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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Tue Aug 21, 2012, 06:24 PM Aug 2012

Todd Akin's Apology Website Removes Fetus Photo, Has Spelling Calamity



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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.

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Todd Akin's Apology Website Removes Fetus Photo, Has Spelling Calamity (Original Post) maddezmom Aug 2012 OP
He aborted the web fetus? Ruby the Liberal Aug 2012 #1
LMAO reflection Aug 2012 #3
It's like watching a really bad movie- KaryninMiami Aug 2012 #2
Ironically, the words beneath the spelling error on Akin's site read; "I made a mistake. I used the arely staircase Aug 2012 #4
"What I said was ill-conceived"????? Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2012 #5

KaryninMiami

(3,073 posts)
2. It's like watching a really bad movie-
Tue Aug 21, 2012, 06:29 PM
Aug 2012

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
Tue Aug 21, 2012, 06:34 PM
Aug 2012

wrong words in the wrong way.

awesome

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