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National Polls Show Romney Leading, But Tea Party Candidates Rising
Elephant Watcher ^ | June 17, 2011

Posted on 06/17/2011 7:33:09 PM PDT by DeskCaptain

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To: SoConPubbie
because as your posting history readily reflects, you have never liked Sarah Palin.

If you are going to make outlandish personal attacks, why don't you try to dig up at least ONE example that backs your absurd claim?

Go ahead. It's easy to search for my posts, use Google to search for posts with my name and Sarah or Palin. See if I've "never liked Sarah".

Fact is, I've always liked Sarah. I supported her pick for VP. I wrote an opinion column supporting her candidacy. I continued to support her after the election. I thought leaving the Governership early might hurt her politically, but didn't fault her for it.

Heck, when a lot of her supporters started whining about her support of McCain, and making outlandish claims that she was lying about her respect for him out of some blind loyalty, I defended her against those attacks. I defended her against attacks on her family, against the rediculous charges thrown at her repeatedly.

I've sometimes taken on her so-called supporters, when they refused to accept what Sarah Palin plainly said because it didn't fit their preconceptions, and when they'd say things that didn't match with what Sarah had clearly said.

A few of her supporters have been so brazen as to equate attacks on their distortions of her words with attacks on Sarah herself, but that's not my problem.

My statement here was also an attack on some of her supporters. I will note that Sarah Palin has made NONE of the attacks on Bachmann that her supporters have raised, pretending to be for her benefit. I prefer to let Sarah speak for herself, I find when she does, she's a lot more coherent and pleasant than her supporters.

I am certain that if Sarah Palin had hired Ed Rollins, her most uncritical supporters would be cheering her political acumen and denouncing anybody who questioned her judgment.

I could also be wrong, but I will note that the attacks on Bachmann coincide with her sudden move from low single-digits in the polls to strong contender, 2nd in one poll I think.

And the attacks on Bachmann haven't been jsut about Rollins. There's an entire conspiracy group trying to smear her by tying her to Romney. Another bunch is attacking her statements on foster children, while suddenly a person loved by the tea party is said to have been a big spending ear-mark-loving congresswoman.

I thought the Rollins stuff was stupid, and I said so. But the backlash is far beyond a simple denouncement of that incident. And given that the "conventional wisdom" is that there is only room in the primary for one strong tea-party female candidate, I think it is logical to wonder why some Palin supporters are so far out in front of their own candidate in digging up dirt on Michelle Bachmann.

And I say that as a person who would prefer Sarah Palin to Michelle Bachmann.

21 posted on 06/18/2011 12:19:48 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: DeskCaptain; humblegunner; shibumi

some food


22 posted on 06/18/2011 3:22:11 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Nope. Look at what Tammy Bruce has been tweeting for some time. Bachmann was known to be a stalking-horse sellout via her old Karl Rove ties well before she declared and debated and was anywhere in the polls.


23 posted on 06/18/2011 3:28:27 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DeskCaptain

Mitt Romney (hiding somewhere):
”Now that my Romneycare (funded 65% by US taxpayers)
is law, and our beloved Obama has shown himself to be justwonderful,
like global warming, and ethanol supports, and IAG/Sharia supports,
a little self examination is in order for you FReepers.
You may want to now ask yourself
'if I had spent my time promoting
RomneyCare and Mitt Romney earlier like Ms. Bachmann,
could not I have today garnered more support
of both our national heroes: pRes_ _ent Obama and Mitt Romney?'



24 posted on 06/18/2011 3:51:19 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Nothing surpasses the complexity of the human mind. - Leto II: Dar-es-Balat)
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To: DeskCaptain

25 posted on 06/18/2011 5:40:24 AM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: DeskCaptain
If two candidates both have high name recognition, the one leading in the poll is probably in a stronger position. The same is true for comparing two candidates who lack name recognition.

I hope you are right. OTOH, if there is one RINO and five Tea Party guys then the RINO can end up winning with just 40 or even 30 percent support.

26 posted on 06/18/2011 7:22:41 AM PDT by Tribune7 (We're flat broke, but he thinks these solar shingles and really fast trains will magically save us.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Well, it is certainly true that Bachmann’s views on homosexuality are at odds with Tammy Bruce.


27 posted on 06/18/2011 8:37:18 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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