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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Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
2:17 pm
“No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised,” Romney declared to loud cheers
Birthers
….. seems Mitt panders and joins them. How low will Mitt go?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:17 pm
“Your concession is noted. Obama is the CinC and enjoys the same degree of congratulations and success in getting OBL and Qaddafi that Bush enjoyed in getting Saddam Hussein.”
On that we can agree ……………… as long as the President uses the term “they (the SEALS) got him and not “me”.
azazel
August 24th, 2012
2:18 pm
just in: on abortion exceptions: Rape is just another ‘method of conception’
They BOTH suck
August 24th, 2012
2:18 pm
Kam @ 2:14
I agree. Take out the technology boom that started in the 80s and really took off with the dot.com bubble along with the housing / construction bubble and our economy hasn’t been doing much across the board for sometime now.
Of course there remains certain sectors that are doing well, but it has been sometime since our economy had been really kicking a$$.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
2:19 pm
The ICE lawsuit would not be necessary
Yeah, I hear a lot from conservatives about what is “necessary” since that uppity guy snuck into the White House. New Voter ID requirements to prevent imaginary voter fraud; requiring beat cops to become immigration agents, and suchlike.
(I don’t actually believe any of it, mind you. But I sure do hear a lot about it.)
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:19 pm
Kammy:
“If Roe v, Wade is overturned will you deny that same sort of voice and political activism?”
Of course …………. in the same way that people fought for the reinstitution of slavery by a different name.
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:19 pm
0311
I guess if a general wins the battle it should be the men not he or the strategy?
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
2:20 pm
Mr Right
August 24th, 2012
2:04 pm
GOP is all for small Govt , unless it relates to your bedroom……….
If the Dems are so about small gov. in your bedroom, why do they think we as taxpayers should pay for their contraception?
The same reason we pay for your Viagra prescription. So you can have a healthy normal sex life
Madge From Accounting
August 24th, 2012
2:20 pm
Granny: butt whipping and vaginas gotta love the righties….
Sounds like a GOP retreat
You forgot to mention their habit of having “wide stances” to the mix!
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OK below is a stupid comment alert — please be aware and if there are any innocent republicans (the ones who aren’t really as bad as their peers), reading this blog – please leave now before your head explode:
STUPID STATEMENT ALERT!!!
If the Dems are so about small gov. in your bedroom, why do they think we as taxpayers should pay for their contraception?
This has been a public service annoucement by the “Women who pay for their own birth control via health insurance that comes out of their paychecks”; service. Thank you.
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This is what happens when this arrogant buffoon takes the law into his own hands and ignores the balance of power stipulated by our Constitution
Please point out WHERE in the constitution, (Article and paragraph), that the president is “ignoring the balance of power….blah,blah,blah”.
I’ll wait — at least until your mom gets home from work and makes you clean up your room….
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
2:21 pm
0311 — “Yep ……….. remember the 7th U.S. Army Regiment at the Frozen Chosin ?”
I prefer to recall how the Army had to come finish the job at Guadalcanal.
Madmax
August 24th, 2012
2:21 pm
Mick,
An economic agenda would be nice besides saying it’s out of my control. Getting a little tired of the “well, I inherited a mess” routine. It’s time for the genius to tell us how he’s going to create jobs instead of dallying in and out of the “green” sector hoping some revolution will start there. We didn’t elect him to hope that things will get better. He was elected because he was going to get the country moving again. He hasn’t been any more effective than GWB.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
2:21 pm
0311 — “On that we can agree ……………… as long as the President uses the term “they (the SEALS) got him and not “me”.
You just let me know when and if President Bush ever used that term.
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
2:22 pm
The ICE lawsuit would not be necessary if someone was doing their job.
Those kids are getting a form of TPS (Temporary Protected Status) and nothing else. TPS has been around since the 1990’s as well.
What is TPS
The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate a foreign country for TPS due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country’s nationals from returning safely, or in certain circumstances, where the country is unable to handle the return of its nationals adequately. USCIS may grant TPS to eligible nationals of certain countries (or parts of countries), who are already in the United States. Eligible individuals without nationality who last resided in the designated country may also be granted TPS.
The Secretary may designate a country for TPS due to the following temporary conditions in the country:
Ongoing armed conflict (such as civil war)
An environmental disaster (such as earthquake or hurricane), or an epidemic
Other extraordinary and temporary conditions
Have those same agents filed any lawsuits over people from Nicaragua or Honduras who have been given TPS and had it extended since the 1990’s? I seriously doubt many people who are whining about the kids are even aware of TPS status. I swear, sometimes education should be used for something other than budget cuts.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
2:22 pm
Of course …………. in the same way that people fought for the reinstitution of slavery by a different name.
You …….. don’t …………………… respond … to …………….. lunacy.
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:24 pm
madmax
What about all the initiatives that he presented to the house? No, no, no, was what he got back. I mean really, who writes the legislation anyway? That goes with the turf of being president but it’s just too much of being an easy target..
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:24 pm
This is the kind of commander/Army we need today but alas ………….. this would be just too “insensitive” to the Germans.
From “The Longest Winter” by Alex Kershaw (2004)
“Some of the men saw a jeep speed toward the (POW) camp gates. An American flag fulttered from it, and a tall man was distinguishable, standing with
his back as straight as a board ……………………the jeep skidded to a halt just inside the camp ……………….. Patton was immediately rushed by a mass of
thin, weeping men.
Patton then pointed to the German flag flying from a nearby flagpole and shouted in his high-pitched voice: ‘I want that son-of-a-bitch cut down, and the man that cuts it down, I want him to wipe his a** with it!’ “
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:26 pm
“I prefer to recall how the Army had to come finish the job at Guadalcanal.”
Yes ………. they were garrison troops so the Marines could be used for tougher assignments.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:27 pm
“You …….. don’t …………………… respond … to …………….. lunacy.”
And I probably shouldn’t have responded to someone who is just fine with the killing of unborn children.
Sorry ………. excuse my previous post.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:28 pm
Mick:
“I guess if a general wins the battle it should be the men not he or the strategy?”
And that would be correct. At least a good general would present it that way.
Drudge
August 24th, 2012
2:28 pm
Wow – Jay, are you really letting yourself continue to be distracted by tertiary issues when we are staring at the edge of a financial cliff? Incomes fell more since Obama’s “recovery” started in 09, SS disability has tripled, food stamps have doubled, workforce participation hasn’t been lower in almost 40 years – and you are talking about Huckabee on abortion? In fact, we are all worse off than we were 3 years ago, but I guess you prefer illusion to despair…
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
2:28 pm
Mr. Digits
Why are you anti-abortion?
Madmax
August 24th, 2012
2:29 pm
Mick,
Leaders get it done, this guy hasn’t gotten any bi-patisan legislation through since he started that’s worth speaking of other than the extension of the tax cuts. Maybe, he should sit down and work it out behind the scenes instead of grandstanding and whining.
Madge From Accounting
August 24th, 2012
2:29 pm
What cracks me up is that people like doom, yaker, and rb, complain about obama’s abysmal economic record but how much of it is really out of his control anyway?
What I find ha!ha! funny is the fact that the majority of these people live in republican run states that have majority republican voting blocks. Yet they complain about jobs, and OBAMA’s RECORD!! They NEVER complain about the abysmal republican GOVERNOR’s RECORD!!
The Governor’s record in their home state, would affect their lives more directly and much more quickly; yet somehow, and I really don’t know why, they remain curiously silent about that.
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
2:29 pm
On that we can agree ……………… as long as the President uses the term “they (the SEALS) got him and not “me”.
Well, if you actually actively listened to what the President said instead of hearing what you wanted to hear, you would have heard that very thing. On the night Osama was killed, these were his exact words…
“Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.”
Nowhere in that statement did he say HE killed Bin Laden. Yet, people seem to think he’s taking credit for that. His credit for killing Bin Laden comes in the same vein that Bush gets credit for capturing Hussein as JHM stated earlier.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
2:31 pm
Drudge
Most logically that question sgould be asked here:
http://www.speaker.gov/
skydog
August 24th, 2012
2:32 pm
Why are you anti-abortion?
Unborn babies can`t go on to Penn St.?
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:32 pm
0311
Depends on your generals too, you know. I mean hannibal defeated the romans at cannae by nearly overwhelming odds, they were outnumbered 8 to 1 but he had the correct strategy. Whereby general and president saddam hussein put his men out in the desert with no cover and his men were annihilated in days. The person at the top matters very much with their decisions and strategy…
Robert Lee
August 24th, 2012
2:32 pm
When the pro lifers start adopting all the unwanted kids and foster kids, then we can talk about abortions. Until then I expect they will continue with the “Love the fetus, Hate the child”. Unfortunately, some hard decisions have to be made by adults and consequently, some people make bad decisions but it still comes down to the ability to make your own decisions and some people think they know better than everyone else.
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
2:32 pm
“Maybe, he should sit down and work it out behind the scenes instead of grandstanding and whining”
NO ONE can “work it out” with someone whose only answer is “my way or the highway”
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
2:32 pm
Brosephus…. great post. Somehow I dont think Sir Digits will have the courage to acknowledge it or to apologize for his false claims. Brave brave Sir Digits.
getalife
August 24th, 2012
2:32 pm
“Throughout this campaign, Governor Romney has embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them,” he said. “It’s one thing to give the stage in Tampa to Donald Trump, Sheriff Arpaio, and Kris Kobach. But Governor Romney’s decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter across America.”
willie robme is a birther.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:33 pm
Brosephus:
Then you had better notify his staff and campaign managers.
Madmax
August 24th, 2012
2:33 pm
Doggone – that’s a two way street if you look closely
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
2:33 pm
Oh Mr Digits…..
Why are you against abortion?
They BOTH suck
August 24th, 2012
2:33 pm
Bro
The problem is that their interpretation fits what they wanted him to have said, so it doesn’t matter what he actually said or didn’t say.
Sad but true
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 24th, 2012
2:33 pm
The Crackpot Caucus
… I was going to quote some choice bits, but they’re ALL choice bits.
Seriously, read the whole thing. We have a GOP House full of these embryo-worshiping, science-denying morons.
barking frog
August 24th, 2012
2:34 pm
Al Franken was once unable
to tie his shoes thus he is
incapable of doing the job
of a US Senator.
Madge From Accounting
August 24th, 2012
2:34 pm
BS ALERT!! BS ALERT!!! BS ALERT!!!
And that would be correct. At least a good general would present it that way.
This alert was brought to you by the Great Generals of History whom we remember, (like Grant, Sherman, Patton and Pershing), and not the enlisted men whom we don’t. Sad, but true.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:35 pm
“The person at the top matters very much with their decisions and strategy…”
“Soldiers” can overcome a bad strategy ………… but a good strategy without soldiers to execute it is ……….. well, except for on paper ………. nothing.
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:35 pm
**Maybe, he should sit down and work it out behind the scenes**
You have got to be kidding me, he offered them everything but the kitchen sink in the last budget battle and they said “NO” because to a true republican compromise or in obama’s case agreement, is a dirty word. You know it’s true…
givememyfairshare
August 24th, 2012
2:35 pm
yes, all repubs are hypocrites and extremists when it comes to abortion. Oboma, with his desire to kill babies born after a botched abortion, is much more mainstream
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
2:35 pm
Madmax
August 24th, 2012
2:33 pm
Doggone – that’s a two way street if you look closely
OH?
Did the Democrats have a meeting the night of the inauguration to dream up stuff the GOP could obstruct?
Ah, Nope.
silly silly silly
getalife
August 24th, 2012
2:35 pm
Time to roll over willie.
Weakest gop candidate ever.
Are you paying attention Independents?
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
2:36 pm
“Doggone – that’s a two way street if you look closely”
Sorry, if you don’t quote me I have NO idea what you are responding to.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:37 pm
Robert Lee:
“When the pro lifers start adopting all the unwanted kids and foster kids, then we can talk about abortions.”
When anti-slavers start taking in all those slaves and their families, then we can talk about
slavery.”
Doggone/GA
August 24th, 2012
2:37 pm
“Oboma, with his desire to kill babies born after a botched abortion, is much more mainstream”
When you lie to make your point, you have NO POINT.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
2:37 pm
givememyfairshare
August 24th, 2012
2:35 pm
yes, all repubs are hypocrites and extremists when it comes to abortion. Oboma, with his desire to kill babies born after a botched abortion, is much more mainstream
THAT IS A LIE.
ITS ALL BUSHS FAULT
August 24th, 2012
2:37 pm
ITs her vagina she can haul coal in it if she wants to….. … Todd Akin.
getalife
August 24th, 2012
2:38 pm
The swift boat attack on getting obl is aiding the enemy.
They BOTH suck
August 24th, 2012
2:38 pm
barking frog
I can’t say that I know much of Franken’s record in the Senate.
I can say that I have twice listened to Boortz and Dupree discuss Franken. Both times, Boortz attempted to get Dupree to say that Franken was not a good Senator. Each time Dupree told him that was not the case and from what he knew directly and heard indirectly was that Franken seemed to be doing a decent job as well as making friends with some of his brethren across the aisle.
Of course that wasn’t what Boortz wanted to hear nor want his flock to hear so he quickly changed the subject.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:38 pm
Granny:
Because I believe with all my heart that it is the taking of an innocent “human” life …………. in the same manner that innocent “human” beings were enslaved (for not being human).
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:39 pm
0311
Slavery? As if there aren’t enough issues to toss around, get up to speed…
Matti
August 24th, 2012
2:39 pm
Mick,
I respect solid guitar rockin’ as much as you do. I was not bothered by Rev Huck’s playing, and will indeed turn up the Nuge on the radio, provided it’s one of his songs, and not his brainless nattering.
What disturbed me was watching the good reverend correctly sing all the words to Cat Scratch Fever. Never mind that the song is utterly disrespectful to women (it’s rock ‘n’ roll; I can handle it), but coming from the Rev, that was just creepy.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
2:40 pm
0311 — “Yes ………. they were garrison troops so the Marines could be used for tougher assignments.”
Negative, Marine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Order_of_Battle#Army
Infantry, artillery and engineers might be garrison troops in the Marine Corps, but that’s not how it works in the Army.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:41 pm
Mick:
It’s the same concept in my opinion (inhuman/subhuman) and I assume you are aware of all the slavery that still exists in the world today …………… because “good people” can be evil.
Robert Lee
August 24th, 2012
2:42 pm
0311, well duh! Ever heard of the Underground Railroad?
Madge From Accounting
August 24th, 2012
2:42 pm
Keep: Brave Brave Sir Digits
OMG! I had a flashback!! [paraphrased] Brave Brave Sir “digits” bravely ran away…ran away bravely — when horror raised its ugly head brave sir digits turned his tail and fled; brave brave sir digits!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4SJ0xR2_bQ
getalife
August 24th, 2012
2:43 pm
scout said he is satire.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
2:43 pm
0311 — “And that would be correct. At least a good general would present it that way.”
Maybe in the Corps, but I seriously doubt an Army CG would say or do that,
barking frog
August 24th, 2012
2:44 pm
They both Suck
Really. I guess he overcame
that shoe tieing thing.
Madmax
August 24th, 2012
2:44 pm
Mick – Please enlighten us with all of the “compromises” he made. Were there any real meaningful spending cuts (not hypothetical slowing down the rate of increase but real cuts) that would impact the deficit. He held onto his targeted tax increases (which you know are only symbolic) and refused to budge on spending. And he did it in pulic. His jobs bill was a joke – all it addressed was local government employees. Thiose should be local decisions – why should I pay for school teachers, firefighters and policemen in Fargo if I don’t live in Fargo – Fargo has the option of raising their taxes to cover their expenses and we in each of own communities have that same option.
Pizzaman
August 24th, 2012
2:44 pm
Steve Shamrock @ 1:34. Look it up. It’s NOT 716 from Medicare. It’s 716 in SUBSIDIES to big Repub benefactors, pig insurance. You can drink the kool aide but facts don’t seem to matter.
Jack
August 24th, 2012
2:44 pm
The abortion issue or debate is not going to be settled in mine or Bookman’s lifetime. He’s disturbing electrons with his huffing and puffing.
Jefferson
August 24th, 2012
2:45 pm
Its been decided, get over it, don’t do it if you don’t want to, mind your own business, the court said exactly whose business it is.
Anymore sad sacks out there ?
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:45 pm
matti
I’ll have to watch it again; I thought the rev was being your typically stone faced bass player – no vocals…
Thulsa Doom
August 24th, 2012
2:45 pm
Kamchak,
Nice try of reversing Towncrier’s Kam spam but the label is stuck on you-Kamspam. And its very befitting your many worthless posts. Go back to the world of Gor loser.
Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time Doomy is near
Just like Kam they long to be
Close to Doom.
La la la….la la la la…. la la la…..la la la
Kam longs to be
Close to Doom
Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time Doomy walks by,
Just like kam they long to be
Close to Doom
On the day that Doom was born the angels got together
and decided to create a dream called Doom
So they sprinkled moondust in his hair,
of gold and starlight in his eyes so blue,
That is why all the Libs in town,
Follow Doom all around,
Just like kam they long to be
Close to Doom
La la la…. la la la la la…… laaaaa laaaaa laaaaaa
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:47 pm
Mama:
Like I said, they were there in large part to “garrison the place” and to keep the Japanese from retaking it. The Marines were needed elsewhere.
“The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines.
Lord, how they could fight! [MGen. Frank E. Lowe, USA; Korea, 26
January 1952]”
“Why in hell can’t the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the
same kind of men; why can’t they be like Marines. [Gen. John J.
"Black Jack" Pershing, USA; 12 February 1918]”
“I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and
there is not a finer fighting organization in the world! [Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, USA; Korea, 21 September 1950]”
…………. and LAST BUT NOT LEAST !
“We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the
northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in
the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?
[Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
during
the assault on Grenada, 1983]”
At ease Mama ………….. I have to go for the day !
Everyone be nice !!!
They BOTH suck
August 24th, 2012
2:47 pm
barking frog
Like I said, Dupree told Boortz that he would be surprised, but again I have no idea either way.
Pizzaman
August 24th, 2012
2:47 pm
BTW Steveo Medicars is not an “entitlement”. I’ve been paying in for years and now pay $100 a month. No clue like so many!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 24th, 2012
2:47 pm
Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time Doomy is near
Just like Kam they long to be
Close to Doom.
thelma spam.
Thulsa Doom
August 24th, 2012
2:48 pm
Libs still talking about side issues like abortion. No surprise there. Hell I wouldn’t want to talk about the dismal economy either given the economic performance under the asshat in there now. They do loves they side issues they do.
Matti
August 24th, 2012
2:48 pm
Is Scout trying to tell us that he spends his weekends working to rescue the tens of thousands of young sex slaves in America? AWESOME! Once a Marine, always as Marine! Dedicated to protecting the weakest members of society from being exploited, particularly children and young men and women — many of them unwanted and unmissed by their families — who were lured by the promise of love and care into the deep heck of addiction, prostitution, and worse. WAY TO GO, SCOUT! How can we contribute to your organization?
Or… was he telling us that he spends his time whining and boo-hooing that it’s actually legal for a rape victim to abort the tainted fruit in her violated womb?
JamVet
August 24th, 2012
2:49 pm
Never ever ever forget.
Hard core conservatives – mainly those from the southern white Christian church whose membership fed the Ku Klux Klan – were and still are the segregationists. They were the people who lynched, tortured and murdered blacks by the thousands. They are the people who fought tooth and nail against eliminating racial injustice and who cheered on Bull Connor and the other arch-conservatives.
And they are the exact same conservatives who now fight fervently to get American women to toe their line.
So to hear them – of all people – talk about their role in ending slavery is pathetic with a capital P…
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
2:49 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
August 24th, 2012
2:38 pm
Granny:
Because I believe with all my heart that it is the taking of an innocent “human” life …………. in the same manner that innocent “human” beings were enslaved (for not being human).
.
.
I would suggest that as a person of faith, you should respect other people of faith who feel in their hearts ….differently.
As there are no direct words from the man we both follow, so would not that be the the truly Christian way?
Was Warren Hill an innocent life?
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:50 pm
0311
I hear you…it doesn’t work for me but that doesn’t matter..
madmax – sorry but there were enough stories written about the grand bargain with the boehner – who REFUSED!!! So think what you will with president obama and repubs the answer will always be no. That’s why we need a dem house – 23 more seats and we are there…
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 24th, 2012
2:51 pm
Thulsa Doom
August 24th, 2012
2:48 pm
Libs still talking about side issues like abortion. No surprise there. Hell I wouldn’t want to talk about the dismal economy either given the economic performance under the asshat in there now. They do loves they side issues they do.
side issues?
Like inSIDE more than half of the populations body?
Thulsa Doom
August 24th, 2012
2:51 pm
Award of the day goes to Towncrier for inventing the term kamspam a couple of nights ago. Could a spam award be any more appropriate??? Nope!
K
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Love the ring of it!
Kamspam- “there’s your sign”, “the smoking gun is in the mushroom cloud”, worthless Thomas Jefferson quotes, blah blah blah. ha ha ha Kamspam.
Thanks towncrier.
Madge From Accounting
August 24th, 2012
2:52 pm
When anti-slavers start taking in all those slaves and their families, then we can talk about
slavery.”
Please oh please, tell me the correlation between slavery and abortion. Enquiring minds wanna know.
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Matti – Or… was he telling us that he spends his time whining and boo-hooing that it’s actually legal for a rape victim to abort the tainted fruit in her violated womb?
Exaclty Mattie – exactly.
TGT
August 24th, 2012
2:52 pm
Kam: If Roe is overturned, then those in favor of legalized abortion have every right to be politically active in support of their cause.
getalife
August 24th, 2012
2:52 pm
The gop nominee is a birther.
CNN is looping his birther comment.
Pizzaman
August 24th, 2012
2:53 pm
So Steve Clown @ 1:46 it’s let the ACA send medical insurance costs into the “stratosphere” or let the insurance co’s do it depending on who is elected. I’ll take my chances with Medicare. “Keep your Gvermint hands off my Medicare” an unknown Repub in SC in 2008!
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:54 pm
doom
Have to admit that was pretty funny and silly creative…hey its friday, thank god you’re working…
Jefferson
August 24th, 2012
2:55 pm
It will never be overturned, go on.
Mick
August 24th, 2012
2:56 pm
Hey lets be kids again!!!
Doom with all your fruitness I guess that would make you the fruit of the doom! Ha ha
Ain't it Funny
August 24th, 2012
2:56 pm
Thulsa Doom —— “Libs still talking about side issues like abortion. No surprise there. Hell I wouldn’t want to talk about the dismal economy either given the economic performance under the asshat in there now.”
THIS JUST IN
HOPKINS, Minn. – Creating a potential headache for his campaign, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said big businesses in the U.S. were “doing fine” in part because they get advantages from offshore tax havens.
His comments echoed similar assertions about the state of big business by President Barack Obama which Romney has criticized. They’re also a reminder that the GOP candidate has kept some of his personal fortune in low tax foreign accounts.
“Big business is doing fine in many places,” Romney said during a campaign fundraiser Thursday. “They get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. They know how to find ways to get through the tax code, save money by putting various things in the places where there are low tax havens around the world for their businesses.”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Brosephus™
August 24th, 2012
2:57 pm
Then you had better notify his staff and campaign managers.
Why? The history books will show that he was the sitting President at the time of Bin Laden’s killing. Carter is criticized as failing to get hostages that Reagan is credited with getting released. Clinton has continuously been criticized as letting Bin Laden get away. Bush is credited with the capture of Hussein. What makes Obama any different from those previous administrations in regards to the killing of Bin Laden?
If he’s to change his narrative, then that means that every previous administration will need to change theirs.
skydog
August 24th, 2012
2:58 pm
Matti, I have held the gold record for Cat Scratch Fever. My son took drum lessons from Atl. drummer Cliff Davies who was the drummer on Cat Scratch. Cliff did not speak too highly of the Nuge.
I didn`t know that song had bad stuff? I`m still playing Louie Louie on 33 1/3 trying to figure it out.
CONS ARE BACKSTABBING TWO FACED HYPOCRITES
August 24th, 2012
2:59 pm
When your up, your friends know who you are.
When you’re down, you know who your friends are.
barking frog
August 24th, 2012
3:00 pm
Read Roe v Wade. It is one
of the most logical and
concise opinions ever
wtitten by the SCOTUS.
It will not be overturned
and should not be used
politically.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
3:00 pm
0311 — “At ease Mama ………….. I have to go for the day ! Everyone be nice !!!”
I’ll see your Corps and raise you MG Anthony McAuliffe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_McAuliffe
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 24th, 2012
3:02 pm
Hmmm… abortion is a side issue?… why I thought the bills to restrict were some of the first introduced by the House Republicans after 2010. Wonder why they ignored the economy to pursue all these silly side issues. Why is it part of the Republican Party platform?
I suspect that the pomposity booms have turned someone’s critical thinking skills (if they were ever present) to jelly.
CONS ARE BACKSTABBING TWO FACED HYPOCRITES
August 24th, 2012
3:03 pm
@Thulsa Doom
August 24th, 2012
2:48 pm
Libs still talking about side issues like abortion. No surprise there. Hell I wouldn’t want to talk about the dismal economy either given the economic performance under the asshat in there now. They do loves they side issues they do.
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CONS are the GIFT that KEEP on G-i-v-i-n-g.
They must not be living right (hypocrites).
heeheeheeheeheehee
MiltonMan
August 24th, 2012
3:04 pm
“I am a Repuglican. I pledge to be stoooopid and ill informed all the days of my life.”
Remind us please how many reps live in Clayton County vs. libs???
MiltonMan
August 24th, 2012
3:06 pm
“CONS are the GIFT that KEEP on G-i-v-i-n-g.
They must not be living right (hypocrites).”
Yep – giving us another seat in the US House that used to be a lib seat.
Mick
August 24th, 2012
3:07 pm
keep
Also, don’t forget all the repub state houses and governors that are hell bent on protecting us from viral voter fraud! Gee thanks guys, keep as many legit dems from voting as possible, it’s so constitutional!!!
Joe Hussein Mama
August 24th, 2012
3:07 pm
MM — “Remind us please how many reps live in Clayton County vs. libs???”
At least Clayton’s an *actual* county. (laughing)
the cat
August 24th, 2012
3:09 pm
Thulsa-I am surprised you are still allowed to post here after your bigoted, mysoginistic drunken tirades while Jay was on vacation.
MiltonMan
August 24th, 2012
3:10 pm
“I pledge to deny that there is any Jim Crowe. However, i will also pledge to NEVER tell that there IS a James Crowe Esquire.”
Don’t know who Jim Crowe was but I do know that Jim Crow laws were passed by none other than Southern Democrats. Do you want your “crowe” grilled or fried?
Joseph
August 24th, 2012
3:11 pm
I thought this story would have passed for you far left kooks by now… I guess your willing to talk about anything when your candidate has been such a failure???
MiltonMan
August 24th, 2012
3:11 pm
“At least Clayton’s an *actual* county. (laughing)”
I will take a dysfunctional Fulton County over Clayton County any day moron.