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August 21, 2012

Poll: Romney Ahead of Obama in ~~Texas~~ Michigan
— Ace

47.66% - 43.88%.

Oh, and Scott Brown has gone ahead of Would-Be Senator Squanto.

PPPÂ’s newest poll on the Massachusetts Senate race finds Scott Brown opening up a 5 point lead, 49-44. This is the first time Brown has led in one of our polls since June of 2011. Our last poll, in June of this year, found a tie and the two before that had modest leads for Elizabeth Warren.

Scott Walker, Paul Ryan Both Being Deployed to Michigan. Via Tasker in the comments.

Posted by: Ace at 12:17 PM | Comments (317)
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1 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! no raping in the new thread

Posted by: pashmr at August 21, 2012 12:18 PM (3aNC4)

2
Michigan?

Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 12:19 PM (9Q7Nu)

3 It's FOX! RACISTS!!11!!

But, seriously.. who the eff is Foster McCollum White Baydoun?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 21, 2012 12:19 PM (f9c2L)

4 D/R/I breakdown? I can't seem to find it.

Posted by: Putter at August 21, 2012 12:19 PM (r8uWJ)

5 Lets enjoy this for what could have been. Unfortunately, Akin's bad choice will put this all in jeopardy.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 12:19 PM (zrpqj)

6 Pete Hoekstra is also up again in Michigan. Even after the MSM said it was all over for him and he was toast because of that China Girl commercial. Heh. screw 'em Pete Hoekstra is over Stabenow.

Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 12:20 PM (r2PLg)

7 Ok.. so fuck Missouri.. We'll do it with Michigan and Wisconsin.. and maybe PA too!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 21, 2012 12:20 PM (f9c2L)

8 OT: Why is the government stockpiling ammo? http://tinyurl.com/bmuj85a

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 21, 2012 12:20 PM (a0Z8x)

9 D 27
R 77
I 32

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 12:20 PM (ovpNn)

10 Thank God, a new thread.

Posted by: The Chicken at August 21, 2012 12:21 PM (l3vZN)

11 Polll: Romney Ahead of Obama in Texas Michigan
Michigan?
47.66% - 43.88%.
Posted by: Ace at 04:17 PM

Got any of that ole timey hope yet ace?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 21, 2012 12:21 PM (0q2P7)

12 Whoa! PPP? Scott Brown up?

Are you sure they're not padding the R's to make it look better than it really is?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 21, 2012 12:21 PM (f9c2L)

13 OT: Why is the government stockpiling ammo?

http://tinyurl.com/bmuj85a

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 21, 2012 04:20 PM (a0Z8x)

Because people like me are ?

Posted by: The Jackhole at August 21, 2012 12:21 PM (nTgAI)

14 Akin has his missouri supporters calling into hannity explaining legitimate rape...oi. This isnt going to go away.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 12:21 PM (ovpNn)

15 Well isn't THAT interesting?

Posted by: 56 and loving RR at August 21, 2012 12:22 PM (e9kQC)

16 I think the shat is real in Michigan. This from Detroit Live. ]Republican Mitt RomneyÂ’s presidential campaign is bringing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to Michigan this week. Walker is expected to visit Thursday in Grand Rapids, although the Romney campaign had not yet released specifics of the trip. Walker also is expected to attend a fundraiser on behalf of Romney in Kalamazoo on Thursday. The Detroit News reports that another Wisconsin politician -- U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee -- will make a campaign stop in Michigan on Friday. The Romney campaign would not confirm that Tuesday morning.

Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 12:22 PM (r2PLg)

17 Did you see the B.S. question about Ryan's budget? Even with the misleading wording of the question saying Tea Party groups support it and economists hate it, it's still a positive on support.

Posted by: Brenden at August 21, 2012 12:22 PM (wa+SP)

I swear, sometimes I think America still exists...

Feel better now, after that "All is lost because of that A-hole in MO" thread?

Posted by: Optimizer at August 21, 2012 12:22 PM (As94z)

19 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at August 21, 2012 12:23 PM (6o4Fb)

20
But Intrade has Obama up by 20%!!!!!!

Posted by: In before the troll at August 21, 2012 12:23 PM (TIIx5)

21 PPP speaks with forked tongue.

Posted by: Liz Warren at August 21, 2012 12:23 PM (3SvjA)

22
it's funny 'cuz Tea Party folks really don't like Ryan's budget that much

Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 12:23 PM (9Q7Nu)

23 14 Akin has his missouri supporters calling into hannity explaining legitimate rape...oi. This isnt going to go away. Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 04:21 PM (ovpNn) __________________ I'm known for having the patience of a saint--really. and you have literally been at this same message- 24/7. At this same message with all caps most of the time btw. We got it.

Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 12:23 PM (r2PLg)

24 By the way, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkel just opined that Reagan deserves a special place in hell for the drug war. She's a good Obama voter and loyal Democrat presiding over the rotten shambles of Cook County. Should we flog this statement or just let it rest?

Posted by: ejo at August 21, 2012 12:23 PM (ZXI6r)

25 Damn, its a ppp poll in MA, you just can't trust them.

Posted by: I think thats how it goes at August 21, 2012 12:24 PM (O1BLm)

26 Ace now has one foot back in the window as he slowly comes off the edge.

Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 12:24 PM (gmeXX)

27 No no, all is lost.

Gerg was right all along.

Posted by: mediumheadboy at August 21, 2012 12:24 PM (aHR5E)

28 Preckwinkel?

Posted by: Little Orphan HeatherRadish at August 21, 2012 12:24 PM (/kI1Q)

29 Todd Akin is the lineman who causes good plays to get called back on dumb holding penalties, and is going to get the quarterback killed because he can't block.

And the dumb fuck won't get off the field

Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 12:25 PM (wwsoB)

30 Heap big good news.

Posted by: LASue at August 21, 2012 12:25 PM (mlSEY)

31 The motorcycle picture will be what destroyed Fauxcahontas. Who knew?

Posted by: Reggie Love at August 21, 2012 12:25 PM (B/VB5)

32 Akin coming up next on Hannity. Sean Hannity is our last hope for talking this fool off the electoral ledge.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 12:25 PM (zrpqj)

33 Off, body man sock!

Posted by: Ian S. at August 21, 2012 12:26 PM (B/VB5)

34 If Michigan is going Romney I may have to rethink some shit.

Posted by: Dr Spank at August 21, 2012 12:26 PM (4cRnj)

35 The motorcycle picture will be what destroyed Fauxcahontas. Who knew?

Posted by: Reggie Love at August 21, 2012 04:25 PM (B/VB5)

Seeing her legs spread like that was kind of hard to stomach.

Posted by: yinzer at August 21, 2012 12:26 PM (/Mla1)

36 Akin! Akin! Akin!

Posted by: kosher-stamped butt-boy of Israel at August 21, 2012 12:26 PM (MMC8r)

37 17 Did you see the B.S. question about Ryan's budget? Even with the misleading wording of the question saying Tea Party groups support it and economists hate it, it's still a positive on support.
Posted by: Brenden at August 21, 2012 04:22 PM

Nobody ever got rich by listening to an economist. If you bet a dollar for every time they got it wrong you would be

Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 12:27 PM (wwsoB)

38 How does this advance the Dem narrative against us?

Posted by: General Worrywort of Amerikka at August 21, 2012 12:27 PM (YmPwQ)

39 ace now has one foot back in the window as he slowly comes off the edge.

Leaping Lizards!

Posted by: Little Orphan HeatherRadish at August 21, 2012 12:27 PM (/kI1Q)

40 34 If Michigan is going Romney I may have to rethink some shit. Posted by: Dr Spank at August 21, 2012 04:26 PM (4cRnj) ____________ Plus they had Ryan in Pittsburgh. Put that together with Obama spending three days in Iowa.

Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 12:27 PM (r2PLg)

41 And some of you are losing enthusiasm for this election? Come on, let's kick their asses in places they didn't even expect to lose!

Posted by: DangerGirl at August 21, 2012 12:28 PM (GrtrJ)

42 The MSM needed their "look squirrel" moment and Akin hands them a big fucking hedgehog

Thanks asshole

Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 12:28 PM (wwsoB)

43 I have to ask...is this PPP poll also R+9?

Posted by: reason at August 21, 2012 12:28 PM (W2YA6)

44 Scott Walker, Paul Ryan Both Being Deployed to Michigan. Via Tasker in the comments. ________________ Thank you, baby--I needed that vid.

Posted by: tasker at August 21, 2012 12:28 PM (r2PLg)

45 Ace, how's your enthusiasm now? You know what they say, "You win some, some idiot loses one."

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 21, 2012 12:28 PM (D9CxV)

46 I live just outside Detroit, and this poll doesn't surprise me all that much. Obama has whatever black turnout there is [roughly, because I know more personally more than a few blacks who won't say it publicly, but they support Romney], but that may be depressed for several reasons, *and* the relatively new city clerk in Detroit has done a decent purge of the voter rolls. I don't see how there can be many more than 300K votes coming out of the D, and quite likely not that many.

The black suburbs are currently wildly roiled with budget problems, and the re-districting has pitted many long-time black Dem elected officials against each other. Both will probably depress the black vote.

Outside Detroit and the college campuses, support for Obama is limited pretty much to teachers' unions [but not all teachers] and the UAW. Still not that many votes.

The Tea Party is stronger here than most believe, and if the idiot Establishment GOP [is that too redundant] can avoid stepping on their own dick, Dems in general are in trouble.

Posted by: JorgXMckie at August 21, 2012 12:28 PM (290l2)

47 I hope it holds....

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 12:29 PM (LRFds)

48 Thank the maker!

Posted by: C3PO's orifice is Akin at August 21, 2012 12:29 PM (9VSWS)

49 This is how we can change the narrative.

Tapper: Media Failing the Country.

http://tinyurl.com/8zxdnnk

Posted by: General Woundwort at August 21, 2012 12:29 PM (06lNq)

50 "...Would-Be Senator Squanto."

Haaahahahahahaaa....

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at August 21, 2012 12:29 PM (Ouyc1)

51 Yea? What's the spread for this poll?

Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 12:29 PM (oxqtW)

52 Pssst...Bear...you're a few threads late.

Posted by: General Worrywort of Amerikka at August 21, 2012 12:29 PM (YmPwQ)

53 PPPÂ’s newest poll on the Massachusetts Senate race finds Scott Brown opening up a 5 point lead, 49-44.

It was that picture of Warren on the chopper. You'd have to be crazy to give a Plains Indian a motorcycle.

Posted by: Cicero at August 21, 2012 12:30 PM (QKKT0)

54 29 Todd Akin is the lineman who causes good plays to get called back on dumb holding penalties, and is going to get the quarterback killed because he can't block. And the dumb fuck won't get off the field Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 04:25 PM (wwsoB) But he will inspire all those evangelicals that didn't vote in 2008 to come out. sarc

Posted by: Avi at August 21, 2012 12:30 PM (51xVX)

55 12 MTM if we flip Michigan all hell will break loose in Donkville....

it may be Bam's Bob Dole goes to Old Yeller Nixon moment if he gets too EO happy

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 12:30 PM (LRFds)

56 splode

Posted by: Fresh at August 21, 2012 12:30 PM (O7ksG)

57 ace, are you feeling better now? (Not being [overly] snarky, I hope you feel better)

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 21, 2012 12:30 PM (VtjlW)

58 Ace, how's your enthusiasm now? You know what they say, "You win some, some idiot loses one." We can still cross our fingers. There's what, 1 1/2 hrs of hope left?

Posted by: t-bird at August 21, 2012 12:30 PM (FcR7P)

59 This just proves my theory Romney/Ryan hate whites. And that the Jews are coming for us.

Posted by: Collectivist at August 21, 2012 12:30 PM (4cRnj)

60 Enthusiasms. Enthusiasms.....

Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2012 12:30 PM (TMB3S)

61 These polls are pre-Akin, now post-Akin Obuma will take a huge lead. Mark my words. Go ahead, mark them.

Posted by: Nostrildamous at August 21, 2012 12:31 PM (RS1Ul)

8OT: Why is the government stockpiling ammo?

Don't worry, they're planning to have it all used before the end of January, after President-Elect Romney's inauguration is cancelled.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 21, 2012 12:31 PM (D9CxV)

63 I just got back from the grocery store...and forgot the fucking pudding again.

Posted by: @PurpAv at August 21, 2012 12:31 PM (WnzOT)

64 I hope you're feeling better, Ace. We can do this--we really can.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 21, 2012 12:32 PM (omynL)

Wow I thought MI was a possibility but this is more than expected.

PA OH IN WI and now MI? If we win these and Florida how does SCOAMF get 270?

Three eastern time zone poll closings for a rout on election night....

Posted by: Finn McCool at August 21, 2012 12:32 PM (R/8dI)

66 I thought Akin was already on Hannity. You might be listening to a re-broadcast.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 21, 2012 12:32 PM (f9c2L)

67 61 These polls are pre-Akin, now post-Akin Obuma will take a huge lead. Mark my words. Go ahead, mark them. Posted by: Nostrildamous at August 21, 2012 04:31 PM (RS1Ul) The people are fickle brother, they will forget him in a week.

Posted by: cajun carrot at August 21, 2012 12:32 PM (UZQM8)

68 if anyone wants to watch the train wreck, Akin is on Hannity within moments.

Posted by: ace at August 21, 2012 12:32 PM (fxHyG)

69 Was it it over when the Germans bombed Clay Aiken?

Posted by: Senator Blutarsky-R MO at August 21, 2012 12:32 PM (YmPwQ)

70 I have a bad feeling about Huckabee, this idiot, and Huckabee's history with Romney. I hate to say it but I think Huck would do anything to undermine Mitt, country be damned. I would not put anything past him, including collusion with the DNC. Don't know anything but just have a feeling that the political disaster, which we will overcome, has a darker subtext in there somewhere.
Praying very very hard for the campaigns of all other Republicans.
And Scott Brown: handsome dude---please give me the gift of a flattened Elizabeth Warren. That woman is vile.

Posted by: 56 and loving RR at August 21, 2012 12:33 PM (e9kQC)

71 he's on again to announce his not-egotistical-at-all decision to destroy Republican hopes of reclaiming their political destinies.

Posted by: ace at August 21, 2012 12:33 PM (fxHyG)

"The motorcycle picture will be what destroyed Fauxcahontas. Who knew?"

Has anyone photoshopped a big stogie hanging out of her ~~pie~~crabcake-hole yet?

Has anyone photoshopped her onto a Tyco Big Wheel yet?

Posted by: reason at August 21, 2012 12:33 PM (+hPIb)

73 Uh, the last major statewide election had Snyder-R handily winning election after the glorious reign of Jennifer Granholm. Why is it a shocker that this is continuing? Stabenow is, let's put it mildly, stupid. Hoekstra isn't.

Posted by: ejo at August 21, 2012 12:33 PM (ZXI6r)

"Brown continues to do well because of his personal popularity and because voters see him as delicious, like cups o puddin' "

I added the delicious. Sue me.

Posted by: Fresh at August 21, 2012 12:33 PM (O7ksG)

75
The presidential race will be over before 9:00 PM Eastern on November 6.

The stunnening will have commenced in the MSM and will be a wonder to behold.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 21, 2012 12:33 PM (7GfKM)

76 As I recall, the Romney's have some connection to Michigan, so I wouldn't be surprise if he takes it.

Also I will remain out on crazy limb (not Akin crazy tho) that Romney takes NJ.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 21, 2012 12:34 PM (O1BLm)

77
Remain calm...

Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 12:34 PM (9Q7Nu)

78 But what about his GAFFES??????

What about his love of rape and cancer?

Posted by: Press Whore at August 21, 2012 12:34 PM (imtbm)

Akin and Ron Paul deployed to California.

Posted by: GeneTheHappy at August 21, 2012 12:34 PM (0udxW)

80 Well, MI is 80% white, so whaddyagonnadoaboutit?

Posted by: MSM at August 21, 2012 12:34 PM (9VSWS)

81 I thought is was supposed to be hard to sneak up on an indian

Posted by: robtr at August 21, 2012 12:34 PM (MtwBb)

82 Warren - the weird leftwing communist white native American who thinks you didn't build that. She's weird.

Posted by: Fresh at August 21, 2012 12:34 PM (O7ksG)

File this new development under "huh"?

But what about the usual qualifiers? Is it "likely voters"? What is the D vs R sampling?

The video clip is cool, but not as celebratory as I might like. Don't people celbrate with, I dunno, maybe cake, or something? ;-)

Posted by: Optimizer at August 21, 2012 12:34 PM (As94z)

84 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at August 21, 2012 12:35 PM (8y9MW)

85 Hey, I'm transgendered!

Posted by: Elizabeth "Duke" Warren at August 21, 2012 12:35 PM (QKKT0)

86 The plumber just called. He'll be here in 30 minutes to see if he can help salvage my bathroom after my father-in-law "helped" me by totally ripping out the sink faucet to find the source of a little drip. So now I have to show this plumber how I crawled under the house, cut the two copper pipes leading to the sink and then capped with them "Sharkbite" caps on a nice Sunday evening a couple years ago. It was either that or keeping the water shut off at the street. Ugh, not looking forward to this conversation.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 21, 2012 12:35 PM (HethX)

87 I think I made a prediction about Michigan's EVs this year...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at August 21, 2012 12:36 PM (8y9MW)

88 You will observe bigger and bigger shifts to Romney as pollsters get away from their silly adults model. Interesting that ppp' s WI poll had a Republican +2 sample. Probably trying to win back so,me cred after their ssilly Rep +9 MO poll.

Posted by: bill mitchell at August 21, 2012 12:36 PM (hlUJY)

89 My goodness. Hours later someone put a Michigan coat on the dead dog. Still dead!

Posted by: RioBravo at August 21, 2012 12:36 PM (eEfYn)

90 it's weird that Warren and Obama plus others have adopted a Lakoff talking point as a new economic policy, the roads and bridges plus teachers and firefighters build jobs economic plan. Where apparently RBTF are all publicly paid for.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 12:36 PM (QxSug)

91 I had my ear to the ground and Scott Brown ran over my head.

Posted by: Elizabeth "Three Wolf Moon" Warren at August 21, 2012 12:36 PM (QKKT0)

92 so, is this another fake R+9 poll?

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 12:37 PM (QxSug)

93 Ace, I have had it with Akin. I'm beyond pissed at the guy. I'll fight tooth and nail elsewhere, but someone better come up with a feel-good conservative youtube vid or some congressman with a phallic sounding last name should post pics of his dong on twitter or something, because this sucks.

And it better be funny!

Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 12:37 PM (oxqtW)

94 76 As I recall, the Romney's have some connection to Michigan, so I wouldn't be surprise if he takes it.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 21, 2012 04:34 PM (O1BLm)

His father was President of American Motors in the 50s and a two-term Governor of Michigan in the 60s.

American Motors also had a manufacturing plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin back in the day.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 21, 2012 12:37 PM (7GfKM)

95 Yeah, but we can toss Akin he will drag the ticket in all and every race.

Posted by: TJexcite at August 21, 2012 12:37 PM (PNDql)

96 AND MICHIGAN!!!

BYEAH!

Posted by: Hollerin' Howard Dean at August 21, 2012 12:38 PM (B/yDO)

97 I can tell you that Romney is polling very very well in the 11th Congressional District of MI (Oakland and Wayne) as well. Higher than expected.

Posted by: Carl at August 21, 2012 12:38 PM (ST0CS)

98 I think you should drop out of the race, Akin.

Posted by: Dr. Wilkey at August 21, 2012 12:38 PM (zrpqj)

Alas, that was all before Akin.

Now Romney is down 8% in Utah.

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 12:38 PM (TULs6)

100

"80 Well, MI is 80% white, so whaddyagonnadoaboutit?"

Is that all?

"81 I thought is was supposed to be hard to sneak up on an indian"

LOL

"82 Warren - the weird leftwing communist white native American who thinks you didn't build that. She's weird."

Yeah, but I thought that was normal for MA.

Posted by: Optimizer at August 21, 2012 12:38 PM (As94z)

101

"Scott Walker, Paul Ryan Both Being Deployed to Michigan"

Go Long on wimmins panties folks!

Posted by: dananjcon at August 21, 2012 12:38 PM (eavT+)

102 Let's not start washing each other's smocks.

Posted by: Audrey Wolf--6th Grade Art Teacher, Winston's Cousin at August 21, 2012 12:39 PM (TR60b)

103 "Biden: 'I'm More at Home in a Train Depot than Anywhere Else'" > http://bit.ly/SOG4tF

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 21, 2012 12:39 PM (YjDyJ)

104 86 The plumber just called. He'll be here in 30 minutes to see if he can help salvage my bathroom after my father-in-law "helped" me by totally ripping out the sink faucet to find the source of a littledrip. So now I have to show thisplumber how I crawled under the house, cut the two copper pipes leading to the sink and then capped with them "Sharkbite" caps on a nice Sunday evening a couple years ago. It was either that orkeeping the water shut off at the street. Ugh, not looking forward to this conversation.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 21, 2012 04:35 PM (HethX)

But, but, but, your FiL tried real hard!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 21, 2012 12:39 PM (7GfKM)

105 How does this help us in Missouri?

Posted by: naes at August 21, 2012 12:39 PM (4WQJ/)

106 Don't unwrap those glockenspiels just yet

Posted by: Jones in CO at August 21, 2012 12:40 PM (8sCoq)

107 Yea? What's the spread for this poll?

Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 04:29 PM (oxqtW)

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Please refer back to the Fauxchahantus motorcycle pic.

Posted by: Soona at August 21, 2012 12:40 PM (ybosG)

108

Well that's good news. Maybe akin will be a problem for just Akin.

(Especially since when I first heard about this guy's Biden I had to say "Who?")

Posted by: Mikey NTH glad they've decided he isn't an Orc at August 21, 2012 12:40 PM (hLRSq)

109 ejo, Snyder isn't *that* Republican [although he's enough for me, since he really isn't part of the Establishment], and Granholm *really* left people unhappy.

Anyway, the Dem lean in MI comes largely from the unionized base, and there will probably be a constitutional amendment on the ballot 'preserving' union rights [mostly to big pensions and coercive collective bargaining] that may bring out a lot of Dem voters.

Having said that, even some retired union friends of mine are pretty fed up with Obama and Stabenow. I've heard her called "Debbie Stupidcow" more than a few times.

Pete Hoekstra is pretty widely considered and *sshole, but at least intelligent. Stabenow will have to hide and run a 100% media campaign or she can be beaten. The woman is just dim.

Posted by: JorgXMckie at August 21, 2012 12:40 PM (290l2)

110

@46 same in Saginaw and Genessee counties, murders are on the rise again this year and people are just sick of it.

UAW doesn't have the numbers anymore, just retirees.

Posted by: Finn McCool at August 21, 2012 12:40 PM (R/8dI)

111 Oh God... now Akin is claiming since Sunday he's since learned that, yes, ladies can get pregnant from a rape attack.

*face palm*

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 12:40 PM (zrpqj)

112 29

Todd Akin is Wayne Hunter?

Posted by: The Q at August 21, 2012 12:40 PM (B/yDO)

113 This: http://www.270towin.com/2012_election_predictions.php?mapid=sCW Or This: http://www.270towin.com/2012_election_predictions.php?mapid=sCX Or This: http://www.270towin.com/2012_election_predictions.php?mapid=sCZ Is nice.

Posted by: Carl at August 21, 2012 12:41 PM (ST0CS)

114 29 Todd Akin is the lineman who causes good plays to get called back on dumb holding penalties, and is going to get the quarterback killed because he can't block.

Hey! We have a spot for Akin at left tackle. Sounds like a big upgrade!

Posted by: The Chicago Bears at August 21, 2012 12:41 PM (KjlbF)

115

68 if anyone wants to watch the train wreck, Akin is on Hannity within moments.

Posted by: ace at August 21, 2012 04:32 PM (fxHyG)

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Hannity might just bitch slap him.

He basically did that last night on his FNC show.

....Said he should get the fuck out...now.

Posted by: wheatie at August 21, 2012 12:41 PM (mtRB0)

116 This firm is... Eh. Sorry Ace. Though if PPP's stuff can go into an average so can this.

Posted by: CAC at August 21, 2012 12:41 PM (LfLY7)

117

"86 The plumber just called. ..."

Seriously, dude - you REALLY think that plumber hasn't had a father-in-law who did something stupid, or that he at least hasn't heard way, way worse things? You flatter yourself!

Posted by: Optimizer at August 21, 2012 12:41 PM (As94z)

118 This thread is a ~~job~~ national security risk.

Posted by: Janet Napolitano, Secratary, Sexual Harassment Incidence Team at August 21, 2012 12:41 PM (O1BLm)

119

Michigan!

Slowly I turned, inch by inch and step by step...

Posted by: Susqua-FLOTUS Hat Company at August 21, 2012 12:42 PM (w41GQ)

120 Yea? What's the spread for this poll?
Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 04:29 PM (oxqtW)

---------------------------------------

Please refer back to the Fauxchahantus motorcycle pic.

Posted by: Soona at August 21, 2012 04:40 PM (ybosG)

Oh God, do I have to??

Posted by: Book at August 21, 2012 12:42 PM (oxqtW)

121 Oh God... now Akin is claiming since Sunday he's since learned that, yes, ladies can get pregnant from a rape attack. *face palm* Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 04:40 PM (zrpqj) Someone that stupid really should stop using valuable air

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 12:42 PM (05RcU)

122 Yeah but Akin so: Well that's great, that's just fuckin' great, man. Now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now.

Posted by: Golan Globus at August 21, 2012 12:42 PM (7vSU0)

123 My prediction: Akin gets out by Monday and the GOP has to pay to reprint ballots.

He's been living in the bubble the past few days. Some internal polling and the money men telling him he can't even buy newspaper ads will change his mind. Also, church. He's going to find out that some of his best friends, people he personally admires, won't have anything to do with him and will hector him to get out.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 21, 2012 12:42 PM (T0NGe)

124

PA OH IN WI and now MI? If we win these and Florida how does SCOAMF get 270?

Um, he doesn't. If Romney took PA, WI and MI without losing OH or FL (and wtf is IN even doing on that list?) you're talking like 350+ ev's.

Any 1 of PA, WI, and MI going red will probably call the election right there. It will never get to CO or NM, I don't think any of those western states have double digit ev's anyway. PA would render them all moot.

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (TULs6)

125 I meant to add: That's it man, game over man, game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?

Posted by: Golan Globus at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (7vSU0)

126

8 OT: Why is the government stockpiling ammo?

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Close to the end of the fiscal year and they need to spend it or lose it?

Posted by: Anachronda at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (IrbU4)

127 amazing. So, we get saddled with Akin no matter what Akin does? Well, I guess the best thing to do is to self - flaggelate and become a prochoice party. Supporting our candidates and counter attacking insane liberals who advocated gang raping Palin would be too weird to do.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (QxSug)

128 PPP has Akin winning the presidency if he stays in the race.

Posted by: Dr Spank at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (4cRnj)

129 Landslide

Posted by: runninrebel at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (s+Cb9)

130 The plumber called, he'll be done with your wife in 30 minutes.

Posted by: I think thats how it goes at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (O1BLm)

131 115: Hey now. None of that.

Posted by: Book the Bear at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (oxqtW)

132 112 Oh God... now Akin is claiming since Sunday he's since learned that, yes, ladies can get pregnant from a rape attack.

*face palm*

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 04:40 PM (zrpqj

Did he really just say that, he has just learned in the past two day that you can get pregnant in a rape?

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2012 12:43 PM (GULKT)

133 PPP has Akin winning the presidency if he stays in the race. Admit it, that's funny.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 21, 2012 12:44 PM (VtjlW)

134 I love seeing good news when I get home from a hard day of herding grandkids.

Yay !

Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 21, 2012 12:44 PM (P6QsQ)

135 Huckabee has an issue with the whole Moroni thing. That, and Mitt's better looking, thinner, has more hair, a prettier wife, less goofy-looking children, a better work record, a better education, and a superior intellect to the Huckwagon.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 21, 2012 12:44 PM (Ec6wH)

136 Hannity laying it out loud and clear to Akin why he is fucking it up for everyone else.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 12:44 PM (zrpqj)

137 112 Oh God... now Akin is claiming since Sunday he's since learned that, yes, ladies can get pregnant from a rape attack.*face palm*
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 04:40 PM (zrpqj

Did he really just say that, he has just learned in the past two day that you can get pregnant in a rape?

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2012 04:43 PM (GULKT)

He also found out that women can get pregnant in the back seat of a car

Posted by: The Jackhole at August 21, 2012 12:45 PM (nTgAI)

138 Entropy; I meant to type IL though I don't believe we can pull that off.

Posted by: Finn McCool at August 21, 2012 12:45 PM (R/8dI)

139 Not that it matters, but if there were a ton of girls getting rape pregnant, then the left would be trotting them out all the time, instead of relying on their shock troop arm, like the Onion, to create fictional joke attacks on Akin. The thing is, there is a line of thought that there aren't that many rape-pregnancy out there. Of course, I've never heard of this and now I know that even mentioning this idea is beyond the pale because epistemological closure.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 12:45 PM (QxSug)

140 Hannity mad.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 12:45 PM (zrpqj)

141 Aiken tells Hannity that his continuation of his campaign will draw the country together.

He is certifiable.

Posted by: angler at August 21, 2012 12:45 PM (SwjAj)

142 They're deploying Scott Walker to Michigan? Smart move. He went to Illinois not long ago and Illinois' response was , "Hey - where's OUR Scott Walker?"

Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 21, 2012 12:45 PM (P6QsQ)

143 Next thing you know, we're going to admit that you can get pregnant the first time. even if it's only the tip.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 12:45 PM (QxSug)

144 The Root blog: We're not saying that Michigan is racist but current polls indicate it could be a racist state in November

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 21, 2012 12:45 PM (1Jaio)

145 Hannity > Huckabee

Posted by: Book the Bear at August 21, 2012 12:46 PM (oxqtW)

146 Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2012 04:43 PM (GULKT) Wow. Well, conservatives have done all we can. Abandon him to the wolves, that is. Time to wash our hands and pretend he never existed.

Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at August 21, 2012 12:46 PM (csi6Y)

147 68 if anyone wants to watch the train wreck, Akin is on Hannity within moments. Posted by: ace at August 21, 2012 04:32 PM

Before HANNITY!!! brings Akin on his show, he should ask if he's going to drop out. If not, tell him fuck you, we're not giving you any more exposure.

But HANNITY!! isn't all that bright

Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 12:46 PM (wwsoB)

148 All those quoting Hicks thinking it's clever seem to forget that Hicks died.

Posted by: Tommy V at August 21, 2012 12:46 PM (iJ5jJ)

149

That shaking below your feat is the oncoming landslide. Dumb comments and misdirection work in close elections (and judging from the 2000 and 2004 elections) not very well. When a landslide is coming, no amout of stupidity can get in the way.

Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 12:46 PM (gmeXX)

150 142 Aiken tells Hannity that his continuation of his campaign will draw the country together.

He is certifiable.

Posted by: angler at August 21, 2012 04:45 PM (SwjAj)

Well nothing like having a guy that both Republicans and Democrats can agree on as being bugfuck crazy.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2012 12:46 PM (GULKT)

151 OT: has anyone ever made Beef Wellington? What's the difficulty factor? I'm pretty experienced in the kitchen and want to make it for Christmas but don't want it to be a royal disaster.

Posted by: DangerGirl at August 21, 2012 12:47 PM (GrtrJ)

152 Like someone else said. Fuck MO. We'll take some other states.

Posted by: Hawker Flyer at August 21, 2012 12:47 PM (b8/6p)

153

The PPP poll also has Stab me now losing!

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at August 21, 2012 12:47 PM (mFxQX)

154 Aw crap. I was all excited to see a non-Akin thread when I got home. So I posted. Then I started scrolling back thru the comments and POOF

there went my good mood

I guess I'll go water the plants. Or sumpin.

Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 21, 2012 12:47 PM (P6QsQ)

155 Biden / Akin 2016

Posted by: The Jackhole at August 21, 2012 12:47 PM (nTgAI)

156 Is Todd Akin a Great American, Sean?

Posted by: The Q at August 21, 2012 12:48 PM (B/yDO)

157 buzzin,

Pretty much. He said he was relying on old articles and since then read that that info was false and also learned that there is a country singer who was conceived by a rape attack.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 12:48 PM (zrpqj)

158 142 Aiken tells Hannity that his continuation of his campaign will draw the country together.

He is certifiable.
Posted by: angler at August 21, 2012 04:45 PM

The man should be removed due to previously undiagnosed dementia.

Can't somebody PLEASE change the locks on the doors?

Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 12:48 PM (wwsoB)

159 I've never felt so... real!

Posted by: Shit at August 21, 2012 12:48 PM (Ky1+e)

160 Listening to Hannity: Akin is a NUT!!!!!! can someone just rid us of this douchebag

Posted by: Avi at August 21, 2012 12:48 PM (51xVX)

161 No, Joein DC, somehow we can take the fight to them on every other issue but this one Missouri moron pretty much controls the Republican Party. We have to now quiver and quake in front of Wasserman Schultz and Jan Schakowsky, and don't you dare mention that Bill Clinton is a rapist.

Posted by: ejo at August 21, 2012 12:49 PM (ZXI6r)

162 If he asks Hannity where babies come from I think it might just be time to look for a new candidate.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2012 12:49 PM (TMB3S)

163 From Drudge: "Obama Tells Kids Bo is on a Diet"

BUT WHO'S DIET IS THE DOG ON?

Posted by: The Q at August 21, 2012 12:49 PM (B/yDO)

164 He's been living in the bubble the past few days. Some internal polling and the money men telling him he can't even buy newspaper ads will change his mind. Also, church. He's going to find out that some of his best friends, people he personally admires, won't have anything to do with him and will hector him to get out.

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Better happen fast. He said today all his friends have been standing by him.

Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 12:49 PM (X6akg)

165 You can get pregnant from eating a legitimate beef wellington.

Posted by: Todd Akin at August 21, 2012 12:49 PM (O1BLm)

166

We have learned some tough lessons the past few days:

1. Politicians will do anything to cling to power, including putting their own self-interest above others.

2. Talk show hosts will use said politician to boost their own ratings even if that is not in the country's best interest.

Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 12:50 PM (gmeXX)

167 OT: has anyone ever made Beef Wellington? No but I made Cindy Wellington once. She was a real moaner

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 21, 2012 12:50 PM (05RcU)

168 PPP has Akin winning the presidency if he stays in the race.

Admit it, that's funny.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 21, 2012 04:44 PM (VtjlW)

---------------------------------------------

Have you washed off the jello and brownie crumbs yet?

Posted by: Soona at August 21, 2012 12:50 PM (ybosG)

169 From Drudge: "Obama Tells Kids Bo is on a Diet"

Well, you know, you don't want the meat too fatty.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at August 21, 2012 12:50 PM (8y9MW)

170 Danger Girl - I watched a friend of mine make it when we were on vacation together - for a group of 9. The prep took him 1 afternoon and then the actual fabrication and cooking of the thing took the whole next day. Was it awesome? Yes. Was it worth 1.5 days of vacation? Hell no. He has never made it again.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 21, 2012 12:50 PM (KjlbF)

171 The guys is in serious denial.

If only the deadline was a few more days away, perhaps he'd have come to grips with reality.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 12:50 PM (zrpqj)

172 Beef Wellington is awesome, but it does take some work. I do love the phyllo pastry on the outside. Thanksgiving, Christmas, or funeral, I think your dinner party will be thrilled and honored if you were to serve Beef Wellington at your table. Sponsored by the Beef Wellington/Lace Wigs Growers Association.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 21, 2012 12:51 PM (Ec6wH)

173 are there any members of the GOP braintrust working on how to win in 2012 if Akin stays on ticket? Or are we going to abandon him while letting the left use him as a weapon against us? The "which republican farted" strategy that worked so well in 2006 and 2008 where we never ever defend or counter attack because that would make the far left, never going to vote for the GOP wing of the GOP very sad.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 12:51 PM (QxSug)

174 What the fuck Hannity are you guys watching? Thought he was on 9 eastern?

Posted by: Hawker Flyer at August 21, 2012 12:51 PM (b8/6p)

175 WE ARE DOOMED!!!!!!!! He belongs in a Psyche ward. I can't wait for Kratthammer to diagnose him on the panel tonight. He thinks he'll help Romney!!!!!

Posted by: Avi at August 21, 2012 12:51 PM (51xVX)

176 Time for a write in campaign in Misssouri.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at August 21, 2012 12:51 PM (/TMxX)

177 Steady, lads. steeaddyyy

Posted by: Mel Gibson in some movie at August 21, 2012 12:52 PM (9Q7Nu)

178 178 What the fuck Hannity are you guys watching? Thought he was on 9 eastern? Posted by: Hawker Flyer at August 21, 2012 04:51 PM (b8/6p) the radio WABC.com etc

Posted by: Avi at August 21, 2012 12:52 PM (51xVX)

179 Duh. Hypoxia setting in again. RADIO!

Posted by: Hawker Flyer at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (b8/6p)

180

conceived by a rape attack.

Your words or his?

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (TULs6)

181 178 What the fuck Hannity are you guys watching? Thought he was on 9 eastern?

Posted by: Hawker Flyer at August 21, 2012 04:51 PM (b8/6p)

I'm pretty sure he meant 'listening'.....radio show.

Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (X6akg)

182 WE ARE DOOMED!!!!!!!!

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No. We aren't.

My goodness sakes. Plants, here I come.

Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (P6QsQ)

183 Pretty much. He said he was relying on old articles and since then read that that info was false and also learned that there is a country singer who was conceived by a rape attack.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 04:48 PM (zrpqj)

So then yes, this stupid jackass really did believe that "If you got pregnant then you weren't really raped."

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (GULKT)

184 Such an odd phrase.

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (TULs6)

185 I got yer beef well in ton right here honey.

Posted by: Billy the raper Clinton at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (O1BLm)

186 >>If only the deadline was a few more days away, perhaps he'd have come to grips with reality.

I wish that were true. But the more I hear from him, the more I'm convinced he will never, ever withdraw. He's burning all of his escape routes. He's doubling down and insisting that what he's doing is standing on principle and bravely withstanding the temporary winds of politics. He can't reverse course now without making an even bigger fool of himself. He's committed to be a martyr.

Posted by: angler at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (SwjAj)

187 **169 Hey, Bill Clinton kept abortion legal. He can rape me anytime. It's not rape if you want it.** Other principled feminist things: Roman Polanski gang raping Palin Conoleeza is a Skeezer killing an intern in a drunk driving accident. UN stuff but Akin crossed a line.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (QxSug)

188

What the fuck Hannity are you guys watching? Thought he was on 9 eastern?

Tim, of course.

Is there another Hannity?

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 12:53 PM (TULs6)

189 Akin crossed a line because principled femmy's hear "legitimate rape" and think "hey, that meanie thinks that rape is legitimate."

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 12:54 PM (QxSug)

190 Honey Badger now gives a shit.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 21, 2012 12:54 PM (a0Z8x)

191 @frankthorpNBC Hannity: How would you feel if this distraction results in GOP losing? Akin: "Well obviously terrible." Sure you would.

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 21, 2012 12:54 PM (YjDyJ)

192 he has a radio show

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 12:54 PM (QxSug)

193 Listening to Aiken on Hannity's radio show. This clown is insane. This will be a distraction until the election. He sounds like he won't quit.

Posted by: alans4 at August 21, 2012 12:54 PM (7IRST)

194 190 Angler,

He has gone full Jar Jar....

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 12:55 PM (LRFds)

195 Serenity now! Serenity now!

Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 12:55 PM (9Q7Nu)

196 Palomino!

Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 12:55 PM (9Q7Nu)

197 you know, it occurs to me that phony Warren, as a long time law school prof, really isnt qualified for any other job except senator. maybe she just wants to retire some day with two pensions in return for creating nothing of value.

Posted by: mallfly at August 21, 2012 12:56 PM (bJm7W)

198 You guys be nice, that rape of Juanita was illegitimate so it doesn't count.

Posted by: Billy the raper Clinton at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (O1BLm)

199 Okay, I'm beginning to think that Todd Akin is a liberal plant, just like that "Baptist preacher" Fred Phelps. It goes way back.

I just feel sorry for Akins' family.

Posted by: Craig Poe at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (BVkEs)

200 OT: has anyone ever made Beef Wellington? It's r-a-a-a-a-a-a-aw!!!

Posted by: Gordon Ramsey at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (54vf8)

201 Not that it matters, but if there were a ton of girls getting rape pregnant, then the left would be trotting them out all the time, instead of relying on their shock troop arm, like the Onion, to create fictional joke attacks on Akin.

There's the whole ethnic-cleansing-through-rape thing in your assorted civil wars worldwide, but remember Candidate SCOAMF saying genocide is no reason for Americans to get involved anywhere?

I'd mention a certain medication dispensed to rape victims (who haven't managed to pick them up for free at Student Health) by hospitals conducting rape exams, but I don't want AtC to get twitchy.

Posted by: Little Orphan HeatherRadish at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (/kI1Q)

202

About the only bullet left is for the whole campaign team to resign, but I doubt we are talking about the Murderer's Row of campaign teams here. Isn't it basically his son and family? Mitt came out again. I think Mitt has done all he can. And maybe to his detriment. How do you now answer the question as to "who would you advise Missourians to vote for in the Senate race?"

Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (gmeXX)

203 The GOP as a party is openly hostile to women and soft on rape. Just wanted to send a fuck you to everyone here, hadn't done that in a while. Ahhh, now I feel better. I hope everyone here has a legitimately terrible week.

Posted by: He's a mooslin!!!1!! at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (94Y04)

204 Missouri has moved from toss-up to likely democrat hold per the Cook Political Report.

Posted by: Dr Spank at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (4cRnj)

205

CARNEGIE, Pa. - Paul Ryan said today that President Obama "sort of drops his veil" at times, apparently suggesting the president doesn't always reveal his true beliefs.

"Every now and then President Obama sort of drops his veil, he's less coy about his philosophy. He sort of reveals his true governing policy, what he really believes," Ryan said to a crowd of over 2,000 people.

"Remember this other time where he was caught on video saying, 'People like to cling to their guns and their religion.' Hey, I'm a Catholic deer hunter. I am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion."

Ryan also slammed Barry on his you didn't build that and spread the wealth around comments. Which has to piss the MFM off since they like to ignore these comments by Barry.

"You're going to hear a whole lot of distortions because that's all he (Obama) has to offer."

The Southern Poverty Law Center just classified Paul Ryan as a hate group

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (1Jaio)

206 Obama BFF, Devil Patrick gave $ to a rapist and wrote letters on his behalf to overturn conviction. Conviction upheld and serving life. Ben Laquerre. We need to publish all the Dems' friends that are rapists.

Posted by: madamex at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (e9LVX)

207 Ace: Here's a post about Aiken

Moron Horde: We're bored to death with Aiken! Post something else!

Ace: OK, here's a post about Michigan

Moron Horde: Hey, check out what Aiken is doing!

Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (SY2Kh)

208 maybe she just wants to retire some day with two pensions in return for creating nothing of value.

I have wasted my life.

Posted by: Little Orphan HeatherRadish at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (/kI1Q)

209 I was starting to fell a little more optimistic after Mitt picked Ryan. This Aiken put me in the dumpster again. The course of history may change because of this jacka$$.

Posted by: alans4 at August 21, 2012 12:57 PM (7IRST)

210 Rape invalidated based on review of tape; 5 yards sexual assault victims, still first down.

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 12:58 PM (TULs6)

211 but Akin crossed a line. Posted by: joeindc44

Akin crossed a line because he should know there's a serious double-standard and he stepped in it.

Posted by: SFGoth at August 21, 2012 12:58 PM (dZ756)

212 The Southern Poverty Law Center just classified Paul Ryan as a hate group

Math teachers: you're next.

Posted by: Little Orphan HeatherRadish at August 21, 2012 12:58 PM (/kI1Q)

213 Just the fact that Akin is staying in when the entire world outside his bubble says GTFO makes him unqualified to be a Senator. The clown has an ego and sense of entitlement that we already have too much of inside the Beltway

Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 12:59 PM (wwsoB)

214 @robertcostaNRO RT @tomfitzgerald: About 3,000 in crowd to see @PaulRyanVP in West Chester. pa, on Philly exurbs

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 21, 2012 12:59 PM (YjDyJ)

215 193 Akin crossed a line because principled femmy's hear "legitimate rape" and think "hey, that meanie thinks that rape is legitimate."

The line he crossed was basically saying women couldn't get pregnant from rape because of magic biology protection. So logically if a woman did get pregnant from a rape it must have not been a rape! It must have been consensual because otherwise her magic biology protection would protect her. This is the sort of thing the Taliban would endorse or our new "Allies" running Egypt.

Posted by: naes at August 21, 2012 12:59 PM (4WQJ/)

216

In a weird sorta way, the more he talks the better it can be. It may be hard to paint this guy as a typical Republican when he is certifiably nuts. I'm thinking of Kucinich as a Dem counterpart.

Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 12:59 PM (gmeXX)

217 it's LaGuer

Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 01:00 PM (9Q7Nu)

218 216 The Southern Poverty Law Center just classified Paul Ryan as a hate group

Math teachers: you're next.

Posted by: Little Orphan HeatherRadish at August 21, 2012 04:58 PM (/kI1Q)

I'm sure they've already classified numbers as one.

Posted by: buzzion at August 21, 2012 01:00 PM (GULKT)

219 211 Ace: Here's a post about Aiken
Moron Horde: We're bored to death with Aiken! Post something else!
Ace: OK, here's a post about Michigan
Moron Horde: Hey, check out what Aiken is doing!
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 04:57 PM (SY2Kh)

Yeah, go figure...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 21, 2012 01:00 PM (7GfKM)

220 211 Ace: Here's a post about Aiken

Moron Horde: We're bored to death with Aiken! Post something else!

Ace: OK, here's a post about Michigan

Moron Horde: Hey, check out what Aiken is doing!
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 04:57 PM

It's funny because it's true!

Posted by: Fat Tony at August 21, 2012 01:00 PM (wwsoB)

221

140 Not that it matters, but if there were a ton of girls getting rape pregnant, then the left would be trotting them out all the time, instead of relying on their shock troop arm, like the Onion, to create fictional joke attacks on Akin.

The thing is, there is a line of thought that there aren't that many rape-pregnancy out there. ....

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 04:45 PM (QxSug)

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So then.....if a rape-induced pregnancy is so rare, then why the big objection to the exception?

This is what I have trouble with.

I am pro-life.

And by that I mean...a pregnancy that is the result of a consensual, loving act.

If some barely human scumbag raped me....and got me pregnant....forcing my genetic material to be combined with his, forever....then, you damn betcha I would high-tail it to have that abomination terminated.

And terminated with extreme prejudice.

The good Lord gave me a brain, and I try to use it.

Being forced to gestate against my will is something that I will never be onboard with.

Some may think that I will go to hell for thinking like this...well, so be it.

Posted by: wheatie at August 21, 2012 01:00 PM (mtRB0)

222 It's 5:00 and I'm on a mission from God.

Posted by: Elwood Akin at August 21, 2012 01:00 PM (tOkJB)

223 OT: has anyone ever made Beef Wellington? What's the difficulty factor? I'm pretty experienced in the kitchen and want to make it for Christmas but don't want it to be a royal disaster.

Posted by: DangerGirl at August 21, 2012 04:47 PM (GrtrJ)

THIS!! Thank you DG! I've been breaking my wifes balls to make me some beef wellington ever since Hell's Kitchen first aired and she says its too much a pain in the ass!! WTF the fuck is the big mystery surrounding Beef Wellington???

Posted by: dananjcon wants him some gubmint beef wellington at August 21, 2012 01:00 PM (eavT+)

224

Good news: Doonesbury is riding to the rescue of Fauxcahontas. How can she lose?

Seriously though, we may be a lot closer to some kind of Dem-generated crisis than we imagine. Some pre-election hail-Mary plays we may see:

Packing the SCOTUS

DoJ invalidating or postponing elections

Phoney Romney tax releases

Rumors of right-wing assassination plots

Kiss and make-up with Putin (he'd love to see Barky re-elected)

Posted by: sherlock at August 21, 2012 01:00 PM (6rLSO)

225 yeah. This is tough. Discussing rape pregnancies is really not what this election is about. But I hate the GOP's standard "which republican farted" playbook in which we 1. abandon a republican 2. eat shit for that republican's uncontested failings anyway.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 01:00 PM (QxSug)

226 entrop,

mine, but he did say something about a country singer who's mom was raped.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 01:01 PM (zrpqj)

227 Just to let you H8ers know, I am in no way related to that ignoramus Akin

Posted by: Clay Aiken at August 21, 2012 01:01 PM (/YJYi)

228 So we have another looney-tunes repub. Anyone ever hear of a guy named Michael Bloomberg? That so-called conservative that writes for the NYT? We're (those of us not living in NYC) surviving okay with them around. I've got a name for you people who think all is lost because of Aiken. I'm calling you "losers".

Posted by: Soona at August 21, 2012 01:01 PM (ybosG)

229 Everyone knows rape sperm is weak and lame like Asian athletes.

Posted by: Todd Aiken at August 21, 2012 01:01 PM (4cRnj)

230 I need to see the cross tabs on those polls before I take my head out of the oven. Damn new electric ovens- they just burn my face, don't asphyxiate.

Posted by: naes at August 21, 2012 01:02 PM (4WQJ/)

231 Its bad... the more this guys tries to explain the deeper he digs.

I hope Hannity asks him if he will honor Chairman Priebus' request that he not attend the convention.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 01:02 PM (zrpqj)

232 229 It's 5:00 and I'm on a mission from God.

Posted by: Elwood Akin at August 21, 2012 05:00 PM (tOkJB)

It's only 4:00 in Missouri.

Posted by: God at August 21, 2012 01:02 PM (X6akg)

233 Posted by: He's a mooslin!!!1!! at August 21, 2012 04:57 PM (94Y04)

You'll be happy to hear that I have had a terrible week.

I've tried every manner of medicated shampoo, yet nothing seems to kill the crabs I caught from your mom last weekend.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 01:02 PM (SY2Kh)

234 Every time I see Akin's face I want to strangle him with my bare hands. How FUCKING STUPID CAN YOU FUCKING BE YOU WASTE OF FUCKING LIFE!

Posted by: packsoldier at August 21, 2012 01:02 PM (36mIR)

235 You know who they aren't polling? The attractive and successful folks in Wayne County (Detroit). You know who almost always determines the winner of elections in Michigan? Wayne County.

Republicans always win in Michigan, everywhere except Lansing and Detroit. Those 2 cities decide for the rest of the state.

Posted by: GORDON at August 21, 2012 01:02 PM (n/yEx)

236 All recipes has a (4.5/5 star with 180 reviews) Beef Wellington that takes 30 minutes of prep and 30 minutes of cooking. Of course that recipe calls for a frozen (not from scratch) puff pastry, so maybe that's the time delta.

allrecipes . com/recipe/beef-wellington/

Posted by: bonhomme at August 21, 2012 01:02 PM (9VSWS)

237 Akin must read FreeRepublic because he has his defenders there who believe in the magic rape spermicide

Posted by: Avi at August 21, 2012 01:02 PM (51xVX)

238 **So then.....if a rape-induced pregnancy is so rare, then why the big objection to the exception? ** good point, ugh. Akins is a pro-lifer who doesn't want to concede that point, which is fine. That's not a game ender because ... I empathize with Ace and other cons over this stupid distraction.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 01:02 PM (QxSug)

239 Thanks for the info on the Wellington and the laughs too. You people are crazy and that is why I love this place, despite the tendency to obsess on one freaking thing for days.

Posted by: DangerGirl at August 21, 2012 01:03 PM (GrtrJ)

240 234 So we have another looney-tunes repub. Anyone ever hear of a guy named Michael Bloomberg? That so-called conservative that writes for the NYT? We're (those of us not living in NYC) surviving okay with them around. I've got a name for you people who think all is lost because of Aiken. I'm calling you "losers".

Did you see what he said the other day about sending immigrants to live in Detroit like the fucking Hunger Games to win citizenship? I don't think we lost much when he became an independent.

Posted by: naes at August 21, 2012 01:03 PM (4WQJ/)

241 ......why would Hannity invite him back on after he went Full Jar Jar on Huck....

hey Sean you monotone dork you are REWARDING HIM if Limbaugh couldn't cow him you sure as hell won't...

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 01:03 PM (LRFds)

242 My wife has balls too.

Posted by: bwarney fwank at August 21, 2012 01:03 PM (O1BLm)

243 God love ya, Dana and Chris Loesch, but could you please stop trying to defend this guy because he's running as an R? It's past complaining about double standards, the guy proved that he's an obtuse idiot and a loose cannon

Posted by: kbdabear at August 21, 2012 01:03 PM (wwsoB)

244 >>The clown has an ego and sense of entitlement that we already have too much of inside the Beltway

I honestly don't think that's the case. It's much worse. Those with giant egos and a thirst for power can be persuaded; they can be bought or influenced by ego strokes and other powerful, behind-the-scenes positions.

Aiken, I think, honestly thinks he's being selfless in his stubborness. He's convinced himself that it's not about him, it's about a larger principle - political fallout be damned. He's going to build that ark not because he's proud of it or because he wants the attention - but because he thinks God told him to.

He's dangerous, but not for the usual inside-politics/thirst for power reasons.

Posted by: angler at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (SwjAj)

245 The problem with his comment (sadly) wasn't the "legitimate rape" part. That's actually a fairly benign gaff that could be explained away with an "I sacrificed clarity for the sake of brevity" excuse.

The problem was the whole comment itself. It's not like it's new that the media is going to ask "but what about rape/incest?" whenever you oppose abortion. As a politician it's your job to be prepared for those obvious questions, and Akin simply wasn't. What's his excuse for that?

We already have a Joe Biden, he's in the other party, we don't need one of our own.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (8y9MW)

246

umm, about that rape / pregnancy correlation....

Dude I got kids in England, Scottland, France, Normandy...

Good thing child support won't be invented for another 1,000 years

Posted by: The Vikings at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (W6iIX)

247 OT: has anyone ever made Beef Wellington? What's the difficulty factor? I'm pretty experienced in the kitchen and want to make it for Christmas but don't want it to be a royal disaster.

Posted by: DangerGirl at August 21, 2012 04:47 PM (GrtrJ)

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I've made it a few times for Christmas Eve, and it's really not that bad. You can make the duxelles the day before, so that when it's time to cook you really just have to assemble things. Only problem is the bottom of the puff pastry can get a little soggy. I've read that if you put thinly sliced ham on top of the pastry and under the meat, it won't get soggy. But I've not tried that yet.

Posted by: Yermo at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (E3/4A)

248 Isn't Beef Wellington just a giant beef corndog without the stick?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (tf9Ne)

249 Meanwhile, Dems get head form boys, but no one seems to ask Obama if he condones sucking underage cock.

Posted by: MJ at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (TR60b)

250

170: Talk show hosts will use said politician to boost their own ratings even if that is not in the country's best interest.

Hannity and Rush are not leaders of a political party or movement.They are entertainers / businessmen. They may sometimes advance the cause of the Tea Party, conservatism, the GOP or Saving America but that ain't their prime intent.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (/TMxX)

251 I also learned today that a baby born with hair is not necessarily the product of a dog-fashion copulation.

Posted by: Todd Akin at August 21, 2012 01:04 PM (+lsX1)

252

231 -

As opposed to the the Dem party playbook, in which case guys can tweet pictures of their weenies to underaged girls and get defended to the death.

Yeah, I'd rather support the party that punishes its members for weenie malfunctions.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 21, 2012 01:05 PM (TOk1P)

253

I understand what you are saying.

But would you be gungho to terminate the 'abomination' if he were 3y.o.?

It is a tough issue. No one wants rape victims to have to suffer for 9 months but as a rule we never ever blaim children for anything that their parents have done.

Personally I do not think the morning after pill constitutes abortion so I have an easy out - take the damn pill ASAP if you're raped and don't get pregnant to start with.

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 01:05 PM (TULs6)

254 nood post, but stay here, some of you

Posted by: soothsayer at August 21, 2012 01:05 PM (9Q7Nu)

255 250 Angler,

I think it's a lot simpler, I think Huck is laughing all the way to the bank...

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 01:05 PM (LRFds)

256

for a guy in the House for 24 years this guy can stick his dang foot is his mouth real good

Posted by: J. Biden and this is not my gaff at August 21, 2012 01:05 PM (W6iIX)

257 It seems we're under attack by retards, sir.

Posted by: First Office Reince Priebus at August 21, 2012 01:05 PM (QKKT0)

258 Okay, I'm beginning to think that Todd Akin is a liberal plant, just like that "Baptist preacher" Fred Phelps. It goes way back.

I just feel sorry for Akins' family.

Posted by: Craig Poe at August 21, 2012 04:57 PM (BVkEs)

-------------------------------------------

Could be. It has crossed my mind that the repubs in MO have been McCained.

Posted by: Soona at August 21, 2012 01:06 PM (ybosG)

259 256 Jim in VA,

true that's why I said "business is business" Huckadoodle however....

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 01:06 PM (LRFds)

260 T-Minus 54 minutes (((Missouri))).....

Posted by: Craig Poe at August 21, 2012 01:07 PM (BVkEs)

261 **258 231 - As opposed to the the Dem party playbook, in which case guys can tweet pictures of their weenies to underaged girls and get defended to the death. ** democrats never flinch. and they don't have to follow the law either because the law doesn't apply to them.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 21, 2012 01:07 PM (QxSug)

262 Akin must read FreeRepublic because he has his defenders there who believe in the magic rape spermicide

Most Freepers are somewhere between Joe Biden and Moldy Bread on the IQ scale.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 01:07 PM (SY2Kh)

263 No, when a baby is born with hair, it just means some pubes got in there somehow.

Posted by: Todd Akin at August 21, 2012 01:07 PM (/YJYi)

264

Better happen fast. He said today all his friends have been standing by him.

Posted by: Tami at August 21, 2012 04:49 PM (X6akg)

---------

Todd Akin's Friends: Get out! For God's sake withdraw!

Todd Akin: Thanks you all for your words of support. It means the world to me. I shall press on.

Posted by: Susqua-FLOTUS Hat Company at August 21, 2012 01:07 PM (w41GQ)

265 264 Soona,

Westboro is solid dem, the dems infiltrated churches in this guys' age span as well...

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 01:07 PM (LRFds)

266 they rapin everybody out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBBe0X813z4

Posted by: JackStraw at August 21, 2012 01:08 PM (TMB3S)

267 >>>>if you put thinly sliced ham on top of the pastry and under the meat, it won't get soggy<<<<

Posted by: Quit making the snark so easy at August 21, 2012 01:08 PM (O1BLm)

268 **So then.....if a rape-induced pregnancy is so rare, then why the big objection to the exception? **

Eugenics--the killing of people because one or more parent is "undesirable"--is usually a progg thing.

Posted by: Little Orphan HeatherRadish at August 21, 2012 01:08 PM (/kI1Q)

269

255 -

So what you're saying is, if the Dem state legislator who was caught engaging in pederasty was a Republican, you'd be objecting to all the attention that would have been paid to it?

Posted by: BurtTC at August 21, 2012 01:08 PM (TOk1P)

270 >>I think it's a lot simpler, I think Huck is laughing all the way to the bank...

I doubt it has anything to do with $$ - although that may be a welcome side-effect. I think it's just that birds of a feather flock together.

Posted by: angler at August 21, 2012 01:08 PM (SwjAj)

271 I must say, I am enjoying hearing Akin get read the riot act by Hannity.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 01:09 PM (zrpqj)

272
238 >>229
It's 5:00 and I'm on a mission from God.

Posted by: Elwood Akin at August 21, 2012 05:00 PM (tOkJB)

It's only 4:00 in Missouri.

Posted by: God at August 21, 2012 05:02 PM (X6akg)

I'm hiding out in West Virginia. It's 5:00 here.

Posted by: Elwood Akin at August 21, 2012 01:10 PM (tOkJB)

273 Sean Hannity zinged him on the oversampled PPP poll. Guy has no response.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 01:10 PM (zrpqj)

274 >>>>if you put thinly sliced ham on top of the pastry and under the meat, it won't get soggy<<<<

Posted by: Quit making the snark so easy

----

Omg didn't even occur to me. HA

Posted by: Yermo at August 21, 2012 01:10 PM (E3/4A)

275 Aiken: Bond, Talent, Danforth, Ashcroft, McConnell, Romney - they're all over-reacting.

Posted by: angler at August 21, 2012 01:10 PM (SwjAj)

276 143 They're deploying Scott Walker to Michigan? Smart move. He went to Illinois not long ago and Illinois' response was , "Hey - where's OUR Scott Walker?" Posted by: mama winger in Paul Ryan's district at August 21, 2012 04:45 PM (P6QsQ) Cook County Democraps ate him/her. God, I am so thankful I no longer live there.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 21, 2012 01:11 PM (x5v9i)

277 259 If some barely human scumbag raped me....and got me pregnant....forcing my genetic material to be combined with his, forever....then, you damn betcha I would high-tail it to have that abomination terminated.

I understand what you are saying.

But would you be gungho to terminate the 'abomination' if he were 3y.o.?

It is a tough issue. No one wants rape victims to have to suffer for 9 months but as a rule we never ever blaim children for anything that their parents have done.

Personally I do not think the morning after pill constitutes abortion so I have an easy out - take the damn pill ASAP if you're raped and don't get pregnant to start with.

I feel the key issue for me at least is that there was never an exercise of any sort of choice. If you have consensual sex then too damn bad. Live with the consequences. With rape there's no decision by one of the parties to engage in the behavior which leads to the pregnancy. One party is essentially the other as a petri dish. With the life of the mother, 1 dead person is preferable to 2 dead people. It does sometimes happen that women choose to die in child birth so that they're babies live but such a noble decision should not be forced. Self preservation is too powerful an instinct for most. Just my opinion. Keep in mind rape, incest, life of the mother= less than 5% of all abortions so it is sort of a small issue in the grander scheme of things.

Posted by: naes at August 21, 2012 01:11 PM (4WQJ/)

278 276 Angler,

The Christian Coalition cones out wuth a pro AGW whacko lobbying group, Huckabuck and his lil Mini-Me roll this little gift in our camp, and Akin goes full Jar Jar feeding into every Planned Parenthood negative stereotype about us....

could it all be coincidence?

Sure but if Akin were TRYING to screw us what would be different?

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 01:12 PM (LRFds)

279

237: I hope Hannity asks him if he will honor Cope airman Priebus' request that he not attend the convention.

I hope Priebus will have a couple of Green Bay linebackers stand guard at the entrance to keep him out.

"I'm Todd Akin, attending the convention."

"No you're not."

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at August 21, 2012 01:13 PM (/TMxX)

280

267 -

And?

Personally, I'd rather not be associated with the party that tolerates perverts, racists, serial adulterers and utter idiots.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 21, 2012 01:14 PM (TOk1P)

281 282 Angler,

I'm so awesome and glib I'll win 'em all back I got this....

hey you know chicks wouldn't get raped if they wore skirts past their knees and read the bible...

//Akin

yeah if he were trying to screw us what would be different....?

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 01:14 PM (LRFds)

282 This guy is slow.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 01:14 PM (zrpqj)

283 Angler, at this point its all they can do. I think Mitt's strategy was to get out of this early by applying enough pressure to Akin with the hopes that he would resign. And everyone played along (even the talk-show hosts). The money guys threatened to withhold money. Unfortunately, they did not expect Akin to be crazy enough to say screw it, I'm all in. Sometimes you lose because the crazy guy calls your bluff when he is holding nothing but an ten. Now it looks like a big-overreaction. We will see how this works out. It provides some inoculation, but it may come at a steap price, and now you have lost control over the guy. They could have told him, look we will back you, but here is what you will say and when. I don't know. The plan almost worked perfectly.

Posted by: SH at August 21, 2012 01:15 PM (gmeXX)

284 Akin: We fought two World Wars so that I could continue in my campaign.

Posted by: Serious Cat at August 21, 2012 01:15 PM (zrpqj)

285 Is Mongoloid an appropriate term to use anymore?

Posted by: naes at August 21, 2012 01:16 PM (4WQJ/)

286
Most Freepers are somewhere between Joe Biden and Moldy Bread on the IQ scale.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 21, 2012 05:07 PM (SY2Kh)

I tried to grow moldy bread that was supposed to make penicillin as a grade school science project. All I got was stinky black slime that was way more intelligent than the average Freeper.

There's a good reason why it's nicknamed "The Kook Star."

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 21, 2012 01:17 PM (tOkJB)

287

291 -

Sounds like a True Believer. Oh well, there are 49 other states.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 21, 2012 01:17 PM (TOk1P)

288 Akin is an asshat - Sigh - and the Missouri Libertarian Dine is a dip too.

Posted by: GeneTheHappy at August 21, 2012 01:19 PM (0udxW)

289 There's a reason why you shouldn't touch that 3rd rail.

Posted by: @PurpAv at August 21, 2012 01:19 PM (WnzOT)

290 Is Mongoloid an appropriate term to use anymore?

Posted by: naes at August 21, 2012 05:16 PM (4WQJ/)

No, substitute Mongoloid for Bidenloid

Posted by: YIKES! at August 21, 2012 01:20 PM (Z3bkC)

291 296 PA,

that third rail being electricity I hope?

Posted by: sven10077 at August 21, 2012 01:22 PM (LRFds)

292

Juanita Broderick didn't get pregnant!!! Bill Clinton knew her vajajay would automatically shut down and he took advantage of that fact. They don't call him Slick Willie for nothing.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2012 01:23 PM (m2CN7)

293 The plumber is here. After 30 minutes of consultation and poking around, we've pretty much decided to stop trying to fix the old stuff and just replace it with all new stuff. From the old copper and galvanized and lead to new pex and "tool-free" fittings. Now just waiting for the estimate (and for my wife to stop asking questions). My mind is already made up. rip it all out and never tell f-i-l we undid all his 'help".

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 21, 2012 01:23 PM (HethX)

294 So by Moron Logic we should demand NO boob posts.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 21, 2012 01:23 PM (a0Z8x)

295 Akin and Huckabee are an insult to spiritual men everywhere.

Posted by: Honey the Badger at August 21, 2012 01:24 PM (GvYeG)

296 #293 Did you know scientists from Great Britain had penicillin mold pinned to the inside of their lapels when they secretly traveled to the USA during WWII to conduct further research. Modern Marvels is my favorite show.

Posted by: polynikes at August 21, 2012 01:26 PM (m2CN7)

297

The time is ripe for his kingship.

http://tinyurl.com/ch33lb6

http://tinyurl.com/btcw7kq

Posted by: Obama at August 21, 2012 01:26 PM (wSTfB)

298 I wonder what Akin's take is on anal rape of a woman.

Posted by: 44QuickPassOn2 at August 21, 2012 01:27 PM (EuW9O)

299

No rape exception is a tough sell.

But you know what's an even tougher sell. A grown man who until yesterday thought that sperm has to sign a consent form before it can make a baby. A grown man who until yesterday thought that every single woman who got pregnant from rape 'secretly wanted it.'

That's a tougher sell.

Posted by: Emperor of Icecream at August 21, 2012 01:28 PM (ZMzpb)

300
282 Aiken: Bond, Talent, Danforth, Ashcroft, McConnell, Romney - they're all over-reacting.

Posted by: angler at August 21, 2012 05:10 PM (SwjAj)

Wrong.

They're driving a stake through the heart of the beast so it stays good and dead.

The MFM loves nothing better than a drip-drip-drip Chinese water torture story.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 21, 2012 01:28 PM (tOkJB)

301 Sounds like a True Believer. Oh well, there are 49 other states.

Posted by: BurtTC at August 21, 2012 05:17 PM (TOk1P)

Barry: Aren't you missing a few?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 21, 2012 01:28 PM (1Jaio)

302 Get a judge to commit him?

Posted by: Angry NYPD guy at August 21, 2012 01:29 PM (QVwiS)

303 Hmm...

My last comment just gave me an idea:

The MSM likes to waterboard Republican candidates.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 21, 2012 01:30 PM (tOkJB)

304

259....But would you be gungho to terminate the 'abomination' if he were 3y.o.?

3 yrs old? ....Wtf are you talking about.

I wouldn't let it get that far.

It is a tough issue. No one wants rape victims to have to suffer for 9 months but as a rule we never ever blaim children for anything that their parents have done.

This is circular logic, you know.

Bottom line....this is an extremely personal issue.

Like I said, if I were empregnated by a rape....I would terminate it.

Other women might not.

I think that the option should be available.

Personally I do not think the morning after pill constitutes abortion so I have an easy out - take the damn pill ASAP if you're raped and don't get pregnant to start with.

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 05:05 PM (TULs6)

Well, if I am able to see straight, through the bandages....and walk....or crawl....or by some means get myself to a drugstore after being brutalized, to get the 'morning after pill'....then I would do that.

Because that's not a substance that I keep on hand.

"take the damn pill"....is a really flipant and dismissive attitude, btw.

Posted by: wheatie at August 21, 2012 01:33 PM (mtRB0)

305
300 The plumber is here. After 30 minutes of consultation and poking around, we've pretty much decided to stop trying to fix the old stuff and just replace it with all new stuff. From the oldcopper and galvanized and lead to new pex and "tool-free" fittings.

From a fix-it-upper: DO IT!!!!!

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 21, 2012 01:34 PM (tOkJB)

306 If Heokstra can refrain from saying something stupid, we just might pick up this seat in MI. No more wacky ads, Pete. Slow, steady and professional is the way to go.

Posted by: holygoat at August 21, 2012 01:37 PM (auGuV)

307 What does any of this have to do with Clay Aiken?

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at August 21, 2012 01:39 PM (f8XyF)

308 Posted by: tasker
I dont comment for your entertainment sweety.

Move to russia if you want controlled discourse.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 21, 2012 01:42 PM (ovpNn)

309

Posted by: He's a mooslin!!!1!! at August 21, 2012 04:57 PM (94Y04)

Well, the DNC is openly hostile to the unborn, those who served our country, and taxpayers. They also embrace idiots, full blown racists, pedophiles, and common criminals. So you can keep your DNC, asshole....

Posted by: Crowsting at August 21, 2012 01:45 PM (61BD9)

310 Well Ace, maybe we shouldn't throw up our hands and quit after all, Akin or no Akin.

Posted by: davidinvirginia at August 21, 2012 02:07 PM (qEkGZ)

311
I wonder what Akin's take is on anal rape of a woman.
Posted by: 44QuickPassOn2

"ooooh - Short answer yes with an if, long answer no with a but..."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 21, 2012 03:11 PM (kdS6q)

312 "take the damn pill"....is a really flipant and dismissive attitude, btw. Well that's basically my complaint, 'terminate the abomination' seems like 'a really flipant and dismissive attitude' toward the reality of the situation. But don't try to take me the wrong way, I have an easy out. I'm not telling anyone what to do, I think the pill should be legal. If you are beaten up and can't get to Walgreens, they will (and should in my view) offer it to you at the hospital.

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 03:15 PM (Ci0JG)

313 It would be a great week if it wasn't for Fundie SoCon nonsense. You can tell mainstream conservatives have finally had it with 700 Club wing of the Party, I really don't care if these people sit out elections, at least we can have candidates we're not ashamed of and we can discuss REAL issues. Just remember, if you're daughter or wife was raped, SoCons like Akin would throw a doctor in jail if they were offered a morning after pill.

Posted by: Jam H at August 21, 2012 03:17 PM (VnzzN)

314 I wouldn't let it get that far. Good for you, but what if someone else does? Is a 3 year old abomination still an abomination because his daddy was a rapist?

Posted by: entropy at August 21, 2012 03:18 PM (Ci0JG)

315

Good for you, but what if someone else does?

Not my call.

Is a 3 year old abomination still an abomination because his daddy was a rapist?

I wouldn't know....ask his parents.

Posted by: wheatie at August 21, 2012 03:59 PM (mtRB0)

316

Yes, to the Â“RÂ” column

Michigan!

I believe I may have previously mentioned this.

Ryan helped. A lot.