Posted on 08/24/2012 6:25:07 AM PDT by nathanbedford
Thanks. I agree with every word.
Akin’s gaffe was much more egregious than “Macaca”; and we know that cost George Allen, and the GOP, a Senate seat. Maybe that’s why people, such as Ann Coulter, were quick to respond. History does repeat itself. (But, then so does histrionics.) McCaskill was down by 11 points before this happened. Now polls show the MO Senate Race “Leaning Democrat”. I’d say the odds of Akin pulling this out are astoundingly “against” that happening.
Loyalty is a virtue. Akin is a decent man who made a mistake and apologized. His sterling pro life record should have been celebrated and contrasted with the bizarre abortion loving Obama who even celebrates partial birth abortion. You have to wonder what good are these so called “conservative pundits” if they fold so easily. And just in case the pundits didn’t notice, the Democrat platform stands on endorsement of abortion and homosexuality. Afraid to notice the decadence Ann?
Akin’s gaffe was much more egregious than “Macaca”; and we know that cost George Allen, and the GOP, a Senate seat. Maybe that’s why people, such as Ann Coulter, were quick to respond. History does repeat itself. (But, then so does histrionics.) McCaskill was down by 11 points before this happened. Now polls show the MO Senate Race “Leaning Democrat”. I’d say the odds of Akin pulling this out are astoundingly “against” that happening.
Sorry for the double posting of my comment. Don’t know how that happened.
My point is that there is no way of telling whether the 11 point advantage disappeared because of the power of the gaffe itself or because of the friendly fire.
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Strangely enough, the “fire” was not very damn “friendly”. I still say, regardless, Akin should have dropped out, maintained his Congressional Seat and had a legacy of honor and respect. Now, he will never win another Election and his legacy will be one of disdain for a self-serving politician who put his own ambitions above his State and Country.
GOP has much to learn about the war that is politics.
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Of course, the two incidents you mentioned were committed by Democrats. So, you want the GOP to be like the Democrats? Ummmm...... Hopefully we won’t stoop that low.
The establishment has argued that this is not a matter of loyalty or honor but of practicality, one might say pragmatism. The Todd Akin affair is noteworthy because it highlights the vacuousness of the Republican Party when it is challenged for alleged breaches of political correctness.
In conceding the fate of Mr. Akin, we have conceded the argument. Does that argument in this case also include abortion? Why did we not mount an immediate counterattack on the Democrat support of partial-birth abortion. All one has to do is read the opinion of Justice Kennedy in the partial birth abortion case to have one's blood run cold by his graphic description of the deed. Are we incapable of being as effective in public speech on the stump as a justice of the Supreme Court is in his lonely chamber?
The personal fate of Todd Akin is not very relevant in itself except as a reflects on the Republican Party and its effect in intimidating potential candidates away from running for office and away from speaking out on social issues.
I still don’t think it’s necessarily too late. The people of MO are smarter than the MSM and the GOP.
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I make annual trips to MO. I have many, many friends and acquaintances there. Everyone of them that I have spoken with (and that is about a dozen of them) felt that to guarantee that McCaskill was defeated, Akin should have dropped out of the race. All of them are disheartened, disappointed and demoralized over this. And, most of them say they’re sitting out the Senate Election and voting in the Presidential Election and other down-ballot races because they feel Akin was selfish and self-serving. But, with 74 days (counting today) to go before the Election, they could change their minds.
A lot of pundits and professional noisemakers (who wag their tongues for a living) piled on Akin thinking he would collapse beneath their hysteria and spittle. But, Akin is a fighter and he more or less singlehandedly took on the whole establishment and whupped them. Pride will prevent many of the hyenas from getting back in line too quickly, but before election day they will come around. Akin has tamed them once again. Akin has provided young people with some important lessons in leadership.
This seat is bigger than Akin. A US Senate seat is serious business. This isn’t a cashier position at the local drug store. Akin’s career, his feelings, his ego, etc, are all absolutely unimportant compared to making sure this seat is taken away from the Democrats. Loyalty matters no more here than it does in the NFL. If a QB, RB or whatever in the NFL becomes a liability at his position for whatever reason, fair or not fair, he has to go. Same thing in politics. Akin’s comments were so ridiculous that he is unlikely to be able to recover from them. That means he is going to lose and that idiot Claire McCaskill is going to keep the seat. It also means that Obama has a better chance to win Missouri.
And Akin is not doing the pro-life movement any favors by refusing to step aside either. There are plenty of pro-life folks in Missouri that the GOP/conservatives could get behind and have a vastly better chance of winning that Senate seat and making sure Obama doesn’t win the state.
This sounds as it could have been copied and modified from the likely ravings of Adolf Hitler in his bunker as the Russian Army closed in.
No, this is not my fault. Nobody knows what we could have accomplished if only the German people had truly given their total support to me. If only....If only....If only.
The actual bottom line is that, when it REALLY COUNTS, Akin’s core “values” are on display-—and it’s clear that he HAS NO INTEGRITY, he LACKS ALL CONCERN ABOUT MISSOURI REPLACING CLAIRE MCCASKILL.
He will display any vestige of honesty he may still have if he shows up in November at the MCCASKILL VICTORY PARTY and loudly proclaims to the adoring and cheering crowds there “Mission Accomplished”.
Lol, your post is absolutely delusional - which makes sense considering you are wasting your vote on Tom Hoefling. Akin hasn’t whupped anyone. I’d hardly call Sarah Palin a professional noisemaker by the way - and she wants him out along with virtually every other thinking, rational conservative. By not stepping aside, Akin is just going down and taking everything he believes in with him. This is all about his ego and nothing more.
.......Akin has provided young people with some important lessons in leadership.
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Oh, it’s you again. Taking time off from your jihad against voting for the Republican Presidential team. Now you’re applauding tactics that defeat efforts to replace scumbag liberal Democrat Senators. Well, at least you’re staying in character.
.....the Republican Party and its effect in intimidating potential candidates....away from speaking out on social issues.
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Speaking out on Social Issues is fine. I’m a Pro-Life voter. But, damn, let’s do it intelligently. You don’t make a statement inferring that if it is a “legitimate” rape a woman’s body automatically shuts down and prevents a pregnancy. That’s like saying: “If you run a legitimate business, a thief will never rob your store.” If the guy is dumb enough to make this blunder, what else is he capable of? His statement was insensitive at best.
I understand. I doubt that the Dems even attack their own in private.
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