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(15,071 posts)KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)We'll see hate radio and faux noise rally around Akin as the "victim" of a "rape" by the "librul media". They'll howl that what he said was taken out of context and that this is persecution of a "good xtian man" by athiestic heathen and "da gays" and that the "MSM" will complicit in this. They'll then go after Charles Jaco as an evil "librul" surely set up by the Obama campaign...even though the interview aired on a Fox teevee station.
Remember, rushpublicans NEVER show weakness...and quitting a race because of something in the "librul" media is weakness. I all but expect Akin to double down as the "mighty wurlitzer" tries to muddle the issue.
moobu2
(4,822 posts)RagAss
(13,832 posts)Rush will have this all fixed by 2pm est.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)Philosoraptor
(15,019 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)The Forcible Rape Duo:
Photoshop thread here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/125173320
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Inside, they believe the same stuff that he dares to speak.
bigtree
(86,008 posts). . . not many out here who actually care about these issues of rape, abortion-rights, and women's' rights would separate his remarks from how they already perceive the actions and intentions of the republican party as a whole.
BumRushDaShow
(129,644 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)It seems as if Akin jumped under on his own accord.
randome
(34,845 posts)jmondine
(1,649 posts)Let this be a lead weight around their necks. The Rethugs are trying so very hard to recreate 2010, but it's not going to happen. They made a Faustian deal with the willfully ignorant, bigoted teabagger "base" in order to defeat health care reform, and now it's time to give the devil his due.
Philosoraptor
(15,019 posts)EVEN if he steps down, the stink will remain.
LeftinOH
(5,359 posts)and nobody in the GOP has any right to be surprised. Double down!!!
democrat_patriot
(2,774 posts)If he drops out later he is on the hook for new ballot printing etc....
Flashmann
(2,140 posts)That they will defend him with every ounce of phony passion they can manufacture.....Showing,yet again,just who and what they really are.....
99Forever
(14,524 posts)The nastier and more ugly the jerk is, the harder they will fight for him and louder they will scream.
Teapublicans are not rational people.
Philosoraptor
(15,019 posts)tawadi
(2,110 posts)and would not oppose abortion in the case of rape."
I guess the GOP thinks it can just wash its hands clean of this one.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)Bet on it.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Reported by National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta on CNN.
randome
(34,845 posts)SDjack
(1,448 posts)smear McC.