Todd Akin: Claire McCaskill was more ‘ladylike’ in 2006
Source: Washington Post
Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) reminds Republicans why they were hoping he would drop out of the U.S. Senate race against incumbent Claire McCaskill (D).
I think we have a very clear path to victory, and, apparently, Claire McCaskill thinks we do, too, because she was very aggressive at the debate, which was quite different than it was when she ran against Jim Talent, Akin told the Kansas City Star on Thursday. She had a confidence and was much more ladylike [in 2006], but in the debate on Friday she came out swinging, and I think thats because she feels threatened.
Akins campaign declined to comment on the candidates characterization of his opponent. In that debate last week, McCaskill called Akin extreme and far out on the fringe.
Republicans spent weeks pressuring Akin to end his Senate bid after his comments on abortion and legitimate rape. But Akin persevered past the Sept. 25 deadline for exiting the campaign, and the establishment organizations that pledged to boycott the Missouri race have started to come around.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/09/27/akin-mccaskill-was-more-ladylike-in-2006/?hpid=z3
Todd Akin: The gift that keeps on giving.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)and squander all that money they're throwing at you. I suppose all of the women in the State of missouri are just going to embrace you spitting on McCaskill's demeanor.
Akin, you just need to shut the fuck up.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)lebkuchen
(10,716 posts)God forbid that a woman have opinions, but maybe it's a Morman cultural-thing.
wwoooooooooooooo
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Basically, that's what you just did.
Missouri 'ladies,' are you paying attention?
fleur-de-lisa
(14,627 posts)What a buffoon. Now I'm seriously starting to think the repukes are losing on purpose! What gives? Or have they finally decided to reveal themselves in all their misogynistic glory?
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)They don't know that saying "act more lady-like" is now Offensive
just like Mitt Doesn't know calling people "illegal Aliens" and "Entitled Victims" might piss a few people off
and Scott Brown is blissfully unaware that having his staffers do Native American Chants, and Chopping motions with their fist, is the most Racist thing you can levy against a Native American,
Because see most old white men invented these insults and they haven't realized that they were all rejected years ago, because when they laugh they close their eyes so they don't see the disgust in our faces. It is why they all need to be EJECTED in the Present day
GreenPartyVoter
(72,378 posts)hamsterjill
(15,222 posts)These idiots have never progressed out of the fifties. What a sexist thing to say - - - yet again!
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)Yes, gender roles were rigid, but I don't remember such venality as a kid. Akin is worse than anything I can remember then (course, I was a kid).
tclambert
(11,087 posts)Done and done. Kthxbai.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Where did that get him? He is WHERE now? Hillary is Secretary of State. We even had Condi as Secretary of State.
"Ladylike" Secretaries of State? Who needs needs them. We want, and need, EFFECTIVE Secretaries of State. Who cares if they wear pearls, dresses, and high heels.
SEXIST Men, we DON't NEED.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)Zambero
(8,965 posts)I know you think she should be acting more like the "legitimate loser" you hoped she might be. However, losing in not in the game plan. Y'see, savvy women like Claire McCaskill have a way of shutting that whole loser thing down. You own it now, Todd!
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Just more sexism and it's rampant in the right wing.
MineralMan
(146,318 posts)was in 2006, anyhow.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I wish Claire had truly come out swinging, because nothing in recent history has begged to be smacked more than your face.
Sincerely,
Lunatica
valerief
(53,235 posts)DemKittyNC
(743 posts)this guy is going down this November. He doesn't just insult us women but the entire race of humanity!
Fla Dem
(23,695 posts)I thought for sure MacCaskill was going to run away with this after the "legitimate rape" fiasco.
Zambero
(8,965 posts)Until the final "drop dead" date for Akin to withdraw his candidacy came and went. He has a rich treasure trove of extreme comments that will not serve him well once they hit the TV screen. If he's currently ahead by one point, it would more than likely represent a momentary peak that will crumble as soon as his true colors are on display for undecided and switchable voters.
Fla Dem
(23,695 posts)wilsonbooks
(972 posts)This is what I found:
RCP Average 8/22 - 9/11 -- 48.0 42.7 McCaskill +5.3
Rasmussen Reports 9/11 - 9/11 500 LV 49 43 McCaskill +6
PPP (D) 8/28 - 8/29 621 LV 45 44 McCaskill +1
Post-Dispatch/Mason-Dixon 8/22 - 8/23 625 LV 50 41 McCaskill +9
More Polling Data | News
Fla Dem
(23,695 posts)I usually check electoral-vote.com for a quick update on both the presidential and the senate races. That's where I saw the Missouri race 47 dem, 48 rep. It was a Chilenski Strategies poll. I don't know if they lean left or right, but happy to see the poll results you posted. Although the ones you reference are earlier than this one 9/20/2012.
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2012/Senate/Maps/Sep28-s.html
http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=160167.0
http://uselectionatlas.org/POLLS/SENATE/2012/polls.php?action=indpoll&id=29102012920203
wilsonbooks
(972 posts)Paladin
(28,266 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)don't send that woman-hating TODD AKIN nutjob to the US Senate. Here's my question though. Why is it AKIN HAS only SIX CHILDREN instead of let's say 12 or 18? Think it through y'all. Think it through. And why does "devout" Catholic LYINRYAN who has been married for 15 years have ONLY THREE CHILDREN?
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Blue Meany
(1,947 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,130 posts)I was thrown out of the Girl Scouts at age 11 because I didn't act like a lady.