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- Aug 19, 2009
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The GOP did more than not really condemn Akin, they endorsed him and gave him money!!!Thank you Pheonixops, for posting more evidence showing that not EVEY GOPer condemned the Akin statements.That's why I said "Here's a pattern I see from some conservatives". Here's an article containing a quote from limbaugh:
A lot of people think Todd Akin is being mistreated, and a lot of people have decided they want to stand by him and that everybody else should, too,
Read more: Rush Limbaugh: I could have made Todd Akin quit - POLITICO.com
There's more to the article.
Gramps...are you seeing this?
GOP Big Shots and Money Trickling Back to Akin -- Daily Intelligencer
In a joint statement released today, onetime Romney rival Rick Santorum and the tea-party king (a.k.a. South Caroline Senator Jim DeMint) warned that if "Republicans are to win back the Senate and stop President Obama's liberal agenda, we must defeat Senator Claire McCaskill in Missouri." The two men even pledged to send some much-needed funding Akin's way, provided by their respective campaign groups, Patriot Voices PAC and the Senate Conservatives Fund. Earlier this week, former House speaker Newt Gingrich appeared with Akin at a fund-raiser, calling on Republicans to stop being sissies and embrace the ultra-conservative, speaks-his-mind Senate candidate from Missouri.
Even McCaskill's Capitol Hill colleague Senator Roy Blunt, who had earlier called for Akin's withdrawal, gave him a grudging endorsement. Though the two men may not "agree on everything," he said in a statement, "he and I agree the Senate majority must change. Ill be working for the Republican ticket in Missouri, and that includes Todd Akin."
Update: The NRSC may be reconsidering its boycott of the Missouri race. In a statement to Talking Points Memo, NRSC executive director Rob Jesmer hedges that:
There is no question that for Missourians who believe we need to stop the reckless Washington spending, rein-in the role of government in peoples lives, and finally focus on growing jobs in this country that Todd Akin is a far more preferable candidate than liberal Senator Claire McCaskill. As with every Republican Senate candidate, we hope Todd Akin wins in November and we will continue to monitor this race closely in the days ahead.
Akin made a mistake. It was a terrible example of open mouth, insert foot.
When the democratic leaders say far worse, even to the point of "dissing" the Constitution, you have nothing to say. What is sad is that you will not even acknowledge how hypocritical you are.