“.....The dems “trick” was to get y’all to attack and destroy your own guy, Akin. It seems to be working.”
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“...your own guy, Akin” Yes, once he won the primary my support immediately shifted from Sarah Steelman to Todd Akin. Missouri was one of those rare states where we really “couldn’t lose”—the three main Republican primary candidates were all conservatives and they ALL gave every indication that they could move on and soundly defeat McCaskill in November. I, and most FReepers, were really looking forward to that November victory and its contribution to the makeup of the US Senate in January.
I know that you’re too “committed” to recognize the realities here, but Akin’s campaign wasn’t destroyed by any Democrat “trick...to get y’all to attack and destroy your own guy, Akin”. Akin destroyed any possibility of success for his campaign HIMSELF. He drove a sharp knife deep into the abdomen of his campaign and then repeatedly twisted the knife to destroy the internal organs and any possibility of recovery. He then pored gasoline over himself and his dying campaign and lit a match. HE destroyed his campaign and cannot bring himself to recognize this reality.
Akin (as should his followers such as you) needs to heed the Shakespeare character Polonius’ wisdom when he said:
“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
Akin is not being true to himself, his family, his supposed beliefs or to the people of this country. And he is certainly not being true to the legions of the yet unborn.
I, and most FReepers understand your loyalty to Akin. Loyalty is a fine quality to be admired—but, I need to be honest with you on this, stupidity is not a quality to be admired.
I hope that Akin recovers from the stupidity with which he is currently afflicted. I hope that he recovers in time to allow a conservative replacement to be elected to the Senate this November. And, to a lesser degree, I hope that his misguided followers recover from their denial and the resulting stupidity which is enveloping them and preventing them from seeing and understanding realities.
“Akin is not being true to himself, his family, his supposed beliefs or to the people of this country. And he is certainly not being true to the legions of the yet unborn.”
“I hope that Akin recovers from the stupidity with which he is currently afflicted. I hope that he recovers in time to allow a conservative replacement to be elected to the Senate this November. And, to a lesser degree, I hope that his misguided followers recover from their denial and the resulting stupidity which is enveloping them and preventing them from seeing and understanding realities.”
Well said, very well said!