Todd Akin!!!

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Originally Posted by JDogger

He wasn't in 1995 when he was writing for SNL which is a comedy show unlike running for the Senate which isn't. There is an old saying about wrestling with a pig. 'Nuff said.

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The Left side proved it was a total joke when they let Al Franken take a seat...

And they had to steal the votes to do it.

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Originally Posted by BonMallari

did you mean this

con·sen·su·al (kn-snsh-l)
adj.
1. Of or expressing a consensus: a consensual decision.
2.
a. Law Existing or entered into by mutual consent without formalization by document or ceremony: a consensual marriage; a consensual contract.
b. Involving the willing participation of both or all parties, especially in an illegal transaction or practice: the consensual crimes of prostitution, drug abuse, and illegal gambling.
3. Physiology
a. Of or relating to a reflexive response of one body structure following stimulation of another, such as the concurrent constriction of one pupil in response to light shined in the other.
b. Of or relating to involuntary movement of a body part accompanying voluntary movement of another.

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he doesn't know.

Yep.........

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Originally Posted by JDogger

No. An SNL writer and a Senatorial candidate. Big difference, huge.

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Perhaps you can tell us just when rape is and is not a joke?

Since Franken was both an SNL writer and a Senatorial candidate, is he held to a lower standard than is Akin?

I was taught that rape is never a joke but apparently that's just me.

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Originally Posted by JDogger

See what I mean. You just LIKE to argue.

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Perhaps, that is what we do here, but remember the arguments are "Consential!!!"

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Originally Posted by road kill

Perhaps, that is what we do here, but remember the arguments are "Consential!!!"

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I thought that was what this forum was for...........arguments ! Personally I like an interesting, spirited, argument.

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Originally Posted by Eric Johnson

Perhaps you can tell us just when rape is and is not a joke?

Since Franken was both an SNL writer and a Senatorial candidate, is he held to a lower standard than is Akin? As a SNL writer/satirist yes, as a Senatorial candidate no.

I was taught that rape is never a joke but apparently that's just me.

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Over the years SNL has offered comedic skits and satire, often in bad taste. One can choose to watch it or not. I do not.
Statements made by candidates for public office are given much closer scrutiny, and taken seriously, as they should be. I'm sure a search of the public record would reveal many, many cases of candidates and those already elected making spurious, inappropriate and down right stupid remarks, from both sides.
Who knows, one day Leno or Letterman or Beck may run for public office, (weirder things have happened, Reagan, Swartzenegger (sp) Ventura)? Even the messiah Romney now contradicts himself...
I think the righties trying to latch on to Franken's past, as well as Clinton's, as hypocrisy is grasping at straws.

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Originally Posted by JDogger

I'm sure a search of the public record would reveal many, many cases of candidates and those already elected making spurious, inappropriate and down right stupid remarks, from both sides.

Even the messiah Romney now contradicts himself...

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Whereas I agree with the first statement, if there any messianic figure in this race it would have to be the current occupant of the white house.

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Originally Posted by Eric Johnson

.....I was taught that rape is never a joke but apparently that's just me.

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I'm standing with Eric.

Both Romney and Obama have publicly said that Akin's comments were inappropriate. So, shouldn't we consider this particular "issue" (if it ever was one) a "wash" for voting preferences?