Posted on 08/22/2012 7:00:46 PM PDT by Tau Food
The Rinos did a great job doing that conservative in.”
Akin did himself in with his comment.
And Levin, Rush, hannity, Coulter, National Review, TAS, Michelle Malkin ... these are not RINOs, this is practically every conservative of note, who is stating the obvious:
- Akin’s comments were ignorant and insensitive to such an extent that he will lose significant support (indep women)
- As a result, Akin is now down 10 points (latest ras poll), he is unelectable
- the best thing for the party, conservatives, prolife movement and the country is to get a better candidate in there who can win against McCaskill; Akin cant.
this is common sense stuff. do we want to win a seat or lose it?
“This is was conservative they needed to shut down -their only real political enemy in the country. “
The liberal media are the ones who made this wall-to-wall and they will keep it up so long as the Democrats can get mileage out of making conservatives out to be idiots.
Democrats want Akin in there, they love to run against him; that’s why Democrats pumped money in to help Akin in the primary.
We *are* idiots if we allow Akins’ stupid words to become our words as well. That is why other republicans rushed to condemn the comments, as they were worthy of condemnation and no sensible Republican or conservative would want to be associated with them.
“Bachmann handles herself very well, and she’s under relentless attack.”
Sometimes, but her pres. campaign imploded with her vaccine - retardation comment.
“So far, I haven’t seen much I disagree with Akin about politically...he strikes me as a solid conservative. That alone is not enough. What’s the point if he can’t beat McCaskill?”
Exactly!
What’s the point of a guy who agrees with you 100% if he cant articulate his position to win converts, votes and elected office? Makes gaffes hurts the cause.
And even if Akin is a good guy, he’s not the strongest candidate and it is selfish and dangerous for him to insist on staying if there are better candidates from the primary like Brunner who can fill in.
I just checked your profile page to see if maybe you were from Missouri and therfore knew something I didn’t. Guess what I found.
“Never give in, Never give in, never, never, never .. “ - Winston Churchill, October 1941.
Guess that only works when it’s convenient. Our generation is gutless. We should be fighting ALL of this tooth and nail, but instead, we are laying down and issuing an invitation to walk all over us...again.
This is a very sad state of affairs.
Like Brunner you say?
http://www.kmov.com/news/mobile/Brunner-backs-Romney-during-Missouri-Senate-debate-161661425.html
Brunner backs Romney during Missouri Senate debate .
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 8:31 AM
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri businessman John Brunner enthusiastically endorsed Mitt Romney for president Friday night, but his two rival GOP Senate candidates appeared more hesitant to do so as they clashed during the first — and perhaps last — televised debate before the August primary election.
Brunner, who like Romney is a wealthy businessman, praised the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as “just the kind of leader we need right now” when he was asked during the debate whether Romney was conservative enough for him.
U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, who repeatedly cast himself as Missouri’s most conservative congressman during the debate, said he was **”just going to wait and see, issue by issue, for what he does” before deciding whether to support Romney. As he did with former President George W. Bush, Akin said he would support Romney sometimes but oppose him if he tries to increase bureaucracy.
Former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman, who has the endorsement of the Tea Party Express, largely avoided a direct answer about her support for Romney, instead stressing: “I have fought the establishment from day one of my political career.” A Steelman spokesman later said that like Akin, she would work with Romney on an issue-by-issue basis.
The three Republicans will compete in an Aug. 7 primary for the right to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in the November election. Missouri’s Senate race is one of several close contests around the nation that could help determine whether Republicans can wrest control of the Senate away from Democrats. It already has attracted millions of dollars of TV advertising from interest groups.
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But the candidates clashed when they accused one another of distorting each other’s professional backgrounds and positions on issues.
Brunner, who previously contributed money to Akin’s congressional campaigns, has been running TV ads claiming Akin and Steelman were “manufacturing debt” by votes they took as federal and state lawmakers. On Friday, Brunner accused “my good friend Congressman Akin” of “working to introduce a bill requiring all Americans to purchase health care” in 2009 — similar to the insurance mandate in Obama’s 2010 health care law that the Republican candidates roundly denounced. Brunner later cited a February 2009 article in the online St. Louis Beacon publication backing up that claim.
Akin did not directly challenge the assertion during the debate, but declared of Brunner: “He’s got a mud factory going.” Akin campaign spokesman Ryan Hite said afterward that the congressman’s staff had studied the potential for a health insurance mandate but Akin ultimately decided against it and never introduced such legislation.
Steelman sought to turn the criticism to Brunner. **She highlighted that he had contributed money to St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, a Democrat whom she described as “pro-abortion, anti-gun and pro-Obama.” Brunner said Dooley was a friend who understands the issues for minorities and jobs and had met with Brunner at his Vi-Jon manufacturing plant, which makes personal health care products.
REPEAT:
**She highlighted that he had contributed money to St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, a Democrat whom she described as “pro-abortion, anti-gun and pro-Obama.” Brunner said Dooley was a friend who understands the issues for minorities and jobs and had met with Brunner at his Vi-Jon manufacturing plant, which makes personal health care products.
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Yep. That’s the ticket.
Without a Senate majority we will be hobbled, and MO race may be all the difference. Akin will lose and be hated by conservatives and Republicans for giving Obamacare a new lease on life.
I appreciate your careful wording and indeed the lack of any ad hominem here. I am unable to name the poster and apologize for using one of his points. Perhaps later I can credit them. It was posed that if voters did not like the Democrat incumbent and originally liked Akin, how does that translate to a vote FOR that lady?
I certainly concede that if the Rasmussen poll is anywhere near accurate, it poses an awful body blow to the Republican cause. Rasmussen does have a pretty fine reputation.
I have projected that this could all fizzle and will return to another thread 1:00 pm Est next thursday. Perhaps it might be clearer then. If not, and one cannot discount the Alinsky like juggernaut of much of the MSM- yes, Todd Akin may have to make a decision. Let us hope it is for the good of the Republic. Not just for the Republicans.
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