeXX)
Yes, let's follow his sage advice.
And don't forget to buy his tea!
Sorry to say, I haven't listened to Rush for a year or so... Too full of himself...
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 21, 2012 08:23 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 08:24 AM (E1X66)
Damn, Trolledyaso even got tired of these threads.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 11:46 AM (9TTOe)
That was me sockpuppeting him. Since I've been arguing with Dems even before Mosaic came out (UseNet was the place to be), I can imitate the idiots pretty well. Buzzion and Mr. Pink are the only ones who can sniff me out right away.
Posted by: Ed Anger at August 21, 2012 08:24 AM (tOkJB)
I really wanted a hot Vice President....oh well.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:24 AM (ovpNn)
and beef jerky.
beer.
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 12:20 PM (TomZ9)
http://tinyurl.com/8nyy62x
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 08:24 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:24 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Senator by the Grace of God Todd Akin at August 21, 2012 08:25 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: crosspatch at August 21, 2012 08:25 AM (ZbLJZ)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at August 21, 2012 08:25 AM (Ud5vq)
Yes because the elections 80 years ago are so much more relevant that the one just 4 years ago.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 21, 2012 08:25 AM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:25 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: The Chicken at August 21, 2012 08:25 AM (YQ4mh)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:26 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: ErikW at August 21, 2012 08:26 AM (GFsvW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:26 AM (9TTOe)
Jeremiah, do you really believe this will cost Romney/Ryan the election? I think you are wrong, I hope you are wrong. Time will tell of course.
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 08:26 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: The Chicken
Then its either definately not a Legitimate Rape or your Magic Vagina Powers intervened.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:26 AM (ovpNn)
Arguing the logistics of the pro-life spectrum etc etc etc, or trying to argue "he will not hurt us nationally" is either passive agressive support for the guy, or wishcasting.
Is it DOOM!
Probably not total...maybe....
He just lost us probably at least 2 seats in the Senate, and made the national race at the top tougher.
That's the point.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:26 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Prolific Concern Troll Amerikka at August 21, 2012 08:27 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 12:25 PM (9TTOe)
Yeah, I had to pull down FB statuses and issue an apology when the Horde confirmed it was untrue.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 08:27 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 21, 2012 12:22 PM (omynL)
I hear they serve crow at Chick Fil A, now, to cater to all the Democrats that want to admit they're wrong. Increase market share, and all.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 08:27 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 21, 2012 08:27 AM (W2Z3C)
One of you MO morons needs to get their picture taken naked with Akin. I'm not suggesting you take one for the team, just the picture will do.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 21, 2012 08:27 AM (VLifP)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at August 21, 2012 08:27 AM (DGIjM)
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 08:28 AM (TomZ9)
I know this hurts, God knows I never enjoy doing it. Put yourself in "moderate Bambi fan's shoes".....
now tell me how motivated you were to vote last friday compared to today.....
THAT'S the problem.....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:28 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:28 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:28 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:28 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 21, 2012 08:28 AM (VLifP)
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at August 21, 2012 08:29 AM (rI5Q7)
Despise.
LLLLOOOOOATH.
I'm so mad, I could make a sign!
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 08:29 AM (oxqtW)
Posted by: Serious Cat's Mom at August 21, 2012 08:29 AM (zrpqj)
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 21, 2012 12:28 PM (VLifP)
He would have to petition the courts to be able to withdraw. It would be much simpler if he would just do it today.
Posted by: Adam at August 21, 2012 08:30 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 08:31 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: willow at August 21, 2012 08:31 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:31 AM (r2PLg)
Yes, maybe, but it gets harder....
add in the wonderful chance we get the Donk "wheel of social justice" judge system involved and who knows where the fun ends...
that's how dead guys, their wive's and dead guy's wives get elected...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:31 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: naturalfake at August 21, 2012 08:31 AM (54vf8)
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 12:26 PM (gmeXX)
Yes unfortunately i do.
The media will focus on the war on woman to drive enough % down for romney support and the lack of air time to romney ryan because this shit will consume all the oxygen will slow their momentum even potentially reverse it long enough to make it impossible for them to gain enough traction in swing states come november.
Obama doesnt need a landslide, he just needs to hold some of what he got last time.
This gaffe machine feeds the narative. The narrative drives the coverage. The coverage affects the voters.
A war on women enrgizes rabid lib females who might be tired of obama to actually go out aond vote when they werent planning to show up.
There are no wins for our side with Akin staying in.
All the pluses are for the dems.
If we dont control the senate and the presidency we are fucked. You will not repeal obamacare after 2014 when it kicks into full steam.
You will not control the Supreme court if obama gets even 1 more pick on it.
You can pretty much kiss the country goodbye.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:31 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at August 21, 2012 08:31 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2012 08:31 AM (TMB3S)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 08:32 AM (hA+ft)
To me it is simple. I've been saying for 2 years now that Obama is unelectable.
We either have a country where the polls are correct that abortion is dead last in importance this cycle, or we already lost the election, and we were going down with or without Akins' idiocy.
Missouri is not make or break for winning the Senate. Go back and look and try not to be mathematically challenged. The Dems are defending *22* seats, we need to pick up 4 (or 3). We had a realistic shot at picking up 8 or 9, now it's 7 or 8, with 5 of those being pretty much a slam dunk.
The War on Women, was going to be the Dems big campaign theme anyway, you think they weren't going to roll this stuff out against us in the fall anyway (with full throated MSM assistance)?
If the country is going to vote to keep 10% unemployment and a universally disliked piece of legislation known as Obamacare, over insinuations that some moron in Missouri is representative of our candidates because they are in the same party, then the country was lost anyway.
Use your brains.
If at the end of the day, Akins' loss keeps us from winning the Senate, it will be moot, because Obama will have won. Or we will have a lot more people to bitch about running lousy campaigns than this guy.
The more I hear about this, the more I think we lucked out and uncovered a Dem dirty trick early enough to defuse it.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 21, 2012 08:32 AM (ZJNI6)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 08:32 AM (UEEex)
ZOMG! STUPID FUCKING SOCONS!!!
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, summarizing the rest of the thread at August 21, 2012 08:33 AM (/kI1Q)
You know, I'm starting to think the GOP losing Indiana in 2008 was less of a fluke and more of a dark foreshadowing....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 21, 2012 08:33 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 21, 2012 08:33 AM (lTVJy)
The more I hear about this, the more I think we lucked out and uncovered a Dem dirty trick early enough to defuse it.
Yep, we sure dodged a bullet with this.
Posted by: pep at August 21, 2012 08:33 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 08:33 AM (gmeXX)
Let the garment rending begin.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ slurpin' onna 32oz fountain drink at August 21, 2012 08:34 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, summarizing the rest of the thread at August 21, 2012 12:33 PM (/kI1Q)
STAGE 5 CLUSTERFUCK PANIC!!!111!!!1 THE REPUBLIC IS DOOMED!!!!!!!!!!!!
/sarc
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 08:34 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:34 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 21, 2012 08:34 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Miss Marple
Exactly my point, as well.
But I'm not surprised how backward the local politicians can seem to a nationally homogenized audience. (Remember the trouncing given the Palins from Republican Noonan-Cheney-Bush insiders, every bit as cruel by nuance as the vicious Democrat attacks.) You'd think the country club party wouldn't exhibit throwbacks for votes. Smug elitists don't need training, and aren't about to open the door for wannabes. So why would the RNC have a program in place, a clinic for novice national candidates? Why would the Republican Leadership want to be tainted by having associated, even in a clinical setting, with "unproven" novices? Palin, for example, could take on that challenge if she's dissatisfied only playing the cheerleader, and wants to prove effective organizational skills while benefiting new candidates with "basic training" in public decorum discussing the Republican agenda. This is really a state Republican Party responsibility. The Tea Party candidates, at least, have learned that the Republican Party is not supportive of States Rights. It was founded to make the federal powers excessive leading through the Civil War. All talk to the contrary is condemned as "looney". Of course, the Democrats and Progressives have merged with Marxists to destroy sovereignty, the latest abuse dissolving all Rule of Law, aided by previous Republican administrative legacies since Reagan's assassination attempt.
That was then, this is now.
Beyond proving how far stupidity permeates the Republican Party, Akin illustrates the lack of Republican Leadership and ORGANIZATION, the lack of coordination, the tenuous if not absent party agenda which yet remains nebulous.
Build the platform first. Then candidates AND voters know what it is they stand on.
WE BUILT THIS
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 21, 2012 08:34 AM (BAnPT)
well thank God Rush perfected that media control ray I gave him my failed prototype for...
Now we control the MSM.
If Romney and the GOP use my "Obama Linen Closet" line of attack I will shave my head by way of apology to moron nation.....
it'll shut them up.....
otherwise like I said....thanks for the ray gun Rush
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:34 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: ErikW at August 21, 2012 08:35 AM (GFsvW)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:35 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Todd Akin, not going anywhere at August 21, 2012 08:35 AM (WHbTd)
Posted by: teej at August 21, 2012 08:35 AM (PNi9V)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:35 AM (oZfic)
Added bonus: the media can't claim the GOP is fine-and-dandy with his remarks.
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 08:35 AM (oxqtW)
Yup and everyone knows that the recall were 85 days or less before the election right?
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:36 AM (LRFds)
Was more of a fraud.
http://is.gd/4Qx2YM
But that fraud is clearly the Republican candidates' fault, just like the fraud in Minnesota was Coleman's fault, according to what I read here yesterday.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ slurpin' onna 32oz fountain drink at August 21, 2012 08:36 AM (/kI1Q)
You think they weren't going to already?
$180M can buy a lot of air time.
I respectfully suggest that you give it a rest. I'm tired of three days of this shit. You are wrong.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 21, 2012 08:36 AM (ZJNI6)
Posted by: catman at August 21, 2012 08:36 AM (YKUmW)
Posted by: bill_in_kennesaw at August 21, 2012 08:37 AM (Bjrso)
Big mistake.
Posted by: navybrat
Rush kinda jumped the shark with his lead-tongued bit about Sandra Fluke. There were many, many ways to impugn her without being so ham-handed as to call her a slut.
Posted by: SFGoth at August 21, 2012 08:37 AM (dZ756)
oh well, I was planning on give a good chunk of $$ to Claire's opponent, she can do that herself, she sure did in the primaries. Not giving this Akin idiot a cent.
She's getting reelected. Gotta give her credit for her political ruthlessness. Didn't think there would be any chance of her getting reelected, looks like she is.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 08:37 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 08:37 AM (gmeXX)
Someoone clarify the following scenario, please:
1) Write-in beats Akin, comes in second,
2) McCaskill < 50%.
Thanks
Posted by: ZBBMcFate at August 21, 2012 08:38 AM (WpKc0)
The sword is falling..
Posted by: catman at August 21, 2012 08:38 AM (NYdB8)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:38 AM (r2PLg)
Fairy Magic makes it possible, so you might be burned at the stake for using me, but at least you won't need teh abortion so you'll go to heaven.
Thank you, and have a good day!
Posted by: Gods Little Shield at August 21, 2012 08:38 AM (fRlaj)
You are the IN GOP, Gary is right next to Chicago. You did not have funds and lawyers in place to investigate 133% turnout. The evidence things were amiss happens two years later.
Yeah the GOP may bear little blame here in Indiana on that one bud.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:38 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at August 21, 2012 08:38 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 21, 2012 08:39 AM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 08:39 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 21, 2012 08:39 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: DeusExMachina at August 21, 2012 08:39 AM (6RTwM)
Posted by: Steff McKee at August 21, 2012 08:39 AM (Gszws)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 21, 2012 12:27 PM (W2Z3C)
**
Talk sense into him?! I'd wring his fuckin neck!
Posted by: dananjcon at August 21, 2012 08:40 AM (eavT+)
Now he's bashing Bambi for holding a press conference on Akin.
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 08:40 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at August 21, 2012 12:35 PM (rI5Q7)
I don't know, Hrothgar, but doesn't every state allow write ins? Sorry I can't be more exact than that.
Write-in would take a monumental organization, since MO is many times bigger than Alaska.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 08:40 AM (UEEex)
"what Mr Akin needs to realize is that all of the things he cares about will be easier if we win the senate and whitehouse. He must put the nation and his future ahead of everything else he is considering"
A very polite GET THE FUCK OUT
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:40 AM (ovpNn)
I'm not sure you understand the seriousness of Ryan's gaffe here. This should enlighten you: http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2006/02/seething_midwes.html
The only thing he could have done that would have been more detrimental to Romney winning WI is show up wearing a Jim McMahon sweatband. But there's still time, I guess.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ slurpin' onna 32oz fountain drink at August 21, 2012 08:41 AM (/kI1Q)
That's called courage, my adoring peons.
Posted by: President Deep Thoughts at August 21, 2012 08:41 AM (xr29d)
and I have no doubt we here in moron nation will on a word of mouth level....but is it enough?
If Romney shows the cunning and will I was over the top in praising I think we get a blowout to end all blowouts, but we all have to line up and push.
We ARE right and we are as a party closer to the true middle but we have a HIGH hill to climb in the M$M....
Akin leaving doesn't change any of that but does increase the ease of what has to happen for us to win....that's my point.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:41 AM (LRFds)
"Now he's bashing Bambi for holding a press conference on Akin."
Tami, it was planned, Akin's idiotic words gave Barry the perfect openly, notice it was the FIRST question asked, but some Obot reporter no doubt.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 08:41 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Prolific Concern Troll Amerikka at August 21, 2012 08:41 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: RoyalOil at August 21, 2012 08:41 AM (imtbm)
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 08:41 AM (oxqtW)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:42 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: catman at August 21, 2012 08:42 AM (NYdB8)
via hotair
Looks like Claire's ace in the hole isn't answering his phone:
"The national Republicans are feeling a little frustrated. not only do they not
have any persuasive arguments that have worked so far but theyÂ’re having trouble
finding him or reaching him. TheyÂ’re not in dialogue with him as they might be
with a normal party nominee. For a lot of them, the key is Mike Huckabee.
HuckabeeÂ’s endorsement probably did a fair amount to get him the nomination in
that three-way fight and heÂ’s seen as a possible bridge, if heÂ’s willing to, to
go to the Congressman and say, look, you got to get off this. ItÂ’s increasingly
likely, despite, Joe, your prediction and mine from earlier, that theyÂ’re not
going to get him out today. HeÂ’s got a poll that heÂ’s touting to people that
shows the race is still close. he wants to put this new ad on the air that shows
him apologizing profusely. And so, they canÂ’t reach him, they donÂ’t have any
good arguments, and heÂ’s determined to fight on. "
Posted by: Fresh at August 21, 2012 08:42 AM (O7ksG)
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 08:43 AM (X6akg)
I heard some of Obama's "impromptu" presser yesterday. I thought it was a raher tepid condemnation of Akin. Wondering if he's buying into the Dems-go-easy-on-him strategy.
But mostly it seemed as if he's washing his hands of it. Or leaving it to the Super PACs.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 21, 2012 08:43 AM (YmPwQ)
"A quick on-the-road communication from a longtime D.C. political operative rips the cover off of what is being reported as a surprise visit by President Barack Obama to the daily White House press briefing. This was no surprise visit – it was a carefully planned and staged event with the complicit cooperation of White House approved media figures all intended to gain political points by reigniting the now old and tired “war on women” ploy.
....................."
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 08:43 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Rush Limbaugh at August 21, 2012 08:43 AM (qZXps)
I agree...
He is angry we are not covering down by ALL hopping on the grenade and letting him stand on "what's right"
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (LRFds)
"HeÂ’s got a poll that heÂ’s touting to people that
shows the race is still close. "
Must be the PPP poll that has +9% repubs in their polling samples.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (X6akg)
Threads always take longer to load and are slower to scroll for me when they start getting into the upwards-of-500-comments territory. But that's pretty standard for me. What're you experiencing?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Bill "Bubba" Clinton at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (/YJYi)
I see you didn't read the article; it wasn't about Gary. (In 2008, I was living under the tyrannical rule of Diamond Jim Doyle and Russ Pinko Feingold...please don't blame me for anything that happened in Indiana in 2008.)
Yeah the GOP may bear little blame here in Indiana on that one bud.
Yup, exactly, it's always the victim's fault. Sven Akin, is it?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ slurpin' onna 32oz fountain drink at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (/kI1Q)
zzz
I am contributing the to conversation.
You are spending your time attacking another poster.
If you want an autograph just ask.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (dZ756)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (eoedh)
"I never said Romney killed an old woman with cancer, but it'd be nice if he quit killing ladies with cancer."
"I never said Romney thinks women have magical vaginas and believes that most rape is not REAL rape, but Akin did."
Posted by: Preznit O at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (oxqtW)
Posted by: Gerry at August 21, 2012 08:45 AM (JKq+J)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 08:46 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 08:46 AM (gmeXX)
... until the next fucking non-update...
Posted by: The Munchkin Coroner [/i] [/b] at August 21, 2012 08:46 AM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: CAC at August 21, 2012 08:46 AM (hlgXA)
Obviously he missed the point of the whole David/Goliath story. I'm beginning to think he's been bought, too.
Posted by: 56 and loving RR at August 21, 2012 08:47 AM (e9kQC)
Don't politicians get flawed candidates to step aside with the promise of a cushy job anymore?
What's his pet issue? Set'em up a nice think tank in Missoura where he champion it. (Nothing to do with abortion, thank you.) Or a corporate job. Or feaking college lecturer. Anything. Do this old school.
Posted by: CJ at August 21, 2012 08:47 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 08:47 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 08:48 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 12:46 PM (TULs6)
There are no gay people either. That is entirely an American phenomenon.
Posted by: Ahmadinejad at August 21, 2012 08:48 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:48 AM (oZfic)
You brought up Indy's fraud in riposte to "is IN doomed for GOP"...
I don't disagree with the point you were making, IN is safe I was however pointing out the IN situation. The turnout, especially indexed to the Census of 2010 says that either 1/3d of several precincts are on the XFiles residency plan or there was fraud. Gary Indiana is always a problem here, ergo.....
"you get hurt multiple times you are moving from victim to sucker"
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:48 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Prolific Concern Troll Amerikka at August 21, 2012 08:48 AM (qZXps)
Does MO allow write-in candidates?
Looks like yes, but that route always hard to pull off.
Better would be to go on the printed ballot as an Independent candidate, which appears to require 10,000 signatures, but I'll be damned if I can figure out the deadline to file for that.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 21, 2012 08:49 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:49 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: CAC at August 21, 2012 08:49 AM (hlgXA)
Posted by: not neo just conservative at August 21, 2012 08:49 AM (MNXL5)
Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 08:49 AM (gmeXX)
It was a little tepid but, it will build in through the show..
Posted by: catman at August 21, 2012 08:49 AM (YKUmW)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:49 AM (r2PLg)
Except what he said wasn't "what's right" and if you are going to say insensitive sh*t as a conservative, your facts had better be beyond question. In this case his facts are just wrong. I don't have to stand for that level of industrial strength incompetence.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 08:50 AM (0q2P7)
"I never said Romney didn't pay his taxes, but it'd be nice if he started paying his taxes.""I never said Romney killed an old woman with cancer, but it'd be nice if he quit killing ladies with cancer."
"I never said Republican rhetoric led to the shooting of Rep. Giffords, but it'd be nice if those people would tone down their murderous rhetoric."
Posted by: CJ at August 21, 2012 08:50 AM (9KqcB)
Yup either his ego is so dense we could run a power station with a lib of equal power to act as a magnetic cylinder sheath or he was bought....
nothing else makes sense.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:50 AM (LRFds)
There are no gay people either. That is entirely an American phenomenon.
Correct.
In accordance with Allah's will women can only become pregnant by hiding in wells.
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 08:50 AM (TULs6)
Posted by: The Mob at August 21, 2012 08:51 AM (05RcU)
He gets the nomination.
He sabotages his own campaign.
Refuses to step down.
.... Dems win in the general.
How legit was this guy's candidacy, in the first place??
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 08:51 AM (oxqtW)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 08:51 AM (csi6Y)
Oh I agree, I assure you it is why I knew at once he had to say "Goodnight Irene" and shat on his first "apology". Oh well this will be less a matter for angst in about 5hrs, 10min anyway....
how you doing?
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:51 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: The Mob at August 21, 2012 08:51 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:52 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 08:52 AM (oZfic)
God told him the Buckeyes are in practice and he'll finish his directive there at 605pm local time....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:53 AM (LRFds)
Do the math, how many seats do we need? How many seats are vulnerable for the Dems?
We don't need MO. You hate to lose a gimme, but it hardly merits "The Senate, so close. Right there. The Presidency. More house seats."
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 21, 2012 08:53 AM (ZJNI6)
Posted by: t-bird at August 21, 2012 08:53 AM (FcR7P)
He heard there was a magic vagina in the shape of mother teresa's face that could ward off legitimate rape pregnancy and wanted to cut a compaign spot with it.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 08:53 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Socratease at August 21, 2012 08:53 AM (iVBDH)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at August 21, 2012 12:45 PM (4df7R)
Keeps timing out on refresh.
Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 08:53 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 21, 2012 08:54 AM (vg8iE)
No you're wrong a LOT of us saw this coming.
You do grasp what this means as time goes on?
You better overthrow Capitalism soon or our next gen will run rings around your robot army.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:54 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 08:54 AM (oxqtW)
Posted by: lael at August 21, 2012 08:54 AM (GMdhU)
China is Saber rattling against Japan. That's a little bigger than rapegate.
No it's not, Japan started it.
At least, Japanese activists started it. It's nothing.
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 08:54 AM (TULs6)
this is the one and only post on this worn-out topic that is in the least persuasive.
R+9?????? And he leads by a point??????
that's absurd
Posted by: imp at August 21, 2012 08:55 AM (UaxA0)
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 08:55 AM (TULs6)
http://is.gd/47iaWs
I can't see the video, so if it's different than the article, that's my disconnect.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 08:55 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: The Mob at August 21, 2012 08:55 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 08:56 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 08:56 AM (4df7R)
Mitt Romney thinks rape is right for Massachusetts but not for the rest of the country.
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 08:56 AM (TULs6)
Posted by: Senator by the Grace of God Todd Akin at August 21, 2012 08:56 AM (qZXps)
Today lets talk about the difference between "Legitimate Rape" and "Illegitimate Rape".
Legitimate Rape happens at your place after dinner, drinks and a movie. Illegitimate Rape happens at the bus stop or the YMCA. Knowing the difference can help you identify the rape sperms that you have come in contact with.
And knowing is half the battle!
Posted by: Gods Little Shield at August 21, 2012 08:56 AM (fRlaj)
Posted by: The Mob at August 21, 2012 08:56 AM (05RcU)
Mitt Romney's encouragement of Rape led to an 87% increase during his time in MASS!
/Fauxohontas
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:57 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at August 21, 2012 08:57 AM (PH+2B)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 08:58 AM (9TTOe)
When there's a smart play to be made you can count on HuckaBuck to the rescue....
for the other side.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 08:58 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 08:58 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Shiggz Roketsturgeon at August 21, 2012 08:58 AM (RfvTE)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 08:58 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at August 21, 2012 08:58 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 21, 2012 08:59 AM (IlZPo)
Posted by: CAC at August 21, 2012 08:59 AM (hlgXA)
Posted by: Press Whores at August 21, 2012 08:59 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: Jean at August 21, 2012 08:59 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:00 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 09:00 AM (qZXps)
the fact that evidently neither he nor his advising team thought that through means he is better off gone anyway....
of course when you have Barack T. Huckabuck on the horn saying, "you evil Fiscons he said he WAS SORRRYYY!" things get tougher....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 09:00 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:00 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain at August 21, 2012 09:01 AM (bj+Nc)
Posted by: The Mob at August 21, 2012 09:02 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:02 AM (csi6Y)
At least, Japanese activists started it. It's nothing.
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 12:54 PM (TULs6)
I thought it was Chinese activists landing on the island who started it, back on Aug 15?
Well, unless you're counting back to 1895.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 09:02 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 21, 2012 09:02 AM (ZJNI6)
Has anyone asked what Meghan McCain thinks about all of this?
Because really I think she's the only one left with an untapped opinion.
Posted by: reason at August 21, 2012 09:02 AM (q/kmn)
Posted by: Jean at August 21, 2012 09:03 AM (WkuV6)
well we need to turn this anxiety into Pressure on the GOP to go to war with Obama and the Press then....
no answer without "economy" and force them to show they are giving Obama a pass on abortion too
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 09:03 AM (LRFds)
The Dems are already using Akin as an "example of how Republicans think".
This is *not* about just one Senate seat in Missouri.
The Dems will make sure of that.
Akin has given them a huge gift.....that they will use in every race across the country.
Posted by: wheatie at August 21, 2012 09:03 AM (mtRB0)
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at August 21, 2012 09:03 AM (rI5Q7)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:03 AM (csi6Y)
You really think she's got anything left "untapped"?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 21, 2012 09:04 AM (da5Wo)
More people voted against him than for him.
There is no downside to getting him off the ticket.
Posted by: RoyalOil at August 21, 2012 09:04 AM (imtbm)
Posted by: Dang at August 21, 2012 09:04 AM (Ky1+e)
Because really I think she's the only one left with an untapped opinion. Posted by: reason
Oh No she weighed in already on msnbc or nbc.
her twinkie munching fatness was appropriately shoked and disgusted and pointed to how this was symptematic of the backwards GOP or something.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 09:04 AM (ovpNn)
when even she is smart enough to figure something out it is scarier than shit....
I read her on the matter and she made sense so either I am completely wrong or even our biggest (ba du dum) retard can see it and he can't or this is dem op
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 09:04 AM (LRFds)
of course when you have Barack T. Huckabuck on the horn saying, "you evil Fiscons he said he WAS SORRRYYY!" things get tougher....
I think "Well I'm sorry" is what got all those rapists out of prison while Huckleberry was governor, so it's bound to work on him for Akin.
Because when you have the Holy Spirit inside you, it's not rape-rape.
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 09:04 AM (TULs6)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:04 AM (csi6Y)
Whining about the mountain doesn't turn it into a meadow. Find another way. We can still do this.
Fine. Cauterize the wound. Pull all support and endorsements. Make it clear he is off the reservation. We can't make him leave. But we don't have to own him and his dumb ass either.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 09:05 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at August 21, 2012 09:05 AM (rI5Q7)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at August 21, 2012 09:05 AM (DGIjM)
Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 09:05 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 21, 2012 09:05 AM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: Jean at August 21, 2012 09:05 AM (WkuV6)
So don't mind me if I continue to hate Mr. too-legit-to-quit. He's a self-serving bastard for staying in.
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 09:05 AM (oxqtW)
Posted by: God at August 21, 2012 09:06 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at August 21, 2012 12:56 PM (4df7R)
I'm sorry.... but I after reading those sentiments, I must ask you to turn in your rifle, and leave the firing squad....
Posted by: Capt. of the Circular Firing Squad at August 21, 2012 09:06 AM (lZBBB)
And this is new? It has been used the exact same way in every election since 1976.
On the list of issues of importance to voters in 2012 ABORTION IS DEAD LAST.
And I'm done. I'm tired of the freak out.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 21, 2012 09:06 AM (ZJNI6)
Posted by: Schnack at August 21, 2012 09:06 AM (+EXSF)
PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE OUT OF WORK IN NOVEMBER.
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (csi6Y)
^^ This! ^^
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 09:06 AM (4df7R)
but if the GOP were smart...hahahahaha they wouldn't be the GOP but if the GOP were smart they can turn this negative into a positive by attacking the collusion between the media and the admin and showing the hypocrisy in the entire GOP being culpable for Akin's errors on abortion but the media never pointing out Obama's and attack
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 09:06 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:06 AM (csi6Y)
A Missouri GOP consultant e-mails that Ann Wagner, currently the Republican candidate in Todd Akin’s congressional district, may trade places with Akin. “The buzz today is there is a last-ditch effort underway involving a swap with Ann Wagner,” the consultant writes. “Wagner is the nominee for Akin’s old congressional district and has long standing connections with many on the state committee given her deep involvement in the Party on the state and national levels. This allows a woman to replace Akin, which almost all agree is the wisest choice and gives Akin an opportunity to stay in public office by running for re-election.”
Posted by: WalrusRex at August 21, 2012 09:07 AM (04fgZ)
Those Dems are selling themselves a bridge if they think they can milk this dithering bullshit beyond this week.
PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE OUT OF WORK IN NOVEMBER. Posted by: Yoshi
The employment numbers will be released showing significant improvement for the next two months and the one for the week before the election.
they will be revised down the week after along with the previous three reports...dont kid yourself.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 09:07 AM (ovpNn)
her twinkie munching fatness was appropriately shoked and disgusted and pointed to how this was symptematic of the backwards GOP or something.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (ovpNn)
Loot at me tits. LOOK at me tits! Why won't anyone stare at my tits!?
Posted by: Meggie McCain at August 21, 2012 09:07 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: The Devil at August 21, 2012 09:07 AM (05RcU)
Keep fucking that chicken Todd. There is a higher likelihood of that Facebook stock paying off then him winning.
Posted by: Joe Biden's Rctum Hardly Knew Him at August 21, 2012 09:07 AM (7mIFX)
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 01:05 PM (oxqtW)
Sigh.... no.... when they ask those questions you just say "my name is not Akin, next?"
Posted by: Capt. of the Circular Firing Squad at August 21, 2012 09:07 AM (lZBBB)
===============
Link?
And will it be enough?
Posted by: RoyalOil at August 21, 2012 09:07 AM (imtbm)
I thought it was Chinese activists landing on the island who started it, back on Aug 15?
I was/am under the impression it started with Japanese activists landing on the Japanese controlled (but uninhabited?) islands and putting up a Japanese flag.
Then, while not busy tipping over Jap model cars, a bunch of Chinese activists tried to land without permission and got arrested by the Japanese.
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 09:08 AM (TULs6)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:08 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 21, 2012 09:08 AM (ZJNI6)
yeah but people know the economy is in the shitter....the #s are known to be cooked...I dunno if we turn this around on 'em it could work...
but we HAVE TO FIGHT
Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 09:09 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 09:09 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power!
EXACTLY. If the bastard stays in, our best option is to completely and UNANIMOUSLY disown him. Even better if we can get someone we support to run as an independent. It's worked in the past, it can work here.
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 09:09 AM (oxqtW)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 21, 2012 09:09 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 09:09 AM (TULs6)
@626 - Thank you. The list is now complete. Even Meg'n'Mac has chimed in.
And, Todd? Buddy? Pal? When you don't even have Super Generation-Next Future-of-Conservativism Meghan F'ing McCain on your side...it's time to take one of your campaign signs as a memento, turn off the lights, and leave your keys in the landlord's mailbox...
Posted by: reason at August 21, 2012 09:09 AM (q/kmn)
Posted by: John at August 21, 2012 09:09 AM (KSeSW)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at August 21, 2012 09:10 AM (DGIjM)
The issue here is that Akin staying in DOES demoralize conservatives. It means we have discussions about how we're not all rapists all the way up until election day. AND it fires up Dems- gives them something to talk about.
Dems will hop on absolutely anything even mildly negative and turn it into a firestorm. This is not new.
And if someone were to ask me, "Oh, you vote Republican? That means you support rapists!" my simple answer would be, "Don't be absurd, you regressive assclown."
As I always say, don't accept the premise. The regressives and their media fuckwads are bullies; you declaw a bully by dismissing their tactics as childish. Freaking out like this is the end of the g-ddamn world not only buys into the premise, it makes it seem like the premise is legitimate. Sorry, not doing it.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 09:10 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:10 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Dexter Morgan at August 21, 2012 09:10 AM (/YJYi)
What he said was stupid beyond measure. So monumental was the stupid, you can only see the end of it with Hubble. In a whole first half where Obama was trying to get war on women to stick and couldn't, Akin handed him a 5 gal bucket of 5 min epoxy, mixed 3 minutes ago.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 09:10 AM (0q2P7)
I mean, that's major fucking news. Will he tell them to go to hell? Yeah, I kind of think he will. He's Greg Stillson from The Dead Zone. He honestly believes that Jesus is going to save his ass or something.
That and he apparently has a grasping, ambitious bitch of a wife driving him onward.
Posted by: Jeff B. at August 21, 2012 09:10 AM (Z2wcK)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 09:10 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 09:10 AM (ovpNn)
(1) Distract voters from country's economic situation and failure of our policies ... CHECK
(2) Distract voters from VP Biden's stupidity ... CHECK
(3) Focus voters on GOP's "War on Women" ... CHECK
(4) Focus voters on GOP's anti-science attitude ... CHECK
(5) Focus voters on GOP's extremism ... CHECK
Hey, Akin, thanks for giving Obama & Co. the ammunition they needed, you fuckface.
Posted by: Slappy at August 21, 2012 09:11 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: Eeyore the Gosh Darned Prolific Concern Troll at August 21, 2012 09:11 AM (qZXps)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at August 21, 2012 09:12 AM (UEEex)
Todd Akin will return to The Mike Huckabee Radio Show in the next 30 minutes to announce his final decision on if he's staying in the race. Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp
I wonder since Fuckabee's radio show ratings are in the toilet if he didnt engineer this second day of crap for ratings for himself.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 09:13 AM (ovpNn)
Right. Because that's worked so splendidly before. The media just LOVE to take us for our word.
The only way to work this is to completely disown the man, pull all support, find another candidate. Make it clear that the Republican party will have nothing to do with him.
It's not as good as him leaving willingly, but if he's not going to do this the easy way, we might as well do it the hard way.
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 09:13 AM (oxqtW)
I was/am under the impression it started with Japanese activists landing on the Japanese controlled (but uninhabited?) islands and putting up a Japanese flag.
Then, while not busy tipping over Jap model cars, a bunch of Chinese activists tried to land without permissionand got arrested by the Japanese.
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 01:08 PM (TULs6)
I believe the Chinese activists landed there first, and the Japanese activists landed there in subsequent days in counterprotest.
Just days before the Japanese group's landing, five Chinese activists went ashore on the island on Aug. 15 — the anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender. The five and nine others were arrested and quickly deported back to Hong Kong. (From Yahoo! News: http://news.yahoo.com/activists-ante-china-japan-isle-dispute-040046572.html)
But who started it really is neither here nor there. China/Japan relations have been simmering near the boiling point for a while now. I don't see it going well, particularly if China's economy starts to collapse like the paper shell it is and they decide a little armed conflict with their hated neighbor would be a good way to distract the masses.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/i][/u][/b] at August 21, 2012 09:14 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:14 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 21, 2012 09:14 AM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:15 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 09:15 AM (9TTOe)
That's a "please forgive me, I'm still a good guy, vote for me, we haven't lost yet" tour not a "I'm out" announcement.
Posted by: RoyalOil at August 21, 2012 09:16 AM (imtbm)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 09:16 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 09:16 AM (9TTOe)
Yeah right. Because telling every woman who ever got pregnant due to being raped that they weren't legitimately raped because hey, if you had been, you wouldn't have gotten pregnant. That's a run of the mill ho-hum this week F* up. Let me give you a hint. If we do that kind of sh*t every week, we will lose.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 09:17 AM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:17 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: tired at August 21, 2012 09:18 AM (wWFt6)
Posted by: Jean at August 21, 2012 09:18 AM (WkuV6)
I don't see it going well, particularly if China's economy starts to collapse like the paper shell it is and they decide a little armed conflict with their hated neighbor would be a good way to distract the masses.
I don't see that.
If China is gonna start making a fuss (by which I mean invasion of other countries) they ain't gonna start with Japan.
To the extent there is simmering and boiling relations, good. Maybe the Japanese will get off their ass and get more serious about national defense. Animosity toward China can only drive them further toward us.
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 09:21 AM (TULs6)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 01:17 PM (0q2P7)
Great point. The above sentence from you I quoted is why the defenders of Akin are as delusional as him. This is how it will be portrayed and how it will be attached for every Republican candidate, including Romney and Ryan. In what is expected to be a close election, you are fuckin' delusional if you don't think it could tilt the results of the election (Presidential, House, and Senate) to Democrats, especially in certain key swing states.
Posted by: Slappy at August 21, 2012 09:21 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at August 21, 2012 09:22 AM (DGIjM)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 21, 2012 09:22 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Steff McKee at August 21, 2012 09:24 AM (Gszws)
If he's Ambassador to Vaginastan, it's going to be a dry four years.
Posted by: comatus at August 21, 2012 09:24 AM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 21, 2012 09:24 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 21, 2012 09:25 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Dave S. at August 21, 2012 09:25 AM (3R0Zs)
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 09:26 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 09:27 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Gerry at August 21, 2012 09:28 AM (JKq+J)
I hate this fuckin' guy Akin. Yeah, you won the primary, assface. Do you think you would have won the primary if you had made that idiotic "legitimate rape" remark before the voting took place?
Posted by: Slappy at August 21, 2012 09:29 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 09:30 AM (0q2P7)
"I think Aiken could still win"
I don't think so, google his name, there's a treasure trove of material for Claire and every dem to use. He could have kept it covered and focused on the economy, but with this whole thing, everything he;s said with respect to social issues in the past will be used.
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 09:30 AM (ACkhT)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 21, 2012 12:32 PM (ZJNI6)
^
This.
But she still gets to play the card up her sleeve if we go with the status quo, and there'll be more collateral damage later when she does.
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 21, 2012 09:31 AM (QjSgY)
"I won the primary."
I won? Really? You want to go there?
Time for MO to pull a Reverse Lisa Murcowskie on this guy.
Posted by: reason at August 21, 2012 09:32 AM (sPO/s)
Huck works for the DNC....
Seriously, keep in mind that dude let a bunch of actual rapists out of prison because they said they were sorry.
tinyurl.com/2h9yyf
These guys who get told by God to run for office suck. I think He's just punking them.
Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 09:32 AM (TULs6)
Today we are going to talk about how fairy magic identifies the Legitimate Rape Sperm from the sperm deposited by people you love.
All sperm in the vajay-jay must pass by the three-headed dog Cerebreus on it's way to the magic candy-cane forest. Nice sperm will ride a marshmallow down the chocolate river to the tunnel of love. Naughty sperm will be directed to the taffy swamp and get stuck! Wow!
Thanks, and have a nice day!
Posted by: Gods Little Shield at August 21, 2012 09:32 AM (fRlaj)
Posted by: Slappy at August 21, 2012 09:33 AM (LTbLf)
Sorry, I can't support someone who would make such a statement. I don't care if they do apologize for it. He's an asshole.
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 09:33 AM (oxqtW)
Posted by: AD at August 21, 2012 09:33 AM (LtjAz)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 09:34 AM (csi6Y)
Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at August 21, 2012 09:35 AM (ACkhT)
# 640
So don't mind me if I continue to hate Mr. too-legit-to-quit. He's a self-serving bastard for staying in.
Yep. And he's going to be the thousand pound albatross around the neck of the Republican party. It's already starting....I believe there are already a number of stories out this morning trying to tie Akin to Romney...Ryan...the RNC. The left, through their lapdogs in the MSM already have too much power in defining what the news is...and whether Akin is truly sorry, or is guilty of nothing more than a few badly chosen words...they will use this against Republicans all the way through November.
We certainly can't force him to quit...but we can damn sure reinforce the fact that almost every Conservative voice out there, (Other than the amazingly tone deaf Huckadoodle), have condemned him for his remarks, and/or urged him to drop out. It's not the best possible hand of cards we could have been dealt...but since the jackass seems inclined to remain in the race, we have to make of it what we can.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 21, 2012 09:37 AM (L7hol)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 21, 2012 09:38 AM (YjDyJ)
ZOMG Huckster was slated to speak at the convention?
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 01:34 PM (csi6Y)
Yep:
http://tinyurl.com/937w5c5
Posted by: Slappy at August 21, 2012 09:40 AM (LTbLf)
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