Posted on 09/17/2012 11:37:16 AM PDT by doug from upland
Rep. Todd Akin’s wife, Lulli Akin, says the Republican Party’s attempts to push her husband out of the Missouri Senate race — over his false assertion that women who are raped rarely get pregnant — are like rape itself. RELATED: Akin TV Ad Buy Canceled — For Failure To Pay Station
She also believes the GOP’s abandonment is on par with the tyranny that launched the American Revolution.
Akin’s wife isn’t the first one to compare Akin’s explosive rape comments, and the ensuing fallout, to rape: Bryan Fischer said the party’s treatment of the embattled candidate had made Akin “a victim of forcible assault.”
Lulli Akin made the charge in a new National Journal profile, which reveals a family affair of a campaign — Akin’s campaign manager is his son, and Lulli is also a key player.
Lulli Akin says in the profile that she is not turned off by the refusal of national Republicans to contribute money to the race. She says small donations — and God’s will — will help her husband win:
“God can increase,” she said, citing the “Feeding of the 5,000” — a Gospel miracle in which Jesus uses five small barley loaves and two small fish to feed a multitude. The campaign will take small contributions, “respect them, and say ‘God, multiply it. Make it pay,’ ” Lulli Akin said. “It brought us through the primary, same way. We’re gonna see it again, because God wants to be honored.”
Lulli Akin echoed her husband’s disdain for Republican leaders:
Lulli Akin said that efforts to push her husband out of the race threaten to replace elections “by the people and for the people” with “tyranny, a top-down approach.” She added, “Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all the decisions—it’s just like 1776 in that way.”
She cited colonists who “rose up and said, ‘Not in my home, you don’t come and rape my daughters and my … wife. But that is where we are again. There has been a freedom of elections, not tyranny of selections since way back. Why are we going to roll over and let them steamroll us, be it Democrats or Republicans or whomever?”
Todd Akin said his wife’s comparisons to 1776 were “a little more grandiose than the way I would say it” — but he did say that there is a “this tremendous sense of uprising I feel among the people I talk to.”
Akin is the GOP candidate. End of story. The MO voters will have to make the decision whether a verbal gaffe is more important to them than McCaskill who voted for Obamacare and does not want it repealed or voting for someone who voted against it and wants it repealed. In 2010 71% of Missouri voters voted against Obamacare in a referendum.
Then you would be both presumptuous and wrong. I did my homework; but, held off commenting because I thought it prudent to let the people of MO solve this themselves. What now has me really pissed off is I see so many negative posts regarding Akin and his family coming from TX, CA, VA, etc ...very few similar posts from MO.
I am well aware of the fact that MO has an open primary and of the allegations that Dems crossed over to pick the weakest candidate. That's an allegation which may or may not be true. You have no proof of that any more than anyone has proof that it didn't happen that way. The bottom line is that at this point it's irrelevant ...if the system is bad then change it before the next election ...oops, you can't do that because you live in KS!
By your standard I should be screaming, ranting, raving and throwing a fit about Romney ...the GOP-e engineered the primary here in VA so that we could only choose between Romney and Ron Paul ...Newt and Gov Perry were kept off the ballot on technicalities and no write-in candidates were allowed. VA voters were effectively disenfranchised by the Romneyites and there will be scores to settle when this election is over ...but for now the most important thing is to defeat Obama and not leave our troops in the field and our foreign policy in tatters under the governance of the mendacious SOB who currently occupies the oval office ...when he's not out fund raising. Therefore, I will hold my nose, as I did for McCain and Dole and vote the ticket.
Go to the link, look at the actual ads and tell me that they were meant to “subtly” aid Akins. Look at what they are accusing him of.
Maybe Akin supporters in Missouri and across the country will say the same thing to all of Rove's and the NRSC's chosen candidates. It works both ways.
Yes, just like the Obama administration set 'OccupyWallStreet' in motion gearing up for our nominee, and liberals voting for that nominee in open Republican primaries. Would you care to compare dollars spent on each candidate by liberals? Akin loses in MO so does Romney. Keep it up GOP-e- those coveted Frank Luntz 'independents' despise the haughty GOP-e- as much as they dislike Obama!!!!!
Hey, paudio, liberals picked our GOP-e presidential nominee, are you itching about that? Who do you think 'OccupyWallStreet' was created to jeer and sneer? And who do you think voted for Rommy in open Republican primaries? HELLO!!!!! IF Akin loses in MO so does Romney. And they say Akin is dumb.
Well, that’s wonderful. Send me a note after the election. If Akin wins, I will be more than happy to make a public apology.
More likely, the end of story will be his concession speech.
Stop whining and behaving like a victim. Own the failure, for once, and start to work for 2016 presidential candidate, whether or not Romney elected.
Given right after Romney's
I agree with you. This is not unusual. The various factions within the GOP tend, first, to support their winners of primaries; and, second, other candidates that are acceptable to them who have the best chance of winning. Rove was in he second category with regard to Akin prior to the gaffe. Now that Rove has withdrawn support for Akin, it is imperative for Akin’s faction of the Republican Party to belly up to the bar. The way Rove sees it, less money for Akin means more money for George Allen or for Josh Mandel.
I thought that this thread was about Akin. But, you’re probably right, conservatives do seem to look for opportunities to lose.
I believe that you are right, that is the way Rove and others at the national GOP level see it. Traditionally, that's the way it has worked. The party has very limited funds compared to candidates, PACs, etc. So they husband their money and steer it to those with the best chance of a win. It doesn't make much sense to spend money on candidates that are likely to lose. In Akin's case, its more than likely, his race is no longer competitive.
You have not been paying attention. The instant 'OccupyWallStreet' was created it was for one sole purpose to necklace around Mitt Romney. Representative of that so called 1%. And liberals did in fact vote in open Republican primaries for their guy Mitt. The haughty GOP-e as well fronted Mitt.
Missouri is a swing state. That means there are as many Frank Luntz 'independents' as there are liberals and republicans/conservatives. Claire won the majority of those coveted Frank Luntz 'independents' in 2006 because the liberal base was energized and the Missouri ballot was filled with initiatives that brought out not only union liberals but those coveted independents.
Claire's ad this whole campaign season has been attempting to deceive Missouri voters that she is a moderate centrist democrat. IF one knew nothing about her history they would think she has spent the past 3 + years guarding the gate against the liberal left.
AND this year there is a 'healthcare' initiative on the Missouri ballot and the majority of Missourians HATE obamacare. That means they are not going to vote for Claire. Now if people in other states could maybe buy a clue they would shut up about Akin, because if he loses then so will Romney.
Except that Rove had promised $15 million to the Missouri Senatorial campaign, then withdrew it when Akin refused to resign saying he can't win.
Well now we know that he can win and has a better chance than either Allen or Mandel. So we know that the reason that he gave for withholding the funding is a big fat lie.
This time you did not use foul language and say Rove was involved in “the big lie.” So, even though I do not rely on Daily KOS for truth, I took a look at the ad posted there.
The ad “accused” Akin of wanting to privatize Social Security, eliminate the Department of Education, and outlaw most forms of abortion, among other things.
These positions are supported by most movement conservatives and, so, communicates to many of them that Akin is the true conservative.
For example, on Social Security, when Bush proposed a partial privatization, 74 percent of Republicans supported it. In contrast, 88 percent of Democrats opposed it.
See http://www.pollingreport.com/social2.htm
ABC News/Washington Post Poll March 10-13, 2005.
Republicans are mostly for reform of the entitlement programs, returning education to the states (and even to local communities and to parents), and for upholding the right to life.
But, these aren’t the positions of the majority of Americans who, frankly, aren’t very educated as to the meaning of ordered liberty under a Constitution, or the difference between a Republic and a Democracy. And, the pathetic state of our citizenry only gets worse with each new cohort indoctrinated by our public school system and taught that they are entitled to taxpayer-financed everything.
As a result, our candidates have to careful in how they say things, not say stupid things that make them sound uneducated or unsympathetic to rape victims. And, they have to emphasize the poor consequences of socialist policies because the truth is a lot of Americans wish in their hearts that socialism worked.
BTW, I am completely aware that you keep changing the subject from one post to another.
How lovely to have somebody spout off junk and demonstrate they have NO clue what they are talking about. I am NOT the hypocrite... I am a Missouri voter. I have limited choices to vote for, on the Missouri ballot. Reality stinks but it is what it is.
IF Akin stays on the ballot, are you demanding Missouri voters to not vote for him? And people wonder why we are in the mess we are in. Akin is not our only problem.
So the rationale is that McCaskill wanted to face the most conservative candidate because he would be the easiest to beat? In actuality, each of the three Rep candidates took about a third of the vote with Akin getting 36%. Do you subscribe to the assumption that the most conservative candidate is the easiest to beat? Or is McCaskill just describing Akin's actual positions on the issues?
You left out the other items that McCaskill attacked about Akin: Akin wants to abolish the minimum wage and get rid of student loans, which he compared to stage 3 cancer. And he wanted to do more than just privatize SS, he wanted to take it away from today's seniors. Huckabee, Cong Hensarling, Jim Jordan, Steve King, Michele Bachmann, Pete Sessions, and Phyllis Schafly endorsed Akin.
McCaskill ad against Brunner described him as a "reliable conservative" who spent more than he earned almost bankrupting the family business and hadn't bothered to vote in 16 years. "Being a conservative means not spending more than you make." Senators Tom Coburn and Ron Johnson, Freedom Works, Augie Busch, and the Chamber of Commerce endorsed Brunner.
Against Steelman: More inside deals, more to hide, key documents missing, more politics as usual, more money from big contributors for favors. Palin, Sen Mike Lee, and the Tea Party Express endorsed Steelman.
When you look at the endorsements, it is very difficult to sort out who is the most conservative. All three candidates had heavyweight conservatives endorsing them. I just think it is part of this line put out by the GOP establishment that McCaskill orchestrated Akin's win. She certainly did not donate any money to his campaign and her ads painted him as a radical. She could use the same ads today against him in the general election if she truly believes that conservatives are easy to beat.
I might also add that Akin, Steelman, and Brunner held a series of debates televised statewide. They also ran ads against one another in a bruising, tough primary. So exactly how much did those few ads have on the primary election? Could it even be quantified?
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