Tag Archives: Missouri

Sen. Claire McCaskill Speaks Out In Support of Gay Marriage

Posted on25. Mar, 2013 by .

The gay marriage media train is running at full force this week, so be prepared to hear about it a lot in the coming days. Most recently, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) announced her support of gay marriage in a Tumblr post on Sunday. She was re-elected to the Senate last November in a pretty conservative [...]

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What Women Said to Todd Akin On Election Day (PHOTO)

Posted on13. Nov, 2012 by .

…And this is exactly what happened in Missouri last Tuesday. Women voters put a coffin in Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) plan to explain away different types of rape as “legitimate” or not. After his controversial comments in August, voters responded with a 54 to 37 percent vote margin in favor of incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, [...]

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Rep. Todd Akin Stays In Missouri Senate Race

Posted on26. Sep, 2012 by .

Embattled Republican Senate candidate and House member, Rep. Todd Akin, has chosen the difficult road and stayed in the race in Missouri just six weeks ahead of Election Day. As you may remember, Akin catapulted into the news cycle in August when he said that a woman’s body that suffers “legitimate rape” has a mechanism that [...]

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‘Women For Akin’ Group Launches Despite “Legitimate Rape” Comment (VIDEO)

Posted on18. Sep, 2012 by .

I’m absolutely speechless after watching this video. Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), the infamous candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, has launched a ‘Women For Akin’ section of his website today. The official push will begin at an event in his Congressional district in Chesterfield, Missouri on Tuesday night. In the clip, we see a variety [...]

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Todd Akin Stays In Senate Race After “Legitimate Rape” Comment (VIDEO)

Posted on21. Aug, 2012 by .

The Republican Party had the worst day ever on Monday. And the effects of what happened probably won’t go away anytime soon. On Sunday, Republican Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin appeared on the “Jaco Report” in St. Louis when the topic of abortion was raised. Akin is against abortion altogether, even in cases of rape or [...]

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