the most important election of your lifetime: 2012 american general election thread

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fwiw

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight
Have to wait for polls, but on instinct I'd call McCaskill a 2:1 favorite in #MOSEN now. Had as toss-up tilting GOP before Akin remarks.

comments on the wsj story feature ppl saying akin is correct, pregnancy almost never results from rape

way to brush aside 32,000 pregnancies a year, wsj commenters.

during the primaries it looked v much like mccaskill was actively advocating for akin to make it to the general which is p lol and awesome

Weeks away from the Aug. 7 primary that will choose her Republican opponent, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has taken the unusual step of launching a new TV ad campaign that consists of three spots – each targeting one of her three best-known Republican contenders.

Her anti-Akin ad, said one consultant privately, “looks like an ad for Todd Akin.” He’s attacked as “a true conservative who’s just too conservative,” and cites his calls to eliminate several federal agencies and his opposition to “big government.”

https://www.stlbeacon.org/#!/content/26170/mccaskill_attack_gop_072012

wow kind of hard to believe a grown man said that

i had no idea before today that it was thing that people thought

me either! what on earth!

~women are mysterious~

so true how do these lady parts work anyway no one will ever know

Currently a member of the House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee, btw.

― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Sunday, 19 August 2012 20:55 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is devastating

devastating but not surprising.

the chair on the house energy and commerce committee is joe barton, who is one of the stupidest people alive

Rep. W Todd AkinVerified
‏@RepToddAkin
Healthcare is ultimately about a person’s freedom to make the best choices for themselves & their family without govt interference. #repeal

literally caved in my skull smacking my head

do they think that raped women produce a hormone that kills the sperm or something

no -- they believe in the rhythm method for raped women

actually both, probably

do they think that raped women produce a hormone that kills the sperm or something

only if it's legitimate rape. if they were asking for it, it might be baby time. #showmereprohealthtips

what they believe in is a magic God who comes from comic books, tv shows & childhood justice fantasies, Whose Hand has mystical processes that work how they think things ought to work

Rep. W Todd AkinVerified
‏@RepToddAkin
I believe healthcare is between a man and a woman.

Rep. W Todd AkinVerified
‏@RepToddAkin
I believe the children are our future.

Rep. W Todd AkinVerified
‏@RepToddAkin
I believe in a thing called 'legitimate rape.'

Rep. W Todd AkinVerified
‏@RepToddAkin
I believe when I fall in love with you, this time you will get pregnant.

this guy loves to tweet ill give him that

what they believe in is a magic God who comes from comic books, tv shows & childhood justice fantasies, Whose Hand has mystical processes that work how they think things ought to work

our god is a god of love!! except sometimes when it doesn't work or something and uh then

Rep. W Todd AkinVerified
‏@RepToddAkin
I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract
Explain the change, the difference between
What you want and what you need, there's the key.

I would vote for anybody who designed their campaign around <i>Lifes Rich Pageant</i>. Except for this son of a bitch.

arrrrrrrrrrrrgh

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i wonder how much coercion it took to make him say he 'misspoke'

was prob just an automatic reaction to being assaulted by the media

he was askin for it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdisTOKom5I

oh my god

also who knew niles crane was such a misogynist :(

ha

who are these doctors he knows??

frasier

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Versions_of_the_Doctor.jpg/251px-Versions_of_the_Doctor.jpg

dr quinn, medicine woman

Exclusive: FBI probed GOP trip with drinking, nudity in Israel

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79865.html

dr. jay batman

why is the fbi probing that

werent invited

i mean i guess it's awkward that gop members spent some of their time in the holy land *not* genuflecting toward jesus/bibi, but

the pictures are gonna be so awesome

Nahhh, I agree, this is a total non-story even by the standards of non-stories.

If anything it makes GOP lawmakers look more human and relatable.

These GOP sources confirmed the following freshmen lawmakers also went swimming that night: Rep. Steve Southerland (R-Fla.) and his daughter; Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and his wife; Reps. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.), Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) and Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.). Many of the lawmakers who ventured into the ocean said they did so because of the religious significance of the waters. Others said they were simply cooling off after a long day. Several privately admitted that alcohol may have played a role in why some of those present decided to jump in.

Alcohol is a significant water.