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

hannity is literally, as we post, begging akin to drop out on his radio show

fwiw my moneys on mccaskill to retain her seat, the race was p close already, national firestorm should put her over the top

Rush pretty much went "damned hypocritical Democrats" but then proceeded to tear Akin a new one; Hannity's been vaguely calmer but saying "PLEASE GO." He's apparently talking with Akin now on his radio show and Akin's still going "Nope, staying in."

Limbaugh: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/rush-limbaugh-todd-akin-rape-stupid_n_1819449.html?utm_hp_ref=media

Z S, I am boggling at that story. Women who shout things out of car windows = the type of women who get abortions?

women who drive cars, presumably

think that's expressly forbidden in Leviticus somewhere

weirdest claim tho is is rep king (r) saying hes never heard of pregnancies from statutory rape, v curious to learn what the contraceptive mechanism is there

I had a comment but it was too awful, so I am keeping it to myself

i will keep my guess to myself too

self-edit hi 5

lol

Car window thing is just liberals telling everyone what to think, "Stay on the trail" is code for Big Government telling you what to eat and stuff.

Of course conservatives would never use the government to tell us how to run our lives...

xposts

i was a bit confused, too, but then i tried to understand it in the context of the my dad's Sphere of Evil Things and People. someone who tells you to stay on the trail is an environmentalist (worshipping blasphemous mother nature above god, who is white and loving and totally ripped), is politically correct (that's a bad thing), doesn't understand that in the old days people would just walk around whatever and no one told them what to do, probably wants government to tell everyone what to do and is unwittingly (or purposefully?!?!) supporting satan's mission to create a one-world government with a single currency and embedded chips in everyone's necks (the sign of the beast!!). all of these things are liberal - just like getting an abortion.

poor libtards never to know the joy of standing on some soft springy moss

it could be tho that the woman in the car was a fellow warrior urging yr dad to 'stay on the trail' of righteousness

or maybe theres a bear who eats people who walk off the trail theres no way to know

the trail could lead to an abortion clinic

I am going to be furious if I even spot Huckabee at the convention, let alone be given a speaking role. Cancel his hotel room this afternoon.

matthew8787 on August 21, 2012 at 5:10 PM

Roffle:

Todd Akin on Tuesday took aim at Mitt Romney for calling on the Missouri Senate candidate to drop out of the race, saying that Romney made a bigger deal out of his comments than he needed to.

"Don't you think Romney made a bigger deal of this than he needed to?" Akin asked Sean Hannity on his radio show. "Why couldn't he run his race, and I'll run mine?"

knives out, motherfuckers!

really this is a glory to behold

Meanwhile there's Wyoming senate primaries today? Who knew?

Anyway, deadline passed, Akin didn't budge

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/24373155.jpg

Dana Loesch, she is sad. And hates you all.

http://jezebel.com/5936611/the-doctor-who-taught-todd-akin-all-about-legitimate-rape-is-a-real-guy-and-hes-crazy

Haha I was right!:

As the minutes ticked down to the 5 p.m. CT deadline for Todd Akin to drop out of the Senate race, the congressman was not taking calls from members of his party asking him to step down, multiple GOP sources in Missouri tell TPM.

"Numerous state lawmakers have personally called Todd Akin and Perry [Akin's son and campaign manager] … they are not answering the phone," one Republican told TPM.

[Akin's son and campaign manager]

*dr pepper all over keyboard*

oh Jezebel

But there's one issue on which Dr. Willke and I agree — we both think Todd Akin should stick with his campaign for Senate, carry that thing until the bitter end. Even though we know his campaign has a fatal defect and likely won't survive.

*dr pepper all over keyboard*

― goole, Tuesday, August 21, 201

^^^ innovative GOP-approved prophylactic.

Another smooth move:

Rock singer Dee Snider is incensed with Paul Ryan for playing his 1984 hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” as his intro music at a Pennsylvania rally on Tuesday.

“I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan’s use of my band Twisted Sister’s song, ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It,’ in any capacity,” Snider told TPM in a statement relayed by his manager Tuesday. “There is almost nothing he stands for that I agree with except the use of the P90X.”

American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer...lamented that “everybody is gang tackling Todd Akin.” “You talk about a forcible situation, you talk about somebody being a victim of forcible assault, that would be Todd Akin,” Fischer maintained.

xpost I guess you could say he's... refusing to accept this.

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezus

Timing of this really couldn't be better -- so much oxygen used up before the convention, the deadline providing a bunch of 'oh shit!' drama, and now a campaign they're stuck owning for the time being.

you talk about somebody being a victim of forcible rape, that would be Todd Akin

at least he doesn't have to worry about getting pregnant

don't know about you guys, but all of this reminds me of when the pharisees persecuted jesus

ah yes the familiar 4 year ritual of musicians telling GOP candidates to knock it off

had to look up what the P90X was and lol

“You talk about a forcible situation, you talk about somebody being a victim of forcible assault, that would be Todd Akin,” Fischer maintained.

well yes but is it LEGITIMATE (answer: yes)

and I can tell because Akin does not seem to be able to just shut the situation down

There are quite a few P90X fans at work and they're all republican. I've never watched it but I wonder if there's something authoritarian that's appealing to conservatives. This is just wild speculation, though. xxp

haha most P90X fanatics I know are young liberals!

P90X really is the one thing that unites Twisted Sister fans, Rage Against The Machines fans, and Tea Party Republican fans

It will be the thing that finally heals and unites our country.

its the muscle confusion thing right? sounds like some kind of seizure maybe.

tur-quoise jeep!

why would you want to confuse your muscles

confuse your mind, your ass will follow