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I want Romney to quit.
>> due to his controversial “legitimate rape” comments.
Obama: ‘My Faith in Jesus Is Legitimate and Real’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2922905/posts
Maybe Akin should have said: “Rape that is Legitimate and Real”.
Maybe Akin’s stubbornness will thaw. We can only hope!
For whatever reason, it appears that Huckabee is pushing him to stay in the race. So, it would appear that a sure loser of a candidate (and the Dem retention of a Senate seat that would have been a certain R pickup and can still be if Akin quits) is far more important than defeating Obamacare in the Senate. Moreover, with Obama’s reelection and a Dem Senate, you can forget about any state notification requirements or other restrictions on abortion - with an Obama Supreme Court and Attorney General, there will be NO restrictions. So, thank you for socialism, Messrs. Akin and Huckabee.
Meanwhile, Bill Clinton is about to be the headliner of the Democrats’ convention. He’s campaigning around the country. He’ll be in Seattle in September, charging people $5,000 to have a photo taken with him. The money goes to Democrat candidate for governor Jay Inslee.
Two-thirds of Americans love Bill Clinton. His rape of Juanita Broaddrick doesn’t matter to them. His groping of Kathleen Willey doesn’t matter to them. His exposing himself to state employee Paula Jones doesn’t matter to them. His perjury doesn’t matter to them. Bill Clinton is a walking WAR ON WOMEN, but most Americans choose to overlook that because of his charisma, slickness... or whatever. Each and every time the so-called WAR ON WOMEN is brought up, Republicans should point to Bill Clinton. Play offense instead of defense. Bill Clinton is lucky not to be in jail. It’s time for the GOP to go after the Clintons, instead of just praising them at the expense of the Obamas!
Poll shows Akin now trails McCaskill in Missouri Senate race ...said pollster J. Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. of Washington, which conducted the poll for the Post-Dispatch and KMOV-TV. "It's not a rosy picture."
And this second statement by KEVIN McDERMOTT is a flat out manipulation!
Akin said in the original television interview that rape-induced pregnancy is "really rare." By way of explaining his opposition to abortion rights even in cases of rape, he said: "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down" to prevent pregnancy.
There's no mainstream medical support for that assertion, but it has been touted by the anti-abortion movement for years in opposition to rape exceptions to anti-abortion laws.
There may not be mainstream medical (read abortion providers and proponents) support, but there sure as hell is tons of medical evidence that it happens.
Even the government says this...Miscarriage
It is estimated that up to half of all fertilized eggs die and are lost (aborted) spontaneously, usually before the woman knows she is pregnant. Among those women who know they are pregnant, the miscarriage rate is about 15-20%. Most miscarriages occur during the first 7 weeks of pregnancy.
And there is this...Cortisol levels and very early pregnancy loss in humans
Our finding of an association between increased maternal cortisol and higher risk of miscarriage within the first 3 weeks of conception, together with the failure of previous research to find such an association later during gestation (23), suggests that pregnancy may be particularly sensitive to maternal stress during the placentation period.
And I could go on and on. KEVIN McDERMOTT doesn't know what he's talking about.
Claire McCaskill trails GOP candidates in Senate race, poll shows July 28, 2012
Coker predicted that McCaskill's fortunes at this point turn in large part on luck.
"They're going to need a little more than message politics. They're going to have to hope for an incident" that hurts the other side, he said. Missouri, he added, "is still winnable for the right centrist Democrat. ... She had those credentials, but with the sharply partisan issues, she has stood with the president on every big one."
Or you can cast hope aside and create "an incident" where none existed.
There are some interesting numbers in that July article...
Per Coker's poll...
For the GOP Senate primary, the poll shows Brunner, a St. Louis-area businessman, leading former Missouri state Treasurer Steelman, 33-27 percent. Akin, a congressman, was trailing with 17 percent in that race.
Snip...The poll indicates that Brunner would be McCaskill's greatest threat, beating her 52-41 percent in a hypothetical matchup. Steelman is only slightly less dangerous, beating her 49-41 percent. Even Akin, badly trailing the other two Republicans in the upcoming primary, would edge McCaskill 49-44 percent if the general election were held today, the poll found.
Snip...When only voters calling themselves independents are polled, McCaskill loses the hypothetical matchup to Brunner 57-36 percent — a devastating 21-point spread. McCaskill's losses to Steelman and Akin among those independent voters come in at 16 and 11 percent, respectively.
Looks like she "got lucky" and the "Moooooo" factor of herd mentality is helping her more than anything.
FUTA
Akin will be giving ANOTHER apology-news-er soon — indicative that he is done for.
Everyone seems to know it but him.
When one has more Dem support than Indy and Pubbie combined, one should read the handwriting on the wall.
If Akin hangs on, Washington welcomes the return of Senator McCaskill.
Akin needs to face up to his ‘macaca’ moment. He stepped in it. Once that happened, he can’t unstep out of it.
I’ve said my piece on this - Akin’s decisions have been very unfortunate - but it’s time to start ignoring it.
— Women are running from him. While they were previously split between Akin and McCaskill, women now oppose him by almost 20 percent, 55 percent against to 37 percent for.
— Republicans want him to withdraw, 47 percent to 37 percent.
— Independents want him to withdraw, 57 percent to 25 percent.
— Undecided voters, by a 67 percent to 16 percent margin, want him to withdraw.
— Only Democrats support his candidacy. Some 47 percent want him to stay in the race, while 37 percent said he should withdraw.
This bears repeating for the depleted uranium heads.
Something stinks here. Why would he come out and say what he said so close to the election?
Sounds like some are feeling politically raped, ie. that someone is forcing himself on them against their will because he wants what he wants. They want him to “withdraw” and he will not. It is this attitude that is the problem more than the misspeak. Women and men hear things differently when it comes to these sorts of issues. A man who is tone deaf is not always a good candidate.
Deliberately encouraging divisiveness among voters without regard for the potentially ruinous results.
Amazing that anyone who is pro-life would willingly risk Obamacare (and hence the permanent nationalization of abortion) becoming entrenched.