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Todd Akin's Sinking Ship (inside info -- the real reason he MUST GO)
wall street journal ^ | 8-2012 | (comments by DFU)

Posted on 08/20/2012 6:44:29 PM PDT by doug from upland

THE ARTICLE

COMMENTS: Here is the real problem. My own investigation reveals the following:

1 - one night he was drunk and partying with young women; he drove off a bridge, ran away like a coward, did not get help for 8 hours, and let the young woman die in an air pocket in 6 feet of water

2 - at a conference, he brutally bit and raped a nursing home operator and told her to put ice on it

3 - in his office, he assaulted a woman pleading for a job whose husband had just died

4 - on Easter Sunday, he showed off his Bible for photo ops in the morning, then got a BJ from an intern in his office right after church

5 - he exposed himself to a woman brought to his hotel room by troopers and told her to kiss it

6 - he gave government jobs in exchange for sex

7 - he had thugs slash a woman's tires, kill her cat, and threaten the lives of her children if she testified in a sexual harassment case

8 - he and his brother had sex and cocaine parties with underage girls

9 - behind the scenes, his evil satanic wife threatened women who might come forward and cause him grief

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012electionbias; abortion; akin; clintonscandals; democratscandals; dnctalkingpoints; doublestandard; drivebymedia; hypocrites; kennedyscandals; macacamoment; missouri; obamascandals; peckingparty; pravdamedia; raperape; senate; witchhunt
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To: Gene Eric; Cyber Liberty
> I would hope he would have worked out how he would respond to these matters in advance I completely agree.

Maybe he figured since Mitt Romney didn't prepare to answer the tax return question in the South Carolina debate, Republicans didn't have to prepare for things this year.

US election 2012: Mitt Romney booed over tax returns during South Carolina debate

121 posted on 08/20/2012 9:19:40 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: JediJones

Ah, of course, you tried to help me :-)


122 posted on 08/20/2012 9:20:44 PM PDT by paudio (Two stubborn facts remain: (1) Romney is better than 0bama, and (2) Romney is the Republican Nominee)
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To: Radiarm
There is NO WAY Akin’s comments could be taken out of context. He screwed up.

They're not only taking his comments out of context, they're taking the MEANINGS out of his words. The Dems are saying he was trying to say some rapes are "legitimate," meaning "good!" I don't know how you GET more out of context then claiming someone meant something that they didn't say.

123 posted on 08/20/2012 9:22:16 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: doug from upland
Don't watch CNN or you'll hear Maddow claiming that Republicans now
condone rape.
124 posted on 08/20/2012 9:22:26 PM PDT by MaxMax
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To: Radiarm

In fact the Dems’ attacks are so outrageous, over-the-top, and implausible, that I think Akin is virtually guaranteed to win this race if he stays in. People are going to be disgusted by the idea that the Dems would smear a good man who made one simple verbal mistake that could’ve happened to anyone.


125 posted on 08/20/2012 9:24:49 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: Radiarm
The party voters have chosen their candidates. Let the campaign play out. All campaigns have risks. There is no sure thing. It's politics.

But I will guarantee this. The more hypocritical putznosed RINO Republicans make demands of the Missouri political process, the more the grassroots in Missouri will react and give them just what they don't want, and the GOP will have only itself to blame. Take that for what it is worth.

126 posted on 08/20/2012 9:25:13 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: JediJones
Get out of my party.

LOL! Kicking people out of the party are we now? I knew it would only be a matter of time.

127 posted on 08/20/2012 9:30:21 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: JediJones

Sorry for injecting some realism into this. As people have already pointed out, Gaffes like this DESTROY candidates. If I have to choose between a RINO or a democrat, I’ll vote RINO every time and lose no sleep knowing I have betrayed my values. It’s no wonder the Dems always have an advantage. They see us an an enemy to be defeated, but we don’t see them in the same way. In the words of Cobra...

“As long as we have to play by these bull**** rules and they don’t, we’re gonna lose”


128 posted on 08/20/2012 9:32:57 PM PDT by Radiarm
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To: JediJones

It’s not a matter of being consistent.

Romney’s got nothing to do with this. Romney may not win in November but we still have a decent chance of winning the Senate. We’ll need a majority in the Senate to offset a second term for Obama.

If you hate Romney, that’s fine. But you’re using him as a foil to excuse commentary uttered by a Senate candidate in Missouri.


129 posted on 08/20/2012 9:33:05 PM PDT by MplsSteve (General Mills is pro-gay marriage! Boycott their products!)
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To: JediJones

The Dems are twisting the comments? No surprises there, but come on, even you have to admit, what he said not only feeds a negative narrative, but also was factually false. He made a statement based on false logic and also worded it terribly. If this was in any way salvageable, other senators would not be rebuking his comments.


130 posted on 08/20/2012 9:33:05 PM PDT by Radiarm
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To: JediJones
Rush is back tomorrow. His only chance is a do over after his poor showing on Hannity. He needs to say either 1 - he was differentiating between a woman who was really raped vs. one who was making such claim to get an abortion.....in this case legitimate meaning a real claim of rape, not just making it up... or 2 - he was differentiating between actual violent rape and statutory rape

Will it be good enough? Who knows.

131 posted on 08/20/2012 9:33:27 PM PDT by doug from upland (Just in case, it has been reserved: www.TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
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To: Uncle Chip

100% correct. Don’t hold your breath for a reply. He/she has said they don’t read replies.


132 posted on 08/20/2012 9:36:20 PM PDT by 1035rep (Obama: "I killed Bin Laden" ...you didn't do that. Somebody else made that happen.)
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To: MplsSteve
If you hate Romney, that’s fine. But you’re using him as a foil to excuse commentary uttered by a Senate candidate in Missouri.

I'm using Romney to prove my thesis that Christian conservatives get thrown under the bus by the GOP elites for stuff that RINOs never would. If Romney said the exact same thing, they'd be explaining it away as a simple mistake and there would be no calls to take him out of the race.

133 posted on 08/20/2012 9:38:09 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: Uncle Chip

Uncle Chip, rarely have I read such a pile of you know what as in your Post #110.

The polling out of Missouri has already shown a decline in Akin’s numbers.

As much as you go on and on about the elitist’s “choice”, you really have no clue as to who will be chosen - that is, if Akin gets out. You act like they’re gonna choose Lincoln Chaffee or Olympia Snowe to be the nominee. Give it a rest until you know for sure.

As for your last comment, your paranoia (or ignorance) is showing. The so-called “moderates” and elitists” didn’t do this to Todd Akin. He did it to himself. You act like there was some cabal of conspiracists who had this set up all along because GASP, they couldn’t tolerate a conservative. If Akin had kept his mouth shut, there wouldn’t have been a problem.


134 posted on 08/20/2012 9:42:10 PM PDT by MplsSteve (General Mills is pro-gay marriage! Boycott their products!)
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To: Radiarm
No surprises there, but come on, even you have to admit, what he said not only feeds a negative narrative, but also was factually false.

Romney's entire life feeds a negative narrative about Republicans. And there's nothing false about him passing on what he's heard from doctors. He never claimed he knew it was true, just saying from what he understood, this is what he thought might be the case. And then he said he's putting that aside, since it isn't necessarily or always true. The guy couldn't have qualified his statements any more under the "maybe" banner, yet people keep claiming he made some bold proclamation.

135 posted on 08/20/2012 9:42:52 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: JediJones

“..my thesis that Christian conservatives get thrown under the bus by the GOP elites for stuff that RINOs never would.”

There is no double standard. Akin threw himself under the bus. Akin did this to himself. He made the ultimate asinine statement.

If this were 2002 and Romney, while running for Governor, made a comment like Akin made, he’d have been pilloried for it.


136 posted on 08/20/2012 9:48:51 PM PDT by MplsSteve (General Mills is pro-gay marriage! Boycott their products!)
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To: MplsSteve
There is no double standard. Akin threw himself under the bus. Akin did this to himself. He made the ultimate asinine statement.

Please. He used an accurate, but ambiguous word that could be interpreted different ways, and is being done so disingenuously by Democrats and even some Republicans who want to roast him because he's a Christian conservative. End of story. That's the truth. Any other interpretation is totally bogus and has no basis as far as I'm concerned. Akin is far more likely to win his election than Romney, so I say we sign a petition to make Romney quit.

137 posted on 08/20/2012 9:56:56 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: doug from upland
'the grand slam of screwups' was when Bush 1 looked at his watch during his debate with Clinton. The MSM jumped in and wouldn't let go,and down went Bush.

Today with the inter net we have a different situation. We picked him and can beat the Democrats on the issue. IMO I'm tired of the abortion debate, but Akin to his credit isn't.

138 posted on 08/20/2012 10:09:25 PM PDT by duckln
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To: doug from upland

No, we are not in disagreement. Character really does matter to the GOP. To be sure, the standard of measurement is unevenly applied - sadly, but we cannot stand rank illegality, immorality, or unethical practice ... and just plain stupid unawareness - as in the case of VP Joe BiteMe or the current object of attention, Todd Akin - is not looked upon with favor.

Whereas the left cares only about power, as history has shown again and again.


139 posted on 08/20/2012 10:23:39 PM PDT by Belteshazzar (We are not justified by our works but by faith - De Jacob et vita beata 2 +Ambrose of Milan)
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To: paudio

Senator Brown, that’s the guy who posed nude in Playboy?


140 posted on 08/20/2012 10:30:40 PM PDT by duckln
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