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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 12:28 PM Oct 2012

Akin failed to report 10 years of Missouri state pension payments

Congressman Todd Akin failed to report almost $130,000 in Missouri legislative pension income over the past 10 years on his congressional financial disclosure report, his office acknowledged this morning.

“This was an unintentional oversight and I regret any inconvenience this may cause,” Akin wrote in a letter to the House Ethics committee this week.

The acknowledgment came after a Post-Dispatch inquiry into why Akin showed no Missouri pension payments on the congressional form.

Asked if the discovery came in response the newspaper’s questions, Akin spokesman Steve Taylor said only that it was the result “an inquiry.”

Akin, whose Republican Senate campaign has been rocked by his August comments about “legitimate rape” and pregnancy, has made personal financial issues a centerpiece in his challenge of Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.

It's not the first time Akin has had to amend his congressional disclosure report after failing to disclose assets. Last year, he amended nearly a decade’s worth of personal financial disclosure forms, reporting previously undisclosed property assets for 2010 worth a minimum of $355,000 after a Post-Dispatch inquiry.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/fa34a66a-0e32-11e2-9c66-0019bb30f31a.html

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Akin failed to report 10 years of Missouri state pension payments (Original Post) Sherman A1 Oct 2012 OP
Claire is just so lucky this year. gordianot Oct 2012 #1
He lost because of making really dumb comments like women getting abortions even when they southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #3
I am curious about those non pregnant abortions performed by terrorist Physicians? gordianot Oct 2012 #5
His momma gave birth to a walking idiot. The only thing left was his dumb down brain. I mean southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #6
An oversight??? Kalidurga Oct 2012 #2
Why not lie? No one does anything about it. Frustratedlady Oct 2012 #4
We may have the odd bad apple Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #7
 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
3. He lost because of making really dumb comments like women getting abortions even when they
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 12:35 PM
Oct 2012

aren't pregnant. My goodness this man is a real idiot.

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
5. I am curious about those non pregnant abortions performed by terrorist Physicians?
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 12:46 PM
Oct 2012

He is able to fire off enough neurons to walk and say words not sure much else goes on in his cranium.

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
6. His momma gave birth to a walking idiot. The only thing left was his dumb down brain. I mean
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 01:52 PM
Oct 2012

if doctors are doing abortions on non-pregnant women then these same women would be sueing the doctor don't you think? I mean really he knows better. No offense he is speaking to the mentally handicapped people. Normal people don't think this way. Surely his wife would finally have enough brains to tell him to shut up.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
2. An oversight???
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 12:34 PM
Oct 2012

For 10 years??? Oh boy it seems Akin knows as much about filling out a congressional form as he does about biology.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
4. Why not lie? No one does anything about it.
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 12:36 PM
Oct 2012

How many times do they catch Republicans lying about money, anything involving sex, questionable business relationships, etc.? It's almost as though you don't even have to read an article to know whether the scandal involved a Republican or Democrat. I realize we have our bad apples, but they have pecks of them.

Maybe pecks wasn't a good choice. Oh, well.

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