“I don’t like party hacks”
I’m not saying I like the guy. I usually go with Palin’s picks. But Akins’ position amuses and intrigues me. He may be a party hack, but now, without any party support, he can stick it to the rest of the party hacks should he win. I like it when a guy is in that position and can overcome the odds.
I’m sure this guy would have been Missouri’s senator anyway before his careless remark. And we’d be stuck with him as well as his being beholden to the RNC and its cash. Now, if he wins; it’s all his on his terms with middle finger extended to the RNC. Personally,I don’t think he is done for mostly because his opponent is McCaskill.
It is also interesting that Huckabee is jumping in to raise cash for Akins, and Huckabee has chided the RNC and Crossroads for abandoning Akins.
I’m sure this guy would have been Missouri’s senator anyway before his careless remark. And we’d be stuck with him as well as his being beholden to the RNC and its cash. Now, if he wins; it’s all his on his terms with middle finger extended to the RNC. Personally,I don’t think he is done for mostly because his opponent is McCaskill.
It is also interesting that Huckabee is jumping in to raise cash for Akins, and Huckabee has chided the RNC and Crossroads for abandoning Akins.
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Interesting take. I like the possibilities.
I honestly think a lot of the anti-Akins hysteria wave (unlike anything I have ever seen previously among the Republicans) reeks of anti- “old, Christian, conservative white guy” paranoia — meaning that the Libs have Republicans trained like Pavlov’s dogs to react in the liberally-approved way to someone such as Akins.
Has Ann Coulter ever called Sen Schumer a “selfish swine?” How about Obama? But, apparently, she has referred to Akins in those terms on national TV.
Frankly, I am amazed that the vast majority of posters on FR are joining the Romney-/GOPe-endorsed pile-on to crush Akins — a man who, despite his faults — is far better than the likes of Scott Brown, or the RINOettes from Maine.
I am not for leaving our wounded on the battlefield.
I will send my gifts to Akins before I send them to RINO John Cornyn’s RNSC.