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Per HUMAN EVENTS: Akin to hold prayer vigil
Facebook ^ | 8/20

Posted on 08/20/2012 3:17:47 PM PDT by TheBigB

Source: Rep Todd Akin to hold a prayer vigil, decide his Senate race future tonight.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: akin; missouri; mo2012; rape; sarahsteelman; toddakin
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To: TheBigB

So he has to prove to us once again that he is pious?

Just go away Akin.
If you want to pray, pray.
There is no need to make the church a campaign backdrop.


21 posted on 08/20/2012 3:43:23 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Sooth2222

Seems your tagline fits perfectly!
Why do we always select the dumb ones!!


22 posted on 08/20/2012 3:45:44 PM PDT by wyowolf
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To: Sooth2222

I hope you are right. We have to win the presidency AND the Senate to have a prayer of defeating Obamacare, and if we don’t, America is finished.

The Dems chunked Toricelli in NJ for Lautenburg and won anyway, but then again NJ is one of those states where a huge chunk of the population would vote for a 3 legged, 1 eyed dog, just because it was a Democrat.


23 posted on 08/20/2012 3:46:26 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: MachIV

Krauthammer just called Akin “unbelievably stupid” and called for him to stand down.


24 posted on 08/20/2012 3:47:34 PM PDT by PhxTM06
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To: TheBigB

I pray that he drops out.


25 posted on 08/20/2012 3:49:43 PM PDT by KansasGirl ("If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."--B. Hussein Obama)
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To: elephant

I wouldn’t presume to know what’s in his soul. That’s irrelevant anyway. He’s running for Senator, not Pastor. It’s his judgment that’s in question, not his piety.


26 posted on 08/20/2012 3:50:21 PM PDT by Argus
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To: TheBigB

I really hope you’re right.


27 posted on 08/20/2012 3:50:21 PM PDT by Random_User_250 ("Democracy is indispensable to socialism." -- Vladimir Lenin)
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To: PhxTM06

“Krauthammer just called Akin “unbelievably stupid” and called for him to stand down.”

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The right call by the wrong person. Krauthammer voted for Obama in 2008. Hardly the person to call anyone else “unbelievably stupid.”


28 posted on 08/20/2012 3:54:39 PM PDT by peyton randolph (Mitt has more views on an issue than he has pairs of magic underpants)
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To: elephant
How would you know what is in a person’s soul anyway?
I suppose you can tell by what they stand up for. For instance, I like this quote from Bobby Jindal:
In my view there is an easy, universal barometer we can use to evaluate all cultures: how do they treat their most vulnerable members...those whom Jesus so aptly referred to as 'the least of these'? I would go so far as to say that a society that does not...defend the defenseless, [protect] all human life, is really not a civilized society after all. As for all my pro-choice friends out there, we can agree to disagree...and keep on arguing (until I win). --Bobby Jindal, from Leadership and Crisis

29 posted on 08/20/2012 4:04:03 PM PDT by mlizzy (And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell others not to kill? --MT)
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To: TheBigB

The Republicans Crossroads PAC just announced that they have withdrawn 5 million in proposed spending from the Akin campaign thus making Claire McCaskill’s campaign the biggest single entity in spending funds to support his candidacy in the primary.McCaskill can kiss that 2 million goodby in her attempts to position a dummy candidate against her.


30 posted on 08/20/2012 4:05:26 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: Argus

Apparently the state of his health too, since he has “hoof in mouth disease”.


31 posted on 08/20/2012 4:23:33 PM PDT by nomad
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To: TheBigB

Of course he’s going to step down. He’s a Republican.


32 posted on 08/20/2012 4:29:40 PM PDT by andyk (Go Juan Pablo!)
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To: TheBigB

I wonder if he switches parties after this.


33 posted on 08/20/2012 4:33:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: chuckee

Demand any national funding of his campaign be repaid within 10 days.... that should help Todd Atkin see the light....


34 posted on 08/20/2012 4:36:18 PM PDT by ptsal (E)
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To: mlizzy
Orrr, there's the chance he's really praying about this. Not everyone is so "political." If it was Huckabee, Santorum, or Jindal, I'd say they were truly praying. I don't know if Akin is in their same league, faith-wise, but I know for sure (based on his history) Romney is not. :) I have no idea either, but this guy sounds like Cliff Robertsons' president in "Escape from LA." I have nothing at all against prayer. Actual, honest prayer and contrition. Politicians? Meh....
35 posted on 08/20/2012 4:45:27 PM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: mylife

Get up on the wrong side of the bed today?


36 posted on 08/20/2012 5:00:09 PM PDT by elephant
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To: elephant

Not at all.


37 posted on 08/20/2012 5:24:02 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: TheBigB
Hey B! Hope all's been well with you, FRiend.

A candle light vigil? SERIALLY? Please Louise. Will he be passin' round the basket?

38 posted on 08/20/2012 5:54:00 PM PDT by Miss Behave (All ways, always.)
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To: Miss Behave
Howdy Miss B! :D I'm doing well, thanks.

I do hope he just decides to withdraw. This is a distraction that is not needed at all right now...

39 posted on 08/20/2012 7:12:07 PM PDT by TheBigB (Hippie liberal chick: "What do I do about birth control?" Me: "Just use your personality.")
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To: TheBigB
Or maybe he's a Christian who prays before making a decision.

It's not the worst place to be, going in front of one's Creator saying, "Lord, I attempted to stand up for the most vulnerable of your children and made a dreadful hash of it". It's unfortunate, but no serious person believes the incident reflects negatively on Akin in any way except his commmunication or political skill.

40 posted on 08/20/2012 8:23:20 PM PDT by Skulllspitter
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