Victory for Akin Seen as Difficult, but Still Possible

nyt ^ | August 22, 2012 | JOHN ELIGON and MONICA DAVEY

[chae]

Here is the scoop from rural Missouri. Claire blanketed the state with ads supporting Akin in the primary. Missouri is an open primary, and there were a lot of crossover Dem voters. Of the 3 main candidates, all of them had Double digit leads over Claire, but Akin had the smallest margin. That lead has disappeared. I’m sure he’s a great guy, but he is toast in this election. Bottom line: we can’t let Claire continue as a senator, and its looking like that will happen if Akin stays in. As of right now, the only political person saying Akin should stay in is Claire, and that should give people here a bit of a pause.

[tsowellfan]

all the pro Akin cultists will be ecstatic

Correction: They will pretend to be ecstatic. These people are from the same crowd that has vowed to let Obama win to teach the GOPe a lesson.

They may not realize it yet but they just took the heat off Romney.

While I was going to do everything possible to see to it that Obama got defeated in November, in the back of my head I knew that if Obama had won I could blame the GOP Establishment and their forcing Romney on us. Well, thanks to Akin (and his supporters (outside of his own state) that's out the window now.

Unless Akins beats McCaskill AND Romney wins the State of Missouri but loses the general, the heat is now OFF Romney and the GOPe if Obama wins a second term.

That's how everything has changed since last week.

[chris37]

One thing is for certain.

If we are going to defeat our predators, then we must stop being their prey.

They are pushing our buttons, playing us like fiddles, shoving us along with cattle prods that we gave them.

This is a war for our existence, they very existence of our country, and the existence of freedom itself. Not every soldier in our army is perfect. In fact every soldier is imperfect. We do not abandon our soldiers when they come under fire, even if they stuck their ass up out of the fox hole.

We sack up and beat the damn snot out of our enemy for daring to snipe at our exposed soldier.

This is war, and it is time to fight. If you run, they will shoot you in the back.

Face them down and make them run.

[onyx]

Thank you very much. Your the third member to post the almost exact same comment: Claire’s funded candidate. NO THANKS!

[re_nortex]

Here is the scoop from rural Missouri.

Thanks.

I knew that this was the best source to get thoughtful, spin-free feedback. I'll be looking forward to additional responses -- especially from others in Missouri. Regardless of where one might reside, we're all impacted by those serving in the US Senate, but Missourians have a real stake in this particular matter.

[re_nortex]

Hey onyx! How are you doing at this early hour (at least for me since I'm writing this while on vacation way up yonder in Pennsylvania)?

It seems like we've run into each other a lot in the past 24-hours with the FReepathon and the thread with the map of our beloved Dixieland. Anyway, take care and thanks for all that you do!

[RC one]

Rape-related pregnancy: estimates and descriptive characteristics from a national sample of women.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We attempted to determine the national rape-related pregnancy rate and provide descriptive characteristics of pregnancies that result from rape.

STUDY DESIGN: A national probability sample of 4008 adult American women took part in a 3-year longitudinal survey that assessed the prevalence and incidence of rape and related physical and mental health outcomes.

RESULTS: The national rape-related pregnancy rate is 5.0% per rape among victims of reproductive age (aged 12 to 45); among adult women an estimated 32,101 pregnancies result from rape each year. Among 34 cases of rape-related pregnancy, the majority occurred among adolescents and resulted from assault by a known, often related perpetrator. Only 11.7% of these victims received immediate medical attention after the assault, and 47.1% received no medical attention related to the rape. A total 32.4% of these victims did not discover they were pregnant until they had already entered the second trimester; 32.2% opted to keep the infant whereas 50% underwent abortion and 5.9% placed the infant for adoption; an additional 11.8% had spontaneous abortion.

CONCLUSIONS: Rape-related pregnancy occurs with significant frequency. It is a cause of many unwanted pregnancies and is closely linked with family and domestic violence. As we address the epidemic of unintended pregnancies in the United States, greater attention and effort should be aimed at preventing and identifying unwanted pregnancies that result from sexual victimization.

[fr_freak]

And if he loses, when the Republicans could have replaced him with another strong pro-life conservative and McCaskill ends up preventing Obamacare from being repealed, all the pro Akin cultists will be ecstatic.

Oh, so now anyone here on FR who doesn't think Akin should be abandoned and crucified are now "cultists"? This is the kind of debate I would expect from a child. Go screw yourself, newbie.

[tsowellfan]

If Akins beats McCaskill AND Romney wins the State of Missouri PhxTM06 will be proven wrong.

But, if Akins loses to McCaskill and/or Romney loses the State of Missouri and the general election, the heat is now off the GOPe for forcing a RINO onto us. Unfortunately for the conservative movement we would no longer be able to blame the GOPe for that defeat.

That's the shame of it all.

[DoughtyOne]

I hate to burst your bubble, but when it comes to medicine you can almost always find conflicting studies.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-08/rape-results-more-pregnancies-not-less

[spokeshave]

And by Wednesday evening, those tiny donations requested by Mr. Akin’s campaign several times this week were starting to add up. Mr. Akin’s Twitter account reported that he had set a goal to raise $100,000 by midnight and had raised $88,000.

I think you lost a zero (no pun intended)

Last time I looked Akin has collected $$95,500

you can donate here: https://www.akin.org/contribute/?utm_method=akin_nav

[tsowellfan]

Just making it clickable for you

you can donate here:

https://www.akin.org/contribute/?utm_method=akin_nav

[Tennessee Nana]

[Gene Eric]

>> Reproductive resistance

A dubious theory that was used to bolster his point about the impact rape has on this issue of abortion. Ultimately, the theory is not germane to his argument that abortion is not justifiable in the case rape is not a factor.

[onyx]

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[chris37]

It doesn’t matter.

Defend him anyway.

[Gene Eric]

>> assuming criminal rape (legitimate was not the right word to use) was committed

You just pulled an Akin! Both modifiers, “criminal” and “legitimate”, are valueless as rape is by definition illegal.

True rape, criminal rape, legitimate rape, actual rape — nothing more or less than rape. The only legally recognized modifier that I’m aware of is “statutory”.

>> for the very plausible reason that the stress and mental state

I’m doubtful about the theory Akin used to bolster his argument on the matter. It would be a great defense mechanism, but one that defies certain historical patterns of reproduction.

As far as I’m concerned, the only reasonable conclusion that can be made from Akin’s original remarks is: abortion is not justifiable in the case rape is not a factor.

[RC one]

hell no.

[Ann Archy]

We ALL need to PRAY for AKIN now!!! Pray OFTEN and HARD!

[Utmost Certainty]

I don’t think there’s any walking back a comment as stupid as the one he made. Akin needs to go.