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Todd Akin’s Wife Compares GOP Abandonment to Rape, Tyranny
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| 9-17-12
| Kleefeld
Posted on 09/17/2012 11:37:16 AM PDT by doug from upland
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To: kabar
I bet you could scruitize the remarks of every candidate for public office and find gaffes. Sure you could - but when talking about rape that escalates it to another category. Using the word "legitimate" was a gaffe...what followed is still a major problem.
To: Ingtar
The same people on this forum who see no problem with the bosses of the national GOPe setting aside an election and imposing their candidate upon the people of Missouri from Washington DC are the same ones who have a big problem with the federal government doing the same thing in other areas, like Obamacare.
Ohhh the hypocrisy.
To: kabar
Since when does one verbal gaffe become a cause to withdraw from a race? When it is about a subject like rape. Why is that so difficult to understand that goes to a whole other level?
To: doug from upland
So all the times he ran as a Republican, with support of the party, was what? ...consensual politics? ...friends with benefits?
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posted on
09/17/2012 1:19:04 PM PDT
by
Tex-Con-Man
(T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
To: Maryhere
We dont want GOP Establishment party bosses deciding who MO Senate candidate should be.Yep, conveniently ignore the facts that (1) The Dhims wanted Akin so bad that they put $2m worth of ads to get him the nomination, and (2) Unlike in other cases, the call for Akin's withdrawal came from all stripes of GOP, from Palin and West to Brown, and anyone in between.
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posted on
09/17/2012 1:20:11 PM PDT
by
paudio
(Post-racial society: When we can legitimately hire and fire a Black man without feeling guilty.)
To: Uncle Chip
The same people on this forum who see no problem with the bosses of the national GOPe setting aside an election and imposing their candidate upon the people of Missouri from Washington DC are the same ones who have a big problem with the federal government doing the same thing in other areas, like Obamacare. Ohhh the hypocrisy. That makes absolutely no sense. One is the candidate on a ballot representing the party - the other is public policy. Moreover, they have no power to remove him from the ballot, he must voluntarily decide to drop out.
To: doug from upland
Lulli Akin says ...are like rape itself... on par with the tyranny that launched the American Revolution. Said the woman whose dream to be called 'Mrs. Senator' was crushed.
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posted on
09/17/2012 1:22:38 PM PDT
by
paudio
(Post-racial society: When we can legitimately hire and fire a Black man without feeling guilty.)
To: olezip
I personally am disturbed by the establishment Republicans failure to respect the integrity of the nomination process. That makes them no better than the corrupt Democrats. Where is the justice? Where is the statesmanship? ...disappointing. When did this happen? He won the nomination and was in a great position for victory and everyone was in line to assist him. His comments came later that knocked the wheels off the cart - that is something he did to himself.
To: kabar
HE IS THE NOMINEE FUNDS OR NO FUNDS.You got it right there. No funds.
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posted on
09/17/2012 1:25:24 PM PDT
by
paudio
(Post-racial society: When we can legitimately hire and fire a Black man without feeling guilty.)
To: Republican Wildcat
One is the candidate on a ballot representing the party - the other is public policy. One is the candidate on a ballot representing the party that chooses public policy.
Moreover, they have no power to remove him from the ballot, he must voluntarily decide to drop out.
The reason that Priebus, Rove, Cornball, and Barbour are and were all upset is that when they told Akin to jump, he didn't jump.
To: ScottinVA; All
And to clarify... though exiting and giving a more viable candidate a shot at winning would've been the wiser move, the time for Akin to do that has passed, and like it or not FALSE. Akin has NINE days left to make that move. The only fallout is having to pay for printing ballots.
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posted on
09/17/2012 1:27:26 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Election night is 50 days away.)
To: Uncle Chip
The reason that Priebus, Rove, Cornball, and Barbour are and were all upset is that when they told Akin to jump, he didn't jump. You are quite right about that, especially when you consider the consequences of his decision to stay in - the election will be won by McCaskill.
To: doug from upland
Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee
Say you must obey the GOP
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posted on
09/17/2012 1:30:14 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
To: Republican Wildcat
His comments came later that knocked the wheels off the cart - that is something he did to himself.So he was the one who withdrew $15 million dollars from his campaign??? Get real.
Even the Democrats in Missouri were amazed at how suddenly Rove and the GOPe jumped on him to resign. They said we didn't have to do anything or make an issue out of it. The GOPe did our work for us. We just sat back and let them take him out.
To: Gay State Conservative
It’s official, to many mirrors in their house.
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posted on
09/17/2012 1:33:03 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
To: Ozymandias Ghost
Glad to see that at least some of my fellow VA posters did their homework! He's a fine fellow and his children are Great Americans. But, he can't win this race, perhaps the only person in the entire state of Missouri who cannot beat McCaskill.
To: centurion316
If he had resigned due to pressure from Rove et al, Claire would have been an even more certain winner.
To: doug from upland
Ah yes, the woman behind the man. No surprises here.
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posted on
09/17/2012 1:40:48 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: Maryhere
“We dont want GOP Establishment party bosses deciding who MO Senate candidate should be”
It’s SOP, they’d rather see McKaskill in than a conservative. They know which side their bread is buttered on.
To: doug from upland
He better hope the rabbit doesn’t die!
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posted on
09/17/2012 1:48:20 PM PDT
by
grellis
(I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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