Posted on 08/21/2012 10:40:56 AM PDT by Uncle Slayton
Rep. Todd Akin, the embattled Senate candidate who used the phrase “legitimate rape” in talking about abortion and pregnancy, said Tuesday afternoon that he would stick to his decision to remain in the race.
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Awesome!!!
its so great that he thinks so much of himself to screw everyone else....
thanks !!
Awesome!!!
its so great that he thinks so much of himself to screw everyone else....
thanks !!
once again... its all about MEEEE!!!!!!
Nobody could be this dumb. He has to be a dim plant.
What a guy.
Just spend the money on another candidate in the same race. He can’t run with money and support he doesn’t have.
He must be a Democrat. He’s behaving like one.
Goodby house and senate. Harry and nancy are back in power thanks to this selfrichous moron.....
God damn him to hell for his arrogance.
Somewhere, Claire McCaskill is cheering wildly, her position secure for at least another 6 years.
That hissing sound you hear is the air going out of the “repeal Obamacare” balloon, that dies today.
Goodby house and senate. Harry and nancy are back in power thanks to this self serving moron.....
And the WaPO is just “pleased as punch”.
BUT....He will be gone...when you have only a hand full behind you helping, it will get tough and he won't be able to handle it...
Good. He’ll win.
I’ve heard that left-leaning groups provided him ad money, making him feel like he still has some sort of support base out there. What a tool.
Stubborn ass.
SnakeDoc
hmmmm perhaps i should have included the sarc tag...
Well, it does no one any good to join the Left’s communist now. Stick by the guy who mispoke.
Have Steelman do a Murkowski.
Will you come back after he gets blown out in the election and admit you were a fool for saying this? Because Allen West has a better chance of winning Nancy Pelosi’s district at this point in time.
I was hearing some reports of local support during lunch. Since it seems to be decided that he will be in the race, we might finally see what happens when someone fights back (referring to Foley, Maccacca).
I was hoping this was older news but it just happened as the Huckabee show is on 12 - 3 ET.
And here I am thinking that he won the primary by getting more people to vote for him than anyone else.
Great to see the Rep. Akin will not succumb to the whims of the Yellow Bellied RINO’s who what the destroy a man who has worked his entire life for the Pro Life Movement and Conservatism.
Under MO election law, today is the last day Akin can withdraw with no penalties. If he does, a state GOP committee would name his replacement ASAP.
Under the law, he can still withdraw up until Sept. 25, but if he does so after today, he would be on the hook to pay for the reprinting of ballots. The state committee would still name his replacement.
After Sept. 25, he would be required to get a court order to withdraw from the race. Then we’ll be into Torricelli territory. Who knows if the MO Supreme Court would be as agreeable to the GOP as the NJ Supreme Court was to the Democrats.
Akin owes the GOP Establishment nothing after they publicly lynched him. He won the primary fair and square.
Also, how do we even know that his replacement is gonna win anyway? GOP Missouri voters might just be royally peeved if he is forced out. We don't know how that part will play out.
The media is going to hammer the entire GOP endlessly over this. Every single House and Senate race is going to be adversely affected by this!
Who Isn’t Calling for Akin’s Withdrawal? Claire McCaskill & Planned Parenthood.
Please remove Post 27. It is way over the top.
“Good. He’ll win.”
He? I assume you mean Obama because MO just became a swing state again. If Akin really cared about the unborn he would step aside and support a R candidate who could be elected. Another liberal Dem elected is the worst thing possible for the pro life movement.
Happy to hear he wont let anyone run him off..
his voting record,
http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/9301/todd-akin
Now the GOP will have to hold MA and win all the other tossups to win the Senate... not likely.
You deserve zotting for that.
Far from shutting up, he's bought ad time for the next 5 days and will continue to apologize.
“Because Allen West has a better chance of winning Nancy Pelosi’s district at this point in time.”
A candidate could be caught with dead hookers and would still have a better shot at winning an election than Col. West would in the People Republic of San Francisco
Why yes he did!! Congratulations!! You must be so happy!! McCaskill sends her congrats as well..
now about that general thingy...
Now damage control will be needed for this loose cannon who has decided to stay in. The Missouri seat is gone.Now to figure out how to keep the damage contained locally and prevent the national DNC from raising national campaign contributions quoting this idiot in their campaign contribution solicitation e mails for the next 10 weeks.
I’m leery of anybody that Tax Hike Mike endorses. Huckaphony isn’t a conservative. He just plays one on TV.
They need to freeze him out at this point. He’s being a selfish jerk. He has NO funding other than the left-wing groups who are thrilled to see him stay in, the NRSC has pulled all funding, as have American Crossroad’s and other PAC’s, he’s not going anywhere. This is absolute foolishness on his part, he’ll cost the GOP the Senate and hurt them in several other races because of his idiocy...just to prove a point.
Now McCaskill is going to skate to re-election. The Rats won't even have to fight for it so they can spend that money elsewhere. Thanks a lot Akin!
Let’s see what he does.
The winning act is to go on the attack quickly and that’s what I think he’ll do.
Which senatorial candidate said the following? Which is worse? Was he forced to resign?
In his 1992 Senate bid, ____ was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, ______, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, ____ playfully twirled _____'s hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." _____'s face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." ____'s excuse was that it had been a long day.
If we can’t get the house and senate because of one mistake like this then we don’t deserve the house and senate.
I want him to pull out so there is one less ridiculous distraction but people are exggerating the impact of all this.
I love the guy. He was scientifically right on trauma shutting down ovulation. What are we saying here. If its rape as nebulously defined by a feminazi then we can kill the child? Give me a break.Why so many republicans run from a fight makes me wonder if we can win. HE WILL BEAT CLAIR MCASKILL!!! He apologized for the word “ legitimate” MOVE ON!!!
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