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pstokely

(10,528 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:34 AM Oct 2012

Conservative women speak out for Senate candidate Todd Akin

Source: Kansas City Star

Ignited by the controversy that cost their candidate the backing of national GOP leaders, conservative and anti-abortion women rallied Wednesday in Kansas City to support U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin.

Akin’s “six seconds of misspeaking, I think, did us all a favor because, ladies, I don’t think we’d be here otherwise,” said former Arkansas first lady Janet Huckabee, speaking to about 130 supporters, mostly women, at the Clarion Hotel Sports Complex.

The wife of 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee added: “People made me mad when they kicked our man when (he was) down. It’s as simple as that. You expect it from your enemy. You don’t expect it from your own.”

Following Akin’s comment in an August TV interview that pregnancies were rare among victims traumatized by “legitimate rape,” the National Republican Senatorial Committee swore off funding his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat. GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney urged Akin to drop out of the race.



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/17/3872043/conservative-women-turn-out-for.html#storylink=cpy

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Conservative women speak out for Senate candidate Todd Akin (Original Post) pstokely Oct 2012 OP
Legitimate rape lovers unite. truthisfreedom Oct 2012 #1
Barf. Why are they so proud of his ignorance? The Wielding Truth Oct 2012 #2
They aren't... dchill Oct 2012 #3
their husbands iamthebandfanman Oct 2012 #16
Come on. We're talkin' about conservatives here. Ignorance is a prized characteristic among them. LovePeacock Oct 2012 #22
Stupid is as stupid does... BVictor1 Oct 2012 #4
I stand by my belief that he will win oberliner Oct 2012 #5
He doesn't have any cash, but he still won't lose by much pstokely Oct 2012 #8
Precisely Sherman A1 Oct 2012 #13
I'm afraid to say you may be right. caseymoz Oct 2012 #26
Akin is probably doing more to fire up the progressive base the McCaskil pstokely Oct 2012 #27
Hopefully we are both wrong oberliner Oct 2012 #30
Hey, conservative ladies like Janet Huckabee. . .does your body have mechanism Suji to Seoul Oct 2012 #6
Juanita Jean's take on janet Huckabee Downwinder Oct 2012 #15
I guess they are singing davidpdx Oct 2012 #7
Of course atreides1 Oct 2012 #9
6 seconds? yends21012 Oct 2012 #10
Yea I don't get that "6 seconds" either angrychair Oct 2012 #11
How rapey of them. nt onehandle Oct 2012 #12
Do we expect anything different customerserviceguy Oct 2012 #14
They don't say HOW MANY conservative women Welcome_hubby Oct 2012 #17
Mrs Huckabee, Sharon Tate & Charles Manson Shuhered Oct 2012 #18
This line says it all... eaglesfanintn Oct 2012 #19
probably someone who went crazy after finding Gawd pstokely Oct 2012 #28
I'm sorry, but conservative women should not have a right to an opinion. LovePeacock Oct 2012 #20
Women in Binders - they don't care they are second class citizens LynneSin Oct 2012 #21
You have to love when the stupidity of their candidate costs them a Senate seat. KevTucky Oct 2012 #23
and with his stupidity he still won't lose by much pstokely Oct 2012 #29
If conservative women get him elected... LW1977 Oct 2012 #24
He didn't misspeak. He meant what he said. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2012 #25
This is what happens when the Republican Party becomes desperate, they import politicaljack78 Oct 2012 #31

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
16. their husbands
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 07:50 AM
Oct 2012

told them to be :p
especially mrs huckabee..
shes being a good obedient christian wife
she knows her place.
:p

 

LovePeacock

(225 posts)
22. Come on. We're talkin' about conservatives here. Ignorance is a prized characteristic among them.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:41 AM
Oct 2012

Right up there with blatant stupidity.

 

BVictor1

(229 posts)
4. Stupid is as stupid does...
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:52 AM
Oct 2012

" “People made me mad when they kicked our man when (he was) down.""

Their man?

Ugh...

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
5. I stand by my belief that he will win
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 05:00 AM
Oct 2012

I posted this in August:

Was flipping through the radio while driving today and heard one of them (Mike Gallagher I think?) speaking in strong support of Akin. Saying that has comment was misunderstood/manipulated whatever. Also attacking McCaskill in various ways.

I have a feeling there will be a backlash against the backlash and the RW troops will rally around Akin.

McCaskill supporters in MO would be wise to work extra hard to win this seat. It might not exactly be a cake walk, even if he stays in.

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=74182

Sad that this is even close. Sadder that he will probably end up winning.

pstokely

(10,528 posts)
8. He doesn't have any cash, but he still won't lose by much
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 05:41 AM
Oct 2012

The Kochsuckers pulled out their $ but they might put in back in, Mittens won't win MO by much either though. He won't win without the Kochsucker $, Claire has already bought a bunch of airtime

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
13. Precisely
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 07:12 AM
Oct 2012

Missouri will be close. A little luck and it might just go for Obama, I doubt that it will, but stranger things have happened in the past.

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
26. I'm afraid to say you may be right.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:46 AM
Oct 2012

Missouri is politically split between its somewhat liberal cities, St. Louis and Kansas City, and its appallingly backward, regressively conservative rural areas. (Rural Missouri, BTW, is where Rush Limbaugh hails from, and he's part of a very prominent conservative family.) This gulf is severe. In the back country, people hearing what Akin says don't even see what's wrong with it and why anybody's upset with something so obvious.

The split isn't quite that neat. Populous suburban counties like St. Charles are terribly conservative. A huge conservative influence in St. Louis is the Catholic Church, most of whose members, I'm afraid, would agree with the implications of Akin's statements and wouldn't care about the erroneous details and ignorance.

McCaskill has the most difficult campaign. If her message appeals to the progressive cities, she might just anger the country-dwellers into showing up in droves. If she keeps to a more moderate message, the city population might not show up in enough numbers to overcome the rural vote.

Notice that she didn't go to the convention, and Obama has not been campaigning for her? That's because the best strategy for defeating her is to tie her to Obama, who the rural voters despise. Sad to say, just doing that enough in the week before the election can get the rural voters to stampede to the polls, no matter what Akin says.

pstokely

(10,528 posts)
27. Akin is probably doing more to fire up the progressive base the McCaskil
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 11:36 AM
Oct 2012

McCaskil's strategy seems to be the least offensive candidate. A lot of Repukes in that state have begun to hate him or lose enthusiasm for him. I think I've seen more Turk and Mittens signs than Akin signs. He needs the Kochsucker $ badly but even without the cash he still won't lost by much.

 

Suji to Seoul

(2,035 posts)
6. Hey, conservative ladies like Janet Huckabee. . .does your body have mechanism
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 05:15 AM
Oct 2012

against pregnancy from legitimate rape? Have you ever been raped?

no. . .then STFU!!!

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
7. I guess they are singing
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 05:34 AM
Oct 2012

"Stand by your man" and changed the lyrics to "even if he screws you over and treats you like shit"

atreides1

(16,079 posts)
9. Of course
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 05:42 AM
Oct 2012

We're really suppose to listen to the mother of a son who tortured a stray dog...and the wife of a man who tried to cover it up!

angrychair

(8,699 posts)
11. Yea I don't get that "6 seconds" either
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 06:53 AM
Oct 2012

Its not like he told someone to kiss his ass or something. He expressed a horrid, evil, and wrong-headed BELIEF about a women only getting pregnant from rape because she secretly liked it. That isn't a mistake. He is a disgusting and vile man and any women that supports him has issues of her own that need to be worked out with a therapist.

Shuhered

(200 posts)
18. Mrs Huckabee, Sharon Tate & Charles Manson
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:18 AM
Oct 2012

Last edited Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:34 AM - Edit history (1)

Any living female who would say positive things about Senator Akin after the filth he has spewed about women in general makes about as much sense as a murder victim chatting up their killer like they're old friends. It bothers me that there are even 130 Republican ladies out there that purport to Support this fool. Without having been there for her, ahem, speech of support, one cannot know if the utterly out of touch former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee and the other husbands, who of course own these GOP women as property according to the Bible, forced each one to go to that Hotel and say nice things about a total and unrepentant sociopath.

eaglesfanintn

(82 posts)
19. This line says it all...
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:33 AM
Oct 2012

“Compromise to me is a dirty word,” said Kelly Burrell of St. Louis, who relayed her own account of terminating a pregnancy. “I compromised the life of an unborn child…

More Rethuglican hypocrisy - when it was convenient for me, it was ok. But, now I don't want anyone else to have that same choice. People this f*cking stupid drive me crazy.

 

LovePeacock

(225 posts)
20. I'm sorry, but conservative women should not have a right to an opinion.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:36 AM
Oct 2012

Just like gay conservatives should not have the right to marry.

I'm tired of fucking conservatives whining about progress, and then they're always the first ones to take advantage of all the progress after democrats worked to get there. Women wouldn't even have a voice if it wasn't for progressives.

FUCK CONSERVATIVES.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
21. Women in Binders - they don't care they are second class citizens
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:40 AM
Oct 2012

People like Janet Huckabee would have no problems with women continuing to get less pay for equal work because we really should be at home cooking dinner for our man.

KevTucky

(90 posts)
23. You have to love when the stupidity of their candidate costs them a Senate seat.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:42 AM
Oct 2012

Thank you Delaware, and Nevada in 2010, now Missouri. Claire was going to lose this seat until Akin opened his mouth.

politicaljack78

(312 posts)
31. This is what happens when the Republican Party becomes desperate, they import
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:40 PM
Oct 2012

non-Missourians like the former first lady of a neighboring state, other Republican politicians' wives (they all have wives, even those that are still in the closet, have to keep up images you know) probably from all over the south, their grown-up daughters, and maybe some maids, nannies, babysitters, and of course mistresses. Total number of 130 is attainable.

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