Silliness.
I’m a proponent of free speech. Akin, Rove, whoever. We have the right to say what we think.
If it’s something stupid, people aren’t going to listen to you. They’ll think you’re a fool. They won’t vote for you.
Akin is running. Rove is not. Neither am I.
If Akin says something stupid, he can lose votes, lose an election, kill chances for the GOP to take the Senate.
If Rove or I say something stupid, we sound stupid. Maybe embarrass our mothers and kids, but that’s about it.
Rove is paid to say what he thinks, to run his well-connected and well-informed mouth. So are other political commentators. I enjoy listening to them, take it all with a grain of salt.
It’s absurd and unAmerican to get your panties in a wad over free speech.
If there is free speech, Jed, then there’s free reaction to that speech.
So, you don’t give an idiot a freebie for saying the malicious.
There are consequences in life for our actions, and Joe Smith is free to walk in tomorrow and call his boss a stupid jerk. And his boss is free to respond.
Amen. Do you suppose Rove is getting the message?
Rove has a national audience thanks to people like Sean Hannity. When he says something stupid, it's not only news, it can affect votes. You and I don't have that kind of audience.
In a just political world, this would lead to a broader discussion of why social conservatives are no longer welcome at the GOP table.
Would that be the same free speech that Rove sought to take from Akin???
I don’t think talking about murdering someone falls under free speech...such talk should be taken serious...could actually fall under the title of terrorist talk....Rove is stupid and thinks he can get away with anything...