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The GOP Akin Problem Is Worse than They Think
Dianawest.net ^ | 8/24/2012 | Diana West

Posted on 08/25/2012 12:09:20 PM PDT by kreitzer

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To: Syncro

My judgement on who is solid has been reaffirmed hundreds of times as the zot cannon has roared.

Trolls are not real freepers, and the Anti-Akin gang are all trolls, and every one of them will have their electronic escargot moment. You don’t win elections by attacking your candidate.

The tagling will probably go when they are history.


221 posted on 08/26/2012 6:29:08 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: WOSG

>> “ Rape does NOT lead to lower fertility rates” <<

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Specifically, all stress leads to lower fertility rates.

That fact is written up in loads of fertility clinic sylibi that are handed out to patients every day.

You’re so full of hatred for Christian conservatives that you’re happy to make a fool of yourself to diss them.

You’ll get your day.


222 posted on 08/26/2012 6:45:43 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

>> “ Rape does NOT lead to lower fertility rates” <<

“Specifically, all stress..”
Specifically, this is about rape pregnancy statistics, not ‘stress’. Here they are:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8765248
The national rape-related pregnancy rate is 5.0% per rape among victims of reproductive age (aged 12 to 45). This is neither higher nor lower than the overall fertility rate.

Why do you insist on digging a hole in being wrong? Akin at least apologized and moved on. Why do you insist on arguing such a pointless non-fact? It only hurts Akin to dwell on this. Rape victims can get pregnant. At the same rate as in other cases of having sex. Period. Full stop.

“You’re so full of hatred ..”
Sad. You are 100% wrong. As a Christian and conservative, I neither hate myself nor my conservative friends who share political and world-views. I certainly dont hate you, even you are so rude here. It is sad that you attack people personally, but that always happens when people are losing the argument.


223 posted on 08/26/2012 8:52:45 PM PDT by WOSG (REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMA. He stole AmericaÂ’s promise!)
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To: Syncro
If Brown is your kind of politician, fine.

I prefer conservatives.

I prefer to have control of the Senate in GOP hands next year. Reelecting Scott Brown makes that more likely than electing Fauxcahontas Warren. So, RINO that he is, he'll have my vote. I vote for outcomes, not on principle. Voting on principle is for children.

224 posted on 08/26/2012 10:07:16 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: WOSG

The documented evidence proves you wrong (as usual).

And Ryan correct.

Your agenda is showing.


225 posted on 08/27/2012 7:52:12 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: cynwoody
I vote for outcomes, not on principle. Voting on principle is for children.

Well, I am 7 yrs old.

When can I plan on losing my principles? When did it happen for you?

226 posted on 08/27/2012 10:07:32 AM PDT by Syncro (The Tea Party is Dead!--MSM/Dems *** Long Live The Tea Party!***)
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To: editor-surveyor
the Anti-Akin gang are all trolls

Well then go to each of their last posts and push the abuse buttons on them.

Gonna stand by your convictions, and prove your statement correct?

If all you turn in get zotted I will admire you soooo much!

227 posted on 08/27/2012 10:13:06 AM PDT by Syncro (The Tea Party is Dead!--MSM/Dems *** Long Live The Tea Party!***)
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To: Syncro

Down at your IQ level, that probably seems like a plan...


228 posted on 08/27/2012 12:10:32 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

The documented evidence proves you wrong and you assert the opposite. You are using the ol’ “ignore the facts and declare victory” mode of argument. Hilarious.

“’And Ryan correct.”

WTF. Ryan and I agree, and Akin does as well, as per his apologies.

“Your agenda is showing.” Mine is common sense truth. You are trying to embarrass conservatives by insisting on claiming myth is fact. You believe what you myths you want, but dont smear conservatives by attaching it to our movement.


229 posted on 08/27/2012 12:20:07 PM PDT by WOSG (REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMA. He stole AmericaÂ’s promise!)
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To: editor-surveyor

If you are not going to turn those in that you call trolls, then they are not trolls.

The term troll is misused a lot on this forum.


230 posted on 08/27/2012 12:36:26 PM PDT by Syncro (The Tea Party is Dead!--MSM/Dems *** Long Live The Tea Party!***)
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To: DallasBiff
Look in the mirror man, don't conservatives deserve better than a conservative gaffe prone Joe Biden clone.

We all know what Joe Biden is capable of, so if Akin is as bad as Biden, why don't you give us a list of his gaffes from the past, since there must be many to choose from.

231 posted on 08/27/2012 12:52:29 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: Fresh Wind
We all know what Joe Biden is capable of, so if Akin is as bad as Biden, why don't you give us a list of his gaffes from the past, since there must be many to choose from.

I will quote Barney Fife, "nip it in the bud", and IMO, Todd Akin is a conservative Joe Biden in the making.

232 posted on 08/27/2012 1:05:36 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Just as I thought. You can’t.


233 posted on 08/27/2012 1:30:45 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: Syncro

Not my job to “turn in” anybody, just to draw out their disloyalty for all to see.

I bet you were a hall monitor when you were a kid, with a whistle and a ticket pad.


234 posted on 08/27/2012 5:33:45 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: DallasBiff; Diamond; donozark; Eric in the Ozarks; Charles Henrickson; JediJones; xzins; ...
213 posted on Sun Aug 26 2012 00:31:20 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by DallasBiff: “Look in the mirror man, don't conservatives deserve better than a conservative gaffe prone Joe Biden clone.”

232 posted on Mon Aug 27 2012 15:05:36 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by DallasBiff: “I will quote Barney Fife, ‘nip it in the bud,’ and IMO, Todd Akin is a conservative Joe Biden in the making.”

Yes, but look how many times Biden got re-elected. His constituents liked the way he voted and learned to tolerate his tongue.

I'm not happy at all with Akin’s idiotic comment. We can say a lot about him not being “ready for prime time.” While I voted for him in the primary and I share virtually all of his social conservative agenda, and even his core Calvinist theology (I'm a member of a considerably more conservative Reformed church than his PCA), I wish we had a better nominee now.

For better or for worse, we don't.

It looks like Akin is going to remain the nominee and there's probably nothing any of us can do about it. By now, pretty much every Republican who wants to distance himself or herself from Akin has had plenty of opportunity to do so.

I can see the point of Republicans trying to convince Akin to pull out — not saying I agree after the first deadline passed last week, but I see the point. If the Republican anti-Akin attack keeps up once it is clear that he won't pull out, it will help nobody but McCaskill.

To borrow a phrase from the moderate wing of the Republican Party: “Circular firing squads don't work.” Or are only RINOs allowed to say things like that? ;-)

235 posted on 08/27/2012 6:26:29 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
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To: editor-surveyor
Disloyalty:

(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)

236 posted on 08/27/2012 6:50:58 PM PDT by Syncro (The Tea Party is Dead!--MSM/Dems *** Long Live The Tea Party!***)
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To: darrellmaurina
I want to thank you for your civil reply.

I saw the recent poll by the FRC showing Akin up by 3 points, and the political demographics look legitimate, that said, The bunker mentality the Akin camp on FR turned off a lot of people. Attacking people knee jerkingly and being overly pious is not the way to go.

We can have a discussion about abortion and I'm paraphrasing Tony Snow when he subbed for Rush, "abortion is an icky subject" and it is, IMO.

The pro-life movement, IMO, does best when they talk about the positive aspects of the pro-life position, and not delve and pontificate into such issues as rape.

That is what Todd Akin did, and it turned a lot of people off.

Now the big test is if Todd Akin can focus on Claire McCaskill, and her failures, and not be bitter, about the firestorm he himself caused.

237 posted on 08/29/2012 2:33:55 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff
Thank you, DallasBiff, for your note. I believe it is important to remember that conservatives need each other eve n if we disagree on some items.

You mentioned the most recent poll data. That Family Research Council-commissioned poll is discussed here, for those who may be interested:

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/246475-akin-leads-mccaskill-in-family-research-council-commissioned-poll

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/08/family-research-council-poll-akin-still-a-contender-133624.html

And the campaign's comments:

https://secure.piryx.com/donate/2uBcBkAC/Todd-Akin-for-U-S-Senate/in-the-lead

I am the first one to say that Todd Akin’s comments were really, really bad. The question is what do we do next.

The FRC polls, if they get backed up by subsequent polling data, shows this race is still winnable. I happen to think winning races is important, and this is one which shouldn't be abandoned yet.

238 posted on 08/29/2012 5:11:31 PM PDT by darrellmaurina
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To: darrellmaurina

Well said.


239 posted on 08/29/2012 5:15:59 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: DallasBiff
The bunker mentality the Akin camp on FR turned off a lot of people. Attacking people knee jerkingly and being overly pious is not the way to go.

Then why has your camp been doing that to Akin non-stop since this started? There's not much more pious than being that hardline judgmental over one poorly worded remark about a scientific opinion which may or may not be mistaken.

240 posted on 08/29/2012 5:20:47 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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