You know, Doug, Disneyland, that place south of you about 12 miles.
Actually about 33 miles. But why be accurate now? Look, I don’t mean to just pick on you, but I have to say this. FR has been a site that has really intelligent people who do their homework. Unlike DU, where they just spout off anything. But things have seemed to change here.
Here is a recent example. Tennessee Nana saw a headline about Romney’s formal nomination. She became apopletic and went nuts on him (because she is blinded by her hatred of him) believing that it meant there would be no roll call. I challenged her, but she was too embarrassed to respond. Unless the weather intervenes to really cut it short, there will be a roll call on Tuesday. It took me just a couple minutes of research to show she was wrong. Of course, she will not admit it.
If Akin were to step aside, I wanted to learn about the process. So I called the Sec of State’s office in Missouri to get info and I posted the applicable relevant law. I got on the phone and talked to one of the people from the Central Committee who would name a successor if he drops out. If I made comments here, I wanted my comments to be taken seriously.
I am seeing people here just pull things out of the air because they are thinking with their hearts instead of their heads.
This election cycle in Missouri, many in the GOP saw an opportunity to take back a Senate seat. Several very good conservative pro-lifers ran.
No, the progressive RINOs in the GOP leadership did not turn on the conservative because they did not like his positions. That idea is nuts. They turned on him because he gave the RATS an issue that they exploited immediately, doing damage beyond Missouri. He allowed the other side to mock pro-lifers as goofballs. And so they pulled the plug on $5 million dollars because that money would be flushed down the toilet in Missouri and be of better use elsewhere.
It is noble to take a principled stand. But we must choose our battles. Bad news in Missouri -— Todd Akin cannot win and the seat is going to stay with a pro-abort. Possible good news for Missouri -— other pro-life conservatives, who are not perceived by some conservatives and the majority of MO independents to be out of their minds, have a very good shot to get rid of the pro-abort.
It is a principled stand to stick up for Akin. But it is also foolish and short-sighted. I understand people wanting to stand up to the “establishment.” But we must be smart enough to choose our battles. There is a very good chance that Brunner, Steelman or a couple others, equally conservative and pro-life can win the seat. And the money will pour in from across the country if Akin withdraws.
I think I have a good solution but have no idea if either the Central Committee or Akin would do it. Let Akin name his replacement if he withdraws. That person would certainly be pro-life and conservative. Unfortunately, Akin’s ego is in the way, he is delusional, and his advisers are his wife and son. If Missouri costs the GOP the Senate, he will be the most despised man in America.