Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:44 PM

TPM: Tony Perkins: Scott Brown Should be 'Careful' (re his telling Akin to drop his Senate bid)

Tony Perkins: Scott Brown Should Be ‘Careful’

PEMA LEVY 2:25 PM EDT, MONDAY AUGUST 20, 2012

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, called on Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown to be "careful" after Brown urged Akin to drop his Senate bid, BuzzFeed reports.

"For other Republicans, I have not seen Scott Brown’s statement, but he should be careful because based on some of his statements there may be some call for him to get out of his race," Perkins said Monday in Tampa, outside the Republican National Committee's platform committee discussions.

Perkins added that Brown's support among conservatives is "very shallow":

Asked what he was referring to, Perkins said that Brown has been "off the reservation on a number of Republican issues, conservative issues."

"His support among conservatives is very shallow," he added.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/tony-perkins-scott-brown-should-be-careful

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TPM: Tony Perkins: Scott Brown Should be 'Careful' (re his telling Akin to drop his Senate bid) (Original post)	flpoljunkie	Aug 2012	OP
ROFL!!!	Proud Liberal Dem	Aug 2012	#1
Sounds like blows to the kneecaps, or something.	cr8tvlde	Aug 2012	#2
Years of Pandering to Fundie Nut Bags Are Coming Home to Roost	Yavin4	Aug 2012	#3
Maybe an elected official should be listening to his constituents rather than Tony Perkins?	rfranklin	Aug 2012	#4
Between a Rock and a Hard Place?	TroyD	Aug 2012	#5
Redundant statement.	Wait Wut	Aug 2012	#6

Response to flpoljunkie (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:50 PM

Proud Liberal Dem (11,758 posts)

1. ROFL!!!

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Brown might be raising some trouble on his right flank!!!

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Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:56 PM

cr8tvlde (1,171 posts)

2. Sounds like blows to the kneecaps, or something.

Maybe they'll "make him an offer he can't refuse". Hard to make this up in the real world.

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Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:57 PM

Yavin4 (18,511 posts)

3. Years of Pandering to Fundie Nut Bags Are Coming Home to Roost

They now control the party, and folks better get in line or else.

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Mon Aug 20, 2012, 02:57 PM

rfranklin (13,200 posts)

4. Maybe an elected official should be listening to his constituents rather than Tony Perkins?

Does that kind of sound like representative government, you right wing asshole?

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Mon Aug 20, 2012, 03:11 PM

TroyD (4,468 posts)

5. Between a Rock and a Hard Place?

I guess this means the Republicans risk a backlash either way - if Akin stays in, the moderate voters are likely to lash out against him, but if Akin drops out, the conservatives may get angry with the Republican establishment.

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Mon Aug 20, 2012, 03:30 PM

Wait Wut (6,179 posts)

6. Redundant statement.

'Conservative support' is always shallow.

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