“READ MY LIPS.”

alwaysfiredup on November 27, 2012 at 7:48 PM

No one knew whose knife had killed Caesar for they all had blood on theirs.
But hey, it is OK to go ahead and get your stabs in, nothing immoral at all about it.
Then to claim that they had nothing to do with his loss? They were hoping he died! They were ensuring he did not win. Now that it is over, rewrite the history books. What happened was totally everyone else’ fault. Akin shares the blame, the lions share even. Then again, the back stabbing by the party certainly added to the problem, and might even account for 20% of the 15% loss. 5% above the threshold for victory. It is what they wanted, before the election they were hell bent on hoping he got 10% of the total vote, now they do not want to take credit for the outcome they demanded!?!

They were swayed on Akin because he opened his mouth and shot himself in the foot.

alwaysfiredup on November 27, 2012 at 7:48 PM

Akin shot off his foot, then the party let him bleed to death. This ain’t beanbag, man.

No, Akin was snuffed out. We should have backed him immediately after the error.

astonerii on November 27, 2012 at 7:47 PM

What on earth makes you think that? Missouri is not a red state except on a presidential level. We still elect Democrats statewide; in fact, the Dems nearly swept the statewide races in 2012. No one here cared what people were saying on a national level, we were all horrorstruck by WHAT AKIN SAID. Why won’t you guys listen?

Romney and the other weak politicians killed Akin.

faraway on November 27, 2012 at 7:43 PM

Again, with feeling: No one but Akin killed Akin’s candidacy. He lost by more than 15 points. That’s not “on the margins”. That is widespread repudiation. It is exclusively because of his “legitimate rape” comment. No one here cares whether Mitt approved of Akin or not. People were not swayed on Akin by comments from outsiders. They were swayed on Akin because he opened his mouth and shot himself in the foot. I cannot emphasize this enough. I’m from here, I know why what happened, happened.

No one assassinated Akin. He committed suicide. He did a very thorough job of it too; we all knew right when it happened that the race was over. Slow motion train wreck. It wasn’t a mistake either, he really thought that what he said was true. There are imperfect candidates, and then there are proponents of magical uterus theory. The public will only tolerate so much.

alwaysfiredup on November 27, 2012 at 7:36 PM

No, Akin was snuffed out. We should have backed him immediately after the error. Instead progressives in the party saw a chance to take out an R 97% and replace with an R 50% or less.

Fellow Republicans quickly denounced Akin.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was particularly biting in his rebuke.

“[Akin's] comments on rape are insulting, inexcusable, and, frankly, wrong,” Romney told National Review Online. “Like millions of other Americans, we found them to be offensive.”

Other Republican Senate candidates went on the offensive against Akin. Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown called for Akin to drop his Senate candidacy.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/20/romney-gop-senate-candidates-denounce-rep-akins-legitimate-rape-claim/#ixzz2DTPjJGF3

Any smart politician would have said he misspoke, and was taken out of context, and the economy is the most important thing, and the media is on a witch-hunt.

But RINOs are not smart politicians. That’s why they lose.

faraway on November 27, 2012 at 7:29 PM

No one assassinated Akin. He committed suicide. He did a very thorough job of it too; we all knew right when it happened that the race was over. Slow motion train wreck. It wasn’t a mistake either, he really thought that what he said was true. There are imperfect candidates, and then there are proponents of magical uterus theory. The public will only tolerate so much.

Socons, stop complaining about birth control and keep the focus on abortion where it matters.

alwaysfiredup on November 27, 2012 at 7:25 PM

Yet, somehow Dems manage to elect fake Indians.

We need to stop assassinating our own candidates.

We will never have perfect candidates.

I read somewhere that trying to send a message with a vote is like a semaphore waving a flag. You first have to decipher the waving and colors and such before you can act. The messages that I saw that were rejected were “Let’s outlaw birth control” (yes, Akin did say that) and “tax breaks for rich people!” which no one was pushing but no one really pushed back against, either. Considering neither is a message I agree with or promote, I don’t see why I need to change my message. Socons, stop complaining about birth control and keep the focus on abortion where it matters. Fiscons, a dash of populism now and then in your rhetoric is not going to kill you. Some large, national corporations have taken advantage unfair advantage of customers and government to get where they are, and that should be stopped. You can be pro-market without being pro-cronyism and market manipulation.