Todd Akin Likens Claire McCaskill To 'One Of Those Dogs,' Fetching Taxes, Bureaucracy

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post

With a little more than two weeks until Election Day, GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin's Saturday fundraiser was highlighted by a questionable analogy.

Two months after his "legitimate rape" comments sparked a firestorm of criticism, PoliticMo captured audio of Akin in Springfield, Mo., comparing Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill's work in office to that of a dog.

“She goes to Washington, D.C., it’s a little bit like one of those dogs, you know ‘fetch,’” Akin said. “She goes to Washington, D.C., and get all of these taxes and red tape and bureaucracy and executive orders and agencies and she brings all of this stuff and dumps it on us in Missouri.”

"It seems to me that she's got it just backwards," Akin added. "What we should be doing is taking the common sense that we see in Missouri and taking that to Washington, D.C., blessing them with some solutions instead of more problems."


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/21/todd-akin-claire-mccaskill_n_1995088.html

[madaboutharry]

1. Claire McCaskill deserves to be 80 points ahead.

This Akin person is just plain old stupid.

[City Lights]

7. Exactly!

Who the hell would still vote for this guy after all he's said? Boggles the mind.

[BlueToTheBone]

8. There are many men in the back woods who will laugh appreciatively

at that. A dog whistle if you will. I'd except it makes me

[ISW]

15. Who will vote for Akin? The folks in the Missouri Ozarks love him!

[Botany]

2. Is it just me or does Todd need an ass kicking?

n/t

[atreides1]

5. It's not just you.

The man needs a serious ass kicking!

[defacto7]

18. major ass kicking

This "fetch" smear sounds like 1950's racist/misogynist talk.

and the "Blessing" remark? That should be absolutely appalling to religious people who use that word as an expression of godly goodwill. There's nothing righteous about that man.

People like him undermine the integrity of the United States, and make us a laughing stock in the rest of the civilized world.

[TexasTowelie]

3. And we know what a dog that has become a mother is called.

I'll be polite and not use the word. It certainly is a negative image implied by Akin.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. He's an idiot.

[Frustratedlady]

6. For a man to call a woman a dog, he has to be the scum of the earth.

The bad thing is, the Repugs will laugh and slap their knees..."Akin may be mean, but he's just a good ol' boy!"

I think his brother lives in our state...King. The seem to be out of the same type of egg.

[defacto7]

19. If he came from an egg,

he must be a snake.

[Sky Masterson]

9. He sort of called her a Bitch.

.

[nuxvomica]

10. The tired meme of bureaucracy addiction

I never understood that bullshit. These pinheads paint Democrats as though they get some sort of thrill out of bureaucracy. How does this get any traction anymore? Especially with Republicans demanding all kinds of paperwork just to vote.

[lunatica]

11. Being in that man's head must be like falling into a gnat infested sewer

[cosmicone]

12. This man needs to be taken in a black van

by men wearing white coats and given intensive therapy at an undisclosed location.

[wordpix]

13. you can be sure that Akin thought this up with repukes like Rove - get some "clever" meme to tear

Claire down with but don't be too obvious by calling her the b word. So they came up with this. Really stupid and I hope she dumps it on him and buries him so he can't dig himself out of his hole.

[Third Doctor]

14. I guess Akin know he's toast

so he's just speaking his mind now.

[OldHippieChick]

16. This is akin to calling an enemy

something non-human in order to make it easier to kill them. Such hatred. Can't imagine any woman being comfortable filling in the block for this man.

[defacto7]

20. agreed!

Welcome to DU!

[KansDem]

17. "...it’s a little bit like one of those dogs, you know ‘fetch,’”

Oh, not unlike the Repubs and their masters, the Corporatists!

"Fetch us Voter Suppression!" pant*pant*pant
"Fetch us 'Citizens United!" wage tails
"Fetch us 'Bush Tax Cuts!" drool*drool
"Fetch us TARP!" pant*pant*pant/wage tails/drool*drool


GOP dog: I'm cleaning up after my masters, the Corporatists!

[defacto7]

21. He has nothing up on dogs.

Dogs are faithful to the end
Dogs are courageous toward their family
Dogs are intelligent
Dogs are compassionate
Dogs are teachable
Dogs hold no malice or spite
Dogs sacrifice themselves for the family or for the goal
Dogs understand authority

Akin is a virus.

[SoapBox]

22. Hey, Mr. Rape Apologist,

Fuck Off!!!!!!

[PD Turk]

23. What a scumbag

I liken him to an inbred uneducated goat fucker. Suck on that Akin!

[Tx4obama]

24. Kick! n/t

[Rosa Luxemburg]

25. Akin doesn't deserve any public office

[Ash_F]

26. Man, Akin is the gift that keeps on giving

Does anyone have that cartoon of him as a dog? This one will do.

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