If she kicks this Putz to the curb soon, than maybe this was all just a big misunderstanding, if not.......
Posted on 06/07/2011 5:54:01 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Not surprisingly, Bachmann has come under the same types of snide attack as Sarah Palin from the mainstream media, entertainment industry and left-blogosphere. There is a special place reserved for conservative women in the Democratic toolkit of mockery and derision.
But Bachmann just made a big mistake. I'll repeat what I wrote when Mike Huckabee was considering whether to run again with Ed Rollins as his campaign manager:
Run, don't walk, away from Ed Rollins and the others who think that demeaning Sarah Palin is the best way to advance your campaign.
Sure enough, Rollins having just been hired by Bachmann, is at it again (via Ben Smith):
Michele Bachmann's new top consultant, Ed Rollins, began his tenure with scathing criticism of potential Bachmann rival Sarah Palin. "Sarah has not been serious over the last couple of years," Rollins told Brian Kilmeade on his radio show, Kilmeade and Friends. "She got the Vice Presidential thing handed to her, she didn't go to work in the sense of trying to gain more substance, she gave up her governorship."
He suggested that the contrast would favor Bachmann.
"Michele Bachmann and others [have] worked hard, she has been a leader of the Tea Party which is a very important element here, she has been an attorney, she has done important things with family values."
"She is probably the best communicator [in the GOP field] now that Mike Huckabee's not in there," he said.
Rollins has long been skeptical of Palin, but his new role with Bachmann suggests that criticism will become part of her campaign, though she has publicly praised the former Alaska governor
Michele Bachmann's new top consultant, Ed Rollins, began his tenure with scathing criticism of potential Bachmann rival Sarah Palin.
Hiring Rollins was a mistake. In order to have a chance, you will have to unite the non-establishment wing of the party behind you, and you lose a big chunk of that base when your campaign spokesman trashes Palin.
Additionally, the Democrats and their supporters are going to Palinize you, and already have started. Having your campaign spokesman engage in the same sort of rhetoric against Palin simply legitimizes the tactic, and will hurt your campaign.
Please take advice from someone who likes you. Dump Rollins overboard now, before it's too late.
Update: Ed Rollins is on the Chris Matthews show as this update is being written, and is going out of his way to belittle Palin, including saying that Palin ""doesn't matter if she doesn't run." Rollins also jumped on the Paul Revere controversy. According to Rollins, Palin "has the movie star quality but it doesn't go very far."
Hiring Rollins is an enormous mistake for Bachmann. It could be campaign killing. The people who hate Palin are the same people who hate Bachmann, and no amount of trashing of Palin by Rollins will change that. Bachmann needs to focus on building, not tearing down.
Run, don't walk, away from Ed Rollins and the others who think that demeaning Sarah Palin is the best way to advance your campaign.
If she kicks this Putz to the curb soon, than maybe this was all just a big misunderstanding, if not.......
republicans only know how to attack other republicans. look at the cowards when it comes to obama, he is there for the taking and yet they do nothing.
Holder should have been gone since the black panthers.
the queer agenda goes on and they say nothing.
The GOP , much of talk radio are the establishment cocktail party cowards
“My opinion of her has certainly gone down in the past 24 hours.”
Mine too.
The FEAR of Sarah Palin to the MSM shows, again, as they promote Bachmann, who cannot win (whereas, they FEAR Palin will win and go all the way to the White House).
Update on legalinsurrection.blogspot.com: “Update: Ed Rollins is on the Chris Matthews show as this update is being written, and is going out of his way to belittle Palin, including saying that Palin “”doesn’t matter if she doesn’t run.” Rollins also jumped on the Paul Revere controversy. According to Rollins, Palin “has the movie star quality but it doesn’t go very far.”
*** Hiring Rollins is an enormous mistake for Bachmann. It could be campaign killing. The people who hate Palin are the same people who hate Bachmann, and no amount of trashing of Palin by Rollins will change that.*** “
I agree with the Blogger. I don’t know what in the world is going on with Michele Bachmann. It’s not looking good. She needs to get it together.
Cynic that I am (I’m a veteran of the DukeLax Frame), I’m not discounting the possibility that Bachmann may have been put into the race by the Rove/Mittens/RINO combine with an eye toward pulling votes away from Palin.
The hiring of Rollins to serve as an attack sock-puppet makes the theory even more likely.
I’m absolutely convinced that is what happened with the Fred Thompson thing in 2008. His role was to keep conservatives uncommitted and off-balance, then pull out after it was too late to coalesce around another conservative.
He performed exactly as he was supposed to.
Anyone have an E-mail for Bachmann, I wan’t to let her know how I feel about this.
Well shoot, if Sarah doesn’t run I guess I’m voting Ron Paul.
Rollins learned nothing from shooting his mouth off 20 years ago about “walking around money.” When you have Rollins in your campaign, you can be certain that Rollins will be the issue.
That's exactly what is going on. It's part of the GOP's Stop Sarah campaign.
I’d give her a day to catch the blowback and see if she is sharp enough to work the news cycle for the greatest effect
It would be nice to see her throw Rollins overboard like the chum he is
Putting Rollins’ attacks on Palin aside for a minute.
It seems to me a campaign manager should do just that manage the campaign. He/she should be barely seen and certainly not heard. Any campaign manager sucks up air time away from his/her candidate is a campaign manager not doing the job they were hired to do!
Bottom line for Bachmann is Rollins running or is Bachmann if Rollins’ mouth puts Rollins in the news that can't be good for Bachmann. She should fire his ass pronto!
Working with Ed Rollins is like swimming with a 50 pound lead weight hanging from your neck.
Trashing Cuda anything is a job killer!!! Haven’t anybody learn yet?
I wonder how must Sarah be feeling right now, knowing that one of her best friends backstabs her like this? Friends and foe attacks her
Michelle just said two day's ago: "Sarah is my friend" - then she hires somebody that trashes "her friend" - doesn't sit well with Christians.
Before he ran, it was known that Fred Thompson was a friend of McCain. It was also fairly clear that Fred liked McCain in at least one debate.
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