It finally overloaded his ample...backside.
Posted on 09/01/2012 1:42:58 PM PDT by xzins
My side is not any particular Senator, but Republican control of the Senate. At this point, maybe Akin is the best way to go in MO. Or maybe a conservative write-in candidate would be the more likely path for a Republican pick-up. My main point is that we have to think strategically abut how to gain control of the branch of government that can either restrain Obama or - if we win the Presidency - implement a freedom agenda.
But if we’re motivated by great injustices, e.g., Karl Rove said something offensive, the MSM reacts differently to idiot Republicans than it does to idiot Democrats, etc., we take our eyes off the ball.
And Akin is not just a non-entity, he’s also a jerk for not getting out of the way, because any other Republican with a non-flat-line EEG can win this thing easily. He’s the one who created this dilemma, not Karl Rove or the MSM.
Over & out. There’s still plenty of weekend left.
Is Rove married?
And all that money comes with with strings attached that transforms conservatives into RINOs.
Democrats spent $1.5 million to help Akin win (3 times what he spent himself!)
Because they knew that he was too conservative for the GOPe and that they would try to replace him afterwards for some faux pas, and in doing so alienate a whole lot of the GOP base. And they were right.
Who will we "replace" Rove and his $300 million with?
It's not Rove's $300 million. He is replaceable.
Well I guess its time to let him go.
Most times the wheels of karma move slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine. Looks like those wheels sped up a bit.
Buh-bye.
I agree. It would be a very classy move on Akin's part.
It finally overloaded his ample...backside.
“At the very least Rove should make a public apology.”
Maybe it would help for Karl to do an ad ala Christine O’Donnell’s “I’m not a witch” ad...
Rove: I’m not a murderer. I’m just like you.
While I agree that Akin should withdraw, I don’t agree with the epithets. I think he is smart enough, a good man and a good conservative but should be more judicious with his comments. The question is - was this a one time slip or are we in for more of the same as Akin grows older? Or even in the last few weeks of the campaign?
I think only Akin and his staff really know how well he functions, particularly under extreme stress such as a debate.
I only know that we do not get any “do overs” in this election, and if Todd Akin stays in and messes this up we are all going to be grieving.
I was harrassed when I said something like that earlier, so please don’t bother to flame me again. You can save all the “agist” comments too, because I am 5 yrs. older than Akin, and I am not running for a vitally important seat in the senate. I subscribe to the Clint Eastwood quote “a man has to know his limitations”.
As for Rove, if he is employed in any way by the Republican party, I think he should be terminated forthwith.
I hope that FOX news will at least censure or suspend him.
great point in #74.
...he also prevented us taking the Senate in 2010.
otherwise, Obamacare would never have passed in the first place.
I don’t think talking about murdering someone falls under free speech...such talk should be taken serious...could actually fall under the title of terrorist talk....Rove is stupid and thinks he can get away with anything...
Those defending mitt and trashing Akin are either hypocrites or liberals, but I repeat myself.
Ohh yeh -- that'll work. Might just as well write in: McCaskill.
And Akin is not just a non-entity, he’s also a jerk for not getting out of the way
Out of the way of what??? a legally held election that he won by 6 points. Missourians take their elections seriously.
because any other Republican with a non-flat-line EEG can win this thing easily.
Name one that can and would run, and oh yeh, [s]he must be one of Karl's gang of five.
He’s the one who created this dilemma, not Karl Rove or the MSM.
Who are you kidding??? He made the comment but Rove and the GOPe created the dilemma by their overreaction.
By his latest comments it is clear that Karl has taken this situation personally. His professional judgment has become seriously flawed as if it has not always been.
Karl Rove MUST go. He is an egocentric manipulator who cannot stand his new demotion from the warm light of presidential confidante to talking head. Exhibit A is unceasing attack on the Tea Party grass roots effort. As the operatik-in-chief, Commissar Rove wishes to keep all Party members singing his one note aria. While Akin made a foolish comment and, I believe, offered a sincere apology, Rove regrets only having been caught. His cynical, hair-splitting philosophy substitutes for principled advocacy. It is his misguided course that brought us into the Obama era. Enough already with the so-called “Architect.” He should shunned and exiled by Conservatives, the GOP itself, and by anyone who believes in standards of decent, ethical conduct. Goodbye Karl Rove.
Karl Rove MUST go. He is an egocentric manipulator who cannot stand his new demotion from the warm light of presidential confidante to talking head. Exhibit A is unceasing attack on the Tea Party grass roots effort. As the operatik-in-chief, Commissar Rove wishes to keep all Party members singing his one note aria. While Akin made a foolish comment and, I believe, offered a sincere apology, Rove regrets only having been caught. His cynical, hair-splitting philosophy substitutes for principled advocacy. It is his misguided course that brought us into the Obama era. Enough already with the so-called “Architect.” He should shunned and exiled by Conservatives, the GOP itself, and by anyone who believes in standards of decent, ethical conduct. Goodbye Karl Rove.
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