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SouthBayDem

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36. Surprising to hear.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 02:33 AM

Oct 2021

Back when he made those stupid rape comments, the idea that conservatives would storm the Capitol to stop the certification of an election was the stuff of fantasy novels. four plus years of TFG made me miss early 2010s Republicans honestly.

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Former congressman Todd Akin, whose 'legitimate rape' comment torpedoed his U.S. Senate bid, dies [View all] BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 OP

I try to make it a rule not to speak ill of the dead. So .......... 70sEraVet Oct 2021 #1

Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #3

The piece of shit is dead.... jstephenj Oct 2021 #15

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.-Clarence Darrow 2Gingersnaps Oct 2021 #25

Thinking... thinking... thinking... Nope. I got nothing. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #2

Are we sure he is Maine Abu El Banat Oct 2021 #4

you nearly owed me a keyboard. niyad Oct 2021 #9

well, he shut that whole thing down....... lastlib Oct 2021 #16

LOL! 2naSalit Oct 2021 #20

You beat me to it. usaf-vet Oct 2021 #28

The GOP lost a good right arm. NCjack Oct 2021 #5

Yes, he would do well in today's climate shelshaw Oct 2021 #6

If it's not a legitimate death, the male body has a way of shutting that whole thing down . . . hatrack Oct 2021 #7

'stood for the truth' - 'Christian' - 'legitimate rape' CousinIT Oct 2021 #8

+1 n/t area51 Oct 2021 #10

One less woman-hating gestational slaver. . Good. niyad Oct 2021 #11

Sounds like that was a legitimate death. CaptainTruth Oct 2021 #12

He lived... John Ludi Oct 2021 #13

No mourning here. NNadir Oct 2021 #14

I wonder sometimes if he was a rapist. Aristus Oct 2021 #17

One word: Schadenfreude! machoneman Oct 2021 #18

Burn in hell. NurseJackie Oct 2021 #19

The darkness as been slightly dispelled, and US average IQ has been upped a notch. Nt. Gaugamela Oct 2021 #21

Well, if this was a legitimate death DFW Oct 2021 #22

Devout asshole is more like it, Perry? czarjak Oct 2021 #23

Blast from the past indeed Rocknation Oct 2021 #24

One less asshole Republican CanonRay Oct 2021 #26

Perhaps now Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #27

POINT! Jilly_in_VA. usaf-vet Oct 2021 #29

One less POS rapey fundie berk on the planet. What's not to like? Perma dirt nap FTW. Celerity Oct 2021 #30

Take it from someone who has lived in MO a majority of my life, good riddance and about ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2021 #31

If I could pull something positive to say about this guy out of a hat, my name would be Houdini. Vinca Oct 2021 #32

The jerk from Misery is dead tonekat Oct 2021 #33

I hope it was painful pfitz59 Oct 2021 #34

Good riddance to bad rubbish sakabatou Oct 2021 #35

Surprising to hear. SouthBayDem Oct 2021 #36

Tots and pears. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2021 #37

I've gotta think the Lord, when he saw Todd Akin at the pearly gates, looked at him and said... SKKY Oct 2021 #38