May 19, 2013

EUR Perspective: The Soundbite that Bites (Just Ask Todd Aklin)

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*It’s amazing how one little soundbite can alter the whole course of a campaign. In 2006, the Republican senate candidate in Virginia, George Allen – the former Governor of Virginia and son of the revered NFL coach of the same name – was locked in a tight race with former Secretary of the Navy Jim [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: The Implosion of the Republican Party

Trevor Brookins

*In the beginning of The Princess Bride after Vizzini repeatedly uses the word “inconceivable” another character tells him: “I do not think it means what you think it means.” That basic disagreement about a word is used for a laugh in the movie but the idea that people can hear a word, see a scene, [...]




Rape Victim Gabby Union Rips Akin for ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment (Video)

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*Gabrielle Union is hot about some very ignorant remarks made by GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin recently about rape. Akin, who opposes abortion, even in cases of rape or incest, told an interviewer over the weekend that in cases of “legitimate rape,” women won’t get pregnant. Say what? Monday, on MSNBC’s “NOW with Alex Wagner,” [...]




Republican Senate Candidate Todd Akin’s ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment Creates Big Problem for Romney (Video)

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*Once again a Republican Congressman running for the Senate, has put his foot in his mouth and is on the verge of having his campaign go down in flames, not mention the residual damage it’s doing to Romney’s presidential efforts. Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, a conservative Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, sparked a furor [...]