Vaginal magic expert Rep. Todd Akin has just gone on the Mike Huckabee radio show to announce his final decision before today’s 5:00 drop-out deadline and LOL, he’s staying in. The reason is the same as yesterday: 9/11, and how the first responders wouldn’t want him to quit!…?? Hoo boy. We could see this coming, his defiant non-quitting of the Missouri Senate race, as soon as the National Review posted an editorial calling on him to drop out yesterday. When does that ever work?
Akin suggested that he’s received lots of “grassroots support,” presumably meaning small donors who appreciate him sticking up to the slickster suits in Washington. We’re anxious to see the “haul.” And Akin will need all of that now that the NRSC, Crossroads, and all the other great big GOP money planets have told him they’ll offer him no more cash. Ha! Just kidding, these groups will have to go back to supporting him now! They need that seat to win the Senate, the goddamn Senate man.
Also expect to see all of the conservative pundits who were denouncing his disgusting comments (solely because they wanted him to drop out and allow them to put a better candidate in there) revert to “he was taken out of context,” “Claire McCaskill has said worse things,” etc etc.
Stay strong, Todd Akin. They’re out to getchee.
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Oh Todd, I could just rape you right now.
Anal rape is the only guaranteed legitimate kind.
ONLY if you get pregnant from it, that is!
I'm getting confused. I thought it was legitimate if you don't get pregnant ( because of magic). I wish these insane people would be more clear.
Oh jeez you're right!
No pregnancy = legitimate
Pregnancy = "she wanted it" + A little angel from the mullet-Jeebus.
Not with votes, please.
Just go for the buttsecks, no worries that way.
Now that's old school wonkette.
No snark–I will limit my comment to the following:
https://secure.actblue.com/page/winwithmccaskill
"Akin suggested that he’s received lots of “grassroots support,”
Which is appropriate for a hayseed.
Also a good way of saying, "People who want to exchange live chickens and/or leftover generic painkillers for support in DC."
If I lived in Missouri, I would have my dog piss on those grassroots.
Silly Akin. Everyone knows that legitimate voters have a way of shutting you down.
But would Todd allow himself to be raped to get back all the GOP moneeez he has now lost, for freedom?
Depends. Legitimately or forced?
If he gets pregnant afterward, it was illegitimate.
It's a perfect test case. Can a complete misogynist nut job win the Senatorial race in a swing state?
If Akin wins we'll know we are truly and completely fucked beyond all redemption in this country.
I am moving to fucking Iceland.
I'm moving back to the place of my birth, Tralfamador.
Sadly, my place of birth is the Dead Marshes. :(
Not that awful place in southern England, Romney Marsh.
You are already there. You have always been there, and always will be there.
I'm on the plane next to you.
Not just a misogynistic nut job. A 65 year old lout with hair-dye and one of the least convincing comb-overs I've seen in a while. Seriously, he should put a potholder on his head. Same thing.
Generally I'm against ad hominem but in this case it's such a huge symbol for his denial of reality . . .
Bingo!
Also, too, at least then we could use him for setting hot pans on; otherwise he's completely useless.
Maybe a pancake…
I'm just achin to know what a total douche Akin really is. I assume some proper vetting will discover he is a child rapist – or something.
Please don't compare Representative Akin to a douche.
Douches serve a very useful purpose.
Then again, it looks as if Akin may serve a very useful purpose.
Never mind.
Hey, those children aren't getting pregnant, so why are you bringing rape into their love action?
I see Vag-tember has come early. Yay!
Was there ever a face better suited to be played by Jack Nicholson? I mean, you know, if he had ever done anything interesting and movie-worthy.
You gotta think that among Todd's other revolting qualities, dullness must be pre-eminent.
Dammit, if George Allen could be edged out for calling someone "Macaca", it would seem that Akin should fall like a lead balloon.
Those were kinder gentler days.
George Allen was running in Virginia, which has a lot of fairly sensible voters in Northern Virginia who occasionally balance out the rest of the State.
Heeezzz back!
Macaca was a man. Akins only insulted women, so no big deal.
Give it time. He will.
Missouri Republican official: ‘God chose to bless’ women with pregnancies from rape
Jesus forking cripes these people are insane.
AND it's a woman. Dear Goddess in heaven.
Hey, I saw the movie The Handmaid's Tale, but I didn't realize it was a a documentary about Missouri.
The Bible belt went full Gilead, long, long, ago. Their card carrying fellow travellers can be found in Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and most any Youtube comments section….
Apparently some in govt also think it's an instruction manual.
Yeah, because in modern society it's really difficult to seduce men to fork over their half of the genetic puzzle, all neat and voluntary and everything. Nope, blessings come only with violence with these whack jobs.
Hey, quick theological question, if a child born from rape is a blessing, what does that make the rapist?
Santa.
Hmmmm, fat old man comes down a dark pipe, leaves presents under a bush….my god, he's right!
Ready for a smoke?
What do you expect from people who claim when a person almost but doesn't die, it's because God found them special, whereas when a person dies, it's because God found them special.
I reserve the right to be confused.
Right now, Rudy Guiliani is all, "Step off, bitch, 9/11 is my comedy bit."
You know who else was "In It To Win Win It"?
Anyone who played the NY Lottery?
Mike Dukakis?
Sheldon Adelson?
Adolf Hitler?
Back to internetz skool for you!
All the welfare moms playing PowerBall?
That woman that everyone at the cocktail parties and United Clubs says must replace Idiot Joe Biden?
Yes, her.
These kids don't know nothin' about 2008.
That witch with the really hairy snatch?
"The Magical Vagina Mystery Tour is going to take you away… is dying to take you away…take you today…
aww man.
Now this is stuck in my head. Thanks a lot.
When will the GOP learn how a woman's reproductive system works? They seem to be unaware that a woman is not fertile everyday of the month….Heavy Sigh
"Girls are icky!!!111!!!"
If a woman isn't fertile everyday of the month, then why does she have to take the pill everyday? Oh, right. Because she's having so much sex.
There is no reason for him to quit. A party that cheers on Ann "the man" Coulter, is not going to be put off by a little crazy talk! Geeze, are they trying to censor the guy? PLEASE, let him keep talking.
The way Steve King makes you think democracy might not be as good you'd hoped, Akin is a strong argument against free speech.
So, Senator McCaskill, how does it feel to be re-elected?
Don't underestimate the power of the stupid.
Polls are still absurdly close.
"What's Wrong With Missouri?"
Checking the headlines in the St Louis news sites, an assault at the Red Lobster has bigger font and better placing than anything about Akins.
Red Lobster? That's understandable.
No, not the Red Lobster!!!!
Akins was down nine or ten points in one day. Jeeze, you guys. Give it a week or two.
Stay in there Todd, and fight for your principles — your vile, despicable, misogynistic, acephalic, retrograde, faith-and-ignorance-based, unconstitutional, rapey principles. And may the outcome be the one you deserve.
At least it's an ethos.
My concern with this fooferall is something kinda odious: how many idiots on the right will now think it's OK to rape a woman because, you know, no pregnancy.
All of them, Katie.
Anyone who think that kind of horrendous violence is OK isn't likely to be concerned with the outcome.
My guess is there's a small but significant population that this will give some comfort to, particularly those who believe a pregnant woman must be married before the baby is born.
In Missouri, it's actually part of the culture. The executive summary of the report states that about 1 in 7 women (290,000) in Missouri will experience rape in their life time.
http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/ncvc/grants/5…
I don't think it's likely that would-be rapists are waiting for the pronouncements of Senate candidates.
What he should have done is reference 1290.
Why?
Well, that's the year in which the "rape can't cause pregnancy" theory began.
Awesome, The Republican Party, all the Science of twelve hundreds. And none of that bothersome multiculturalism (well except in Muslim Spain, but we'll put a stop to that, won't we?)
In certain right-wing circles, that makes him prescient.
Todd Akins looked up from sucking a dick to state that he had totally mis-dicked and then went back to sucking a dick. The End.
Has he come up with the idea that if some slut's magic sperm deflector shield is effective, she should be forced to give the legitimate rapist a second shot on goal?
The vagina unit will be covered on the tests and quizzes this semester.
Sadly, all this will do is cause the right to rally around him. After all, if "the left" (now defined as "anyone not into rape") is attacking him, he's gotta be good!!
That's the mindset of the Midwestern Conservative, and the Politics of Spite is their stock and trade.
Good, stay put you insufferable colostomy bag! I want this guy stapled to every Republican conservative we can get our hands on. I want them to have responsibility for creating a climate where an idiot such as this can thrive.
Amen to that.
Hard to know who gets my goat more — the bullshit artist or the enablers.
"Akin suggested that he’s received lots of <grassroots support>"…
But nematodes, chinch bugs & Japanese beetles can't vote can they?
Hey, that's the Teabagger base!
As long as they have valid ID.
Just when I think the GOP has reached rock bottom, this asshole brings out a backhoe.
Don't retreat, Todd, reload. Stay strong!
Anyone who says "He was taken out of context" should be required to demonstrate a context in which Akin's statement would not be completely reprehensible. Because, for the life of me, I can't think of one.
Well, someone pointed out to me on another forum that maybe Akin was thinking of statutory rape when he made his claim about "legitimate" rape. Yeah, right. As if idiots like Akin actually think.
The newly crowned "retroactive abortion on demand" poster assclown.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-polit…
Claire's looking like a genius.
He will get every dime collected by the "he-man woman haters club" . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBIC8JTQMMQ
Hey, he really is an idiot!
"The Onion" is having a good time with Rep Akin:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/i-misspokewhat-i…
New campaign slogan – Akin is the champion of illegitimate rape pregnancies.
Here's a useful word I learned today (thanks, John Banville!):
nescience (ˈnɛsɪəns) — n
a formal or literary word for ignorance
[C17: from Late Latin nescientia, from Latin nescīre to be ignorant of, from ne not + scīre to know; compare science ]
'nescient — adj
hi MO:
perhaps you've showed us a little too much. maybe slow down a smidge b/t now and november?
thx.
fuflans
Keep
fuckingraping that chicken, Todd …Legitimately.
I blame the liberal media.
"I blame the media blamers." –Dale Gribble
Clare McCaskill probably believes some magical goo shoots out of rapists causing women to get pregnant. Get real!
Todd, learn from your colleague Steve King, never apologize, double down, and blame the libtards and/or the victims. According to Rep King all raping of children is legitimate. Your base will now love you even more.
Great News!, … now excuse me I'm off to the number six dance.
Rape-remark US candidate digs in
bbc should stop running headlines like that.
How did I know that if I checked Todd Akin's vote on the First Responders Bill I'd find that he voted against it? Because duh. http://forwardstl-net.nicholsonsean.net/post/todd…
Because, 9/11! That's why! Own it, but don't bother owning up.
Vaginal magic expert Rep. Todd Akin
I'm just laughing at your alliteration there, Newell. "Vadge-madj"~
What. Maybe I needed to laugh today.
Newell is too talented to write anything "inadvertently."
"Vaginal-magical" would have been a tad more poetic, though.
Agreed. FWIW, anyone reading: I went and edited out "inadvertently" because, What Proudgramp Said.
That's my final answer! (until I think of something else to edit in it)
Romney: "Honey, do these cuff links go with this Todd Akin albatross neck tie? "
He's working on his own personal exit strategy. He figures (correctly) the GOP will pay dearly to have him go away. The only question is, what's it going to take? A weekend at Teddy the draft dodging nancy boy's Costa Rican man/boy love shack? A Sarah Palin handy?
A Lou Sarah handy? Wouldn't she get ink all over his cock?
Merry Christmas Claire McCaskil!!
I dunno..it is Missouri. They make statues of misogynist assholes there.
He's back in, Republicans will fall in line to support him, and the reliably red state will eat up Crossroads GPS commercials like candy and vote to give Republicans control of the Senate so they can pass every right-to-lifer's legislative wish list.
NOW can you stop with this "war on women?"
Apparently today (or yesterday?), he has also "clarified" his statements on pregnancy further, saying that by "legitimate rapes", he didn't really mean that certain rapes weren't rapey enough for his liking (even though this is actually the Repugnican Party platform as we speak), all he meant was that some women are lying sluts who lie about being raped.
All better now, right?
Well, that settles it then.
Roe V Wade, 9/11, 40 acres and a mule(oh, maybe he didn't use that one yet)
I see the thought process now.
Certain men have sex organs that tend to do the thinking for them. This leaves them to assume women have Smart Vaginas that are preprogrammed to automatically reject unwanted sperm.
If only I could have gotten one of those smart vaginas
He should just keep calm about the GOP's heads exploding. He should just relax and enjoy it.
Is this why they call August the silly season in journalism?
I think he means "raperoots" support.
Lets hope for more Akin Bits before November, as all this dust-up has done is increase McCaskill's chances of retaining her seat to about even. Unless he continues to make a fool of himself, this may be largely forgotten by November, and the guy could end up winning handily.
Too much of MO is in the Appalachia/Ozark belt, where former Democrats have not forgiven the party for nominating a black muslim as President. In WV, even an Obama-hating yellow dog like Joe Manchin has to work hard to make them forget he's a Dem.
His excuse is that he mis-poked
(#3 in his taxonomy of illegitimate rape)
YYEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!1!!
Don't pull out early, Todd!
* yes, your dad should have.
~
"How much longer is this news cycle gonna go???"
*facial expression twists with horror*
"November???"
AAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!
He does know that he's running for office in Missouri, and not Saudi Arabia, right?
He is running in Missou-rah. There is different kind of fundamentalist living there, they drink alcohol.
You know I was thinking Clair McCaskill was lucky, but then when you consider it's Missouri, the home of Rush Limptard, I am afraid there are way too many people who agree with Mr. Akin.
Todd Akin (Rape-Missouri)
So that's what the R stands for!
Good for him, I hope he stays in and drags the GOP completely into the Louisana Sinkhole…
Seriously, go to his website and send him an email and tell him to stay in there and fight, like Ronald Reagan would!!!!
For the Gimp(er)!!!
All I can see is: he deserves to be legitimately raped….
Go here right now and tell this wonderful man to stay in it and WIN, WIN WIN!!!!!!!
https://www.akin.org/contact
Todd Akin has challenged Claire McCaskill to 3 moderated, legitimate rapes between now and election day.
I know a women in Chicago who is in MENSA, who once told me she nowvotes for Republicans, because one of her family members got raped, and Republicans are "law and order".
Betcha her head is exploding right now (and yes, it made me NOT want to bother joining MENSA)…
If that's 5pm local time, asshole still has over 2 hours to deny me the joy of voting against him.
You know, if some GOP House candidate came out in favour of a father's right to impregnate his own daughters, I would raise an eyebrow, but I would not be shocked.
Republicans are now unpoeable.
and who was Todd palling around with in the Congress? Hint: initials: P.R.
It would be funny if Akin told Romney, "I'll drop out if you release your tax returns".
I can think of few better arguments for the legality of medical abortions than Todd Akins.
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