Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Protesters boo Akin’s ‘nonsense’ bus tour | The Labor Tribune

Protesters boo Akin’s ‘nonsense’ bus tour | The Labor Tribune:

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St. Louis – Roughly 40 protesters, including union members, seniors, women’s health advocates and students, turned out to greet Congressman Todd Akin, R-MO, Phyllis Schafly and other right-wing extremists at the Renaissance hotel in downtown St. Louis last week as Akin launched a “common sense” bus tour across Missouri as part of his race for U.S. Senate.
Common sense is something Akin seems woefully short of, and the protesters were quick to point out what Akin is really spouting – nonsense.
There’s no shortage of examples:
• Akin opposes having any minimum wage – at all.
• He said America should “get out of the business of Medicare and Medicaid.”
• Akin said student loans are a “Stage III cancer of socialism.”
• He also said he “doesn’t like Social Security” and he’s against the school lunch program.



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