Todd Akin Capitalizes on Dumb Comments by Asking for Money, With a Picture of a Fetus - Update: Fetus Aborted

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In the time-honored Republican tradition, Todd Akin is trying to capitalize on having said something weird and disgusting by dunning his supporters for money.

On a website that features a background image of … a fetus. Yes! Really. It’s impossible to make up things like this: Still Standing | Todd Akin for U.S. Senate 2012 | Missouri.

With extra bonus points for misspelling an incredibly simple word.

UPDATE at 8/21/12 2:47:01 pm

That didn’t take long! The misspelling has been changed to “your’re” and the fetus has been aborted.

UPDATE at 8/21/12 2:56:12 pm

Took him three tries, but he finally spelled “you’re” correctly:

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111 comments
1 erik_t  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:41:28pm

I bet you a whole American nickel that Todd Akin doesn't find that banner creepy as shit.

Well I tell ya what, Todd, that banner is creepy as shit.

2 nines09  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:41:56pm

"Todd? There's a Mitt on the phone and he insists on talking to you. What? Tell him what? Oh, I can't say that.

3 jaunte  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:42:28pm

$10,000 says Akin doesn't have a signed model release for that shot.

4 Targetpractice  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:42:30pm

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

5 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:43:04pm

Why does that giant fetus have half its hand up Akin's butt?

6 jaunte  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:43:55pm
7 Randall Gross  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:44:16pm

See that Axelrod tweet at the bottom of last thread....

8 Mocking Jay  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:44:29pm

re: #6 jaunte

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oh my god it's worse than we thought...

9 Randall Gross  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:44:31pm

[Link: www.latimes.com...]

10 Targetpractice  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:44:34pm

re: #6 jaunte

[Embedded content]

*facepalm*

11 wrenchwench  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:44:58pm

re: #6 jaunte

[Embedded content]

He made another mistake. He used the wrong word and photo.

12 engineer cat  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:45:00pm

Todd Akin Capitalizes on Dumb Comments by Asking for Money, With a Picture of a Fetus

Fetus Sues For Unauthorized Use Of Image

13 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:46:22pm

Your're?

Youtube Video
14 abolitionist  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:47:01pm

re: #6 jaunte

Changed to "your're"? Really?

15 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:47:30pm

I bet you Akin is one of those guys who wants to make English the official language of the United States.

If only he understood it.

16 wrenchwench  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:47:38pm
17 darthstar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:47:45pm

In Todd's defense, even Jesus has always been against homonyms.
/

18 jaunte  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:48:24pm

Which of Akin's family members is running his website?

19 Charles Johnson  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:48:57pm

He aborted the fetus.

20 wrenchwench  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:49:21pm

re: #18 jaunte

Which of Akin's family members is running his website?

The pre-born ones?

21 Lidane  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:49:23pm

re: #9 Randall Gross

[Link: www.latimes.com...]

And Akin's extremist anti-abortion pal in the House was Paul Ryan.

Mitt sure knows how to pick a winner. Must be all that business experience.

22 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:50:53pm

Akin is cruel and evil but he is not stupid, not by a long shot. He knows that this high-profile stand will position him as one of the leaders of the "purified" Republican party after Romney gets his ass handed to him in November. If he actually wins, it will make him THE leader.

Romney is the last wheezing gasp of the old GOP. This is the future of the Republican party. I saw it in the Lubbock County Republican platform ("one nation, one language, one loyalty") and it should now be obvious to all.

23 allegro  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:50:57pm

There's a tropical storm predicted to become a hurricane heading towards Tampa for the convention. Clearly, the GOP god is trying to tell them something. Isn't that what they always say when there's a weather disaster?

24 Sionainn  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:50:58pm
The misspelling has been corrected and the fetus has been aborted.

I can't remember the last time I've just laughed and laughed and laughed in a room by myself.

25 Charles Johnson  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:51:08pm

They finally spelled "you're" correctly.

26 darthstar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:51:18pm
27 Mocking Jay  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:51:31pm

Fuck... proof-read, then publish. This isn't that hard!

Also... it looks like Obama and McCaskill are standing with Akin based on that image perception to me.

28 Randall Gross  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:51:48pm

In some ways this is bad. It will keep the press focused on how extreme Todd is instead of how extreme Romney/Ryan are, just like focusing on the anti gay hate of the Phelps clan keeps the press from focusing much on FRC.

29 Gus  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:52:46pm

re: #9 Randall Gross

[Link: www.latimes.com...]

Paged: [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

30 makeitstop  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:53:31pm

re: #28 Randall Gross

In some ways this is bad. It will keep the press focused on how extreme Todd is instead of how extreme Romney/Ryan are, just like focusing on the anti gay hate of the Phelps clan keeps the press from focusing much on FRC.

That's a feature, not a bug.

Mitt's tax returns have gone away, too.

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that Rove cooked all of this up.

31 funky chicken  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:53:32pm

re: #28 Randall Gross

In some ways this is bad. It will keep the press focused on how extreme Todd is instead of how extreme Romney/Ryan are, just like focusing on the anti gay hate of the Phelps clan keeps the press from focusing much on FRC.

Oh, I dunno. There's still plenty of time to tie Ryan's and Akin's voting records together.

32 Daniel Ballard  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:54:46pm

re: #27 Mocking Jay

Fuck... proof-read, then publish. This isn't that hard!

Also... it looks like Obama and McCaskill are standing with Akin based on that image perception to me.

Stand with Amercia!
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33 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:54:47pm

So Mitt calls on Akin to step down, which pisses off the Evangelicals.

Akin tells Mitt to piss off, which keeps him in the news till the elections, and shows that Mitt has no real control over his party, plus the Evangelicals will throw this up in his face, using it as proof he better listen to them.

Well done, Mitt. Your years of business acumen certainly worked out in your favor this day. Bravo.

34 abolitionist  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:55:48pm

re: #28 Randall Gross

In some ways this is bad. It will keep the press focused on how extreme Todd is instead of how extreme Romney/Ryan are, just like focusing on the anti gay hate of the Phelps clan keeps the press from focusing much on FRC.

Mis-direction is a magician's #1 skill.

35 JRCMYP  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:56:10pm

So glad that he's letting us know that he used the wrong word ("your") in the wrong way (for the possessive). Thanks for the apology Todd!

36 Amory Blaine  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:56:23pm

What a bunch of shameless scumbags. No doubt there will be thousands of rubes who can't wait to "stick it to the liberal" Claire McCaskill. Jeepers Creepers on a Cracker when you're defending her as a liberal all hope really is lost isn't it?

37 Mocking Jay  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:58:17pm

I can hear the Final Jeopardy music playing now.

38 Kronocide  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:58:18pm

So what did Akin really mean to say? The apology doesn't mean much until the clarification.

39 Mocking Jay  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:59:19pm

re: #38 Kronocide

So what did Akin really mean to say? The apology doesn't mean much until the clarification.

This is truthiness, you silly little man. What he's sorry for doesn't matter. Just that he feels so so very sorry for it.

40 erik_t  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:59:50pm

So, it's over, right? No step-down?

41 funky chicken  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 2:59:56pm

re: #33 Kragar

Yeah, I think Romney really stepped in it with the call for Akin to withdraw. It opens the door to all kinds of questions about which part of Akin's statement he finds objectionable, and to discussions of Ryan's votes in support of "forcible rape" bills, etc.

42 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:00:11pm

Hugh Hefner: Anti-Gay Activists Will ‘Criminalize Your Entire Sex Life’

HEFNER: The fight for gay marriage is, in reality, a fight for all of our rights. Without it, we will turn back the sexual revolution and return to an earlier, puritanical time,” he writes. “Today, in every instance of sexual rights falling under attack, you’ll find legislation forced into place by people who practice discrimination disguised as religious freedom. Their goal is to dehumanize everyone’s sexuality and reduce us to using sex for the sole purpose of perpetuating our species. To that end, they will criminalize your entire sex life.

[Conservatives continue] to assault the right of gays, whether by denying them to right to marry or, as in Kansas, by attempting to empower landlords, business owners and employers to discriminate against gays on religious grounds. [...]

This is a religious nation, but it is also a secular one. … No one should have to subjugate their religious freedom, and no one should have their personal freedoms infringed. This is America and we must protect the rights of all Americans.

43 Charles Johnson  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:00:13pm

Actually, Akin could still bail out of the Senate race, but he'd pay penalties now.

44 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:00:35pm

re: #30 makeitstop

I agree.
But, I don't think Rove really has to needs up a scheme. It's only a matter of time before one of those nutballs says something nutty.
All Rover has to do is sit back and wait.

45 Gus  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:00:46pm

Hold the phone! That endorsement was withdrawn:

[Link: archive.lifenews.com...]

46 Mocking Jay  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:00:59pm

re: #40 erik_t

So, it's over, right? No step-down?

It's still possible. Now it just takes a court order and he'd have to pay to have ballots reprinted.

In other words... it's over. No step-down.

47 Amory Blaine  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:01:13pm

re: #39 Mocking Jay

This is truthiness, you silly little man. What he's sorry for doesn't matter. Just that he feels so so very sorry for it.

No, he's sorry you were offended. ;)

48 erik_t  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:01:54pm

re: #45 Gus

Hold the phone! That endorsement was withdrawn:

[Link: archive.lifenews.com...]

Can we withdraw fetuses? Maybe retroactively become unpregnant?

Would that compromise be acceptable to the RWNJs?

49 Dr Lizardo  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:02:16pm

re: #22 Shiplord Kirel

Akin is cruel and evil but he is not stupid, not by a long shot. He knows that this high-profile stand will position him as one of the leaders of the "purified" Republican party after Romney gets his ass handed to him in November. If he actually wins, it will make him THE leader.

Romney is the last wheezing gasp of the old GOP. This is the future of the Republican party. I saw it in the Lubbock County Republican platform ("one nation, one language, one loyalty") and it should now be obvious to all.

That whole, "one nation, one language, one loyalty" makes for a tempting and sarcastic comment, but Godwin's Law.

So I'll just settle for "Strength Through Purity, Purity Through Faith" with a tip o' the hat to Alan Moore and David Lloyd.

50 Gus  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:02:17pm

No wait a minute. This is freaking confusing me.

51 Gus  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:02:59pm

He endorsed Romney but then a report came out that he withdrew which turned out to be false.

52 wrenchwench  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:03:17pm

re: #50 Gus

No wait a minute. This is freaking confusing me.

The story of the withdrawal of endorsement was withdrawn.

Simple.

53 darthstar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:03:46pm

re: #51 Gus

He endorsed Romney but then a report came out that he withdrew which turned out to be false.

He pulled out before he pulled out, but he didn't really pull out, because these guys never pull out.

54 Decatur Deb  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:03:51pm

re: #51 Gus

He endorsed Romney but then a report came out that he withdrew which turned out to be false.

The correct correction has been corrected.

56 Kronocide  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:04:05pm

re: #52 wrenchwench

The story of the withdrawal of endorsement was withdrawn.

Simple.

Yeah, I gawt et. (hiccup)

57 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:04:16pm

re: #54 Decatur Deb

The correct correction has been corrected.

Those responsible for the error have been sacked.

58 wrenchwench  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:04:39pm

re: #51 Gus

He endorsed Romney but then a report came out that he withdrew which turned out to be false.

Know how to write?

Image: LifeNewsHelp2.gif

59 Amory Blaine  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:05:30pm

I like the shifty picture of Obama looming over McCaskill. Very ominous.

/

60 darthstar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:05:31pm

re: #54 Decatur Deb

The correct correction has been corrected.

Oh, jesus...now I've got "Moses supposes his toses are roses but Moses supposes erroneously." stuck in my head for some reason.

Youtube Video
61 erik_t  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:05:34pm

re: #54 Decatur Deb

The correct correction has been corrected.

Those responsible for the sacking have been sacked.

Mitt Romney's campaign is now run by a team of festive llamas.

62 Gus  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:05:39pm

This is making me dizzy.

//

63 Mocking Jay  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:05:44pm

re: #55 Kragar

STUDY: Women Seeking Abortions Are Seven Times More Likely To Be Victims Of Abuse

Okay, but was the abuse legitimate?

64 erik_t  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:05:50pm

re: #57 Kragar

Those responsible for the error have been sacked.

DAMNIT

65 researchok  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:06:07pm

re: #42 Kragar

This is a religious nation, but it is also a secular one. … No one should have to subjugate their religious freedom, and no one should have their personal freedoms infringed. This is America and we must protect the rights of all Americans.

Right on the money.

66 darthstar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:06:12pm

re: #62 Gus

This is making me dizzy.

//

You're just suffering from withdrawal.

67 funky chicken  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:06:47pm

re: #43 Charles Johnson

Actually, Akin could still bail out of the Senate race, but he'd pay penalties now.

And put the story back on the front pages for another week, which the GOP should want to avoid.

68 darthstar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:07:26pm
69 calochortus  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:07:57pm

The Newshour on PBS is leading with the Akin story and a discussion of the GOP platform's anti-abortion plank. I'll bet the Republican leadership is thrilled...

70 Decatur Deb  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:07:59pm

Gotta get a Freep account--there are wounds to be salted.

71 darthstar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:08:21pm
72 Mocking Jay  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:09:34pm
73 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:10:01pm

re: #60 darthstar

Oh, jesus...now I've got "Moses supposes his toses are roses but Moses supposes erroneously." stuck in my head for some reason.

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"There is a humongous fungus among us."

74 Amory Blaine  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:10:40pm

BTW all the news channels in Milwaukee are pimping a PPP poll where Romney is now ahead of Obama in WI.

PPP: Obama’s Wisconsin lead gone

The Democratic firm Public Policy Polling finds the race in Wisconsin essentially tied at 48 percent for Mitt Romney to 47 percent for President Obama. That’s a seven-point swing from last month’s automated poll, when Obama led 50 percent to Romney’s 44 percent.

At 49 percent approval in the poll, Rep. Paul Ryan is the most popular person running on either ticket in his home state.

“Wisconsin really is starting to look like a toss up in the Presidential race,” PPP President Dean Debnam said. “The big question is whether this is just a bounce from Paul Ryan’s selection as running mate, or if the increased Republican competitiveness will prove to be lasting.”

75 Kronocide  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:11:11pm

I'm sure yall would be shocked that Akin doesn't believe in human caused climate change.

76 wrenchwench  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:11:23pm

re: #70 Decatur Deb

Gotta get a Freep account--there are wounds to be salted.

"When it rains it pours."

77 jaunte  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:12:07pm

re: #45 Gus

Hold the phone! That endorsement was withdrawn:

[Link: archive.lifenews.com...]

Image: wilke-romney.jpg

78 jaunte  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:13:21pm

I can't make fun of anyone else misspelling a word now.

79 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:14:55pm

Akin Clarifies Clarification: Women Just Constantly Lie About Rape All The Time

Serial fact-raper Todd Akin (R-R’lyeh) has decided, what the hell, since he’s clarifying things, he might as well just clarify a little more. After telling Mike Huckabee that he’s definitely still running for the Senate, and after appearing to momentarily acknowledge biological facts, Akin has now doubled down on the crazy, insisting in an interview with Dana Loesch that, actually yeah, his original claim about ladies and rape was pretty much right, maybe, except he meant “forcible,” not “legitimate” and that what he really meant to say is that ladies just plain lie about being raped so they can get them some sweet public abortion dollars. He also denies ever implying that he said that rapists were legitimate, which is good, because literally NOBODY thought he said that. Akin also appeared to backtrack on his earlier “apology,” referring to the thoroughly discredited opinions of Dr. John C. Willke, who first popularized the notion that ladyparts magically prevent pregnancy in a rape:

AKIN: You know, Dr. Willke has just released a statement and part of his letter, I think he just stated it very clearly. He said, of course Akin never used the word legitimate to refer to the rapist, but to false claims like those made in Roe v. Wade and I think that simplifies it….. There isn’t any legitimate rapist…. [I was] making the point that there were people who use false claims, like those that basically created Roe v. Wade.

80 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:17:06pm

re: #79 The Ghost of a Flea

I love when people who think the Bible is the immutable word of God talk about other people making false claims.

81 wrenchwench  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:18:07pm

re: #79 The Ghost of a Flea

So basically "rape" is one of those loopholes like "health" that need to be closed so no federal dollars are used to remove God's blessings from ungrateful uteri.

82 Amory Blaine  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:18:20pm

Democrats should hand out mini coat hangers in Tampa.

83 makeitstop  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:18:43pm

Nice image popping up on Facebook:

Link

84 Kronocide  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:19:23pm
....Akin has now doubled down on the crazy, insisting in an interview with Dana Loesch that, actually yeah, his original claim about ladies and rape was pretty much right, maybe, except he meant “forcible,” not “legitimate” and that what he really meant to say is that ladies just plain lie about being raped so they can get them some sweet public abortion dollars.

So dem wimmins can jus pray ree hahd for summa dat rightous vinegar in theys lady gravy but dey raddah jus git dem sum money frum Obummah fo mo borshuns.

85 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:20:17pm

re: #80 Kragar

I love when people who think the Bible is the immutable word of God talk about other people making false claims.

I prefer the ones that talk about the "literal" meaning of bible passages, and then immediately start interpreting.... Extra points if they're talking about the "literal" reading of Revelations and then immediately explain how the 7-headed beast or the Woman of Babylon are symbolic.

86 The Ghost of a Flea  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:21:44pm

re: #84 Kronocide

dat rightous vinegar in theys lady gravy

gross. also hilarious.

87 funky chicken  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:21:56pm

re: #81 wrenchwench

So basically "rape" is one of those loopholes like "health" that need to be closed so no federal dollars are used to remove God's blessings from ungrateful uteri.

Good summary of the GOP platform.

88 Targetpractice  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:22:35pm

re: #85 The Ghost of a Flea

I prefer the ones that talk about the "literal" meaning of bible passages, and then immediately start interpreting.... Extra points if they're talking about the "literal" reading of Revelations and then immediately explain how the 7-headed beast or the Woman of Babylon are symbolic.

Reminds me of their same approach to the Constitution, declaring "If it ain't in it there, it ain't legal," but then argue that the Air Force is totally Constitutional because it falls under "defense."

89 dragonath  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:23:47pm

Hey, get this... Akin's son is his campaign manager, and he was home schooled. It turns out his whole family is at the forefront of the homeschooling movement.

It also explains why nobody on his campaign can seem to spell "you're" right.

90 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:24:22pm

Two Minutes After Missouri Deadline Passes, DSCC Mocks GOP Over Akin

The moment Washington Republicans first heard Congressman Akin’s remarks their inclination was to defend him. They circulated his statement and encouraged the media to move on. Not until the establishment saw the political backlash and saw that this would hurt Republicans across the country did they change their tune.

“Don’t be fooled by the faux outrage. This is not about principle. Congressman Akin’s substantive position on choice is the official position of the Republican party. This is about Washington Republicans playing politics with the voters of Missouri, plain and simple.

“The Republican establishment has poured millions of dollars into the campaigns of Senate candidates who share some of the same positions as Congressman Akin. Sharron Angle said that forcing a rape victim to carry the pregnancy was making ‘a lemon situation into lemonade,’ and Ken Buck refused to prosecute a rape case because he said that the victims just had ‘buyer’s remorse.’

“No one in the Republican establishment is standing up today to protest the party platform, which forces rape victims to carry their pregnancy to term. If Washington Republicans are not willing to stand up and defend rape victims when it counts, they should not have a say when Missouri Republicans nominate a candidate who shares that view.

91 Gus  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:24:58pm

Hello Killgore.

92 Kronocide  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:25:24pm

That was my best Wingnutese in a Hubert Selby Jr dialect.

93 Kragar  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:26:09pm

re: #88 Targetpractice

Reminds me of their same approach to the Constitution, declaring "If it ain't in it there, it ain't legal," but then argue that the Air Force is totally Constitutional because it falls under "defense."

But the Constitution says the Government can set up departments to see to the common good, so one could, for example, set up a Department of Education or a Department of Energy or ...

Wait just a damn minute!!!

94 Gus  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:27:09pm

Moron.

95 Sheila Broflovski  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:28:26pm

re: #70 Decatur Deb

Gotta get a Freep account--there are wounds to be salted.

I have one I'm not using.

96 Patricia Kayden  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:29:05pm

re: #22 Shiplord Kirel

But a "purified" Republican party may not win in 2016. I don't think that the US as a whole is becoming more conservative. With the increasing acceptance of marriage equality and the demographic shift (declining White population, rising Latino population), I don't see that a purified Republican party has a viable future. Seems like a way to shrink your party, to me.

97 Decatur Deb  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:29:14pm

re: #92 Kronocide

That was my best Wingnutese in a Hubert Selby Jr dialect.

Didn't upding it because I hear it in the barber shop every visit.

98 jaunte  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:29:36pm

Mr. Transparency

Mitt Romney To Donors: I Would Explain My Energy Plan,
But Reporters Are Here

99 Patricia Kayden  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:30:01pm

re: #90 Kragar
Wow to the Ken Buck part of your comment. Just shows how some Republicans feel about women and rape.

100 aagcobb  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:30:17pm

re: #55 Kragar

STUDY: Women Seeking Abortions Are Seven Times More Likely To Be Victims Of Abuse

So we can significantly reduce abuse by banning abortions! That's a win-win!/

101 Decatur Deb  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:30:54pm

re: #95 Learned Mother of Zion

I have one I'm not using.

Keep it for Nov 6.

102 Sionainn  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:31:15pm

re: #98 jaunte

Mr. Transparency

Mitt Romney To Donors: I Would Explain My Energy Plan,
But Reporters Are Here

He really is such a chickenshit.

103 Targetpractice  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 3:32:50pm

re: #93 Kragar

But the Constitution says the Government can set up departments to see to the common good, so one could, for example, set up a Department of Education or a Department of Energy or ...

Wait just a damn minute!!!

Had a wingnut the other day trying to argue that food stamps are unconstitutional and should be done away with. I fired off at him about the Air Force should go as well. He tried to argue the whole "It used to be the Army Air Corp" bit, so I responded that the only way that works is if the USAF gets folded back into the Army. His response was to say that we just label it all "Navy" and it passes without a problem.

I told him that if we're just gonna read whatever we like into the paper, then I file food stamps under "General Welfare."

104 Etaoin Shrdlu  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 4:12:25pm

Now if I were American, and a Democrat, I'd be sorely tempted to send Akin the $3 to encourage him to stay in the race and keep talking.

105 William of Orange  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 4:13:23pm

You thought creationism taught in school was bad?

Weep for spelling!

107 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 4:23:32pm

re: #96 Patricia Kayden

But a "purified" Republican party may not win in 2016. I don't think that the US as a whole is becoming more conservative. With the increasing acceptance of marriage equality and the demographic shift (declining White population, rising Latino population), I don't see that a purified Republican party has a viable future. Seems like a way to shrink your party, to me.

Of course they won't win, and they will indeed shrink to a regional party of cranks. Winning office is not the idea behind a religious right dominated GOP. The idea is to have a conduit and venue for marketing the religious right's merchandise, from its infantile theology and self-help videos to home-schooling supplies to health supplements. This should not be a shocking idea, it is simply an extension of the scam, or complex of scams, that constituted the religious right's original purpose in the first place.

108 Decatur Deb  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 4:23:36pm

re: #106 William of Orange

Found the same picture on a Dutch anti-abortion site.

It looks very much like one of Lennart Nillson's in-utero photos from his 1960's book A Child is Born.

109 Decatur Deb  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 4:24:55pm

re: #108 Decatur Deb

It looks very much like one of Lennart Nillson's in-utero photos from his 1960's book A Child is Born.

It is:

[Link: www.lennartnilsson.com...]

110 William of Orange  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 4:31:24pm

re: #109 Decatur Deb

It is:

[Link: www.lennartnilsson.com...]

® :-)

111 aagcobb  Tue, Aug 21, 2012 5:31:57pm

re: #104 Etaoin Shrdlu

Now if I were American, and a Democrat, I'd be sorely tempted to send Akin the $3 to encourage him to stay in the race and keep talking.

I wouldn't be surprised if Akin receives a huge number of small donations from the Bryan Fischer Brigade.


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