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The GOP Akin Problem Is Worse than They Think
Dianawest.net ^ | 8/24/2012 | Diana West

Posted on 08/25/2012 12:09:20 PM PDT by kreitzer

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To: chronicles

Romney made a joke about The One’s birth certificate.

The left is outraged.

Romney needs to step down. ( sarc )

On second thought that would make Ryan the presidential candidate. I take back the sarc warning.


61 posted on 08/25/2012 1:29:32 PM PDT by A'elian' nation (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun)
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To: Norseman

Thank you. Sorry for the misstatement. That’s still long enough to prove his consistency.


62 posted on 08/25/2012 1:30:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: chronicles
Bond is 73 and ....

The Limbaugh name is a huge conflict of interest that would raise a lot of negative reaction.

Wagner would be acceptable but she won't run and I don't blame her. She is a shoe-in for the Congressional seat she is in and why would she risk that to run against a seasoned political pro where she will have a big fight ahead of her with no guarantees that she has if she stays where she is.

And no matter who would replace him the Dems will accuse him or her of being a stooge of the party bosses who overturned a valid primary election. Whatever would be gained would also be lost.

63 posted on 08/25/2012 1:31:00 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: TigersEye

truth comes before all... don’t try to conflate the issue, the family thing was for example but is true to life...


64 posted on 08/25/2012 1:33:40 PM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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To: chronicles
If he does not withdraw, I will support a write-in candidate.

Same road that many have taken with Romney...if you don't vote for Romney, you will " vote" for Obama....you vote a third party write in, you vote for McCaskill! Congrats McCaskill and Obamacare!

65 posted on 08/25/2012 1:34:07 PM PDT by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: Dogbert41

We have many Pro-Life conservative candidates that could step in on the Republican ticket.

I don’t know what other Missouri conservatives are going to do, I only know that I will vote for the conservative pro-life candidate that I believe can win. Akin is NOT that person.

Call me whatever you want.


66 posted on 08/25/2012 1:34:21 PM PDT by chronicles
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To: Fiji Hill
NEITHER John Danforth nor Kit Bond are true conservatives. Both are state party fixtures who began as conservatives but leaned more and more left as they spent time in Washington, DC.

I would never support either one over Todd Akin.

67 posted on 08/25/2012 1:34:26 PM PDT by Prov3456
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To: Sporke

The libs would never call a replacement candidate a 2nd or 3rd stringer to gain advantage. It would be unethical for them to point out that they couldn’t beat the “kook” who won the primary. /s


68 posted on 08/25/2012 1:34:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: Sporke

>>He never “misspoke”, he was asked a fair question, and gave one of the most idiotic answers to a question since Clintons “is” response.<<

Oh come now. Not to say it wasn’t a dumb answer (almost Biden-like), but just in the past month we’ve been treated to “You didn’t build that” (which could very well cost Obama the election) and, paraphrasing, “I don’t think anyone would suggest that I’ve been a divisive President.” (absolutely surreal)

It was the reaction to his comments that was nonsense. First, the Left hung out the bait and then the GOP establishment sucked it in hook, line, and sinker. The time has come to quit flailing about and spit out the hook.


69 posted on 08/25/2012 1:35:03 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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To: TigersEye
"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."

If in fact what Huckabee says here is true, then it is the GOP that has done a lot of the damage in Missouri -- and they need to go in there and make it right with him and fix it and they need to do it NOW.

70 posted on 08/25/2012 1:37:11 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: chronicles

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.

You contradict yourself. Either you want to pick up a Senate seat or you don’t.


71 posted on 08/25/2012 1:37:27 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: kreitzer

The problem of abortion is worse than Americans think.


72 posted on 08/25/2012 1:37:50 PM PDT by xp38
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To: dps.inspect
...the family thing was for example but is true to life...

Then I did nail the essence of it. To put it in political terms instead "party over principle."

73 posted on 08/25/2012 1:39:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: chronicles
Just for the record: not every person who voted for Todd Akin in the August 7 primary was a Democrat. Many who have known him and followed his policies and votes for years, like myself, voted FOR him in the primary.

Just sayin'

74 posted on 08/25/2012 1:41:18 PM PDT by Prov3456
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To: dps.inspect
Or as Rush likes to say "image over substance."

Or do you want to backpedal on the use of the word "imagery" too?

75 posted on 08/25/2012 1:41:18 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: chronicles

Do you know any specific write-in campaign afoot in Missouri? I do not.


76 posted on 08/25/2012 1:42:02 PM PDT by donozark (PLEASE SEE: WWW.AKIN.ORG)
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To: Mach9; Uncle Chip
The fact that the GOP chose to “legitimize" the left’s findings on the matter is absolutely reprehensible.
That's SOP for the GOP-e these days. And in the past.

Any chance they have to keep a Conservative out of Congress, they will take it.

Even if it means losing the Senate.

If they wanted him to stay in, they would have jumped in in the beginning explaining what was meant and that would have been the end of it if they threw their support his way.

It wouldn't matter what the media and (their helpers the) democrats spewed. They are absolutely giddy because none of the Tea Party candidates won in the primary.

77 posted on 08/25/2012 1:44:49 PM PDT by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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To: TigersEye

No need to apologize. I just thought you’d want to be accurate if you repeat the information elsewhere.

Interestingly, Rush’s first day reaction was to state that Akin was probably one of those people who only talk to like-minded people and are lost when they run into other opinions. From that I took it that Akin was new at politics.

Even a day or so later, Rush was casting about trying to figure out where Akin had served six terms, and he decided that it must have been in the Missouri assembly, rather than in Congress, but by that time I’d checked and knew he’d served six terms in Congress.

Had Rush known that initially, maybe it would have influenced his opinion some, one way or another? Certainly a 12-year Congressman is no neophyte, so maybe he’s actually had serious policy discussions about the subject at hand, which was the pro-life position where rape is involved.


78 posted on 08/25/2012 1:45:51 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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To: chronicles
I only know that I will vote for the conservative pro-life candidate that I believe can win. Akin is NOT that person.

And you believe that a write-in candidate can win in this race??? Surely thou either jest or art a McCaskill fan.

79 posted on 08/25/2012 1:46:06 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: chronicles
If he does not withdraw, I will support a write-in candidate.

Write-in candidates will never make it but in this case will make sure that the Senate gets another RAT. Akin is a good conservative and doesn't deserve such crap. Lets do what we can to support his reelection.

80 posted on 08/25/2012 1:46:33 PM PDT by Logical me
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