Posted on 12/29/2011 4:44:02 PM PST by writer33
It’s time to admit the obvious! It’s time to discuss Michele Bachmann’s failed bid for the President of the United States. She’s doomed! She can’t win! It’s over! It’s time we took a hard look at the truth at her run for office, her lack of conservative credentials, and find out just exactly what Michele Bachmann hasn’t done as a Republican Congresswoman from Minnesota.
It has become apparent that Bachmann has ignored conservative principles. She is, in essence, a RINO of the largest sort. After all, she lives in the state of Minnesota, and Minnesotans – as a rule – don’t produce conservatives. Do they? Nope. It’s just not in their gene pool. And if you take a look at her voting record, it will become clear that she is no conservative. Or is she?
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Bachmann fell below 10% the day Rick Perry entered the race (right after she won the Iowa Straw Poll), and she never got back above it. She has been dead since then, and needs to drop out and endorse Rick Santorum - IF he places in the top 3 in Iowa.
Uncle Stan has been into the wachie tobaccie again....
Michele is a fabulous woman with no charisma. The woman who has it in spades didn’t try. *sigh* Bob
Ma’am...you’re full of it. *grin*
:-)
LOL! Yes, sir.
First, let’s examine her tax and spending record. As a big government RINO, she voted yes to repeal the death tax and no to increasing the rates on both capital gains and death taxes. And even worse, she voted no on the Farm Bill – a bill that would’ve raised taxes by $4 billion. She could’ve chosen to ignore the fact that the American people are overtaxed, and she could’ve chosen to ignore free market principles by raising taxes on capital gains. Instead, she chose to sign the Contract From America and the Americans for Tax Reform “Taxpayer Protection Pledge.” She could’ve voted to steal from the estates of Americans by voting yes on the death tax. She didn’t.
Her spending is even worse. When we say Congresswoman Bachmann likes pork, we don’t mean she likes ham for Christmas dinner and bacon for breakfast. As a RINO, she should have voted for spending the taxpayers into oblivion, but she didn’t. Instead, she voted no Obamacare, no on T.A.R.P., no on the 2008 Omnibus spending bill and no on the $825 billion economic stimulus package. Congresswoman Bachmann even had the nerve to vote no on the $15 billion bailout of General Motors and Chrysler. She has even signed onto the Balanced Budget Amendment with the 3/5 override to veto. But Congresswoman Bachmann’s disdain for Americans and for conservatives hasn’t ended there.
She has shown a total lack of understanding of the issues required to regulate business by voting no on card check, no on the Davis-Bacon requirements, no on Cap and Tax, no on Dodd/Frank, and despicably, she even voted yes on barring the implementation of “Net Neutrality.” And Ms. Bachmann is no stranger to big oil. She knows just how to regulate them as well, voting yes in 2011 on barring the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases, and in 2009 by voting no on enforcing limits for CO2 global warming pollution. She has even voted no on investing in homegrown biofuel, worse, voting yes on opening the outer continental shelf to oil drilling.
Congresswoman Bachmann’s stance on education makes it obvious that she’s chosen to side with the American people instead of siding with the growth of government, voting no in 2009 on $40 billion for green public schools, and no in 2007 on additional $10.2 billion on federal education and Health and Human Services projects.
On healthcare, it’s apparent she has no idea what she’s doing, voting no on Obamacare, voting yes on the repeal of Obamacare. She also voted yes in 2011 to repeal the “Prevention and Public Health” slush fund, yes on the Ryan budget for Medicare, no on regulating tobacco as a drug, and no on expanding the SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance Program), by adding an additional 2 to 4 million children to the eligibility rolls. It’s utterly obvious that Michele Bachmann could’ve chosen to diminsh the liberty of Americans everywhere by voting for Obamacare. But she didn’t.
It’s clear that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann hasn’t done much for the United States of America. She could’ve voted yes to bring home the troops from Iraq. She could’ve voted no on cutting defense spending, forcing the troops still in Afghanistan and Iraq to slowly suffocate from lack of funds. Ms. Bachmann could’ve chosen to side with Statist and vote for no funding for the toops. Instead, she chose to standby and advocate for their cause.
So when you begin to caucus or primary, elect the woman who hasn’t chosen to spend the United States of American into oblivion. Elect the woman that hasn’t chosen to enslave generations of Americans and their posterity into debt. Elect the woman that is for expanding American exceptionalism by promoting free market principles and reducing tax burdens. Elect the woman that has never voted to throw money at education to fix problems. Elect the woman who believes that every American has an opportunity at LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Elect the woman who has never been pro-choice and who doesn’t believe in gay marriage. Elect the woman who has never believed in an individual health insurance mandate, and elect the woman that has never had any forays into liberalism, believing instead, that a “true conservative’s” actions are far greater than their words.
So, if you don’t go to the polls for what she’s done, go and elect Congresswoman Michele Bachmann for what she hasn’t done.
She’s my first choice but I myself have suggested a joint run with Santorum. Hopefully they’ll seriously look at it after Iowa.
Part of the problem is our primary system that forces them to campaign in Iowa for a year. We need a single primary day nationwide so the candidates can spread out across the country and campaign to their strengths. Plus they wouldn’t be pitted against each other as much.
Lots of Ya Sures and Sure you betcha’s!
I can get behind Santorum. So much is going to depend on what those reprobates in Michigan do. Oops, did that slip out, cripplecreek. LOL!
Just kidding. At least you’re in a state that will have some relevancy come primary season.
“She has been dead since then, and needs to drop out and endorse Rick Santorum”
You mean the pro-ethanol Rick Santorum?
Mitt Romney’s popularity in Michigan is slipping as his daddy’s supporters go the way of the dinosaurs. Mitt claims Michigan as his home state but he hasn’t lived here for decades.
Santorum and Bachmann both have more midwest credibility and might do surprisingly well against Mitty.
Can’t say it is over till it is over. As far as the MSM is concerned all of the candidates are done.
Yes, sir. And I'm tired of these people saying they can't win. A shoe box can beat Obama. It's the same thing as those people that say, "I'm scared of what the press and Obama will do." With Bachmann and Santorum, those people should be scared at what they're going to do.
Yes they can win.
As far as the MSM is concerned, they want this to be over and they want it to be Romney. We say no thank you. We’ll decide.
Bachmann is still the best candidate out there. All the rest except Santorum are a joke to be honest. We will be in a revolt of some sort in the next few years because the GOP and DNC are failing us. And conservatives won’t like either side.
Yeah that is right.
Yes she is. And I completely agree with you.
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