Todd Akin Is Typing Mean Words At Republicans And They Want Him To Shut Up
Todd “Let’s talk about rape” Akin is, of course, talking about rape again in his new book. Republicans have a message for him: Shut the f*ck up. Previously, Akin apologized for saying, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
But now the Missouri Republican is taking all that back in his new memoir which offers no apologies for his godawful comments.
Image: AP
It’s a bit late, but Republicans are suddenly not shy.
Politico reports:
Several operatives, consultants and politicians didn’t waste any time responding to attacks in the book, “Firing Back: Taking on the Party Bosses and Media Elite to Protect Our Faith and Freedom,” set to be released July 15.
“Todd Akin is an embarrassment to the Republican Party and the sole reason Claire McCaskill is still part of Harry Reid’s majority,” said Brian Walsh, who served as communications director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee during the 2012 cycle.
“It’s frankly pathetic that just like Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell in 2010, he refuses to take any responsibility for sticking his foot in his mouth, alienating voters and costing Republicans a critical Senate seat. Worse, he’s now trying to make money off his defeat. The sooner he leaves the stage again the better.”…
In his book, Akin serves up harsh words for Mitt Romney, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and GOP operative Karl Rove for abandoning him following his now infamous line about rape and pregnancy, that “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
Akin puts Romney in his cross hairs over the 2012 presidential candidate’s decision to not defend him. He argues that Romney should have pivoted on the issue to attack Democrats and former President Bill Clinton in particular.
But former Romney aides say it sounds like a lot of sour grapes from Akin.
“Todd Akin has no one to blame for his loss but Todd Akin,” said Kevin Madden, a former senior adviser to Romney. “Anyone looking at the question reasonably would conclude it doesn’t make any sense for a former candidate to just assign blame to a long list of rattled off names. Mitt Romney, from Massachusetts, won Missouri by 10 points. Todd Akin lost by 16 points. It’s fairly simple.”
Akin writes that Romney should have defended him by using Clinton’s sexual indiscretions and an alleged comment that one woman “put some ice on that” as Clinton was set to give a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention.
“This type of name-calling is to hide the fact that party leadership has a responsibility to protect the party label and its interests,” David Barklage, a Missouri-based Republican consultant said. “People talk about personal responsibility in the party. He’s still not admitting how much of a distraction this was for the election and the Republican Party.”
It seems to me that Republicans aren’t upset that Akin spoke about rape again. It’s really that he pointed to politicians within their party. Maybe they feel their party was raped and pillaged by a man some of them helped raise money for. Of course, that’s not ‘legitimate rape’. It was meant metaphorically and ironically.
Come on GOP, Todd Akin is you.
H/T: My buddy and a contributor here, Eric Trommater.
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tiredoftea July 10th, 2014 at 17:16
Meanwhile, Dinesh D’Souza says it’s an Obama plot to keep his new book off the shelves at book stores.
BanditBasheert July 10th, 2014 at 19:11
Yeah Costco pulled his books because they weren’t selling. Perhaps they could just donate them to the nearest prison?
tiredoftea July 10th, 2014 at 20:32
I don’t know. They could be translated into a few Middle Eastern languages to prove to the jihadis how much the Republicans have in common with them.
tiredoftea July 10th, 2014 at 17:16
Meanwhile, Dinesh D’Souza says it’s an Obama plot to keep his new book off the shelves at book stores.
BanditBasheert July 10th, 2014 at 19:11
Yeah Costco pulled his books because they weren’t selling. Perhaps they could just donate them to the nearest prison?
tiredoftea July 10th, 2014 at 20:32
I don’t know. They could be translated into a few Middle Eastern languages to prove to the jihadis how much the Republicans have in common with them.
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 17:19
Between this and Ann Coulter turning on Chris McDaniel today it seems to be the day for RWNJ’s eating their own children.
R.J. Carter July 10th, 2014 at 17:36
It always happens. We’re not one-big-happy.
I don’t think the Democrats are either. I think they’re just better at doing it out of public. (At least I hope that’s the case; I’d really like to think there are Democrats out there lashing on Mike Dickenson. @VoteMike2014.)
Anomaly 100 July 10th, 2014 at 17:38
Hey, I tweeted at him today!
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 17:47
Hopefully not with the pictures he asked for, although for $100 grand, heck if i were her I’d send them to him. Lol.
Anomaly 100 July 10th, 2014 at 18:09
I think we should tweet mean words at him.
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 18:13
If it makes you feel better. I don’t think he cares what anyone thinks of him, and not in a good way, in a more “stuck up a-hole” way.
Anomaly 100 July 10th, 2014 at 18:20
Well I tweeted the a-hole in both of my accounts. I need some info on this guy to write a story. His timeline is disgusting.
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 18:42
Well I forget all the details so you may want to look him up on Ballotpedia but basically he ran for the Democratic nomination for Virginia’s 7th district but missed the filing deadline and still went on social media touting himself as a canidate. He even when on Fox News (I think it was Greta Van Sustren but I could be wrong) and totally embarrassed the VA Democratic Party by announcing his candidacy at the same time the head of VADC was announcing the primary slate he had missed the deadline for and then he made a rude comment about women . . . blah blah blah. He’s not what anyone would call “sane.”
Anomaly 100 July 10th, 2014 at 19:38
What a dork.
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 17:45
Mike Dickinson has done and said so many stupid things that here in Virginia the newspapers have a copy paste headline: “Dickinson Says Something Stupid: Conservatives Outraged; Liberals Embarrassed.”
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 17:19
Between this and Ann Coulter turning on Chris McDaniel today it seems to be the day for RWNJ’s eating their own children.
R.J. Carter July 10th, 2014 at 17:36
It always happens. We’re not one-big-happy.
I don’t think the Democrats are either. I think they’re just better at doing it out of public. (At least I hope that’s the case; I’d really like to think there are Democrats out there lashing on Mike Dickenson. @VoteMike2014.)
Anomaly 100 July 10th, 2014 at 17:38
Hey, I tweeted at him today!
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 17:47
Hopefully not with the pictures he asked for, although for $100 grand, heck if i were her I’d send them to him. Lol.
Anomaly 100 July 10th, 2014 at 18:09
I think we should tweet mean words at him.
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 18:13
If it makes you feel better. I don’t think he cares what anyone thinks of him, and not in a good way, in a more “stuck up a-hole” way.
Anomaly 100 July 10th, 2014 at 18:20
Well I tweeted the a-hole in both of my accounts. I need some info on this guy to write a story. His timeline is disgusting.
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 18:42
Well I forget all the details so you may want to look him up on Ballotpedia but basically he ran for the Democratic nomination for Virginia’s 7th district but missed the filing deadline and still went on social media touting himself as a canidate. He even when on Fox News (I think it was Greta Van Sustren but I could be wrong) and totally embarrassed the VA Democratic Party by announcing his candidacy at the same time the head of VADC was announcing the primary slate he had missed the deadline for and then he made a rude comment about women . . . blah blah blah. He’s not what anyone would call “sane.”
Anomaly 100 July 10th, 2014 at 19:38
What a dork.
Eric Trommater July 10th, 2014 at 17:45
Mike Dickinson has done and said so many stupid things that here in Virginia the newspapers have a copy paste headline: “Dickinson Says Something Stupid: Conservatives Outraged; Liberals Embarrassed.”
Tommy6860 July 10th, 2014 at 17:30
The GOP and “Cranial Rectal Inversion Syndrome” is beyond being a chronic condition of that party.
Tommy6860 July 10th, 2014 at 17:30
The GOP and “Cranial Rectal Inversion Syndrome” is beyond being a chronic condition of that party.
Billy Jackson July 10th, 2014 at 17:36
Well, Todd, you still have a buddy GOPer in Minnesota saying aids is caused by a sperm enzyme invading anal tissue, so all is not lost on you, pal.
Tommy6860 July 10th, 2014 at 19:00
You didn’t know, that ass-wipe in Minnesota was Akins campaign manager.
BanditBasheert July 10th, 2014 at 19:09
That would fit – they are all idiots.
Billy Jackson July 10th, 2014 at 20:32
Hilarious.
Billy Jackson July 10th, 2014 at 17:36
Well, Todd, you still have a buddy GOPer in Minnesota saying aids is caused by a sperm enzyme invading anal tissue, so all is not lost on you, pal.
Tommy6860 July 10th, 2014 at 19:00
You didn’t know, that ass-wipe in Minnesota was Akins campaign manager.
BanditBasheert July 10th, 2014 at 19:09
That would fit – they are all idiots.
Billy Jackson July 10th, 2014 at 20:32
Hilarious.
neworleans878 July 10th, 2014 at 19:00
Another conservative book? Will the nightmares never end? How will he garner headlines? Perhaps have Costco pull it due to low sales numbers?
BanditBasheert July 10th, 2014 at 19:09
I find it odd that he even wrote a book – who would care what a “hater” like Akin thinks … much less wrote?
fahvel July 11th, 2014 at 04:04
other haters. Even scum need something to look at – I’ve heard it has mostly pictures gleaned from porn sites he visits just to keep the militia people happy and the anti abortion folks on their toes.
BanditBasheert July 10th, 2014 at 19:09
I find it odd that he even wrote a book – who would care what a “hater” like Akin thinks … much less wrote?
nola878 July 10th, 2014 at 19:00
Another conservative book? Will the nightmares never end? How will he garner headlines? Perhaps have Costco pull it due to low sales numbers?
BanditBasheert July 10th, 2014 at 19:09
I find it odd that he even wrote a book – who would care what a “hater” like Akin thinks … much less wrote?
fahvel July 11th, 2014 at 04:04
other haters. Even scum need something to look at – I’ve heard it has mostly pictures gleaned from porn sites he visits just to keep the militia people happy and the anti abortion folks on their toes.
Brena L Hadjian July 11th, 2014 at 06:42
Is it a picture book with big letters and short words?
Brena L Hadjian July 11th, 2014 at 06:42
Is it a picture book with big letters and short words?