Posted on 08/21/2012 10:12:41 AM PDT by doug from upland
Rep. Todd Akin, facing calls to step aside from his bid to challenge Sen. Claire McCaskill, once called for his party's state house leader to resign his leadership post following a drunk driving incident, according to local news reports.
Akin, who used the term "legitimate rape" to argue the false claim that women who are raped don't get pregnant, called on then Missouri House GOP leader, Mark Richardson, to quit his post in 1997.
From the Columbia Tribune:
Republican lawmakers interviewed yesterday said they were expecting Richardson to step aside. ``That is the logical thing, just in terms of keeping our focus on legislation,'' said Rep. Todd Akin, R-St. Louis.
A host of Republican leaders have called on Akin to resign. Sen. John Cornyn has pledged to without NRSC support unless Akin quits the race against the vulnerable Democrat.
Now I am really, really sorry that I thought you were brilliant. Too bad, because we agree on Newt, Sarah, and Allen. Newt/Sarah was my first choice for the ticket.
I am pleased that you liked my answer enough to turn it around for your post. If you continue to have trouble with original thoughts and arguments, you may continue to use mine.
And I am sorry that some of you are licking your wounds after JimRob’s post yesterday. That must have hurt. Don’t worry. You are still allowed to hate Romney, but it makes it a little more difficult to gain more converts here for the hate and it makes you look a little more petty and foolish. JimRob said it best that we care about our country and Obama must be stopped now. Then we take on Romney and fight for our conservative principles.
For anyone who missed it, Hitler is really pissed at JimRob for supporting Romney to stop Obama. The link to the YouTube is here =
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2920777/posts
Even those who are sports fans, post on sports sites, and don’t pay much attention to politics know about this. This is from ESPN, commenting on Maurice Jones-Drew holding out for more money =
Toto1080
I didn’t legitimately rape them, can i get re-trial??
- Jerry Sandusky
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Please, please, please. Anyone from Missouri (or with the Akin campaign) who can privately sit down with Congressman Akin and explain the internet to him, the concept of viral messages like this, and how easy it will be for the DNC to ridicule and destroy him and his family for the next 70+ days. And thereby lose the MO Senate seat.
Does he really want the campaign for the U.S. Senator from Missouri to be ONLY about "legitimate rape" for the next 70+ days rather than the fiscal health of the US, the repeal of 0bamacare, the future appointments to the SCOTUS, etc. Words fail me.
In addition, his obstinancy places control of the Senate of the United States, repeal of 0bamacare, a fiscally responsible national budget, all in grave jeopardy.
Just damn. How can he be so blind and selfish!
His ego has gotten in the way of his brain.
LOL! That reminds me of what my beloved NJ mother used to say: If you had a wish in one hand and a bag of sh!+ in the other, all you'd have was a bag of sh!+
And that's what we have here.
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