Posted on 08/24/2012 11:26:19 AM PDT by tsowellfan
Wouldn’t it be better if everyone on our side just calmed down and responded to any future questions from the bullying media with ‘Akin made an ignorant comment that he has apologized several times for. I am willing to accept his apology and consider the matter closed.’?
No one has helped stir up a backlash of support FOR Akin and compelled him stay in the race than ABO, pro-Romney and establishment goons.
It was idiotic on the part of Romney to demonize Akin. It is not surprising social conservatives are rallying around him.
This whole episode exposed the hostility Romney and the GOP-e have toward social conservatives.
Romney has proven once again why he is one of the few candidates liberal an inept enough to lose to Obama.
GO AWAY, Akin! Go away before you do any more damage than you already have.
You nailed it. And, it is really quite amusing to see the bullies here that piled on Akin pitching a hissy fit when their attacks come back to bit their RINO savior in the behind.
Exactly! This whole episode with Akin made me question my support for Romney, not Akin.
Now this I don’t believe at all!
I find that hard to believe.
I think Todd Akin creeps a lot of people out, and his odor is hurting all Republicans on the ticket.
Romney won’t be seen within 100 yards of Todd Akin. He is even banned from entering the Convention Hall in Tampa.
This is a weeklong story at the most. The Dems will try and ratchet it up during their convention, but most people will say, "What does this have to do with Romney?"
The point I was trying to make is this. What is the solution? How is a perceived loss going to be averted? Why would any one with political aspirations subject themselves to a losing situation and be forever tarred with the same brush as Akin?
I would suggest some solutions based upon the situation. That is attempt to come up with a winning solution, rather than running from a difficulty.
What I see is so-called conservatives stepping into line with the D's and sealing their losing fate.
In addition, any potential conservative candidate has to assess to viability of his support. Because with friends like the posts that I have been reading, who needs enemies?
I know that no one likes what I have said, but flame away.
“Wouldn’t it be better if everyone on our side just calmed down and responded to any future questions from the bullying media with ‘Akin made an ignorant comment that he has apologized several times for. I am willing to accept his apology and consider the matter closed.’?”
Totally agree!!!
If he's still in the race of course he will. And Claire and the dems will make sure that he's not forgotten. I hear she's putting rape ads together now as we speak.
Why would they want us to forget? It would not be to their benefit.
If Akin quits the race, this goes away. Romney isn’t running a race in MO only. He is running a national race...if he doesn’t distance himself from Akin, he will lose Virginia-—where women are much more moderate.
The bottom line is this: Blaming the GOP or Romney for the mess Akin created is like blaming a wife for an abusive husband. Akin needs to fall on his sword, quickly. Draft one of the women candidates (one was endorsed by Sarah Palin) and move on. It’s what needs to happen.
He's been in Congress for many years, doofus. You wait that long, everyone's going to make a mistake at some point. You don't boot someone out for one black mark in a long, good career. Kicking someone out for something that trivial is selfish and callous.
Never underestimate the power of the stupid and ignorant, especially when the media is on their side.
They're Republican men as shown in polling internals. People like me, Mike Gallagher, Steve Deace, Mike Huckabee, etc., are disgusted with the gutless, spineless RINO wing of the Republican party whose careers are built on stabbing REAL conservatives in the back and who only pay lip service to social conservatism if that. The severity of the attack on Akin COULD NOT OCCUR if the issue he was defending was not based on pro-life, anti-abortion values. If he had made the same statement in relation to a discussion on cutting the capital gains tax, this WOULD NOT be happening to him, period, end of story.
thank you. i am grateful for that link.
not simply the one quote, but the entire article,
is brilliant. ...by far, the best summary i’ve seen,
especially of the “big picture”.
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http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2012/08/making-a-mountain-out-of-a-missouri-molehill.html
Making a Mountain out of a Missouri Molehill
By John F. Di Leo -
LOL. I call them “barn burners” for the 1800s guys who would burn themselves up in a barn to say, “see? We got the rat!”
You’re right. I hope this thing blows over, so we can get back to the job of beating Obama and electing a conservative Congress.
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