Huckabee exposes hypocrisy of GOP leaders on abortion
Mike Huckabee, perhaps the most prominent leader of the GOP’s evangelical wing, has come out strongly in defense of U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Here’s a portion of the email that Huckabee sent out to his followers:
The Party’s leaders have for reasons that aren’t rational, left (Akin) behind on the political battlefield, wounded and bleeding, a casualty of his self-inflicted, but not intentional wound. In a Party that supposedly stands for life, it was tragic to see the carefully orchestrated and systematic attack on a fellow Republican. Not for a moral failure or corruption or a criminal act, but for a misstatement which he contritely and utterly repudiated.
I was shocked by GOP leaders and elected officials who rushed so quickly to end the political life of a candidate over a mistaken comment in an interview. This was a serious mistake, but it was blown out of proportion not by the left, but by Akin’s own Republican Party. Is this what the party really thinks of principled pro-life advocates? Do we forgive and forget the verbal gaffes of Republicans who are “conveniently pro-life” for political advantage, but crucify one who truly believes that every life is sacred?
Who ordered this “Code Red” on Akin? There were talking point memos sent from the National Republican Senatorial Committee suggesting language to urge Akin to drop out. Political consultants were ordered to stay away from Akin or lose future business with GOP committees. Operatives were recruited to set up a network of pastors to call Akin to urge him to get out. Money has changed hands to push him off the plank. It is disgraceful.
From the spotlights of political offices and media perches, it may appear that the demand for Akin’s head is universal in the party. I assure you it is not. There is a vast, but mostly quiet army of people who have an innate sense of fairness and don’t like to see a fellow political pilgrim bullied. If Todd Akin loses the Senate seat, I will not blame Todd Akin. He made his mistake, but was man enough to admit it and apologize. I’m waiting for the apology from whoever the genius was on the high pedestals of our party who thought it wise to not only shoot our wounded, but run over him with tanks and trucks and then feed his body to the liberal wolves. It wasn’t just Todd Akin that was treated with contempt by the thinly veiled attack on Todd Akin. It was all the people who have faithfully knocked doors, made calls, and made sacrificial contributions to elect Republicans because we thought we were welcome in the party. Todd Akin owned his mistake. Who will step up and admit the effort being made to discredit Akin and apologize for the sleazy way it’s been handled?
Without in any way minimizing Akin’s rhetoric, there’s a lot of truth in Huckabee’s screed. The congressman’s position on rape and abortion is not by any means out of line with that of the Republican Party mainstream. The 2012 party platform calls for a ban on abortion, with no provision for exceptions in cases of rape and incest. It also calls for recognition in law that human life begins at the moment of conception, a position that precludes the right to choose for rape and incest victims.
As Huckabee understands, Akin is being ostracized by his party not for what he believes, but for stating what he believes too bluntly, and for calling attention to things that party elders want to keep hidden. It is telling, for instance, that Mitt Romney’s campaign is refusing to allow reporters to interview him unless they agree beforehand not to ask questions about abortion.
The GOP establishment wants the loyalty of the pro-life movement without the political baggage that comes with it among the general public. And it is bitterly angry with Akin because he has made it difficult to achieve those contradictory goals.
– Jay Bookman
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td
August 24th, 2012
12:44 pm
Jay
August 24th, 2012
11:19 am
Rex, I’m sure that moderate Republicans don’t share that belief.
Now … how much power do moderate Republicans wield in your party these days? Who in public life is even willing to admit being a moderate Republican?
And how many Blue Dog (moderate) Democrats are left in your party and what type of power do they have?
Get Real
August 24th, 2012
12:44 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
Whatever…conference calls coming up…enjoy the debate, it will be there tomorrow
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
12:44 pm
getalife — “Why did robme and ryan toss akin under the bus for supporting the gop platform on abortion cons?”
Easy. He let the punchline slip before Romney and Ryan were done telling the joke.
The GOP’s trick or treat is going to be that Romney and Ryan pull off their masks on Election Day — revealing that they’re both actually Todd Akin.
TRICK!
getalife
August 24th, 2012
12:45 pm
crickets………..
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
12:46 pm
G. Real — “Whatever”
Your concession and surrender are noted and appreciated.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
August 24th, 2012
12:46 pm
Well, if a woman don’t like the rape she won’t get in a Family Way from it. If she does like it then she’ll get in a Family Way. There’s no reason to take changing her mind out on the baby.
And don’t give me this Science junk. I know what I know and Science ain’t going to change my mind. Vote Republican in November and stop this killing of all the babies these women got from liking being raped.
I’m making good progress out here and you’ll have your booze available by FNM time. I hope somebody plays something by that drunk of all drunks, Randy Travis. You know, you got to have a snootful to be found buck-nekkid in your car and even go into a convenience store buck-nekkid. If y’all really knew how to drink I’d be reading about you in the news, instead of about old Randy.
Kamchak - "Socialism" is just a code word for "fear," the monster under you bed ~ Kamchak
August 24th, 2012
12:46 pm
I am married to a very intelligent, muti degree conservative woman.
I am married to Olivia Wilde.
Socialism — BOO!
getalife
August 24th, 2012
12:47 pm
Thanks Joe
I have never seen the cons refusing to talk about abortion.
Change.
Rockerbabe
August 24th, 2012
12:47 pm
Oh please! The right to life is only for the fetus. If there is a choice to be made fetus or already born woman, the fetus “wins”. Not allowing abortion for rape, incest, the health and life of the mother is inhumane and a violation of a woman’s right to her own life and life’s choices. But then again, the GOP as well as many religions (all dominated by men), do not recognize a women as equal beings and capable to making their own decisions. The GOP has unwittingly shined a light on their bad attitude towards women and I hope they suffer greatly in November.
Misty Fyed
August 24th, 2012
12:49 pm
You know…Biden can say something stupid and at worst, Obama will ignore him. That’s what you dems have that the republicans don’t. A republican can say something stupid and if a lib drops the “I’m offended” bomb…other republican politicians can’t wait to throw him under the bus. It doesn’t matter if he was right or wrong…There is no loyalty. They buy in to the skewed image the press presents as mainstream and have a debilitating inferiority complex. It’s just embarrassing.
Get Real
August 24th, 2012
12:49 pm
No gone yet Mama, no concession at all, just like at work, e-mails do not reflect tone. Bottom line, you were reading WAY TOO MUCH into what I said, if you want to look at my words in the most negative light possible…that is your choice…does not make it reality
Get Real
August 24th, 2012
12:50 pm
Kammie check in…what’s up gerbil boy
Aquagirl
August 24th, 2012
12:50 pm
AquaGirl, you are a typical liberal. You get all hostile when someone disagrees with you.
Rex, I’m not the one scurrying the goalposts away from a topic that’s embarrassing and then busting out a rant on California. It’s Friday. Relax. Go grab a Chik-Fil-A and wave it at gay Californian marxists.
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
12:50 pm
“I am happy to support those who support LIFE for babies,not DEATH!”
What do you have against God? (don’t get it? look up “spontaneous abortion” aka: miscarriage)
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
12:50 pm
If it hadn’t been for an abortion almost 14 years ago, I’d be a widower today. And the GOP can kiss my shiny hiney if they don’t like it.
When these “pro lifers” posting here tell me that they’ve actually adopted a child through the state, without checking any of the boxes under “preferred race”, I might actually treat them civilly.
Until then they can… well, like this guy says.
Mr Right
August 24th, 2012
12:51 pm
USinUK – pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 24th, 2012
12:30 pm
“I am happy to support those who support LIFE for babies,not DEATH”
I am SO GLAD the men here have made their stand on an issue they will never experience firsthand
So what about the people who have made their stand on an issue they have not experienced, NOT BEING GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LIVE!
Misty Fyed
August 24th, 2012
12:52 pm
You are absolutely right Rockerbabe. And with your logic, I’m sure both parties can come to agree to ban abortions except for rape, incest, or life of the mother….No more convenience abortions or too late birth control….You’d agree to that right? Surely you don’t support the destruction of life because its inconvenient…right?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
12:52 pm
NEWS FLASH — ROMNEY ALMOST CERTAIN TO WIN IN NOVEMBER
A professor at Wassamatta University has determined via statistical analysis that the Romney-Ryan ticket is a virtual lock on the 2012 Presidential Election.
Norm Figures, head of Wassamatta U’s Politican Science department, points out that only once in 56 Presidential elections have the American people NOT chosen the ticket headed by a white guy. Based on this, Figures figures that Romney has a 98.24% chance of prevailing over Obama on Election Day.
Do the math, folks. It’s at least as valid as the pap the cons post here from Rasmussen on a daily basis.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
12:54 pm
G. Real — “Bottom line, you were reading WAY TOO MUCH into what I said, if you want to look at my words in the most negative light possible…that is your choice…does not make it reality”
Better look in the mirror, Punkin. You were doing the *exact* same thing to me.
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
12:56 pm
“So what about the people who have made their stand on an issue they have not experienced, NOT BEING GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LIVE!”
Easy, they aren’t even people. When did YOU get a chance to vote on if you’d live or not?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
12:56 pm
Mr. Right — “So what about the people who have made their stand on an issue they have not experienced, NOT BEING GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LIVE!”
Instead of sitting around waiting for chances to be given to them, they should get off their lazy butts like Mitt Romney and GO MAKE SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES instead of blaming their failures on others.
Isn’t that what y’all say? Take responsibility for yourself? (laughing)
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
12:57 pm
From that article Jay linked to, about the “don’t ruin Mitt’s beautiful mind with that abortion talk” gag order:
After her interview with Mr. Romney on Thursday, Ms. Boyd told Talking Points Memo that she “said to them, ‘Look, everybody’s talking about this. It’s going to seem awkward if I don’t ask about it. And they said, ‘Well, he’s said all he’s going to say about it. He doesn’t have anything more to say. You won’t be getting any new information, so we don’t want to talk about that.’”
She said she ultimately agreed: “I wanted to get the interview with him because I have other issues I want to talk to him about.”
Ok, conservatives, tell me again how the media are “in the bag” for Obama.
getalife
August 24th, 2012
12:57 pm
“Speaking about his Michigan roots, he said, “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.”
Prove it.
skydog
August 24th, 2012
12:57 pm
I was watching ol Hucks show a few months ago and he was beaming after getting to play bass with Lynrd Skynard.
Sorry Huck, that was Garry Rossington and 5 strangers playing Skynard tunes, not the real deal.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
12:58 pm
Surely you don’t support the destruction of life because its inconvenient…right?
If you’re not a devout vegan, permit me to howl derisively in your general direction.
That Black Guy
August 24th, 2012
12:59 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
11:15 am
Madge, I am not Jam.
____________________________
Well she didn’t get anything else correct in her post, so maybe she was trying to maintain her 0% batting avg.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:00 pm
And remember Jay ………… slaves used to be “non-persons” until the Republicans came along and straightened that out.
Just sayin’.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 24th, 2012
1:01 pm
of course, what the rape fantacist republicans don’t want to tell you …
you know what’s worse than being forced to continue a pregnancy that was the result of a rape???
having the man sue you for parental rights, should you decide to carry the pregnancy to term.
which 31 states allow.
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
1:01 pm
USinner
Speaking of tax cheats, I’m surprised Jay didn’t run off the rails with this two-fer…
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/54744938-90/romney-says-church-tithing.html.csp
Washington • Mitt Romney says in a new interview that one of the reasons he’s distressed about disclosing his tax returns is that everyone sees how much money he and his wife, Ann, have donated to the LDS Church, and that’s a number he wants to keep private.
“Our church doesn’t publish how much people have given,” Romney tells Parade magazine in an edition due out Sunday. “This is done entirely privately. One of the downsides of releasing one’s financial information is that this is now all public, but we had never intended our contributions to be known. It’s a very personal thing between ourselves and our commitment to our God and to our church.”
Nevermind the fact that he’s already released tax information that reveals that very information. Then there’s this…
http://news.yahoo.com/bain-documents-romney-offshore-investments-used-blockers-avoid-185957445–abc-news-topstories.html
The private equity firm founded by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made use of arcane techniques in several of its Cayman Islands-based funds to avoid U.S. taxes, according to a trove of Bain Capital’s private audit and finance records made public on the website Gawker today.
The audited financial statements of one of the Cayman Islands funds make note of the use of “blocker” entities, which are used to help retirement accounts and nonprofit entities avoid some taxes. Financial statements for another fund note that it “intends to conduct its operations so it will … not be subject to United States federal income or withholding tax …”
Those details emerge on the statements of two funds in which Romney still holds a sizeable investment, according to the financial disclosure statements he filed when he announced his bid for president.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:02 pm
By the way, I went by the Gwinnett Office of the Social Security Administration today and I didn’t hear anything but foreign languages being spoken.
So I left and will do my business there by fax …………. assuming the fax machine speaks English ………………..
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:02 pm
Brosephus:
Your thoughts on the ICE agents suing Obama ?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
USinUK – pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout :
A lot of states force men to pay child support even though they are not the biological father. The law is a “funny” thing.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
0311 — “And remember Jay ………… slaves used to be “non-persons” until the Republicans came along and straightened that out.”
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/7-ways-republicans-use-slavery-rhetoric-scare-white-people
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
“which 31 states allow.”
Are any of those “blue” states ?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:06 pm
Mama:
My post had nothing to do with scaring people so it’s sad to see you lying.
It simply states that black people used to be considered “non-person” (like unborn children) until the Republicans fixed it.
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
1:06 pm
“If you’re not a devout vegan, permit me to howl derisively in your general direction.”
Except…plants are alive too
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:07 pm
Brosephus — “Our church doesn’t publish how much people have given,” Romney tells Parade magazine in an edition due out Sunday. “This is done entirely privately. One of the downsides of releasing one’s financial information is that this is now all public, but we had never intended our contributions to be known. It’s a very personal thing between ourselves and our commitment to our God and to our church.”
Besides the fact that Romney’s claim is not true. Tithed amounts are not kept secret or confidential by any church policy. In fact, if you *don’t* maintain your obligatory tithe, the LDS church can and will *audit* you.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
1:09 pm
Mr. Digits…
Grew up listening to the same thing in our Parish hall in Chicago!
You walked away from the great blessing that is diversity.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:09 pm
0311 — “My post had nothing to do with scaring people”
Didn’t say that it did. (laughing)
“so it’s sad to see you lying.”
Sorry, Punkin. That’s *two* lies for you today. Do “Duty, Honor and Country” mean anything to you any more?
“It simply states that black people used to be considered “non-person” (like unborn children) until the Republicans fixed it.”
I know what it says. Unlike you, I actually read my links before I post them.
Aquagirl
August 24th, 2012
1:09 pm
It simply states that black people used to be considered “non-person” (like unborn children) until the Republicans fixed it.
The Republicans gestated all those slaves until they could breath and circulate their own blood? Wow, that’s a lotta stretch marks.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:09 pm
Except…plants are alive too
yeah, but eating a salad doesn’t (SNIFF! anyone have a tissue?) “stop a beating heart.”
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 24th, 2012
1:10 pm
“So what about the people who have made their stand on an issue they have not experienced, NOT BEING GIVEN THE CHANCE TO LIVE!”
1) they’re not “people”
2) zygotes have made a stand??? I must have missed that protest
3) throughout history abortion and contraception have been a fact of life – this didn’t start in the 1960s … heck, this didn’t even start in the 1660s. As long as women have been getting pregnant, they have been figuring out ways NOT to be pregnant.
Mama Says
August 24th, 2012
1:10 pm
All you guys and your double standards.
you demand that the moderate republicans leave the party, dont support Romney. You ask how do you call yourselves moderate in that party ?
the answers are simple. exactly like you democrats do.
you never see democrats running on an anti abortion platform yet you have some in your party who dont support abortion. Do you ask them to leave your party ? why not they dont support the platform ?
Bro you are right to a certain degree, you only get honesty from those who are not seeking office. Where all you libs miss it, is that that standard is equally applicable to your party also.
Tell you what when you get every member of your party to support your entire platform let us know, then you can help us do it in ours
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 24th, 2012
1:11 pm
“yeah, but eating a salad doesn’t (SNIFF! anyone have a tissue?) “stop a beating heart.””
unless it’s heart of palm …
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:11 pm
UU — “2) zygotes have made a stand??? I must have missed that protest”
LET THOSE FETI VOTE
St Simons - he-ne-ha
August 24th, 2012
1:11 pm
how many of these anti abortion nuts ate eggs for breakfast?
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
1:11 pm
Your thoughts on the ICE agents suing Obama ?
If you’re active duty, either do the job or quit. The guy is the top of the Executive Department. Does one sue the CEO if they make a decision you don’t like, or do you quit and go find another job? If you’re retired, then it’s freedom of speech issue, and I say have fun spending your money on lawyers.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:12 pm
unless it’s heart of palm …
dang, guess that means I have to scratch this off my salad short-list as well.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:13 pm
Mama — “you never see democrats running on an anti abortion platform yet you have some in your party who dont support abortion. Do you ask them to leave your party ? why not they dont support the platform ?”
There’s a key distinction you’re missing.
You can support a party platform of choice and still be pro-life in your personal conduct. You can’t support a party platform that’s pro-life and be pro-choice in your personal conduct. That would make you a hypocrite.
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
Mama Says
I personally openly advocate everyone to leave parties. People should think and decide for themselves. The herd mentality is the reason this country is so effed up. Voting for a group with the anticipation they will eventually do something for you is so anti-freedom that I can’t understand how anybody can follow a party and then talk about freedom.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
Brosephus:
“Does one sue the CEO if they make a decision you don’t like, ”
Happens quite often ………… especially EEO stuff, pay equity, whistleblower issues.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
Limited rights:
Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.
not quite so limited:
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming.
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
Which ones are lies? Sometimes the truth hurts…
-Unemployment is above 8% for 42 months straight and seems to be getting worse.
-Our debt is $16 Trillion ($5.2 trillion under Obama)
-Gas prices are up
-Housing prices are down
-Obama told me “I didn’t build this”
-Obama told me I could “come along for the ride but I would be in the back seat”
-Obama is cutting $716 billion from Medicare
-Obama hangs with the Hollyweirdos and takes $1 million from Bill Maher
-Joe Biden is telling African Americans they will be “put back in chains”
-Tim Geithner is a tax cheat
-Eric Holder is corrupt
Aquagirl
August 24th, 2012
1:14 pm
but eating a salad doesn’t (SNIFF! anyone have a tissue?) “stop a beating heart.”
Clearly you have not had some of those salads served in Japanese restaurants.
TGT
August 24th, 2012
1:15 pm
As Huckabee understands, Akin is being ostracized by his party not for what he believes, but for stating what he believes too bluntly, and for calling attention to things that party elders want to keep hidden.
What’ya know, another lie from Bookman, and without reading hardly any comments, I know that the liberal baby birds here opened wide and swallowed it whole again!
Of course, Huckabee’s statement displays no such understanding, and Akin’s statement reveals no such thing about the GOP.
Akin is being ostracized for a very bad choice of words (”legitimate rape”), along with stating something that is simply not true (”female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down”) in a political climate that will tolerate little, if any, mistakes. I agree with Huckabee to an extent. There has been an overreaction here. The “legitimate rape” reference was in no way meant to demean rape victims. (It is the democrat party that does this with its shameless politicization of rape in order to further their pro-abortion agenda!)
However, I also understand fully the calls for Akin to step down. There is simply no time for such political errors.
Also, there is NOTHING in the GOP platform about “legitimate rape” or a woman’s body “shutting down” to prevent pregnancy. To imply otherwise is shamefully dishonest.
The truth in Akin’s comments lie in this (and there is little doubt that this is what he was getting at): Rape is not a moral justification for abortion. There is no shame in this position. Nothing good is accomplished from creating another victim in the terrible case of rape. In other words, one evil deed is not going to fix another.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:15 pm
LET THOSE FETI VOTE
this is where I nitpick and point out that we’re not in the “fetal” stage for the vast majority of elective abortions, but rather the embryonic stage.
The pro-criminalization folks really don’t want you to think about the “life” they’re constantly crying about being utterly non-sentient, even though that’s pretty much the rule.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:15 pm
Mama:
“Do “Duty, Honor and Country” mean anything to you any more?”
And how would you know ?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:16 pm
TGT — “The “legitimate rape” reference was in no way meant to demean rape victims.”
Complete and utter horsespit.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 24th, 2012
1:17 pm
“this is where I nitpick and point out that we’re not in the “fetal” stage for the vast majority of elective abortions, but rather the embryonic stage.”
I was going to say “let my embryo go” … but then I realized it sounds like some kind of energy drink … Embryogo
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:17 pm
0311 — “And how would you know ?”
I *wouldn’t* know. That’s why I ASKED you if they meant anything to you any more. (laughing)
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:17 pm
US in UK thug @ 1:14
So ……………… what’s your point ?
Real Scootter
August 24th, 2012
1:17 pm
long as women have been getting pregnant, they have been figuring out ways NOT to be pregnant.
Yeah,and I wonder just how much longer it’s going to take them to figure out that the simple answer is not having sex.
Sorry USinUK,the devil made me do it
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:18 pm
some kind of energy drink … Embryogo
Now with 30% MORE EMBRYO!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
1:18 pm
you never see democrats running on an anti abortion platform yet you have some in your party who dont support abortion.
Not supporting abortion is one thing, actively seeking to overturn existing abortion laws is a whole nuther kettle of fish, and like JHM said, being pro choice also means you get to choose not to have an abortion.
Jefferson
August 24th, 2012
1:18 pm
I’m laughin at Shamrock, what a sad sack.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:18 pm
Mama:
That’s right …………. you wouldn’t know because you have always been “kept by better men than yourself.”
Good to see you admit that.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
1:18 pm
By the way, I went by the Gwinnett Office of the Social Security Administration today and I didn’t hear anything but foreign languages being spoken.
Nope…what you heard was many of the diverse languages spoken by a melting pot of citizens. Momma mia, you have some issues, Scouty. But here’s a suggestion, put the hearing aid in your ear not where you sit. You might open yourself up to hearing more and eliminate the close mindedness….but that is only a hope.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 24th, 2012
1:18 pm
This is kind of funny…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_y6ZSFTuQk
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
1:19 pm
“Yeah,and I wonder just how much longer it’s going to take them to figure out that the simple answer is not having sex”
yeah, and that worked SO well for Mary…didn’t it?
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 24th, 2012
1:19 pm
… and with that, I’m off to enjoy my bank holiday weekend
have a good one!!!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
1:19 pm
Nope …………… what I heard was an American being divided by lack of assimilation.
Pizzaman
August 24th, 2012
1:20 pm
As of now there are 230+ comments I will not read so if I repeat something you said then it’s great minds think alike.
Sorry Huck. Your as out of touch as Akin. He didn’t make a mistake, he didn’t misspeak, he wasn’t sincere in his apology and he most certainly didn’t anticipate the reaction he got. That’s because he’s a dufus! Legitimate rape? The Female body will “shut” down. I sure don’t want an ignoramus like you or Akin writing any legislation to do with the health, sanity or body of my Wife, Daughter and Grand Daughters. Your the epitome of male chauvinists pigs! Just another example of how so many Repubs are out of the main stream.
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August 24th, 2012
1:20 pm
USinUK:
Thank God and Greyhound you’re gone !
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:20 pm
UU — “I was going to say “let my embryo go” … but then I realized it sounds like some kind of energy drink … Embryogo”
They could have a little fetal Rolling Stones cartoon band in the commercial, singing ‘I know, I’m just an embryo, but I like it”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Only_Rock_%27n_Roll_(But_I_Like_It)
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
1:20 pm
…Would it be rude to point out that Mitt’s prospered from the processing of these “potential humans” pro-criminalization folks are always crying about?
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:20 pm
Libs are all in support of Women but when Bill Maher calls a prominent Republican woman a C&*T…they are fine with this?
Can you say hypocritical?
Obama took a sizable sum of money from Bill Maher:
- Calls women the C-word on his show.
- Was being sued by a playboy playmate for degrading racial comments?
That’s my problem with Bill Maher.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
1:21 pm
Rape is not a moral justification for abortion.
Abortion is a legal procedure.
Pizzaman
August 24th, 2012
1:21 pm
Wow! by the time I typed this there 272 comments. Maybe I need a good laugh and will read some of them!
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August 24th, 2012
1:22 pm
There will come a day when people will look back on history (just like we do now with the slavery issue) and say, “how could ‘good people’ have killed so many innocent unborn children?”
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:22 pm
0311 — “That’s right …………. you wouldn’t know”
I have no idea whether “Duty, Honor and Country” mean anything to you any more, and as I said, that’s why I asked.
“because you have always been “kept by better men than yourself.”
Oh, my. Three lies in a day. What would Chesty Puller say? (giggling)
“Good to see you admit that.”
Oh, Punkin, why do you go on lying? That’s four for the day.
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August 24th, 2012
1:22 pm
“Ethel Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania on October 31, 1896, as a result of the RAPE (emphsis added) of her teenaged mother, Louise Anderson (believed to have been thirteen years old at the time, although some sources indicate she may have been slightly older) by John Waters, a pianist and family acquaintance from a mixed-race middle-class background, who played no role in raising Ethel.[1] Ethel Waters was raised in poverty and never lived in the same place for more than 15 months. She said of her difficult childhood, “I never was a child. I never was cuddled, or liked, or understood by my family.”[2]
AND THANK GOD WE WERE BLESSED WITH HER PRESENCE ALL THOSE YEARS !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Jmu0zG9rE
Pizzaman
August 24th, 2012
1:22 pm
On second thought!
td
August 24th, 2012
1:23 pm
Jay,
Why are you blocking my quotes from Senator Al Franken?
That Black Guy
August 24th, 2012
1:23 pm
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
11:29 am
Just because people vote republican does not mean we blidly follow what some people want to say is the offical platform.
If you’re voting for a candidate, that vote is an agreement with that person’s principles, whether you think it is or not. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or Green Party candidate. Who votes for someone with whom they disagree with?
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I voted for Obama.
I don’t think you have to agree 100% with a candidate to vote for them (BTW, I don’t think you think that either). They just have to have enough positives to outweigh the negatives. IMO.
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August 24th, 2012
1:23 pm
Mama:
You giggle ?
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August 24th, 2012
1:24 pm
That explains a lot.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 24th, 2012
1:24 pm
What are the odds that a majority of states would approve anti-abortion amendment?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:25 pm
0311 — “You giggle ?”
I have done so here for months. Catch up to the rest of the class, Poindexter.
“That explains a lot.”
I’m still wondering what could explain your almost pathological fixation on lying today. Tell me about your childhood. (giggling)
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 24th, 2012
1:25 pm
Speaking of women’s rights, I have heard that women have been forced to go to Mexico for the “day after” pill, which is sold over the counter there. How long will it be that they will be forced to go there for back alley procedures? I think that back in the days before legalized abortions, seven women a day died of complications from botched abortions. Do we really want to go back there?
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I just don’t get it. The best way to prevent abortion is to provide contraceptives, and lots of them. Men and women are biologically made to want and like sex. It’s the way God made us. Quit trying to change women into Nuns and men into Priests. We all know how well that went.
Mandingo
August 24th, 2012
1:26 pm
This GOP knothead, Todd Akin, is not a victim. This comes with the territory when you put Team Politics ahead of your districts best interests. Every GOP knothead elected to any office claims to represent the American public . When in fact , they were elected by a handful of white guys in a gerrymandered district set up for them. The President and Vice President are the only elected officials qualified to be a voice of the American Public. They are elected to represent Americans from voters in all 50 states. If the “Todd Akins” of our Congress would just do their job and vote their beliefs and conscience our system of government could begin to function again. Until then, welcome to life at the bottom from a world economic and moral perspective.
Aquagirl
August 24th, 2012
1:26 pm
what I heard was an American being divided[sic] by lack of assimilation.
Geez, now we’re handing out benefits to prokaryotes. Where will it all end?
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
1:26 pm
S. Ray — “What are the odds that a majority of states would approve anti-abortion amendment?”
Not very good, but I’d love it if they tried.
Larry
August 24th, 2012
1:26 pm
I think the general public was surprised at Akin’s ignorance. It is scary that this man is have been coauthoring legislation with a man posed to be the next Vice President of the United States.
It is sad that a party would tolerate this level of ignorance until such time that it might affect the outcome of the next presidential election.
Steve Shamrock
August 24th, 2012
1:27 pm
These are all great points…I figured I would repost them for those just joining the discussion:
-Unemployment is above 8% for 42 months straight and seems to be getting worse.
-Our debt is $16 Trillion ($5.2 trillion under Obama)
-Gas prices are up
-Housing prices are down
-Obama told me “I didn’t build this”
-Obama told me I could “come along for the ride but I would be in the back seat”
-Obama is cutting $716 billion from Medicare
-Obama hangs with the Hollyweirdos and takes $1 million from Bill Maher
-Joe Biden is telling African Americans they will be “put back in chains”
-Tim Geithner is a tax cheat
-Eric Holder is corrupt
td
August 24th, 2012
1:28 pm
Franken: “And, ‘I give the pills to Lesley Stahl. Then, when Lesley’s passed out, I take her to the closet and rape her.’ Or, ‘That’s why you never see Lesley until February.’ Or, ‘When she passes out, I put her in various positions and take pictures of her.’” Senator Al Franken
Since you libs are on such a high and mighty stance today then let us here the defense of this comment.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
1:28 pm
Obama took a sizable sum of money from Bill Maher:
– Calls women the C-word on his show.
– Was being sued by a playboy playmate for degrading racial comments?
Yep Obama took the money, just as Mitt takes money from any number of “offending sources” and Rush, who calls women all sorts of things, speaks at Republican events……..
So let’s hear the poutrage against Mitt & Friends.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the Left of me Jokers to the Right, here I am...
August 24th, 2012
1:29 pm
THAT BLACK GUY,
I agree the problem is that I’m liberal on several issues and conservative on others…perhaps I should follow George Carlin’s advice and not vote…at least then I am free to criticize….
Voting DEM means I support OBAMA care and complete disregard for pending deficit driving ultimate collapse. If I vote GOP that means I side with the religious right, gun owners, and gridlock that would now be the domain of the DEMS…
HMMMM..
Jefferson
August 24th, 2012
1:29 pm
Come on shamrock, I bet your breakfast was cold too…
Real Scootter
August 24th, 2012
1:29 pm
yeah, and that worked SO well for Mary…didn’t it?
Good one Doggone!
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
1:29 pm
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August 24th, 2012
1:19 pm
Nope …………… what I heard was an American being divided by lack of assimilation.
So now you are BORG?
Resistance if futile. LoScoutus.