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DRUDGE: FLASH: AKIN TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE... DEVELOPING...
Drudge ^ | 08/24/2012 | Self

Posted on 08/24/2012 1:00:39 PM PDT by nhwingut

is this the end?


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: akin; akinpresser
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To: missnry

Its stunning really.


141 posted on 08/24/2012 1:52:06 PM PDT by MNlurker
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To: a fool in paradise
Weekend Headlines Today:

Achin' Akin Fakin' !


142 posted on 08/24/2012 1:52:06 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: DallasBiff
"You guys remind me of the Clinton defenders in the late 90's."


That line is priceless....and so true.
143 posted on 08/24/2012 1:53:51 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimeticare Iddio!!!!!!)
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To: Girlene
LOL, that would really be shooting yourself in the foot.

If anyone is capable of doing that for grins and giggles it would be Akin. The next time he shoots himself in the foot he will use a bazooka, and the time after that a howitzer.

He's the gift that just keeps giving.

144 posted on 08/24/2012 1:54:15 PM PDT by jboot (This isn't your father's America. Stay safe and keep your powder dry.)
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To: Emperor Palpatine
Well stated, though I might have used ‘rutabaga’.
145 posted on 08/24/2012 1:54:54 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Funny but creepy!)
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To: Emperor Palpatine
Back about 20 years ago we had a GOP candidate for Governor who made a joke about rape. When he did itm, he was up about 10 points in the polls. That mishap unleashed Ann Richard on all of us.

This is event is toxic. Akin will not win ...guarnteed. The bastard needs to bow out.

146 posted on 08/24/2012 1:56:01 PM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

It’s probably a useless and futile hope....but I hope that he announces that his campaign will stop barraging my family with fundraising emails.


147 posted on 08/24/2012 1:56:35 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: catfish1957

If he is announcing he’s staying in on a Friday at the start of the convention, talk about hubris.

Things were dying down just a bit. Now it’ll be the meme all weekend.

This has Huckabee written all over it.


148 posted on 08/24/2012 1:57:49 PM PDT by nhwingut (Sarah Palin 12... No One Else)
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To: JediJones

You like to back losers, don’t’cha?

You were one of loser Newt’s more vocal supporters as I recall.


149 posted on 08/24/2012 1:58:30 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimeticare Iddio!!!!!!)
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To: nhwingut

Reregistering as a Dem?


150 posted on 08/24/2012 1:59:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: allmendream; JediJones
Where is the credible research about a woman's ability to ‘shut that whole thing down’?

All of which is irrelevant anyway. The question that Akin couldn't answer was "What about pregnancies due to rape?".

And -- as we all know -- there are several thousand of such every year. Whether women can "shut the whole thing down" is a totally separate -- and wholly immaterial -- question.

Akin demonstrated that he was incapable of giving coherent support to the pro-life position. Accordingly, why would anybody want him representing the pro-life position?

151 posted on 08/24/2012 1:59:45 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: missnry

But there ARE a LOT of people apparently telling him to stay in- Huckabee and some other strong social conservatives. They see this as a way to finally tell the rest of the conservative movement they are really running the show and they had better get used to it. Little do they realize what true harm and damage they are doing to the PRO LIFE cause.

It’s inexcusable.

What a pitiful, small man this Akin is..


152 posted on 08/24/2012 2:00:53 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: nhwingut

4:15 - Huck’s buddy says staying in.

4:16 - RNC yanks Huck from the schedule in Tampa.

PERIOD!


153 posted on 08/24/2012 2:01:17 PM PDT by MNlurker
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To: Emperor Palpatine
“Winning isn’t everything, its the ONLY thing.”

Then go win one for the Democrats. You certainly have absolutely no help to offer to the conservative movement. If it was up to you, there wouldn't be a conservative movement.

154 posted on 08/24/2012 2:01:17 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: mimaw

Nope I want conservatives to. We have had way more than our share of RINOs. Next year I really don’t want to hear the complaining that will take place from everyone here when Romney does something liberal...which he will. It is going to be hard to see it happen and not say told you so but I will try not to do that.


155 posted on 08/24/2012 2:01:56 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Attention Republican National Convention voters....Santorum/Bachmann 2012! Dump liberal Romney NOW!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Obama has agreed to make him surgeon general.


156 posted on 08/24/2012 2:03:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: JediJones

Please explain how having a toxic candidate which is affecting polling and is being used against candidates across the country is helpful to the conservative movement.


157 posted on 08/24/2012 2:03:32 PM PDT by MNlurker
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To: catfish1957
Hey this guy is evil. His selfishness may give the senate to Obama and the dims. Akin can go to hell as far as I am concerned

What's evil is jumping into a mob mentality to try and destroy someone who did absolutely nothing to deserve it. This is the kind of irrational fervor that they had when they burned "witches" at the stake.

158 posted on 08/24/2012 2:03:32 PM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: MNlurker

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-todd-akins-hubris/2012/08/23/33e5e970-ec94-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_story.html?wprss=rss_opinions

Akin, like many caught in error, seems increasingly convinced of his own virtue. The “party bosses” are out to get him. The “liberal elites” want to discredit his conservative views. But the uniformity of Republican and conservative sentiment to replace Akin on the ballot has removed every plausible reason for his resistance save one: pride. He does not want to be seen as a “quitter.” This is emotionally understandable. But it is a coping mechanism, not an electoral strategy.

It is an article of faith among movement conservatives that causes are more important than politicians trying to preserve their careers. Akin has ceased to sacrifice for his cause and begun asking it to sacrifice for him. Stripped of excuses, this is vanity.


159 posted on 08/24/2012 2:03:50 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: JediJones

Think about it bub. This guy is going to allow McCaskgill to win, based his on selfishness. Face it he is toast. Considering the stakes, that is evil.


160 posted on 08/24/2012 2:06:20 PM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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