Posted on 09/05/2009 7:53:41 AM PDT by euram
Rep. Michele Bachmann on the Mike Gallagher Show recently:
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The DC GOP establishment thinks Bachmann is a gaffe machine. Bachmann called Obama a socialist on Chris Matthews. In 2008, the NRCC cited a poor fundraising efforts and theofre refused to fund Bachmann’s re-election. Grassroot conservatives picked up the tab for her and she won 46-43.
I’m not following.
She calls Obammie the Commie exactly what he is, and the GOP establishment considers that a gaffe?
If so, the GOP is the epitome of the gaffe machine.
What we need are more conservatives (and Republicans) who can call a spade a spade (no racial context intended) to make a clear, conservative statement to the American people. It’s trying to mince words and straddle fences that has the GOP doubled over holding its crotch.
This is pure gold, politically, or rather it's rope, and as long as she continues to pay it out they'll hang themselves and never know it until the noose tightens and she ends up in office.
The DC GOP establishment hates it when Republicans cry socialist. They are taking advice from Jeb Bush. He said, “When you call someone a socialist, people stop listening to you.”
Mm-hmm.
Meanwhile, I’ve been calling him Obammie the Commie since early last year.
Could the GOP be more out of touch with “their base”?
Michelle and Sarah make an interesting tag team.
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