Akin is A-Ok with Conservatives after all!

[JollyRoger]

You can support the rape apologist all you want.

 

[kramerfan86]

So now someone is not allowed to support a candidate just because you oppose the other one more?

You can, however you shouldnt expect people to respect supporting a terrible candidate/person just because of that. I mean come on, he went on about "legitimate" rape, sure he apologized, but only because it offended people not because he actually thinks its wrong. If he thought it was wrong he would have never stated it as his opinion.

 

[AlpsStranger]

So now someone is not allowed to support a candidate just because you oppose the other one more?

Of course. Just like I'm allowed to point out that Akin is now mainstream in the GOP.

Fair is fair.

 

[Leoreth]

If we win the Senate and hold the House, while Obama sneaks through, there is a pretty fair chance that the next time the debt limit issue comes up we can force the country into default and save it. I'll take my chances with Akin's ignorance for a shot at a blissful ending.

Wait, a default on the national debt is your best case scenario? What's the worst case?

IIRC you're allowed to curse on the internet.

I've never understood why blanking one letter turns a curse into an acceptable word, anyway.

 

[downtown]

The RNC and Crossroads have still pledged to not support him. I dont think there was any doubt that some SuperPACs would fund the guy.

I honestly still think Akin wins actually, but it won't be because he got help from the establishment.

 

[Murky]

It's kind of hard to tell if the nutty far-right Akin is bringing down the ticket or phony Romney who is much more liberal than the character he's putting forward to his audience.

 

[AlpsStranger]

I honestly still think Akin wins actually, but it won't be because he got help from the establishment.

Oh yeah, he has a pretty good shot. You know why?

Because he's mainstream in the GOP.

 

[Murky]

If you drive through rural Missouri you'll see a lot of Todd Akin signs.

 

[AlpsStranger]

If you drive through rural Missouri you'll see a lot of Todd Akin signs.

Because he's mainstream in the GOP

 

[Murky]

Because he's mainstream in the GOP

Much more so than many in the GOP want to admit.

Edit:

There's a politico article how Akin could still win.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81743.html

So, how could Akin win? Since 2008, Missouri has swung as hard to the right as has any state in the country. First there are long term demographic shifts at play - not exactly a new trend, but an accelerating one. In a nutshell, ascendant conservative Republican legislators have repelled gays, immigrants, and young, mobile progressives, just as the continuing growth of Branson, Mo. (the live music capital of the world) and the conservative Springfield metro area have attracted hordes of conservative evangelicals and retirees. It was a vicious cycle: the more retrograde the political debate, the more progressives left Missouri or avoided it in the first place. And the more progressives disappeared, the more conservative the electorate became, and the more reactionary the debate. The burgeoning strength of grassroots conservatives in Missouri became apparent in 2010 when Republicans rode the wave to legislative majorities of 106-57 and 26-8 in the state House and Senate, respectively.

Not only is Southern Missouri strongly evangelical, but much of the heavily Catholic St. Louis metro area is strongly pro-life as well. And socio-political life in much of the region - especially the conservative areas of South St. Louis city and County - revolves around the parish church. This gives the anti-abortion movement a rare one-two. rural-urban punch, something it lacks in most states outside the South, and explains how Rick Santorum walloped Mitt Romney 55 percent to 25 percent in the Missouri presidential primary. It also explains how someone with Akin’s primitive views could possibly remain competitive.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81743.html#ixzz27gbRmDKS

 

[bhsup]

There's a politico article how Akin could still win.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81743.html

So then it's a reverse of what's happened in OT?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

So then it's a reverse of what's happened in OT?

Did OT used to be more conservative?

 

[JollyRoger]

Did OT used to be more conservative?

It used to have more than one conservative that could hold his own in a debate.

 

[bhsup]

Maybe not more conservative, but I think less stridently liberal.

 

[Murky]

It depends on how you view it. Since CFC is a gaming site it's going to attract younger people. Younger people tend to be more socially liberal. Many of the young people who were born in Missouri left for better opportunities elsewhere so the state has regressed back to a more conservative tendency.

 

[peter grimes]

Did OT used to be more conservative?

It used to have more than one conservative that could hold his own in a debate.

Man, sometimes I feel like I'm always late to the party. The good old days are always in the past...

 

[GhostWriter16]

It's kind of hard to tell if the nutty far-right Akin is bringing down the ticket or phony Romney who is much more liberal than the character he's putting forward to his audience.

Thank goodness I'm not the only one who can see it....

Of course he isnt a rape and incest type, so long as the womenfolk are "legitimately" raped they wont get pregnant anyways! If they do get pregnant clearly they are just boy who cried wolfing the situation.

OK, I don't agree with Akin on that, at all.

My comment, however, was basically that if you make the rape exception, it seems to be more to punish sex than it is to really protect innocent human life, because if its about innocent human life, like it is for me, and not about punishing women, it shouldn matter WHY she's pregnant.

So now someone is not allowed to support a candidate just because you oppose the other one more?

This. I'm not even "Supporting Akin" I have no idea the differences between he and his opponent, and TBH I'm not "Supporting" any Republicans this year because I'm ticked off at them for the RNC, but come on. Its perfectly fine to say Akin sucks but is better than his opponent, at least in his theory.

Now, if his opponent was identical to him, but wore the "D" label, and that was the only difference between the two, yeah, I'd understand. That's unlikely so you've got to vote based on policies, or protest, which a lot of people have a real issue with doing.

 

[kramerfan86]

You can try to color it however you want but you are psychologically torturing a woman for 9 months by forcing her to carry around a perpetual reminder of likely the worst moment of her life. Double down bad in incest cases, to protect a "life" that is at that point something ranging from a hollow ball to a worm like state. I tend to think balls are not worth torturing an actual human being.

 

[Crezth]

My comment, however, was basically that if you make the rape exception, it seems to be more to punish sex than it is to really protect innocent human life, because if its about innocent human life, like it is for me, and not about punishing women, it shouldn matter WHY she's pregnant.

The problem in that case, of course, being that she didn't ask for it and is now being expected to endure the pregnancy for 9 months. The state demanding her to do this is a clear violation of her sovereignty.

 

[peter grimes]

And now Akin has invited his misogynism to the party:

Source:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/09/27/169963/akins-ladylike-phrase-draws-ire.html

Comments by Republican Todd Akin once again are stirring controversy, this time with a claim that U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was not acting "ladylike" during their recent debate.

Akin said Thursday that McCaskill's demeanor during last week's debate differed vastly from her 2006 campaign against Jim Talent, which he contends demonstrates she thinks he's going to win this fall.