Ex-U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, sunk by ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies
www.politico.com
His comments sparked an outcry.
  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    so like two weeks into his campaign, he says the thing and is denounced widely. his campaign says he "misspoke". this was later upgraded into a full apology. later, after his political career was a smouldering crater, he authored a book retracting the apology and accused the GOP of not standing by him and the "media" of being full of bullies.

    [dumpster fire sets fire to own dreams] -> "whoops." -> "i was wrong and i apologize." -> "i am not sorry, fuck all of you." -> [dies of cancer]

    i don't know that there exists a single polar opposite of a "redemption arc", but this has got to be one of the archetypal alternatives.

    • TheHero [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      his campaign says he “misspoke”

      I mean this is true in the sense that it was a massively dumb thing to say that destroyed his political carrier and he probably deeply regrets having said it.

  • ultraviolet [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    -Is pro-life

    -Dies

    :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party:

  • Rem [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    You claim to be pro-life and yet you are dead, curious :very-intelligent:

  • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    It's weird how the article points out exactly what the guy was known for in the title, only then to do a weird obituary thing at the bottom.

    Also :crab-party:

  • star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Just watch Claire McCaskill give him a weepy eulogy.

    Oh and 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

  • pooh [she/her, any]
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    3 years ago

    :sicko-crab: :sicko-crab: :sicko-crab: :sicko-crab: :sicko-crab: :sicko-crab:

  • Rojo27 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party:

  • Glass [he/him,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party: :crab-party:

  • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: :hexcrab-party: