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According to GOP Akin: Pregnancy Doesn't Happen When Raped

Even Karl Rove is running away from Akin. Crossroads is pulling all senatorial ads in MO.

Even Karl Rove is running from Akin. Romney refuses.

Spot, Ryan co-sponsored the bill I mentioned that created categories of rape. Ryan is lying saying he didn't do anything like this in the past.
 
I think Rumney's gonna have to come out and say something now that Obama has talked about it at his presser today.
 
Dem SuperPACS should marry Ryan and Akin for the next two months.
 
Akin may still find a way to win, though I'm skeptical of that, but he's handed political dynamite to Romney. This issue is on the list of "Last Things Romney Wants To Talk About."
 
ArlingtonDeac said:
Akin may still find a way to win, though I'm skeptical of that, but he's handed political dynamite to Romney. This issue is on the list of "Last Things Romney Wants To Talk About."
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Akin's a tea partier in Missouri. He's hardly signed his death warrant. However, he can be hang on Romney/Ryan like an albatross.
 
Akin's yesterdays news especially if he's replaced, def old news once the Convention comes.
 
You're now going to hear about "legitimate rape" and women's rights at the DNC. Several times. Count on that. They'll try to use Akin as a proxy for Ryan, who's not exactly lighting up the women's vote to begin with (those are some nasty co-sponored bills between those two guys). And, all while, they'll be painting Romney with Ryan's Tea Party colors, because Romney can't even fight that line of attack and retain his credibility (with the middle -- too much flopping already, and why would you choose Ryan if you didn't agree with his politics? -- or the base -- who never warmed to Romney before the Ryan choice. That's a rare double).

I still don't get, politically, planning for a general election, why Romney went with Ryan -- and therefore adopted the Tea Party -- rather than moving toward the middle. The hard right base was coming to vote for Romney no matter what he did. The middle is where the fight will be won, and he just made it much harder to win them by diving to the far right. Just my opinion.
 
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RJKarl said:
Dem SuperPACS should marry Ryan and Akin for the next two months.
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Not so fast-intrusive transvaginal ultrasounds and redefining rape are all well and good, but 2 dudes marrying each other is an abomination.
 
Economy trumps any fear mongering the Dems will attempt.
 
ArlingtonDeac said:
You're now going to hear about "legitimate rape" and women's rights at the DNC. Several times. Count on that. They'll try to use Akin as a proxy for Ryan, who's not exactly lighting up the women's vote to begin with (those are some nasty co-sponors in past bills between those two guys). And, all while, they'll be painting Romney with Ryan's Tea Party colors, because he can't even fight that line of attack and retain crediblity (with the middle or the base, a rare double). I still don't get why Romney went with Ryan -- and therefore adopted the Tea Party -- rather than moving toward the middle instead.
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There is virtually no light between Ryan and Akin on women's issues.
 
PhDeac said:
jhmd, are you suggesting that you'd still vote for Akin?

I agree that it's not going to hurt him that much in the long run. The race will simply be more competitive.
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This is a question that probably needs to be answered. Because the original post by jh on this thread was some of the most bullshit jcd'ing I've seen this side of the board moderate.
 
Family Research Council defends Akin:

"The Family Research Council offered strong support for Todd Akin on Monday afternoon.

“This is an effort to try to direct attention away from … Claire McCaskill, who has been supportive of Planned Parenthood — an organization that’s been under investigation for criminal activity,” FRC President Tony Perkins said in between meetings of the RNC platform committee.

Perkins lashed out at Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) for saying Akin should get out of the race.

“He should be careful because based on some of his statements there may be call for him to get out of his race,” he said of Brown. “He has been off the reservation on a number of Republican issues, conservative issues I should say. His support among conservatives is very shallow.”

Connie Mackey, the president of FRC Action PAC, said Republicans trying to ease Akin out lack “backbone.”

“We feel this is a case of gotcha politics,” she said. “He has been elected five times. That community in Missouri, they know who Todd Akin is. We know who Todd Akin is because we’ve worked with him up on the Hill. He’s a defender of life. He’s a defender of families. This is just a controversy built up, it looks as though, to support his opposition. Claire McCaskill on the other hand has supported Planned Parenthood all these years…Todd Akin is getting a very bad break here. We support him fully and completely.”

Mackey added that she’s not agreeing or disagreeing with his statement.

“I know nothing about the science or the legal implications of his statement,” she said. “I do know politics, and I know gotcha politics when I see it.”

He might just stay in the race....
 
Go said:
Economy trumps any fear mongering the Dems will attempt.
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A bit dismissive, but generally true. The economy is the biggest factor. But it's not that only one, and that economy drumbeat isn't working for Romney right now anyway. This social issue problem is only going to make things tougher for him.
 
DeaconSig said:
This is a question that probably needs to be answered. Because the original post by jh on this thread was some of the most bullshit jcd'ing I've seen this side of the board moderate.
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What are you talking about?

I said that his dumb statements aren't attributable to any other candidate (see, for examples, Arlington's gesture that Akin's idiocy can be smeared onto Ryan, and anything that mouth-breather RJ managed to mash his sausage fingers against his keyboard on this thread for). They're simply not. That's beyond argument.

His statements don't make the incumbent competent, either. I'm not sure how a smart person could think otherwise. If you caused a motor vehicle accident, I don't become a better driver. Causation for the loss.

Also, it's helpful to read the thread. If I were you, I would start with the part where I advocated a write-in prevail. Some of you guys are showing your ass around here lately.
 
jhmd2000 said:
I said that his dumb statements aren't attributable to any other candidate (see, for examples, Arlington's gesture that Akin's idiocy can be smeared onto Ryan, and anything that mouth-breather RJ managed to mash his sausage fingers against his keyboard on this thread for). They're simply not. That's beyond argument.
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I believe that you can tie the sentiment of this statement directly to both Romney and Ryan. Akin is far from the first Republican to talk out his ass on forcible rape, legimate rape, etc.
 
bobby knight once said some interesting things about rape
 
Spot, jhmd can't help himself. Can he? He has to name call and present insults even to those who don't address him.

The truth is Ryan and Akin co-sponsored a bill that differentiated between types of rape and didn't protect victims of incest or statutory rape. This is simply a matter of historical record.

I understand the right doesn't like this, but it is on the record.
 
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