Todd Akin: Some of my staff ‘conceived in rape'

Politico ^ | 7/17/14 | Jonathan Topaz

[DoodleDawg]

A defiant Todd Akin on Thursday conceded he “misspoke some words” regarding his infamous 2012 comments on rape, but he cast blame on those in both parties for politicizing them.

In an interview on MSNBC, the 2012 Missouri Republican Senate nominee didn’t spare anyone criticism, calling out by name Bill and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party, Karl Rove, Senate Republican leadership and the political media. Continue Reading

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“I misspoke some words,” Akin conceded to host Chuck Todd.

That’s as far as his remorse went, though, as the conservative firebrand continues his re-emergence to promote his new book and rail against the political establishment that largely abandoned him after his controversial comments.

[ansel12]

Great, you make a personal attack against a freeper, and want us to treat the politician as a “private citizen”.

[ansel12]

You should ask the mods to remove that.

[ansel12]

Yep, only 64% of republicans voted against him.

After that the representatives of the 64% asked him to step down, but ego man went on to the predictable landslide loss, as 61% of the state voted against him.

[Lakeshark]

He labeled himself stupid with what he said, then kept opening his mouth. You’re being like a lib defending the indefensible, he dug his own grave, he should have stepped down.

[Resettozero]

Great, you make a personal attack against a freeper...

Who? You? I have attacked no one. You exaggerate.

[Resettozero]

You should ask the mods to remove that.

I have not threatened anyone. Why remove the post?

[ansel12]

Nor has anyone else, you seem a little out of control, that is Akins problem.

[Resettozero]

...you seem a little out of control.

Because I am not agreeing with you on this topic? Well, flame on.

[Resettozero]

You’re being like a lib defending the indefensible...

Sure wouldn't want you on the jury deciding my case. Name-calling now?

[ansel12]

You sure don’t seem to be able to follow our posts very well, or understand them, or even know what we are posting to you.

[Resettozero]

Yep, only 64% of republicans voted against him.

The remainder of the votes cast were FOR other candidates, not necessarily against Akin.

[Resettozero]

Nor has anyone else...

Sounded like a threat against Akin by another poster.

[ansel12]

That 64% primary result was then followed by 61% of the state voting against him.

Just what the tea parties and Palin, and most good conservatives predicted.

[ansel12]

LOL, only in your head.

[Resettozero]

You sure don’t seem to be able to follow our posts very well, or understand them, or even know what we are posting to you.

But I do anyway. You remain in error.

[Resettozero]

Just what the tea parties and Palin, and most good conservatives predicted.

Okay. He's not running now. It's a book tour.

[Resettozero]

LOL, only in your head.

Okay. It sounded like a potentially veiled threat against Akin in my head. So...?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Akin couldn’t sell himself to the voting public.
How does he then protect those babies from diseased liberals ?

[Lakeshark]

Nice dodge. And no one name called, though your defense of the indefensible makes it tempting......

You didn't address my point that AKIN SAID SOMETHING UNBELIEVABLY STUPID ALL BY HIMSELF. No one took him out of context or tricked him, or invented what he said. He was made to look stupid by himself and all by himself, he got the badge given him the old fashioned way, he earned it.

Most conservatives asked him to leave the race, it wasn't the gope pulling the idiocy like with Cochran, it was Akin's stubborn refusal to see what a fool he had made of himself that lost it for him.

[Resettozero]

Nice dodge. And no one name called, though your defense of the indefensible makes it tempting...

Don't know what you think I dodged, but don't really care. Based on your post above, there's not much sense in posting to each other, is there?

The original topic of this thread is Akin's book tour and appearances on TV, not the election. My comments were founded on the observation that DoodleDawg has posted on several FR threads of his disdain of Akin AS A PERSON long after he's lost the election and moved on. One of DoodleDawg's postings on this thread could be viewed as potentially threatening to Akin's person.

How you insinuated yourself into the subject matter...well, a future historian can re-read this thread if he wants to and make a determination. I choose not to.

Please...no more. Be satisfied. You win. I may very well be wrong about whatever it is you think I'm wrong about. Big honking deal.

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