We are all Akin for a quick McCaskill to this.
I have been really surprised at how quickly a large number of FReepers turned on Akin, a true pro life candidate who has genuine concern for the unborn.
Other than Huckabee attaching himself to Akin b/c his show is failing to beat Rush and he needs Akin to pump up his show that’s getting demolished everyday.
I’ve also been very discouraged by the large number of Freepers (although a few of them appear to be trolls) who have jumped aboard the left-wing propaganda train and savagely bashed Akin.
Akin is a good man with a solid conservative record, who misspoke, mainly with the use of one unfortunate word (”legitimate rape”). And immediately every Republican in sight, including many supposed conservatives, seem to think that that is MUCH WORSE than killing every baby in sight, as Akin’s attackers advocate.
Akin is a solid conservative who supports our freedoms. Romney is a gay-activist baby killer who put through a program to provide cheap—and subsequently free—abortions at taxpayer expense. Which is worse, a small verbal stumble, or a complete lack of moral principles?
Akin foolishly stepped in a carefully crafted trap the libtards set for him. The jaws of the trap were conservatives. They did just what the Brown Shirt Media wanted them to. Pitiful, actually. Conservatives SHOULD HAVE told them where to get off. Just another in a string of missed opportunities. The whole sordid affair did reveal whois really conservative and who is just going through the motions.
NO.
This issue is much greater than Todd Akin and he is too obtuse to see it.
He won in a tight 3 way race with cross-over votes from the DEMOCRATS.
I live in MO and I will not accept Akin when I know it will cost us the senate seat. He should withdraw so that a more reliable candidate can run on the Republican ticket.
If he does not withdraw, I will support a write-in candidate.
An attempt at projecting blame from the person who caused the problem on to those who are the victims of it.
Akin caused this and only him leaving the race and keeping his mouth shut would have done anything to move toward solving it. It is as if he went to the most ultra feminist websites and their slander of conservatives and the pro-life movement and acted in a way to “prove” their stereotypes.
Akin was not the choice of Republicans - he was the choice of the Democrats and Claire McCaskill. His nomination would not have been possible without them and the millions they spent for him to interfere with the primary - and apparently with good reason. We are supposed to join McCaskill and the Democrats and go along with someone destroying the credibility of everything we believe in to “prove” we are conservatives?
Prediction: If the GOP establishment doesn’t follow Republican Rep. Todd Akin’s example with a big, fat apology – to Akin – the whole party goes down in flames come November.
Prediction: Diane West is someone who is a LIBERAL!!
She nails it.
Akin is clearly not too bright and seems to know little about real women who have faced crisis pregnancies.
Only the candidate can defuse situations like this. Akin had 2 days to do that and failed, miserably.
That being said if he does not step down and he is within the margin of error as we get closer to election day I wouldn’t mind if the Rs put some money back in the race.
As of today I see Akin is getting creamed by that idiot tax cheat McCaskill, but luckily Romney has a lead over Obama.
That poll is discussed over at Hot Air, I’m sorry to be too lazy to post a link.
"There were talking point memos sent from the National Republican Senatorial Committee suggesting language to urge Akin to drop out. Political consultants were ordered to stay away from Akin or lose future business with GOP committees. Operatives were recruited to set up a network of pastors to call Akin to urge him to get out. Money has changed hands to push him off the plank."
Who needs enemies with friends like that?
I put this down to timidity. Political courage means putting your neck on the line. And while some are willing to do this, being asked to do so again and again tends to erode their courage.
Add that to the Republican establishment, who, comfortable in their seats, want no more arguments with anyone. They become “go along to get along” types. Some, no doubt, have even convinced themselves of the “inevitability” of the liberal agenda. So ‘moderation’ or even when they call themselves ‘conservatives’, what they are saying is that they agree with the liberals—they just do not want the liberal agenda as fast as the liberals.
Make no mistake, Washington does severely punish those with core values, because it seeks compromise in all things, and those with core values tend to foul that machine.
There’s talk in the blogosphere that conservatives may try to persuade John Danforth to run for his old job as a write-in candidate. Another name mentioned is Kit Bond. Both should have widespread name recognition.
Great article, and it needed saying.
As she points out, if Democrats truly want the topic of the day to be rape, let’s suit up and beat the tar out of them. They’ve certainly provided plenty of material over the years.
Thus far, this has been an opportunity wasted. Akin gave us a lemon, for sure, but the GOP should have made lemonade, instead of forming a circular firing squad, and one that Akin managed to duck at that.
The magnitude of the Aikin problem is directly related to the hysterical conservative talk radio hyperventilating. Shoulda been talked about till the deadline passed; then dropped.
YEP -- it was the hysterical reaction out of all proportion to what was said.
If the GOP wants to win the seat it needs to suck it up and start running anti-McCaskill adds NOW.
Mark Levin pretty much summed it up when the deadline passed and Akin hadn’t dropped out: he wished he had, but now he has to back him because we have no choice in the matter. We have to beat back the rising tide of the Democrat horde.
Excellent point. After we defeat Obama, our next target should be the Republican establishment.