But there is a real Robin Hood, who want to take from the rich and give to the poor government.
Posted on 08/23/2012 9:36:15 AM PDT by Perseverando
Exclusive: Janet Porter joins pro-life leaders as they stand with Rep. Todd Akin
Want to know why the Republican Party is in such trouble? I believe it comes down to one word: courage.
When Democrats misspeak, we make them vice president. When Republicans misspeak, Republicans are the first in line to throw them under the bus.
When Rep. Todd Akin stood for protecting all innocent human life in a recent interview, he used a word with more than one meaning. He used the word “legitimate” before the word “rape” to mean “real,” “forcible,” a tragic event that “really took place.” Anyone who doesn’t think false claims of rape can be made should check with Norma McCorvey, the “Roe” of Roe v. Wade. The infamous abortion case, based on her false rape claim, has resulted in the deaths of 55 million innocent human lives.
But because “legitimate” could also modify the word rape, some in the Republican Party are practically writing Willie Horton ads about it, pretending that the congressman is “pro-rape” and wants to let rapists out on furlough. This “interpretation” of the congressman’s words doesn’t resemble reality, and everyone knows it.
If Republicans love their country, they will quit using fiction to shoot their own and focus on the real enemies of life: Democrats Claire McCaskill and Barack Obama, who stand for legally sucking the brains out of half-born babies in a procedure called partial-birth abortion.
In America, we shouldn’t kill people for the crimes of their father. And in politics, we shouldn’t kill statesmen for a badly worded sound bite.
Thankfully, there are men and women of courage who stand with Rep. Akin, beginning with the founder of National and International Right to Life, Dr. Jack Willke, who said:
“Congressman Todd Akin remains a strong and courageous
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Exactly. Akin can cost us a Senate race (not even a seat, just a pickup), Romney is going to cost us the Presidency, and any coattail effects to boot.
Let's face it - if the GOP was fielding a decent conservative candidate, we'd be crushing Obama right now. I'm not even asking for some kind of hard-right Constitution Party-style candidate, just a reasonable mainstream movement conservative who understands the need to balance and stand on all three legs of fusion conservatism. Such a candidate wouldn't have the base troubles Romney has, and wouldn't have to try to run on the now-fervent-but-inevitably-will-play-itself-out "Anybody but Obama" energy. People naturally are much more interested in being in it for the long haul when they have someone that they can genuinely vote FOR, rather than just supporting to vote AGAINST the other guy. That's all Romney has. He is fracturing the GOP and the conservative movement in general, because people know he's a phony. A lot of people support him only tepidly because he's not Obama, but this doesn't translate into massive grassroots action of the sort traditionally needed to really make the ground game effective. Sure, Romney is a great organiser, but he's going to need more than just a cadre of loyal supporters to win the ground game nationwide. He needs the base. And a lot of them, while perhaps voting for him, aren't really inclined to put a lot of effort into his campaign.
End result - Obama is probably going to get re-elected, and the fault lies with Romney and his supporters.
IT HAS TO STOP.
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Just because the 'Rats have no standards doesn't mean we have to accept stupidity.
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So he said something stupid and immediately backtracked
which politician hasn’t?
Are we really going to allow the MSM and leftists in both parties choose our candidates this way?
“Inaccurate” or “wrong”? Sure.
“highly offensive”? Not so sure I see it.
But there is a real Robin Hood, who want to take from the rich and give to the poor government.
We wonder why Boehner never stands to fight the great battles that must be won to save our republic.
Answer: Because too many pitiful surrender monkeys typified by comments at this forum run for cover from the little battles, like defending and supporting the conservative Akin.
NOT THIS TIME! Akin will be hammered in November. Lack of courage did not cause Akin’s poll numbers to plummet. It was his own words, which can’t be fixed or explained. Porter is wrong. Bob
If Akin loses the Senate seat and or if Romney loses Missouri and the general election, it will be the fault of Akin. We will no longer be able to blame the RINOs by saying "see we told you so". Thanks to Akin, blaming the GOP Establishment went out the window.
But now the table has turned. Akin is hurting the conservative movement.
To absurdly start an argument over the “theory” that a woman who is forcibly raped is unlikely to get pregnant, and in the process of bringing that up, actually use the words “legitimate rape”, is so beyond the pale it’s beyond the belief he “went there”.
Even HE admits that now.
He just doesn’t want to suffer the consequences of leaving the race.
That's it in a nutshell. (Or should I say Akin-shell?)
The democrats are fighters, we are not.
What really hurt was the timing. Akin ran his mouth while idling his brain just a few days before the ballot registration deadline, thus stretching out the news cycle on the story with "will he or won't he" speculation. Right after that came the drafting of the abortion plank, leading to a whole new opportunity for the Democrats to make Todd Akin the face of the entire party. And now it's the run-up to the convention, with another news cycle of speculation about the impact of this mess.
It's like the party is under a curse or something.
It's not just that this goofy notion of magic anti-rapist-seed defensive shields is factually incorrect. It's that it carries an extremely offensive implication -- if a woman gets pregnant as a result of rape, she wasn't really raped at all and was asking for it.
Thanks to Akin, the dems are now motivated in Missouri and Akin is down by double digits. That means more could be voting for Obama than against Obama. If so, we lose Missouri.
You think Obama loses the election if we lose Missouri?
Akin is radioactive. The commie press will repeat his insane remark 24 hours a day every day until he’s gone, using it to try and tar every other Republican in 2012 and to avoid having to report on the economy and Obama’s record in general. This is what the commie media have been waiting for: a way to define Republicans as extremist nut jobs, and Akin is their perfect storm. I don’t care who he is or what he stands for, Akin has simply got to go.
Akin and his type are delusional and need to realize this freak show is going to take us over the cliff with him.
That Akin stays in the race is just one more proof that officials in both parties are in it just for themselves. Nothing is more important to them than being elected or re-elected. Their ONLY true “principal” is getting elected.
“A time for choosing.”
I choose to win.
He made an ignorant and ill-considered remark that destroyed his ability to get votes outside his base, thereby shooting his campaign not in the foot but through the head - and no amount of defense or support will change that.
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