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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
That completely misses the point of what I was asking. Grayson is worse than Akin, and you seem to be ok with him not only running but winning his race.
<><Grizzly: Grayson was trying to defeat his political rival. Akin was basically insulting rape victims. I don't see why you're so hung up over Grayson in particular. He's was fine apart from that one moment, whereas I don't see a single good trait from Akin.
In particular, Akin will not talk about campaign finance reform. Grayson will, which is why I'm glad that he's back in office. At least the issues will get addressed.
edited 6th Nov '12 7:37:25 PM by Serocco
In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.As a matter of being a woman, I tend to look down far worse on someone who insults rape victims, or otherwise questions my worth as a woman. It's a bias I know, but I feel it's legitimate. Especially since men like that are going to put themselves between me and my health decisions. Far more than any Democrat will.
But Grayson must be running up against a no-name or really hated guy if he's winning after being called out as a liar like this. *shrug*

I wonder what the flag would look like. The easiest way to divide up 51 is to make three columns/rows of 17 stars but I feel like that would look weird.