This whole argument over Todd Akin within the GOP over whether Akin should bow out of his fairly-earned nomination wouldn't even be necessary if the electorate in Missouri - and presumably in just about every state - was not so dumb that so many would change their vote from Akin to McCaskill on the basis of one gaffe for which he sincerely apologized.
The same thing apparently happened in Virginia in 2006 when George Allen uttered the word "macaca," a word that 99.9 percent of the voters probably never heard of before.
Now who is more of a fool: a candidate like Akin or Allen or a significant percentage of the electorate who would change their vote because of some otherwise trivial mistake by the candidate that the opposition and its lackeys attack like wolves devouring a carcass?
The MSM and the 'Rat Party think that the electorate is stupid (just as Rush Limbaugh said the other day) and it seems that the electorate doesn't usually disappoint them. That's one of the main reasons why the country in such trouble.
You’re correct, of course, Akin is a very serious legislator who made one verbal gaffe. He hasn’t done anything illegal, immoral or unethical. But the DNC lackeys at MSNBC are in full attack mode over that one verbal gaffe.
The truly sad thing about all this is that the Democrats’ “Republican war on women” propaganda had finally started to go away. Akin has single-handedly given their propaganda a new lease on life and it will last until the election. For that reason, he’s got to go. We need to capture more of the women’s vote at all levels, especially the presidential election.
The democrats have long since learned that the republicans will eliminate themselves with just the right prodding. remember Trent Lott and his “horrifying” comment?
Here in Michigan they’re squealing that Pete Hoekstra wants to stop people from voting for senators. What he actually said was that he would like to see the 17th amendment overturned. Thankfully he isn’t about to apologize just like he didn’t apologize over the Asian ad back in the spring.
We’ve got to treat democrats the same way we should be treating muslims. Neither respects weakness.
His first mistake was to make the remark. His second was to apologize for it. Once you apologize, the box is opened, and all the forces of of evil are loosed to make angry chimp noises about the remark that you already apologized for, and drown you out. You will never escape from an apology, because it puts the focus of the campaign, the media and the opposition on the remark, more about the remark, and nothing but the remark. They’ll want to know what ever possessed you to make such a dumb remark in the first place, whether your apology was truly sincere, and whether you’ve ever made similar remarks in the past. It never ends. Once you apologize, it’s over except for the screaming.
What to do about a macaca moment? Give a half-assed explanation about what you “really meant,” sufficiently vague to mean anything, and announce some bold initiative that totally steals the spot light from the remark. Those who keep harping on the remark will then be seen as narrow-minded partisans who can’t get over a simple gaffe and are stuck in the past. The focus will instead be on the merits of this bold initiative, whatever it is. And this is the law of the jungle.
No Missouri conservative is going to change his vote.
Many moderate women we were counting on to remove Claire Frightwig from office are no longer going to be counted in the GOP column. And, this could spread to the presidential ticket, too, if it hasn't already.
That's the big picture.
That's why Capt. Ahab must go.
Yes. I agree with you.
Yet, Hillary and Biden can talk as if they are wearing Blackface in a Minstrel Show, and they get away with it.
Go Figure.
Mark
Thanks for the ping!
Thanks justiceseeker93, well said.