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Akin: Paul Ryan Called and Urged Me to Drop Out But This Isn't About Me

NPTSTS Wrote: Aug 22, 2012 9:03 AM

much ado about nothing. Once again, Republicans prove that they will eat their own. Tired of it. A better response would have been, "Mr. Akin used an unfortunate choice of words, much like Whoopi Goldberg's defense of Roman Polanski's rape of a 13 year old girl when she said that it wasn't like it was 'rape-rape'. We applaud Mr. Akin's strong Pro-Life stance against abortion which kills over 800,000 young Americans each year and look forward to joining with Mr. Akin and his colleagues in the 2013 Republican Senate to repeal Obamacare and its federal funding of abortion."

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Akin: Paul Ryan Called and Urged Me to Drop Out But This Isn't About Me

Except it is about you, Rep. Akin. Akin told NBC this morning that Paul Ryan called him yesterday and urged him to drop out of the Missouri Senate race. Akin is continuing his argument that his decision to stay in the race (the deadline to drop out was yesterday at 5 pm cst) that this isn't about him but about standing on principle. The problem is, the focus isn't on principle, it's on Akin's refusal to drop out like nearly the entire conservative movement and Republicans have asked.

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