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I heard this theory advanced by a caller on Limbaugh this morning. The caller alleged that Akin had been 'bought off.' Honestly, I doubt it at this point, but imagine the fireworks if it turned out to be true. It would make a nice October surpise to be able to untie the bow on that package!
According to Gateway Pundit, a conservative blog based in StL, MO (area where Akin is from), Dems wanted Akin in this race and spent $1.5 million to help him.
And his Dem opponent Claire McCaskill is now supporting Akin by denouncing calls from Republicans that he drop out of the race. As for Akin, if he is really a conservative, he would realize how the MSM works, and that he would be a lame duck and laughingstock from day one even if he won the race. Thus he would drop out of the race and let someone else have a chance at it. But for some reason, he has not so far done that.
Looking at his wiki page, Akin has a degree in management engineering and also a divinity degree. He worked as an engineer at IBM, and also as a manager at a St. Louis area steel company. I don't know how he could be dumb enough to say what he did.
There a few dots to connect, but no proof so far. I'm sure there are bloggers out there furiously looking into Akin's background.
I heard this theory advanced by a caller on Limbaugh this morning. The caller alleged that Akin had been 'bought off.' Honestly, I doubt it at this point, but imagine the fireworks if it turned out to be true. It would make a nice October surpise to be able to untie the bow on that package!
According to Gateway Pundit, a conservative blog based in StL, MO (area where Akin is from), Dems wanted Akin in this race and spent $1.5 million to help him.
And his Dem opponent Claire McCaskill is now supporting Akin by denouncing calls from Republicans that he drop out of the race. As for Akin, if he is really a conservative, he would realize how the MSM works, and that he would be a lame duck and laughingstock from day one even if he won the race. Thus he would drop out of the race and let someone else have a chance at it. But for some reason, he has not so far done that.
Looking at his wiki page, Akin has a degree in management engineering and also a divinity degree. He worked as an engineer at IBM, and also as a manager at a St. Louis area steel company. I don't know how he could be dumb enough to say what he did.
There a few dots to connect, but no proof so far. I'm sure there are bloggers out there furiously looking into Akin's background.
Oh, man, too, too funny. Now you're going to try to say he was never a Republican to begin with? Really?? LOLOLOLOLOL!! And yes, McCaskill supported this FOOL TEA PARTY REPUBLICAN because she knew once he opened his mouth on the national stage it was going to be a whole lot easier for her to hold her seat. That's called politics, my friend.
I heard this theory advanced by a caller on Limbaugh this morning. The caller alleged that Akin had been 'bought off.' Honestly, I doubt it at this point, but imagine the fireworks if it turned out to be true. It would make a nice October surpise to be able to untie the bow on that package!
According to Gateway Pundit, a conservative blog based in StL, MO (area where Akin is from), Dems wanted Akin in this race and spent $1.5 million to help him.
And his Dem opponent Claire McCaskill is now supporting Akin by denouncing calls from Republicans that he drop out of the race. As for Akin, if he is really a conservative, he would realize how the MSM works, and that he would be a lame duck and laughingstock from day one even if he won the race. Thus he would drop out of the race and let someone else have a chance at it. But for some reason, he has not so far done that.
Looking at his wiki page, Akin has a degree in management engineering and also a divinity degree. He worked as an engineer at IBM, and also as a manager at a St. Louis area steel company. I don't know how he could be dumb enough to say what he did.
There a few dots to connect, but no proof so far. I'm sure there are bloggers out there furiously looking into Akin's background.
No, if Akin had a price, I am sure the Kochs and Adelson would have already topped it and it would have been accepted. Akin has principles (even if they are dumb). Akin is the opening salvo in the coming civil war among Republicans. The right wing will be fighting the eastern establishment for control. Things are going to bust wide open after Obama's reelection.
I heard this theory advanced by a caller on Limbaugh this morning. The caller alleged that Akin had been 'bought off.' Honestly, I doubt it at this point, but imagine the fireworks if it turned out to be true. It would make a nice October surpise to be able to untie the bow on that package!
According to Gateway Pundit, a conservative blog based in StL, MO (area where Akin is from), Dems wanted Akin in this race and spent $1.5 million to help him.
And his Dem opponent Claire McCaskill is now supporting Akin by denouncing calls from Republicans that he drop out of the race. As for Akin, if he is really a conservative, he would realize how the MSM works, and that he would be a lame duck and laughingstock from day one even if he won the race. Thus he would drop out of the race and let someone else have a chance at it. But for some reason, he has not so far done that.
Looking at his wiki page, Akin has a degree in management engineering and also a divinity degree. He worked as an engineer at IBM, and also as a manager at a St. Louis area steel company. I don't know how he could be dumb enough to say what he did.
There a few dots to connect, but no proof so far. I'm sure there are bloggers out there furiously looking into Akin's background.
Is Akin a plant for the DNC? No. Silliness abounds.
You have to understand that Missouri has open primaries. Therefore, anyone can vote in any party's primary. It is not unusually to have one side vote for the opposite party's weakest candidate or spend their money trying to put who they perceive to be the weaker candidate forward.
The real problem is the soundbite to knee jerk reaction people have in this age of information overload. For instance, how many people have listened to the entire interview on the Jaco Report (St. Louis television) where the Akin soundbite was captured vs. those pouncing on the soundbite alone?
You must have missed my post about Sen. Patty Murray, who said that Osama Bin Laden had gained popularity in Afghanistan by building 'day care facilities.' People tried, but never found any evidence that he had built any day care places. Why would day care be needed when women can't even leave the home unless accompanied by a male relative, and with hubby's permision?
Is Akin a plant for the DNC? No. Silliness abounds.
You have to understand that Missouri has open primaries. Therefore, anyone can vote in any party's primary. It is not unusually to have one side vote for the opposite party's weakest candidate or spend their money trying to put who they perceive to be the weaker candidate forward.
The real problem is the soundbite to knee jerk reaction people have in this age of information overload. For instance, how many people have listened to the entire interview on the Jaco Report (St. Louis television) where the Akin soundbite was captured vs. those pouncing on the soundbite alone?
It's been years since I read the Bible but I seemed to remember that there was at least one case in the Bible of a woman being raped and then getting pregnant. I asked a friend of mine who is a student of the Bible, and his reply was, Oh, sure, that is in the Bible.
Consider that this Akin is supposedly a Christian conservative and has a divinity degree--shouldn't he have been familiar with that?
Oh, man, too, too funny. Now you're going to try to say he was never a Republican to begin with? Really?? LOLOLOLOLOL!! And yes, McCaskill supported this FOOL TEA PARTY REPUBLICAN because she knew once he opened his mouth on the national stage it was going to be a whole lot easier for her to hold her seat. That's called politics, my friend.
No, if Akin had a price, I am sure the Kochs and Adelson would have already topped it and it would have been accepted. Akin has principles (even if they are dumb). Akin is the opening salvo in the coming civil war among Republicans. The right wing will be fighting the eastern establishment for control. Things are going to bust wide open after Obama's reelection.
I would take that one to the bank.
In 2008, I thought that the divisions in the Republican party would heal by now, but they have only drown deeper, more divisive, and angrier. As the public anxiety over the economy keeps on growing, no matter who is elected won't matter as much as how Congress responds to the pressure of doing something active about the economic issues.
According to this recent poll, where no candidates were included, 94% of the respondents thought Congress was impeding economic plans, and 84% want the Congressional deadlock to end, and support legislative reform that would end these deadlocks.
These feelings do not bode well for either party, but in the past, the mid-term elections are when all the bums are thrown out, whatever the majority is at the time. If a veto-proof majority arises in this election, I don't expect it will last after 2014.
With Mitt as unpopular as he is within his party, a continuing deadlock such has happened in the House for the past 2 years will cripple him if he's elected.
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I heard this theory advanced by a caller on Limbaugh this morning. The caller alleged that Akin had been 'bought off.' Honestly, I doubt it at this point, but imagine the fireworks if it turned out to be true. It would make a nice October surpise to be able to untie the bow on that package!
According to Gateway Pundit, a conservative blog based in StL, MO (area where Akin is from), Dems wanted Akin in this race and spent $1.5 million to help him.
And his Dem opponent Claire McCaskill is now supporting Akin by denouncing calls from Republicans that he drop out of the race. As for Akin, if he is really a conservative, he would realize how the MSM works, and that he would be a lame duck and laughingstock from day one even if he won the race. Thus he would drop out of the race and let someone else have a chance at it. But for some reason, he has not so far done that.
Looking at his wiki page, Akin has a degree in management engineering and also a divinity degree. He worked as an engineer at IBM, and also as a manager at a St. Louis area steel company. I don't know how he could be dumb enough to say what he did.
There a few dots to connect, but no proof so far. I'm sure there are bloggers out there furiously looking into Akin's background.
And apparently Akin has been a Republican and a state rep. for his district since 2001, which means for a lo-o-ong time now, he's been a Democratic mole, just laying in wait for Ryan to run (very crafty those Democrats...LOL)!
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