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Michele Bachmann Is Welcome At Tea Parties [She's In A Position Of "Rising Influence"]
LATimes ^ | December 27th 2009

Posted on 12/26/2009 11:38:53 PM PST by Steelfish

Michele Bachmann Is Welcome At Tea Parties The Republican congresswoman from Minnesota has become a rare elected official to be embraced by the vocal small-government activists. And the GOP is taking note.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has been criticized by both parties for hyperbole, but has developed a rapport with anti-establishment conservative groups.

Kathleen Hennessey December 27, 2009

Reporting from Washington - When Michele Bachmann took the podium at a rally against health legislation this month, she dutifully hit the highlights of the Republican argument against the bill: It's too expensive, it will depress wages, it punishes the middle class.

But because she is Michele Bachmann, she did not stop there.

In less than eight minutes, the Minnesota congresswoman told the cheering crowd of conservative activists that the Democratic healthcare bill isn't just bad policy -- it's unconstitutional. She invoked Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade," though it memorializes a suicide mission. She dissed the United Nations, recalled Elian Gonzalez's journey from Cuba, and offered this holiday greeting:

"That is our wish for fellow citizens here in the United States -- for freedom, not for government enslavement!"

The crowd roared.

In two terms in Congress, Bachmann has often used hyperbole and political theatrics to make headlines. And recently, she has achieved a rare feat: winning the trust of the anti-incumbent, small-government "tea party" activists who distrust most elected officials. And that puts Bachmann in a position of rising influence.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 111th; bachmann; teaparty
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1 posted on 12/26/2009 11:38:53 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

I have nothing but respect for Michelle Bachmann.


2 posted on 12/26/2009 11:55:54 PM PST by chris37
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To: Steelfish

It’s funny how they don’t use the script on Bachmann anymore after the big turnout at the Capitol for her.


3 posted on 12/26/2009 11:58:45 PM PST by FTJM
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To: MplsSteve

Minnesota ping...


4 posted on 12/27/2009 12:01:47 AM PST by DrDavid (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: FTJM
The script is already out; it's just not very public. My extremely liberal brother-in-law from Minnesota has been "warning" us about Michelle Bachmann for over a year, and now his dughter is doing the same thing.

I was hoping that this woman could avoid the hatreed and vile that Sarah Palin has suffered, but it looks like the left hates any woman who is not in line at an abortion clinic.

5 posted on 12/27/2009 12:10:42 AM PST by Bernard (One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Three if by Government)
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To: Bernard

Normal leftist response... She is one of the best!


6 posted on 12/27/2009 12:18:08 AM PST by Deagle
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To: Steelfish

She’s ibe of the few conservative politicians who have credibility right now. My list would include Sarah, Bachmann, Demint, Joe Wilson, ummmm...hmmm I’m starting to run out here.


7 posted on 12/27/2009 12:46:10 AM PST by toddausauras
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To: Steelfish

Real Patriot.
Real Person.
Real Fighter.

We CONSTANTLY vote in the wrong people.


8 posted on 12/27/2009 1:32:13 AM PST by ROTB (Public Option vs. Insurance: Armed men at my door demanding payment vs a "bill")
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To: Steelfish

Pointing out the encroachment of the Left on what few freedoms we have left is “hyperbole.”

These people would call accurately pointing out the Nazis marched into France as “panic-mongering” and “cheese-bagging.”


9 posted on 12/27/2009 2:06:04 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Steelfish

Hussein and his minions “poke-poke-poke” to overload our systems and irritate the irritable into mistakes. Michelle Bachmann is a lot like Sarah Palin in that both can poke at the Obummites and nudge THEM into mistakes. Go, ladies!


10 posted on 12/27/2009 2:47:32 AM PST by JohnQ1 ("(BHO) can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." - A Lincoln)
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To: Steelfish
Palin / Bachmann 2012 !!
11 posted on 12/27/2009 2:53:36 AM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Steelfish
Michele Bachmann is a total breath of fresh air on the political scene. It's not surprising that Princess Pelosi has her at the tip top of her hit list. Michele is going to need the financial help of conservatives across the country to take on the financial onslaught that's going to be brought to bear in the next election cycle. All this proves to me is that she is a highly effective conservative voice and a real burr in the saddle of liberals.
12 posted on 12/27/2009 3:31:53 AM PST by RU88 (Bow to no man)
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To: Steelfish

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has been criticized by both parties for hyperbole,

Really?
Healthcare Reform?
Global Warming?
Obama and the Democrats are nothing but hyperbole.....


13 posted on 12/27/2009 3:55:06 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA
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To: RU88

Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Michelle Malkin top my list of most admired women.


14 posted on 12/27/2009 4:00:32 AM PST by Ben Chad
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To: Steelfish
anti-establishment conservative groups?

...who me?

15 posted on 12/27/2009 4:13:01 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: Steelfish

I’ll be donating to Michelle’s campaign in 2010, and right now, hers is the only political campaign I can think of nationwide that I will be contributing to (and I don’t live anywhere near MN).

True conservative patriots get my donations. All other pols get ignored.


16 posted on 12/27/2009 5:11:32 AM PST by webschooner
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To: Steelfish

“A Position of Rising Influence”
Oh my....


17 posted on 12/27/2009 5:44:29 AM PST by duckman (My Grandma Isn't Shovel Ready!)
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To: Steelfish

Palin-Bachmann 2012

The "Babe" ticket....

18 posted on 12/27/2009 5:56:40 AM PST by central_va ( http://www.15thvirginia.org/)
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To: Steelfish
“Bachmann has often used hyperbole and political theatrics to make headlines”

where Al Gore, Harry Reid, Hillery Clinton, The Great I AM et al only used reasoned and well thought out arguments againt Republican and especially George W. Bush's policies.

There I finished the sentence for the LAT

19 posted on 12/27/2009 6:52:33 AM PST by Tupelo
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To: Steelfish

Is this journalism?
From the article:
“She is one of just two elected officials scheduled to speak at a national tea party convention in February. (The other represents Tennessee, where the convention will be held.)”

Since it is only TWO, maybe you could report her NAME? Which of course is Marcia Blackburn.

Maybe the fact that SARAH PALIN is the keynote speaker at this event might have been newsworthy.


20 posted on 12/27/2009 7:07:18 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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