Posted on 08/21/2012 10:40:56 AM PDT by Uncle Slayton
Rep. Todd Akin, the embattled Senate candidate who used the phrase “legitimate rape” in talking about abortion and pregnancy, said Tuesday afternoon that he would stick to his decision to remain in the race.
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Akin also has a 97.24 lifetime ACU rating. NumbersUSA gives him an “A” on immigration issues. Akin is a staunch conservative. He has 6 children including two sons who serve in the USMC. Anyone who castigates Akin for his values doesn’t know what they are talking about.
NOT ABORTION.
Well is Akin still in or not? The fact that he has stood up to “Saint” Danforth may actually help him. That’s something no one else in MO would probably do.
Yes, because this idiot is somehow going to win. You’re absolutely insane if you believe that, especially if you heard this lunatic on Hannity yesterday and today. He’s absolutely fragged out of his mind.
Nobody is castigating him for his values, we’re castigating him for being a moron. There’s a difference. There’s plenty of good people out there who have great values but aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer, I wouldn’t vote for them either.
Don’t take my word for it, go listen to a Podcast of his interview with Hannity today when it becomes available....its like......entering the Twilight Zone, even Hannity sounded uncomfortable and not sure what to do with this loon.
Translation - Quick! Move the goalposts back another ten yards. The other team is about to score.
Can you give an example? The guy sounded like a clear thinker to me.
Calling him a moron is beyond the pale. Akin is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he earned a B.S. in Management Engineering. After graduation, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army with the Army Combat Engineers at Fort Belvoir in Alexandria, Virginia. He received an honorable discharge from the Army Reserves in 1980. Todd spent four years as an engineer with IBM. He later moved into corporate management at Laclede Steel. in 1984 he earned a Master of Divinity degree at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis.
If he is a moron, we need more morons in Congress. I hope he stays in the race as a matter of principle. He has the moral courage to buck the Establishment and be his own man. These are the kinds of people we need to lead this country. Do you have a problem with his voting record in Congress?
Why are so many of the criticisms against Akin nothing but rabid name calling?
Not sure if we were listening to the same interview. On both days he sounded awkward, mumbled and stumbled his way through, didn’t sound prepared at all, couldn’t answer basic questions, Hannity was basically pulling this guy around by the arm and he still couldn’t hang in there. He’s a joke.
It's to bad that he is not more artful in how he responds to loaded questions.
By staying in the race we probably lose the Senate seat in MO. If he is really looking at the big picture he would see that if obamacare is not repealed that not only will abortions increase in number, but that Christians will be forced to pay for them. I think he should step aside.
So, do you think God will damn one of the elect to hell?
I suspect that RW was using a common phrase without thinking about it.
” You realize of course that Todd Akin is a graduate of Covenant Theological, a major Reformation Seminary of the PCA. / So, do you think God will damn one of the elect to hell?”
Golly! Salvation by school name! THAT is as unique as Akin’s theory of rape...
It seems likely the guy is a Christian. And if stupidity was the unforgivable sin...well, there would be a lot of us in trouble! Still, we won’t know all the wheat vs tares until GOD separates them at the end. God, not the PCA.
Because when logic fails and you realize you’re dealing with a complete moron, sometimes the frustration gets the best of you.
No, what this man did is ruin any chance he has of winning this Senate seat and put in jeopardy every other Republican's chance of winning their elections this Fall. It's not a matter of being pro-life. It is a matter of saying something stupid and being totally and completely unprepared when facing the media. It is a matter of competence.
We still have the chance to get another pro-life candidate in the race. Otherwise, that Senate seat will be held by pro-abortion Claire McCaskill for another six years.
Not being in the room with him, a 2x4 upside his hollow head wasn't an option?
I understand the word perfectly.
What part of 'C O N J E C T U R E' do you not understand?
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