Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTodd Akin's Apology Website Removes Fetus Photo, Has Spelling Calamity
¬snip¬
Tuesday, Akin launched a new site called akin.org/still-standing that apologized for his mistake, and featured a photo of a fetus on one side on the page and a photo his opponent for Senate Claire McCaskill next to President Barack Obama on the other.
The site also misspelled the word "you're" in a sentence that asked supporters to tell McCaskill "your standing with Todd Akin!"
After criticism poured in, the site quickly removed the fetus photo. The word "your" also became "your're," another incorrect spelling, before being replaced by the correct "you're."
Ironically, the words beneath the spelling error on Akin's site read; "I made a mistake. I used the wrong words in the wrong way."
"Classy," Democratic strategist Todd Pinelo wrote on Twitter of the Web site debacle.
more:
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/08/21/todd-akins-apology-website-removes-fetus-photo-has-spelling-calamity?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:todd-akins-apology-website-removes-fetus-photo-has-spelling-calamity&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
5 replies, 1197 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (3)
ReplyReply to this post
5 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Todd Akin's Apology Website Removes Fetus Photo, Has Spelling Calamity (Original Post)
maddezmom
Aug 2012
OP
Ironically, the words beneath the spelling error on Akin's site read; "I made a mistake. I used the
arely staircase
Aug 2012
#4
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)1. He aborted the web fetus?
Did that require a trans-HTML examination prior to the Photoshop procedure?
reflection
(6,286 posts)3. LMAO
KaryninMiami
(3,073 posts)2. It's like watching a really bad movie-
How in the world could anyone possibly vote for these morons? It's just beyond words.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)4. Ironically, the words beneath the spelling error on Akin's site read; "I made a mistake. I used the
wrong words in the wrong way.
awesome
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)5. "What I said was ill-conceived"?????
The jokes practically write themselves, folks.