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Arlen is done! Hysterical.
And if Michelle Bachman had more balls, she would have reacted to Mr. "Magic Bullet Theory" as follows:
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He was done the minute he thought the senate should investigate the Patriots filming football practices.
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I would have never believed the day would come where I would side with Bachman. Technically she was wrong, in every other way she was right. Specter is a fucking douche. I'd pay good money to knock his $#^&$ off.... What a fucking pussy...
Why cant these people retire already?
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Off topic,
I bet you Bachman fucks like a champ.
Also off topic,
240 pm'd me to tell me that he secretly fantisizes about Bachman and Palin gangbanging him wearing strap ons.
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Off topic,
I bet you Bachman fucks like a champ.
Also off topic,
240 pm'd me to tell me that he secretly fantisizes about Bachman and Palin gangbanging him wearing strap ons.
She seems like a wild one for sure. I like her. She likes to mix it up.
Her "gangster government" speech is still one of my favs.
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I would hit it. I think she's sexy as hell...
I like her too. This is one of my favs of all time. "We Gangsters Yo!"
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I never thought I'd find a midwestern accent sexy--- but it's a new era.... In depravity
lol
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I never thought I'd find a midwestern accent sexy--- but it's a new era.... In depravity
lol
She looks great for over 50.
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She looks great for over 50.
over 50? fuck... I guess I have a fetish for older women. GILF!!!!
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over 50? fuck... I guess I have a fetish for older women. GILF!!!!
She was just on Beck's radio show and said she is over 50, has 5 kids and adopted like 14 others or something like that.
Her and Palin must have the same PT or something. I know chics who are 22 who look like shit compared to her.
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Will Maddow the dyke call Specter a sexist? I mean if she called Brown a sexist for saying that his daughters were single, what is Specter than?
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Definately a hot little number.
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"How is that leg tingle working out for you?" Ha ha ha ha !!!!!
Great clip.
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Spot on.
Obama should go back to Kenya and bang a goat in the ass for trying to pass Cap & Trade.
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Hypnotized? Then you hear the rest of the douches laughing. What was so funny about that? I heard funnier comments back in third grade.
I guess he didn't like the "tingle" sign. He must be frustrated. Remember when he said he was going to do everything he could to help Obama be successful? I guess he didn't try enough.
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I like MB way more than Palin.
Bachmann is a lot smarter and seems to really enjoy a scrap.
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Definately a hot little number.
That's a great ad.
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Yup. That ad is totally kick ass.
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I like MB way more than Palin.
Bachmann is a lot smarter and seems to really enjoy a scrap.
Agreed - Palin reads a mean speech and is sure good at riling people up - but at the same time, we know it's not her original thoughts.
She agreed with capping emissions, amnesty, tarp, and other other lib shit in 2008 - either because she didn't understand the question, or because she was just doing what was politically popular at the moment. When the party swung far-right, she went with it.
All the while, bachmann has been - and remains - far right. bachmann wrote the book that palin is now reading from. bachmann speaks from original thought, and above all - is able to FACE THE MEDIA. She gives it right back to Chris mathews and MSNBC - and Palin is afraid to go on them.
Of course the media - on both sides - likes to ask 'gotcha' questions. It's called GOOD JOURNALISM. Lobbing softballs at obama (msnbc) and at palin (FOX) is shitty journalism. Bachmann goes on the left media all the time - and she holds her own very well. 2012 candidates need to talk to ALL media - not just the one they agree with ;)
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My "little" head is smarter than Bachmann. There is no good Republican option yet. Oh well.
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My "little" head is smarter than Bachmann. There is no good Republican option yet. Oh well.
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Go away fool. Bachmann is a federal tax lawyer and business owner. You are an Obama dildo.
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:)
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Go away fool. Bachmann is a federal tax lawyer and business owner. You are an Obama dildo.
Remember, he is using an asian name. So he must be a 2" dildo.
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Go away fool. Bachmann is a federal tax lawyer and business owner. You are an Obama dildo.
BFD - she still dumber than a box of rock
either that or her dumb act is just a cover for her so she can push agenda's for her far right, corporatist sponsors
personally though, I don't think it's a act
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Remember, he is using an asian name. So he must be a 2" dildo.
It still has a brain that's bigger than Bachmann's. :)
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BFD - she still dumber than a box of rock
either that or her dumb act is just a cover for her so she can push agenda's for her far right, corporatist sponsors
personally though, I don't think it's a act
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She worked for the Fed govt and tried dozens of tax cases from what i understand.
Of course the incompetent communist Kenyan hack from Chicago who never worked a day in his life, never tried so much as a speeding ticket in court, is supremely smart compared to her. ::) ::)
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I'll take her resume over Dear Asshole at 166 Pa Ave. any day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann
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She worked for the Fed govt and tried dozens of tax cases from what i understand.
So she helped Uncle Sam get his two pounds of flesh from the working man and now she's supposed to save him? Ah yes, the leopard changed its spots.
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http://www.zazzle.com/michele_bachmann_2012_tshirt-235963841960027949
Michele Bachmann 2012 T-shirts
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She scares the fags on the left like Madcow, Chrissy, the bed wetter, etc.
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Michele Bachmann's Family Life:
Michele married Marcus Bachmann. They have raised five children and provided foster care for 23 other children.
Bachmann and her husband own a Christian counseling clinic in Stillwater. Bachmann also has an ownership stake in a Waumandee, Wisconsin family farm.
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Michele Bachmann's Family Life:
Michele married Marcus Bachmann. They have raised five children and provided foster care for 23 other children.Bachmann and her husband own a Christian counseling clinic in Stillwater. Bachmann also has an ownership stake in a Waumandee, Wisconsin family farm.
MILF
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The more i read about her.... the more I see she is practically the OPPOSITE of Sarah Palin.
While palin's kids are posting myspace pics drinking liquor at age 16... bachmann has 5 kids of her own and 23 foster kids!!
Bachmann has claimed that global warming is a hoax - and Palin has said that man is causing it.
Bachmann opposed TARP - Palin tried to tell us how essential it was.
Bachmann is actually the founder of the House's Tea Party Caucus - Palin tried to claim she was the leader of the tea party.
In 2009, Palin adopted a few of MB's positions, and even quoted her on a few things. Bachmann’s leading all other Representatives in fund raising - so money shouldn't be a problem.
It's looking like she wants to run. Boehhner just bumped her to the intelligence committee, possibly so she could beef up foreign policy credentials for a 2012 run. Her aides are saying she'll run - she's in Iowa today. When asked if she's running, she smiled and said "I'm in Iowa, aren't I"?
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Catfight coming. Pfffftttt.... fttttt..... Pffffttppp. This could be a lot of fun.
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Catfight coming. Pfffftttt.... fttttt..... Pffffttppp.
I dunno......... last year, Palin was at a 29% chance of winning the GOp primary. She's at 14% on Intrade today.
She was always becoming more and more marginal. The Tuscon shooting didn't help. She's posting and deleting tweets all day dealing with the latest national enquirer mess - which (unlike the other 2 affair claims) - actually has police involvement, gov $ campaign paper trail, and a mistress with the same name as one of the kids....
Well, even if that story is pure CT garbage, and even if the pity feedback end up helping her... I don't think she's viable, and I think (like Rudy) she will hurt her legacy by not running. If Rudy had sat out 2008, he'd be the #1 guy for the job right now, bar none.
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I dunno......... last year, Palin was at a 29% chance of winning the GOp primary. She's at 14% on Intrade today.
She was always becoming more and more marginal. The Tuscon shooting didn't help. She's posting and deleting tweets all day dealing with the latest national enquirer mess - which (unlike the other 2 affair claims) - actually has police involvement, gov $ campaign paper trail, and a mistress with the same name as one of the kids....
Well, even if that story is pure CT garbage, and even if the pity feedback end up helping her... I don't think she's viable, and I think (like Rudy) she will hurt her legacy by not running. If Rudy had sat out 2008, he'd be the #1 guy for the job right now, bar none.
Barracuda is not going to go away without a fight.
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Bloomberg >>>> all others.
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Bloomberg >>>> all others.
He is maybe one of the biggest gun control candidates in America.
No way that gets thru the GOP primaries.
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I dunno......... last year, Palin was at a 29% chance of winning the GOp primary. She's at 14% on Intrade today.
She was always becoming more and more marginal. The Tuscon shooting didn't help. She's posting and deleting tweets all day dealing with the latest national enquirer mess - which (unlike the other 2 affair claims) - actually has police involvement, gov $ campaign paper trail, and a mistress with the same name as one of the kids....
Well, even if that story is pure CT garbage, and even if the pity feedback end up helping her... I don't think she's viable, and I think (like Rudy) she will hurt her legacy by not running. If Rudy had sat out 2008, he'd be the #1 guy for the job right now, bar none.
What is the National Enquirer mess?
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He is maybe one of the biggest gun control candidates in America.
No way that gets thru the GOP primaries.
Oh well. Guess I'd rather have a bigger bank account than a handgun if it comes down to it.
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Does she finish the speech by announcing her 2012 run - and stealing BOTH the Obama and Ryan spotlight? ;)
Michele Bachmann to deliver her own State of the Union rebuttal
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) is delivering the official rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union next week. But, thanks to technology and the tea party movement, it won't be the only Republican response. In concert with Tea Party Express, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is delivering her own post-speech message.
Ryan's response will air on national television after Obama's speech; Bachmann's will be streamed on the Tea Party Express Web site. The news was announced in a fund-raising email. Bachmann founded a Tea Party Caucus in Congress, and Tea Party Express named her a "hero" in the 2010 election.
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Tea Party is about as viable as a fetus in the hands of the Philadelphia abortion "doctor."
People should vote for Bloomberg but they won't because they'll be having a fit over the sex scandals and gun control. Idiots.
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Tea Party is about as viable as a fetus in the hands of the Philadelphia abortion "doctor."
People should vote for Bloomberg but they won't because they'll be having a fit over the sex scandals and gun control. Idiots.
Nancy Pelosi, Grayson, Crist, Feingold, all agree with you.
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Bloomy is a guy who OUTRIGHT says... let's open the borders. we'll take them, feed them, and protect them in NYC.
he's outright supported gun control, and he's proud of it.
I think 333386 fell off the Bloomy bandwagon once he realized that while obama is many things- he's not a gungrabber. Bloomy is - and he's proud of it.
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Does she finish the speech by announcing her 2012 run - and stealing BOTH the Obama and Ryan spotlight? ;)
Michele Bachmann to deliver her own Tea party State of the Union rebuttal
DING DING DING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bachmann encouraged by reaction in Iowa to explore 2012
8:42 PM, Jan 21, 2011 | by Tom Beaumont
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann says the reactions she received in her Friday meetings with Iowa Republican leaders and conservative activists in the leadoff presidential caucus state have encouraged her to explore running for president.
“I am very encouraged by what I heard and the level of support that I saw today,” Bachmann told The Des Moines Register after a gauntlet of meetings in Des Moines.
Bachmann’s visit stirred up the quietly developing race for the 2012 Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, a little more than a year away.
The third-term congresswoman from the Twin Cities suburb of Stillwater is an outspoken conservative often featured on Fox News Channel and a favorite of tea party activists.
Bachmann spoke Friday night at a reception for Iowans for Tax Relief, an influential advocacy and political group with roughly 55,000 conservative and Republican-leaning members across the state.
“It is not too late to change course and save this great nation,” Bachmann told her audience at a downtown Des Moines hotel. “I believe we can save America. I believe we can preserve this exceptional nation — this land of promise — for our children and grandchildren.”
In her 40-minute speech to about 250 activists, Bachmann warned that the federal government spent too much and expanded its reach, referring to the bailout of the banking and auto industries, to the point that future generations’ prosperity was at risk.
“The iceberg is straight in front of us. We can all see this iceberg,” Bachmann said. “And we like fools are pointing the ship directly into it.”
Bachmann described her Iowa roots as a Waterloo native and the descendent of Norwegian immigrants.
While she gave no indication what her political future might hold, her speech had a campaign tone in the appeal she issued as a native Iowan.
“It is in your hands, Iowans, that this question will be decided,” Bachmann said, referring to the 2012 presidential nomination. “You will be the ones who decide. And that is why I am so excited, because I feel like I know you, because I was born here. I was raised here. These are my values. I feel like we understand each other, and I trust you with that decision.”
Lori and Kevin Arp of Clive said they hope Bachmann runs. The couple supported former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in his winning 2008 caucus campaign.
“She’s a very dynamic speaker, and has a lot of good ideas,” Lori Arp said.
“I’m just afraid five or six will be running with the same profile,” Kevin Arp said, arguing too many similar candidates could allow a more moderate candidate to emerge as the front-runner.
It was Bachmann’s first visit to Iowa since Jan.7, when she publicly expressed interest in running for president. She held closed-door meetings with top Republicans on Friday and dived into the retail politics the caucuses are famous for encouraging.
Bachmann waded through an audience of about 50 Republican and tea party activists at Smokey Row, a coffeehouse in Des Moines’ Sherman Hill neighborhood, before giving a short speech and taking questions.
“We’ve got this tiny window of opportunity,” Bachmann told the group, referring to the new U.S. House Republican majority’s chance to act on the priorities of tea party supporters. “And the tea party patriots are saying, ‘We have to take our country back.’”
After the gathering, Bachmann worked the crowd, posing with her husband, Marcus, for photographs and cheerfully greeting Kathy Carley of Altoona, wife of tea party organizer Jim Carley.
Kathy Carley said she was impressed.
“She’s not afraid to speak her values,” Carley said, comparing Bachmann to Iowa Rep. Steve King. “And I like the values she stands for. They represent Iowa and the grass roots of America.”
Bachmann also met with heavyweight issue advocates and party officials, including Iowans for Tax Relief President Ed Failor Jr.
Sitting at a round table in the near-east-side office, Failor and Bachmann went quickly from first introductions to the opportunity conservatives have, in light of Republicans’ capturing the U.S. House in November.
“We’ve got to stay on message. We showed what we can do when we turn out across the country,” Bachmann said.
“But we have lost the grip on the brand,” Failor added, referring to Republicans who had strayed from spending discipline. “You actually have to do stuff that matters now.”
“That’s why the debt ceiling will be the big test,” Bachmann replied. House Republicans are divided over upcoming legislation to raise the debt ceiling, legislation Bachmann opposes.
She spent two hours at the Iowa Capitol, moving from closed meeting to closed meeting with Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley and freshman Sen. Kent Sorenson, who is popular with tea party supporters. She also met with state Republican Party Chairman Matt Strawn at GOP headquarters, not far from the Capitol.
Branstad said his meeting with Bachmann did not include discussion of a potential caucus run.
“We didn’t talk about that at all,” Branstad told reporters later, echoing Paulsen and others familiar with Bachmann’s Statehouse sessions.
The 2012 campaign in Iowa so far has been mostly below the radar. Potential candidates and their aides have been in touch with Iowa GOP activists, and some have begun reaching out to potential staff. However, no one has announced a candidacy.
Bachmann said she is not feeling pressed to decide quickly whether to run for president, although some operatives have been contacted about potential staff work for her in Iowa.
“I feel no pressure about a time frame,” she said.
She plans to return in April to participate in a series of lectures for presidential candidate prospects being put on by a social conservative group. Iowa party leaders have also said they plan to have Bachmann back for an event in coming months, a sign some of them say suggests she will run for president.
“I think she’s running,” said Iowa Tea Party Chairman Ryan Rhodes, who was in the audience at the coffee shop event. “And that’s going to force other candidates to decide.”
Tags: Iowa caucuses, Iowans for Tax Relief, michele bachmann, Mike Huckabee, Terry Branstad
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - JANUARY 21, 2011
CONTACT: Levi Russell at Levi@FrontLineStrat.com or (509) 979-6615
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann to Deliver Tea Party's
State of the Union Response - Tuesday
The Tea Party Express (www.TeaPartyExpress.org), one of the largest and most aggressive national tea party groups, is teaming up with new media developers Tea Party HD (www.TeaPartyHD.com) to host Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and broadcast her response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday night.
“Michele Bachmann has always been very supportive of the Tea Party Express, has long stood up for tea party principles of fiscal responsibility, and is truly a ‘Rock Star’ of the movement. She is a natural voice for We The People, and we’re thrilled to be joining with her to respond to the President’s remarks. Obama has demonstrated over and over that he still doesn’t get it, and has yet to ” Said Tea Party Express Chairman Amy Kremer.
Rep. Bachmann is the founder of the first Tea Party Caucus in Congress and has been an early supporter of the tea party since its inception.
“I’m excited to be partnering with the Tea Party Express.” Said Rep. Michele Bachmann. “They have been a powerful ally in the ongoing fight against big-government solutions and wasteful spending. We’re doing this broadcast to demonstrate that the hardworking citizens of this country have a powerful voice in Washington, even if they still aren’t being heard in the White House.”
The live broadcast will begin shortly after the President concludes his speech and the Republican response. Those wishing to view the broadcast may watch the live streaming video at www.TeaPartyExpress.org or at www.TeaPartyHD.com.
"We look forward to continuing our relationship with Tea Party Express, and bringing this historic broadcast to the nation,” Said Tony Loiacono, CEO Tea Party HD. "Our new Media Technologies and social network solutions are among the best in the business. Our Media Technologies have been developed for today's Fortune 50 companies which ensure connectivity to this grass roots movement."
Members of the media seeking more information should contact Levi Russell at 509-979-6615, or Levi@FrontlineStrat.com.
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Awesome - she has more balls than 99.999999999999999999999 99999999999999% of the men in the GOP combined.
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I just got off the phone with michele.
i let her know that me and all the other shitbag libs will be supporting her 2012 GOP primary run.
she promised not to let us down!
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Ha ha ha- she is great.
"Fantasy Football is one thing, Obamanomics is Fantasy Economics but worse"
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bachmann palin 2012 :D :D :D :D :D :D are you telling me thats the best the repubs can do :o :o :o :o
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The only thing I could appreciate about this girl, would be my dick buried in her ass. Then straight to her mouth!
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Michele Bachmann's Tea Party Agenda Will Disrupt the GOP
by Andrew Romano Info
Andrew Romano
The Minnesota congresswoman has never shied from controversy, but her latest efforts to represent Tea Party interests are disrupting Boehner's push for the Republicans to rule effectively—and threatening the party's unity. By Newsweek's Andrew Romano.
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Consider how rank-and-file Republicans have reacted to Bachmann's recent displays of ambition. As soon as the congresswoman launched her conference-chair campaign, Eric Cantor and Mike Pence—the Indiana pol she would be succeeding in the position—endorsed her rival, Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling. Boehner put Hensarling on the GOP's transition team, and left Bachmann out. Sarah Palin declined to endorse Bachmann, with whom she campaigned over the summer. And Ryan circulated a letter to lawmakers and recently elected Republicans asking them to support Hensarling over his opponent. After awhile, Bachmann took the hint and bowed out.
The news that Bachmann was elbowing into the presidential spotlight was greeted much the same way: with sighing, scoffing, and the occasional burst of speculation about what she's "really up to." As one National Review commenter perceptively put it, she "know{s} that casual White House talk can help build up some momentum outside of her small, safe House district that she can use to build a Senate campaign. She wants a Senate seat in 2012 or 2014." Few people, in other words, consider her a credible challenger.
But while Bachmann is a genius at rallying the troops—and convincing them to give her their money—she's never displayed the slightest skill at (or interest in) turning her small-government rhetoric into a reality by, say, proposing or passing significant legislation.
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Good for her.
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As I've said--better her than the Alaskan half-term half-wit.
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As I've said--better her than the Alaskan half-term half-wit.
Hey, what happened to your "Retribution" for Hillary? ;D
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Bachmann Tea-Party Overdrive: Minnesota Congresswoman Positions to Take Palin's Place
The Nation ^ | 1/23/11 | John Nichols
This is the winter of Sarah Palin’s discontent. Her “don’t retreat, reload” rhetoric blew up on her when Americans started fretting about heated political talk after an Arizona gunman shot a congresswoman and killed a federal judge. Then she added insult to injury by trying to claim she was the real victim, of a “blood libel.” Her poll numbers now are lower than at any time since she came on the national scene, and when New Hampshire Republicans voted in a presidential straw poll at their annual meeting, only 7 percent picked Palin.
A new Public Policy Polling survey suggests that, were the GOP to nominate Palin in 2012, Democrat Barack Obama could win even solidly-Republican states. "Obama with a chance in Texas... but only against Palin," read the headline on the PPP report.
For Palin, it seems to be all bad news.
And that is good news for Michele Bachmann.
As the shine goes off Palin, the constantly controversial congresswoman from Minnesota is doing everything she can to make herself the new star of the Republican right.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...
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I like it. good article, thanks for posting, jack.
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nutjob!
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Hey, what happened to your "Retribution" for Hillary? ;D
What the hell are you talking about?
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Michelle Bachmann is the chosen one! I OFFICALLY endorse her for president. To the rest of the repubes planning to run...throw your hats in the ring and stop waiting until the last possible minute, ya cowards!!!
My original endorsement: :-\
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Caribou Barbie appears to be chickening out in order to cash in (even though she could DEFINITELY win the nomination), so therefore:
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benny...
eat shit.
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Benny never sticks around to defend his vomit.
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Benny never sticks around to defend his vomit.
Hey benny, 3333, said, "eat shit" I concur... "eat shit" benny.
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benny -
she is one that very well could beat obama
mccain ws a cheater lib rino... palin was a stone cold idiot.. they nearly won, had it not been for katie couric and/or the economy sinking.
A composed, confident bachmann could spell trouble for obama.
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Michele Bachmann who thinks that there are sitting congress people of being anti American.
Yes, A viable candidate for the repubs to contest Obama.
Sandra
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benny -
she is one that very well could beat obama
mccain ws a cheater lib rino... palin was a stone cold idiot.. they nearly won, had it not been for katie couric and/or the economy sinking.
A composed, confident bachmann could spell trouble for obama.
That's why 24.0 is your IQ. ::)
Bachmann just stated that America's founding fathers (including John Quincy Adams ???) ended the evil scourge on America known as slavery. So much for that little skirmish we had call the Civil War. ::)
This woman...is an idiot.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann wins the night
Washington Times ^ | 01/26/2011 | John Creighton
Representative Michele Bachmann’s “Tea Party” rebuttal of President Obama’s State of the Union speech was the most intriguing speech of Tuesday night, including the President’s and Representative Paul Ryan’s official GOP response.
The Minnesota congresswoman outperformed the night’s other featured speakers regardless of the trio’s content or delivery. She won the night simply by claiming a place on the national stage alongside the President and the GOP’s official spokesman. Her actions are the latest example of American’s growing disdain for experience and wisdom.
Rep. Bachmann is the Kim Kardashian of American politics. She has accomplished little more than being a celebrity. Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan, on the other hand, has offered up more meaty policy ideas than almost any current politician. His Road Map for America’s Future is a courageous contribution to the public dialogue whether one agrees or disagrees with his ideas.
There is little place for meaty ideas in modern American politics. Cable news producers loathe diving too far beneath the surface and reward politicians willing to play the game. Thus, the celebrity Bachmann is able to claim a share of the limelight on par with the hardcore policy wonk Ryan.
As a modern point of reference, my last check of Google trends listed Michele Bachmann in the top twenty. Paul Ryan’s name was absent.
(Excerpt) Read more at communities.washingtonti mes.com ...
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Good speech.
She was looking at the wrong camera.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann wins the night
LOL!
How many electoral votes do you predict "Balloon-Head" Bachmann will rack up in the 2012 general election, PEA BRAIN?
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Won't matter. Dear communist won't be on the ballot since states are passing laws requiring a law form bc to be produced. The kenyan usurper will be sent packing.
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I'll take her resume over Dear Asshole at 166 Pa Ave. any day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann
Who lives there?
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That's why 24.0 is your IQ. ::)
Bachmann just stated that America's founding fathers (including John Quincy Adams ???) ended the evil scourge on America known as slavery. So much for that little skirmish we had call the Civil War. ::)
This woman...is an idiot.
actually the civil war was fought for many other reasons besides slavery...slavery wasnt driving force behind the civil war
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Liberals love attacking women for some reason, esepcially hotties who fire full bore on far left freaks like bama.
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actually the civil war was fought for many other reasons besides slavery...slavery wasnt driving force behind the civil war
True, but JQA had been dead for almost 15 years by the time the civil war came about.
That said, in the strictest sense, the end of slavery in the Northern states did start around the time the American revolution was over (Emancipation in Massachusetts was in 1777) and continued into the early 19th century.
However, the idea behind slavery (ie states rights) was an absolute reason behind the civil war, and in that respect, so was slavery itself.
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True, but JQA had been dead for almost 15 years by the time the civil war came about.
That said, in the strictest sense, the end of slavery in the Northern states did start around the time the American revolution was over (Emancipation in Massachusetts was in 1777) and continued into the early 19th century.
However, the idea behind slavery (ie states rights) was an absolute reason behind the civil war, and in that respect, so was slavery itself.
correct but again slavery wasnt the main issue
you do know that some slave states fought for the north?
the civil war would have happend without slavery being in the equation
ppl that think that the north went to war to free slaves from the evil south are just dead wrong
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correct but again slavery wasnt the main issue
you do know that some slave states fought for the north?
the civil war would have happend without slavery being in the equation
ppl that think that the north went to war to free slaves from the evil south are just dead wrong
Again, I think the big picture would say that in a round about way it was... If you focus on the issue of "slavery" in the myopic sense, then of course not... but if you focus on the effect that slavery had on the issue of states rights... because it was the main "right" that the government was at that time dealing with, then you would say that it is.
Without slavery, then the issue of states rights would most likely not have even been brought to the front at that time.
Do you disagree? If so, then what issue was more prevalent to the rights of the individual states?
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Again, I think the big picture would say that in a round about way it was... If you focus on the issue of "slavery" in the myopic sense, then of course not... but if you focus on the effect that slavery had on the issue of states rights... because it was the main "right" that the government was at that time dealing with, then you would say that it is.
Without slavery, then the issue of states rights would most likely not have even been brought to the front at that time.
Do you disagree? If so, then what issue was more prevalent to the rights of the individual states?
Id have to agree but succession also played a huge role in the civil war as well, the idea that states could not succed etc...
the civil war wouldnt have happend if not for the succession
but i can see your point although again the idea of slavery wasnt what drove ppl to war it was the idea of states rights and slavery just happend to be the way that the issue manifested itself.
that is why you had slave states that fought with the union and not just the confederacy.
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Id have to agree but succession also played a huge role in the civil war as well, the idea that states could not succed etc...
the civil war wouldnt have happend if not for the succession
but i can see your point although again the idea of slavery wasnt what drove ppl to war it was the idea of states rights and slavery just happend to be the way that the issue manifested itself.
that is why you had slave states that fought with the union and not just the confederacy.
I agree, but succession was also discussed because the states wanted to right to have slaves and the federal government was trying to keep it from spreading.
The larger prospect of state's rights was the big thing... sure, but the right which caused the talk of succession was also in fact, slavery.
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I agree, but succession was also discussed because the states wanted to right to have slaves and the federal government was trying to keep it from spreading.
The larger prospect of state's rights was the big thing... sure, but the right which caused the talk of succession was also in fact, slavery.
agreed and agreed
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Won't matter. Dear communist won't be on the ballot since states are passing laws requiring a law form bc to be produced. The kenyan usurper will be sent packing.
lol
Good luck with that, PEA BRAIN. :-X
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actually the civil war was fought for many other reasons besides slavery...slavery wasnt driving force behind the civil war
As usual, you are utterly and completely...WRONG! Poor "TonyMcNuts." :-\
Even if poor Tony knew what he was talking about, it would not save Balloon Head from the massive stupidity of her statement.
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As usual, you are utterly and completely...WRONG! Poor "TonyMcNuts." :-\
Even if poor Tony knew what he was talking about, it would not save Balloon Head from the massive stupidity of her statement.
LOL read the entire thread and get back to me hoss
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;D
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Seriously hate to see you ruin a thread with stupid ass photos like that... I really need to stay of the politics board.
Rational discourse is absolutely lost around here.
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correct but again slavery wasnt the main issue
It absolutely was, dumb ass. ::)
you do know that some slave states fought for the north?
Which states are these, and what would that have to do with the fact that the Civil War was based primarily on the expansion of slavery to the western territories? ???
the civil war would have happend without slavery being in the equation
idiot
ppl that think that the north went to war to free slaves from the evil south are just dead wrong
No, but that isn't the argument you started off making, "TonyMcNuts." You have stated that slavery was not the main issue of the Civil War, and that is a lie.
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LOL read the entire thread and get back to me hoss
I don't need to, McNuts. You are the equivalent of a high-functioning moron.
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Seriously hate to see you ruin a thread with stupid ass photos like that... I really need to stay of the politics board.
Rational discourse is absolutely lost around here.
oh relax TU. Lets have a serious talk about obamacare or the mexi trucks and I wont post pics.
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It absolutely was, dumb ass. ::)
Which states are these, and what would that have to do with the fact that the Civil War was based primarily on the expansion of slavery to the western territories? ???
idiot
No, but that isn't the argument you started off making, "TonyMcNuts." You have stated that slavery was not the main issue of the Civil War, and that is a lie.
lol whatever you want to think broham
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oh relax TU. Lets have a serious talk about obamacare or the mexi trucks and I wont post pics.
I try... No one wants to have a serious talk about it.
It's pretty simple though...
Public Option would have been good... ObamaCare as passed bad.
Mexi-Trucks no import duties... bad.
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I try... No one wants to have a serious talk about it.
It's pretty simple though...
Public Option would have been good... ObamaCare as passed bad.
Mexi-Trucks no import duties... bad.
like what? I keep updating those issues constasntly and barely anyone wants to discussing but abortion, palin, or bachmann
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lol whatever you want to think broham
Fantastic retort! And you are not "laughing out loud", so cut the bullshit. ::)
Just as I suspected...I call him on his lack of knowledge and all of a sudden McNuts tells us, "Sorry, I gotta run! I'm too busy to respond."
*yawn* ::)
Who's got next!
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like what? I keep updating those issues constasntly and barely anyone wants to discussing but abortion, palin, or bachmann
I just mean in general... I'm agreeing with you on this.
People want to talk about stupid shit and nothing that really matters.
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Fantastic retort! And you are not "laughing out loud", so cut the bullshit. ::)
Just as I suspected...I call him on his lack of knowledge and all of a sudden McNuts tells us, "Sorry, I gotta run! I'm too busy to respond."
*yawn* ::)
Who's got next!
LMFAO again do some research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
The border states in the Union were West Virginia (which separated from Virginia and became a new state), and four of the five northernmost slave states (Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky).
again the issue was states rights, slavery was how that issue manifested itself...
succession was another manifestation of states rights...
the civil war would never have happend if the southern states didnt succed
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LMFAO again do some research
Yes, please let's do so...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
The border states in the Union were West Virginia (which separated from Virginia and became a new state), and four of the five northernmost slave states (Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky).
This says nothing about the reasons re: the cause of the Civil War. ???
again the issue was states rights, slavery was how that issue manifested itself...
succession was another manifestation of states rights...
McNuts, succession and the war the Confederacy knew it would lead to was indeed about "states rights"...THE STATE'S RIGHTS TO OWN SLAVES.
the civil war would never have happend if the southern states didnt succed
[genuine]LOL!
No shit Sherlock. You going to tell me next that WWII wouldn't have begun if Hitler hadn't invaded Austria and then Poland.
Duh! ::)
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Yes, please let's do so...
This says nothing about the reasons re: the cause of the Civil War. ???
McNuts, succession and the war the Confederacy knew it would lead to was indeed about "states rights"...THE STATE'S RIGHTS TO OWN SLAVES.
[genuine]LOL!
No shit Sherlock. You going to tell me next that WWII wouldn't have begun if Hitler hadn't invaded Austria and then Poland.
Duh! ::)
What plantation are you from?
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I can't believe Tony is arguing this with me. You from the south, McNuts? Y'all have been trying to re-write history for the past 150 years, but facts are stubborn things.
Most historians say it is impossible to carve out slavery from the context of the war. As James W. Loewen, historian and author of “Lies My Teacher Told Me,” put it: “The North did not go to war to end slavery, it went to war to hold the country together and only gradually did it become anti-slavery — but slavery is why the South seceded.”
In its secession papers, Mississippi, for example, called slavery “the greatest material interest of the world” and said that attempts to stop it would undermine “commerce and civilization.”
Slavery was THE BACKBONE of the southern economy, and southerners were willing to die to preserve it. They knew that without enslaved Africans providing free labor, they would starve.
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What plantation are you from?
You lost me, PB. Was that an attempt at comedy? ???
Put down the bottle, sober up, and think real hard about whether you have anything worthwhile to contribute.
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What plantation are you from?
Racist post reported.
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Yes, please let's do so...
This says nothing about the reasons re: the cause of the Civil War. ???
McNuts, succession and the war the Confederacy knew it would lead to was indeed about "states rights"...THE STATE'S RIGHTS TO OWN SLAVES.
[genuine]LOL!
No shit Sherlock. You going to tell me next that WWII wouldn't have begun if Hitler hadn't invaded Austria and then Poland.
Duh! ::)
first you asked me what slave states fought for the union
2nd it shows that more than simply slavery was the reason for the civil war
actually it was that the north didnt recognize slave owners rights when they were in states other than their own...
there were also politicians that passed laws against slaves b/c they felt threatened by rich slave owners getting to much political clout...
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Racist post reported.
Not at all, the way Benny talks to McWay leads one to believe he has intimate familiaraity with how a plantation works, its makeup, who works where, etc.
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first you asked me what slave states fought for the union
Correct, but does not have any relevance to your original statement.
2nd it shows that more than simply slavery was the reason for the civil war
Most of the wars in human history have several reasons that come to a head in the form of military aggression. The Civil War was no different. HOWEVER, this was your quote:
correct but again slavery wasnt the main issue
This is factually incorrect. All you have to do is read the articles of secession filed by each state to know that this is fact.
actually it was that the north didnt recognize slave owners rights when they were in states other than their own...
Which is another way of explaining that the Civil War was fought primarily to preserve slavery in the south. ;)
Because of the movement to stop slavery (the abolitionist movement that was primarily based in the north) southerners concluded that all or most northerners were against them and wanted to destroy their way of life. Southerners developed the illusion that all northerners were against them and it united the southern states.
there were also politicians that passed laws against slaves b/c they felt threatened by rich slave owners getting to much political clout...
Wrong. What in actuality the abolitionists were arguing for was to give enslaved Africans full citizenship, which would include the right to vote. Given that slaves actually outnumbered whites in many southern states, southern slave owners knew Africans would vote to abolish the despicable practice, thereby gaining their freedom and whitey could kiss his wealth and free labor goodbye. ;)
Where are you from, McNuts?
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Not at all, the way Benny talks to McWay leads one to believe he has intimate familiaraity with how a plantation works, its makeup, who works where, etc.
What does McWay have to do with this thread? And just what the fuck are you babbling about, anyway? "Familiarity with how a plantation works,etc." ??? Go to bed, PEA BRAIN. ::)
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Correct, but does not have any relevance to your original statement.
Most of the wars in human history have several reasons that come to a head in the form of military aggression. The Civil War was no different. HOWEVER, this was your quote:
This is factually incorrect. All you have to do is read the articles of secession filed by each state to know that this is fact.
Which is another way of explaining that the Civil War was fought primarily to preserve slavery in the south. ;)
Because of the movement to stop slavery (the abolitionist movement that was primarily based in the north) southerners concluded that all or most northerners were against them and wanted to destroy their way of life. Southerners developed the illusion that all northerners were against them and it united the southern states.
Wrong. What in actuality the abolitionists were arguing for was to give enslaved Africans full citizenship, which would include the right to vote. Given that slaves actually outnumbered whites in many southern states, southern slave owners knew Africans would vote to abolish the despicable practice, thereby gaining their freedom and whitey could kiss his wealth and free labor goodbye. ;)
Where are you from, McNuts?
LOL again states rights was the issue
as for the legislation you said i was wrong about
The Tariff of 1828, was a high protective tariff or tax on imports passed by Congress in 1828. It was labeled the "Tariff of Abominations"[65] by its southern detractors because of its effect on the Southern economy. The 1828 tariff was repealed after strong protests and threats of nullification by South Carolina.
The Democrats in Congress, controlled by Southerners, wrote the tariff laws in the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s, and kept reducing rates, so that the 1857 rates were the lowest since 1816. The South had no complaints but the low rates angered Northern industrialists and factory workers, especially in Pennsylvania, who demanded protection for their growing iron industry. The Whigs and Republicans favored high tariffs to stimulate industrial growth, and Republicans called for an increase in tariffs in the 1860 election. The increases were finally enacted in 1861 after Southerners resigned their seats in Congress.[66][67]
Historians in recent decades have minimized the tariff issue, noting that few people in 1860-61 said it was of central importance to them. Some secessionist documents do mention the tariff issue, though not nearly as often as the preservation of slavery. However, a few libertarian economists place more importance on the tariff issue.[68]
Antislavery forces in the North identified the "Slave Power" as a direct threat to republican values. They argued that rich slave owners were using political power to take control of the Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court, thus threatening the rights of the citizens of the North.[63]
"Free soil" was a Northern demand that the new lands opening up in the west be available to independent yeoman farmers and not be bought out by rich slave owners who would buy up the best land and work it with slaves, forcing the white farmers onto marginal lands. This was the basis of the Free Soil Party of 1848, and a main theme of the Republican Party.[64]
slavery was how the issue manifested itself...
lmfao ill tell you where im from when you tell me what firm you work for and analyze economic data for all day ::)
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Liberals love attacking women for some reason, esepcially hotties who fire full bore on far left freaks like bama.
Eh, that's weak man.
I hear this all the time. no, i bashed palin cause she sucks. A total overconfident flipflopping dummy quitter, to be clear.
KB Hutchinson? bachmann? They rock. I like them.
I think "libs hate them cause they're women" is just more plying the victim (gender) card. Hilary's approval is miles higher than Palin's, if you need proof ;)
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LOL again states rights was the issue
Arguing with you is useless, since you know more than the historians who've dedicated much of their lives to the subject. ::)
Once again, everyone knows it was partially about "states rights." The right TO WHAT, exactly? Answer: THE RIGHT TO OWN SLAVES.
as for the legislation you said i was wrong about
The Tariff of 1828, was a high protective tariff or tax on imports passed by Congress in 1828. It was labeled the "Tariff of Abominations"[65] by its southern detractors because of its effect on the Southern economy. The 1828 tariff was repealed after strong protests and threats of nullification by South Carolina.
The Democrats in Congress, controlled by Southerners, wrote the tariff laws in the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s, and kept reducing rates, so that the 1857 rates were the lowest since 1816. The South had no complaints but the low rates angered Northern industrialists and factory workers, especially in Pennsylvania, who demanded protection for their growing iron industry. The Whigs and Republicans favored high tariffs to stimulate industrial growth, and Republicans called for an increase in tariffs in the 1860 election. The increases were finally enacted in 1861 after Southerners resigned their seats in Congress.[66][67]
Historians in recent decades have minimized the tariff issue, noting that few people in 1860-61 said it was of central importance to them. Some secessionist documents do mention the tariff issue, though not nearly as often as the preservation of slavery. However, a few libertarian economists place more importance on the tariff issue.[68]
Antislavery forces in the North identified the "Slave Power" as a direct threat to republican values. They argued that rich slave owners were using political power to take control of the Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court, thus threatening the rights of the citizens of the North.[63]
"Free soil" was a Northern demand that the new lands opening up in the west be available to independent yeoman farmers and not be bought out by rich slave owners who would buy up the best land and work it with slaves, forcing the white farmers onto marginal lands. This was the basis of the Free Soil Party of 1848, and a main theme of the Republican Party.[64]
slavery was how the issue manifested itself...
All superfluous bullshit. You can copy and paste all you want to justify the fact that since you are from the south, it embarrasses you to admit that 600,000 Americans died because your backwards region wanted to preserve the despicable institution of slavery.
lmfao ill tell you where im from when you tell me what firm you work for and analyze economic data for all day ::)
LOL
Still, bitter, butthurt and jealous, I see. :-\ That's not going to get you far in life Tony...you need to work on that aspect of your personality if you want to go from making cold calls to old ladies all day hoping to hoodwink them into buying stocks. ;)
As I just posted in the other thread:
I work for the firm of Dewey, Cheatam, & Howe. Our newest website is noneofyourfuckingbusiness.com
I know you are stupid, but be serious. If you are working for BoA as you claim you do, you know that there are confidentiality and conduct clauses written into your employment. You should know better than to ask me such an inane question on a public message board and expect a response. What percentage of people on this board post where they work? You might want to think twice about all you say and do here too, son. ;)
So...where ya from McNuts? Been to New York before? Or are you down in Charlotte...as I suspect?
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Michele Bachamnn's Iwo Jima Fail
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Speaking to a group called Iowans For Tax Relief, Bachmann seemed to whitewash our painful history over slavery!
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Why do black liberals/socialists like yourself hate middle cass white women so much?
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Why do black liberals/socialists like yourself hate middle cass white women so much?
There is a lot of irony in this pathetic attempt at projection-ism, but I won't even bother going there. :P
What I'd like to know is why you NY wops white conservative/regressives hate intelligent white women so much?
If we just stick to politics :-X :
Amy Jean Klobuchar
Janet Napolitano
Jennifer Granholm
Claire McCaskill
Debbie Stabenow
I could go on and on...
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There is a lot of irony in this pathetic attempt at projection-ism, but I won't even bother going there. :P
What I'd like to know is why you NY wops white conservative/regressives hate intelligent white women so much?
If we just stick to politics :-X :
Amy Jean Klobuchar
Janet Napolitano
Jennifer Granholm
Claire McCaskill
Debbie Stabenow
I could go on and on...
Sounds like the angry hags/dykes / fat accepance club.
BTW - why didnt you ass Romer, Reno, Kagan et al to that list of beauties?
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Sounds like the angry hags/dykes / fat accepance club.
BTW - why didnt you ass Romer, Reno, Kagan et al to that list of beauties?
Perhaps I should have made my question more specific:
What I'd like to know is why you NY wops white conservative/regressives hate intelligent white women who you don't want to masturbate to so much? Is it intelligence, or is it a face that makes you tug on your little three inch willy that is most important in a female politician?
Sexually frustrated much, PEA BRAIN?
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Why didnt you add this prize to your list
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Why didnt you add this prize to your list
Perhaps because your statement was re: "white women?" ::)
Dumb bastard.
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Perhaps because your statement was re: "white women?" ::)
Dumb bastard.
I forgot - aliens don't have a color. My mistake.
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Why do black liberals/socialists like yourself hate middle cass white women so much?
Yeah black people hate white woman ::)
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Yeah black people hate white woman ::)
LOL
I tried not to go there... :-X
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LOL
I tried not to go there... :-X
I said socialist/communist black liberals like Benny typically are the most racist lot inthe nation sincethey generally view white women as having benfitted from affirmative action and set asides more than themselves.
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Bachmann's isle visit focuses on repeal of health reform
By B.J. Reyes
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, chairwoman of the House tea party caucus, stops off in Hawaii to speak to the party’s supporters.
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Sidestepping a question about her political aspirations in 2012, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann said her mission in visiting early primary states in the coming months is to keep a focus on the Republican Party's message of restoring limited government and repealing the president's health-care reform law.
Without committing to a run for higher office in two years, the Minnesota Republican and chairwoman of the House tea party caucus said she feels the country needs a strong constitutional conservative to undo government takeover of private companies such as banks, insurers and even General Motors.
"Whoever our new president is, if we want to go back to a limited view of government, we have to dismantle this Tinkertoy set that has been put up of government ownership of private industry," she said.
She cited last year's sweeping health-care reform bill as what she believes will be the signature issue of the 2012 campaign.
"I believe with every fiber of my being that we will repeal Obamacare," she told a wildly supportive crowd of about 200 at the Ala Moana Hotel yesterday.
"As we look at our nominees for president and vice president, you've got to know without a shadow of a doubt that you are going to elect a cat that is going to stick on this repeal of Obamacare no matter what, because that person could end up being a one-term president," she added. "So what? If we can repeal Obamacare, it will be worth it to make that happen."
Bachmann was in Hawaii yesterday speaking to tea party supporters on Oahu and Maui as she crisscrosses the country for speaking engagements and fueling speculation of a presidential run in 2012.
Following her rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address last week, Bachmann visited Iowa — where the nation's first presidential caucuses are held — and then California. She is scheduled to speak Saturday at the Montana GOP's Lincoln-Reagan dinner.
She also plans stops in New Hampshire, South Carolina and other early primary states to deliver her message of trying to limit the reach of government and thwarting the president's agenda.
Bachmann spoke yesterday to a group convened by the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, a think tank that promotes limited government. Institute President Jamie Story said it was the organization's largest event, with the $35 tickets selling out in two days.
"I think you see the movement growing," Story said.
Using some of the same slides from her State of the Union rebuttal, Bachmann criticized what she described as liberal Demo- crats' tax-and-spend policies. Those policies, she said, have contributed to the country's largest deficit in history, estimated by the Congressional Budget Office at $1.5 trillion in 2011 if current laws remain unchanged.
Without advocating for a specific plan, Bachmann discussed tax proposals that Congress could consider, including a flat tax rate or a straight consumption tax, also known as a national sales tax.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20110203_Bachmanns_isle_visit_focuses_on_repeal_of_health_reform.html
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Ha ha ha. Can't wait till bamacare is donezo.
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'We Can't Shut This President Down Fast Enough'
Fox ^ | 2/7/11 | Charles Johnson
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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., drew prolonged, loud cheers and laughs in her speech Saturday night at a Republican dinner as she praised Rep. Denny Rehberg and tore into Democratic President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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"I take my first political breath every morning with one thought in mind - repeal Obamacare," Bachmann said. "That's my motivation in life. ... This bill is something else. It is the crown jewel of socialism. President Obama, and I'm willing to say it, ushered in socialism under his watch."
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she has balls. If pawlenty had her personality, he'd be president already.
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She was really good at the Tea Party Town Hall.
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Repeal Obamacare and cut benifits for veterans
What else do we know about her?
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Bachmann: Obama won't be the only one-term prez
Poltico ^ | 2/15/11 | Andy Barr
Michele Bachmann says whoever emerges as the GOP nominee will have to be prepared to be a one-term president.
Bachmann, who hasn’t ruled out a run herself in 2012, said in an interview with conservative commentator S.E. Cupp that whoever emerges from the Republican field will have to be prepared to address unpopular issues. Continue Reading
“They have to have the requisite political courage to stare down the media and all the special interest groups and make it happen,” Bachmann said in the interview shown on Glenn Beck's website Monday.
“They have to be willing to be a one-term president because there’s going to be serious work that needs to be done here. Cutting spending — and that’s going to cause a lot of people to squeal — and getting rid of ObamaCare,” she said.
Bachmann said the job will take one “tough hombre” — or “hombre-ette.”
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Michele Bachmann swipes at Michelle Obama [trying to implement a “nanny state” ......]
Politico ^
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Michele Bachmann swipes at Michelle Obama
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann ripped Michelle Obama on Tuesday, speculating that the first lady might one day run for office, and accusing her of trying to implement a “nanny state” based on her newest push to get mothers to breastfeed their children in order to help combat childhood obesity.
Appearing on “The Laura Ingraham Show” on Tuesday, Bachmann, a Republican, said the first lady’s agenda is “very consistent with where the hard left is coming from.”
“For them, government is the answer to every problem,” Bachmann said. “And so government got us in this problem, and so they think government is going to get us out of the problem. Clearly they’re wrong.”
Bachmann, a mother of five, said she nursed all her children. But, “to think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump for my babies? You wanna talk about the nanny state, I think you just got a new definition,” she said.
Ingraham asked whether Bachmann believed the first lady might be considering a future Senate bid, following in the footsteps of Hillary Clinton.
“She might,” Bachmann said. “Can you imagine if Laura Bush was doing that, out trying to pass her legislation? I think the media would have been after her.
But Bachmann said the mainstream media, which she called “press secretaries” are still “standing by” President Obama.
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MSNBC hates Bachmann
FOX hates Obama
Whats your point ???
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MSNBC hates Bachmann
FOX hates Obama
Whats your point ???
The entire left wing un-intelligensia hates her. A good way to judge people is by who hates the. The gaggle and cabal of communists, leftists, progressives, socialists, statists, enviro-marxists, radical feminists who hate her guys tells me she is probably on the right track.
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The fact that she is constantly talking about right vs left tells me she is nowhere near the right track
We have big problems to solve and the idiots still rambling about right vs left, communism vs capitalism etc should have stayed in the past like their brains
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The fact that she is constantly talking about right vs left tells me she is nowhere near the right track
We have big problems to solve and the idiots still rambling about right vs left, communism vs capitalism etc should have stayed in the past like their brains
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More excuses from you in order to kneepad obama. Your gimmick is showing again.
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More excuses from you in order to kneepad obama. Your gimmick is showing again.
Saying left vs right is a obsolete debate and we need to fix things instead of crying the left/right hates me is Obama kneepadding?
You are getting desperate 333386 cant you do better than this?
If some guy on MSNBC was attacking the right and i responded that that left/rights crap was a thing of the past would i then be a Right wing kneepadder all of a sudden?
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Left v Right is generally real.
Economic and personal freedom vs. shared misery and massive intrusive nanny state govt.
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Yeah but its the context it is used here.
Everytime Palin and Bachmann are critiqued they come with this the left hates us buhuu.. Its pathetic.
FOX news hates Obamas guts and show it everyday so if these woman want to be president they should stop the damn complaining
I dont want a whiner as pres
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Left v Right is generally real.
Economic and personal freedom vs. shared misery and massive intrusive nanny state govt.
Laughable...
When was the last time a Republican showed economic fiscal responsibility or wanted to stay out of your life? They are the groups telling you not to get abortions and not to allow gays to get married and the group telling you to stay out of strip clubs.
The Dems aren't any better because they are hugely fiscally irresponsible, but at least they don't act like they care who you fuck... People talk about how they want to take away your guns, but I haven't seen that come out of any democratic controlled congress.
Why do you suck the republican cock so much 3333?
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Did I say repub vs dem? No. There are leftists in the gop the same way there are in the dems.
However, that being said, in general, the right will leave you alone more than the left.
Its a frame of mind, not a political party.
And I have asked everyone _ please show me one post defending the gop as a political party? Some things they do are good, some suck.
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Left v Right is generally real.
Economic and personal freedom vs. shared misery and massive intrusive nanny state govt.
right = economic and personal freedom?
Why the F did bachmann and daniels support the patriot act? the tea party is prettty pissed about that one.
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right = economic and personal freedom?
Why the F did bachmann and daniels support the patriot act? the tea party is prettty pissed about that one.
Everyone is scared shitless that they will be perceived as weak on terror if they don't.
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What part of the patriot act specifically impacts you?
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What part of the patriot act specifically impacts you?
I believe the surveillance provisions impact everyone.
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I believe the surveillance provisions impact everyone.
i don't agree with the warrantless wiretaps at all, but other than that - what provisions specifically impact people?
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i don't agree with the warrantless wiretaps at all, but other than that - what provisions specifically impact people?
I don't think I need any more than that.
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I don't think I need any more than that.
I agree with you on that. don't like warrantless anything and also don't agree with the indefinate detention stuff.
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I agree with you on that. don't like warrantless anything and also don't agree with the indefinate detention stuff.
Nor do I.
So I think on those provisions alone that anyone who votes FOR the patriot act can suck a dick.
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Nor do I.
So I think on those provisions alone that anyone who votes FOR the patriot act can suck a dick.
Fine i agree on that.
We need checks and balances in these things and IMHO - everyone deserves a hearing at some point as to their detention. Either have a trial of some sort or let them go, or execute them under rules of war if cuaght on the battlefield.
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Laughable...
When was the last time a Republican showed economic fiscal responsibility or wanted to stay out of your life? They are the groups telling you not to get abortions and not to allow gays to get married and the group telling you to stay out of strip clubs.
The Dems aren't any better because they are hugely fiscally irresponsible, but at least they don't act like they care who you fuck... People talk about how they want to take away your guns, but I haven't seen that come out of any democratic controlled congress.
Why do you suck the republican cock so much 3333?
Nice
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I believe the surveillance provisions impact everyone.
Didn't the warrantless wiretaps provisions get struck down by the courts?
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Didn't the warrantless wiretaps provisions get struck down by the courts?
Not that I've seen... As a matter of fact, I am quite certain that FBI agents were putting bugs and GPS tracers on cars without warrants still... It's been all over the news.
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Bachmann Stands by ‘Gangster Government’ Description
By Melanie Starkey
Roll Call Staff
March 6, 2011, 1:39 p.m.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) refused Sunday to retreat from her characterization of the Obama administration as a "gangster government."
The House Tea Party Caucus founder said, "I don't take back my statement on gangster government," a phrase she used at a tea party gathering in April. "I think that there have been actions that have been taken by this government that I think are corrupt," she said during her appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."
She hammered at the administration Sunday for $105 billion included in last year's health care overhaul law for its implementation, regardless of the questions put to her. Bachmann called on the White House last week to apologize for the funding, which the Congressional Research Service reported in October.
The money was "hidden in various parts of the bill," she said Sunday. "Members of Congress didn't even know this money was in the bill, because we couldn't read the bill before it was passed, because it wasn't given to us but hours before we had to vote for it," she said.
Bachmann said she hasn't "made a decision either way about plans for" entering the 2012 presidential election.
"We can do so much better, she said. "And that's what I'm talking about with people in the next few months. We need to think very strongly. A second administration of Jimmy Carter wouldn't have done this country any favors. We need to make sure we don't have a second Barack Obama administration."
When asked if she had a timeline for making a decision about running, she responded, "I think there's a normal course of events when a decision like that will be made. And if I choose to go down that road, I'll make the decision."
http://www.rollcall.com/news/-203887-1.html?ET=rollcall:e9939:80104117a:&st=email&pos=epol
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I wish she were younger not married and did not have 25 kids.
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Why?? so you can hear the same conservative talk over and over but when it comes down to it she is still voting for the patriot act meaning hear words doesnt mean shit???
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Laughable...
When was the last time a Republican showed economic fiscal responsibility or wanted to stay out of your life? They are the groups telling you not to get abortions and not to allow gays to get married and the group telling you to stay out of strip clubs.
The Dems aren't any better because they are hugely fiscally irresponsible, but at least they don't act like they care who you fuck... People talk about how they want to take away your guns, but I haven't seen that come out of any democratic controlled congress.
Why do you suck the republican cock so much 3333?
I thought you didn't have a problem with that.
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:D :D :D :D :D Michele Bachmann :D :D :D :D
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Exposing more treason and theft from Obama the communist/marxist/muslim traitor.
FUCK YOU anyone who still supports ths admn. You are worse than him at this point.
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love the lady and can't get enough of her.
will have popcorn ready for the debates...it will be a ratings winner and fodder for the Daily Show for weeks.
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love the lady and can't get enough of her.
will have popcorn ready for the debates...it will be a ratings winner and fodder for the Daily Show for weeks.
She is one of the only ones exposing te daily acts of treason of this horrible Admn.
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" The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president".
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She is one of the only ones exposing te daily acts of treason of this horrible Admn.
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and she's a hoot to listen do interviews!
" The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president".
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CNN Exclusive: Bachmann to form exploratory committee in June, possibly earlier
By: CNN Political Producer Shannon Travis
Washington (CNN) – CNN has exclusively learned that Rep. Michele Bachmann will form a presidential exploratory committee. The Minnesota Republican plans to file papers for the committee in early June, with an announcement likely around that same time.
But a source close to the congresswoman said that Bachmann could form the exploratory committee even earlier than June so that she could participate in early Republican presidential debates.
"She's been telling everyone early summer," the source told CNN regarding Bachmann's planned June filing and announcement. But the source said that nothing is static.
"If you [debate sponsors] come to us and say, 'To be in our debates, you have to have an exploratory committee,' then we'll say, 'Okay, fine...I'll go file the forms.'"
Three GOP presidential primary debates are planned before and during early June: The first one on May 2 at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California and another on May 5 in South Carolina. CNN plans a GOP presidential primary debate in New Hampshire in early June.
Meanwhile, CNN has also learned that Iowa Republican state Sen. Kent Sorenson will likely be hired to be Bachmann's political director for the state - and that Bachmann aides hope to have a complete team together for Iowa by this weekend.
Sorenson is a prominent Tea Party figure in Iowa and holds sway with evangelicals in the state. He has publicly said he will support Bachmann if she mounts a presidential bid.
The three-term congresswoman and Tea Party favorite hopes to also have political teams in place - very soon - in New Hampshire, home to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, and South Carolina, host of the first presidential primary in the South.
"I could have state directors in all those states within a week," Bachmann Chief of Staff Andy Parrish said.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/24/cnn-exclusive-michele-bachmann-to-form-exploratory-committee-in-june-possibly-earlier/#more-151424
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thank you, Jesus; the debates will reach ratings that even beat American Idol.
now, if Christine O'Donnell would just run...
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MB will bitch slap ZERO.
Zero deserves about ten kicks in the balls consecutively.
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MB will bitch slap ZERO.
Zero deserves about ten kicks in the balls consecutively.
Do you seriously believe she can beat Obama? Honestly?
I don't.
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Do you seriously believe she can beat Obama? Honestly?
I don't.
Yes. She will kick ass in the Mid West and will get a lot more women than palin could since she is not a diva and has a compelling story. She adopted 25 kids.
She is an attorney, is a fighter, has guts out the yin yang, and not afraid to call a spade a spade.
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Yes. She will kick ass in the Mid West and will get a lot more women than palin could since she is not a diva and has a compelling story. She adopted 25 kids.
She is an attorney, is a fighter, has guts out the yin yang, and not afraid to call a spade a spade.
I think she will get branded, fairly, as kind of a kook.
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bachmann is very intelligent and tends to embrace liberal media. She goes right at chris mathews on msnbc often, and comes out grinning and zinging him right back.
She is a rich man's Palin, if you will.
She has all the spunk, but she's smart. yes, she got the 5th grade lexington thing mixed up, but with 23 foster kids, I'll give her a pass on forgetting something she hasn't read in a book for 30 years.
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bachmann is very intelligent and tends to embrace liberal media. She goes right at chris mathews on msnbc often, and comes out grinning and zinging him right back.
She is a rich man's Palin, if you will.
She has all the spunk, but she's smart. yes, she got the 5th grade lexington thing mixed up, but with 23 foster kids, I'll give her a pass on forgetting something she hasn't read in a book for 30 years.
She is a member of congress and she doesn't know basic American history? She thinks the so-called "Founding Fathers" ended slavery in America? lol
Yeah, she's whip smart, that Bachmann. ::)
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She is a member of congress and she doesn't know basic American history? She thinks the so-called "Founding Fathers" ended slavery in America? lol
Yeah, she's whip smart, that Bachmann. ::)
Really Daryll? Do you want me posting Baa fuck ups again that you dont say boo about?
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Really Daryll? Do you want me posting Baa fuck ups again that you dont say boo about?
Everyone knows there are 57 states
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Really Daryll? Do you want me posting Baa fuck ups again that you dont say boo about?
What's the matter, Paulie? I thought you'd in a great mood. You're on top of the world, bro! You did it! How does it feel to make the 50,000 post milestone? I always believed in you, bro. Even when others doubted, I never gave on you.
Congratulations!
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Bill O’Reilly Unimpressed With Rep. Bachmann: ‘She Doesn’t Know Where Lexington And Concord Are’
Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:33:04 PM · by Mozilla · 46 replies
mediaite.com ^ | 3-24-11 | Frances Martel
With the 2012 presidential elections somehow already on the horizon, speculation as to Republicans rising up to challenge President Obama continues to crest, and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is topping the list of potential candidates. But while some on the right consider her an “intellectual” and a potential danger to President Obama’s incumbency, Bill O’Reilly is skeptical of her experience and appeal. Talking 2012 candidates with guests Larry Sabato and Sandy Rios, O’Reilly asked both to give their take on the Minnesota representative. Sabato noted that Bachmann’s State of the Union response left him less than confident in her communication...
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BOR is the same idiot who claims to have seen bamas original lf bc.
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Yes. She will kick ass in the Mid West and will get a lot more women than palin could since she is not a diva and has a compelling story. She adopted 25 kids
I think she will get branded, fairly, as kind of a kook.
I agree with tu, frankly she comes across kinda strange and rotating all those foster kids in and out of her house is even more so. People won't say it, to be politically correct, but will think she's weird for that. Don't see her winning a national election, no way. Could possible be salvaged as a VP candidate.
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Bachmann: "I Want A Waiver From The Last Two Years Of Obama" (video)
RealClearPolitics ^ | March 26, 2011 | RealClearPolitics
Bachmann: "I Want A Waiver From The Last Two Years Of Obama"
"Anthony Weiner said he wanted a waiver from ObamaCare. now, this is rich. because our colleague Anthony Weiner said that he wrote the bill for ObamaCare. In fact, his quote was the bill and I are one. now, if Anthony Weiner wants a waiver, I want mine too. I want a waiver from the last two years of President Obama. Are you with me?," Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said at the Conservative Principles PAC conference in Des Moines, Iowa.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
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Fucking awesome.
She would be great to take it to the kenyan commie sleeper cell POTUS.
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"Anthony Weiner said he wanted a waiver from ObamaCare. now, this is rich. because our colleague Anthony Weiner said that he wrote the bill for ObamaCare.
Actually Romney should get some credit too ;)
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I agree with tu, frankly she comes across kinda strange and rotating all those foster kids in and out of her house is even more so. People won't say it, to be politically correct, but will think she's weird for that. Don't see her winning a national election, no way. Could possible be salvaged as a VP candidate.
I disagree. I think most reasonable people will applaud her and her husband for helping so many children. Nothing weird about that at all.
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I disagree. I think most reasonable people will applaud her and her husband for helping so many children. Nothing weird about that at all.
I think you'll have both sides... I don't consider that the kooky part though... She has lots more I think is kooky than her being a foster parent.
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I think you'll have both sides... I don't consider that the kooky part though... She has lots more I think is kooky than her being a foster parent.
There will always be critics, but most people who think it's "weird" or "kooky" that she and her husband were foster parents are probably unreasonable. Anyone who takes in unwanted children deserves a medal.
I haven't listened to her a lot, but she sounds fine to me. Great background too.
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There will always be critics, but most people who think it's "weird" or "kooky" that she and her husband were foster parents are probably unreasonable. Anyone who takes in unwanted children deserves a medal.
I haven't listened to her a lot, but she sounds fine to me. Great background too.
Really?
This sounds pretty kooky to me.
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This sounds pretty kooky to me.
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You think that's kooky?? She made a comment two years ago about the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and how it might evolve into mandatory service. I haven't read the Act, so I don't know how she came up with that opinion, but that's hardly "kooky." Wrong, maybe, but not crazy.
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You think that's kooky?? She made a comment two years ago about the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and how it might evolve into mandatory service. I haven't read the Act, so I don't know how she came up with that opinion, but that's hardly "kooky." Wrong, maybe, but not crazy.
Did you miss the "re-education camps" bit?
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Did you miss the "re-education camps" bit?
No. She was talking about the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and how service under the Act could result in mandatory service, special "training," etc. that she called "re-education camps." Having not read the Act, I don't have a basis to agree or disagree with her. But she's not kooky because she may not be properly interpreting the Act. I could see calling her stupid over that (assuming she was way off base), but not crazy.
Also, a person's life cannot be summarized in an out-of-context sound bite. Have you looked at her educational and professional history?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann#Early_Career
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The same person who told her constituents to not pay taxes.
The person who once said that "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter," said Bachmann. "And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence."
Seriously... comparing democratic administrations in relation to the flu?
Which is incorrect anyway because it was when Gerald Ford was President... Not Carter.
That shit sounds kooky.
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The same person who told her constituents to not pay taxes.
The person who once said that "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter," said Bachmann. "And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence."
Seriously... comparing democratic administrations in relation to the flu?
Which is incorrect anyway because it was when Gerald Ford was President... Not Carter.
That shit sounds kooky.
I'd have to read/listen to her comments in context, hear her explanations, etc. It's not like she's saying unnamed members of the government conspired with foreign terrorists, the military, and the airline industry to shoot a missile into the Pentagon.
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there are some CT elements who do believe the swine flu was released/hyped to make a select few a shitload of $.
They believe the govt/media work together to create things that scare people, then charge them lots of $ for a 'solution'.
Kinda like the airline scanners. The media gets the people riled up, drug companies (or scanner companies) sell the solution, and the govt plays along cause the rich mofo's from these companies are the ones putting them in office.
Ya call it kooky when a liberal says it, but she's about as conservative as they come. It may not be the case, but it sure does look that way at times, doesnt it?
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Trump bachmann.
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Trump bachmann.
Trump supports universal healthcare. You think he'll repeal obamacare? ;)
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Don't know but he is firing on all cylinders kicking bama in the nuts daily wo even a hint of a retort back from carney or tk.
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Obama doesn't respond to trump because you don't swing DOWN.
Trump's a TV star hating on obama in CT territory.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann Declares ‘I Am An Iowan’
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Congresswoman Michele Bachmann represents Minnesota’s sixth Congressional district, but lately she sounds a lot like she’s looking to relocate.
Bachmann, who was born in Iowa and appears to be setting herself up for a presidential bid, played up her local roots at a forum for potential 2012 Republican candidates here on Saturday.
“I am an Iowan,” she declared before a cheering crowd, noting that she was born in Waterloo in 1956. “I am a seventh generation Iowan -- that’s even better.”
Bachmann said her “forebears were big, tall, strapping” Norwegians. “I don’t know where I came from in the DNA chain,” she joked. .............(more)
Don't know but he is firing on all cylinders kicking bama in the nuts daily wo even a hint of a retort back from carney or tk.
Don't know but he is firing on all cylinders kicking bama in the nuts daily wo even a hint of a retort back from carney or tk.
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you know i adore bachmann 240. she is a pistol
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you know i adore bachmann 240. she is a pistol
I like her a lot. But Trump is a fcking liberal, 333386. You can't admit this to yourself. It's 2008 all over again, where you somehow block out Rudy calling out Mitt for romneycare. You claim he got your vote, but you had no clue he did that. How you were able to throw your vote to a guy you hadn't even researched - while hitting 50,000 political posts - is beyond me.
Sounds like you'll do it again in 2012. You'll vote for a fuccccking liberal in trump. Over true conservatives. Cause you are just another reality tv show fan. You want drama and obnoxious over serious and statesmanlike.
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beating bama by whatever means is my first goal
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you continually rank trump above many gop candidates who are pro-gun and anti-obamacare.
I don't understand that. it's like you dont even care about these 2 huge issues you argue about every day.
bachmann ain't coming after guns - but trump is on record saying he supports assault weapons ban. Obama hasn't even said that on the record, has he?
paul ryan will repeal obamacare - but trump has said he supports universal healthcare.
newt supports buch tax cuts - as does obama - but trump wanted to tax the shit out of the rich to fix the deficit.
So by the issues, trump's a freaking liberal. Libby myLibbers. total code pink, cindy sheehan, wuss central. And you love the dude. why?
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how can anyone want this nut job liar to run for pres, really is thie the best the repubs have to offer that they have to stand behind her :D
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I disagree. I think most reasonable people will applaud her and her husband for helping so many children. Nothing weird about that at all.
A great majority of foster providers do it strictly for the additional income and are abusive in one form or another. They cycle kids in and out without ever making a difference or for that matter having any positive impact on their life, usually negative.
Obviously she doesnt need the cash, but it's still pretty strange and probably didn't have any impact on the kids because they were in and out so fast. Looks strictly like political posturing from the outside, otherwise she wouldve adopted and made a difference in at least one kids life.
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how can anyone want this nut job liar to run for pres, really is thie the best the repubs have to offer that they have to stand behind her :D
She will never get a national appeal, better to try and force Palin down everyones throat. Best chance is Trump to get hot and pull an upset, otherwise 4 more years.
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A great majority of foster providers do it strictly for the additional income and are abusive in one form or another. They cycle kids in and out without ever making a difference or for that matter having any positive impact on their life, usually negative.
Obviously she doesnt need the cash, but it's still pretty strange and probably didn't have any impact on the kids because they were in and out so fast. Looks strictly like political posturing from the outside, otherwise she wouldve adopted and made a difference in at least one kids life.
Pretty broad brush. Are you a social worker?
Do you know the specific circumstances of her foster kids? Why there taken in, how long they stayed, and what became of them?
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Pretty broad brush. Are you a social worker?
Do you know the specific circumstances of her foster kids? Why there taken in, how long they stayed, and what became of them?
Regardless of the circumstance, it's obvious she was an underground railroad type of caregiver, shuttling them from one point to the next.
Not bashing her, or painting her with that brush. She probably tried to do something positive in her own vision and may have. I'm just saying it comes across as a bit odd, and while it will be played up as a positive by her camp, the general public will look at it with a raised eyebrow, as I do, without ever saying anything against it, because it wouldnt be pc.
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Regardless of the circumstance, it's obvious she was an underground railroad type of caregiver, shuttling them from one point to the next.
Not bashing her, or painting her with that brush. She probably tried to do something positive in her own vision and may have. I'm just saying it comes across as a bit odd, and while it will be played up as a positive by her camp, the general public will look at it with a raised eyebrow, as I do, without ever saying anything against it, because it wouldnt be pc.
How do you know she was an "underground railroad type caregiver"? What are the specific circumstances of her foster kids? How old were they when she took them in? How long did she keep them? How did they turn out?
And yes, this is a broad brush:
A great majority of foster providers do it strictly for the additional income and are abusive in one form or another. They cycle kids in and out without ever making a difference or for that matter having any positive impact on their life, usually negative.
How do you know this?
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How do you know she was an "underground railroad type caregiver"? What are the specific circumstances of her foster kids? How old were they when she took them in? How long did she keep them? How did they turn out?
I'm assuming she didn't start when she was 18 yoa. So I don't know, how well do you think you could parent 30 kids working a full time plus job over a 20 year period or so? Even if she did her best, it's odd to me. I'm willing to leave it at that.
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I'm assuming she didn't start when she was 18 yoa. So I don't know, how well do you think you could parent 30 kids working a full time plus job over a 20 year period or so? Even if she did her best, it's odd to me. I'm willing to leave it at that.
So you really don't know much, if anything, about the specific circumstances of her foster kids. Pretty hard to make judgments about her motives, the quality of care, and how well (or poorly) the kids turned out when you don't have very much information.
I don't know much about her situation, but I do know a number of foster parents and I know a number of large families. In my experience, people who voluntarily take in large numbers of children and those with big families by and large have big hearts and do their best to raise good kids. They're good people. I'm sure you can find some foster parents who do it for the money, but that is one hard way to make a little extra cash.
I'll be surprised if a significant number of people think it's weird that the Bachmanns opened their home to so many disadvantaged kids. If those kids were abused or neglected, I'm sure we'll hear from them.
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She seems like a very religious person, and it seems like she wants to make a difference in their lives. It is a very good financial move for her too.
Minnesota pays $30 a day, tax free, per foster kid.
So if Bachmann has fostered 23 children, let’s say for an average of five years, that would come out to a non-taxable $1,259,250.
source. wonk
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Minnesota pays $30 a day, tax free, per foster kid.
So if Bachmann has fostered 23 children, let’s say for an average of five years, that would come out to a non-taxable $1,259,250.
Pretty decent play money, in addition to everything she ever spent money on during that time period being a tax write off. She probably has a decent heart, but obviously is very self aware and not bad at trying to posture herself for self promotion. Still very odd considering most parents can't get it right with 1 or 2 kids. :-\
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maybe she needed the money because she couldn't live comfortably off farm subsidies and her husbands income from curing people of the gay
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Bachmann to address Ralph Reed's 'Faith'
By: CNN's Rebecca Stewart
(CNN) - Add another pre-campaign stump to GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann's schedule. Ralph Reed, chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, tweeted news Monday of Bachmann's confirmed attendance at the group's conference and strategy briefing to be held in D.C. on June 3-4.
Bachmann will address the conference, billed as a "top destination for conservative activists who want to learn how to beat the Left," according to the Faith and Freedom Coalition website. The third-term congresswoman is expected to announce a presidential exploratory committee in June, the first official step toward a presidential candidacy.
FFC is described as an organization committed to "mobilizing people of faith and like-minded individuals to be effective citizens." Five presidential candidates have also confirmed attendance for the conference, according to JoAnne Reed, Director of Operations for the group and wife of Ralph Reed. An announcement for the final speaker's list and program, including the mystery attendees, is expected in the next two weeks.
Invited speakers include a who's who of potential GOP presidential candidates like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Breakout sessions cover topics from "The Future of the Tea Party Movement" and "Keys to Victory in 2012," to "Combating Liberal Media Bias."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/29/bachmann-too-address-ralph-reeds-faith/#more-151985
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Michele Bachmann 2012?
Iowa eyes the Tea Party darling from Minnesota.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/263197/bachmann-2012-katrina-trinko
If Michele Bachmann decides to run for president, a likely possibility considering she will form an exploratory committee this summer, she could be a game-changer in Iowa — and possibly win the caucuses.
“If she does decide to run, Iowa will be incredibly favorable. She’s a natural Tea Party type of a candidate,” says Ryan Rhodes, chair of the Iowa Tea Party.
The Minnesota Republican congresswoman is currently on her fourth visit to Iowa over the past year. This trip, which began with an Iowa homeschooling convention and concluded with Rep. Steve King’s Conservative Principles Conference, gave her the opportunity to burnish her conservative credentials and establish relationships with Iowa’s movers and shakers.
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Bachmann, who was born and partly raised in Iowa, is benefiting from her connection to the state. “I don’t think that Iowans look for a person from their state. But it’s a great way to open a speech, it’s just sort of a way to break down some of those barriers,” observes Iowa GOP strategist Bob Haus.
“She’s from Iowa originally, and I think that’s a huge, almost accidental positive that a lot of people have gravitated towards in a presidential candidate,” agrees Rhodes.
But Rhodes also sees her appeal to Iowans as broader than her Hawkeye origins, noting how Bachmann’s personal experience as a homeschooling mother gave her credibility when addressing homeschoolers earlier this week. “She has so many unique stories that are almost perfect for each and every segment,” Rhodes remarks.
Neither should Bachmann be written off as the social-conservative candidate; she’s also proven her appeal to more fiscally oriented voters. Edward Failor, president of Iowans for Tax Relief, says that Bachmann’s January speech to his group drew “a really solid turnout” of 300, with about 30 to 40 percent of them newcomers to the group.
“She has ‘it,’” says Failor, talking about Bachmann’s appeal. “Whatever ‘it’ is, however you define it, that draws people, and that’s a real big benefit for her.”
Ultimately, in what promises to be a crowded GOP 2012 field, personality, not policy, may be key. “Because most of these candidates are probably going to be somewhat similar on the issues, I think caucus-goers will be looking for people that are pretty vocal, adamant about trying [to] push back against the march toward socialism if they’re elected,” says Steve Scheffler, president of Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.
“They are looking for somebody with steel in their spine, and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann certainly has that,” he adds.
Another crucial factor could be Bachmann’s longstanding friendship with influential Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King. The two have shared staff, and Bachmann has previously touted King as a possible presidential contender.
“She has a very strong friendship, a professional [and] philosophical friendship with Rep. Steven King, who is a great retail campaigner, who has an immense following in the conservative movement here in the state,” says Haus, adding that he would guess King would endorse Bachmann.
Bachmann, who founded the congressional Tea Party Caucus, is likely to appeal to some voters because of her leadership in the Tea Party movement. “She stood on the steps of the Capitol [arguing] against the health-care bill. She’s been standing against it since day one, and continues to say it must be repealed, and that’s a major, major issue for tea partiers,” observes Rhodes, referring to Bachmann’s 2009 rally against Obamacare.
Bachmann’s lack of executive experience (she was a Minnesota state senator prior to being elected to the House) isn’t likely to be a deal-breaker for voters. “There are other candidates in the race that clearly have that executive [pedigree]. Her appeal is not about being an executive, it’s about the black-and-white philosophical direction of the country,” says Haus, saying that possible Bachmann supporters would probably place executive experience lower on their priority list.
If she does mount a candidacy, the general sense seems to be that she will prove a formidable competitor in the Iowa caucuses. “Michele Bachmann would do extremely well,” remarks Rhodes.
“I think it’s a wide-open field,” Haus says. “Anybody who jumps in and applies maximum effort is going to do well. I think that any preconceived notions about who may or may not be a frontrunner right now are completely wrong.”
“Some of the newer people on the block,” he adds, specifically noting Bachmann and Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, “are going to make a tremendous impact this time.”
— Katrina Trinko is an NRO staff reporter.
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she can't lose iowa.
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Angry Bachmann Unloads: Obama’s a Hypocrite—Dems Plan to Shut Down Govt
Newsmax ^ | 3/31/11 | Jim Meyers and Ashley Martella
Congresswoman and tea party leader Michele Bachmann tells Newsmax she will flat-out refuse to support any budget bill that does not include the defunding of President Obama’s healthcare reform plan.
The Minnesota Republican, who is considering a run for president in 2012, also charges that Democrats are playing “political games” by seeking to shut down the government in the belief they would benefit politically.
And she declares that Obama has to “eat his words” uttered three years ago when he said a president has no power to take the same action the Obama administration has taken in Libya.
Democrats in the Senate have proposed $33 billion in spending cuts, while House Republicans want $61 billion in cuts. In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, Bachmann was asked whether $33 billion in cuts would be a deal-breaker for her.
Read more on Newsmax.com: Angry Bachmann Unloads: Obama’s a Hypocrite—Dems Plan to Shut Down Govt Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!
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Angry Bachmann Unloads: Obama’s a Hypocrite—Dems Plan to Shut Down Govt
Newsmax ^ | 3/31/11 | Jim Meyers and Ashley Martella
Congresswoman and tea party leader Michele Bachmann tells Newsmax she will flat-out refuse to support any budget bill that does not include the defunding of President Obama’s healthcare reform plan.
The Minnesota Republican, who is considering a run for president in 2012, also charges that Democrats are playing “political games” by seeking to shut down the government in the belief they would benefit politically.
And she declares that Obama has to “eat his words” uttered three years ago when he said a president has no power to take the same action the Obama administration has taken in Libya.
Democrats in the Senate have proposed $33 billion in spending cuts, while House Republicans want $61 billion in cuts. In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, Bachmann was asked whether $33 billion in cuts would be a deal-breaker for her.
Read more on Newsmax.com: Angry Bachmann Unloads: Obama’s a Hypocrite—Dems Plan to Shut Down Govt Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!
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you go, girl !
(I meant Michele)
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Ben Mankiewicz explains how the mainstream media has done a terrible job of exposing the radical views of Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota Michele Bachmann. As a result she is considered by some to be a serious candidate for president in 2012 to challenge Barack Obama.
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Ben Mankiewicz explains how the mainstream media has done a terrible job of exposing the radical views of Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota Michele Bachmann. As a result she is considered by some to be a serious candidate for president in 2012 to challenge Barack Obama.
I made it through 3:50 (resisting the urge to stop at the beginning when I realized it was "The Young Turks"). What a load of horse manure. Who the heck is "Ben Mankiewicz" anyway? ::) And talk about irony. It's the president whose views didn't get exposed enough during the 08 campaign.
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i just cracked me one off.
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Bachmann begins to overshadow Palin as more-likely White House contender
The Hill ^ | April 5, 2011 | Shane D’Aprile and Jordan Fabian
Bachmann begins to overshadow Palin as more-likely White House contender
By Shane D’Aprile and Jordan Fabian - 04/05/11 06:06 AM ET
The vacuum created by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) absence from the 2012 campaign trail presents a major opportunity for the woman she once hinted might share a presidential ticket with her: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.).
With strategists and conservative activists increasingly convinced that Palin won’t make a run for the White House next year, she is losing some clout among her contingent of grassroots devotees who are eager to hit the 2012 campaign trail and rally behind an alternative to President Obama.
Bachmann, who is mulling a 2012 run, is the most obvious choice to supplant Palin in next year’s presidential contest. The Minnesota Republican is positioning herself to take up the anti-establishment mantle that vaulted Palin to Tea Party stardom.
And polls reflect Bachmann’s growing cachet. The three-term lawmaker came in second in last week’s Gallup poll that measured GOP voters’ level of intensity about the 2012 hopefuls. Palin was sixth. The poll also found that Palin had a higher unfavorable rating, 8 percent, than Bachmann, who had a 4 percent disapproval rate.
This came just a week after a Gallup poll found Palin has the highest level of name recognition among potential Republican presidential contenders, with 92 percent. Bachmann was sixth with 52 percent.
The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll found that Palin’s favorability among Republicans has fallen to just 58 percent. That’s a staggering 30-point drop over the past two years.
In addition, Palin has taken lumps from critics who point to her television contracts with The Learning Channel and Fox News and say she is more interested in being a media figure than a serious candidate for president.
Reports that the entertainment channel E! is profiling the Palins as part of its “True Hollywood Story” series don’t help the former governor’s cause.
Palin’s camp did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.
In Washington, Bachmann is one of the loudest voices warning the House Republican leadership against compromising on a pledge to cut spending by $61 billion, calling that number just “a starting point,” which is an important issue to the grassroots conservatives.
And in the early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, Bachmann is serving up the sort of red meat to crowds of conservatives that echoes Palin on the trail in 2008 and 2010.
Last year, Palin headlined a large rally in Minneapolis on behalf of Bachmann’s reelection campaign, heaping praise on her and suggesting they could even appear on the same ticket.
“Someone had better tell Washington that that pink elephant is on the move, and Michele is leading the stampede,” Palin said, according to reports.
And, in a joint interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, Palin was asked about the prospect of the two becoming running mates in 2012.
“Well, that sounds kind of cool. That sounds kind of cool,” Palin answered as the crowd cheered loudly.
Those close to Bachmann say she isn’t trying to supercede Palin, with one such source noting the two share “a friendship and mutual admiration.” But if Palin doesn’t run and Bachmann officially jumps in, the prospect is that Bachmann will drown out the former Alaska governor.
“She would absolutely be a force to be reckoned with among conservatives here in Iowa,” said Republican strategist Bob Haus, who called the reception Bachmann received during her recent trip to the state “impressive.”
Bachmann, he said, would go right for the heart of those voters who would make up Palin’s base in Iowa, and could do so effectively.
“She basically is Sarah Palin,” said another top Republican strategist in Iowa, who’s already signed on as an adviser to another 2012 hopeful. “In terms of her appeal to a specific part of the electorate, the two are about as similar as any two candidates get.”
Over the weekend, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) identified Bachmann as the one candidate who could compete with Palin’s conservative star power.
“If Congresswoman Bachmann gets in, she has the potential to appeal to a lot of people who might have gone for Gov. Palin,” Branstad told The New York Times. “Imagine if they both got in. That could make it really interesting.”
Palin endorsed Branstad in the GOP gubernatorial primary last cycle.
For her part, Palin hasn’t ruled out a 2012 run. She made an overseas trip to India and Israel last month, but unlike Bachmann, she’s not staffing up in key early primary states including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Even some of her former high-profile boosters in the conservative movement publicly indicate they’re looking for a new star who can truly give voice to the conservative grass roots next year.
Commentator Bill Kristol, who argued back in 2009 that Palin was all but inevitable as a presidential candidate, said late last month that she “probably shouldn’t be the Republican nominee for president” next year.
Speaking at a Vanderbilt University forum, Kristol raised questions about Palin’s decision to resign halfway through her term as Alaska governor. He also said last month that he’s been “disappointed” in her posture on the national scene since.
Palin has also cut down on her public statements via Facebook, an outlet she frequently used to get out her message last year, when she campaigned for GOP candidates and traversed the country on a book tour. The former governor wrote nearly three times the amount of Facebook posts in the run-up to the 2010 election and its aftermath (October-December) than she did in the first three months of this year, when other potential presidential candidates ratcheted up their political activity and Bachmann, in particular, became a fixture on cable news.
Still, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist said Palin’s ability to move opinion within the conservative movement hasn’t diminished nearly as much as her detractors would like to claim. Norquist said he isn’t sure whether Bachmann or any one candidate would clearly benefit if the former governor takes a pass on 2012.
“My sense is that Sarah Palin’s power comes not from the sense that people expect her to be president, or even want her to be president,” said Norquist. “Her power lies in the fact that conservatives trust her judgment and that she has this ability to serve as a stamp of approval on candidates, on ideas.”
Norquist was among a group of conservative movement leaders who met with Palin last year in Florida, a meeting that, at the time, indicated she was seriously weighing a 2012 bid. Since, said Norquist, “she’s waited, not announced she’s running, not set up a network. I think that’s why so many people don’t think she’s running. But she’ll still be a major player no matter what she decides.”
Should Palin stay out of the 2012 race, her endorsement would be coveted by hopefuls angling for conservative credibility in a Republican primary, and perhaps no rumored candidate starts in a better spot to snag that backing than Bachmann.
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How Michele Bachmann Can Win
Daily Beast ^ | 04/08/2011 | Mark McKinnon
The Minnesota firebrand could parlay her Tea Party support, fundraising skills, and message discipline into a serious run for the White House. She has the fire in the belly, Mark McKinnon writes.
Though prone to gaffes and non-answer answers, she is a formidable fundraiser, an icon among Tea Party enthusiasts, draws cameras like flies, and her detractors are legion. And it's looking more and more likely she will run for president. Also, it's not a stretch to see how she could very likely win Iowa and we know what happens after that.
No, not Sarah Palin. Get ready for a conservative firebrand from Minnesota who may make memories of Palin pale quickly. We are talking about Rep. Michele Bachmann who, while Palin hesitates, has aggressively jumped into the fray. And while she's not my cup of tea (party), Bachmann would arguably be a stronger GOP candidate for president than Palin in 2012. She works harder, she's smarter, she has more discipline, more focus and, perhaps most important, she has fire in her belly.
Chair of the House Tea Party caucus and an outspoken champion of the movement, Bachmann raised more campaign cash in the 2010 congressional midterm elections than any other candidate. And her $2.2 million haul in the first quarter of 2011, mostly from small donors and before she has officially entered the race, tops former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
Her “positive intensity” among Republicans and right-leaning independents, as measured by Gallup, is higher than Palin’s, even though her name recognition is far lower. Though political pundits pounce on her every misspeak and mangled factoid, while being far more forgiving of the president’s mispronunciations, and historical inaccuracies, she electrifies crowds and displays unnerving message discipline.
Her upstaging of the GOP’s response to the State of the Union address created consternation within the party, but got at least twice the attention and coverage as did Paul Ryan, who delivered the party’s formal response. Ninety percent of politics is showing up. And Bachmann is showing up in Iowa. And she's creating a lot of excitement among the conservative faithful. And Bachmann would fill the void left by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), who decided not to run for president in 2012: She is both a fiscal and social conservative, which is what Iowa Republican primary voters like. If Mike Huckabee doesn't run, and Palin doesn't run, that leaves Rick Santorum as Bachmann's only real competition among these core voters. And he lost his last election by 16 points.
Bachmann’s wooing of the Tea Party vote may pay dividends beyond the base. Rasmussen reports that 48 percent of likely voters say their views on major issues are closer to the average Tea Party member than to the average member of Congress, with 30 percent unsure.
Even with all of the advantages of incumbency, President Obama is vulnerable. With the unpopularity of his health-care agenda, the budget battles in the states, and the coming entitlement crisis, there is a remarkable opportunity for the right candidate—perhaps even a surprising candidate—to win voters from across the political spectrum who are plagued by “persistent fatigue” from the faltering economy and the president’s failure to lead.
Assessing Bachmann’s strength as a candidate, Karl Rove said to Fox’s Bill O'Reilly: "She's smart, she's tough, she's funny, she's got a lot of personality and all of that will help her if she throws her hat in the ring."
However, even with Bachmann’s terms as a state senator and two terms as a U.S. representative, voters may be skeptical of her experience, Rove said. He noted that “people who are going to be inclined to vote against Barack Obama are going to look back and say you know what? We took the untested guy who had no significant achievements and it didn't work out so well.” And Rove said every candidate “has got to create a narrative that at the end of the day says this is why it shouldn't be Obama and this is why it should be me.”
Sarah Palin can't be happy to be suddenly sidelined by a new political American Idol. So, don't be surprised to see her come out swinging hard and soon to reclaim the stage. She will not give up her crown easily.
This could get very entertaining.
-- As vice chairman of Hill & Knowlton and Public Strategies, and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono. McKinnon is co-founder of No Labels and co-chair of Arts & Labs.
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would like to see Sarah swinging. ;)
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Bachmann Voted Against $39 Billion Deal
Saturday, 09 Apr 2011 10:31 AM
House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama are hailing Friday night's last-minute budget deal that averted a government shutdown. But Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is not a fan of the agreement that will slice $38.5 billion in spending, calling it a "disappointment."
After the deal was struck Friday night, Bachmann voted against a stopgap meaure that will keep the federal government operating until final details in the budget deal can be hammered out, Politico reports. A final vote on the deal should come by the middle of next week. Bachmann says she also will vote against that.
“The deal that was reached tonight is a disappointment for me and for millions of Americans who expected $100 billion in cuts, who wanted to make sure their tax dollars stopped flowing to the nation’s largest abortion provider, and who wanted us to defund Obamacare," she said in a statement issued to the media.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/MicheleBachmann-GovernmentShutdown/2011/04/09/id/392343
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Bachmann Voted Against $39 Billion Deal
Saturday, 09 Apr 2011 10:31 AM
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“The deal that was reached tonight is a disappointment for me and for millions of Americans who expected $100 billion in cuts, who wanted to make sure their tax dollars stopped flowing to the nation’s largest abortion provider, and who wanted us to defund Obamacare," she said in a statement issued to the media.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/MicheleBachmann-GovernmentShutdown/2011/04/09/id/392343
i'm not disappointed and i don't mind any of my tax dollars going for abortions. thankfully, she doesn't speak for all of us.
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Fine. Than you send your own dollars for others' abortions. Leave my wallet alone!
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i'm not disappointed and i don't mind any of my tax dollars going for abortions. thankfully, she doesn't speak for all of us.
You're slipping 99 . . . .
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I agree with Chad, I'd rather pay for a one shot abortion than feed and cloth their kid for 18 years. Better of 2 evils.
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I agree with Chad, I'd rather pay for a one shot abortion than feed and cloth their kid for 18 years. Better of 2 evils.
the fetus is considered sacred until its born; then its a burden on welfare. irony there.
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Stupid thread. End of thread.
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Stupid thread. End of thread.
Drinking before 8 am again?
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Drinking before 8 am again?
;D
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Bachmann: A one-term president
By: CNN Political Producer Alexander Mooney
Washington (CNN) – Michele Bachmann just may be a one-term president.
That's what the Minnesota Republican is pledging should she ultimately decide to run for president and win the White House, providing she "turn things around" in that time frame.
"I'm a principled reformer, and my goal is to see the country turn around," Bachmann told the Des Moines Register in an interview published Monday. "I'm also committed to being a one-term president if that's what it takes in order to turn things around, because this is not about a personal ambition."
"It's about getting our financial house in order and to become respected again in the world on an international scale," she added.
Bachmann's comments come the same day she is in the Hawkeye State to deliver a speech to social conservatives in Pella.
On Monday, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and Texas Rep. Ron Paul will deliver speeches in Iowa, she to social conservatives in Pella and he to a Family Leader group in Sioux Center.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/bachmann-a-one-term-president/#more-153866
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Bachmann is awesome. She is a gutsy street fighter who will kic obama's kenyan/islamist/communist/ ass all over the electoral map.
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bachmann was awesome on hannitys radio show today.
she said the repubs are probably going to blink on the debt ceiling and they don't have to!
They should cut the non-essentials, and then pay our darn bills. She is 100% right.
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33, you are an avid fan of the two stupidest people in politics.
It does not bode well for you.
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You voted for obama. Enough said. Anyone who voted for obama is perhaps in the worst position to pass judgment on others.
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Bachmann: A one-term president
"I'm a principled reformer, and my goal is to see the country turn around," Bachmann told the Des Moines Register in an interview published Monday.
"It's about getting our financial house in order and to become respected again in the world on an international scale," she added.
same old jibber jabber mumbo jumbo. Absolutely no idea how to fix it, but by gum, vote her in and she'll do it. What a true, dedicated, non Washington stereotypical, mavericky politician. ::)
Can't someone in the land o' lakes find her some more kids to babysit to keep her busy ???
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Bachmann wins conservative straw poll
By: CNN Political Producer Alexander Mooney
Washington (CNN) - Rep. Michele Bachmann is the winner of a recent straw poll among evangelical and Christian conservative voters, the latest sign the Minnesota Republican may enjoy significant support from that key voting bloc if she decides to run for president.
Bachmann took 23 percent of the vote in a Liberty University straw poll conducted after a two-day gathering of evangelicals at the Christian college that addressed a range of issues, including "abortion, the economy, religious liberty, marriage and homosexuality, [and] Sharia Law," according the school's website.
Bachmann did not appear at the event in person but delivered a video-taped address. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who also did not appear at the event, garnered 22 percent in the straw poll while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who addressed the crowd Friday, received 21 percent.
Meanwhile, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum was the victor in a straw poll at the Greenville County Republican Party convention over the weekend.
Santorum was one of three potential candidates to address Saturday's convention. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Gingrich also spoke there.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/12/bachmann-wins-conservative-straw-poll/#more-153987
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Bachmann wins conservative straw poll
By: CNN Political Producer Alexander Mooney
Washington (CNN) - Rep. Michele Bachmann is the winner of a recent straw poll among evangelical and Christian conservative voters, the latest sign the Minnesota Republican may enjoy significant support from that key voting bloc if she decides to run for president.
Bachmann took 23 percent of the vote in a Liberty University straw poll conducted after a two-day gathering of evangelicals at the Christian college that addressed a range of issues, including "abortion, the economy, religious liberty, marriage and homosexuality, [and] Sharia Law," according the school's website.
Bachmann did not appear at the event in person but delivered a video-taped address. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who also did not appear at the event, garnered 22 percent in the straw poll while former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who addressed the crowd Friday, received 21 percent.
Meanwhile, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum was the victor in a straw poll at the Greenville County Republican Party convention over the weekend.
Santorum was one of three potential candidates to address Saturday's convention. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Gingrich also spoke there.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/12/bachmann-wins-conservative-straw-poll/#more-153987
Best news dems could possibly hear. Go Bachmann, go! :)
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latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bachmann-campaign-20110408,0,5155521.story
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Michele Bachmann has niche appeal
The conservative Minnesota congresswoman is considering a presidential bid. She would rely on home-schoolers, 'tea party' advocates and antiabortion activists. But she's trying to woo voters in the first caucus state of Iowa as a hometown girl.
By Paul West, Los Angeles Times
4:02 PM PDT, April 7, 2011
Reporting from Des Moines
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She suggested Barack Obama was anti-American, condemned the president's healthcare law as "the crown jewel of socialism," called Washington a "gangster government" and state judges who affirm gay marriage "black-robed masters." She has tormented her own party's leaders, complaining that GOP insiders are resisting her efforts to roll back $105 billion in healthcare spending.
But as she nears a bid for the Republican nomination for president, Michele Bachmann is campaigning only partly as "tea party" provocateur — and partly as hometown girl.
Iowa voters hear it time and again: The Minnesota congresswoman was born in the first caucus state, and spent her early years here before moving under protest to the next-door state she now represents. More than that, Bachmann takes pains to point out that she is an "Iowegian" — a distinction with political significance in northern parts of the state, thick with voters of Norwegian descent who helped the Iowegian governor win office. She is one of them.
"I am a w-a-a-y conservative," she told a Des Moines audience of several hundred home-schooling families who share the same moorings, adding, "I may be 5 foot 2 … but I am one tough lady."
Nationally, Bachmann may be best known lately for faux pas — a widely released video of her tea party response to Obama's State of the Union address, in which she aimed her gaze at another camera; more recently, she mistook Concord, N.H., for the Massachusetts launching site of the Revolutionary War.
Yet in Iowa, Bachmann is cutting a passionate, sometimes electrifying, figure in a relatively bland field of 2012 contenders. Her deeply conservative profile meshes neatly with the early primary calendar, a potential advantage in a wide-open race and particularly in two early contests in Iowa and South Carolina.
"She has the 'it' factor. There's just something about her. She kind of grabs you," said Ed Failor Jr., an Iowa anti-tax activist who played host to Bachmann at a fundraising event this year.
Yet Bachmann, 55, is a polarizing presence. Her candidacy, should she formalize it, would rely less on broad support than on a fervent embrace from voters who inhabit niches in the Republican fold — home-schoolers, tea party advocates, antiabortion activists. Both Bachmann's strategy and her persona make her trajectory impossible to predict.
She hasn't decided whether to run, she said in an interview, but is already casting a wide net. She's reaching out to fiscal conservatives and seeking to expand her support among evangelicals. In notoriously tax-phobic New Hampshire, the first primary state, she brandishes tea bags and boasts of pressuring Republicans in Washington to make steeper spending cuts.
"The message that I'm talking about is resonating with what people are concerned about, and so the two are meeting," she said in an interview. "To me, that's exciting."
If she runs, she'll jump in in time to compete in an Iowa straw vote this summer. That same early organizing test four years ago helped lift another social conservative, Mike Huckabee, to victory in the state's caucuses, the initial step to the nomination.
"I take calculated risks," Bachmann said. "I always have."
A tax lawyer who ousted a more moderate Republican to win election to the Minnesota Senate in 2000, she attributes her combative spirit to growing up as the only girl in a family of boys. One brother became a popular TV weatherman in Des Moines; another is on the Yale School of Medicine faculty.
In three terms in Congress, Bachmann has built an impressive national donor base; she raised more than $13 million in 2010, a record for a House campaign. Her fans include people like Tina Dicks of Bondurant, Iowa, a home-schooling mother of four who sees her reflection in Bachmann, a fellow home-schooler, mother of five and opponent of gay marriage and abortion rights. Iowa's network of 10,000 home-schoolers could prove extremely valuable in a presidential process where mobilizing as few as 40,000 voters could mean victory.
"She doesn't sound like a politician to me. She seems like a woman who is speaking from her heart. As a conservative and as a mom, I like what she has to say," Dicks said. At this point, she added, she prefers Bachmann to Sarah Palin, to whom the congresswoman is frequently compared. "Sarah Palin talks a little bit more like a politician talks."
Critics, including many Republican politicians, say Bachmann is too extreme to be elected president, or even nominated.
"I'm not sure she has the ability to articulate a convincing argument without appearing shrill," said David Roederer, a strategist whose job as advisor to Republican Gov. Terry Branstad of Iowa will keep him neutral in 2012.
Another problem is Bachmann's repeated gaffes. Bachmann brushes aside questions about self-discipline and calls verbal slips an inevitable result of so much speaking. She says she owns up to mistakes, often with self-deprecating humor.
Humor "is enormously helpful," she said, noting Minnesota's reputation for dry wit. She links herself to humorist Garrison Keillor: They graduated from the same high school, many years apart, and "my mother is in a quilting club with his former mother-in-law." (Keillor hasn't returned the love; he described Bachmann, in a fundraising appeal for her last opponent, as an embarrassment to Minnesotans.)
Bachmann has lined up Iowa state Sen. Kent Sorenson to head her prospective campaign in the state. He earned national attention for his sponsorship of a measure that would have required presidential candidates to supply a birth certificate in order to run. In Iowa Republican circles, he is regarded as a comer, a tea party politician with a network of supporters.
Iowa's most conservative congressman, Republican Steve King, is also viewed as a Bachmann supporter, though he hasn't endorsed yet.
"Face to face, one on one, any size group you want to talk about, she's a great retail politician," King said, highlighting a valuable skill in a state that expects personal attention from candidates.
Among many unanswered questions about 2012 is whether voters who have never been part of the nominating process will turn out. If tea party adherents swell caucus turnout in Iowa, as some expect, Bachmann could benefit.
"It's a boom or bust thing," said Eric Woolson, a longtime GOP strategist working for another Minnesotan, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, about the caucuses in general and Bachmann in particular. "You just don't know. That's the big unknown."
paul.west@latimes.com
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Bachmann assails Obama over Libya
By: CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby
Bluffton, South Carolina (CNN) - Addressing a crowd of Tea Party activists in South Carolina on Saturday, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann called President Obama's decision to intervene in Libya "foolish" and said the NATO mission could end up boosting al Qaeda.
"We still don't know who the opposition forces are that we're helping," the potential Republican presidential contender said at a morning gathering of the Bluffton Tea Party Patriots.
"The only reports that we have say that there are elements of al Qaeda in North Africa and Hezbollah in the opposition forces," she said. "Let me ask you this: what possible benefit is there to the United States by lifting up and creating a toehold for al Qaeda in North Africa to take over Libya?"
Bachmann, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said she was speaking carefully so as not to betray any national security secrets and said she was referring to to public testimony and news reports.
She claimed terrorists could easily gain control of Libya's vast oil wealth and wreak havoc on their enemies if Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is removed from power.
"If Gadhafi is toppled, if al Qaeda of North Africa comes in, and they secure control over the oil revenues, then they will have a permanent source of funding to finance global terror worldwide," she suggested.
Bachmann is spending four days in the Palmetto State as she explores the possibility of a White House bid. South Carolina is one of the four states that will kick off the Republican presidential nominating process early next year.
She did not elaborate on her political plans but made no secret that she is seriously considering a run.
"I would love to debate Barack Obama," she said. "It would be a pleasure."
Bachmann also accused the president of not doing enough to halt the rising cost of gasoline, which is approaching $4 per gallon in South Carolina.
"Whose side is he on?" she asked. "I don't think he's on our side anymore."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/16/bachmann-assails-obama-over-libya/#more-154810
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Bachmann 2012 announcement, sooner rather than later?
By: CNN Political Unit
(CNN) – Potential presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann may expedite an announcement about her presidential intentions.
"The recent response from people, in terms of Facebook activity and donations, has been amazing," Bachmann said in a statement Tuesday. "And it is forcing us to probably speed up our timing. We were looking at June, but we may make a decision in May."
Bachmann previously said she would make a decision by June, or possibly earlier.
The Minnesota Republican and Tea Party favorite has traveled to early presidential primary and caucus states including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
In a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll, Bachmann received support from 7 percent of Republicans and independents who lean Republican when pitted against other possible and declared GOP candidates.
She ranked fifth behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney who received 23 percent support, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with 17 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 13 percent and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas with 12 percent.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/17/bachmann-2012-announcement-sooner-rather-than-later/
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lol...... rather, romney's 10million dollar day.... tells her it's time to ante up, if she wants in on that $.
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Bachmann announces presidential bid … sort of
By: CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota all but announced a presidential bid in Iowa on Thursday.
Her voice did, at least.
That’s because Bachmann, held up in Washington by a key House vote on the Patriot Act, wasn’t actually at the GOP fundraising banquet she was supposed to headline in Des Moines.
So Bachmann dialed in her appearance at the Polk County GOP's annual Robb Kelley Dinner, first via speaker phone with reporters, and then by a choppy Skype connection, to engage in a question-and-answer session with the ballroom full of party activists.
“We are starting the effort,” Bachmann told reporters who pressed her on how serious she is about mounting a presidential bid. “We already have a hired staff in Iowa, New Hampshire, in South Carolina. We have every aspect that we need in this effort.”
She then went a step further, promising that a presidential announcement will be made in the Iowa town of Waterloo, where she was born.
“When we make that all-important announcement - which will happen in the month of June - that announcement. I am pleased to tell you tonight, will be made in Iowa,” Bachmann said. "And I will also tell you that announcement will be made in the city where I was born, in Waterloo.”
She said that hailing from Waterloo will give her a natural advantage against her rivals in Iowa, which will hold the first contest in the Republican presidential nominating contest.
Being a native Iowan affords her “every advantage a girl would want to have,” she said. “There is no downside to being born in Iowa.”
Though she reserved the right not to run, Bachmann signaled that a full-blown campaign will be announced in the coming weeks is clear that her campaign effort was ramping up. “We are putting plans into place,” she said.
Despite Bachmann’s best efforts to make up for her absence, some Republicans who attended the dinner said that skipping a long-planned event, even for a pivotal vote, might not the best way to endear oneself to the demanding Iowa electorate.
“It would be better if she were here,” said Paul Zietlow, founder of a Des Moines group called the Westside Conservative Club. “But in the long-term she’ll be all right.”
Her D.C.-to-Iowa Skype appearance, beamed into the GOP Dinner over a spotty Marriott internet connection, was a bizarre piece of political theater that resembled a Tea Party version of Chatroulette.
Older members of the audience listened politely but appeared distracted as Bachmann, her voice tinny through computer speakers, blasted the Obama administration’s fiscal record and railed against raising the debt ceiling.
Bachmann’s image repeatedly froze on screen, and the room chuckled when the Skype signal went black and had to be re-established.
But awkward webcam appearances aside, it was clear from several rounds of applause that Bachmann’s socially and fiscally conservative messages resonate with party activists.
Asked about the Skype session, Melcher resident Terry Waterland responded bluntly: “It sucks.”
But Waterland said that Bachmann “has her act together."
“She is fluent on everything,” he said. “We won’t have to bring her up to speed on issues.”
State Sen. Kent Sorensen, the point-person for Bachmann’s early presidential effort in Iowa, said most people at the dinner were “being forgiving” about Bachmann’s absence since she was handling a national security vote.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/26/bachmann-announces-presidential-bid-%E2%80%A6-sort-of/
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i'll buy a ticket to her show.
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Rollins to steer likely Bachmann White House bid
By: CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser
Washington (CNN) – Rep. Michele Bachmann is looking to a campaign veteran to run her likely bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
CNN has confirmed that the congresswoman from Minnesota has signed GOP strategist Ed Rollins to run her campaign, if as expected, she announces her candidacy later this month.
"If she runs, I'll help her," Rollins tells CNN, adding that it's "one more round for the old war horse."
Rollins was campaign manager for President Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-election landslide over former Vice President Walter Mondale. Rollins, a guest on numerous CNN programs over the years, is also more recently known for running former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's bid for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. Huckabee went from being a longshot candidate to winning the Iowa caucuses before ultimately losing to eventual nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
"We'll try and duplicate what Huckabee did in Iowa. It's a good act to follow," says Rollins.
Bachmann has all but declared her candidacy. She recently told reporters and supporters in Iowa that "when we make that all-important announcement – which will happen in the month of June – that announcement. I am pleased to tell you tonight, will be made in Iowa. And I will also tell you that announcement will be made in the city where I was born, in Waterloo."
Bachmann is also taking part in next Monday's CNN/WMUR/New Hampshire Union Leader GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire.
Word of Rollins role in a Bachmann campaign was first reported by CBS.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/06/rollins-to-steer-likely-bachmann-white-house-bid/#more-162262
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lol, she is going to get destroyed.
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lol, she is going to get destroyed.
in the GOP race?
Or against obama?
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lol, she is going to get destroyed.
By who?
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If she actually runs she'll end up a laughing stock like Palin did during the whole McCain fiasco. God knows theres enough material out there for them to work with.
She should just stick to acting, she wasnt too bad in Fargo. Yaah. :P
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If she actually runs she'll end up a laughing stock like Palin did during the whole McCain fiasco. God knows theres enough material out there for them to work with.
She should just stick to acting, she wasnt too bad in Fargo. Yaah. :P
I doubt it. She's actually a lot more seasoned on the national stage than Palin was. I think she'll hold her own with anyone currently running.
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I doubt it. She's actually a lot more seasoned on the national stage than Palin was.
agreed
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I doubt it. She's actually a lot more seasoned on the national stage than Palin was. I think she'll hold her own with anyone currently running.
I disagree but only time will tell.
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I disagree but only time will tell.
She more than holds her own against Matthews and the other far-left twats in the MSM.
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She's probably right: we would end up with both income and sales taxes.
Bachmann Favors National Sales Tax
Monday, 13 Jun 2011 11:50 AM
By Martin Gould
Prospective presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says she wants a national sales tax, but can’t vote for it because she believes Congress would just add it to the current income tax system.
In a profile in The Wall Street Journal, Bachmann says she loves the FAIR tax proposal but just cannot bring herself to back it in the House.
“If we were starting over from scratch, I would favor a national sales tax," the three-term Minnesota congresswoman says. But the reality is that if it were enacted, the chances are “we would end up with a dual tax, a national sales tax and an income tax."
Bachmann says her tax plan would be to take corporate rates down from 35 percent to nine percent and “zero out” capital gains tax, the alternative minimum tax and the death tax.
But she says the main problem with the U.S. tax system is that nearly half the population pays nothing. She says all deductions should be abolished “because there is no tie to the government benefits that people demand.
“Everyone should have to pay something," she insists.
Bachmann says federal spending has to be reined in so much that entire government departments, including education, should be scrapped. When it comes to Social Security and Medicare, she says the country has an obligation to those who are already retired, but not to future seniors.
“People realize the crisis we face isn't in 25 years or even 10 years off. It is right now. And people want it solved now—especially Republican primary voters."
Writer Stephen Moore, who spent two days with Bachmann, says he has no doubt that she will end up running for the Republican nomination and says it would be a mistake to count her out. “She's defied the prognosticators in nearly every race she's run since thrashing an 18-year incumbent in the Minnesota Senate by 20 points in 2000,” he points out.
For her part, Bachmann tells him, “If I do run, like all my races, I will work like a maniac."
And if both she and Sarah Palin throw their hats in the ring, she says America should not expect a catfight. “People want to see a mud-wrestling fight. They won't get it from me because I like Sarah Palin and I respect her."
But when asked whether Tim Pawlenty was a good governor of her state, she was less complimentary, saying, “I really don't want to comment."
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/MicheleBachmann-FAIRTax-Republicans/2011/06/13/id/399831
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as do I.
oh oh, something I agree with the fine lady from Minnesota !
well, there's that stopped clock being right twice in 24 hours.....
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Congrats to bachmann tonight. Great job.
Gangsta Govt!!!!
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Bachmann Announces Presidential Run at Debate
Published June 13, 2011
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., answers a question as former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, center, applauds while CNN's John King, left looks on during the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011. Bachmann, invited as an unannounced contender for the 2012 nomination, used the debate to announce she had filed papers earlier in the day to run, (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Monday night during a debate of declared and potential Republican presidential contenders that she had filed the paperwork needed to enter the race.
Bachmann, a favorite of the the Tea Party movement, said she intended to make a formal announcement of her candidacy soon.
She and other Republican White House hopefuls criticized President Obama's handling of the economy from the opening moments of the two-hour debate and pledged emphatically to repeal the administration's year-old health care law.
Obama was hundreds of miles away, vowing to continue his efforts to create jobs as the Republicans met on a stage at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.
Bachmann, a third-term congresswoman and the first female contender to enter the 2012 race, has been leaning heavily toward a run over the past few months, visiting early primary states, raising money and railing against Obama.
"Our country needs a leader who understands the hardships that people across America have been facing over the past few years, and who will do what it takes to renew the American dream. We must become a strong and proud America again, and I see clearly a better path to a brighter future," Bachmann said in a statement issued through her new campaign.
She brings high energy, charisma and proven fundraising ability to the Republican race to nominate a challenger to Obama. She also is known for unyielding stances, biting commentary and high-profile gaffes.
While she hasn't built the broad campaign infrastructure of some GOP rivals, she has gradually patched together a blend of tested and fresh-but-determined advisers. She's also shown an ability to raise money from a network of small-dollar donors, including $13.5 million she put toward the nation's most expensive House race of 2010.
Bachmann, 55, spent the bulk of her political career in Minnesota and Washington as a minority party member, reveling in her role as a fierce voice of the opposition. She didn't let up when Republicans gained control of the U.S. House last fall, enhancing her standing through public breaks with party leaders after she was denied a place in caucus leadership.
The camera-friendly congresswoman has irked some party leaders by grabbing at the spotlight, such as the alternate televised response she delivered to Obama's State of the Union speech this winter.
Her willingness to speak her mind -- she once accused Obama of running a "gangster government" -- has brought her both loyal fans and plenty of critics.
Since first hinting at a presidential campaign ahead of an Iowa speech in January, she has made sustained trips there and to New Hampshire and South Carolina, all places with an outsized voice in the nominating process. She previously told reporters she would announce her intentions this month in her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa.
Other full-fledged candidates include former Govs. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and businessman Herman Cain.
Still a possibility is Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. Palin assisted Bachmann in her 2010 race. And while the two deny any inherent rivalry, the potential they may both run in 2012 has already stirred up such talk.
Before politics, Bachmann was an attorney who at one point chased tax cheats for the federal government. A mother of five and foster parent over the years to more than 20 girls, Bachmann dove into public life during a fight over Minnesota school standards. She spent six years in the Minnesota Senate before winning an open seat Congress, where she's been since 2007.
Bachmann's husband, Marcus, runs a Christian-based counseling clinic.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/13/bachmann-says-shes-filed-to-run-for-president/
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Michele Bachmann enters presidential race
By BRIAN BAKST Associated Press © 2011 The Associated Press
June 13, 2011, 8:24PM
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, an outspoken Republican with close ties to the tea party, announced Monday that she is running for president, a candidacy that could further shake up a volatile fight for the GOP nomination.
The first female contender to enter the 2012 race, Bachmann announced her bid during a Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire. The third-term Minnesota congresswoman has been leaning heavily toward a run over the past few months, visiting early primary states, raising money and railing against President Barack Obama.
"We cannot risk giving President Obama four more years to dismantle our nation. We must act now," Bachmann said in a fundraising letter sent within an hour of her entrance. "That's why I've made the decision to get in this race."
She brings high energy, charisma and proven fundraising ability to the race to nominate a Republican challenger to Obama. She also is known for unyielding stances, biting commentary and high-profile gaffes.
Bachmann is attempting the rare leap from the U.S. House to the presidency.
Despite having low seniority and few policy accomplishments, she has risen to prominence in Washington in part by her frequent television appearances and willingness to attack Obama in sharp terms.
Her popularity with tea party activists and her credentials as a social conservative make her a credible threat to other candidates courting conservatives who make up the core of the Republican Party. Her impact may be felt most in Iowa, the first stop in the nomination battle and where Christian evangelicals dominate.
While she hasn't built the broad campaign infrastructure of some GOP rivals, she has gradually patched together a blend of tested and fresh-but-determined advisers. She's also shown an ability to raise money from a network of small-dollar donors, including $13.5 million she put toward the nation's most expensive House race of 2010.
Bachmann spent the bulk of her political career in Minnesota and Washington as a minority party member, reveling in her role as a fierce voice of the opposition. She didn't let up when Republicans gained control of the U.S. House last fall, enhancing her standing through public breaks with party leaders after she was denied a place in caucus leadership.
The camera-friendly congresswoman has irked some party leaders by grabbing at the spotlight, such as the alternate televised response she delivered to Obama's State of the Union speech this winter.
Her willingness to speak her mind — she once accused Obama of running a "gangster government" — has brought her both loyal fans and plenty of critics. In 2009, she called it an "interesting coincidence" that the last swine flu outbreak in the U.S. occurred under a Democratic president, though it actually happened when Republican Gerald Ford was in office.
Since first hinting at a presidential campaign ahead of an Iowa speech in January, she has made sustained trips there and to New Hampshire and South Carolina, all places with an outsized voice in the nominating process. She previously told reporters she would announce her intentions this month in her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa.
Veteran Republican campaign consultant Ed Rollins confirmed to The Associated Press that he would be Bachmann's campaign manager. He said a formal rollout hasn't been set.
"We are now a campaign committee and we will come out to Iowa sometime in the next couple of weeks," Rollins said.
Other full-fledged candidates include former Govs. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and businessman Herman Cain.
Still a possibility is Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee. Palin assisted Bachmann in her 2010 race. And while the two deny any inherent rivalry, the possibility they may both run in 2012 has already stirred up such talk.
Bachmann, 55, enters as a definite factor in Iowa's caucuses, not just because it is her native state and now neighbor. Despite her status as an elected official, she is attractive to GOP activists looking for a candidate with outsider appeal. She particularly resonates with the conservative coalition that led former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to a 2008 caucus win.
She has vigorously courted evangelical pastors during her early trips to Iowa. Bachmann has also landed the support of up-and-coming GOP players, including state Sen. Kent Sorenson, an ardent social conservative.
Sorenson is lined up to run Bachmann's Iowa campaign. Bachmann has also signed a former top deputy to Huckabee's 2008 Iowa campaign. However, it's not clear whether those hires and Bachmann's popularity with this segment of the caucus electorate would necessarily translate into organizational strength.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's decision to bypass the Iowa GOP's presidential straw poll in Ames gives Bachmann a stronger chance for a breakthrough moment a couple of months out of the gate.
Before politics, Bachmann was an attorney who at one point chased tax cheats for the federal government. A mother of five and foster parent over the years to more than 20 girls, Bachmann dove into public life during a fight over Minnesota school standards. She spent six years in the Minnesota Senate before winning an open seat Congress, where she's been since 2007.
Bachmann's husband, Marcus, runs a Christian-based counseling clinic.
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Associated Press writer Thomas Beaumont contributed to this report from Des Moines, Iowa.
Gangsta!
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Bbbboooommmm!!!!
Gangstas!!!!
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Ha ha ha- she is great.
"Fantasy Football is one thing, Obamanomics is Fantasy Economics but worse"
Aft.
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Bachmann Impresses in First Debate
Reaganite Republican ^ | June 14, 2011 | Reaganite Republican
Leader of the TEA Party caucus announces candidacy...
then proceeds to show 'em what she's made of
Besides the fact that Romney escaped the evening unscathed -candidates were agreeable, introducing themselves and only attacking Obama- the evening's other winner clearly seems to have been Michele Bachmann...
The Minnesota Congresswoman definitely made the most of the opportunity, announcing that she's filed to run and will soon make a formal announcement. In debate, Bachmann came across very, very well -sharp and extremely well-informed on the issues- tearing into the Obammunist regime while charming the audience with an empathetic, folksy charisma and clear, concise arguments:
"As President of the United States, I will not rest until ObamaCare is repealed... you can take it to the bank and cash the check."
"What could the President be thinking, passing a bill like this (ObamaCare)... knowing full well it will kill 800,000 jobs?"
Unlike how the media has tried to wrongly portray the TEA party... the TEA Party is really made up of dissaffected Democrats, independents, people who have never been political a day in their life, libertarians, Republicans, it's a wide swath of America coming together- I think that's why the Left fears it so much. They're people who simply want to take the country back, they want it to work again... who want to take this country back... that's why the Left is so afraid of them.
We're going to win, make no mistake about it. So I want to announce tonight... Barack Obama is a one-term president!
This election will be about economics: it will be about 'how will we create jobs' - 'how will we turn the economy around'- 'how will we have a pro-growth economy'. That's a great story for Republicans to tell: President Obama can't tell that story, his report card has a big, fat failing grade on it.
I've voted against raising the debt-ceiling in the past, and unless there are serious cuts, I can't.... but I'd like to speak of someone far more eloquent than I- someone who said "Just dealing with the issue of raising the debt ceiling is a failure of leadership". That person was then-Senator Barack Obama: he refused to raise the debt ceiling because he said President Bush had 'failed at leadership'.
And I just see now that Eric Erickson at RedState was put back in his chair by Bachmann's "dazzling" performance...
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The surprise last night was Michelle Bachmann.
If there was a winner of the anti-Romney coalition, Michelle Bachmann not only won, but won by a wide margin. Suddenly, for many, the flirtation toward Herman Cain and others will go in Bachmann’s direction.
Bachmann’s stellar performance also contrasted with Tim Pawlenty who could have sealed the deal, or taken substantial steps toward sealing the deal, of being the anti-Romney candidate.
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Michele Bachmann's been languishing at around 5% in the primary race so far, so with this under her belt and the campaign official it will be interesting to see the next poll... and then if Perry and/or Palin are getting in. Erickson thinks -as do I- that now we'll see Rick Perry come in, as anti-Romney factions join together and back him... did I hear somebody say
'Perry-Bachmann 2012'...?
The CNN debate can be viewed in-full -here-
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two best things she did:
1. left her crazy juice at home.
2. hired Ed Rawlins.
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Bachmann draws new attention after GOP debate
By the CNN Wire Staff
June 14, 2011
(CNN) -- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's newly official presidential bid drew fresh eyes Tuesday after complimentary reviews of her performance in a face-off with her Republican rivals.
Several CNN analysts declared her one of the winners of the CNN-sponsored New Hampshire GOP debate Monday night, while House Speaker John Boehner said the third-term congresswoman "did a really good job last night."
"I think she is a bright member of our caucus," Boehner told reporters. "It's one of the reasons why I appointed her to the Intelligence Committee."
During her relatively short time in Washington, Bachmann has staked out a position on the far right and made some gaffes that have made her the butt of critics' jokes. She has accused Obama of forcing "tyranny" on Americans, earning CNN contributor John Avlon's "Wingnut of the Year" award in 2009. She has been complimented as the next Sarah Palin and dismissed as "a poor man's Sarah Palin," as Meghan McCain, the tart-tongued daughter of the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, put it in February.
CNN analysts: Winners and losers
But underestimating Bachmann would be a mistake, University of Minnesota political science professor Larry Jacobs said.
"She's very strategically smart," Jacobs said. "Michele Bachmann has taken on the political establishment throughout her career and has prevailed each time."
Bachmann played down the plaudits in a Tuesday interview on CNN's "American Morning."
"I was really just thinking about President Obama and what we can do to make sure that he is a one-term president, because frankly, he hasn't done a great job serving the interests of the American people," she said. "So that was really my focus last night."
Bachmann is the sole woman in the current seven-member GOP field, running at 4% in a CNN-Opinion Research Corp. poll taken last week. Front-running former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney drew 24% in that survey, while Palin, who has not announced whether she will run, got 20%.
But Bachmann told CNN her campaign is "just out of the box."
"I think that now we'll be able to make our case to the American people," she said. "And I think that we'll see then an increased level of support around the country."
Gergen: Candidates may win GOP, but lose America
During the debate, she touted her sponsorship of bills that would repeal two of the Obama administration's biggest congressional wins: the health care law and the Dodd-Frank overhaul of Wall Street regulations that passed following the 2008 financial collapse. And she called for cuts in corporate taxes and a rollback of what she called "job-killing" environmental regulations, steps she told CNN would revive the staggering American economy "in a quarter or two."
Bachmann, 55, was born Michele Marie Amble in Waterloo, Iowa, a fact she naturally is playing up in that early caucus state. She was raised a Democrat as she grew up in various cities across the Midwest, and met her husband, Marcus, while working on Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign. She switched parties in 1980, attracted by Ronald Reagan's anti-abortion platform.
She has an education degree from Minnesota's Winona State University, went on to earn a law degree from Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma and study tax law at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. She worked as an attorney for the Treasury Department in the 1990s, arguing civil and criminal tax cases, and the couple has raised five children and 23 foster kids.
Bennett: Stop griping about GOP candidates
She placed the foster children in public school and, unhappy with what they were learning, ultimately ran for a seat on the school board. She lost that race, but went on to challenge a moderate Republican incumbent in a 2000 campaign for the state Senate. Few thought she would have any chance, but she succeeded.
"She won because of her organizational skill and her understanding of where she could build a base of support, particularly through churches and other conservative organizations in the district," Jacobs said.
During her six years in St. Paul, she was the "furthest out you could get" on the social conservative spectrum, Jacobs said.
Scala: In debate, a new Romney leaves 2008 behind
"She was the one introducing legislation that other Republicans were shy about signing on to," he said.
Bachmann says God encouraged her to run for higher office. She won her suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul seat in Congress in 2006, becoming the first Republican woman to represent Minnesota.
She first drew national attention in 2008, when she attacked what she called Obama's "anti-American" associations and suggested during an MSNBC interview that news organizations should investigate which other members of Congress were "pro-America or anti-America."
She has railed against Obama's economic policies, comparing them variously to Marxism and slavery, and once suggested Obama's push for volunteer service would lead young Americans into "re-education camps." She announced in 2009 that she would fill out only basic family information on her forms for the upcoming census, warning that the Obama administration could not be trusted to protect personal data. GOP colleagues publicly prodded her to reconsider, noting that the 2010 survey would be used to apportion federal funds and draw congressional districts.
In 2010, she became the chairwoman of the newly formed Tea Party Caucus in the House of Representatives. But Monday night, when a longtime New Hampshire Republican official expressed concern that the Tea Party movement would drive away moderate Republicans and independent voters, Bachmann said all elements of the GOP are needed in a "three-legged stool."
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"We need the peace-through-strength Republicans, we need the fiscal conservatives, we need the social conservatives," she said. "We need everybody to come together, because we're going to win. Just make no mistake about it."
In April, 2008 GOP runner-up Mike Huckabee's former political director signed on board Bachmann's campaign. The same month, she edged out Huckabee -- who isn't running in 2012 -- in a straw poll at Liberty University, the Virginia college founded by onetime Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell.
Jacobs said Bachmann has the building blocks needed for a successful presidential campaign: money, an enthusiastic base and a distinguishing set of policy ideas.
"There are some serious assets for her to run, and I think the tendency to dismiss her is just not in touch with the hardcore reality of her kind of political balance sheet," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/14/bachmann.profile/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
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Chris Matthews' New Thrill? Hardball Hosts Flips and Praises 'Serious,' 'Informed' Bachmann
NewsBuusters ^ | 14 Jun 2011 | Scott Whitlock
Posted on June 14, 2011 8:49:23 PM EDT by mandaladon
What is Chris Matthews up to? The MSNBC anchor, who once trashed Michele Bachmann as a "zombie" and a "nutcase," on Tuesday praised the Congresswoman as "poised, informed and serious." Touting Bachmann's performance in Monday's Republican presidential debate, he gushed that the Representative did "great."
The Hardball host, who once battled with Bachmann and wondered if she was "hypnotized," hyped that the debate saw "the emergence of a star." He added, "[Bachmann] was, of course, created here. She came off as...poised, informed and serious. Could she be the candidate that Sarah Palin was supposed to be?"
In an amusing moment, Matthews prefaced a question to Jennifer Donahue of the Huffington Post by proclaiming, "I'm not an active Republican." Regular viewers of MSNBC probably already know that.
A partial transcript of the June 16 segment can be found below:
5pm
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Maybe the biggest story from last night was not Romney's cool or Pawlenty's retreat, but the emergence of a star, Michele Bachmann. She was, of course, created here. She came off as poised, informed, that's right, Gene, poised, informed and serious. Could she be the candidate that Sarah Palin was supposed to be?
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MATTHEWS: Well, there's a woman, person, a friend not afraid of the mainstream media.
MICHAEL STEELE: That's right. She's not.
MATTHEWS: No hiding over in Fox land. First of all, what did you think of her performance last night? Because we all thought she was great.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
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She did great. Even chris mathews had to admit it.
And you know he's kissing her ass so she'll go o his show haha.....
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....Sarah.....
Sarah....who?
the bandwagon is filling up for Michele.!
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....Sarah.....
Sarah....who?
the bandwagon is filling up for Michele.!
I am in a few fights on Free Republic over this. I am attacked for beig a Palin hater because I also like MB!
Not kidding.
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I am in a few fights on Free Republic over this. I am attacked for beig a Palin hater because I also like MB!
Not kidding.
Fuck, I like the Tantoros chick that's always on Fox news. Beautiful, her and Betty Nyguen, well Betty works for cbs no?
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Michele Bachmann's Outside Business Savvy
Townhall.com ^ | June 15, 2011 | John Ransom
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If either the GOP contenders or President Obama plan on dismissing Michele Bachmann’s candidacy out of hand because she represents the Tea Party, they ought to think twice.
In the war of economics and business, where these campaigns will likely be won or lost, Bachmann has shown the strongest practical grasp on issues of the American economy vs. any of the candidates in the race.
Certainly she has the academic and business experience for her views on the economy to be taken seriously. "After high school, meanwhile, the disciplined Bachmann spent time on a Kibbutz in Israel, graduated from Winona State University with a bachelor's of arts, got her law degree at Oral Roberts University, and followed up with a tax law degree from the exclusive William & Mary Law School," says USNews, calling her a "smart version of Sarah Palin."
Bachmann then worked as a tax attorney for the IRS.
While Mitt Romney can tout his experience on Wall Street, that experience is becoming more and more problematic as Republican voters become disenchanted with too-big-to-fail institutions that control the markets in the U.S.
GOP voters, who used to cozy up to Wall Street, suddenly understand that, at least at the top, Wall Street executives are often for sale to whichever side is in power.
That’s part of the reason why Obamneycare presents such a potent challenge to Romney.
Government-crafted schemes like Obamacare and Romneycare are looking more and more to voters like Big Government, Big Labor and Big Business sitting down in a smoke-filled room to decide the winners and losers, because that’s what happens.
And since the rest of us don’t have a seat at the table, guess who buys the cigars?
Michele Bachmann on the other hand, as a member of the House Committee on Financial Services, has shown a great deal of insight into where the economy has gone wrong. And it’s the insight of an outsider looking in.
On the first day of the new Republican majority, Bachmann introduced legislation to repeal Barney Frank’s so-called reform of Wall Street, called Dodd-Frank, one of those Big Government, Big Business, Big Labor joint ventures.
Bachmann was blasted at the time by her Democrat critics as being a stooge for Wall Street. But as time goes on, it’s becoming clearer that Bachmann was standing up for the health of the economy, while Chris Dodd and Barney Frank were in the pockets of the banks and Wall Street.
Bachmann proved to be way out in front of her colleagues on both sides of the aisle. At the time, a Dodd-Frank repeal was considered a loser for the GOP. Time, however, has a funny way of revealing facts.
Given the recent disclosures regarding Dodd-Frank author Barney Frank’s love interest with a top executive at Fannie Mae, Bachmann practically called out the ménage à trois of Big Government, Big Labor and Big Business by name:
“Dodd-Frank also failed to address the taxpayer-funded liabilities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” says Bachmann calling for repeal of Dodd-Frank. “Real financial regulatory reform must deal with these lenders who were a leading cause of our economic recession. True reform must also end the bailout mindset that was perpetuated by the last Congress. I am proud to work towards repeal of Dodd-Frank because Congress must protect the taxpayers, instead of handing out favors to Wall Street.”
As the housing markets threaten to make new lows, Bachmann’s words may not just be empty rhetoric on the pages of a congressional archive, either. There is growing concern that if the housing market doesn’t start to reverse trend that we could have a second wave of too-big-to-fail mortgage failures, necessitating bailouts of more big banks.
Far from insulating the U.S. economy from the failures of the housing sector, Dodd-Frank has further solidified the grip housing has on the economy.
“The villains? An unholy alliance between Wall Street, the Democratic establishment, community organizing groups like ACORN and La Raza, and politicians like Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi and Henry Cisneros” says Fanniegate Is Really Bad News For Democrats at BusinessInsider.com.
"We're not seeing a very forceful step on the too-big-to-fail problem," said Carmen Reinhart, an economist at the University of Maryland according to NPR regarding Dodd-Frank. "If there's any doubt that the crisis may be systemic, we will bail out again."
Already, the Congressional Budget Office is saying that Obama’s estimate of $130 billion to bail out Fannie and Freddie will be closer to $317 billion.
Obama and Barney Frank have gone from calling for the dismantling of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to turning over the whole U.S. housing sector to it.
That’s because the White House never had any intention of reforming the mortgage market any more than Chris Dodd or Barney Frank intended to reform Wall Street’s too-big-to-fail problem.
“Check out page 11 of the White House's recent proposal to Congress for ‘reforming’ the toxic twins,” writes Investors Business Daily. “It insists Fannie and Freddie's role in financing affordable-housing is ‘vital.’ And that ‘any changes should occur at a measured pace that preserves widespread access to affordable mortgages for lower-income Americans.’"
A “measured pace” is Obamaspeak for no reform at all.
In fact, the U.S. has strengthened its guarantees to bail out the housing market through Fannie and Freddie and the final tab may be over $1 trillion to the U.S taxpayers, not including loss of home value.
“Before their 2008 collapse, that guarantee was implicit; now it is more straightforward. Fannie and Freddie are fully controlled (and mostly owned) by Washington,” reports the National Review, “their mortgage activities are sustained by U.S. taxpayers; and their bonds are widely considered to be as safe (or nearly as safe) as Treasury bills.”
For 2012, the subtext of the campaigns will likely be the intended consequences of legislation, like Dodd-Frank, that doesn’t even attempt to address the problems that they are supposed to ameliorate.
Dodd-Frank is the textbook example of what’s wrong with Washington since it harms the economy without addressing many of the systemic problems in the economy as it was hailed to. It also lies at the heart of the economic debate on the direction of the country. It’s the ultimate insider remedy, authored by insiders for insiders.
By positioning herself against Dodd-Frank, Michele Bachmann could end up parlaying her outside appeal into a contending campaign for the presidency.
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Michele Bachmann comes out of GOP debate in ‘overdrive’. Ramping up Campaign in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Union Leader ^ | 06/16/2011 | JOHN DiSTASO
BACHMANN’S OVERDRIVE. Coming off of a strong showing — if not an outright victory — in Monday night’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary debate, Minnesota U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann is trying to parlay that momentum into the beginnings of a grassroots New Hampshire campaign.
She has been getting help for months now from long-time friend and radio talk show host Jeff Chidester, who will continue to “give her advice” and has been asked to take a stronger role, “which we will talk about” in the coming days, he says.
Now that she has officially become a candidate, three more Granite State activists have joined her team and Chidester says more are on the way.
Mattheu LeDuc is Bachmann’s New Hampshire director of operations. He was a volunteer field operative for John McCain’s state campaign in 2008 and has worked in Massachusetts as an intern for former Gov. Paul Cellucci, then with Gov. Jane Swift’s campaign, and later on Mitt Romney’s transition team when Romney was elected governor.
In 2009 and 2010, LeDuc worked on current New Hampshire GOP Chairman Jack Kimball’s campaign for governor.
Caroline Gigler is Bachmann’s Southern New Hampshire field director. She was the Seacoast regional field coordinator for the New Hampshire Republican Party’s Victory program during the 2010 elections.
Tom Lukacz ran the Kimball campaign for governor in 2010 and was a key member of his team when he ran successfully for the party chairmanship.
Chidester says that “high-profile” Granite Staters are ready to sign on as well. And he said the Bachmann debate viewing party at the Puritan Back Room in Manchester was packed.
“It’s thrilling,” Chidester said of the debate. “That was the Michele Bachmann I’ve known for five years and it was great to see.”
He said she has the potential to run a successful campaign in New Hampshire.
“She has a lot of the same characteristics that we find important, and a lot of the same things we find in leaders that we can respect,” he said.
WINNERS AND LOSERS. Now that a few days have passed and the national gurus have had their say on the debate, here’s our New Hampshire-centric view of the first major event of the primary campaign.
While Bachmann gained the most traction from the debate by introducing herself to New Hampshire with comparatively decisive answers on fiscal, political and social issues, Romney was also a winner — by not losing.
He entered the debate as the frontrunner by far; and nothing that occurred in the debate — either by his own doing or by others — changed that status.
He held his own. He made no gaffes. He defended his Massachusetts health care law exactly as he had been doing in the previous weeks.
Romney won mainly because no one else laid a glove on him. And no one really tried, which was surprising.
We didn’t expect a bloodbath. We didn’t expect the other candidates, far less well-known than Romney, to introduce themselves to New Hampshire and the nation in a negative way by bashing another contender.
But we expected more distinctions to be drawn. So, when Tim Pawlenty backed off, refusing to press Romney on “Obamneycare” after coining the phrase on “Meet the Press” the previous day, Romney won that round — and Pawlenty lost it.
That’s really the only memorable Pawlenty “moment,” and it was a negative Pawlenty moment. Lucky for him, he has plenty of time to recover.
Bachmann, on the other hand, became the Minnesotan with momentum.
She articulated the Tea Party’s goals well. She answered our question about same-sex marriage versus the 10th Amendment and states’ rights specifically, saying, that although she opposes same-sex marriage and would support a constitutional amendment to that effect, “I’m running for the presidency of the United States. And I don’t see that it’s the role of a President to go into states and interfere with their state laws.”
Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich comported themselves effectively, but each needed to stand out more in order to begin to gain traction in New Hampshire. Herman Cain was, as one activist put it to us, “off his game,” and Ron Paul was — well — Ron Paul, the libertarian conscience of the group.
It remains to be seen if Paul’s showing helped him expand his base at all.
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I like her a lot better than Romney - thats for sure.
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Rasmussen: Bachmann Running Second to Romney
Thursday, 16 Jun 2011
By Jim Meyers
Rep. Michele Bachmann has surged into second place behind Mitt Romney following Monday’s Republican presidential debate and Bachmann’s entry into the race for the GOP nomination, a new Rasmussen Reports national poll reveals.
The survey of likely GOP primary voters shows former Massachusetts Gov. Romney with 33 percent support, and Bachmann with 19 percent. Businessman Herman Cain is in third place with 10 percent of the vote.
In a late April Rasmussen poll, Donald Trump led the pack with 19 percent, followed by Romney at 17 percent and Mike Huckabee with 15 percent. Trump and Huckabee have since announced that they are not seeking the nomination.
“With her impressive New Hampshire debate performance, Bachmann has gone from a conservative Sarah Palin-lite curiosity to a potential game-changer,” Time magazine reported.
“For two hours onstage with her GOP rivals, Bachmann appeared polished, serene and in command,” Time added.
In the new poll, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was fourth with 9 percent, followed by Rep. Ron Paul (7 percent), former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (6 percent each), and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (2 percent). The remaining respondents said they prefer some other candidate.
Romney and Bachmann are tied at 26 percent among primary voters who say they are tea party members, while Romney holds a 36 percent to 16 percent lead over Bachmann among nonmembers.
Bachmann is described as “very conservative” by 55 percent of respondents in the Rasmussen survey, while only 11 percent say Romney is very conservative.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/RasmussenReports-MicheleBachmann-MittRomney-HermanCain/2011/06/16/id/400311
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I am getting attacked left and right on FR for supporting bachmann.
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latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-bachmann-empathy-20110616,0,7584994.story
latimes.com
In a switch, GOP's Michele Bachmann talks of empathy
By James Oliphant
10:18 AM PDT, June 16, 2011
In her first televised interview since declaring her presidential candidacy, Michele Bachmann accused President Obama of having a “shocking" lack of empathy toward Americans victimized by the struggling economy.
“I talk to people. I care about people,” the Minnesota Republican told Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity Wednesday evening. “The president has no understanding of what is happening in real people's lives.”
Coming off a debate performance in New Hampshire earlier this week for which was generally given high marks, Bachmann has edged her way into the White House conversation. And because of her dual appeal to social and fiscal conservatives, her candidacy, especially in states such as Iowa and South Carolina, is being watched with growing interest.
Bachmann has been highlighting her experience both in the House, as a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, and her work as a tax lawyer—perhaps as a means to counter the tendency for many political observers to view her as simply a less bombastic and more disciplined version of Sarah Palin.
But her decision to address Obama’s purported lack of empathy is notable—largely because Bachmann emerged into public notoriety as a vanguard of the slash-and-burn “tea party” movement, which largely took a mistrustful view of government in any context. Moreover, the term “empathy” is one that has long been derided by conservatives.
It’s a sign that she, along with Mitt Romney and her other rivals for the GOP nomination, view the economy, and especially the unemployment rate, as the incumbent’s biggest weakness, and that forging a connection with voters unhappy with the country's direction will be the key to victory.
Toward that end, it's just the beginning of what promises to be a concerted Republican effort to frame Obama in a manner similar to the way George H.W. Bush was brought down by Bill Clinton and Democrats in 1992.
In the interview, Bachmann also called the president “out of touch,” saying “he has no basis of understanding how to deal with the economy.”
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I really hope she is on the ticket one way or the other. She is really good.
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Commentary Magazine: Don’t Underestimate Michele Bachmann
COMMENTARY MAGAZINE ^ | 06/16/2011 | Jonathan S Tobin
Posted on June 16, 2011 10:45:58 PM EDT by SeekAndFind
America was formally introduced to Michele Bachmann last night. The poised and articulate woman on the stage in New Hampshire was nothing like the caricature of a Tea Party bomb thrower the mainstream media led the country to expect. Critics will attempt to downplay Bachmann’s strong showing as nothing more than a case of exceeding low expectations. But if that is what her rivals for the nomination are thinking today, they are making a mistake. In a field of largely bland candidates, she stands out as a person with energy and strong principles.
Heretofore, Bachmann has been viewed as a Sarah Palin clone or, at best, a rerun of Mike Huckabee and his surprisingly strong primary run in 2008. Either way, she was seen as a candidate with no real path to the nomination, let alone a chance of victory in November 2012. But the idea she is only competing for the title of best second -tier candidate underestimates both the candidate and the impact of the populist Tea Party movement that adores her.
After two straight poor debate performances by Tim Pawlenty, the image of him ducking a chance to take on Mitt Romney to his face on “Obamneycare” will linger. Though Pawlenty has many virtues, gutlessness is not a character trait Americans want in their president. Which means the idea Bachmann was a possible spoiler for Pawlenty in Iowa may have it backwards. Going forward, perhaps we ought to think of her, not Pawlenty, as the standard bearer for the social conservative wing of the party.
Today, many are envisioning the two winners of the debate — Romney and Bachmann — as the most likely to emerge from the early primaries as the main GOP contenders. That may be subject to revision in the unlikely event of another major candidate such as Paul Ryan jumping in, but it is a reasonable scenario. But if it does come down to just the two of them, the assumption that Romney is the certain nominee may be a misperception of the political realities of 2012.
Though no one laid a glove on Romney last night, the notion that most Republicans are willing to forgo running against Obamacare next year still strikes me as unlikely. And though Bachmann may be following the Huckabee blueprint in Iowa, she has a good deal more to offer to voters in other states than the cornpone style of the former Arkansas governor. She may also turn out to be the leading recipient of small donations in the coming months. This could give her enough money to go toe-to-toe with Romney and his massive warchest.
The conventional wisdom is if Republicans want to win, they won’t nominate Bachmann, and Romney would deserve to be favored in a head-to-head matchup on Super Tuesday and the later primaries. But if the economy does not substantially improve in the next seven to nine months, GOP activists may start to think any presentable Republican will be able to beat President Obama. Moreover, anyone assuming Bachmann’s Tea Party energy would not be a match for Romney’s establishment charm may be thinking of the Republican Party of an earlier era, not the one that won the 2010 midterms.
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'President Bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want'
The Hill ^
Posted on June 17, 2011 8:21:26 PM EDT by Sub-Driver
'President Bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want' By Andrew Restuccia - 06/17/11 05:20 PM ET
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) took aim Friday at a law mandating more energy efficient light bulbs, vowing to overturn the requirement if elected president.
"President Bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want,” Bachmann said at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La.
Bachmann touted her Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act, which would repeal a provision in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that requires traditional incandescent light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient beginning in 2012.
Republicans have cast the provision as a “light bulb ban,” arguing that it will disadvantage incandescent bulbs in favor of more expensive LED (light-emitting diode) and CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulbs.
LEDs and CFLs are much more efficient than traditional incandescent bulbs.
Bachmann’s comments come just days after President Obama touted energy-efficient light bulbs during a speech at an LED lighting manufacturer in Durham, N.C.
LED lighting is “going to make a huge difference, not just for businesses who use the technology, but also for a country that needs to figure out how do we operate in a more energy-efficient way,” Obama said.
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'President Bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want'
The Hill ^
Posted on June 17, 2011 8:21:26 PM EDT by Sub-Driver
'President Bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want' By Andrew Restuccia - 06/17/11 05:20 PM ET
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) took aim Friday at a law mandating more energy efficient light bulbs, vowing to overturn the requirement if elected president.
"President Bachmann will allow you to buy any light bulb you want,” Bachmann said at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La.
Bachmann touted her Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act, which would repeal a provision in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that requires traditional incandescent light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient beginning in 2012.
Republicans have cast the provision as a “light bulb ban,” arguing that it will disadvantage incandescent bulbs in favor of more expensive LED (light-emitting diode) and CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulbs.
LEDs and CFLs are much more efficient than traditional incandescent bulbs.
Bachmann’s comments come just days after President Obama touted energy-efficient light bulbs during a speech at an LED lighting manufacturer in Durham, N.C.
LED lighting is “going to make a huge difference, not just for businesses who use the technology, but also for a country that needs to figure out how do we operate in a more energy-efficient way,” Obama said.
You're right, I do like it ;D She came out against the ban before so I knew she was heavy against it. Good to see she didn't forget about it.
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Chris Matthews Gushes On Real Time:“Real” Michele Bachmann Is “My Hero"..She’s Going All The Way
mediaite ^ | Friday June 17, 2011 | Glenn Davis
Posted on June 18, 2011 12:01:47 AM EDT by Bigtigermike
Chris Matthews stopped by Real Time with Bill Maher tonight to serve on the show’s panel, and he really likes Michele Bachmann. Her name came up and Matthews immediately referred to her as “my hero,” predicted she’d beat Mitt Romney in the New Hampshire primary, and praised her for being “real.” This is probably where we make a “thrill up my leg” reference.
Fellow panelist Ross Douthat strongly disagreed on the New Hapshire point, but Matthews wasn’t getting swayed. He talked about how Bachmann “stands for something.”
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Fellow panelist Ross Douthat strongly disagreed on the New Hapshire point, but Matthews wasn’t getting swayed. He talked about how Bachmann “stands for something.”
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What absolute Bullshit. Matthews is thinking about himself in this shit. He got his ass so royally owned by Bachmann a while ago and he knows he's going into this upcoming election with the stigma that he's all wet down below for Obama. Matthews can't stand Backmann, he's just trying to put out an image NOW leading into the election that he's actually impartial...
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He tried taking credit for her rise the other day.
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He tried taking credit for her rise the other day.
oh brother... I don't doubt it. ::) He's klinging....
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oh brother... I don't doubt it. ::) He's klinging....
He was saying they had sort of a co dependent relationship.
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He was saying they had sort of a co dependent relationship.
The guy is as useless as Hannity and Madcow.
Hey, did you hear, Olbermann is back... He'll be airing on Gore's Current TV.
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I cannot watch those people. Awful viewing.
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I cannot watch those people. Awful viewing.
Did you ever end up checking out Thom Hartmann? As far a lib/progressive types, I bet he ends up saying some shit you would agree with.
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Sometimes I catch his clips. After a while it gets repetitive.
I like listening to schiff ron paul celente and a few others cause they give you insights.
You know drives me nuts is that cenk guy.
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oh brother... I don't doubt it. ::) He's klinging....
he's klinging....to some great entertainment and programs! She is a hoot; a smarter version of ...Sarah...Sarah, who ?
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I like listening to schiff ron paul celente and a few others cause they give you insights.
LOL @ "it gets repetitive"
You want to talk about repetitive, lets talk about the people you mentioned.... I like Schiff, Ron Paul and Celente too but come on... I promise you what they will be saying a month from now is going to be pretty much the exact same thing that they said a year ago. Now with Ron Paul, I am fine with that. I like that Ron Paul keeps the same message and repeats it since he's in office.
But the commentary from Schiff and Celente, I can tell you what they will be saying next week, next month and next year... THE SAME THING... That's repetitive...
Hartmann is not repetitive... I may disagree with some of what he says but he doesn't spew the same thing every day and I am most impressed with his knowledge of American History which imo is unmatched among commentators.
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Bachmann: Schools should teach intelligent design
By: CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) – Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann explained her skepticism of evolution on Friday and said students should be taught the theory of intelligent design.
Bachmann, a congresswoman from Minnesota, also proposed a major overhaul of the nation’s education system and said state administrators should be able to decide how they spend money allocated to them by the federal government.
"I support intelligent design," Bachmann told reporters in New Orleans following her speech to the Republican Leadership Conference. "What I support is putting all science on the table and then letting students decide. I don't think it's a good idea for government to come down on one side of scientific issue or another, when there is reasonable doubt on both sides."
Intelligent design suggests that the complexity of the universe cannot be explained by evolution alone, and must also be attributed to a creator or supernatural being.
"I would prefer that students have the ability to learn all aspects of an issue," Bachmann said. "And that's why I believe the federal government should not be involved in local education to the most minimal possible process."
Bachmann said educators should be granted the flexibility - and the money - to make curriculum decisions at the local level.
The federal government, she said, should "block grant all money currently that goes to the states back to the states, so that Louisiana can decide how they want to spend the money, which may in fact be different on how Minnesota spends its money."
She said her proposal would cut out "billions in dollars of bureaucracy" from the federal government.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/17/bachmann-schools-should-teach-intelligent-design/#more-164226
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Posted on June 19, 2011 12:29:52 AM EDT by ejdrapes
Michele Bachmann Sets A Very High Bar at Right Online
Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)
Saturday, June 18th at 1:28PM EDT
Michele Bachmann was scheduled to speak for 17 minutes at Right Online. She took an extra 18 minutes and 30 seconds.
The whole speech felt like it was only a few minutes. It was funny, fascinating, informative, and powerful. She set the bar very, very high for other candidates.
Her tax lawyer background showed in her speech, as did her faith. She used a dollar bill, folding it to show how Barack Obama’s policies have devalued it 14% and how the federal government borrows 42% of every dollar spent. She had the audience join her so they too can show others.
She hit Obama on something few Republicans ever do — unemployment in the Hispanic and black communities, noting how his policies have hurt the very groups he pledged to help. She focused as well on youth unemployment. Black youth in this country face 40% unemployment this summer and Hispanic youth face over 20%. Astonishing.
Bachmann brought the crowd to its feet multiple times. She pledged that she would not fight until Obamacare is repealed. She tackled medicare reform too. She pointed out that while the Democrats are scaring old people about Republican reforms, the Democrats took $500 billion from Medicare to fund healthcare for the young. She says the GOP needs to start pointing out that Barack Obama intends to bankrupt medicare and force senior citizens into Obamacare.
The speech really was dazzling and not because of the zingers and one liners. It was an extremely substantive speech about how Obama’s policies are hurting the country. Its substance, facts, and figures sets a very high bar for the other Presidential candidates who will be speaking at Right Online.
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Bachmann generates buzz, Perry goes flat in Big Easy
Both Romney, Pawlenty pass up gathering
By Ralph Z. Hallow
JUne 19, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — The expected emergence of Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the clear challenger to presidential nomination front-runner Mitt Romney never materialized at the annual Republican Leadership Conference here over the weekend.
Mr. Perry underperformed, Jon Huntsman backed out, Newt Gingrich made a comeback, Michele Bachmann came off like a rock-star, Herman Cain got considerable love from the audience, Rick Santorum received quiet attentiveness, and Ron Paul’s supporters alienated party regulars as always.
The two contenders that political pros earlier this year figured would be the heavyweights, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Mr. Romney, were no-shows, having turned down invitations.
So, after back-to-back gatherings of party officials and rank-and-file voters at a televised debate in New Hampshire last week and then the conference here, the 2012 GOP presidential nomination contest remains as uncertain as ever.
What is evident, though, is that Mr. Perry - if he jumps in - intends to compete with Mr. Gingrich, Mrs. Bachmann and others for support from the political right, just as Mr. Romney will be competing with Mr. Huntsman for the center-right vote.
Republican activists have now had a chance to look over most of the 2012 hopefuls, and judging from scores of interviews, overheard talk among attendees and the intensity of crowd reaction, there is still no standout who looks destined to grab the big ring next year...
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bachman 2012, bitches
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Bachmann's Challenge to Romney
Townhall.com ^ | June 20, 2011 | Star Parker
A new Rasmussen poll shows that following the Republican debate in New Hampshire, Michele Bachmann catapulted into the number two slot as a prospective nominee behind Mitt Romney.
Bachmann’s performance at the debate, her national debut as a presidential candidate, may well be seen as “A Star is Born.”
She was clear, focused, principled, and beautiful and became a focal point of excitement and surprise regarding her potential as a new Republican leader and star.
Many see Governor Romney as a formidable and impressive man. And much of conventional wisdom – considering his experience, organization, money, capability, and presidential persona – says that the Republican nomination is his to lose.
But, these are not conventional times.
Similar conventional reasoning assumed that Hillary Clinton, and not a young black man who had not completed even one term in the US Senate, would capture the Democrats’ nomination in 2008.
Barack Obama achieved the unimaginable by tapping into general dissatisfaction with the status quo, a sense among voters that what is wrong with America reflects business as usual in Washington, and inherent American idealism.
Three years later, these same voter sentiments are still there. But now many who jumped on the Obama train understand that he was just slick, new packaging for old big government liberalism.
Three years later, with 9% unemployment and no signs of recovery, it’s clear to even those not inclined to ideology that this is not the change they had in mind.
Only 20 percent of Americans, in latest Gallup polling, are satisfied with the way things are going in the country.
Only 44 percent believe that today’s youth in America will grow up to have better lives than their parents. This is the most pessimistic recording ever of this sentiment.
Sadly, our nation today is a ship lost at sea. We are in dismal shape. And we are not going to recover until we come to terms with this fact.
Look at Greece. The country is bankrupt due to misguided welfare state policies. Undisciplined government spending fueled by the lie that government can solve all of life’s problems for its citizens has now hit the wall of reality, as the well has run dry.
Citizens have taken to the streets because they can’t believe it’s true. Surely there must be an infinite source of funds to finance everything they want.
Unfortunately, too many Americans refuse to let go of similar illusions that these Greeks cling to today. We need leadership that can articulate the truth and lead our nation into a new time in which we literally re-invent ourselves.
Last month, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial that captured the problem with Mitt Romney providing this kind of leadership.
The health care system he set up in Massachusetts is a disaster and it is the model for the disaster that is about to occur to our whole country in the form of Obamacare. Yet Governor Romney refuses to admit he was wrong.
The Journal concludes with the following: “Presidents lead by offering a vision for the country rooted in certain principles, not by promising a technocracy…the debate over Obamacare and the larger entitlement state may be the central question of the 2012 election. On that question, Mr. Romney is compromised and not credible.”
Michele Bachmann quickly emerged as a leader from the day she arrived in Washington in 2007. She has unapologetically fought every expansion of government – from TARP to the stimulus to auto company bailouts to Obamacare. She captures the sentiments of the Tea Party movement to restore the principles of freedom that made America unique and great and our only alternative for becoming great again.
Americaneeds an inspired and principled leader today, not a manager. I think Michele Bachmann may be the surprise of 2012.
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She's going to be a strong candidate. Even if she doesn't win, I think she would make a great VP pick.
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some talk about Cain trying to secure a nationwide radio show from his running for president.
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Michele Bachmann: Obama ‘Has Failed the African American Community;’ ‘Has Failed the Hispanic...
CNS News ^ | 6/20/11 | Terrence P Jeffrey
Pointing to double-digit unemployment rates among African Americans and Hispanics, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.) said on Friday that President Barack Obama “has failed” both these communities.
“This president has failed the Hispanic community. He has failed the African-American community,” said Bachmann. “He has failed us all when it comes to jobs.”
Bachmann, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination for 2012, made the remarks at the “Republican Leadership Conference” held in New Orleans over the weekend. Other Republican presidential contenders—including Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Herman Cain—also spoke at the event, as did Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is reportedly considering a run for president.
Bachmann’s speech focused in part on what she described as Obama’s failure to promote economic growth and job creation—resulting in an overall national unemployment rate of 9.1 percent in May, a full 28 months into Obama’s term.
“Mr. President, the status quo is not working for Americans,” said Bachmann. “The status quo certainly isn't working for the African-American community, with 16 percent unemployment, or the Hispanic community, with nearly 12 percent unemployment. It's even worse for the youth: For Hispanic youth right now, 26 percent unemployment; for African-American youth, 40 percent unemployment.
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Has Michele Bachmann Become Mitt Romney’s Main Rival?
Pajamas Media ^ | June 20, 2011 | Rich Baehr
A recent poll shows a surge for the congresswoman, but her ultimate fate will be determined by whether Sarah Palin decides to run.
Rasmussen Reports conducted the first poll of likely Republican primary voters after the New Hampshire GOP debate laR week. The survey appeared to show a breakout for Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, as she vaulted into second place in the GOP race with 19% support from Republican voters, trailing only Mitt Romney at 33%.
The survey, conducted among 1,000 likely GOP primary voters across the country, was taken one day after the debate at Saint Anselm College, one in which Bachmann was identified by many political analysts as having had a very good night.
The polling numbers for Bachmann suggested to some that she had become the principal alternative for the Tea Party wing of the GOP to former Governor Romney. The Rasmussen survey indicated that Romney and Bachmann were each the choice of 26% of those in the survey who self-identified as Tea Party members. Romney led Bachmann by just over a 2 to 1 margin, 36% to 16%, among all others in the survey. Bachmann was also judged to be the most conservative of those whose names were offered to respondents.
One name, however, was not offered as a choice to those taking part in the Rasmussen survey — that of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Palin has not entered the race for the nomination, and it is pure speculation at this point whether she will in the future. In the other eight GOP candidate polls listed by RealClearPolitcs, Palin was one of the candidates offered as a choice to survey respondents. In the Rasmussen survey, the only national poll conducted since the New Hampshire debate, Palin was left off, though Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor who has not formally entered the race but is considered certain to do so, was included.
The other eight most recent GOP surveys listed by RealClearPolitics included both Bachmann and Palin. In those eight surveys, Palin averaged 18% support, second to Romney at 23.4%, while Bachman averaged 4.8% All of those polls were concluded before the New Hampshire debate with the exception of one by NBC and the Wall Street Journal that surveyed over five days, the final one the night of the debate.
It is pretty clear that the absence of Palin from the Rasmussen survey aided Bachman. It is not clear, however, how high Bachmann will poll if Palin were to be included in future surveys while her candidate status remained unclear, or were she to enter the race. Prior to the New Hampshire debate, during which Bachmann formally announced her entrance into the race (it had been widely assumed for weeks that she was running), Bachmann was tied with Tim Pawlenty, a fellow Minnesotan, and trailed Romney, Palin, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul. In the three surveys where former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was one of the choices, he too led Bachmann, finishing second or third in each survey.
It will take a few more surveys, both with and without Palin, to better gauge Bachmann’s trajectory. In any case, she starts the race with some good notices and an opportunity to do well in the early contests. The Rasmussen poll makes her the most visible alternative to Romney for now.
One of the fascinating things about the debate Monday and the pundit class reaction to Bachmann was how much more favorable it was than the treatment that Palin has received from many of the same people the last two and a half years. Since the two women share a few things — good looks, mothers to five children, and solid conservative credentials, especially on social and economic policy — the contrast in the coverage of the two is striking.
Of course, it is very early in the Bachmann “watch.” And if she became the likely GOP standard-bearer, then the normal hostile mainstream media coverage of a conservative woman, especially one viewed as a potential threat to Barack Obama, would almost certainly occur. Nonetheless, Bachmann may have announced at an auspicious time. The media’s obsessive coverage in the last two weeks of the release of the Palin emails from her years as governor has been embarrassing. Could Bachmann be getting some good feedback in order to show that the MSM retains a modicum of decency and fairness and does not automatically fire its guns recklessly at all conservative women?
It is possible that Bachmann’s early emergence as a leading contender could help make Palin’s decision easier. To a large extent, the two women share some of the same space, to use marketing terminology. Bachmann’s fast start might make it more difficult for Palin to gain traction if she becomes a candidate. On the other hand, if Palin now entered the race, it would likely make both Bachmann and Palin longer shots for the nomination.
Bachmann’s fast start also greatly complicates Tim Pawlenty’s opportunity to position himself as the principal alternative to Romney. Pawlenty received poor notices for his debate performance, mainly due to the sense that he pulled his punches and refused an opportunity to go after Mitt Romney for his health care plan as governor of Massachusetts, after mocking it a day before the debate. Romney’s plan is seen by many as having served as a prelude to ObamaCare, which remains very unpopular with Republicans and many independents.
Both Pawlenty and Bachmann are invested in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, coming as they do from a neighboring state. In Bachmann’s case, she also grew up in Iowa. With Mitt Romney expected to do very well in the New Hampshire primary which follows Iowa, the caucuses are an opportunity for one of the other GOP candidates to emerge in a state where social conservatives are a majority of the GOP electorate. Mike Huckabee won Iowa in 2008, and moved into the front tier of candidates. If Bachmann continues to gain support, then she may become the consensus candidate for social conservatives and Tea Party members in Iowa, draining support from Cain and Santorum, and complicating Pawlenty’s path to a win in the state.
For now, Pawlenty, Gingrich and Huntsman seem to be competing with Romney for the “establishment” GOP vote, while the other candidates pursue social conservatives and Tea Party members, and Ron Paul attracts his every-four-years band of brothers lining up to eliminate the Federal Reserve Bank. Romney’s strong debate performance, enhanced by the absence of any shots normally taken at the frontrunner in early debates, has enabled him to open up a big lead over his opponents in the “establishment” half of the GOP race. The Rasmussen poll suggests that Romney for now is also holding his own with Tea Party members who, like other conservatives, seem focused on winning the general election versus Obama in 2012, and may consider Romney a strong general election candidate.
Romney will benefit if the social conservative/Tea Party mini-primary remains crowded and without a clear frontrunner. If Palin enters the race, that is good news for Romney, since it results in a split vote between Bachmann and Palin. If Palin passes on the race but Texas Governor Rick Perry enters, he could be competitive in both of the GOP mini-primaries, though likely more on the social conservative/Tea Party side.
One rumor going around last week was that Palin would not become a candidate, but instead try to play kingmaker by endorsing Perry if he entered the race. That scenario would complicate things for Bachmann. At the GOP event in New Orleans this weekend, both Bachmann and Perry received star treatment, though Paul won the meaningless straw poll .
Does Bachmann have a real chance at the nomination? She certainly is in better shape today than a week ago. She is a fresh face on the national scene, she has genuine charisma, and her views are in synch with conservatives who dominate the nominating process. But it will take a few more surveys that validate the Rasmussen numbers before too much can be drawn from her very good first week. And she can hope that both Palin and Perry decide 2012 is not the year for them.
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Bachmann to join forces with conservatives, celebrities at 'Troopathon'
The Hill ^ | June 20, 2011 | Jordan Fabian
Posted on June 20, 2011 8:15:33 PM EDT by ejdrapes
Bachmann to join forces with conservatives, celebrities at 'Troopathon'
By Jordan Fabian - 06/20/11 05:01 PM ET
GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) will join a hodgepodge of conservative activists and celebrities at a pro-troop event in California this Thursday, according to organizers.
The event is titled "Troopathon" and is billed as an effort to raise money for and send care packages to American troops overseas. The gathering is organized by the right-leaning group Move America Forward, which has ties to the Tea Party Express.
Bachmann, a Tea Party favorite, is continuing her travel following her announcement that she would run for president at last week's Republican primary debate in New Hampshire.
She spoke at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans and the RightOnline conference in Minneapolis this past weekend.
Former President George H.W. Bush, a World War II veteran, is expected to attend the event alongside a number of conservative commentators including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Andrew Breitbart and Laura Ingraham.
Right-leaning Hollywood actors Kelsey Grammar and Gary Sinise are expected to be there as well as Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski.
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Bachmann: Obama ‘Has Failed the African American Community’ and Hispanic Community
Monday, June 20, 2011
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Rep. Michele Bachmann addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on June 17, 2011. (AP photo/Patrick Semansky)
(CNSNews.com) - Pointing to double-digit unemployment rates among African Americans and Hispanics, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.) said on Friday that President Barack Obama “has failed” both these communities.
“This president has failed the Hispanic community. He has failed the African-American community,” said Bachmann. “He has failed us all when it comes to jobs.”
Bachmann, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination for 2012, made the remarks at the “Republican Leadership Conference” held in New Orleans over the weekend. Other Republican presidential contenders—including Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Herman Cain—also spoke at the event, as did Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is reportedly considering a run for president.
Bachmann’s speech focused in part on what she described as Obama’s failure to promote economic growth and job creation—resulting in an overall national unemployment rate of 9.1 percent in May, a full 28 months into Obama’s term.
“Mr. President, the status quo is not working for Americans,” said Bachmann. “The status quo certainly isn't working for the African-American community, with 16 percent unemployment, or the Hispanic community, with nearly 12 percent unemployment. It's even worse for the youth: For Hispanic youth right now, 26 percent unemployment; for African-American youth, 40 percent unemployment.
“This president has failed the Hispanic community,” said Bachmann. “He has failed the African-American community. He has failed us all when it comes to jobs.
“As president of the United States, my goal will be job creation in the Hispanic community, job creation in the African-American community, job creation for all Americans, and turning this economy around,” said Bachmann. “And we will.”
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bachmann’s statement on unemployment in the African American and Hispanic communities is accurate.
Overall seasonally-adjusted unemployment was 12.7 percent in the African American community when President Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, according to the BLS. By May 2011, the latest month reported, it had risen to 16.2 percent.
In the Hispanic community, the overall unemployment rate was 9.9 percent in January 2009, when President Obama was inaugurated. By May 2011, it had risen to 11.9 percent.
Among African Americans 16 to 19 years old, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 36.3 percent in January 2009 and had risen to 40.7 percent by May 2011. Among Hispanics 16 to 19 years old, the unemployment rate was 24.3 percent in January 2009 and had risen to 26.1 percent by May 2011.
According Bureau of Labor Statistics, a part of the U.S. Department of Labor, the unemployed are those who have been actively seeking a job during the past four weeks, and are currently available for work, but have not been able to secure a job.
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Poll: Bachmann surges to primary lead
washingtontimes.com/Inside Politics ^ | June 21, 2011 | Stephen Dinan
Fresh off her well-received performance in last week's GOP presidential debate, Rep. Michele Bachmann now tops the field of candidates in a new Zogby poll of Republican primary voters.
The poll found Mrs. Bachmann garnering 24 percent of the vote, well-ahead of businessman Herman Cain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who each received 15 percent support.
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Well that didn't take long. She can do some real damage.
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awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I really am down to ron paul and her at this point.
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I really am down to ron paul and her at this point.
nah, youll vote romney over huntsman on super tuesday, because FOX will tell you they are the only two 'viable' candidates. :(
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Remind me the day before.
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Bachmann's 2012 kickoff set for Monday in Iowa
THOMAS BEAUMONTTHOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press
Jun. 20, 2011
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Michele Bachmann plans to formally launch her campaign for president on Monday from her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa, a campaign aide said Wednesday.
Spokeswoman Alice Stewart told The Associated Press that the three-term Minnesota congresswoman would formally announce her 2012 GOP presidential bid in the community where she spent her childhood.
Last week, Bachmann filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to seek the GOP nomination. She announced her candidacy during a nationally televised debate from New Hampshire.
Bachmann, who represents a suburban Minneapolis district, has spent months signaling her interest in running. She has traveled to Iowa four times this year to meet with Republican leaders and conservative activists who are influential in the state's caucuses, which begin the presidential nominating process.
She has also lined up a team of top Iowa staff to guide her campaign.
Bachmann could do well in the caucuses as a native and neighbor. She also is liked by social conservatives and tea party activists, both of whom are key parts of the state's Republican base.
Bachmann, 55, was born in Waterloo and lived in neighboring Cedar Falls until moving to Minnesota at age 12.
"The focus of this tour is to highlight the journey from her personal life to her political career," Stewart said.
Bachmann plans to give a speech Monday at a restored historic mansion in Waterloo, and then travel from Iowa to New Hampshire and South Carolina, both of which are scheduled to hold their primaries following the Iowa caucus.
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Bachmann Claims Big Lead Among Iowa Conservatives In New Poll
Iowa Report ^ | June 22, 2011
Posted on 06/22/2011 12:24:10 PM PDT by GonzoII
Bachmann Claims Big Lead Among Iowa
Conservatives In New Poll
Rep. Michele Bachmann has taken a substantial lead in the presidential race among Iowa conservatives, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by the 2012 Iowa Report, finds Bachmann with 33% support among conservatives, more than double the next contender, Herman Cain (15%).
Bachmann’s Iowa polling numbers have risen dramatically over the past two weeks which included her campaign announcement and the GOP presidential debate. Among likely caucus goers, Bachmann also received 33% of the votes with 29% of likely voters thinking the Minnesota congresswoman will “ultimately win” the nomination.
Other key findings:
-- The race for the coveted “three tickets out of Iowa” is still very much up for grabs with five candidates (or potential candidates) receiving double-digit support (Cain 15%, Romney 13%, Palin 11%, Paul 10%)
-- One-fourth of Iowa conservatives are still unsure who will ultimately win.
-- Sarah Palin is still poised to make a major play in Iowa with 11% support among conservatives even though she has not announced her intensions.
-- Ron Paul gains the most among likely caucus goers (+2.3%) while Mitt Romney loses the most (-2.9%)
The 2012 Iowa Report Poll, a project of Grassfire Nation, is a special survey of Iowa conservatives conducted weekly to help measure where Iowa conservatives stand on the 2012 Republican presidential field.
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Bachmann Surging in the Polls Ahead of Campaign Kickoff
Published June 25, 2011
FoxNews.com
Rep. Michele Bachmann addresses a large crowd at the RightOnline Conference June 18 in Minneapolis.
Rep. Michele Bachmann has rolled out her presidential campaign with all the flare and flirtation of a seasoned boxing promoter.
First, she stole her opponents' thunder by using a debate stage earlier this month to announce she filed her 2012 papers. Then, she held off on formally announcing that bid for another two weeks -- the formal kickoff is set for Monday in Iowa. The evening before the announcement, Bachmann is planning an informal meet-and-greet in Waterloo. And the week following the announcement will be spent touring early primary states.
The candidate is no doubt making up for lost time, having given her opponents a wide opening to build their operations in key states by waiting so long to make the presidential plunge. But polling conducted since she revealed her intentions at the debate in mid-June suggest she's doing something right.
After weeks of struggling to break out of the single digits, Bachmann has surged in recent polls. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is still the solid GOP frontrunner, but Bachmann has started to separate herself from the rest of the pack.
A Rasmussen Reports poll taken right after Bachmann's debate performance showed her rising to 19 percent, in second place behind Romney at 33 percent. A subsequent poll in Florida taken June 16-19 by Public Policy Polling also showed Bachmann surging into a tie for second place with Sarah Palin -- who has not announced a presidential bid. Though the poll only questioned Republicans in one state, the results showed Bachmann's support climbing from 7 to 17 percent since March. If Palin were taken out of the mix, PPP found Bachmann picking up the bulk of her support and gliding even closer to Romney.
Meanwhile, an Associated Press-GfK poll released this week showed her favorability rating jumping from 41 percent to 54 percent among Republicans, though one third did not have an opinion of her.
"Given that we have been in this race less than two weeks, we are pleased with the growing momentum of the campaign," campaign spokeswoman Alice Stewart said in an email to FoxNews.com.
Stewart said that as Bachmann formally enters the race, voters will see her as "their voice for constitutional conservatism." The Tea Party favorite has surged into the spotlight in recent years by opposing government spending, as well as other popular conservative targets like the federal health care overhaul and environmental regulations.
But Bachmann, who will appear on "Fox News Sunday" ahead of her announcement, is just the latest X-factor in the race. Speculation continues to swirl around Texas Gov. Rick Perry, while Palin stays in the spotlight -- from a distance. Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is trying in earnest to build his moderate brand after announcing his bid Tuesday.
Some Iowa Republicans have suggested Bachmann missed out on her chance to build a formidable operation in the nation's leadoff caucus state, while others question whether the outspoken Minnesota conservative could ever be more than an also-ran nationally.
The Iowa Democratic Party, which has held counterprogramming events for other Republican candidates, does not plan on holding a news conference to counter Bachmann's announcement Monday. A spokesman for the party told Fox News that while party officials see Bachmann as a contender to win the caucuses, they do not feel she can win the GOP nomination.
But the congresswoman is making a big push to appeal to voters in Iowa despite the late entrance -- and the fact that House members rarely end up as presidential finalists. She's stressing her Iowa roots by holding her announcement in her hometown of Waterloo, and also is looking to return to Iowa after touring South Carolina and New Hampshire. Her social conservative streak is a plus in the leadoff state, and she's trying to develop the other parts of her portfolio.
Though Bachmann in May said the United States needs to "get out" of Afghanistan, she amended her position this past week after President Obama announced his troop withdrawal plan.
In a statement Thursday, she accused the president of "undercutting our security objectives in Afghanistan with ill-advised timelines and accelerated (troop) withdrawals."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/25/bachmann-surging-in-polls-ahead-campaign-kickoff/
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Stay tuned for relentless attacks by the media and liberal hacks.
Bachmann Launches Presidential Campaign, Says Nation 'Cannot Afford' Second Obama Term
Published June 27, 2011
FoxNews.com
Rep. Michele Bachmann greets the crowd at her campaign kickoff in Waterloo, Iowa, June 27.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, stressing her Iowa roots and appealing directly to Tea Party voters, came out swinging Monday as she formally launched her campaign for president.
Buoyed by a strong showing in several recent polls, the Minnesota congresswoman cast her campaign as the voice for "constitutional conservatives" looking for a government that lives within its means while giving the private sector the room to grow. She launched a broadside against President Obama for racking up too much debt while stimulating too little job growth and vowed to make him a "one-term president."
"We cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama," she declared, later adding: "We can win in 2012 and we will win."
In her announcement, Bachmann described a special bond with Iowa, the nation's leadoff caucus state. She held the kickoff in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, and called herself a "descendent of generations of Iowans," saying the state is where she learned "everything I needed to know." She also appealed to another vital primary constituency, calling herself part of the Tea Party movement and defending it as a cross-section of Republicans, independents and disaffected Democrats.
Trying to show she has what it takes to not just win primaries but take on the president, Bachmann pulled no punches in attacking the Obama administration as she wove in details about her personal life and convictions. As she spoke about faith and family, she also accused the president of failing to revive the economy and putting far too much on the nation's credit card.
"We can't continue to rack up debt. ... We can't afford the unconstitutional health care law that will cost us too much and deliver too little. We can't afford four more years of failed leadership here at home and abroad," she said. "We can't afford four more years of millions of Americans who are out of work. ... And we can't afford four more years of a foreign policy with a president who leads from behind and who doesn't stand up for our friends like Israel."
Still, Bachmann said in an interview with The Associated Press that her bid to unseat Obama is not "personal."
The nothing-personal message was a departure from her 2008 comments questioning whether Obama had "anti-American" views. She has said she wishes she framed her criticism differently. In her announcement, Bachmann said the country's problems have been caused by the policies of both parties and made an appeal for unity.
Bachmann, who filed her papers to run for president two weeks ago, plans to head next to the early primary states of New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said that despite Bachmann's rhetoric, her policies would "erode the path to prosperity" for the middle class.
"She voted for a budget plan that would extend tax cuts for the richest Americans on the backs of seniors and the middle class while ending Medicare as we know it. Congresswoman Bachmann introduced legislation to repeal Wall Street oversight -- risking a repeat of the financial crisis -- and while she voted to preserve subsidies for oil and gas companies she opposes making the investments necessary to enhance America's competitiveness and create the jobs of the future," LaBolt said in a statement.
The Iowa Democratic Party also put out a statement Monday morning assailing Bachmann's presidential bid, chastising her for supporting Republicans' budget plan that would overhaul Medicare.
"With candidates like Michele Bachmann, the choice couldn't be clearer -- do Iowans want to double down on the flawed economic policies that cost us millions of jobs and almost sent us into a second Great Depression, or do they want to continue down the path to recovery that has taken us from massive job losses to 15 straight months of private sector job growth and a focus on strengthening the middle class?" party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky said.
But the congresswoman has been surging in recent polls. A key Iowa poll over the weekend showed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 23 percent support and Bachmann with 22 percent among those who said they were likely to vote in the nation's first Republican nomination contest. The top five included Georgia businessman Herman Cain, at 10 percent, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, with 7 percent each.
Speaking Sunday to hundreds at a local ballroom, Bachmann effusively mentioned her Iowa roots.
"We need more Waterloo. We need more Iowa. We need more closeness, more families, more love for each other," she told her enthusiastic crowd.
The audience soaked it up.
"She's one of `us.' There are too many of `them' in Washington and not enough of `us,"' said insurance salesman David Alderman. "I think she's got star power. She's a front-runner right now."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/27/bachmann-2012-bid-not-personal-against-obama/
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Remember when Bachmann got caught hiding in the bushes at a gay parade? She claimed to be resting her heels.
You guys have standards. I'll tell you that.
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Remember when Bachmann got caught hiding in the bushes at a gay parade? She claimed to be resting her heels.
You guys have standards. I'll tell you that.
What was she doing there?
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Remember when Bachmann got caught hiding in the bushes at a gay parade? She claimed to be resting her heels.
You guys have standards. I'll tell you that.
She isn't perfect and has had some bonehead moments. Not the biggest common sense person, does tend to be a little quirky.
Still, IMO, her consistency on her strong constitutional beliefs makes her worth a vote - she hasn't flip flopped with public opinion. She's been consistent. Can't say that for the other top contenders.
So I do think that she'll be hella entertaining with flubs and goofball things she says - but that she will cut back spending in a major way.
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Funny how the msm jumps all over bachmann and palin and never says a damn thing about obamas' daily gaffe parade and displays of economic illiteracy, incompetence, ignorance, ineptness, and stupidity.
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Bachmann makes a big jump
By: CNN Associate Producer Gabriella Schwarz
(CNN) - New Hampshire Republicans gave Michele Bachmann the greatest bump among declared and potential GOP presidential candidates in a new poll.
The Suffolk University/7NEWS poll of likely New Hampshire primary voters released Tuesday night showed Mitt Romney on top with 36 percent support. Although he jumped one point since May, Bachmann, at 11 percent jumped eight points.
The Minnesota congresswoman announced her candidacy Monday in Iowa and has since taken her campaign to the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire.
Bachmann and former Massachusetts Gov. Romney were the only candidates to receive double digit support. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas remained steady at 8 percent, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is not running, received 5 percent followed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is considering a bid and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman at four percent. Huntsman jumped four points since May, when he was not an official candidate.
Declared 2012 candidates former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Palwenty and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is not currently a candidate, received two percent. Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania received one percent.
Fifty-one percent of those polled identified themselves as aligned with tea party ideals and 54 percent described themselves as conservative.
Gingrich and Palin topped the list of most trustworthy candidates, receiving 19 percent and 17 percent respectively. Romney received 10 percent.
The survey polled 400 likely Republican presidential primary voters between June 25 and June 27, before Bachmann, Huntsman and Romney officially entered the race. The sampling error was plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/29/bachmann-makes-a-big-jump/#more-165665
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The far left is in panic mode.
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The far left is in panic mode.
Aren't they? She has replaced Palin as their new obsession.
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Aren't they? She has replaced Palin as their new obsession.
Notice how they avoid any discussion of obama's record like the plague?
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Just look at this board. How many threads has that retard Blacken started about her? They're clearly threatened by this woman.
I would be too given their Messiah's track record since taking office.
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Notice how they avoid any discussion of obama's record like the plague?
So does the media.
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Just look at this board. How many threads has that retard Blacken started about her? They're clearly threatened by this woman.
I would be too given their Messiah's track record since taking office.
Threads about stupid stuff too. I wonder who will be the first person to criticize her hair and makeup? :)
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Threads about stupid stuff too. I wonder who will be the first person to criticize her hair and makeup? :)
Blacken or 240.
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Blacken or 240.
i hope you retards run her ,then we can hear four more years of crying
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i hope you retards run her ,then we can hear four more years of crying
By next year she will easily beat Obama.
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By next year she will easily beat Obama.
hahahahhah run her, her lies are already catching up with her,she will be toast by next year
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hahahahhah run her, her lies are already catching up with her,she will be toast by next year
What lies? ::)
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"One. That's the number of new drilling permits under the Obama administration since they came into office."
It's after writing off all your business expenses.
Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases."
A small fraction of that amount was for alcohol
"Speaker Pelosi ... has been busy sticking the taxpayer with her $100,000 bar tab for alcohol on the military jets that she's flying."
She should read the other 1,989 pages
Page 92 of the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain."
ACORN not getting money, not collecting data
ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public."
Bachmann's claim wrong, and illegal
Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home."
In the 1970s, "the swine flu broke out . . . under another Democrat, President Jimmy Carter."
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That's it? She's in better shape than I thought.
Nice job copy/pasting that, though. Did you google "Michelle Bachmann lies"? What a sad and pathetic person you are.
Seriously, have you ever had an original thought of your own? I've NEVER seen you not copy/paste. :-\
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"One. That's the number of new drilling permits under the Obama administration since they came into office."
It's after writing off all your business expenses.
Small businesses that have "$250,000 in gross sales for the business. They're the ones that are looking at massive tax increases."
A small fraction of that amount was for alcohol
"Speaker Pelosi ... has been busy sticking the taxpayer with her $100,000 bar tab for alcohol on the military jets that she's flying."
She should read the other 1,989 pages
Page 92 of the House health care bill "says specifically that people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain."
ACORN not getting money, not collecting data
ACORN will be a paid partner with the Census Bureau and "they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public."
Bachmann's claim wrong, and illegal
Says the Constitution only requires her to tell the census "how many people are in our home."
In the 1970s, "the swine flu broke out . . . under another Democrat, President Jimmy Carter."
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http://www.politifact.com/personalities/michele-bachmann/statements/byruling/pants-fire/
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That's it? She's in better shape than I thought.
Nice job copy/pasting that, though. Did you google "Michelle Bachmann lies"? What a sad and pathetic person you are.
Seriously, have you ever had an original thought of your own? I've NEVER seen you not copy/paste. :-\
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hahahaha what lies, nice comeback :D :D :D run along :D :D :D :D
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http://www.politifact.com/personalities/michele-bachmann/statements/byruling/pants-fire/
are you saying their not accurate
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hahahaha what lies, nice comeback :D :D :D run along :D :D :D :D
Are you fucking retarded (rhetorical)? I can't even understand your post because you copy/pasted it like a MORON. It's completely incoherent. From what I can discern, not a thing seems remotely damaging. If that's all you've got then you guys are in serious trouble.
Retard.
It really must suck going through life so fucking stupid. :-\
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Are you fucking retarded (rhetorical)? I can't even understand your post because you copy/pasted it like a MORON. It's completely incoherent. From what I can discern, not a thing seems remotely damaging. If that's all you've got then you guys are in serious trouble.
Retard.
It really must suck going through life so fucking stupid. :-\
meltdown :D :D :D :D :D :D :D mommy's boy is getting angry,have mommy make some cookies for you that will make you feel better
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Case in point.
A complete retard. Too stupid to even hide his gimmicks.
You know you're leading a sad life when you have multiple gimmicks that back you up in threads on an internet forum. :D :D :D :D
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Case in point.
A complete retard. Too stupid to even hide his gimmicks.
You know you're leading a sad life when you have multiple gimmicks that back you up in threads on an internet forum. :D :D :D :D
whats even better is you being in your 20's and still living with your mom :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Considering you post from the community rec room in the group home, you really are not in any position to sling insults.
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Considering you post from the community rec room in the group home, you really are not in any position to sling insults.
Given the amount of time this retard spends gimmicking on this forum it's safe to say that he's not working any job of substance and is DEFINITELY living in his parent's basement. When you factor in his autism then it's almost 100% certain.
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Considering you post from the community rec room in the group home, you really are not in any position to sling insults.
here's a guy who conviently has to go to calf. when LurkerNoMore is going to meet him :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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How long until you log onto Whork25 to defend yourself in this thread? :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Is it rough living with autism? ???
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Given the amount of time this retard spends gimmicking on this forum it's safe to say that he's not working any job of substance and is DEFINITELY living in his parent's basement. When you factor in his autism then it's almost 100% certain.
hahahaha any time you want to match homes. oh yeah, mommys house don't count
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Operator of 15 gimmicks is acting like he's successful! Hahahaha, oh wait, I forgot that your Neurotoxin account is a veteran of 5 wars, air force pilot, Wall St. wunderkind, multimillionaire businessman and Oscar-winning actor. ::)
It's clearly autism. Do your parents encourage you to post on the internet as a means of expressing yourself? :-\
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Operator of 15 gimmicks is acting like he's successful! Hahahaha, oh wait, I forgot that your Neurotoxin account is a veteran of 5 wars, air force pilot, Wall St. wunderkind, multimillionaire businessman and Oscar-winning actor. ::)
It's clearly autism. Do your parents encourage you to post on the internet as a means of expressing yourself? :-\
Shutter island.
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Operator of 15 gimmicks is acting like he's successful! Hahahaha, oh wait, I forgot that your Neurotoxin account is a veteran of 5 wars, air force pilot, Wall St. wunderkind, multimillionaire businessman and Oscar-winning actor. ::)
It's clearly autism. Do your parents encourage you to post on the internet as a means of expressing yourself? :-\
i have a bet for you ,if i'm any of those other accounts i'm done on this site, but if i'm not your done. put up or shut up ;D
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i have a bet for you ,if i'm any of those other accounts i'm done on this site, but if i'm not your done. put up or shut up ;D
Even an autistic inbred like yourself can proxy without any trouble.
Did you really think no one would notice you AND whork both reappearing within 24 hours of each other after both accounts were inactive for weeks? You're not smart enough to cover it up, retard. Just like you got busted on MonsAnus and the 15 other gimmicks you run.
How fucking sad is your life that you actually create gimmicks to support your talking points on an internet forum. Talk about taking it too seriously. :-\
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Shutter island.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Even an autistic inbred like yourself can proxy without any trouble.
Did you really think no one would notice you AND whork both reappearing within 24 hours of each other after both accounts were inactive for weeks? You're not smart enough to cover it up, retard. Just like you got busted on MonsAnus and the 15 other gimmicks you run.
How fucking sad is your life that you actually create gimmicks to support your talking points on an internet forum. Talk about taking it too seriously. :-\
just what i thought, all talk,some day your testicles may drop :D :D :D :D :D yeah right :D
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just what i thought, all talk,some day your testicles may drop :D :D :D :D :D yeah right :D
Are you off your lithium?
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Are you off your lithium?
I was thinking he forgot to put the helmet on and had his crayons taken away.
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are you saying their not accurate
No. You went to Google and pulled up the first thing you found and posted it, without the link.
Keep in mind a "lie" is something a person says that is not only false, but that the person knows is false when they say it.
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No. You went to Google and pulled up the first thing you found and posted it, without the link.
Keep in mind a "lie" is something a person says that is not only false, but that the person knows is false when they say it.
that fits her to a tee
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Bachmann reveals 'devastating' miscarriage
By: CNN Political Reporter Peter Hamby
Rock Hill, South Carolina (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann revealed to a town hall audience Wednesday that she once suffered a “devastating” miscarriage.
Bachmann, a congresswoman from Minnesota, told the story in the course of answering a question about her position on abortion.
“After our second was born, we became pregnant with a third baby,” she said, referring to her husband, Marcus. “It was an unexpected baby, but of course we were delighted to have this child. The child was coming along and we ended up losing our child. And it was devastating to both of us, as you can imagine if any of you have lost a child.”
She told the rapt audience of 400 South Carolina voters that the experience changed her and eventually led her to raise 23 foster children along their five biological children.
“At that moment, we didn’t think of ourselves as overly career-minded or overly materialistic but when we lost that child, it changed us, and it changed us forever,” she said. “We made a commitment that no matter how many children were brought into our life, we would receive them because we are committed to life.”
On the matter of abortion, Bachmann said she is “100 percent pro-life from conception until natural death.”
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/29/bachmann-reveals-devastating-miscarriage/#more-165847
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Has Bachmann replaced Palin in the Tea Party's heart?
CNN ^ | 2011-07-01
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(CNN) -- With U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota making a splash in the Republican presidential campaign while Sarah Palin sits on the sidelines, is Bachmann edging Palin out of the Tea Party's heart?
While the former Alaska governor, vice presidential candidate and Fox News commentator is still much loved as a smart, media savvy conservative who breathes fire against President Obama and Democrats, it appears that Tea Party excitement for a Palin presidential run has passed.
One activist told CNN that Palin is "overexposed;" another said that unfair political attacks have left her "damaged;" while another said Palin's "high negatives" might be too high to overcome.
On the other hand, activists laud Bachmann as far more "exciting," with "Tea Party street cred," and -- perhaps most interestingly -- a fresh face ready to learn from those attacks that Palin suffered.
"I don't think there is a Tea Party favorite," said Mark Meckler, co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, the nation's largest Tea Party group.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
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Blacken or 240.
??? I like her, but I'd prefer she grow up a little bit. A tad obnoxious this week after being cool as hell for 2 months.
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??? I like her, but I'd prefer she grow up a little bit. A tad obnoxious this week after being cool as hell for 2 months.
Why? Saying she is not getting into a mud wrestling match?
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Why? Saying she is not getting into a mud wrestling match?
yeah, it's not presidential to use phrases like that. She has the momentum and the base - she doesn't need to be 'shocking' anymore. Just show up and be dignified now. No need to be the loud one on the stage when you're the frontrunner, remember? Act dignified like Mccain in 2008. Don't be the screamer like Rudy was.
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yeah, it's not presidential to use phrases like that. She has the momentum and the base - she doesn't need to be 'shocking' anymore. Just show up and be dignified now. No need to be the loud one on the stage when you're the frontrunner, remember? Act dignified like Mccain in 2008. Don't be the screamer like Rudy was.
McCain was not dignified. He was a doormat and punching bag, just like you obama worshippers wanted.
McCain was in full Stokholm mode in 2008 and for that we got this economic black plague obama in office.
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yeah, it's not presidential to use phrases like that. She has the momentum and the base - she doesn't need to be 'shocking' anymore. Just show up and be dignified now. No need to be the loud one on the stage when you're the frontrunner, remember? Act dignified like Mccain in 2008. Don't be the screamer like Rudy was.
What was shocking about that? It was light-hearted humor, but it told the story quite accurately. The left-winged goofies in the media want beef between Bachmann and Palin, anything to deflect from Obama and his sorry record.
No more Mr. Nice-Guy/Gal. It's time to get medieval on Obama, especially after that infantile tirade of a press conference he just gave.
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McCain was not dignified. He was a doormat and punching bag, just like you obama worshippers wanted.
In the general election, he was the underdog and NEEDED to have some fire. he did not.
in the PRIMARY, he was the dignified statesman on that stage. Romney and Rudy were screaming at each other about who was the bigger lib, who employed more illegals - taking personal jabs at each other and looking duymb - both blowing frontrunner status in the process.
mccain won the nomination by being dignified.
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In the general election, he was the underdog and NEEDED to have some fire. he did not.
in the PRIMARY, he was the dignified statesman on that stage. Romney and Rudy were screaming at each other about who was the bigger lib, who employed more illegals - taking personal jabs at each other and looking duymb - both blowing frontrunner status in the process.
mccain won the nomination by being dignified.
No, he won by dems voting in open primaries. Get a clue.
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In the general election, he was the underdog and NEEDED to have some fire. he did not.
in the PRIMARY, he was the dignified statesman on that stage. Romney and Rudy were screaming at each other about who was the bigger lib, who employed more illegals - taking personal jabs at each other and looking duymb - both blowing frontrunner status in the process.
mccain won the nomination by being dignified.
As I said, enough of the "dignified" stuff. Bachmann (or whoever wins the GOP nomination) needs to take Obama's record, wrap it around a baseball bat, and beat the living HELL out of him with it.
Reagan did that to Carter and CRUSHED him in 1980.
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No, he won by dems voting in open primaries. Get a clue.
Was that the operation chaos that rush was doing?
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By next year she will HAVE DROPPED OUT.
fixed.
Not enough teabaggers to swing the election.
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fixed.
Not enough teabaggers to swing the election.
Keep telling yourself that.
Funny how the same hodge podge collection of far leftists didnt see the disaster of the midterms coming. Same will occur in 2012. Obama is going to get crushed like Carter did, but worse.
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Surging Bachmann Under 'Well-Orchestrated' Media Attack
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 07:23 PM
By: David A. Patten
Just days after announcing her presidential candidacy, Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann finds herself on the defensive and under attack from virtually every quarter in the media.
Small stumbles are being amplified across the media landscape, and Bachmann finds herself compared with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at every turn.
Even the UK Daily Mail on Tuesday reported Bachmann “is already following in Mrs. Palin’s footsteps of making unfortunate public gaffes after pulling a clanger in a television interview.”
Editor’s Note: Read Newsmax Magazine's Exclusive Interview with Michele Bachmann. Click Here For More
Bachmann told supporters during a campaign stop in South Carolina Wednesday: “They want to see two girls come together and have a mud wrestling fight, and I’m not going to give it to ‘em. …We’re going to stick together, and we’re going to see this thing through.”
The broadsides have come from the right as well as the left. On Sunday, Fox News host Chris Wallace asked Rep. Bachmann, a former federal tax attorney, if she should be considered “a flake.” Bachmann said she found the question offensive, and Wallace later apologized.
Among the commentators coming to Bachmann’s defense: Former Democratic consultant and CNN contributor Hilary Rosen. CNN host Wolf Blitzer asked Rosen if Bachmann is being held to a different standard because she is a woman.
“The answer obviously is yes,” Rosen replied. “I don’t think Chris Wallace would have asked a man if he was a flake. And I think that the fact that she’s constantly compared to Sarah Palin, as opposed to the other men in the race, clearly would demonstrate that.”
Bachmann this week stated that the late screen icon John Wayne was born in Waterloo, Iowa. In fact, the actor’s parents met in Waterloo, Iowa, but Wayne himself was born about 150 miles southeast in Winterset, Iowa.
“People can make mistakes and I wish I could be perfect every time I say something,” Bachmann said on CNN Tuesday morning. “But I can’t.”
Conservatives have been warning for months that even the slightest misstep by Bachmann, who has a law degree from Oral Roberts University and a post-graduate degree from William & Mary, would provoke widespread attacks on her credibility.
“They have done this campaign after campaign, candidate after candidate,” Ohio GOP Senate candidate Ken Blackwell told Newsmax Magazine, part of an in-depth cover story on Bachmann in the magazine’s July edition. “So I think that you will see a well-orchestrated campaign from the left to define and destroy Michele Bachmann.”
Sal Russo, Tea Party Express founder, told Newsmax in that same report: “I think it terrorizes the left when a conservative can articulate their message in a hopeful, positive, and understandable way … As much as Reagan was bashed unmercifully, I think it may even be worse for attractive conservative women.
“The left thinks they should be liberals, not conservatives, so they are angry at them for defying the stereotype,” Russo said. “Black conservatives face the same thing.”
Some observers see the kneejerk media comparison of Bachmann and Palin as an effort to drive up Bachmann’s negatives, especially among all-important swing voters.
But others believe the criticism of Bachmann is so over-the-top that it could help her, at least with the GOP base.
“It’s mainly a superficial contrast … they are very different, but the media like simplicity, they like superficialities,” says Rich Noyes, research director of the conservative Media Research Center watchdog organization.
“The media have already done a job in attacking Sarah Palin, in minimizing Sarah Palin. If they can just transfer that identity over to Michele Bachmann, it might actually cause her some problems with independents who won’t give her a fresh look, won’t look at her as own identity but will accept the media paradigm about her,” he adds.
Unlike Palin, Bachmann has two law degrees and served as a federal tax attorney, before becoming a three-term member of Congress from Minnesota. Recent polls show she is already running nearly dead-even with establishment favorite and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Noyes says the public quickly tires of blatant partisan attacks however. He says the effort to “Palin-ize” Bachmann could backfire politically.
“Palinized sort of has two meanings,” says Noyes. “One, we’ll see a definite disdain from the media elite toward these people. But supporters seem to almost take it as a badge of honor when you’re attacked … you know, [the media] aren’t held in any great esteem themselves.”
Mark McKinnon, the columnist and consultant who directed former President George W. Bush’s political advertising, tells Newsmax that the sharp criticism directed at Bachmann may be an effort to drive a wedge between GOP elites and the Republican rank-and-file in the heartland. But the effort to marginalize Bachmann could backfire, he says.
“The more the candidate is attacked personally, the more deeply entrenched her supporters will become in her defense,” he says. “This is not about crying ‘victim’ as some may charge. It’s righteous indignation.”
The challenge for Bachmann is how she will respond to the lambasting, says McKinnon.
“Reagan laughed off the attacks. ‘W’ ignored them -- to the detriment of his near-term legacy, I think. Palin, at first, responded emotionally. Can Bachmann turn it around, with grace and gravitas? … This a test for her. And it’s not going to get easier.”
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Sounds like 240 bought into this crap hook line and sinker, AS EXPECTED AND PREDICTED.
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"Sounds like 240 bought into this crap hook line and sinker, AS EXPECTED AND PREDICTED. :"
Will you deliver fellatio when I show you a cell phone pic of my ballot with the republican candidate's name filled in? :)
bachmann is looking less and less like the ideal repub candidate - I'd like to see her settle down a bit. Mud wrestling mentions and doing crap like this John Wayne thing to try to identify with Iowa voters - just settle down, be cool and collected, and win the damn thing. I saw her act ver composed and cool for 2 months in every interview. Suddenly she's obnoxious once she has the lead? No no no.
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"Sounds like 240 bought into this crap hook line and sinker, AS EXPECTED AND PREDICTED. :"
Will you deliver fellatio when I show you a cell phone pic of my ballot with the republican candidate's name filled in? :)
bachmann is looking less and less like the ideal repub candidate - I'd like to see her settle down a bit. Mud wrestling mentions and doing crap like this John Wayne thing to try to identify with Iowa voters - just settle down, be cool and collected, and win the damn thing. I saw her act ver composed and cool for 2 months in every interview. Suddenly she's obnoxious once she has the lead? No no no.
You chose to see what you want to see. As obama is seen as more vulnerable and his failures continue to mount, you will see more and more flaws in everyone to justify your vote for him again in 2012. We all know it.
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All Bachmann needs to do is stop saying stupid things and answer questions directly and address the disconnect between her words and deeds
of course she won't do either and journalist will call her on it and she'll cry "victim" just like all the other Repubs have done
In the end it won't matter because she's not going to be the nominee and she won't be on the ticket as VP either
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bachmann is looking less and less like the ideal repub candidate - I'd like to see her settle down a bit. Mud wrestling mentions and doing crap like this John Wayne thing to try to identify with Iowa voters - just settle down, be cool and collected, and win the damn thing. I saw her act ver composed and cool for 2 months in every interview. Suddenly she's obnoxious once she has the lead? No no no.
lol. BF you predicted this. :)
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Funny, but he won't need help finding a job. He'll make millions selling his memoirs and making speeches.
Bachmann: I'll help Obama find a job after I win
By: CNN Political Producer Shannon Travis
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is getting more creative, and apparently more aggressive, in her political attacks against President Barack Obama.
On Saturday, the Minnesota congresswoman took fresh jabs at the president. In one instance, Bachmann said she hoped to oust him from his current employment, become president herself - and then help Obama find a job. Bachmann also blasted "Obamacare," saying it would cost American jobs and questioning if Obama "was in his right mind" for championing it.
The comments came as Bachmann headlined an enthusiastic yet sparsely populated Tea Party rally at the state capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. Earlier Saturday, in Iowa City, the candidate launched a bus tour through the first-in-the-nation caucus state.
As she served up red meat to the assembled conservatives, Bachmann took aim at Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner - and the president - over the economy.
"I want you to know, as president of the United States, I look forward to creating real jobs for both the Treasury secretary and the president of the United States," Bachmann said.
Later, she continued a common Republican refrain - that the nation's health care law should be repealed. But Bachmann put a spin on that argument, citing figures that claim the law would bleed jobs on top of those already lost in the troubled economy.
Saying the president "has cost this economy millions of jobs," Bachmann questioned "who, with all due respect, in their right mind would propose a massive government takeover [of health care]" that would cost thousands of jobs.
It's unclear if such talk is part of an amped-up strategy by Bachmann or simply new variations on well-worn attack lines. Whatever the case, it is not without risk. Polls generally show that while conservative voters like the tough talk, such language could turn off critical blocs of independent voters.
Saturday's swipes follow others recently launched by Bachmann.
Last week, she told a crowd in South Carolina, "And we think that there is a certain Hawaiian president who should go back to Hawaii!"
And at a recent conference of Internet-savvy conservatives in Minneapolis, Bachmann used an unusual line of attack.
"The president promised the African-American community, he promised the Hispanic community that he would make their lives better. And that is what we want for every American," Bachmann said. "This president isn't working. He's failing the Hispanic community. He is failing the African-American community. He's failing all of us."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/03/bachmann-ill-help-obama-find-a-job-after-i-win/#more-166154
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She is going on the attack like reagan did to carter.
Next friday the jobs number comes out and ue is likely to rise again, by a lot.
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"who, with all due respect, in their right mind would propose a massive government takeover [of health care]" that would cost thousands of jobs.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2010/dec/16/lie-year-government-takeover-health-care/
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Bachmann: Obama Thinks "Tea Party Made Up Of Toothless Hillbillies"
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), GOP presidential candidate, warned President Obama to "be afraid of the tea Pparty."
"They want you to think that the tea party is made up of toothless hillbillies coming down out of the hills wearing red, white and blue. But the fact is, they should be afraid of the tea party," Bachmann said at a campaign rally in Iowa.
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Bachmann surges far ahead of Republican contenders
Candidate races to 19-point lead over next closest GOP hopeful
Posted: July 05, 2011
6:10 pm Eastern
By Joe Kovacs
© 2011 WND
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is surging far ahead of her Republican rivals in the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, according to a new Zogby poll.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.
The U.S. representative from Minnesota, who led among announced candidates in a June 21 poll, has now added 10 percentage points to her previous mark, and now stands at 34 percent.
That's a 19-point lead over second place Herman Cain, who stayed the same at 15 percent support.
Get ready for severe inflation that could destroy the value of the U.S. dollar! Read "Crashing the Dollar"
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in third place, but dropped a point to 14 percent, and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas dropped two percentage points to 11 percent, coming in fourth place.
They were followed by Rick Santorum at 7 percent, Tim Pawlenty and Jon Huntsman at 4 percent, and Newt Gingrich at 2 percent.
While Bachmann's support is growing, she could face trouble if some other well-known names jump into the race.
Zogby also asked for whom would Republicans vote in a primary if Texas Gov. Rick Perry, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin were candidates.
In that hypothetical scenario, Perry finished first with 18 percent, Christie second with 17 percent, Bachmann third at 15 percent, Paul fourth at 10 percent, Palin fifth at 9 percent, and Cain and Romney tied for sixth with 8 percent each.
(Story continues below)
Four Republicans (Christie, Romney, Bachmann and Pawlenty) were each in a statistical tie with President Obama when matched up against him. All other GOP contenders trail Obama.
Zogby also asked for which candidates would you never vote, and Gingrich topped the list at 46 percent, followed by Huntsman at 43 percent and Paul at 38 percent, as voters could opt for more than one choice.
The poll also asked, "Regardless of whom you intend to vote for, who do you think will get the nomination?"
Romney led the pack at 37 percent, followed by Perry at 17 percent and Bachmann at 10 percent.
The online survey of 1,042 likely Republican primary voters was taken June 28-30, and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points.
If you'd like to sound off on this issue, please take part in the WND poll.
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Bachmann: Obama Thinks "Tea Party Made Up Of Toothless Hillbillies"
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), GOP presidential candidate, warned President Obama to "be afraid of the tea Pparty."
"They want you to think that the tea party is made up of toothless hillbillies coming down out of the hills wearing red, white and blue. But the fact is, they should be afraid of the tea party," Bachmann said at a campaign rally in Iowa.
How does she know that's what Obama thinks?
And why the photo of Michelle Obama?
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How does she know that's what Obama thinks?
And why the photo of Michelle Obama?
LOL
I was going to say, "you must be new here; 333386 is just one of the inmates with a computer"
but, you should know by now he's gone 'wheels up' and it's more than a year from the election.
There will be slobbering all over his keyboard this time next year..but, he's basically a sweetie...we have to love him.
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Oh my: Bachmann within single digits of Romney in New Hampshire?
Hot Air ^ | July 6, 2011 | Allahpundit
Posted on July 6, 2011 10:09:49 PM EDT by ejdrapes
Oh my: Bachmann within single digits of Romney in New Hampshire?
posted at 7:12 pm on July 6, 2011 by Allahpundit
Old theory: Mitt Romney really doesn’t want to have to face Perry or Palin in this race. New theory: Mitt Romney really needs Perry and/or Palin to run to divide tea partiers and halt Bachmann’s ascent. Her net favorable rating is now +40, up 20 points in just two months. In New Hampshire.
When PPP polled New Hampshire in April Michele Bachmann was stuck at 4%. She’s gained 14 points over the last three months and now finds herself within single digits of Mitt Romney. Romney continues to lead the way in the state with 25% to 18% for Bachmann, 11% for Sarah Palin, 9% for Ron Paul, 7% for Rick Perry and Herman Cain, 6% for Jon Huntsman and Tim Pawlenty, and 4% for Newt Gingrich.
Bachmann’s surge in New Hampshire is being built on the back of the Tea Party. Among voters identifying themselves as members of that movement she’s leading the way at 25% with Palin and Romney tying for second at 16%, and Cain also placing in double digits at 11%. Only 33% of Republican primary voters in the state identify themselves as Tea Partiers though and with the remaining folks Romney’s way ahead with 33% to 13% for Bachmann, and 10% for Huntsman and Paul.
Romney’s starting to show some signs of weakness in New Hampshire. His support is down 12 points from 37% on the iteration of our April poll that didn’t include Mike Huckabee or Donald Trump. His favorability numbers are headed in the wrong direction as well. He’s dropped a net 18 points from +49 at 68/19 to +31 at 60/29. He’s certainly still the front runner in the state but he’s not looking as inevitable as he did a few months ago.
Another poll from the University of New Hampshire has Romney ahead by a comfortable, more realistic 23-point margin, but even in that case, Bachmann’s crept into second place with 12 percent. I’m dying to know what she raised for the quarter to see how her haul compares to his, but her team’s holding off on releasing the numbers until July 15. His own numbers are both better and worse than they look. Better, in the sense that if you include the money raised by his super PAC, his quarterly take is closer to $30 million than it is to $18.25 million. And worse, in the sense that not long ago Team Mitt was hoping to raise — wait for it — $50 million in the first six months of 2011. No one’s going to hit him with the “underperformer” narrative until New Hampshire turns competitive, but it’s out there in the water. Lurking. With just a fin visible above the surface…
As for Pawlenty, he pulls just three percent in UNH’s poll (the same as Jon Huntsman, who’s nearly without a pulse in the new Gallup) and six percent in PPP’s poll while trailing Romney in a hypothetical head-to-head contest … by 34 points. Things suddenly look so bleak that T-Paw’s campaign co-chair has begun to lower expectations in Iowa, insisting that Bachmann will be “very hard to beat” there even though until recently the state was a cornerstone of his strategy to propel past Romney. Actual quote: “She’s got hometown appeal, she’s got ideological appeal, and, I hate to say it, but she’s got a little sex appeal too.” Ugh. Exit quotation from HuffPo’s Pawlenty premortem postmortem: “How does the sixth place candidate in the Iowa poll all of a sudden find support? Having been here so often, if folks haven’t decided to support him yet, will they now? … [It’s a] very tense and stressful situation over in Urbandale right now.”
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Bachmann gaining ground in N.H. poll (where she poses major threat to Romney ascendancy)
The Boston Globe ^ | 2011-07-06 | Matt Viser
Posted on July 6, 2011 10:21:42 PM EDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON - Representative Michele Bachmann has rapidly gained ground in a new poll of New Hampshire voters, tapping her popularity with Tea Party activists and potentially causing problems for Republican front-runner Mitt Romney.
The former Massachusetts governor, who has long dominated polls in the Granite State, had his lead cut to single-digits in a new survey done by Public Policy Polling. Although polls taken six months before voters head to the polls can be unreliable, they can also provide a window into a volatile Republican electorate.
Bachmann, a Minnesota Republican, would get 18 percent of the vote, according to the poll. That is far higher than the 4 percent she got when the firm polled in April.
In the latest poll, she trailed 7 points behind Romney, who would get 25 percent of the vote. Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is the only other candidate polling in double digits, with 11 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
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if bachmann wins iowa AND NH, it might be all over.
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if bachmann wins iowa AND NH, it might be all over.
That's what we're all DESPERATELY hoping for. ;D
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Mitt is CRUSHING the GOP field in dollars brought in...Pawlenty and Huntsman better start making hay or they're OUT. Paul Ron is a waste...the X Factor is Rick Perry, the secessionist governor from Texas and the most unpatriotic American to run for president since the Civil War. He could steal Bachmann's thunder by getting a Palin endorsement.
We'll see...I LOVE it!
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If she could only get the facts straight. What a world, what a world....Sarah and Michele as presidential candidates....hope the Republicans can come up with something better soon or they are sunk for 2012.
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Doesn't matter. Obama is gone no matter who runs.
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Good ad.
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She will destroy obama if she gets the nod.
The 95'ers dont matter at all any more, the liberal jews and lgbt are meaningless, and she will get tons of indes and she will smach this disgusting commie obama.
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She will destroy obama if she gets the nod.
The 95'ers dont matter at all any more, the liberal jews and lgbt are meaningless, and she will get tons of indes and she will smach this disgusting commie obama.
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Hey - lets take wage on the UE % tommorow obama is causing?
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New Zogby Poll: Michele Bachmann Leaps to First Place At 39 Points While Romney Drops To 14
7/7/2011 | Anthony
Zogby Poll shows obama is losing with only 38% of the people willing to vote for him and 56% wanting to throw him out of the White House. Michele Bachmann moving way ahead of everyone else in the GOP at 39 to Romney's 14, who is now also behind Herman Cain at 15.If Cain was by her side, she would already be at 56% of GOP likely voters!
(Excerpt) Read more at patriotstatesman.com ...
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New Zogby Poll: Michele Bachmann Leaps to First Place At 39 Points While Romney Drops To 14
7/7/2011 | Anthony
Zogby Poll shows obama is losing with only 38% of the people willing to vote for him and 56% wanting to throw him out of the White House. Michele Bachmann moving way ahead of everyone else in the GOP at 39 to Romney's 14, who is now also behind Herman Cain at 15.If Cain was by her side, she would already be at 56% of GOP likely voters!
(Excerpt) Read more at patriotstatesman.com ...
She is really picking up steam. I would love to see her debate Obama.
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She is really picking up steam. I would love to see her debate Obama.
I would like to see this as well.
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She is really picking up steam. I would love to see her debate Obama.
Right now - I am for either Bachmann or RP.
Romney - no way.
T-Paw - Pussy
Santorum - nice guy but not connecting
Cain - having trouble with employees but I still like him.
Huntsmann - flop.
Newt - go the hell away!
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I would like to see this as well.
I hope she doesn't get demonized the way so many candidates do.
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Right now - I am for either Bachmann or RP.
Romney - no way.
T-Paw - Pussy
Santorum - nice guy but not connecting
Cain - having trouble with employees but I still like him.
Huntsmann - flop.
Newt - go the hell away!
I think Romney is probably still the front runner, but there is a long way to go. Perry could step in and shake things up.
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Bachmann gaining ground in N.H. poll (where she poses major threat to Romney ascendancy)
The Boston Globe ^ | 2011-07-06 | Matt Viser
WASHINGTON - Representative Michele Bachmann has rapidly gained ground in a new poll of New Hampshire voters, tapping her popularity with Tea Party activists and potentially causing problems for Republican front-runner Mitt Romney.
The former Massachusetts governor, who has long dominated polls in the Granite State, had his lead cut to single-digits in a new survey done by Public Policy Polling. Although polls taken six months before voters head to the polls can be unreliable, they can also provide a window into a volatile Republican electorate.
Bachmann, a Minnesota Republican, would get 18 percent of the vote, according to the poll. That is far higher than the 4 percent she got when the firm polled in April.
In the latest poll, she trailed 7 points behind Romney, who would get 25 percent of the vote. Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is the only other candidate polling in double digits, with 11 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
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I think Romney is probably still the front runner, but there is a long way to go. Perry could step in and shake things up.
I don't know... I still think RP sounds good.
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I don't know... I still think RP sounds good.
I agree he sounds good, but he's not getting out of the primary. He's at 7 percent nationwide. I doubt he gets much higher than that.
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I agree he sounds good, but he's not getting out of the primary. He's at 7 percent nationwide. I doubt he gets much higher than that.
Isn't it great that everyone and their bother or sister is throwing their hat in the ring for the Republican nomination. With any luck the Repulican party will pick another loser like they did last time. How about a ticket with Michele and Sarah for President and Vice President? That would be a double tea party whammy! LOL!
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Isn't it great that everyone and their bother or sister is throwing their hat in the ring for the Republican nomination. With any luck the Repulican party will pick another loser like they did last time. How about a ticket with Michele and Sarah for President and Vice President? That would be a double tea party whammy! LOL!
We really put some pretty average candidates on the top of the ticket don't we? Talking about both parties. :-\
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You know how much fucking government money people get raising foster kids? Don't act like all these bozos adopting and raising foster kids do it out of the goodness of their heart. You're talking a guaranteed income of several thousand dollars a month for these foster kids.
Michele Bachman is a fucking whackjob right wing religious conservative. She'll bring another dark age to the US. Fuck her! And fuck you 3333@@@@ for being such a dumbass for supporting her. I mean seriously dude? Michele Bachmann? WTF........you sound like you'd vote for John Mccain as well! LMAO! What happened to you?
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You know how much fucking government money people get raising foster kids? Don't act like all these bozos adopting and raising foster kids do it out of the goodness of their heart. You're talking a guaranteed income of several thousand dollars a month for these foster kids.
Michele Bachman is a fucking whackjob right wing religious conservative. She'll bring another dark age to the US. Fuck her! And fuck you 3333@@@@ for being such a dumbass for supporting her. I mean seriously dude? Michele Bachmann? WTF........you sound like you'd vote for John Mccain as well! LMAO! What happened to you?
Her record speaks for itself compared to the others.
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Her record speaks for itself compared to the others.
Yes, she is famous for fabricating stories to make her point and win an audience. In some circles that is called lying. Guess that makes her a pretty regular Politician, now that I think about it.
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Yes, she is famous for fabricating stories to make her point and win an audience. In some circles that is called lying. Guess that makes her a pretty regular Politician, now that I think about it.
She has made a few gaffes and owned up to them. On the issues, she destroys Obama the gun runner.
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Her record speaks for itself compared to the others.
Whatever bro......you have turned into a fucking whackjob. You need to get laid fag!
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Whatever bro......you have turned into a fucking whackjob. You need to get laid fag!
Why do you come to the pol board if you don't want to discuss politics?
I am for ron Paul or bachmann. Next to Obama, either would be way better.
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Why do you come to the pol board if you don't want to discuss politics?
I am for ron Paul or bachmann. Next to Obama, either would be way better.
Bachmann can't hold a candle to Ron Paul. The fact that you say you would support either shows how fuckng clueless you are dude. They are completely different. Paul is a libertarian that believes in personal liberty and freedom............the other is a fucking right wing neocon religious whackjob bat shit fucking crazy girl!
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Bachmann can't hold a candle to Ron Paul. The fact that you say you would support either shows how fuckng clueless you are dude. They are completely different. Paul is a libertarian that believes in personal liberty and freedom............the other is a fucking right wing neocon religious whackjob bat shit fucking crazy #girl!
RP is my ideal, but reality is that he is not doing enough to get the nomination. He is too meek. I love the guy, but he is not a closer. So it's Romney bachmann or Obama. I'll take mb.
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Why do you come to the pol board if you don't want to discuss politics?
I am for ron Paul or bachmann. Next to Obama, either would be way better.
For the uneducated, could you explain why, using specific examples, like their voting records, why either of them would be better as our nations leader than Obama is.
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For the uneducated, could you explain why, using specific examples, like their voting records, why either of them would be better as our nations leader than Obama is.
Tarp, bailouts, spending, 2nd amen, liberty, stim bill, sound money, etfcetc etc.
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Tarp, bailouts, spending, 2nd amen, liberty, stim bill, sound money, etfcetc etc.
Thanks for your viewpoint on Obama's failings. And do you believe these things happened solely because Obama wanted them to and he is the President so what he wants, happens? Speaking of this, which President in recent history has acted alone? Speaking of past Presidents, how do you feel Bush did as President? Did he not get us into this mess (with help) in the first place?
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Thanks for your viewpoint on Obama's failings. And do you believe these things happened solely because Obama wanted them to and he is the President so what he wants, happens? Speaking of this, which President in recent history has acted alone? Speaking of past Presidents, how do you feel Bush did as President? Did he not get us into this mess (with help) in the first place?
What happened under Bush was the fault of a democrat majority in Congress
But for some reason all that happens now is Obamas fault despite a republican majority in Congress. Go figure ;D
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Bachmann: Obama's Policies "Have Clearly Failed The American People"
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.): "Well, it's stunningly bad news. It's bad news for the president politically, but it's even worse news for the American people out on Main Street. I've spent a considerable amount of time on Main Street talking to real people in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Iowa, and they really know that the number one issue right now is turning the economy around and creating jobs. And clearly the president's policies haven't worked. It's a failure. And I wish it was otherwise, but it has not worked.
"And the stimulus has only brought us deeper in debt with nothing to show for it. The president's own economists told us recently that the government spent approximately $278,000 per job created, and we have nothing to show for it. So, we're not in a good situation, and clearly the president's policies are a failure. The stimulus has failed."
Quintanilla: Do you think it's going to spur the White House to double down on their stimulus stance or try something different?
Bachmann: Well, you're asking a very good question because I was frankly shocked this morning when some of the president's advisers were on some of the morning talk shows saying that voters really don't care about job creation. I thought, 'What planet are you living on?' with all due respect. The voters absolutely do care about job creation. And it's interesting earlier this week the president in his remarks said that he had another five and a half years to go on his term. Well, not if the American people have anything to say about it. They're very upset about these numbers, and very upset about the lack of job growth.
"I was on a farmer's market just this week in Iowa City, and a guy came out of his business, and he said, 'Michele, you have got to win the White House. We can't have another four years of this president. My business can't afford another four years.' This is palpable, everywhere from Marshalltown, Iowa, to Carroll, Iowa, to Le Mars, Iowa, where there's Blue Bunny Ice Cream.
"I have talked to business owners all across the nation, and they're paralyzed with fear right now. This won't help, hearing these numbers, because it shows that Washington doesn't have the solutions. I just wish the politicians would start listening to real people in America because they do know what we need. And it's getting government out of the way. That may sound like a tired refrain. It's not from the people I speak with. They know how to do this. They know how to create jobs, and they're saying, 'Enough of Washington, D.C.'s answers, we've got the answers ourselves.'
Quintanilla: A jobs number like this, though, isn't going to make it any easier for someone in real America to withstand cuts to Social Security or Medicare. I wonder how does this affect the negotiations over the debt?
Bachmann: Well, I think what this shows is that we can't keep borrowing money that we don't have. That's been Washington's answer year after year. I've consistently voted against raising the debt ceiling as has, as a matter of fact, President Obama. When he was running for the White House he said that to raise the debt ceiling was a failure of leadership. Well, the president voted against raising the debt ceiling because, as he said, it was a failure of leadership.
"The president's own policies have clearly failed the American people, so the answer is not to double down and continue to do more of the same. The answer is to look at what went wrong and reverse course and have a pro-growth job agenda. We're not seeing that from the president, and his own advisers are tone-deaf when they say the American people don't care about job creation. Again, with all due respect, are you kidding me? The American people care very deeply about job creation. And it shows that President Obama is clearly out of touch, unfortunately.
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240 and the left are more concerned about jerking off to internet porno than employment, the economy, and jobs.
No wonder they use their faces as cum rags for obama.
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TIR Poll: Bachmann Overtakes Romney in Iowa
The Iowa Republican ^ | July11 ,2011 | Craig Robinson
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Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has surpassed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in a recent Iowa poll that was conducted by TheIowaRepublican.com. With Bachmann now leading in Iowa, Romney has fallen to second place, but he is still well ahead of third place finisher Tim Pawlenty, who has overtaken Herman Cain my a miniscule margin.
Bachmann received support from 25 percent of likely Iowa caucus goers in the poll, while Romney is backed by 21 percent. The poll also shows signs of growth for former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who now stands in third place in statistical tie with Herman Cain at just under nine percent. Ron Paul finished with six percent, Newt Gingrich with four percent, Rick Santorum with two percent, and Jon Huntsman rounded out the field with one percent.
The poll clearly indicates that Bachmann has hit a chord with Iowans. Her campaign has enjoyed a tremendous amount of media coverage since she stepped foot on the debate stage in New Hampshire just over three weeks ago. As the clear Iowa frontrunner, Bachmann must now cement her position at the front of the pack by winning the Ames Straw Poll next month.
With Romney not participating in the straw poll, Bachmann’s lead over the rest of the field is substantial as she is ahead of Pawlenty and Cain by 16 points. She has also raised her expectations by embracing her Iowa roots. Not only is Bachmann the Iowa frontrunner, but she has constantly reminded Iowans that she’s one of them at every campaign stop. While it didn’t take her long to shoot to the top of the polls, winning in Ames and later in the caucuses themselves requires a massive ground game. If she has one area of weakness, that would be it.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire /
Tea-party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) bested former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, in a poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers released Sunday.
The poll showed 25% of likely caucusgoers support Ms. Bachmann while 21% favor Mr. Romney. The survey of 500 likely caucusgoers has an error margin of 4.4 percentage points, and was conducted by the Republican polling firm Voter/Consumer Research between June 26 and June 30 — just as Ms. Bachmann formally announced her entry into the presidential race in Waterloo, Iowa, where she was born. A Des Moines Register Iowa poll conducted a few days earlier showed and released last month showed the two statistically tied.
Mr. Romney, who leads in national polls, has been concentrating on New Hampshire rather than Iowa, where social conservatives dominate the caucuses. The former governor will not compete in the Hawkeye State’s much-watched Ames Straw Poll next month. Ms. Bachmann, meanwhile, has campaigned heavily there since announcing her candidacy.
The poll showed Ms. Bachmann’s support spikes among the “most attentive voters.” The congresswoman garnered 32% support in that category, while Mr. Romney came in a distant second at 18%. It remains to be seen how Mr. Romney, who is mostly ignoring his primary opponents, will win over the most ardent conservatives.
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Bump!
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Off topic,
I bet you Bachman fucks like a champ.
the crazy ones always do.
just never marry them and never take them home.
scares the parents.
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what's the point of bumping this? We all saw this shit. You wanted us to click the thread and watch what we have already watched? WFF 3333... You really gotta bump 9 threads a day or or what? Fucking stop man...
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what's the point of bumping this? We all saw this shit. You wanted us to click the thread and watch what we have already watched? WFF 3333... You really gotta bump 9 threads a day or or what? Fucking stop man...
Can you merge it in to my Bachmann thread? She is running for POTUS now. When I posted this she was not running for POTUS
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Can you merge it in to my Bachmann thread? She is running for POTUS now. When I posted this she was not running for POTUS
done.
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done.
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In Iowa, Bachmann Is Early Favorite for Vote
Monday, 11 Jul 2011
Only two weeks after announcing she was seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann is already looking like the candidate to beat in Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses in February.
The Minnesota congresswoman is tapping into the same vein of voter discontent at government spending that drove Republican victories at midterm elections last year.
Bachmann, 55, is running neck-and-neck with Mitt Romney among Republicans in Iowa. But Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, has signaled that he will not campaign hard in the state so he can concentrate his energies elsewhere.
"Iowa's is hers to lose," said Brent Parks, 45, an accounting software salesman who chairs the state's Buchanan County Republicans.
Beyond Bachmann's credentials as a fiscal hawk, the local-born former tax lawyer ticks the boxes for social conservatives who back her opposition to abortion and gay marriage.
"She's been a leader on all the big issues," said Mark Torgerson, 35, a high school math teacher in the town of Independence, a few miles from Bachmann's birthplace in Waterloo.
Unlike fellow Tea Party backer Sarah Palin to whom she is often compared, Bachmann holds office as a member of the U.S. House and has a recent record of conservative votes on major national issues.
"I trust her more than any of the other ones to stick to her conservative values and push the conservative agenda by lowering the debt ceiling, by lowering the spending, by getting the social agenda passed with the marriage amendment passed," said Richard Wearmouth, pastor of the Christian Life Church in Independence.
"The conservative basic policies, she'll push to the nth degree," he said.
Iowa has played an outsized role in the picking of U.S. presidents. In 2008, Barack Obama's victory here over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic caucuses was a turning point in his presidential victory.
But even if she did win the Iowa caucuses, that would be no guarantee Bachmann could go on to successes in other early voting states like New Hampshire.
Mike Huckabee won the Republican caucuses here in 2008, upsetting John McCain and Romney, the party's apparent front-runners. But within two months, Huckabee was out the race.
Independence played a small part in the Tea Party surge last year that stripped Democrats of their control of the U.S. Congress and also gave Republicans victories in state legislative and gubernatorial races.
Voters in the 23rd District in the Iowa House of Representatives threw out the Democratic incumbent and replaced him with Tea Party-approved Republican Dan Rasmussen at the statehouse in Des Moines.
CONSERVATIVE IOWA
Republicans in the midwestern state have become increasingly conservative, an advantage for Bachmann.
Referring to the list of Republican aspirants, pastor Wearmouth declared it "the best lineup for conservatives in many, many years. The majority are very conservative. Not moderate but conservative. That's a wonderful change."
But he said Bachmann was head and shoulders above the others.
A poll by the Des Moines Register newspaper in June found Bachmann in a statistical dead heat with Romney. The survey was conducted before Bachmann officially kicked off her campaign in Iowa, which has drawn big enthusiastic crowds.
But long-time Iowa political observers, and some Republican activists, say they are not sure Bachmann's current momentum can last.
David Redlawsk, a political science professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, thinks her current popularity is driven by media coverage of the gaffe-prone candidate.
That, he says, has pushed up her name recognition among conservative-leaning Republicans in Iowa but will do nothing to increase the appeal among more moderate primary voters in places like New Hampshire.
"I think people are also responding to the media attention -- and she got a lot of it ahead of the Des Moines Register poll."
Republican presidential rivals are also sure to step up criticism. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty this week questioned Bachmann's record in Congress, calling it "non-existent."
Former Alaska governor Palin and Texas Governor Rick Perry are two Republican heavyweights who could still step into the presidential nomination race and give Bachmann a serious challenge in Iowa.
It is unclear whether Palin will enter, although Perry is reckoned to be preparing a campaign.
Not all Tea Party activists are impressed with Bachmann's campaign.
Judd Saul, a Tea Party activist from Cedar Falls, said he's been put off by her early rallies in the state, which have featured lots of sign-waving supporters and reporters but were short on the kind of one-one-one access to the candidate that Iowans normally enjoy.
"Bachmann's campaign is funky," Saul, 31, said after watching Ron Paul at one event and waiting for Rick Santorum to appear at another.
"Every other candidate that comes though here, you get private time with them, you get to talk with them, you get to ask some questions.
"With Bachmann's campaign, here's the media circus, she speaks to you, she's out. Boom she's in. Boom she's out. Stump speech. There's no sit and answer questions," Saul said.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/bachmann-early-favorite-iowa/2011/07/11/id/403227
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Her record speaks for itself compared to the others.
She lies and bases her campaign on American history allthough she doesnt know it.
Fucking embarrasing bitch
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Poll: Bachmann surge continues
By: CNN Associate Producer Gabriella Schwarz
Washington (CNN) – Michele Bachmann received a jump in the latest national poll of Republican presidential candidates, beat only by frontrunner Mitt Romney.
According to the Quinnipiac University Poll of Republican and Republican-leaning voters released Tuesday, Minnesota Rep. Bachmann garnered 14 percent support, up eight points from a June 8 survey. Her poll numbers have risen considerably since entering the race on June 27.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney's support remained unchanged from June at 25 percent. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has yet to jump into the race, had 12 percent, followed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is considering a run, at 10 percent. No other candidate received over 6 percent.
Among registered voters President Obama beat all of his potential Republican challengers in hypothetical general election match-ups. He held the smallest lead over Romney, 47 percent to 41 percent, which was unchanged since the last survey.
He received 50 percent to Bachmann's 38 percent, 53 percent to Palin's 34 percent and 50 percent to Perry's 37 percent.
The poll, conducted July 5-11, had a sampling error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points among 913 Republican primary voters and sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points among registered voters.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/13/poll-bachmann-surge-continues/?hpt=po_t1
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Amazing how the far left fringe think her social con. is going to hurt her.
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Amazing how the far left fringe think her social con. is going to hurt her.
Pretty silly. Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II were social conservatives. I think most of the country agrees more with social conservatives than they do social liberals.
People should not underestimate this woman.
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Pretty silly. Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II were social conservatives. I think most of the country agrees more with social conservatives than they do social liberals.
People should not underestimate this woman.
I am not a holy roller by any stretch, but I will take a social cons. any day over an aethistic commie marxist traitor any day of the week.
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I am not a holy roller by any stretch, but I will take a social cons. any day over an aethistic commie marxist traitor any day of the week.
I don't think a person has to be religious to be a social conservative.
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Pretty silly. Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II were social conservatives. I think most of the country agrees more with social conservatives than they do social liberals.
People should not underestimate this woman.
It concerns me that you could be right about this. So far my most politically conservative friends aren't impressed with her. But then, I live in Oregon and Oregon isn't known to be as conservative as, say, Iowa. Time will tell whether her support network grows of fizzles out.
The very fact that people like Sarah and Michele and they are getting as much attention as they are is significant that a change is in the wind.
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It concerns me that you could be right about this. So far my most politically conservative friends aren't impressed with her. But then, I live in Oregon and Oregon isn't know to be as conservative as, say, Iowa. Time will tell whether her support network grows of fizzles out.
The very fact that people like Sarah and Michele are getting as much attention as they are is significant that a change is in the wind.
it's all part of the dumbing down of the repub party as pat buchanan said.just think 25 years ago if two nuts like palin and bachmann would have tryed to run they would have been laughed out of the race
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it's all part of the dumbing down of the repub party as pat buchanan said.just think 25 years ago if two nuts like palin and bachmann would have tryed to run they would have been laughed out of the race
Yawn. You pieces of garbage on the far left said the same think of ike, reagan, ford, bush, etc.
Yet - the morons like obama (Failures abound too long to list), Gore (Failed out of law school), Biden (Plagiarized Papers), Kerry (C student), etc, are all considered geniuses.
Typical garbage.
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Iowa poll: Bachmann by … 13? (Has Mitt Romney abandoned the State?)
Hotair ^ | 07/13/2011 | Allahpundit
Posted on July 13, 2011 9:32:02 PM EDT by SeekAndFind
Serious question: Now that Romney has all but abandoned the state, why aren’t his supporters shifting to Pawlenty? Core Romney fans will stick with their guy, of course, if for no other reason than to deny votes to a candidate like T-Paw who poses a potential long-term threat. But what about all the Iowans who aren’t devoted Mittheads but simply prefer his more moderate managerial cred to Bachmann’s fire and brimstone? Why not get behind the only other candidate who’s (a) seriously contesting Iowa and (b) got the potential to go all the way? Mystifying.
Regardless, clock’s a-tickin’, Tim.
A new poll of likely caucus goers in Iowa by the Republican-leaning Magellan Strategies shows Bachmann with 29% of the vote. Next place finisher Mitt Romney has 16%. The Magellan field did not include Jon Huntsman, who is skipping Iowa, or the (so far) non-running Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani or Rick Perry…
Bachmann’s winning big with men (she’s up 18% over Romney in the Magellan crosstabs), women (9%), seniors (10%), social conservatives (22%), fiscal conservatives (17%) and tea partiers (33%). Three percent in the Magellan survey said “other” and 24% said undecided. More women are undecided (30%) than support Bachmann (24%) and it’s the same story with seniors (27% undecided, 26% support Bachmann.)
Pawlenty finishes with eight percent, tied with Herman Cain. But maybe you’re thinking this is an outlier? Okay: Here’s a new Iowa poll from Mason/Dixon also showing Bachmann ahead — 32/29 over Romney this time, with Pawlenty in third at, um, seven percent. At the rate she’s going here, I’m expecting T-Paw’s talking points to shift within the week from “We need to do well at Ames” to “Eh, Ames doesn’t always predict the caucus winner anyway.” Help him, Rick Perry, you’re his only vote-splitting hope!
Here’s his new vid touting his evangelical bona fides for the benefit of caucus-goers. It was circulated via blast e-mail from his newest campaign advisor: Sarah Huckabee, daughter of you-know-ho.
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It concerns me that you could be right about this. So far my most politically conservative friends aren't impressed with her. But then, I live in Oregon and Oregon isn't known to be as conservative as, say, Iowa. Time will tell whether her support network grows of fizzles out.
The very fact that people like Sarah and Michele and they are getting as much attention as they are is significant that a change is in the wind.
Why are you concerned? You don't think she would be an improvement over Obama?
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Why are you concerned? You don't think she would be an improvement over Obama?
Beetlejuice, wee man, BTK killer, Scott peterson, madoff, and joan rivers would all be better than obama.
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Why are you concerned? You don't think she would be an improvement over Obama?
Absolutely not!
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Do you work for the govt, state, federal, or local?
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Yawn. You pieces of garbage on the far left said the same think of ike, reagan, ford, bush, etc.
Yet - the morons like obama (Failures abound too long to list), Gore (Failed out of law school), Biden (Plagiarized Papers), Kerry (C student), etc, are all considered geniuses.
Typical garbage.
Al Gore dropped out of law school to get his father's seat on the House of Representatives. Kerry had the same grades and belonged to the same society as George Bush, and Biden forgot to write the citations for his law review paper which is why he was permitted to do it again and the F dropped off of his record. Obama graduated Cum Laude so I would doubt if he had any bad grades.
Do a little research next time..... ;D
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Absolutely not!
Why not? You like Obama? If so, why?
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Al Gore dropped out of law school to get his father's seat on the House of Representatives. Kerry had the same grades and belonged to the same society as George Bush, and Biden forgot to write the citations for his law review paper which is why he was permitted to do it again and the F dropped off of his record. Obama graduated Cum Laude so I would doubt if he had any bad grades.
Do a little research next time..... ;D
Biden forgot to write citations? It was a little more than that:
The file distributed by the Senator included a law school faculty report, dated Dec. 1, 1965, that concluded that Mr. Biden had ''used five pages from a published law review article without quotation or attribution'' and that he ought to be failed in the legal methods course for which he had submitted the 15-page paper.
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/us/biden-admits-plagiarism-in-school-but-says-it-was-not-malevolent.html
Using five pages of text without quotation or attribution is not an oversight. That clearly makes someone a plagiarizer. Or a Getbig.com Politics Board troll. :)
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I am not a holy roller by any stretch, but I will take a social cons. any day over an aethistic commie marxist traitor any day of the week.
McCarthyism fan?
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McCarthyism fan?
Yea.
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Michelle Bachmann Raises $4.2 Million in 2nd Quarter
by Jake Gibson | July 15, 2011
Senior Bachmann campaign officials tell FOX News the Minnesota Congresswoman running for the Republican presidential nomination raised $4.2 million in the second quarter of 2011. About $2 million came from her congressional account.
This is a strong showing considering Bachmann only started raising money as a presidential candidate after establishing her exploratory committee in mid-June.
http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/07/15/michelle-bachmann-raises-42-million-2nd-quarter?test=latestnews
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If she wins she will not only be the first female president her gay as hell husbond will make a fitting first lady ;D
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Bachmann criticizes black farmer settlement (she has them scared to death)
AP ^ | 7/18/11
Posted on July 18, 2011 8:49:24 PM EDT by markomalley
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann pointed to one program in particular Monday when talking about wasteful government spending: a multibillion dollar settlement paid to black farmers, who claim the federal government discriminated against them for decades in awarding loans and other aid.
The issue came up after Bachmann and Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa toured flooded areas along the Missouri River. During a news conference, they fielded a question about whether farmers affected by the flooding also should be worried by proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture cuts.
The two responded by criticizing a 1999 settlement in what is known as the Pigford case, after the original plaintiff, North Carolina farmer Timothy Pigford. Late last year, President Barack Obama signed legislation authorizing a new, nearly $1.2 billion settlement for people who were denied payments in the earlier one because they missed deadlines for filing.
King has likened the Pigford settlement to "modern-day reparations" for African-Americans. He said Monday a large percentage of the settlement "was just paid out in fraudulent claims" and criticized the Obama administration's plan to resolve separate lawsuits filed by Hispanic and female farmers.
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PPP: Michele Bachmann takes 1-point national lead
politico ^ | 7/19/11 | Alexander Burns
The Democratic firm Public Policy Polling delivers a new set of national numbers that show Michele Bachmann is not just an early-state phenomenon, and she hasn't yet hit her ceiling:
Bachmann's momentum continues to build and she's taken first place by the smallest of margins on PPP's newest national Presidential poll. 21% of Republican primary voters say she's their top choice to 20% for Mitt Romney, 12% for Rick Perry, 11% for Herman Cain, 9% for Ron Paul, 7% for Newt Gingrich, 5% for Tim Pawlenty, and 3% for Jon Huntsman.
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great news. Got to mitt the hell out of there.
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Do you work for the govt, state, federal, or local?
I loaf. I am retired.
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That's what we're all DESPERATELY hoping for. ;D
(http://images5.cafepress.com/image/51932055_125x125.png)
Mitt is CRUSHING the GOP field in dollars brought in...Pawlenty and Huntsman better start making hay or they're OUT. Paul Ron is a waste...the X Factor is Rick Perry, the secessionist governor from Texas and the most unpatriotic American to run for president since the Civil War. He could steal Bachmann's thunder by getting a Palin endorsement.
We'll see...I LOVE it!
Crushing in dollars.....YET, Bachmann is neck-and-neck with him.
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I loaf. I am retired.
welcome aboard!
look forward to reading more of your posts;
it only gets better ( as that saying goes ) :D
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Marcus Bachmann’s Clinic Is the Latest Target to Be ‘Glitter Bombed’
NY Magazine ^ | 7/21/11 | Noreen Malone
A group of activists — angry that Dr. Bachmann referred to gay people as "barbarians" — styled themselves in the manner of (rather delightfully campy) barbarians, then proceeded to sprinkle shiny confetti all over his clinic. Previous glitter-bomb "victims" include Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty. This might not be the stateliest form of civil rights protest in recorded history, but it's probably the shiniest and most difficult to vacuum up. [Gawker]
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She is rolling. :)
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Bachmann: Everybody Should Pay Taxes
Wall Street Journal ^ | July 21, 2011 | Jonathan Weisman
Posted on July 21, 2011 7:41:02 PM EDT by ejdrapes
Bachmann: Everybody Should Pay Taxes
July 21, 2011, 3:00 PM ET.
By Jonathan Weisman
[snip]
At a town-hall meeting Tuesday given by the South Carolina Christian Chamber of Commerce in Columbia, a questioner noted that major U.S. corporations are paying “very few dollars of federal income taxes, if any.” He prefaced his point by saying the Bible advises us to render unto Caesar what Caesar is due.
Ms. Bachmann turned the conversation elsewhere: “Part of the problem is today, only 53% pay any federal income tax at all; 47% pay nothing,” the former federal tax attorney said. “We need to broaden the base so that everybody pays something, even if it’s a dollar.”
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Ms. Bachmann argued for a new tax code that is “very simple, very flat and very fair.”
“I believe every American benefits by being safe and secure, by our military,” she said in South Carolina. “We all benefit by the road system. We all benefit by the tort system. We all benefit by national parks.”
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Damn right.
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Jennifer Rubin: As usual, Bachmann succeeds in making her critics look petty
Article by: JENNIFER RUBIN , Washington Post Updated: July 21, 2011 - 7:24 PM
Michelle Bachmann
. When it became known that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann gets migraine headaches, the sniping by those in the press and among Democrats reached a boil. Ironically, staunch defenders of the Americans With Disabilities Act suggested that this would be a barrier to her serving as president.
But as often happens with Bachmann, she came out a winner. She released a statement, which read in part:
"I am a wife, a mother, a lawyer who worked her way through law school, a former state senator who achieved the repeal of a harmful piece of education policy in Minnesota, and a congresswoman who has worked tirelessly fighting against the expansion of government and wasteful spending.
"Since entering the campaign, I have maintained a full schedule between my duties as a congresswoman and as a presidential candidate traveling across the nation to meet with voters in the key, early primary and caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. I have prescription medication that I take whenever symptoms arise and they keep the migraines under control. Let me be abundantly clear -- my ability to function effectively has never been impeded by migraines and will not affect my ability to serve as Commander in Chief.
"The many questions I have received on this subject have allowed me to discuss this important condition that impacts individuals in nearly one in four households. However, as a presidential candidate and office holder, I am focused on performing my job, which has never been more important given the state of our economy and the millions of Americans that are out of work. While I appreciate the concern for me and my health, the greater concern should be the debate that is occurring in Washington over whether or not we will increase our debt, spending and taxes."
That's about as pitch-perfect a response as you are going to find. She is forthright, and she makes her statement a bonding moment with ordinary Americans. Moreover, she stays on message, highlighting her battle against debt, excess spending and tax increases.
Tony Fratto, who served in the Bush administration and is now a communications consultant, told me, "Her pitch and discipline in delivering her message are equally impressive." And he cracked, "Anyway, I think having extensive experience dealing with severe headaches is probably really good practice for being president!"
So is the ability to rise above media sniping.
Perhaps the most un-Palin quality Bachmann possesses is her refusal to play the victim or to complain about her attackers. Instead, she has mastered the art of making them look petty and silly while reemphasizing the qualities she hopes will impress voters -- tenacity, strength, a sense of humor and empathy for average Americans.
As I have said many times, those expecting Bachmann to crumble under the glare of intense scrutiny are kidding themselves.
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Good - Bachmann / Paul or the other way around is fine by me.
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Perhaps the most un-Palin quality Bachmann possesses is her refusal to play the victim or to complain about her attackers. Instead, she has mastered the art of making them look petty and silly while reemphasizing the qualities she hopes will impress voters -- tenacity, strength, a sense of humor and empathy for average Americans.
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In all fairness to my buddy 240, he is the one who picked this up first about MB
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Perhaps the most un-Palin quality Bachmann possesses is her refusal to play the victim or to complain about her attackers. Instead, she has mastered the art of making them look petty and silly while reemphasizing the qualities she hopes will impress voters -- tenacity, strength, a sense of humor and empathy for average Americans.
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In all fairness to my buddy 240, he is the one who picked this up first about MB
Thats true she is way above Palin in this regard, well on many things actually. She is serious not like Palin driving around in her Bus acting like a reality star
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Jennifer Rubin: As usual, Bachmann succeeds in making her critics look petty
Article by: JENNIFER RUBIN , Washington Post Updated: July 21, 2011 - 7:24 PM
Michelle Bachmann
. When it became known that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann gets migraine headaches, the sniping by those in the press and among Democrats reached a boil. Ironically, staunch defenders of the Americans With Disabilities Act suggested that this would be a barrier to her serving as president.
But as often happens with Bachmann, she came out a winner. She released a statement, which read in part:
"I am a wife, a mother, a lawyer who worked her way through law school, a former state senator who achieved the repeal of a harmful piece of education policy in Minnesota, and a congresswoman who has worked tirelessly fighting against the expansion of government and wasteful spending.
"Since entering the campaign, I have maintained a full schedule between my duties as a congresswoman and as a presidential candidate traveling across the nation to meet with voters in the key, early primary and caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. I have prescription medication that I take whenever symptoms arise and they keep the migraines under control. Let me be abundantly clear -- my ability to function effectively has never been impeded by migraines and will not affect my ability to serve as Commander in Chief.
"The many questions I have received on this subject have allowed me to discuss this important condition that impacts individuals in nearly one in four households. However, as a presidential candidate and office holder, I am focused on performing my job, which has never been more important given the state of our economy and the millions of Americans that are out of work. While I appreciate the concern for me and my health, the greater concern should be the debate that is occurring in Washington over whether or not we will increase our debt, spending and taxes."
That's about as pitch-perfect a response as you are going to find. She is forthright, and she makes her statement a bonding moment with ordinary Americans. Moreover, she stays on message, highlighting her battle against debt, excess spending and tax increases.
Tony Fratto, who served in the Bush administration and is now a communications consultant, told me, "Her pitch and discipline in delivering her message are equally impressive." And he cracked, "Anyway, I think having extensive experience dealing with severe headaches is probably really good practice for being president!"
So is the ability to rise above media sniping.
Perhaps the most un-Palin quality Bachmann possesses is her refusal to play the victim or to complain about her attackers. Instead, she has mastered the art of making them look petty and silly while reemphasizing the qualities she hopes will impress voters -- tenacity, strength, a sense of humor and empathy for average Americans.
As I have said many times, those expecting Bachmann to crumble under the glare of intense scrutiny are kidding themselves.
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Good - Bachmann / Paul or the other way around is fine by me.
This is almost as dumb as the Palin-faked-her pregnancy claims.
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palin continually plays herself as the victim.
I think 33 and I are in agreement there. yes, she is the victim of smear attacks, but she does ham up the "i'm a victim" angle.
bachmann, on the other hand, is attacked as well and just attacks back. She's cool like that. I'd vote for bachmann for president in a minute. I'd vote against palin in a minute. bachmann will stand up to world leaders - I see palin folding.
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Bachmann tells Iowans she gives more headaches than she receives TONY LEYS 10:48 PM, Jul 23, 2011 Categories: Caucus Insider
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Marshalltown, Ia. - U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann made light Saturday of reports that migraines interfere with her work.
“This week, they were talking about me and headaches. All I want you to know is I’ve been giving a lot more headaches in Washington than I’ve been getting,” she joked to laughter and raucous applause from more than 100 people at the public library here. “And as president of the United States, I intend to give those big power brokers a lot more headaches, because we’re going to give the country back to you.”
The Minnesota Republican, a tough-talking supporter of the tea party movement, was the subject of a Daily Caller story in which anonymous former aides claimed she sometimes has been incapacitated by her migraines. She has denied the allegations, saying she keeps the condition under control with medication.
Bachmann hardly mentioned her Republican rivals Saturday, focusing instead on her differences with President Barack Obama. She insisted that her fellow Republicans should not cave in to Obama’s demands on raising the nation’s debt ceiling. She said the country can’t keep borrowing, or it will end up spending all of its money on interest payments on its debt instead of on needed government programs, such as Medicare and the military.
Obama portrays his offer to Republicans as mostly consisting of budget cuts. The congresswoman was skeptical. “He wants a huge tax increase on all Americans so he can keep spending,” she said.
Bachmann, who used a white board and black marker to illustrate the fiscal issues, said Americans pay $2.2 trillion per year to the government, which should be enough. “You just can’t keep spending money you don’t have,” she said. “And that’s why I went to Washington, D.C., this week. I was here in Iowa, I got on a plane, I went back to Washington, D.C., and I said, ‘Look, I want to tell you what they’re telling me in Marshalltown. I want to tell you what they’re telling me in every city I go to in Iowa. Don’t increase the debt ceiling, because we don’t want you people to keep spending money.’ ”
Later on Saturday, the candidate stopped by the Story County Fairgrounds in Nevada, where she greeted residents, admired cattle and horses and ate rhubarb and peach pie.
Dave Struthers of Collins was one of several people who enthusiastically shook her hand. He thanked her for standing up for Christian values, and he said the fact that some media outlets are running negative stories about her and her husband shows that she’s on the right track.
After Bachmann walked on, Struthers said he wasn’t troubled to hear that she suffers from migraines.
He said his ex-wife had them, and he understands that they can be serious. “But it’s nothing permanent, and it’s nothing you can’t recover from,” he said. “Everybody has ailments.”
The candidate finished her day in Oskaloosa, speaking to a few hundred people at William Penn University. She told them Obama is trying to scare people into believing that if the debt ceiling isn’t raised by early next month, the government will go into default and financial markets will crash. That isn’t true, she said, because the government could still pay interest on the debt while it looks for ways to cut long-term spending.
She told Oskaloosa Republicans that it will be important for their party not just to win the presidency next year, but to win 60 seats in the Senate to repeal the health reform law.
“We have in my estimation, one chance to kill Obamacare, and that’s in 2012,” she said. “This is not going to be easy. Even though we have the American people with us, it is not going to be easy. Why? It’s already law today. It’s already being implemented. Hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars are being shipped all over the country today to implement this very bad bill.”
To overturn it, she said, Republicans would need enough senators to stop a filibuster.
Don Arendt of Oskaloosa said afterward that he was impressed with the congresswoman’s energetic speaking abilities, and that he agreed with most of her points, but he remained undecided on which Republican to support.
“I want to win,” he said, when asked what he’s looking for in a candidate. “If I become convinced that she can win, then I’ll support her".
http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/07/23/bachmann-tells-iowans-she-gives-more-headaches-than-she-receives
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Mudslinging at the Bachmanns (Not now America Dear, I have a Headache)
National Review ^ | 07/25/2011 | Kathryn Jean Lopez
Michele Bachmann gives me a headache.
But it’s not the Minnesota congresswoman herself who is to blame for the pain. It’s so many of the stories about her and her husband.
See or hear her name these days and you will probably be in for some head-pounding disappointment from the story that follows. But if it was about the former governor of Minnesota worming his way out of a comment that was beneath him, at least that was an improvement over the week before and the outrageous you’re-so-gay dance led by MSNBC. (If only it were The Last Word.)
That’s right. We’re still months away from the first caucuses and primaries of the presidential nominating season, and already things have gotten way out of control. Accusations that Bachmann is heavily medicated on account of incapacitating headaches were just the latest attempts to nip her candidacy in the bud.
The attack started with a story quoting a former aide, who insisted: “The migraines are so bad and so intense, she carries and takes all sorts of pills. Prevention pills. Pills during the migraine. Pills after the migraine, to keep them under control. She has to take these pills wherever she goes.”
So — after at least one other candidate openly legitimized the issue — the candidate released a doctor’s note. The attending physician of the U.S. Congress wrote that Bachmann gets migraines but has “normal” brain scans. “It has not been necessary for [her] to take daily scheduled medications to manage this condition,” he continued.
At least the alleged pain-and-pill problem was an improvement over the previous accusation: that Bachmann’s husband, Marcus, must be a closeted gay man. Marcus Bachmann runs a counseling clinic that appears to reject the just-about-any-desire-is-good-and-right-to-pursue mindset. The evidence of his gayness was that his clinic supposedly helps people with homosexual desires to resist acting on them. “Pray the gay away,” was how media outlets put it. Marcus Bachmann’s denial that his clinic does this kind of reparative therapy inspired little but yawns from some who were already too far along in their story line. Instead they chorused: He must be gay. Haven’t you heard the way he talks?Haven’t you seen the way he dances?
He “appears to be a lying closet case,” sex columnist Dan Savage wrote.
And it was far from only Savage, who made a name for himself in 2008 by derailing any Google search for then Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, now a rival of Bachmann’s for the 2012 nomination. It has been open season on Representative Bachmann’s spouse. Daily Show host Jon Stewart explained that Bachmann “dances and sounds not only gay, but center-square gay.” He counsels men to go straight, Stewart joked, “so he can hoard all the gayness for himself.”
Slate writer William Saletan commented: “There’s nothing new about calling somebody gay based on a lisp or a girlish gait. We all saw, did, or suffered it in grade school. What’s unusual is seeing grown-up gays and liberals do it in 2011 with such open ridicule.” And when covering campaigns, they even come armed with studies on “gaydar.” Savage seeks to justify the outing, insisting that it is what the people want: “He appears to be a lying closet case, a lying closet case who’s made convincing other gay people to join him in the closet his life’s work. And straight people don’t like being lied to. Not any more.”
It’s a curious thing that at a time when tolerance is supposedly all the rage, a man who chooses not to act on particular urges would be intolerable. How strange, how perverse: to embrace a standard and seek to live by it.
But even this insinuation game — the subject of entire segments of supposed political news shows — would be welcome compared to the dreams of violent sex with Mrs. Bachmann that former Air America comedian Marc Maron bragged about on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. Also on the panel, Savage said he would like to do the same to Rick Santorum. Said Maron: “I don’t want to be crass, but I just hope that Marcus Bachmann takes all that, you know, rage that comes from repression and denial and brings it into the bedroom with her. I hope he f**ks her angrily because, because that’s how I would. And I’ve thought about it.”
You can see how hard he tried to repress the crassness.
In a Tweet, Saletan hit at the heart of the ridiculousness of so much of this kind of playground politics: “Fake problem: What Michele Bachmann would do as president when she has a headache. Real problem: What she’d do as president when she doesn’t.”
Those who want to take Bachmann out as a candidate by throwing all these things at the campaign wall might want to consider what out-of-control, below-the-belt frenzied attacks have done to make a phenomenon of Sarah Palin, now the subject of a major documentary that might just be in your local theater.
That which doesn’t kill a candidate may make her stronger, however deep in mud she finds herself.
Beyond the repulsive nature of such whisper campaigns presented as legitimate news stories and campaign issues, rival candidates hoping to benefit from a heated swamp of low-brow politics ought take a cold shower. The job they’re asking for demands it — despite its current occupant, known for his patronizing slights of critics. Defaulting to China. A war or two. Serious threats. We have actual issues to debate.
This is your democracy. Pass the Advil. And insist on something more. We haven’t got time for the pain.
— Kathryn Jean Lopez is editor-at-large of National Review Online.
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She has definitely shaken up the race.
Bachmann, the Candidate the Others Fear
Saturday, 30 Jul 2011 01:32 PM
By Martin Gould
As the Republican race for the White House begins to sort itself out, one thing is becoming clear, Michele Bachmann is the candidate that all the others fear.
bachmann candidate others fearAmong the 11 declared candidates, polls are beginning to suggest that she is the one with the best chance of upsetting front-runner Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination, and that has put a target on her back for those with longer-shot hopes.
Candidate Tim Pawlenty has led the attacks on Bachmann. He likened her lack of executive experience to that of Barack Obama at the 2008 election. His campaign slogans include “Results not Rhetoric,” a thinly veiled attack on his fellow Minnesotan, and he constantly suggests that she would have no chance of beating Obama if she were to win the Republican nomination.
He claimed her “record of accomplishment in Congress is nonexistent, adding, “We're not looking for folks who just have speech capabilities, we're looking for people who can lead a large enterprise in a public setting and drive it to conclusion."
Last weekend, he renewed the attack through his campaign manager Nick Ayres who sent an email to supporters about a week-long trip through Iowa. Pawlenty, he said “successfully made the case, that in 2008, voters elected a member of Congress with no executive experience. We can’t afford the cost of inexperience any longer, and Iowans get are getting that.”
Referring to Mitt Romney and Bachmann, Ayres said Pawlenty “also made the case that we have a leading candidate for President who is running from his record and another who doesn't have a record.”
Bachmann finally hit back at Pawlenty’s continued attacks on Sunday. “Executive experience is not an asset if it simply means bigger and more intrusive government," she said. "I have demonstrated leadership and the courage of my convictions to change Washington, stop wasteful spending, lower taxes, put Americans back to work and turn our economy around.”
Her campaign then turned the tables on Pawlenty with her own reference to the president. “Governor Pawlenty would have us believe that there is 'very little difference' between his positions and those of Michele Bachmann. But in fact, there is very little difference between Governor Pawlenty’s past positions and Barack Obama’s positions on several critical issues facing Americans.
“On issues such as unconstitutional healthcare mandates, climate change regulations, and Wall Street bailouts, there’s very little daylight, indeed, between Governor Pawlenty’s record and the Obama administration’s policies.
Salon described the infighting between the two Minnesotans as “the first GOP presidential death match,” saying it is becoming more shrill as neighboring Iowa takes center stage in the race for the White House.
Ironically, the revelation nearly two weeks ago that Bachmann suffers from excruciating migraines appears to be helping her as it at least temporarily forced other candidates to lay off for fear that they would be seen to be kicking her when she is down.
“I feel the migraines could help her more than harm her,” independent pollster Matt Towery tells Newsmax. “If it was me and the worst thing they could find about me was migraines, I wouldn’t be too concerned.”
Bachmann’s adept handling of the migraine issue already makes it less likely that it will even be an issue as the race continues. The only concern for her would seem to be if she was struck down by one at a crucial moment.
Within two days of the story running on the Daily Caller website she released a letter from Congress’ attending physician.
“Your migraines occur infrequently and have known trigger factors of which you are aware and know how to avoid,” wrote Dr. Brian Monahan. “When you do have a migraine, you are able to control it well with as-needed sumatriptan and odansetron. It has not been necessary for you to take daily scheduled medications to manage this condition.”
Bachmann’s response to the migraine story has given her some unlikely admirers. Liberal firebrand Ed Schultz said on his MSNBC show that while he does not agree with her on any political issue, his respect for her had “gone through the roof,” because of the way she dealt with the criticism.
“You were clear, concise, you stood up to it, and you weren’t bullied by these people,” Schultz said. “The Republican establishment obviously fears this candidate.”
Bachmann has hit a nerve among Republican voters which her backers hope will take her all the way to the White House. Despite being a member of Congress she is still seen as an outsider. As she told Newsmax, “It’s just that I haven’t agreed with the establishment way of doing things, because if you look around you the establishment isn’t working so well for us.”
And she said the rise of the tea party has shown that voters don’t trust politicians any more. “They actually have to get involved in their government in order to wrest it away from the politicians so those views will reflect those of the people.
“Otherwise they see we’re going to lose the nation for the next generation.”
It’s that attitude that has made many in the GOP wary of her. They have seen that as Pawlenty’s attacks on Bachmann have grown, his poll numbers among Republicans have plummeted so far that he is now battling to get out from the bottom tier of candidates.
When Party grandees worried that Romney’s stance on healthcare while governor of Massachusetts could make him vulnerable during an election race they tried to enlist other present and past state governors to run. But Mitch Daniels, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie all turned down the opportunity to join the crowded field.
And that has left Bachmann alone among the declared candidates as a constant real threat to Romney in the polls. Her numbers have risen sharply since she announced during the June 13 candidates’ debate in New Hampshire that she would definitely be running for president. Recent polls have consistently given her between 15 and 20 percent of Republican voters, still behind Romney, but well ahead of other candidates who are all now struggling to reach double figures.
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll among Republican primary voters put her ratings at 16 percent, up from just 3 percent a month earlier. That same poll gave Pawlenty a mere 2 percent. A Public Policy Poll on July 19 actually put her ahead of Romney by 1 percentage point.
Towery said Bachmann’s early stance that she would not vote for any debt ceiling increase that included raising taxes is standing her in good stead with GOP voters. “She has been in the eye of the storm and has staked a claim on that position which a solid core of Republican voters. What better position is there for her?”
While Bachmann is in a strong position among declared candidates, the likely entrance of Texas Gov. Rick Perry would hurt her chances, added Towery. If former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin joins the race too she would lose even more support.
But for now, less than two weeks away from the Ames straw poll in Iowa, Bachmann is in position other candidates can only envy.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Bachmann-Candidate-Others-Fear/2011/07/30/id/405397
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Bachmann Issues Statement on Jobless Report Showing Unemployment at 9.1 Percent
Posted on August 5th, 2011
Urbandale, Iowa - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has issued the following statement on today's jobless report showing unemployment at 9.1 percent:
"Despite today's jobs report showing a slight improvement, with 9.1 percent unemployment, it is still evidence that the President's failed economic policies are digging us deeper into a hole. The President created twice as many donors for his campaign as he created jobs in the second quarter. This week the President was handed a $2.4 trillion blank check and in return the American people got a mere $21 billion in promised spending cuts, the erosion of their personal savings in the worst stock market drop since 2008, and the promise of higher taxes before the ink had dried on the budget deal. It's time for the President to admit what the markets, the world, and the American people already know - his trillion dollar stimulus was a failure, the government can't create jobs, and massive spending kills them.
"This week the President announced that he would again pivot to focus his attention on jobs. We can only hope he will pivot away from his failed economic policies that have killed growth and put millions of Americans out of work. What the markets want and what the country needs is a fundamental restructuring in the way Washington spends taxpayers dollars that reins in unprecedented spending, gets our debt under control, and encourages pro-growth economic policies. The President can attempt to blame and spin away this week's bad economic news, but you can't fool the markets. Mr. President - the only way to dig us out of this hole your administration has gotten us into is to stop digging."
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awesome.
Paul/Bachmann
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. The President created twice as many donors for his campaign as he created jobs in the second quarter.
Nice.
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Michele Bachmann: Obama "has no clue"; refused to take questions
SFGate.com ^ | 8/9/11 | Joe Garofoli
Rockwell City, IA -- Michele Bachmann just killed here deep in the corn country of Calhoun County (two-plus hours northwest of Des Moines). Standing ovation from 80 people after about a 35-minute chat Monday. Nary a word about social issues. No questions from the audience -- BUT a hand-over-the-camera snubbing of our own Shaky Hand Productions when we tried to question her...but more on that in a minute.
No, this was a take-down of President Obama. As in "This man has no clue what the problem is." Plus more of what she'd do -- dismantle the EPA (except for "conservation" -- we'll have to see what that means,)overturn Obama care. She riffed off the news of the day -- the plunging stock market -- which she said vindicated her decision not to vote to raise the debt ceiling. (Applause line.)
Plus, as you can see in this clip - the Waterloo native and 7th generation Iowan speaks to Iowans as one of them, even though she reps Minnesota. She talks like a real person does. And even though we're a bit dubious about her "titanium spine" riff (Paging Meg Whitman: Bachmann is stealing YOUR "spine of steel" riff!), she's genuine. She speaks without notes (laugh line: says she'll outlaw TelePrompters in her Administration), and her voice careens from rah-rah outdoor rally roar to a whisper ("This is a movement.")
It was the confident voice of someone who sounded like they were going to win Saturday. Unlike Rick Santorum, who told us Monday that he hopes to finish in the "second tier." Whooo-wee!!
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Good - she is going to make that disgusting kenyan traitor and looter cry.
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Michele Bachmann brushes off Newsweek cover (But Editor Tina Brown says picture is appropriate)
Hotair ^ | 08/09/2011 | Tina Korbe
The president of the National Organization of Women actually rose to Rep. Michele Bachmann’s defense yesterday (didn’t see that coming!), while Newsweek editor Tina Brown tried to justify the “Crazy Eyes” cover that inspired so much conservative commentary yesterday. But one person seem disinclined to talk about the cover one way or another and that was Bachmann herself. As of yesterday afternoon, Bachmann still hadn’t seen the picture and she didn’t seem to care too much to talk about it when she could be talking about her campaign and her ideas for the country:
Brown claims the cover is OK because “Bachmann’s intensity is galvanizing voters in Iowa right now and Newsweek’s cover captures that.” But, of course, “rage” carries rather different connotations than “intensity.”
Still, Brown certainly has the “galvanizing voters” part right. According to a Monday Rasmussen Reports poll, Bachmann still leads Iowa (over Romney). Plus, Iowa talk radio host Steve Deace predicts Bachmann will easily win the Ames straw poll this Saturday. “If she stands her ground [in the debate this week] then the mystery isn’t whether or not she’ll win, but by how much,” Deace has said.
The entire episode illustrates just how beautifully Bachmann’s campaign has grown up. After the Great Migraine Scandal of Summer 2011, Bachmann’s campaign seemed the slightest bit testy, somewhat defensive (remember the rumors that one of her staffers “roughed up” a reporter who dared to ask about her headaches?). Bachmann came out on top eventually, with a thoughtfully worded statement and the brilliant release of a note from her doctor — but, in this instance, it took Bachmann just one afternoon and a few cheerful words to teach Newsweek its relative irrelevance.
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She is doing a great job tonight.
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Good commentary.
Bachmann 'submission' question was offensive
By Roland S. Martin, CNN Contributor
August 12, 2011
(CNN) -- While a lot of the focus after Thursday's Republican debate was on Newt Gingrich snapping at Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace for asking "gotcha" and "Mickey Mouse" questions, what I found the most offensive one of the night was Byron York questioning Rep. Michelle Bachmann with regards to submission.
As someone who didn't find the sexism in the Newsweek cover photo flap, I believe there is no doubt that the reason York only questioned Bachmann on submission had everything to do with her gender.
York's question was: "In 2006, when you were running for Congress, you described a moment in your life when your husband said you should study for a degree in tax law. You said you hated the idea. And then you explained, "But the Lord said, 'Be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.' "
"As president, would you be submissive to your husband?"
Bachmann answered, in part: "Marcus and I will be married for 33 years this September 10th. I'm in love with him. I'm so proud of him. And both he and I -- what submission means to us, if that's what your question is, it means respect.
"I respect my husband. He's a wonderful, godly man, and a great father. And he respects me as his wife."
Some of my Twitter and Facebook followers say the question was appropriate because Bachmann has touted her Christian faith throughout her presidential run, and has spoken publicly about submitting to her husband.
Yet former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum tried his best to imitate former GOP presidential candidate, the Rev. Pat Robertson, and no one questioned him specifically about whether he loves his wife like Christ loved the church (that's in the same section of Ephesians 5 as Scripture discussing wives submitting to their husband).
Gov. Rick Perry just held a large prayer rally. Will he be questioned specifically about tenets of his faith? Will Herman Cain be asked whether he curses (the Bible speaks to that)?
When we look at many of the vital issues facing this country -- a rough economy, massive unemployment, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a continuing battle against terrorism, a fierce climate change debate, and a battle to get the nation's debt under control -- who in their right mind would waste time during a nationally-televised debate asking the only female GOP candidate about whether she would submit to her husband in the White House?
From a religious standpoint, I understand and get submission, even writing about it in my book, "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith."
For me, submission begins with me as a husband. When my wife knows that I'm willing to seek God's direction for my life, she knows that I'm not making crazy decisions. So she is willing to trust my judgment on various matters. And in doing so, I'm willing to trust that God has put me with the right woman, and I can trust her decisions, and that she will do what's best for both of us. This has nothing to do with losing your own mind as a woman. It is about following what Ephesians 5:21 says: "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ."
It really is an issue that has to be fully explained to people and not taken as, "I tell you what to do, and you follow what I say."
That seems to be what York was trying to insinuate. The notion of submission can be seen in many different forms. Already, Bachmann is taking heat because she sees submission as respect. One of the best books I've read on the topic is P.B. Wilson's "Liberated Through Submission: God's Design for Freedom in All Relationships." If you desire to learn more on the issue, by all means, read, study, and listen. But don't think for a second you can fully address the issue in a presidential debate with others on the stage.
But the most important thing that folks must accept is that submission is a personal part of someone's faith. If York was trying to get at whether Bachmann would follow the advice of her husband on all matters, he needs to understand that if she was president, that role is her job. And on her job, she has final say-so. The only oath that a president is sworn to uphold is the one in the U.S. Constitution.
I don't think for a second that a woman questioner would ask such a question in a presidential debate.
What York and others must understand that if you're unwilling to question a man about tenets of his faith, then don't have a different standard for a female candidate.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Roland S. Martin.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/12/martin.bachmann.submission/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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that question is perfectly fair.
if any man in that debate said "i am submissive to my wife" and said he chose a career he didn't like because his wife made him, YES, that would be a relevant Q.
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It was a dumb question and she handled it beautifully. I doubt she is asked that question again during the debates. It's good message board material, but it's not a blip on the radar in this campaign.
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LOL
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you know her husband is thinking let me have that corn dog and i'll show you how it's done
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you know her husband is thinking let me have that corn dog and i'll show you how it's done
or,
"Damn, I wish she'd submit to me and give me some head"
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remember that moment when howard dean screamed 'we're going to california..." etc etc?
This corn dog eating moment may be hers.
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Bachmann wins Iowa straw poll as Perry looms
By James Oliphant
August 13, 2011
Michele Bachmann captured the famed Iowa Straw Poll in Ames Saturday, reaching a high-profile benchmark in her meteoric rise to a top-tier presidential candidate.
Bachmann made history, as well, becoming the first woman to win the event. She received 4,823 votes out of the almost 17,000 votes cast. The turnout was a significant leap over four years ago but didn't approach the record of more than 23,000 votes cast back in 1999.
The Minnesota congresswoman narrowly outpaced libertarian Rep. Ron Paul, who had 4,671 votes, and whose red t-shirt-wearing supporters flooded the campus of Iowa State University, and packed the arena when Paul spoke. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty finished third with 2,293, a showing that keeps him in the game for next year’s Iowa caucuses, but had to come off as slightly disappointing.
The hope in his camp was that his organization muscle in Iowa would propel him to the top, but he was no match for the charismatic Bachmann, whose political star continues its dizzying ascent. Where Pawlenty relied on traditional, on-the-ground campaigning, Bachmann rode a wave of media-fueled enthusiasm that, right now, shows no sign of abating.
Still, in spite of Bachmann’s victory, the poll came on the day that Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared that he, too, will mount a presidential run, setting up a showdown in Iowa over the social and fiscal conservatives that dominate the caucuses here.
Bachmann planned to appear on the five major network Sunday morning talk shows Sunday as part of a blitz to capitalize on the win—and perhaps a tactic to thwart Perry’s momentum. Both candidates will speak at a dinner in Waterloo, Iowa Sunday evening.
Winning the straw poll doesn’t guarantee victory in the caucuses, however; Mitt Romney won in 2007 and then lost to Mike Huckabee when it counted five months later. And Perry’s candidacy unsettles the race further, making the outcome next year here hazier than ever.
Perry's backers sought space at the Straw Poll but ran in to objections from other candidates. As a result the Texan's supporters gathered via word of mouth and Facebook at the tent headquarters of Strong America Now an organization founded in part by Dallas entrepreneur Mike George.
The crowd of 200 or so in the tent burst into applause as Perry announced his candidacy in a broadcast from South Carolina.
One of those wearing one of the dozens of purple "Rick Perry for America" t shirts was Craig Schoenfeld a Des Moines attorney who had previously worked in other campaigns, most recently leading Newt Gingrich's Iowa operation.
He predicted that Iowans would warm to Perry as the true conservative "who can win... It becomes an issue of pragmatism."
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-iowa-straw-win-20110813,0,1231486.story
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Bachmann: Washington is 'Vile,' 'Corrupt' But Can Join the 'Real World'
Published August 14, 2011
FoxNews.com
Calling Washington "vile and corrupt," Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said Sunday she won't compromise her "core principles" if elected president, but she would take steps to negotiate "advancements" in the right direction.
"The trajectory that the country is going right now is negative, everyone knows it. So we need to have a president that is as least going to get us on the trajectory of going in the right direction," Bachmann told "Fox News Sunday."
Bachmann is enjoying a victory lap after taking 28 percent of the nearly 17,000 votes cast in a Saturday poll of Iowa Republican voters weighing in on the crop of 2012 GOP presidential candidates. Bachmann said Iowa is a much better place to be than in Washington, in part because politicians in Washington refuse to live within their means.
"I think we need to reform the system currently that we have in Washington because it is absolutely vile and corrupt. It has no connection with where we need to spend the money. It has everything to do with political connections," she said.
Bachmann specifically pointed to President Obama, who passed a $3.6 trillion budget even though the government only receives $2.2 trillion in revenues.
"We spent every cent of that $2.2 trillion. The problem is we spent an additional $1.5 trillion we didn't have," she said. "One thing we need to do is reject the new normal level of spending under the Obama administration. ... Government has no conformity at all with the real world."
Bachmann said she would not have made the same deal reached by Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate to look for $2.4 trillion in cuts over 10 years because it only cuts $21 billion off the top.
Explaining the unanimous opposition to the hypothetical scenario posed during last week's Fox News/Washington Examiner debate of the Republican presidential candidates, Bachmann said no Republican would take a 10-to-1 debt deal that offers $10 in spending cuts for $1 in tax increases because the cuts aren't "real."
Bachmann said those who try to compare today's crop of GOPers to President Ronald Reagan, who did compromise on tax increases, are overlooking history. She said while Reagan agreed to a 3-to-1 deal of spending cuts to tax increases, the outcome turned out very differently.
"It ended up being $3 in tax increases for every dollar in spending cuts. That's the way it works in D.C." she said. "The deal sounds so rosy at the very beginning and usually the cuts are illusory, they're off in future years ... We can beat our chests and be really proud and say, 'oh we're going to cut trillions of dollars but we can't guarantee what future Congresses will do.'
"That's why no one would take that deal on the Fox stage or debate because we all know that they're fake cuts. Essentially they sound good as sound bites but they aren't real," Bachmann said.
Bachmann added that she voted against the 2009 stimulus plan but asked for some of the money after it was passed because she didn't want her constituents to be disadvantaged when cash was rolling out to other communities.
"Unfortunately, it ended up going to politicians who are politically well-connected to Barack Obama. That's what's wrong with Washington. Too often the money has no connection to merit or where it should go, it goes to the politically connected," Bachmann said.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/14/bachmann-washington-is-vile-corrupt-but-can-improve/
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She has more balls than almost all the rest of the GOP
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I love that phrase "Its going to happen, we are going to make Obama a 1 term president"
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Who gives a flying fuck about gay rights?
The more these twinks keep screaming about meaningless bullshit while the nation collapses, the more i detest them.
Its like having your house on fire and someone complaining about the bed not being made or the laundry not being done.
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Who gives a flying fuck about gay rights?
a shitload of far-right and far-left voters do.
Also, gay people probably care about gay rights - and since "the popular estimate that 10 percent of the male population and 5 to 6 percent of the female population are exclusively or predominately gay/lesbian" - they do matter.
Of course, you add crowne royale, and that 6% lesbian number tends to rise... ;)
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"Gay Rights" is a completely inconsequential issue right now compared to the needs of the nation.
Sorry you fags - the nation is collapsing, we have more important stuff to deal with right now.
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"Gay Rights" is a completely inconsequential issue right now compared to the needs of the nation.
so is planned parenthood/abortion stuff. so is legislation requiring people to carry guns.
so is a lot of other gimmick bullshit that people on BOTH SIDES of the aisle use to get donations and votes from their batshit crazy base. It's the reality. Dumb ppl don't understand the economic issues, but they sure do understand the silly, comparatively inconsequential issues. They get all mad and scream bout things that won't be a concern with a monetary collapse ;)
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"Gay Rights" is a completely inconsequential issue right now compared to the needs of the nation.
Sorry you fags - the nation is collapsing, we have more important stuff to deal with right now.
This is all you really needed to post for us to understand that you're a bigot.
The rest of your 'point of view' is obvious.
You're obviously far superior since you masturbate to hetero porn.
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This is all you really needed to post for us to understand that you're a bigot.
The rest of your 'point of view' is obvious.
You're obviously far superior since you masturbate to hetero porn.
Its called priorities. The twinks think their issues should dominate the conversation 24/7 regardless of all else going on.
We need to focus our time on the economy, not health care, not gays, not green fantasies, not cap and trade, etc.
The black plague obama has frittered away his presidency on bullshit like DADT, ObamaCare, cap and trade, etc.
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Its called priorities. The twinks think their issues should dominate the conversation 24/7 regardless of all else going on.
We need to focus our time on the economy, not health care, not gays, not green fantasies, not cap and trade, etc.
The black plague obama has frittered away his presidency on bullshit like DADT, ObamaCare, cap and trade, etc.
actually, the twinks would like it all to be a non issue. It's MB that keeps bringing up the social agenda.
Congrats on winning, Michelle; look how well it did Pat Robertson and Phil Gramm!
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/14/bachmann_i_dont_compromise_my_core_sets_of_principles.html
She did really good this weekend. Here is her interview with CNN
She will steamroll obama.
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/14/bachmann_on_rick_perry_ive_been_on_the_front_lines.html
MTP interview in full.
Way better than Sarah in interviews.
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/14/bachmann_on_rick_perry_ive_been_on_the_front_lines.html
MTP interview in full.
Way better than Sarah in interviews.
oh brother. first name basis huh? LMAO
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oh brother. first name basis huh? LMAO
:D :D :D when you live your live though the internet ,getbig,everything becomes close and warm :D
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By Beth Reinhard
National Journal
Until now, the biggest question looming over the 2012 Republican primary was who would emerge as the leading alternative to the nominal front-runner, Mitt Romney.
We now know the answer to that question: Rick Perry.
Sure, Perry jumped into the race only one day ago and needs to prove he's worthy of the national stage. Yes, Michele Bachmann is the one who boxed Tim Pawlenty out of the race with her triumph in the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday.
But it is the governor of the great big state of Texas, not the Minnesota congresswoman, who poses the biggest threat to Romney from here on out. That's because Perry boasts that killer combination of assets: the power to grab hold of voters -- which Bachmann shares -- plus a concrete record of creating jobs. It's the rhetoric plus the results, the inspiration layered on top of the perspiration.
(RELATED: Governor Pawlenty vs. Candidate Pawlenty)
The void in Bachmann's resume was laid bare in Thursday's Fox News debate, when she cited the "Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act'' as one of her biggest accomplishments. In an interview on Sunday with CNN's Candy Crowley, all she could point to was her education reform agenda as a state lawmaker in Minnesota.
"The Republican nominee and the next president of the United States is going to be Rick Perry or Mitt Romney,'' said Fred Malek, a top Republican money man who ran George H.W. Bush's 1992 campaign. "Michele Bachmann has struck a real chord on the issues important to conservatives, but what we need is a governor with proven record of job creation, deficit reduction, and other accomplishments.''
A member of the House has not been crowned a party nominee since James Garfield in 1880. Bachmann's victory in a mock, Midwestern election dominated by the fringes of the Republican Party only served to highlight her narrow appeal. In contrast, both Perry and Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, have won statewide elections with Democratic and independent votes.
(RELATED: Obama's economy—or not?)
Mounting anger with President Obama over the economy's woes makes it unlikely that voters will take another chance on a crowd-rousing lawmaker who lacks executive experience.
"Republicans feel that if we lose the election, we lose the country,'' said Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist for George W. Bush who advised Romney's 2008 campaign. "We are not going to nominate somebody who has no chance of winning enough votes to defeat Barack Obama.''
The Romney-Perry showdown seemed unlikely months ago, but came to the fore in recent weeks as Pawlenty continued to fizzle and Perry lined up donors and strategists. Pawlenty's exit on Sunday and Perry's announcement on Saturday just made the two-man race official.
Bachmann defeated Pawlenty because she managed to make him look weak, a feat she is unlikely to engineer with the swaggering three-term governor of Texas.
(RELATED: President Obama's path to reelection narrows)
As for the rest of the field, few people outside of Jon Huntsman's campaign can envision his path to the nomination. Ron Paul is a cult figure, not a party standard-bearer. Rick Santorum beat expectations in the straw poll, but his main role in the race has been to needle the other candidates.
The next potential watershed in the rapidly changing race will be the debate sponsored by NBC News and Politico in Simi Valley, Calif., the first time Perry will be lined up next to his rivals on national television. Two more debates in two weeks, both in Florida, will keep the candidates on their toes.
"The real question for Perry is how he adjusts to being an official presidential candidate, because it's unlike anything else,'' said Republican strategist Jim Dyke. "It exposes candidates in ways they couldn't have fathomed or trained for. It's something you can't teach.''
Romney has already started pivoting toward Perry in recent days, emphasizing his success as a corporate executive above all else. Perry can't point to experience in the private sector. While Romney would never have wished for a challenger as potentially formidable as Perry, he will be a much tougher nominee in the general election if he is able to defeat Perry, just as Obama was strengthened by his epic primary battle with Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008.
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If Obama could get elected, anyone can.
And if its Romney v. Perry - at this point I think I am going for Romney.
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remember that moment when howard dean screamed 'we're going to california..." etc etc?
This corn dog eating moment may be hers.
lol, someone need to take a video of this moment and put the Dean scream with it. hahahaha...
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lol, someone need to take a video of this moment and put the Dean scream with it. hahahaha...
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here's a song she can use for her campaign
:D :D
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Michele Bachmann Wishes Elvis Happy Birthday on Death Anniversary
This idiot woman should fire her speech writers....or then, she may be ad-libbing this stuff.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann made another public gaffe when she wished legendary singer Elvis Presley a happy birthday–on the anniversary of the day he died.
The Tea Party favorite was in front of a crowd of 300 when she tried to incorporate the king of rock ‘n’ roll into her speech.
“Before we get started, let’s all say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Elvis Presley today. We played you a little bit of ‘Promised Land’ when we pulled up. You can’t do better than Elvis Presley and we thought we would celebrate his birthday as we get started to celebrating Take Our Country Back tour.”
While her intentions were honorable, her dates were off. August 16 is the 34th anniversary of his death. Elvis was born on January 8, 1935.
Someone in the crowd yelled back, “He died today,” but Bachman didn’t respond and went on with her speech. She later corrected herself to journalists while she signed autographs.
It happens, we all make mistakes. Unfortunately for Bachmann, this isn’t the first.
She kicked off her presidential campaign in June by calling Waterloo, Iowa the home of American actor John Wayne. The only problem with that was that it was not the actor’s hometown, it was serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s.
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think how better she could be doing if she had decent staffers..Ed Rawlins can't do it all for her.
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Huntsman Says He'd Be Open to Running as Bachmann's VP
Published August 23, 2011
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman says he'd be open to running as vice president if rival and tea party favorite Michele Bachmann wins the nomination.
The former Utah governor, who was appointed ambassador to China by President Barack Obama, says that every time he's been asked to serve his country he's answered "yes." He resigned his China ambassadorial post earlier this year.
Huntsman told CNN interviewer Piers Morgan on Monday that if asked by the Minnesota congresswoman to run as her vice president he'd "be the first person to sign up, absolutely."
Huntsman tried quickly to backtrack, saying the answer was based on a hypothetical question and that he has no doubt he'll win the Republican nomination.
Meanwhile, a newspaper reported that Republican front-runner Mitt Romney wants to nearly quadruple the size of his $12 million oceanfront mansion in La Jolla, California, a move that could alienate him from less affluent Americans struggling through the economic slump.
In the 2008 presidential race, Republican candidate John McCain was stumped by Democratic nominee Barack Obama in a debate when challenged to state how many houses he owned.
McCain's staff later said that he owned four houses; the AP found that McCain and his family owned eight properties.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/nIPLz1 ) that the former Massachusetts governor has filed an application to demolish his roughly 3,000-square-foot (279-square-meter), single-story house and replace it with a two-story, 11,000-square-foot (1022-square-meter) residence.
The existing, Spanish-style house was built in 1936, has three bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, a lap pool and spa.
Romney's proposal, along with the necessary site development permits, must be approved by the city.
Romney's spokesman Ryan Williams declined to comment on the renovation plan.
Huntsman, one of the more moderate Republican candidates, hopes to be his party's challenger to Obama, who has begun a long-range campaign for a second presidential term.
But Huntsman has trailed far behind the top tier of Republican candidates in early polls nationally and in early voting states.
Romney has led the pack for months, but attention has increasingly turned to Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a new entrant in the race.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/23/huntsman-says-hed-be-open-to-running-as-bachmanns-vp/?test=latestnews
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Bachmann on Obama jobs: He 'keeps giving speeches to announce he's going to give another speech'
LA Times ^ | 8.31.11 | Andrew Malcomb
Posted on August 31, 2011 11:08:29 PM EDT by Desolation Row
Perhaps you've heard that the next major Republican presidential candidate debate is Sept. 7 at the Reagan Presidential Library.
Perhaps you've heard President Obama wants to give yet another jobs speech because none of the others have worked. The Democrat thinks it would be a good idea to give the speech before a joint session of Congress, which would guarantee prime-time TV coverage, regardless of content.
And the Democrat just happened to pick the evening of Sept. 7 as his preferred talking date.
In return, Republican House Speaker John Boehner says he'd love to finally hear the president's thoughts on creating jobs. So, how about the night of Sept. 8, because everyone knows there are a lot of security concerns on Capitol Hill when any chief executive visits?
(UPDATE: The White House has agreed to give the speech on Sept. 8, as Boehner suggested.)
Now, Rep. Michele Bachmann, who would like to be president, thinks she has figured out why the Democrat chose the night of the Republican debate for his speech: Insecurity. He's trying to hide behind all the media attention he knows the GOP faceoff would draw.
Here is the not-so-brief analysis of Obama's jobs speech strategy that Bachmann just gave Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto:
They have no plan. The president’s poll numbers are tanking. They don’t know what to do about the economy because they only have one plan, which is spend more, tax more, borrow more.
I mean, quite honestly, that’s all we’ve seen, and the president keeps giving speeches to announce he’s going to give another speech that maybe yet one day we will see a plan come from him, and the only inklings we have from him are that we will probably see a … stimulus.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/08/michele-bachmann-jobs-obama-speech.html
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She was really good tonight. Wayne Newton approved!
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Bachmann hits Obama family on immigration
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 10/18/11 8:54 PM EDT
Michele Bachmann launched a personal attack on President Obama’s extended family during CNN’s Nevada debates, saying that the president’s relatives have overstayed their legal welcome in the United States.
Teeing off an immigration-themed exchange between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, Bachmann said it’s Obama who has the immigration problem – because of “his uncle and his aunt who have been allowed to stay in this country despite the fact that they’re illegal.”
The immigration travails of Obama’s long-lost relatives have been well documented and there’s no indication that the president or his administration has done anything to influence their status.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66317.html
Great moment last night. I was on the treadmill and just laughed. Damn right - everyone should use Obama Family as a perfect example of what is wrong in this country.
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I like her too. This is one of my favs of all time. "We Gangsters Yo!"
Between her and RP it's still close. I am for RP and wish for a RP / MB ticket. Love MB.
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Meghan McCain: Michele Bachmann is ‘More Smarter’ Than Sarah Palin
The Blaze ^ | 12-01-11 | Madeleine Morgenstern
Posted on December 1, 2011 9:45:47 PM EST by Lazlo in PA
Newly-minted MSNBC contributor Meghan McCain declared Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann “the thinking man’s Sarah Palin” after conducting her first official interview for the network with the Minnesota congresswoman.
“I famously said a statement earlier where I said that Michele Bachmann was the poor man’s Sarah Palin, and after meeting this woman I am completely wrong,“ McCain said Thursday on ”Now With Alex Wagner.“ ”This is the thinking man’s Sarah Palin.”
“I didn’t know what to expect and I’m a person who has been around politicians my entire life,” she added about meeting Bachmann. “I connected with this woman and I thought, this is what she should be doing, she’s talking about being a mother and on foreign policy things….I loved her.”
Asked later to further compare Bachmann to her father’s 2008 running mate, McCain had a grammatical hiccup when she said she found Bachmann “more smarter.”
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More than anyone else , Bachmann is who I want in my fox hole. She is hell cat, a killer, and is great.
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More than anyone else , Bachmann is who I want in my fox hole. She is hell cat, a killer, and is great.
and her hubby will give you free bjs
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LOL. Fuck Obama and every idiot voting for him.
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Probably a good idea. She can have a greater impact on elections outside of Congress, similar to Palin's influence in 2010.
Bachmann Likely to Retire From Congress
Saturday, 07 Jan 2012
By Dave Eberhart
The Washington Post reports that political observers in Minnesota are skeptical that Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., will seek reelection this year.
Bachmann, who formally announces that she will end her campaign for president on Wednesday in Des Moines, has a lot to distract her from a return to the rank-and-file of Congress.
The Post points out:
• Bachmann is now a national figure who doesn’t appear to have much to gain by staying the House.
• Given her poor showing in Iowa, she may not retain the star status that helped her raise $13 million for her last House reelection bid.
• Redistricting is around the corner, and her district is sure to change. She may either be drawn out of her district entirely or have a very different-looking district in which to run in 2012.
Meanwhile, Bachmann, 55, is a strong candidate for television punditry, and some think she may have her sights on running against Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., in 2014 – in such case it may be advantageous to be out of Congress.
Thus far, Bachmann has been mum about her plans, but her Congressional filing deadline isn’t until June.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Bachmann-Likely-toRetire-fromCongress/2012/01/07/id/423341
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Bachmann will run for reelection
Posted by
CNN Political Unit
(CNN) – U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who dropped a bid for the GOP presidential nomination in January, will run for re-election to Congress in 2012, her campaign said Wednesday.
Bachmann's political future had been in question ever since she announced she was suspending her presidential campaign on January 4, the day after finishing sixth in the Iowa caucuses. Bachmann has represented Minnesota's sixth district since 2007, but gained an outsized profile in the [ast three years for her vocal support of the tea party movement and her presidential bid.
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Bachmann's campaign spokesman, Guy Short, confirmed Wednesday she would seek reelection for her seat, noting there were "more details to come" on her official announcement.
Minnesota is still redrawing its congressional districts, making the contours of Bachmann's region uncertain. However, no other candidates have announced they are running for the seat. The district includes northern and eastern suburbs of the Twin Cities and has been represented by a Republican since 2003.
Bachmann serves on the House Financial Services Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which was noted frequently in her speeches the campaign trail.
CNN's Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/25/bachmann-will-run-for-reelection/
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I would "appreciate" Michelle Bachman if her lips were wrapped around my prick.
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I would "appreciate" Michelle Bachman if her lips were wrapped around my prick.
Hi Benny.
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Hi Benny.
Your trolling me pretty hard. So much for you going away.
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I would "appreciate" Michelle Bachman if her lips were wrapped around my prick.
i would appreciate MB if she would involve her twink hubby in public appearances more and more. Chubby chasers, unite!
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Michele Bachmann said it in 2011 and was Laughed At! Who Laughing Now?
January 10, 2015 By Staff Writer
In 2011 Michelle Bachman predicted the gas could again be under $2 per gallon.
The liberal media wrote articles like
Why Michele Bachmann’s $2-a-Gallon Gas Promise Is a Fantasy
So Bachmann has promised to bring gasoline below $2 a gallon — a 56% decrease from the current average price of $3.58 a gallon.
So take a look at her tweet now:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B6W9TV5CcAAxHLm.jpg:large)
http://viral.buzz/michele-bachmann-said-it-in-2011-and-was-laughed-at-who-laughing-now/
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Probably a good idea. She can have a greater impact on elections outside of Congress, similar to Palin's influence in 2010.
Palin's impact upon the reality television world has been pretty awesome, I agree.
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Palin's impact upon the reality television world has been pretty awesome, I agree.
Shouldn't you be trolling Democratic Underground, you liberal lackey?
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Shouldn't you be trolling Democratic Underground, you liberal lackey?
Shouldn't you be pretending to be a repub while supporting amnesty and grubercare?
LOL come on man, give Cruz a chance. He wants to fix America. We all know with Jeb or Romney, it's going to be more of the same due to their liberal positions on so many issues.
Cruz or lose. Say it aloud a few times, it's catchy man.
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Shouldn't you be pretending to be a repub while supporting amnesty and grubercare?
LOL come on man, give Cruz a chance. He wants to fix America. We all know with Jeb or Romney, it's going to be more of the same due to their liberal positions on so many issues.
Cruz or lose. Say it aloud a few times, it's catchy man.
Shut up troll.
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Michele Bachmann said it in 2011 and was Laughed At! Who Laughing Now?
January 10, 2015 By Staff Writer
So Bachmann has promised to bring gasoline below $2 a gallon — a 56% decrease from the current average price of $3.58 a gallon.
What did she have to do with lowering the current gas prices. She's taking credit for something she had nothing to do with other than her good fortune at looking into the crystal ball.
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What did she have to do with lowering the current gas prices. She's taking credit for something she had nothing to do with other than her good fortune at looking into the crystal ball.
I'm not sure she personally had anything to do with it. Her prediction was just accurate. Nothing more than that IMO.