cobl04
45:33
Pot, kettle
Szabo said he doesn't have any background in law enforcement, but he said his business background gives him the experience to run for the position of sheriff.
New Rasmussen Poll from yesterday has McCaskill up 48-38 over Akin.
that is the type of poll that can lead to a GOP win, is it trustworthy?
I have to believe if he withdraws the GOP easily wins because many people will want to support the GOP for doing the right thing
Thanks. Missed that (obviously). Glad to see that was more or less an actual apology and not some bullshit "I was taken out of context" or "sorry you were offended" faux-apology.
It just gets me to no end that public figures keep coming out and saying horrible stuff like this - it's flat-out incorrect, or it's dangerous and threatening, or whiningly comparing the Akin "pile on" to gang rape.
How hard is it to frigging think before you speak? Think for two seconds about how what you're saying is going to come across! This is the level of public leadership in this country?
Which is saying there is no place for a person that once used the term 'legitimate' rape on TV. Even if that person now says he was wrong.Which is? Prohibiting abortion even in the case of rape? Because that's what the GOP wants to be added to the constitution ( G.O.P. Approves Strict Anti-abortion Language in Party Platform - NYTimes.com ). And is what Paul Ryan has been supporting all the while (often in co-operation with Akin).
Frankly I find it suspect and I wouldn't at all be surprised if it's biased with the intention of getting him to drop out.
“Rasmussen’s poll made me laugh out loud,” McCaskill wrote on Twitter. “If anyone believes that, I just turned 29. (She is 59). Sneaky stuff.”
Read more here: McCaskill derides poll showing her leading Akin by 10 points - KansasCity.com
Mike Huckabee declared his support for Todd Akin staying in the race against Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill in an email Thursday, Politico's Alexander Burns reports. "Who ordered this 'Code Red' on Akin?" Huckabee wrote, saying Akin had "owned his mistake" and that the Republican Party has betrayed the Missourian. "If Todd Akin loses the Senate seat, I will not blame Todd Akin," Huckabee writes.
The Republican Party has sometimes seemed to be in a civil war between fiscal conservatives and social conservatives, and you can find evidence for that in the language Huckabee uses:
"From the spotlights of political offices and media perches, it may appear that the demand for Akin’s head is universal in the party. I assure you it is not. There is a vast, but mostly quiet army of people who have an innate sense of fairness and don't like to see a fellow political pilgrim bullied...It wasn't just Todd Akin that was treated with contempt by the thinly veiled attack on Todd Akin. It was all the people who have faithfully knocked doors, made calls, and made sacrificial contributions to elect Republicans because we thought we were welcome in the party."
Akin first apologized for his "legitimate rape" comment on Huckabee's radio show, and announced he was staying in the race there, too. Evangelical tempers are flaring over Akin's comments and how the GOP responded. On Monday, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins warned Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown to be "careful" with his criticism of Akin. Reacting to the Huckabee email, Iowa evangelical leader and radio host Steve Deace tweeted, "To those who think Romney should remove Huckabee's convention speech over Akin, I promise you Romney will lose election if he does that." Earlier Deace urged the "GOP establishment" to "Grow up. Show unity. Be team players." His latest tweet is a little more forceful. Deace also posted on his site a story titled, "Romney-Ryan Campaign Is Wrong on Abortion." The ticket supports a rape exception to a ban on all abortions.
Update: Another clue Akin's in for good? Republicans had considered switching Akin with Ann Wagner, who's running for his House seat. Wagner put out a statement Thursday saying there will be no switch.
There is a vast, but mostly quiet army of people who have an innate sense of fairness and don't like to see a fellow political pilgrim bullied...It wasn't just Todd Akin that was treated with contempt by the thinly veiled attack on Todd Akin.
cobl04 said:
Pearl said:ETA: nevermind, the article is clearly a joke.
Arizona lawmakers gave final passage to three anti-abortion bills Tuesday afternoon, including one that declares pregnancies in the state begin two weeks before conception.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill to prohibit abortions after the 18th week of pregnancy; a bill to protect doctors from being sued if they withhold health information about a pregnancy that could cause a woman to seek an abortion; and a bill to mandate that how school curriculums address the topic of unwanted pregnancies.
All of the bills passed the Senate and now head to Gov. Jan Brewer (R) for her signature or veto.
The 18th week bill includes a new definition for when pregnancy begins. A sentence in the bill defines gestational age as "calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman," which would move the beginning of a pregnancy up two weeks prior to conception. The bill's passage would give Arizona the earliest cutoff for late-term abortions in the country; most states use 20 weeks as a definition.
But while the bill's definition of when pregnancy begins is new in legislation, it's not necessarily new for doctors. Elizabeth Nash, states issues manager for Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research organization in Washington, said it corresponds with how doctors typically determine gestational age. She said since the exact date of conception cannot be pinpointed, doctors use the day of the woman's last menstrual period to gauge the duration of a pregnancy. The method does not provide an exact date.