http://www.therightscoop.com/must-listen-allen-west-we-should-be-on-offense-talking-about-extremism-of-democrat-party/ Good advice. Maybe you can score an interview with this hero.

Todd Akin said a stupid thing. More than that, he said a stupid and wrong thing. He has since come out and said so. Now leave it alone and help him win. If we booted every stupid Republican out of office the Demonrats would run the country.

Oh wait, they do. Gosh, how did that happen?

It’s not called The Stupid Party for nothing.

If he wins you can chastise him all you want. Send him to sensitivity training. Throw some rocks at him. I’ll help you hold him down and you can make him eat sand if you want.But first, win.

He has NOT admitted that his stupid and wrong belief that women will simply not get pregnant from rape was stupid and WRONG. All he’s apologized for was using the word “legitimate” when what he meant was “forcible.” Until he admits he was wrong about his basic premise, he’s dangerous. See Romney’s polling in MO.

There’s a legitimate way to make the case that abortion is morally wrong — Stacy and Smitty make such cases quite eloquently when they discuss these matters here. But when some ignoramus comes out with stupid statements which are not borne out by science and medicine, it makes EVERY Republican/conservative look bad. Because the dems turn around and say to the voters, “See? That’s what Republicans think about abortion!” It suddenly no longer matters if you have a well-reasoned, rational, moral argument against abortion; you’ll be lumped in with the dumba$$es like Akin.

The Dems have been pushing this “Republican War on Women” meme for months, and NOW they’ve succeeded in using it as a wedge. Again, see Romney’s polling numbers in Missouri. No one took the meme seriously until now. But now every voter in Missouri is starting to worry that the Dems are right; that the Republicans are dangerous and evil and will take away their abortions because they believe rape victims have a magic uterus which will stop a rapist’s sperm.

This is why Akin needs to walk away, but his vanity and hubris won’t allow it. And the party will suffer as a whole because of it.

I can assure you of one thing: the voters don’t care about the in-fighting this is causing on our side. All they care about right now is voting against the religious nutbags who run for office as Republicans. With Akin staying in (regardless of how many calls there are from the GOP for him to go), the voters’ assumption is EVERY Republican running for office is just as stupid as Akin on matters of fact, science, and medicine.

To everyone who thinks this is just about losing one Senate seat which was a solid pickup for us, it’s clearly not. The fact that you dismissed the severity of this hit is proof your analysis is nothing more than wishful thinking. This is the wedge the dems have been dreaming about and hoping for.

Congratulations, Mr. Akin. You just made this election about abortion and the war on women instead of the economy.

The GOP isn’t known as the stupid party for nothing…

You assume that the media will actually talk about Obama’s failings. But now that Akin has given them the topic of abortion, what we;ll hear about from now until the election is the Republican War on Women.

Why do you think this is still being discussed a week after Akin made his stupid remarks?

He’s now political POISON. Unless we speak out against him, everyone in the party is considered just as tainted.

Whenever religious Republicans say something fringey about their religious beliefs, the left will use that against them. Mercilessly. And, nowadays, the attack works very well, since a whole lot of people in this country aren’t churchgoers. They see the crazy, unscientific things that religious people apparently believe, and they don’t want THOSE people running their government.

It didn’t matter how hard Republicans might’ve fought to support Christine O’Donnell, for instance. Once it came to light she was a kook, the die was cast.

The only play for the GOP or fiscal conservatives is to run a write-in candidate in the race. The GOP can even spend the money they would’ve spent supporting Akin on running ads endorsing his write-in opponent. This would do a lot of good toward mending this fence with the voters. But what will not work is closing ranks and helping Akin win. He’s toast.

Even if what you say is true elaine, you must have missed about 99% of pundits and GOP politicians doing exactly what you called for.

Look on the bright side Stacy, even Tabitha Hale agrees with you!

LOL!

Breaking: There’s an Akin news conference at 5:15pm ET today, according to Tom Sullivan. Someone just passed this along to me.

I understand and applaud the instinct to avoid circular firing squads, but in my view Akin committed the cardinal sin of bringing discredit upon the entire conservative movement with his medieval comments about how babies are, or are not, made.

The “legitimate rape” comment is just clumsy and forgivable, but validating the conservatives-are-anti-science meme is not. If he is truly sorry, then let him perform an act of penance and abandon his candidacy. Otherwise, this sort of appeal to junk science is politically toxic for conservatism and we must drive it out as WFB drove out the John Birchers.

A write in candidate will split the vote and guarantee McCaskill wins. It is what it is. Have a drink, enjoy the weekend and write a check to one of the other Republican Senate candidates who have to win to help us get rid of Harry Reid.

Dig Deep!

I got an Akin, breakin’, heart and this whole damn thing is giving me a headache.

See reply to Dai Alanye above…

You’re right that the focus needs to be on races we can win, but Akin and his ignorance are going to pull a lot of Republicans down in this cycle, whether that’s fair or not.

Your opinion and a couple of bucks will buy an eggroll, and your knowledge of the biology of human reproduction is no greater than Akin’s, merely different. The fact is we don’t know all the factors regarding the effect of rape upon the potential for pregnancy, nor (in my opinion) have any valid studies been made.

BTW, I believe a woman should have the right to early termination of a pregnancy caused by rape, whether forceful or statutory. What I don’t believe in is making predictions about a state I’m unfamiliar with. But a relative of mine who lives in Missouri, a bright young woman active in Republican politics though not a strong right-to-lifer, likes Akin, voted for him in the primary, and plans to back him regardless of the gaffe.

If you think the voters care about this even 10% as much as the Political Junkies, partisans, and media do, congratulations! You’ve earned a place on Team Other McCain – the “Sniveling Hysterical Whiners” who strike fear in the hearts of . . . well, no one.

But the honor comes with a free box of Kleenex – the kind with lotion so your poor widdle nose doesn’t get raw from all the blubbering.

He’s an idiot and has damaged the party and the pro-life movement, without doubt.

If he won’t withdraw, it is him vs McCaskill. Which do you prefer?

There really isn’t any other relevant question, is there? The rest is just venting – or pathetic sobbing and weeping.

The proper response to the
Left’s anti-science meme is a horse laugh. Look them dead in the eye and say ‘who do you think you’re fooling?’.

The elitist, Palin-hating wing of the GOP in MO put Akin in office for seven terms. They ran him against the Tea Party candidates. He was their boy. Now he’s the scorpion on the back of their frog.

It’s just another example of how stupid the man is. If he had shut up and played the game he’s been playing for fourteen years, they would have taken care of him.