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The Todd Akin mess
Topic Started: Aug 20 2012, 10:34 AM (4,019 Views)
Joan Foster

This was written BEFORE this mess:


Did the Democrats elect Congressman Todd Akin in the Missouri Republican Senatorial primary election on August 7th? Todd Akin won the primary by 36,616 votes over John Brunner. There are 3,428 precincts in the state of Missouri. That is less than 11 votes per precinct.
Since Missouri is an open ballot state where you do not register with a political party, you can pick any party's ballot in a primary election. This year there was virtually no opposition for the statewide offices in the Democratic Party. Senator Claire McCaskill ran unopposed on the Democrats' ticket. The Republican primary had three major candidates, Sarah Steelman, Todd Akin, and John Brunner, as well as five lesser-known candidates.
Did Democrats vote in the Republican primary in an attempt to determine the Republican nominee? One Springfield Republican did tell me that she saw two known Democrats take Republican ballots. There has been some speculation that Sen. Claire McCaskill wanted to run against Rep. Todd Akin, believing that was her best chance of winning. Polling showed that all three candidates would beat McCaskill in the general election, but Akin had the smallest margin.


Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/08/did_the_democrats_select_republican_senate_nominee_in_missouri.html#ixzz248qIJ2uE
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One comment that got little press in Biden's Virginia fiasco was that "Republicans treat women like a pre-existing condition". Biden may actually be on to something given Akin's ignorant comments.
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Ann Coulter: If Akin loves his country, he will step aside

I won’t hate Todd Akin officially unless he refuses to withdraw from the Missouri Senate race. If he does withdraw, honorably sacrificing his personal interests to save the country, it will be time for all good men to rally around Akin as an American patriot.

Akin was one of nine GOP candidates in the primary to challenge Missouri’s left-wing, tax-cheat sitting Democratic senator, Claire McCaskill. McCaskill is Chuck Schumer in a dress. Totally out of step with the good voters of Missouri, her seat should be an easy win for Republicans this year.

Curiously, Democrats ferociously supported Akin in the GOP primary. McCaskill’s supporters spent $2 million to make Akin her opponent and also crossed over to vote for Akin in the Republican primary – and that’s been admitted in The New York Times.

Now we know why. The rape comment was a totally unforced error on a day that should have been a smashing triumph for the Romney-Ryan ticket.

Akin wasn’t asked some out of the blue question no Republican candidate has ever been asked: He was asked the most jejune, obvious question every Republican is asked in any race for any office. How can a Republican not have an answer for: “What about abortion in the case of rape and incest?”

The point I believe Akin was ultimately driving at was that this is a teeny-tiny percentage of all abortions, so why are we spending all our time taking about it? How about saying: “Yes, it’s still a life, but more people are killed in drive-by shootings in Chicago every year. You give us the 2 million abortions that aren’t a result of rape and incest and we’ll give you the few thousand that are.”

Instead, Akin rambled about “legitimate rape” – violating an ironclad rule of politicians that the word “legitimate” should never appear within 15 yards of the word “rape.” And he talked about the medical possibility of becoming pregnant from a single traumatizing rape.

He’s not a talk radio host. He’s not sitting around shooting the breeze in a college dorm room. This is a politician who should have a clear, nonthreatening answer at the ready for the most cliched question in the MSM’s playbook.

This is no time for another foot-in-the-mouth, Trent Lott Republican to be dominating the national political discussion. The country is at stake.

On InTrade, Akin was winning by 75 percent before his “legitimate rape” comment. Afterwards, he was trading at 45 percent. McCaskill’s seat went from an easy win for the Republicans to a certain loss.

Not only that, but Akin’s staying in the race will surely have a spillover effect in other races – even the GOP’s presidential ticket. Mark Foley’s creepy emails to congressional interns cost us the House of Representatives in 2006 – and Foley resigned as soon as they emerged.

U.S. Senator Ted Stevens was completely innocent of the crimes he was charged with – as we now know – but because he refused to withdraw from the senate race while he was under investigation in 2008, Republicans lost a sure Senate seat in that election. If Stevens had stepped aside and let another Republican run, Obamacare would not have become the law of the land.

That’s how important a single Senate seat can be.

The U.S. Senate will confirm or reject the next president’s Supreme Court nominations. Roe v. Wade could be at stake in Rep. Akin’s decision.

I’m sure Rep. Akin worked hard and is probably a good Republican in many other ways. But Republicans can’t risk these kinds of mistakes. Not this year.

If Akin truly loves his country and genuinely wants Roe v. Wade overturned, he will step aside and allow another Republican to run in his place. If he is a narcissist who cares more about himself than millions of unborn babies and Obamacare being repealed, he will not.

This is why the great Christian, successful businessman and Tea Party-favorite, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, has called on Todd Akin to withdraw. This is not the establishment bullying a brave conservative. This is conservative patriots who fear for the nation’s future asking a recently-chosen Republican candidate who has mortally wounded his own campaign to step aside for the good of the country.

Republicans could still win this seat, especially by replacing Akin with Sarah Steelman, the Sarah Palin-endorsed candidate who came in a very close third in the primary. Right now, any of the other primary candidates would be a better bet than Akin. But an attractive, pro-life, Palin-endorsed Republican woman is a shoe-in to beat McCaskill. Especially after this.

http://www.humanevents.com/2012/08/20/ann-coulter-if-akin-loves-his-country-he-will-step-aside/


Looks like the Dems knew Akin had some problems
Edited by Baldo, Aug 20 2012, 09:27 PM.
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kbp

It's would be best to have a woman replace him, if that happens. I'm not sure how this works if he steps down.
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It's going to be tough for the media to extract much more pro-Obama capital out of this.

You have the President of the RNC, some Republican Congressmen, Dick Morris, Michelle Malkin,
and even Ann Coulter, all calling for Akin to step aside and let someone else run for that seat.

And Sean Hannity asked Akin to step aside on his show, live on the air!

Everyone has labeled his remarks as "outrageous" and all have them have questioned
what the heck he meant by a "legitimate rape."

So, the biggest problem is losing that Senate seat. Akins could do a lot for the party,
and for our nation, if he will put aside his ego and step aside.
Edited by MikeZPU, Aug 20 2012, 10:46 PM.
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Akin is an outspoken opponent of abortion in all cases, including health reasons or in cases of rape or incest.

So it wasn't a mistake.

There’s no sugar-coating or whitewashing this. It wasn’t a “gaffe.” It was ignorant, garbled nonsense. Asked about his views on abortion in the case of rape, he claimed that “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” By Michelle Malkin

He has been a career politician for over 20 years. I have to admit it, the Dems set the trap and the fool walked into it.

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This IS THE TIME to get rid of McCaskill. If it doesn't happen this time around, I am guessing we might never get rid of her. We need her gone and Akin still has a opportunity to see that it happens. He should redraw for the good of the country. The GOP is going to pull it's funding. So that leaves local donors and whatever he has in his war chest. For the good of the country I hope the chest is bare and his go-to donors call him and say he won't be seeing any more donations from them.
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/poll-akin-still-leads-mccaskill-legitimate-rape-035547245.html?_esi=1
Poll: Akin still leads McCaskill after ‘legitimate rape’ comment

A poll conducted and released on Monday found that U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, who's under fire for his comments about "legitimate rape," still has an edge over Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill in Missouri's Senate race.

Public Policy Polling, a North Carolina-based Democratic polling firm, has Akin leading McCaskill by one point, 44 percent to 43 percent. That's not much different from PPP's last poll of the race, which also found Akin ahead by one point, 45 percent to 44 percent.

But Akin's sustained lead doesn't mean Missouri voters agree with what the Republican candidate said. The poll found that 75 percent say Akin's comments were inappropriate, and 79 percent say they disagree with them.

In releasing the results, PPP concluded that "GOP voters dislike McCaskill so much they're not going to vote for her no matter what their nominee does."

"This looks like it will be a closely contested race if Akin stays in," PPP President Dean Debnam said in a statement that came with the poll results.

Akin apologized for his comments on Monday but vowed to stay in the race in the face of criticism from his own party and some calls for him to quit, saying on Mike Huckabee's radio show "I'm not a quitter" and taking to Twitter to say that he's "in this race to win."
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/akin-empty-chair-piers-morgan-interview-cnn-015546319.html
Akin cancels CNN interview, leaving Piers Morgan with an empty chair
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Kerri P.
Aug 21 2012, 04:04 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/akin-empty-chair-piers-morgan-interview-cnn-015546319.html
Akin cancels CNN interview, leaving Piers Morgan with an empty chair
Both of these guys are empty chairs.
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chatham
Aug 21 2012, 07:28 AM
Kerri P.
Aug 21 2012, 04:04 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/akin-empty-chair-piers-morgan-interview-cnn-015546319.html
Akin cancels CNN interview, leaving Piers Morgan with an empty chair
Both of these guys are empty chairs.
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Trying to hang on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R57E3S8RO7A
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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-tv-ad-forgiveness.php
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If Akin were legitimately anally raped, he could avoid pregnancy by [something something something] Santorum.
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nyesq83
Aug 21 2012, 08:35 AM
If Akin were legitimately anally raped, he could avoid pregnancy by [something something something] Santorum.
Did Santorum say that?
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