Posted on 09/11/2012 7:18:04 AM PDT by doug from upland
I would agree, the Huckster needs to pony up with some major ca$h, and soon. Time for all the pro-lifers to do likewise. I'm in for $150. Others more, others less. Would have preferred the check from me said,"Steelman" but she ain't running anymore. Akin is the candidate.
The date of Sept. 25 looms. Many would be $upporters may be holding off until then. But it is pointless to do so,IMO.
I refuse to drink BLENDED Scotch.
Conservatives may get behind him but too many otherwise republicans have an emotional stake in getting Akin out - it'll either be their way or the democrats get the seat.
The weird thing is that Akin was NOT the Tea Party candidate, and in fact trashed 2 more conservative candidates to win because he received large contributions from the Dems. They thought he was going to be stupid, an embarrassment and the weakest candidate...and they were right.
And now all these suckers here are coming out defending him. The guy has a history of stupidity and is the GOP-E personified, actually.
But he organized the Tea Party Caucus in Congress
and in fact trashed 2 more conservative candidates
Neither of them were as conservative as him and he has a record to prove it that they didn't.
to win because he received large contributions from the Dems.
Show Me where he received Dem contributions. His campaign money is a matter of record. Show Me.
They thought he was going to be stupid, an embarrassment and the weakest candidate...and they were right.
Actually they thought that the national party would abandon him as he was too conservative for them ... and they were right.
The guy has a history of stupidity
Could you provide us with that history??? and don't leave out his 97.24 ACU rating and 12 years of conservative Congressional votes
and is the GOP-E personified
Right, so that's why the NRSC and the GOP-E have been trying to get him to resign.
The only stupid thing here, livius, that hopefully does not personify you is your post.
RE: Sarah Mcadoo, an accounting assistant for KSHB-TV in Kansas City, confirmed to KOMU that Akin’s ads had been pulled from their log.
“from their log” which means that they haven’t run yet but were scheduled to run if paid for.
It is SOP for political ads — paid for upfront or they do not run. The campaign owes them no money and never did.
Nice try —
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I will not give you a nice try, because it wasn’t. My guess is that you did not do what I did. You did not call either KMOX or KSHB-TV, did you? Of course not. You just shot off your mouth. Have you even bought radio time? I have. Akin paid for a certain number of commercials and the contract would identify when they would run. He paid for half of the buy up front. The others would have run had he given them the other half of the money that was due in a timely manner. I don’t think we are in disagreement; you simply want to argue with me because I think Akin is an arrogant *ss. The point is that he scheduled ads, paid for half, and when the time came to pay for the other half that had yet to run, he did not have the money. They were cancelled. Did you send him money?
Uhhh -- no -- his campaign did not send them the money [whether they had it or not is not known]. The station was angry because political commercials are big revenue sources this time of year and they wanted to run those ads but they had not been paid for, so couldn't.
So then no ads were run that had not been paid for.
He got nothing free and owes them nothing, and KOMU lied in implying that his campaign owed them money for services rendered when in fact no unpaid for services had been rendered by them.
You should have listened to me. It would have saved you a phone call.
No, she only paid for him to win the Republican nomination. Now that that's been accomplished and Akin isn't going anywhere, her checkbook is closed.
I should have listened to you? You are usually wrong and I do not trust what you say.
What is wrong with you? Seriously. Neither the article nor I said that he got something for which he did not pay. I made it clear, apparently to everyone but you. They ran the ads for which he paid and then did not run the other scheduled ads for which he did not pay.
It did not say that his ads ran and he did not pay. Of course, he had to pay up front. He paid for half up front and was dropped from the log when he did not pay for the remaining scheduled ads.
No one implied that services were rendered for which he did not pay. We are not disagreeing on that. You and Huckabee have not sent in donations, have you? The defenders of Akin have big mouths and like to argue in defending him, but you don’t put your money where your mouth is. Why? Maybe because none of use think it is a good idea to flush money down the toilet.
The article sure did as did KOMU as well as this post #10 from Republican Wildcat:
Now I guess this latest flub (not nearly as serious, but it just compounds on top of everything else) of failing to pay for his TV ads based on your post is now also someone else’s fault.
But I'm glad we have now put that to bed.
FROM THE ARTICLE: Sarah Mcadoo, an accounting assistant for KSHB-TV in Kansas City, confirmed to KOMU that Akin’s ads had been pulled from their log. The Akin campaign told KOMU that the payment is forthcoming.
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I don’t care about post 10. That is a FReeper opinion, not part of the article. Where in that article does it imply from KOMU that services were rendered for which he did not pay? No one else here sees it. Pulled from the log means pulled from the schedule. He did not pay for those future ads that were scheduled so they were pulled. The article made clear that he paid for some ads. You are the Debbie Wasserman Schultz of FR.
My original post in this regard [#46] was to post 10.
Let me repeat that for you:
My original post in this regard [#46] was to post 10.
So then if you don't care about post 10, why are you so upset at my response to it???
Even when we have an area of agreement, for some reason you want to argue. They did not run ads for which he did not pay. We agree on that. I repeat - we agree on that.
You tried to claim KOMU said he did receive something for which he did not pay. You used post 10 to justify that conclusion. Post 10 was an opinion of a FReeper and has nothing to do with what KOMU wrote.
Instead of trying to argue where there is not a disagreement, why don’t you spend your time and energy trying to get Akin elected? Why don’t you go send him some money?
<>You tried to claim KOMU said he did receive something for which he did not pay.<>
Perry Akin’s statement [about KOMU] can be found in its entirety below:
“This story is simply false. Our television buyers have paid for every ad that has aired and even bought more ad time today. A political campaign, like an advertiser, makes constant decisions about where and when we want our ads to air. This is standard practice in campaigns across the country. Unfortunately, a particular television station decided to twist the facts and created a story that is simply untrue. We are still on the air across Missouri. However, we will not be doing any more business with KOMU-TV because they have lied.
“KOMU should be ashamed for publishing a false story when they know what the truth is. No ad was pulled because no ad ever airs without being paid for. Ads are only ever “pulled” from the air for legal or ethical reasons, and this ad is 100% accurate regarding Claire McCaskill’s record.
http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/337064/3/Akin-campaign-fires-back-over-stories-about-ads-
<>You used post 10 to justify that conclusion. Post 10 was an opinion of a FReeper and has nothing to do with what KOMU wrote.<>
Baloney. He got his misinformation for that post from the misleading and factually incorrect story that came from KOMU that you posted.
Why don't you take your own advice, or atleast don't spend your time and energy trying to get him defeated?
Unless you are afraid to answer, how much money have you given him? Have you done any groundwork for his campaign? Have you passed out flyers? Or are you just shooting off your mouth?
Any opinion I give on FR will have no affect on his race with McCasKILL. That is not trying to get him defeated. It is my opinion. You are free to give yours. If he defeats McCasKILL, which would be a good thing, I will be very pleased to admit I was wrong. I am making my commentary having followed politics since I worked for Goldwater as a 16-year-old. And my opinion is that he is an arrogant *ss, who blew a chance to take the seat for our side.
Yes, Todd, it is about you. Do not lie to us and expect us to believe it is not as if we are naive. That is insulting. I understand that it is about you - you worked for many years to get to this position. I understand why you don’t want to give up. But it is not about principle and defending conservatism and babies in the womb. Others are equally capable of doing that just as well and would be snuffing out McCasKILL right now.
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