[Lakeshark]

I was not aware that the Menendez scandal broke in any full blown way before the election, I believe the media held it back (and actually still are), as is their style. Make up things about (R)'s, don't report anything bad about (D)'s. No one knew about Menendez before the election, it wasn't just the dems that withheld info, it was the media itself.

Unfortunately the media is like that, until we figure out how to take them out we will continue to lose. They loved Akin, he was the perfect face for their GOP (and conservative) narrative. Scientifically stupid, narrow minded, bigoted, and mean spirited. Of course that isn't all true, but the comment made it easy to say it that way.

Trust me, they will soon throw Menedez under the bus, and Christie will nominate a democrat who will help him in his reelection. The media will conveniently forget the continuuing sleaze of the rats, and all will proceed as normal.

Btw, once Akin made his ill fated decision, I backed him in spite of how I thought about him, and thought it ill advised to mention how silly he was on FR. I wish that the dumb 1%er purists here had taken your advice about banding together during the last election, we wouldn't be gnashing our teeth, pissing and moaning every week for the next four years as Bambi dismantles America..........private joke/jab for a certain chaplain I happen to like........:-)........

[xzins]

Did I tell you that I DID vote for Romney....that only because of Benghazi, not because I changed my mind on Romney.

I figured there was no way he would have let those men die without a rescue attempt as Obama had so obviously done. And recent testimony proves that the chain from CJCS all the way to zerO himself were lying and conniving all along.

Back to Akin and Rove,though.

Here’s the bottom line for me.

In any after action review, it is important to be honest about all that went wrong, so that all the necessary lessons learned are on file for future reference.

1. Was Akin’s comment wrong? Yes...no doubt about it.

2. Would it have been nice to have a replacement in the wings? Yes, it would have been. (BTW, I read someplace at the time that a primary defeated candidate might not have been eligible under Missouri law to be a replacement. I’ve never read if that’s true or not.)

3. Was the Republican establishment, led by Rove, counter-productive to join the feeding frenzy? Yes...I have no doubt.

If we walk away from this ignoring that last lesson learned, then we walk away from this unprepared for the future because we’re allowing personal opinion to cloud our judgment.