[al_c]

Why is it that when a Rep says something stupid, the calls for this organization or that to distance themselves from the person come out from every angle ... yet when someone on the left says something stupid, we hear crickets?

[ScottinVA]

Yes, it`s unfair, but EVERY GOPer should be fully aware that no one on the right ever gets a mulligan for an idiotic, horrendously worded statement, regardless of the intent. It`s the dynamic under which they have to operate, like it or not.

He should`ve kept his response to the question broad, e.g., “I believe in the sanctity of innocent life without exception.” Apparently thinking he was brighter than he is, he tried to apply some “expert opinion,” and with that, sank his chances of winning that election, the GOP`s chances of gaining control of the Senate, and quite possibly Romney`s hopes in Missouri.

If he loves this country more than the desire to boost his own ego, Todd Akin will step aside.

[sam_paine]

al_c: Why is it that when a Rep says something stupid, the calls for this organization or that to distance themselves from the person come out from every angle ... yet when someone on the left says something stupid, we hear crickets?

Why do people bother to ask such a reflexively stupid question?

Why would it be otherwise?

If the right is morally superior to the left, then of course the left will be held to a lower standard.

If the left maintained the same standards of self-reproach, they wouldn't condone or support so many of the reprehensible tenets that they do.

It's self-evident that the whore has more fun than the ole biddy churchlady. If the whore cleaned up her act and went to church then she wouldn't be a whore anymore.

[Kaslin]

Exactly

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

>>Why is it that when a Rep says something stupid, the calls for this organization or that to distance themselves from the person come out from every angle ... yet when someone on the left says something stupid, we hear crickets?
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Because people on the right have principles, unlike people on the left.

And we are also pragmatic. We know that what this idiot said was TOXIC, there is no “walking it back,” and it will cost us quite possiblly the Senate and the whole nation.

Forever.

However, there are a few stupid birdbrains right here on FR who would rather see Akin stay in the race even if it means losing the country.