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2012-08-21 05:28:47 PM
someonelse: Degenz: 45 mins to go.

And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell, I've got 44 minutes to go.


Great minds and all. Glad I'm not the only one that now has that song stuck in their head.
 
2012-08-21 05:28:55 PM
consider this: 44 minutes left.

Not really. Today is just the deadline to withdraw without a court order. He has about another month where he can file for a court order authorizing his withdrawal, which would probably just be a formality.
 
2012-08-21 05:29:07 PM
i.imgur.com
 
2012-08-21 05:29:07 PM
martissimo: 33 mins, he ain't gonna do it, I was sure he would yesterday when all the money dried up, but this guy just might be crazy enough to stick it out

Everyone asking him to bow out seems to be forgetting they're dealing with teabaggers. To a teabagger, more opposition means you're more correct.
 
d23 [TotalFark]
2012-08-21 05:29:18 PM
25 Minutes to go.

www.gallery.savingcountrymusic.com
 
2012-08-21 05:29:21 PM
tenpoundsofcheese: Once again Romney shows leadership where President 0bama has not.

0bama never called on Rangel and Blumenthal to not run.

It shows shows the difference in values.


Indeed. This would only be a legitimate story if it was about Democrats chastising their own.

We Republicans always take out the trash. The Democrats have a lot to learn.
 
2012-08-21 05:29:26 PM
someonelse: Is that real? Incorrect "your" and the whole bit?

Yes. It's clickable.
 
2012-08-21 05:29:57 PM
I say let the good people of Missouri decide: Death, or Bo-Bo.
 
2012-08-21 05:30:04 PM
Glad to see Romney publicly calling for this after the douchebag refused to drop out of the race. What kind of an ass has that guy got to be still be running?
 
2012-08-21 05:30:05 PM
AverageAmericanGuy: Ned Stark: AverageAmericanGuy: All the Republicans are running away from this guy like he's a hippie lib who hasn't showered in years, but his position on abortion rights is representative of the mainstream of the pro-life movement.

He should stay in the race. His statements are positive to the religious right, and his vote is needed in the Senate. Republicans are wrong to pull away from him now.

I don't think it's his position on abortion that's the problem here. Its the implying that most rape victims are lying sluts thing.

Same thing.


Not really at all, no. If he had said something like "Rape is a terrible thing, but that's not a reason to murder a third party that had nothing to do with it" do you think the reaction would be the same? Because I'm pretty sure there would have just been some pwoggy tut-tuting and he'd still be handily in the lead instead of down 10 points overnight.
 
2012-08-21 05:30:08 PM
pointmanconsulting.com
 
2012-08-21 05:30:15 PM
T-minus thirty minutes!

AKINGEDDON DRAWS NIGH.
 
2012-08-21 05:30:28 PM
Leeds: tenpoundsofcheese: Once again Romney shows leadership where President 0bama has not.

0bama never called on Rangel and Blumenthal to not run.

It shows shows the difference in values.

Indeed. This would only be a legitimate story if it was about Democrats chastising their own.

We Republicans always take out the trash. The Democrats have a lot to learn.



images.sodahead.com
 
2012-08-21 05:30:53 PM
You know, after all the headlines, threads, etc... I finally heard the interview for myself, and I gotta say, I don't really see what the big deal is. I disagree with his assessment, but based on the reaction you'd think this guy raped a paraplegiac or something. Oh well, it is an election year I guess, and this is political theatre at it's busiest.
 
2012-08-21 05:31:04 PM
img195.imageshack.us 
R.I.P Clay Aikin.
 
2012-08-21 05:31:10 PM
candiru.fish: Akin should have to carry his candidacy to term, even if it endangers the life of the Republican party.

img525.imageshack.us
 
2012-08-21 05:31:15 PM
 
2012-08-21 05:31:21 PM
authorblogchallenge.files.wordpress.com
 
2012-08-21 05:31:26 PM
Leeds: tenpoundsofcheese: Once again Romney shows leadership where President 0bama has not.

0bama never called on Rangel and Blumenthal to not run.

It shows shows the difference in values.

Indeed. This would only be a legitimate story if it was about Democrats chastising their own.

We Republicans always take out the trash. The Democrats have a lot to learn.


Which is totally why Bush didn't win re-election,e ven after starting an necessary war.
 
2012-08-21 05:31:31 PM
The doctor behind the research that Akin based his claims on was Jack Willke, and he in October 2007 became "an important surrogate for Governor Romney's pro-life and pro-family agenda."

I'd guess he doesn't want people to remember that.
 
2012-08-21 05:31:50 PM
CuttySupreme: No one should be forced to quit because of one comment. This is being blown way out of proportion.

Not sure if serious...
 
2012-08-21 05:31:51 PM
Or, rather:

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2012-08-21 05:32:12 PM
Serious Post on Serious Thread: Has Mittens even read his own party's approved platform? Does he even know which party's ticket he is running on at this point?:

"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the draft platform declares. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."


...Unborn children can vote?
 
2012-08-21 05:32:19 PM
Leeds: tenpoundsofcheese: Once again Romney shows leadership where President 0bama has not.

0bama never called on Rangel and Blumenthal to not run.

It shows shows the difference in values.

Indeed. This would only be a legitimate story if it was about Democrats chastising their own.

We Republicans always take out the trash. The Democrats have a lot to learn.


A bold attempt to change the subject, with subtle smoky hints of persecution. Desperation is an interesting perfume.
 
2012-08-21 05:32:26 PM
spman: Seriously, how many more threads are we going to get about this shiat?

Do you feel forcibly raped by Akin threads?
 
2012-08-21 05:32:35 PM
NittLion78: /Romneyism


I feel bad becuase even though no one here other than you knows what i'm talking about, me and her discussed that whole mess and i promised i would never make "that" joke again......please forgive me in my moment of weakness.
 
2012-08-21 05:32:48 PM
Dusk-You-n-Me: someonelse: Is that real? Incorrect "your" and the whole bit?

Yes. It's clickable.


Oh my heck.
 
2012-08-21 05:32:51 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
2012-08-21 05:32:51 PM
Man On Pink Corner: Or, rather:

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You know what else was ill-conceived?
 
2012-08-21 05:33:03 PM
PonceAlyosha: Serious Post on Serious Thread: Has Mittens even read his own party's approved platform? Does he even know which party's ticket he is running on at this point?:

"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the draft platform declares. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."

...Unborn children can vote?


Also, citizenship has nothing to do with the laws protecting you. It's not legal for me to kill non-citizens.
 
2012-08-21 05:33:26 PM
Ned Stark: AverageAmericanGuy: Ned Stark: AverageAmericanGuy: All the Republicans are running away from this guy like he's a hippie lib who hasn't showered in years, but his position on abortion rights is representative of the mainstream of the pro-life movement.

He should stay in the race. His statements are positive to the religious right, and his vote is needed in the Senate. Republicans are wrong to pull away from him now.

I don't think it's his position on abortion that's the problem here. Its the implying that most rape victims are lying sluts thing.

Same thing.

Not really at all, no. If he had said something like "Rape is a terrible thing, but that's not a reason to murder a third party that had nothing to do with it" do you think the reaction would be the same? Because I'm pretty sure there would have just been some pwoggy tut-tuting and he'd still be handily in the lead instead of down 10 points overnight.


The pro-life movement is an anti-women movement, and is one more way the Republican patriarchy is trying to reduce the status of women in society.

Women that cry rape, by and large, are women who are morally loose and use the rape label as a way to attack men they regret sleeping with. In a few cases, this is not the case, and the rape is legitimate. Hence the term.
 
2012-08-21 05:33:27 PM
www.dwarf.org.uk
 
2012-08-21 05:33:45 PM
sigdiamond2000: candiru.fish: Akin should have to carry his candidacy to term, even if it endangers the life of the Republican party.

[img525.imageshack.us image 405x640]


SEND IT IN JEROME!
 
2012-08-21 05:33:54 PM
26 minutes until I have to go to the gym.

Akin has 27, but he's not important right now.
 
2012-08-21 05:33:56 PM

Aikin wrote a rather impressive apology, clarifying the intent of his words:

As a politician, I often find myself in situations where, unfortunately, I express a certain thought or idea poorly, or find my words taken out of context. Indeed, that is what happened this weekend. Upon reviewing the impromptu remarks I made Sunday afternoon, I can now see that I used the wrong words in the wrong way. I would now like to set the record straight with the American people and clear up some confusion about what it was I intended to convey.

You see, what I said was, "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." But what I meant to say was, "I am a worthless, moronic sack of shiat and an utterly irredeemable human being who needs to shut up and go away forever."
 
2012-08-21 05:34:05 PM
PonceAlyosha: PonceAlyosha: Serious Post on Serious Thread: Has Mittens even read his own party's approved platform? Does he even know which party's ticket he is running on at this point?:

"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the draft platform declares. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."

...Unborn children can vote?

Also, citizenship has nothing to do with the laws protecting you. It's not legal for me to kill non-citizens.


Move to Arizona.
 
d23 [TotalFark]
2012-08-21 05:34:19 PM
CuttySupreme: No one should be forced to quit because of one comment. This is being blown way out of proportion.

So if someone comes out and says something like "Adolf Hitler was completely right and we should not only kill Jews but we should kill Mormons and Lesbians, and your child's dog" that shouldn't disqualify you???

Akin wasn't quite that bad, but what he said was really farking bad anyway.
 
2012-08-21 05:34:20 PM
Serious Post on Serious Thread: Has Mittens even read his own party's approved platform? Does he even know which party's ticket he is running on at this point?:

24.media.tumblr.com
 
2012-08-21 05:34:30 PM
PonceAlyosha: PonceAlyosha: Serious Post on Serious Thread: Has Mittens even read his own party's approved platform? Does he even know which party's ticket he is running on at this point?:

"Faithful to the 'self-evident' truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed," the draft platform declares. "We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."

...Unborn children can vote?

Also, citizenship has nothing to do with the laws protecting you. It's not legal for me to kill non-citizens.


But we can deport them.
 
2012-08-21 05:34:32 PM
Serious Post on Serious Thread: Has Mittens even read his own party's approved platform? Does he even know which party's ticket he is running on at this point?

pull.imgfave.netdna-cdn.com
 
2012-08-21 05:34:33 PM
The funny thing is, if Akin were a democrat and had actually raped or sexually assaulted a woman, there'd be no outrage at all.
 
2012-08-21 05:34:55 PM
Yesterday GOP: typical Libs, this whole things being blown way out of proportion!

Today GOP: due to the momentum this story has gained, we would like to ask that you step down.

the kind of foresight you want in a politician i suppose? Maybe that's why Republicans are so good at warin'.
 
2012-08-21 05:35:06 PM
alexbellars.files.wordpress.com
 
2012-08-21 05:35:35 PM
spman: Seriously, how many more threads are we going to get about this shiat?

Sound like someone needs a calming treatment with a rape wand.
 
2012-08-21 05:35:54 PM
davidphogan: The doctor behind the research that Akin based his claims on was Jack Willke, and he in October 2007 became "an important surrogate for Governor Romney's pro-life and pro-family agenda."

I'd guess he doesn't want people to remember that.


Yeah, because Obama NEVER associated himself with fringe lunatics and nutjobs.
 
2012-08-21 05:36:30 PM
sprawl15: Aikin wrote a rather impressive apology, clarifying the intent of his words:

As a rapist, often find myself raping in situations where, unfortunately, I rape a certain thought or idea poorly, or rape my words taken out of context. Indeed, that is what raped in this rape. Upon re-raping the impromptu rape I raped Sunday afternoon, I can now rape that I raped the wrong rape in the wrong rape. I would now like to rape the record straight with the American rapists and rape up some confusion about what it was I raped to rape.

/yes i know it was from the onion
 
2012-08-21 05:36:40 PM
o5iiawah: The funny thing is, if Akin were a democrat and had actually raped or sexually assaulted a woman, there'd be no outrage at all.

So vote for rape!
 
2012-08-21 05:36:46 PM
o5iiawah: The funny thing is, if Akin were a democrat and had actually raped or sexually assaulted a woman, there'd be no outrage at all.

I don't know, I'm pretty sure Republicans would say something.
 
2012-08-21 05:36:49 PM
Why can't libs focus on the REAL issues like Mitt Romney wants to do? We could be getting into real policy debates but nooooooooo these stupid libera--

25.media.tumblr.com 


Oh. Right. Substance is taking a break from this election.
 
2012-08-21 05:36:55 PM
o5iiawah: The funny thing is, if Akin were a democrat and had actually raped or sexually assaulted a woman, there'd be no outrage at all.

Turns out that most people don't like republicans. It's nutty.
 
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