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PoliGAF 2012 Community Thread |OT2| This thread title is now under military control
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PhoenixDark
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Akin allows abortion in cases of political careers.
Stop giving Biden gaffe line ideas
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, hinted Monday that Rep. Todd Akin should reconsider his Senate bid in the wake of controversial comments he made about rape and pregnancy.
Congressman Akins statements were wrong, offensive, and indefensible," Cornyn said in a statement. "I recognize that this is a difficult time for him, but over the next twenty-four hours, Congressman Akin should carefully consider what is best for him, his family, the Republican Party, and the values that he cares about and has fought for throughout his career in public service."
Time to abort, Akin.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Everyone knows that Biden's gaffes are carefully calculated moves by the Obama administration to make the election seem fair.Stop giving Biden gaffe line ideas
Obama: Hey Joe, we're ahead by too much, can you say something really stupid?
Biden: Again? All I ever do is gaffe, can't I write a bill or something?
Obama: What's that Joe, you want to go back into the closet?
PhoenixDark
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Tony Perkins threatening Scott Brown haha
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/tony-perkins-scott-brown-should-be-careful
Gotta love the FRC. They seem to enjoy exposing themselves as out of touch whenever possible.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/tony-perkins-scott-brown-should-be-careful
Gotta love the FRC. They seem to enjoy exposing themselves as out of touch whenever possible.
I don't know, it would be leaving low hanging fruit for Dems to pick at in other contests. "The same people funding my opponent here are continuing to back Akin, etc."If he was half smart (he's not, at all, but...) he'd know that these threats from Rove and Cornyn are empty. If they're stuck with him after the next few days, whenever that deadline is, they'll resume spending money on him. They're not going to just stop trying to win Missouri/the senate.
ErasureAcer
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Wisconsin and Minnesota do have a long history of voting for opposite parties in the governor's mansion. Maybe that will now be brought to federal elections as well.
Oh wait, Fox News said Minnesota's a toss-up, nvm
Did they really? Today? lol...never gonna happen.
PhoenixDark
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God damn it. Here I was hoping this could be a good source of laughs in the future.
CharlieDigital
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I don't know, it would be leaving low hanging fruit for Dems to pick at in other contests. "The same people funding my opponent here are continuing to back Akin, etc."
Additionally, I think in a political environment where many voters view the two parties as 1.a and 1.b, this gives the Democrats a clear bifurcation point where they can differentiate themselves to half of the eligible voting population.
Daaaaaamn. Just one sentence sunk him
Aaron Strife
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Forcing him off the reservation? I dunno, wouldn't wanna offend any Native Americans like Elizabeth Warren.Tony Perkins threatening Scott Brown haha
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/tony-perkins-scott-brown-should-be-careful
Gotta love the FRC. They seem to enjoy exposing themselves as out of touch whenever possible.
Man i hope that Erick Erickson thing is a prediction.
Not recently, but it's something they trot out every now and then.ErasureAcer said:Did they really? Today? lol...never gonna happen.
MN is never voting for the current Republican Party platform, at least not presidentially.
Black Republican
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Ether, the shit that makes your soul burn slow
NullPointer
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Good. Now kick him off the Committee of Science, Space and Technology.
Aaron Strife
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Frankly if I were a MO conservative I'd be pissed if they elbowed Akin out of the race after he just won like, last week.
cartoon_soldier
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Well MO will now be lean red again for the Senate.
FUCK
Frankly if I were a MO conservative I'd be pissed if they elbowed Akin out of the race after he just won like, last week.
Honestly if he is withdrawing it won't be good for his replacement and could cause just as many problems in the district. Now that the whole "legitimate rape" thing is out there anyone who has ever agreed with it will get nailed to the wall, including Paul Ryan if I remember right.
I dunno, just thinking about it, the comments Akin made today so far don't really look like they came from someone who is dropping out.
EDIT: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS...-rape-comments/story?id=17041857#.UDKFuEQsKUc
Looks like PD jumped the gun a little bit.
PhoenixDark
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Given the way FRC is flexing, they could start some trouble over this. Republicans may want to win the seat by any means but the religious right could easily protest over being slapped down
Yep.Well MO will now be lean red again for the Senate.
FUCK
Mitt is starting to get a little smarter about things. He was totally right for calling him out. This was a gift to the GOP.
Aaron Strife
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Meh, like his replacement will be any better. It's not like they Republicans can just plug in Generic R and have it be good times.Well MO will now be lean red again for the Senate.
FUCK
PhoenixDark
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I'll predict he'll drop out in the next 7 days
Hmm. From a couple hours ago.
Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) apologized profusely, said he understood how pregnancy works and invoked Sept. 11 in his first interview since he unleashed a firestorm with a Sunday statement that women who are victims of legitimate rape can biologically fend off pregnancy.
He also vowed to stay in the Missouri Senate race, despite calls from more than one Republican senator for him to drop his bid.
The good people of Missouri nominated me. And Im not a quitter. And my belief is were going to take this thing forward, Akin told Mike Huckabee on his talk radio show Monday. To quote my old friend John Paul Jones, Ive not yet begun to fight.
Sudden change of heart, or Erickson is full of it.
ErasureAcer
Banned
I'll predict he'll drop out in the next 7 days
Well he only has til tomorrow from what I've read. Then it's official that he's on the ballot.
Aaron Strife
Banned
He has until tomorrow to do it under MO law.I'll predict he'll drop out in the next 7 days
He can get a court order to have him removed from the ballot at least 6 weeks before the election but I don't think they could replace him in that instance.
I'll predict he'll drop out in the next 7 days
Doesn't he only have a day or two until he can't?
ErasureAcer
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Sudden change of heart, or Erickson is full of it.
They're pulling a FOX news 2000. Just report it and it's true.
PhoenixDark
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I'll give him less than 48 hours than. Everyone who has ever resigned denied it until the endDoesn't he only have a day or two until he can't?
From David Weigel:
He's not out yet.
Could be. Erickson would be getting his marching orders from the GOP leadership as usual, so he's just telegraphing what they want to happen.
Prediction: if he doesn't withdraw, all this pressure to push him out from GOPers dissipates and they will rally behind him. It's all or nothing today since tomorrow is the last day he can be replaced.
So we shouldn't just retweet RedState guy? RT @aburnspolitico: Getting some pretty strong pushback on the buzz that Akin's withdrawing ...
He's not out yet.
They're pulling a FOX news 2000. Just report it and it's true.
Could be. Erickson would be getting his marching orders from the GOP leadership as usual, so he's just telegraphing what they want to happen.
Prediction: if he doesn't withdraw, all this pressure to push him out from GOPers dissipates and they will rally behind him. It's all or nothing today since tomorrow is the last day he can be replaced.
I'll give him less than 48 hours than. Everyone who has ever resigned denied it until the end
I dunno, someone dumb enough to say what he said out loud is dumb enough to stay in. Even if he drops at this point, that seat is as good as gone.
Eh, I dunno. It's pretty bad when Mitt even released a statement. Clearly the establishment GOP wants his ass out.From David Weigel:
He's not out yet.
Could be. Erickson would be getting his marching orders from the GOP leadership as usual, so he's just telegraphing what they want to happen.
Prediction: if he doesn't withdraw, all this pressure to push him out from GOPers dissipates and they will rally behind him. It's all or nothing today since tomorrow is the last day he can be replaced.
Bu bu bu his twitter profile told me he is "not a water carrier"!Could be. Erickson would be getting his marching orders from the GOP leadership as usual, so he's just telegraphing what they want to happen.
worldrunover
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Eh, I dunno. It's pretty bad when Mitt even released a statement. Clearly the establishment GOP wants his ass out.
I don't think the GOP really backed him to begin with, did they?
NullPointer
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He could always honestly apologize and point out that his understanding of these issues was based upon faulty ideas.Another Republican scalp, and all I want is more.
But that'll never happen.
He could always honestly apologize and point out that his understanding of these issues was based upon faulty ideas.
But that'll never happen.
Scalps I say, revenge for Van Jones!
lol, quite literally every story (almost) posted this morning on Dailykos has been about Todd Akin.
and?
Eh, I dunno. It's pretty bad when Mitt even released a statement. Clearly the establishment GOP wants his ass out.
Romney is probably pissed that this guy is going to attach himself like an anchor to the GOP's campaign now.
Romney is probably pissed that this guy is going to attach himself like an anchor to the GOP's campaign now.
The conversation is probably a bit like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2v-8ctq5x4
"You know you done fucked up right?"
Aaron Strife
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Akin's latest tweet:
I dunno, fundraising appeals don't jibe with dropping out.I am in this race to win. We need a conservative Senate. Help me defeat Claire by donating: https://secure.campaignsolutions.com/toddakin/donation1/?initiativekey=EVC5SEAB56RX #mosen
Akin's latest tweet:
I dunno, fundraising appeals don't jibe with dropping out.
I knew this guy was exactly this kind of crazy. If he wins there is no justice in the world though.
ErasureAcer
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People expected this guy's campaign to implode but not this quickly. haha.
Joe Shlabotnik
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No way he's dropping out if he's soliciting donations.
Not sure, but the statement alone solidifies their position. When the Senate is up for grabs you don't want to eat your own unless you are really upset.I don't think the GOP really backed him to begin with, did they?
No way he's dropping out if he's soliciting donations.
Never say never with this dipshit.
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