Posted on 08/20/2012 12:24:53 PM PDT by Blackyce
Akin said he has no plans to withdraw.
“I don’t know that I’m the only person in public office who’s suffered from foot-in-mouth disease here, and this was a very, very serious error. On the other hand, there are so many good people in Missouri who nominated me, and they understood my heart,” Akin said.
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Akin said no Republicans have called him and asked him to withdraw from the race.
“No one has called me and said, ‘Todd, I think you should drop out,’” Akin said. “No one has said that. But I gather people are saying that in the media, but they didn’t specifically call me and tell me that.”
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Its called picking battles we can win, fighting a battle that costs us the war does no unborn person any good.
Not fighting this battle “will” cost us the war. This is already being used to attack any and all Republicans every where.
Maher is an absolute pig. There is no other word to describe the man. Coulter is a shrill shill that has never to my knowledge worked for a politician in the same way as Maitlin.
I think Mary lost her mind to have ever married that frog Carville.
Even 50 years ago, people knew that Akin idiotic nonsense was, in fact, idiotic nonsense. People have known that women could be impregnated by rape for as long as they’ve known how women get impregnated in general.
Blast it I expect better of Freepers. There is a great deal of information showing that far fewer pregnancies result from forced or violent rape than from consensual coitus.
Now go and look it up!
My word, you would have thought the man had killed a baby..Ain't that the truth?! :) Satan is working to conquer the right by using his "baby," abortion, to do the job (Akin's PRO-LIFE misspeak!) Can you hear the devil laughing and laughing, as we scurry in the dark?
Nope. That’s psudoscientific twaddle.
Geez, some people around here cling to this idiot like a case of Battered Spouse Syndrome.
Did you write that yourself, or did you crib it from a DNC “How To Make Sure We Have Akin To Kick Around All The Way To November” action guide?
You seem to e confused about many things. Your use of the "macaca controversy" underlines this. In the 2006 Virginai U.S. Sentate election, George Allen called a guy a "macaca". He was actually leading in the race. No one "threw him under the bus". Allen stayed in the race. Guess what happened next? HE LOST. Just winning that one race could have stopped Obamacare.
The comments made by Akin, with the left in the process of ramping up a campaign depicting the GOP's "War on Women" could not have been more ill-timed. They were so ignorant I imagine even Republicans in Missouri are questioning whether to vote for him. Losing the Mo. seat will probably prevent any chance of repealing Obamacare.
Your other area of confusion is that you seem to be unaware of the double standard in American politics. The left gets away with it because they own the media. Their peccadilloes are swept under the rug while GOP ones are exaggerated and distorted. It's not fair. It just is.
I agree. It’s irrational. I heard what he said and personally don’t think it was even wrong. The whole episode is bizarre - mostly the response from GOP(not surprising) but from supposedly pro-life conservative freepers? I don’t get it. Conditioning...PC Rules - and unfortunately I don’t foresee anyone willing or able to stand up to or mount a counter attack to the PC Paradigm that if not countered effectively will see this country destroyed very soon.
I don’t get why people don’t ask the question - what is the end goal of Political Correctness? Where will PC take us in 2, 5, 10 years? Is there room for debate within PC? how is this compatible with our history and laws and if it’s not then simply refuse to abide by it and remind people at every chance that as Americans Political Correctness is not a valid concept and expose it and it’s sordid history.
It all started when the devils son Obama was elected..I mean the big down fall of this country..
It all started when the devils son Obama was elected..I mean the big down fall of this country..
Didn't you have a problem with his stated belief that raped women don't get pregnant?
The squad is on patrol near the front line. Suddenly, Todd starts shooting his rifle straight up in the air on full auto while yelling his lungs out.
Willy tackles Todd. Pete clamps his hand over Todd's mouth and whisper-growls at him, "You idiot! You're gonna give away our position! And you're wasting ammo!"
Then Sheapdog yells at Willy and Pete for attacking one of their own instead of attacking the enemy.
“The left gets away with it because they own the media. Their peccadilloes are swept under the rug while GOP ones are exaggerated and distorted. It’s not fair. It just is.”
WELL said!
I get it; Akin is political liability in a time where the GOP and the “conservative” cause can’t afford it. Let’s give each other a pat on the back as we stand in solidarity and conviction calling out in one voice that it’s time for him to resign and simply go away. It might just save the country you know.
I don’t believe he said raped women don’t or cannot get pregnant. He inferred that the human body has natural defense mechanisms to inhibit pregnancy from occurring in a traumatic situation. Obviously not foolproof but giving the victim a greater chance for things not to occur as they might in a consensual encounter. Who’s to really know? Miscarriage mostly happens as a result of something not forming correctly and the body realizes this and rejects the pregnancy. But, for a healthy baby I don’t think there is a valid excuse for abortion. Ectopic pregnancy I wouldn’t call abortion as the child never has a chance.
It all started when the devils son Obama was elected..I mean the big down fall of this country..That sure didn't help! Do you find it ironic, though, that abortion became "legitimate" through a court case by using rape as a means to pass? And now some 40 years (and 50,000,000+ baby deaths later) "legitimate rape" has caused problems for one very pro-life politician. And it's not just the left (but the right as well) that has found "glory" in dismissing him. Yes, the devil is surely laughing.
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mock away. Conservatives need to become Machiavellian themselves for the ends justify the means. ...
A Christian stance in English to a literate audience just won’t do. Zero tolerance - PC Rules won’t allow it. Illiterate might misconstrue. Get with the program - play by the rules even when the rules are an unspoken mandate - you and I lose.
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