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In the discussion thread: Reports: Akin Advisers Make Preparations For Withdrawal Tomorrow [View all]

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 05:30 PM

DFW (13,368 posts)

64. They ALWAYS say they are in it to win, are not quitters, etc etc.--all part of the script

It's about as believable as an episode of "The A_Team" where 2,850 rounds of ammunition are fired in downtown L.A. during daylight and no one even gets a scratch.

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75 replies	Author	Time	Post
Reports: Akin Advisers Make Preparations For Withdrawal Tomorrow [View all]	flpoljunkie	Aug 2012	OP
Should say ... "Akin to Abort Campaign"	JoePhilly	Aug 2012	#1
You did not go there!	Digital Puppy	Aug 2012	#10
And ... He doesn't want to take responsibility for the mistake he made!	JoePhilly	Aug 2012	#36
Hee!	Lucy Goosey	Aug 2012	#42
I thought you had a headline from somewhere	DavidL	Aug 2012	#11
I'm betting that (or something close) will be a headline somewhere. Its just too obvious.	JoePhilly	Aug 2012	#37
After raping the truth.... /nt	demwing	Aug 2012	#43
If so it will be a relief	Scairp	Aug 2012	#71
wow, didn't he just say he wasn't leaving	maddezmom	Aug 2012	#2
He's a Republican, you can't believe him.	alfredo	Aug 2012	#25
He said he was "standing firm"	Generic Other	Aug 2012	#35
hehehe	iemitsu	Aug 2012	#41
Says he's a dumbshit but not	Cha	Aug 2012	#48
Well---I guess he won't go down fighting after all...	trumad	Aug 2012	#3
He was asking for it. nt	bupkus	Aug 2012	#4
DUzy	Bertha Venation	Aug 2012	#16
!	Emit	Aug 2012	#40
He was Asking for it! Oh the	Cha	Aug 2012	#49
If it (his withdrawal) is going to happen anyway, he should just sit back and enjoy it.	BlueStreak	Aug 2012	#57
Oh dear! I want him to stay	DavidL	Aug 2012	#5
welcome David	oldhippydude	Aug 2012	#54
me too! and welcome!	DonRedwood	Aug 2012	#55
Me too. I think he should stand by his constituionist, anti homosexualist, pro life principles.	Monk06	Aug 2012	#73
So What Time Slot Will He Get on Fox News?	Yavin4	Aug 2012	#6
But we were having so much fun	BeyondGeography	Aug 2012	#7
I'm sure he can get a nice job with the Family Research Council	AllyCat	Aug 2012	#8
Or head of Women's studies at Liberty University.	alfredo	Aug 2012	#27
He's gonna teach Home Ec?	Generic Other	Aug 2012	#39
Intro to hiding the smell of gin before the spouse gets home 101.	alfredo	Aug 2012	#66
to replace Romney on the top of the Presidential ticket......	Dawson Leery	Aug 2012	#9
NO NO NO !!! He needs to stay in the race until Tuesday 5:01 pm.	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#12
And everyone that worked for him, voted for him are royally pissed off he's been pulled.	democrat_patriot	Aug 2012	#20
+1 nt	SunSeeker	Aug 2012	#23
Oh, hell. Then this is probably not a rumor.	Lone_Star_Dem	Aug 2012	#24
We should send him $5 each and promise prayers.	grantcart	Aug 2012	#44
Given what he said I'd rather him gone now than when it's politically expedient. (nt)	Posteritatis	Aug 2012	#62
I'd rather have him stay in the race and let McCaskill whip his butt. If he is replaced ...	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#63
+1	Loudestlib	Aug 2012	#67
This message was self-deleted by its author	Graybeard	Aug 2012	#13
Republicans will probably win this seat now...	Drunken Irishman	Aug 2012	#14
Is Akin himself making preparations or just his advisers?	Bjorn Against	Aug 2012	#15
They ALWAYS say they are in it to win, are not quitters, etc etc.--all part of the script	DFW	Aug 2012	#64
War on Women is a losing strategy.	SansACause	Aug 2012	#17
To think I was worried about the newsweek	outsideworld	Aug 2012	#18
His advisor's may be making preparations, but someone still needs to tell Akins.	Lone_Star_Dem	Aug 2012	#19
Tues 21 is last day the Repubs can officially place candidate on ballot. Who and how to choose?	Bernardo de La Paz	Aug 2012	#21
Ashcroft, Talent, Bond?	maddezmom	Aug 2012	#22
All those candidates will soundly beat McCaskill...	Drunken Irishman	Aug 2012	#26
Unless Akin's people stay home	cabot	Aug 2012	#31
No. If Akin drops out by 5pm tomorrow the GOP will have 2 weeks to pick a new candidate for ballot	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#28
September 20th is the real hard deadline for withdrawing in MO,	ProgressiveEconomist	Aug 2012	#32
This message was self-deleted by its author	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#46
Just now found this UPDATE	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#47
But Can They Replace Him?	SoCalMusicLover	Aug 2012	#56
I don't know. See the link below	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#58
No, again according to Chuck Todd, this time on NBC Nightly News	ProgressiveEconomist	Aug 2012	#72
Is he legitimately dropping out? Or just dropping out?	cabot	Aug 2012	#29
I think he's forcibly dropping out...	cr8tvlde	Aug 2012	#34
Was this a legitimate candidate?	StrictlyRockers	Aug 2012	#38
Rape is a CHOICE	PossumSqueezins	Aug 2012	#30
Another reason I hate that he is dropping out?	louis-t	Aug 2012	#33
18 minutes ago Akin tweeted: I am in this race to win. We need a conservative Senate. Help me defeat	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#45
Idiot rape-publican.	truthisfreedom	Aug 2012	#50
"We need a conservative in this race"...which is a	Cha	Aug 2012	#51
If he stays in without GOP Sen. Committee financing, he'll siphon donor bucks from elsewhere ...	Bernardo de La Paz	Aug 2012	#68
Let's hope he stays in to the bitter end.	SheilaT	Aug 2012	#52
Sarah Steelman will be a lot harder to beat, just by being a woman.	RC	Aug 2012	#60
Sarah came in third. John Brunner came second. GOP talking to retired Sen. Ashcroft & Talent. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Aug 2012	#69
Sarah Palin endorsed Sarah Steelman. I hope she doesn't get it if Akin drops out. n/t	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#70
I know all that.	RC	Aug 2012	#74
Good for you. Your post still fails on its premise. Steelman third, not a team player, not it.	Bernardo de La Paz	Aug 2012	#75
AHHH	lsewpershad	Aug 2012	#53
What is the point of pulling out? We can continue to use the video anyway.	BlueStreak	Aug 2012	#59
UPDATE: Todd Akin: ‘We’re Going To Stay In’	Tx4obama	Aug 2012	#61
It is over ..... Both Karl Rove and the RNC are pulling all funds from Akin .....	Botany	Aug 2012	#65

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