Posted on 09/28/2012 7:14:26 PM PDT by jimluke01
A French proverb declares: “What is hard to endure is sweet to recall.” I seldom agree with the French, but, as a former professional boxer, I know this to be true.
In 2003 I was fighting Cuban heavyweight Roberto Valdez before thousands at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion. Valdez was big, strong and mean. I was told that, a few years earlier, he had traversed shark-infested waters, alone, on a rickety makeshift raft to enjoy freedom in the land of the free.
This, of course, is the very land Barack Obama seeks to “fundamentally transform.” The American vision he shares with many Democrats – to include Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill – is something not dissimilar to the land from whence Valdez came. McCaskill, of course, is defending her title against embattled Republican Rep. Todd Akin; but more on that later.
At length, and evidently having confused boxing with baseball, Valdez found himself enjoying the freedom to attempt knocking my head into the nickel stands. In the second round he connected with a big left hook, sending me – for the first and only time in my boxing career – to the canvas.
I found myself with a decision to make. As I grasped for the ropes, my head full of cobwebs, and made it to one knee, I seriously considered, for an instant, waiting out the ten-count.
For an instant.
Lucid visions of 4:30 a.m. jogs through miles of Chicago snow came rushing back. Memories of grueling sparring wars with former No. 1 contender Andrew Golota began clearing away the cobwebs.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
“He made an inelegant statement, rooted in outdated science, which the left has gleefully taken out of context and cynically used to paint him as both anti-woman and insensitive to the unimaginable plight of rape victims.
This characterization of Todd Akin the man – as anyone who has known him will attest – could not be further from the truth.”
This is the impression I had when I first heard Akin interviewed by Hannity.
“Isn’t it time we begin placing people of character, true leaders and true statesmen in a U.S. Congress full of politicians? Todd Akin is a man of character, a true leader and true a statesman.”
Great article, by the way.
Unfortunately conservatives have fallen too easily into the habit of panicking over this sort of thing. Just the other day I saw a FReeper complaining about stupid republicans saying things like this and he also listed Pete Hoeksta’s asian ad from last spring.
In this thread you see at least one FReeper worrying about the racist connotations of a hanging lawn chair.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2937755/posts
“He made an inelegant statement, rooted in outdated science”
Just how was Akin’s science outdated?
“He made an inelegant statement, rooted in outdated science”
Just how was Akin’s science outdated?
No, no, no. You missed the point completely.
Here’s it is again:
“This characterization of Todd Akin the man – as anyone who has known him will attest – could not be further from the truth”
“Todd Akin is a man of character, a true leader and true a statesman”
“Todd Akin is a man of character, a true leader and true a statesman”
The GOP needs to get behind him with some money soon. This seat is winnable. I don’t care what Cornyn says.
an excellent testimonial and confirmation of this man’s character. thank you for the post.
It is obvious that the real problem the Liberal Pro-Abort PhonyCons have with Akin was his strong conservative stands...not his statement
Note that the same Liberal Pro-Abort PhonyCons said nothing when Karl Rove threatened to “kill” Akin....of course, the PhonyCons love the subversive Rove....
• 28 Sep 2012
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch PM Edition
• THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bond reverses, backs akin
JEFFERSON City, MO. • Former Missouri Sen. Kit Bond is now supporting Todd Akin’s Senate campaign after previously calling on him to quit.
Bond’s endorsement today marks an encouraging sign for Akin, who is trying to rebuild support among the Republican establishment after remarking last month that women’s bodies have ways of avoiding pregnancy in what he called “legitimate rape.”
Bond was part of a coalition of past and present Missouri senators who had urged Akin to drop out. But Bond now says he believes Akin’s apology was sincere and will help his campaign against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. Bond says, quote: “It is time to focus on the national stakes in this election.”
Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt also recently backed Akin. But former Sen. John Danforth is still not doing so.
http://stltoday.newspaperdirect.com/
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