I would have to agree.
 Mr & Mrs Ed Rollins |
But Shari needs him.
Posted on 06/10/2011 10:15:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Earlier this week, what could be the first shots were fired in a potential rivalry between potential Republican presidential hopefuls Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. On Tuesday, Bachmann campaign manager Ed Rollins said Palin wasn’t a “serious” candidate for president and that upset many Palin supporters, who also tend to support Bachmann.
In an appearance on Thursday’s syndicated “Hugh Hewitt Show,” columnist Mark Steyn asked the question – what is Bachmann doing with Rollins on her team in the first place?
“Well you know, let me say it as bluntly as I can because I love Michele Bachmann,” Steyn said. “I think she’s — if we have to have congressmen and congresswomen, I’d rather more were like Michele Bachmann and less were like Anthony Weiner, the obvious candidate. So I adore Michele Bachmann and I don’t see why she needs Ed Rollins.”
Steyn described Rollins as a “backroom boy” and described him as what is wrong with American politics.
“Ed Rollins … is one of the things that disfigures American politics because he’s one of these so-called backroom boys who’s always in the front window,” Steyn said. “I don’t see the point of having backroom boys who are always in the front window.”
Steyn mocked Rollins for one of his shots of Palin – her looks compared to Bachmann’s looks.
“And in this case when he started going on about — well I forget what he said, you know that his candidate was just as hot-looking as Sarah Palin, he said that about Michele didn’t he I think at one point?” he continued. “Which I agree with and I vaguely remember from – I think it was 1988 when Bob Dole’s campaign manager announced Bob Dole was twice as hot as George Bush, Sr. Obviously you know, this is part of a well-established pattern in Republican primaries.”
Rollins played an instrumental role in former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 2008 Iowa Caucus victory, but he does come with some baggage from that win. Amanda Carpenter, then of Townhall.com, reported on a Rollins outburst at an Iowa restaurant on Jan. 3, 2008, where he made personal attacks against Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson and shared his affections for NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell and then-CNN host Lou Dobbs with the entire restaurant.
And although Rollins has a track record of criticizing Palin prior to joining the Bachmann campaign, Steyn’s advice to Bachmann was to keep Rollins in the “backroom” if he is such an essential part of the campaign process.
“But I don’t think Michele Bachmann needs Ed Rollins,” he said. “And while we’re at it – I’ll put it out there – I don’t want an Ed Rollins-fied primary season, with respect. If you have to have backroom boys, keep them in the backroom. I’m tired of backroom boys in the front window.”
To understand your question, the media PUTS Palin in the polls. She has not declared. They don’t have any other non-declared in the polls. Think about it.
I agree. Bachmann should fire the bastard.
The media is part of the establishment and Sarah has the ability to get America back to it’s profound freedom. The Profound Freedom is a gift from GOD. The Satanists cannot deal with that.
Do us a favor...go over to DU and post that...With that “bad rap thing”...You'll get 5-10% of them to agree with u and those will be votes for Sarah..
If u cant at least do that...sit in the Truck...we'll do the heavy lifting...U can come out later and tell your kids u were there on the front lines with us...
I would have to agree.
Mr & Mrs Ed Rollins |
But Shari needs him.
I can help....
- He is Assembly of God
- He believes in God
- He knows how to learn politics
- He knows how to become a Governor
- He knows how to get control of energy
- He knows how to recognize world threats
- He knows how to get corporate results
- without taking them over.
- He knows how to love America
- He knows how to get us back to prosperity
- He doesn’t hate Israel
- He doesn’t hate America
Ed Rollin is the type of guy who go to the media and leak stuff
Is that Shari Rollins?? I thought she LEFT him YEARS ago!!
Nah...Rollins probably still has money left in his bank accounts.
/s
Wow, I didn’t realize Ed was a midget, er, “little person”. I guess we can accurately say “bitter little man”.
In the turbulent 2002 campaign for Governor of California, Rollins consulted for his long-time friend, and then-Secretary of State Bill Jones, who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination, losing to Bill Simon. Rollins was then hired by Simon for the fall gubernatorial campaign, suffering a narrow loss to incumbent Democrat Gray Davis.
WOW. A two-time loser in the SAME campaign! That is a rarity, indeed.
In 2006, Rollins consulted on the campaign of Republican New York State Senate contender Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland....the two had a falling-out, with Rollins not attending a staff meeting in Tampa and quitting a few days later after he questioned the viability of her campaign.
That is what you have to look forward to, Michele. Are you SURE?
I wish Michelle Bachmann had picked someone else. Maybe she can dump Rollins and someone else. Honestly I think I would get Dick Morris. LOL!
Regardless of the wishful thinking of some people, it is impossible to run a campaign by "bypassing" the media. Palin knows this and does not try to bypass the media. What she does do, and what virtually all other candidates do, is try to manipulate the media. I believe Palin has considerable skill at this and she has even been able to get media coverage at some times by feigning indifference to the media.
Poll numbers certainly can change and it is very early in the race. It is not even certain if Palin will be a candidate. If she does become a candidate, a sober assessment of where she stands, where she wants to be, and how to get there must be made. How to deal with the media is part of this. Palin's negatives can be overcome, but not by ignoring them.
BTW, thank you for the only non-knee jerk, civil reply to me on this thread. Palin needs intelligent, adult supporters, not half-cocked cultists.
"How do you feel parrotting the left-wing press and the DNC and some of the more purient parts of the GOP elite? "
"What are you, a DU troll or a GOP operative from a competing potential POTUS candidate?"
You are exactly the type of "support" Palin does not need. She does not need knee-jerk cultists who attack others because they perceive what they consider a "slight" whether there is one or not. Independents especially recoil from such mindlessness.
To disagree with my post, you either have to deny that Palin has high negatives or deny that they are mostly caused by attacks by the MSM. Either denial could only be based on pure ignorance.
Please, stop trying to support Palin in public, supporters like you only bring her down.
You don't get my "drift". My response was to a poster that claimed: "One of the remarkable things about Palin is that every attack on her, every trap laid for her, redounds to her benefit." I merely pointed out that this was untrue and that MSM attacks on Palin, although unfair, have contributed to her high negatives. Anyone who wants to support Palin must acknowledge these facts and deal with them. To not do so is to invite defeat. This in no way implies that Palin should not run or cannot win, it only points out that being blinded from reality by ones emotional support does not aid the candidate.
If u cant at least do that...sit in the Truck...we'll do the heavy lifting...U can come out later and tell your kids u were there on the front lines with us...
Not only is your post a non sequitur, it is stupid and juvenile. Posters like you denigrate Palin's intelligence and hurt her candidacy by the reflection of the quality of supporters like you. Why don't you give Palin a break and lay off posting on threads about her? You certainly are not helping.
I’m not sure of the meaning of your two replies to me.
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