Posted on 08/31/2012 10:03:41 AM PDT by darrellmaurina
Akin's spokesman Ryan Hite confirmed that some members of Akin's campaign staff, and some volunteers, have received threatening emails, some of which assert their careers might be ruined if they stay with Akin.
A source close to Akin provided the Beacon a copy of one such email that allegedly came from a GOP committeeperson in central Missouri. The sender’s name had been blacked out.
“Many within the Republican Party have noticed your energetic and passionate work with Todd Akin’s Senate campaign,” the note read. “You are young, well spoken, and likeable. I have spoken with many other state committeemen and women and there is a consensus among those who know of you that you may very well be a rising star within the Missouri GOP. But not if you stay on Todd Akin’s failing campaign.”
The note continued, “I do not want to see your future in Missouri politics tarnished, and if you continue to support Mr. Akin’s bid for Senate by working on his campaign, the MRP will have no choice but to refuse support for any future political endeavors you may have."
A spokesman for the Missouri Republican Party condemned such a note, and said party leaders did not condone such activities.
“None of the more than 2,800 Republican committee members across the state has the authority to speak on behalf of the Missouri Republican Party,” said state party spokesman Jonathon Prouty. “We cannot verify the authenticity of this unsourced email, but we do know that it was absolutely not authorized or sent by the MRP. The content of this email does not in any way reflect the views of the Missouri Republican Party, and we strongly condemn this type of politics.”
Akin spokesman Hite said the campaign would not comment on its reaction to the emails or that of staff who have received them. But he added, “We’re all still here.”
He's already in DC: http://akin.house.gov/
LOL, I simply forgot to add “as a senator.”
Akin is also strong Tea Party. I have noticed several out of state trolls attacking every pro Akin post on facebook. I seriously believe they are libtards and pro Obama and McCaskill.
I also read that members of Akin’s staff were threatened with rape. Shows you what type of pigs support McCaskill
By “stupid, ill-timed remarks”, I'm not referring to the substance of his infamous comments. The facts of the matter are still indeterminate. I mean that a savvy politician would know better than to make such incendiary remarks, in the midst of a critical national election, without laying any foundation beforehand.
The Dems have been desperate to make the election about anything but the economy. Akin has played right into his hands.
If this is any indication of Akin’s practical political skills — then, he won't be any help advancing conservative policies and programs in any political arena. Quite the opposite.
Only those Republicans and Freepers who are of the establishment. It wasn't what Akins said that they find offensive, it is who he is.. a tea partier who threatens their cozy existences. What he said only gave them the fuel to turn on him.
I would not put anything beneith that crowd...anyone that would kill a just born baby would probably also kill their own mother. I have no use for them.
You would be amazed at how many people don't know. The ones that surprise the me the most are people here in Missouri and people that are pillorying Akin.
<> Shows you what type of pigs support McCaskill.<>
YEP
“We should sink Todd Akin. If he’s found mysteriously murdered, don’t look for my whereabouts!” joked Rove, according to a Businessweek report of the fundraiser.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2924967/posts
“The background to this little dust-up doesn’t go back to a local TV interview but further than that”.
It goes back even farther than March 2012.
Charles Jaco, the man who interviewed Todd Akin, is a left-wing goon who has a history of manipulating interviews with political candidates.
Back in 2002, a reporter from KMOX Radio interviewed Cathy Enz, a Republican candidate running against Democrat Dick Gephardt in the MO 3rd Congressional District. Enz’ staff were all aghast when the recorded interview was broadcast on the radio. Jaco, who worked at KMOX at the time, took the ENZ interview, played excerpts exclusively for Gephardt and then allowed him to refute her statements, without allowing Enz any opportunity for rebuttal to her opponent’s comments. The interview was incompetent, partisan journalism at its worst; a set-up designed to unfairly disparage a candidate and affect an election.
Todd Akin was also set up by Jaco, in an attempt to find some ill stated comment and distort it in order to ridicule Akin. My guess is that the video of the interview was probably being scrutinized in the McCaskill headquarters within ten minutes of completion.
I happened to be watching the Akin interview that Sunday morning and wasn’t taken aback by his “notorious comment”. I understood Akin was meaning to say forced rape, as opposed to statutory rape. And as a woman myself, I understand the complex female reproductive system and am aware that stress and, most certainly, trauma CAN (can, not will) cause impending ovulation to be delayed or halted. No ovulation means no pregnancy. Does that mean pregnancy will not occur in case of rape? Of course not! If ovulation has already occurred at the time of unprotected intercourse, rather it is rape or consensual sex, pregnancy is likely to occur.
Todd Akin’s gaffe was not worthy of destruction of his political career. He did not do anything illegal or immoral. He was not disparaging women who were impregnated by rape. His words were sadly misconstrued by some people and deliberately distorted by political operatives in efforts to sway the November election.
MO Repub Party sounds like the crappy SC Repub Party that attacked Nikki Haley before the Governor’s election she won.
Too many Freepers have played into the GOPe, RNC hands with over the top diatribes directed at Akin.
I’m just calling ‘em like I sees ‘em.
Perfection, we are looking for perfection.
Perfection is the enemy of good.
<>I mean that a savvy politician would know better than to make such incendiary remarks, in the midst of a critical national election, without laying any foundation beforehand.<>
You mean like that savvy politician Karl Rove and his incendiary remark at a fundraiser breakfast at the Republican National Convention, where he was quoted as saying:
“We should sink Todd Akin. If he’s found mysteriously murdered, don’t look for my whereabouts.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2925049/posts
You mean like that savvy politician Karl Rove and his incendiary remark at a fundraiser breakfast at the Republican National Convention, where he was quoted as saying:
“We should sink Todd Akin. If he’s found mysteriously murdered, don’t look for my whereabouts.”
“Mysteriously murdered”?!?! Maybe the Republican party should demand that Karl Rove step down because of his provocative remark. He’s a highly respected political pundit and should know better.
Time to tell Rove to back off, or maybe we’ll ruin his career. Would like to do some op research on our Tubby. Like all the details about his divorce.
They may be hoping against hope because this remark was much worse than anything Akin said and it is the great standard bearer of political astuteness, Karl Rove himself, who made it.
People who have had visits from the FBI have said far less.
AP is reporting on Rove’s comment........
Akin office angered by Rove’s reported murder quip
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The office of Republican Rep. Todd Akin is reacting angrily to a quote attributed to GOP activist Karl Rove that joked about the idea of the Missouri Senate candidate being murdered.
Bloomberg Businessweek’s website reported Friday that Rove’s comment came at a GOP donors’ breakfast at the Tampa Club in Florida. The site says Rove quipped to the audience: “We should sink Todd Akin. If he’s found mysteriously murdered, don’t look for my whereabouts!”
A Rove spokesman didn’t immediately return a call and email from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Akin’s office issued a statement calling the quote deeply disturbing, given that the FBI has been investigating threats against Akin after his comments that women’s bodies can shut down pregnancy in cases of what he called “legitimate rape.”
This (if true) and the proposed rules in the convention paint a very poor picture of the heart of the Republican Party.
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