OK...sooo... this is the last time I will bloviate on the Akin thing. I promise. I have listened to all the talking heads on FOX, MSNBC, local Fox and CNN. I have read the Post (St. Louis Post Dispatch), The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. The local folks on 97.1 FOX Radio have really stayed loyal to Congressman Akin and they are to be complimented for their constancy. I have talked to people liberal and conservative (I have friends who are both... creepy). A few final observations:1. This was no liberal media "gotcha" experience. He was interviewed on local FOX. Jaco asked normal questions. Jaco did not jump on it or even follow up.
2. It is Republicans who want the guy to back out so stop talking about the Democrats and the Liberals. They all want him.
3. He is not ready for prime time. He was not prepared for a question that had to come, even on FOX.
4. America is nuanced on abortion.
5. This man is not in the main stream of his party.
6. The Republicans are correct, we should be talking about the economy.
7. The Democrats are correct in pointing out that the Republicans running will put radical social conservatives in office and in control. That has to be discussed as well.
Here is what will happen. Akin will withdraw before the real deadline. he will be replaced at the last minute by someone who will not have to answer a lot of hard questions, will not be Todd Akin and will offer the Republicans a chance to win the Senate. It absolutely will happen that way. Nothing else can happen. Also, people will look beyond abortion and start listening to Akin about repealing the 17th Amendment and allowing State legislatures to pick Senators. They will listen to him on school lunches. He is not electable. He is a good man, and a true believer and he is the best example of Missouri Taliban. He will enforce his understanding of God's will on us and do his best to put in place a conservative Christian Theocracy.
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