Judge/County Commissioner down in Texas says a small tax increase is needed to handle civil war and/or imposition of UN rule after Obama reelection.
House Republican helped finance and run a phony primary campaign against his Democratic opponent.
Tampa Mayor: We’re “prepared” to call off Republican convention if Hurricane Isaac hits.
TPM Reader TF plumbs some more of them …
What strikes me about this whole flap is that Akin’s response, and Republicans’ response to him, is that use of the phrase “legitimate rape” was what was offensive. Akin’s “apology,” as well as many statements from people decrying the original flap, imply that it’s terrible to say that rape is sometimes “legitimate.” But as Brian pointed out, this is not what Akin said at all. Rather, he was distinguishing genuine rape from rape that the woman may actually have wanted, or falsely claimed, or something like that.
Everyone is outraged by Todd Akin’s statements about rape and female fertility. Indeed, everyone is so outraged that the most outraged people seem to be the ones who agree with Akin on pretty much everything about abortion, rape exceptions and the rest, which is really saying something. So, to back up for a moment, what did Todd Akin really say that was that outrageous? Read More
Over the weekend, Doug Preisse, chair of the Republican Party in Franklin County, Ohio, explained that he had no interest in “contorting” early voting rules in his county to “accommodate the urban–read African-American — voter turnout machine.”
The sentiment was not unusual coming from a partisan Republican but the context was: Preisse also serves as a member of the county’s election board, along with another Republican and two Democrats. He had voted against extending early voting. The board sets many of the rules for the counting and casting of votes and resolves election disputes. Ohio Secretary of State, Jon Husted, a Republican elected official, breaks election board ties throughout the state.
The battle over voter identification laws is only one front in the voting wars. Today, we turn our attention to the issue of who runs our elections and how they do it. We are one of the only mature democratic nations to allow partisans to run our elections, and to give local officials, often underfunded and sometimes incompetent, control over key aspects of the voting process. Read More
Todd Akin tweets to the masses, says he won’t let the liberal media force him out of the race.
I apologized but the liberal media is trying to make me drop out. Please stand w/ me tonight by signing my petition at akin.org/still-standing
— Todd Akin (@ToddAkin) August 22, 2012
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Social conservative Bryan Fischer says the person who’s really being raped is Todd Akin.
I think we’re at the point where we can say the Akin debacle is moving in a direction national Republicans distinctly don’t want it to go in. After categorically refusing to drop out of the race, Todd Akin has now come out with graphic new imagery of a fetus to push his call for support from pro-lifers.
Clearly Akin wants to stay and he seems intent on creating a ‘with me or a against me’ choice for committed pro-lifers as his main gambit in his bid to hang on.