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Poll: Akin support drops, voters want another candidate
Politico ^
| 8/25/12
| Alexander Burns
Posted on 08/25/2012 10:54:11 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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I know this is from politico, and I also know that the rabid anti-GOPe'rs will be on this thread like white on rice, but the fact remains, that Todd Akin did not make a good first impression.
IMO, he's out creeped Claire McCaskill, and Claire McCaskill has a war chest to keep on her message, that she is not as much a creep as Akin is.
I know, I know, Akin is a good conservative, but he has to live with his words and those words gave McCaskill and the democrats an armory full of ammunition.
To: DallasBiff
Did you know that Obama said his faith in Jesus is not only real, but LEGITIMATE too!
I guess faith isn’t just faith to Obama.
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posted on
08/25/2012 10:58:45 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
To: DallasBiff
60% - 70% of Republicans want a different presidential candidate than Romney.
Are we going to get a replacement?
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posted on
08/25/2012 10:59:46 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
To: P-Marlowe
60% - 70% of Republicans want a different presidential candidate than Romney I doubt your figures, and in my primary, I voted for Gingrich, but can you show me where, Romney said such things as "legitimate rape" or that the female reproductive system shuts down during rape.
To: P-Marlowe
I would replace Romney with Akin.
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:06:20 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(I used to want to change the world. Now, I want to stop the world from changing me.)
To: P-Marlowe
If that’s true WHY is he the nominee with an overwhelming vote>
Or are you just a sour grapes socon?
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:07:29 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
(Tosca, mi fai dimeticare Iddio!!!!!!)
To: DallasBiff
It makes Akin, even though he did apologize, look unwise. It’s not fair, Democrats get away with all manner of palpable B.S. and Akin is called on the carpet for this.
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:08:13 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: Berlin_Freeper
Now that would cause every Democrat and liberal head to explode. Guaranteed.
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:09:13 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: Berlin_Freeper
And most of the country would shoot him down, socon hayseed!
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:09:13 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
(Tosca, mi fai dimeticare Iddio!!!!!!)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Life ain’t fair, pal.
If it was, the Dodgers would still be in Brooklyn.
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:10:45 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
(Tosca, mi fai dimeticare Iddio!!!!!!)
To: Emperor Palpatine
What makes you hate socons so much? Are you a homosexual or an illegal drug user?
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:13:31 PM PDT
by
JediJones
(Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
To: Emperor Palpatine
PS....Akin is the socon hayseed, not you, BF.
But Akin would still lose in a landslide in that situation,
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:14:12 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
(Tosca, mi fai dimeticare Iddio!!!!!!)
To: DallasBiff
What? No barf alert!
(Guess I didn’t get the memo: Still pulling for Akin here.)
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:15:50 PM PDT
by
man_in_tx
(Islam is a Hate Crime. (Blowback: Faithfully farting towards Mecca five times daily!))
To: HiTech RedNeck
It makes Akin, even though he did apologize, look unwise. Its not fair, Democrats get away with all manner of palpable B.S. and Akin is called on the carpet for this I agree, but conservatives are all about first impressions, and Akin, who held a cozy house seat and faced no real opposition, came to face to reality, and he did not do well when he was out of his bubble.
To: DallasBiff
A 9 point difference btw Akin and McCaskill is still too close for Politico and the liberal establishment, particularly given that his comment alienated a great number of female voters. I’m beginning to think he can come back.
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:16:51 PM PDT
by
Crucial
(Tolerance at the expense of equal treatment is the path to tyranny.)
To: FReepers; Patriots
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:17:37 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: DallasBiff
the fact remains, that Todd Akin did not make a good first impression. As a Congressman for 12 years, this wasn't his first impression to a lot of Missourians.
He's not dropping out so it's time for Republicans to give him a second chance and vote for the lesser of two evils, Anybody But McCaskill. If Akin flip-flops on the rape issue that still won't make him 2% the flip-flopper that Romney is.
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:18:09 PM PDT
by
JediJones
(Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
To: Gene Eric
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:23:30 PM PDT
by
stuartcr
("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
To: Emperor Palpatine
Open primaries.
Have you always been a Romneybot?
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posted on
08/25/2012 11:24:19 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
To: JediJones
As a Congressman for 12 years, this wasn't his first impression to a lot of Missourians. Please, he held a safe seat for 12 years, and most Missourians(and Americans in whole) do not even know who their congressman is. Just look at those famous Jay Leno and Sean Hannity interviews.
Face it, Akin said stupid things and the liberal media pounced on it.
Just think if Akin used his brain, and said that the baby should not be killed because of the sin of the father, rather than going into such things as "legitimate rape".
He wouldn't have gone from a lead to a 9 point deficit.
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