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Assume the Position, Representative Bachmann
Human Events ^ | 06/14/2011 | John Hayward

Posted on 06/14/2011 2:47:27 PM PDT by Palmetto Patriot

You can tell Michele Bachmann had a great debut at the Republican primary debate in New Hampshire last night, because swarms of liberal writers are breaking off from their pursuit of Sarah Palin’s tour bus to dive-bomb her.

Dana Milbank of the Washington Post decided to headline a basically complimentary assessment of Bachmann’s debate performance as “Bachmann assumes the position.” He was riffing on CNN moderator John King’s instruction for the candidates to assume their positions at the lectern, which he turned into a rather tortured metaphor for the entire debate. (Milbank was watching a different debate than the rest of the country if he thinks Newt Gingrich’s position was “a bored college professor.”)

Just try to imagine anyone at a liberal paper headlining a story about one of the 2008 Democrat debates as “Obama assumes the position.”

(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News
KEYWORDS: bachmann; dionne; king; milbank
From the article:

"It’s not just Bachmann’s superficial similarities to Palin that make the attacks so predictable. It’s that she also represents the views, concerns, and aspirations of normal people. Liberals hate the views, concerns, and aspirations of normal people. They require obedience to an agenda designed by superior minds. Bachmann made it clear she aims to misbehave."

1 posted on 06/14/2011 2:47:30 PM PDT by Palmetto Patriot
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To: Palmetto Patriot

“Assume the Position, Representative Bachmann”

**Unholy thoughts**Need a confession booth...and I’m not even Catholic.**


2 posted on 06/14/2011 2:52:49 PM PDT by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Wait a minute! The concern trolls assured us that Palin was damaged goods because of the media’s unfair attacks, so we had to choose a different conservative, and that second choice candidate would have a chance. Does this mean that what they really want us to do is to choose Mitt Romney, and the media will trash anyone else but Romney? That makes our choice easier, doesn’t it?


3 posted on 06/14/2011 2:53:38 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Palmetto Patriot
BACHMANN TURNOUT OVERDRIVE
4 posted on 06/14/2011 2:59:49 PM PDT by FrankR (A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
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To: FrankR

Does this mean she’s not standing for re-election to her seat in the house?


5 posted on 06/14/2011 3:07:19 PM PDT by ngat
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To: ngat

She announced that she will not be running. However, she has until June 2012 to make that decision final.


6 posted on 06/14/2011 3:10:40 PM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: Palmetto Patriot
I have a better idea. How about Dana Milbank "assume the position"...


7 posted on 06/14/2011 3:11:26 PM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Oh well, she’s damaged goods now and the establishmedia has destroyed her time to move to the next one.

Pray for America


8 posted on 06/14/2011 3:16:11 PM PDT by bray (Hey Country Club, hold Sarah's jacket while she kicks his ____.)
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To: bray

LOL!!!

Very good!


9 posted on 06/14/2011 3:28:01 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Rep. Bachmann better get ready for a major media anal exam. She dared to commit the liberals worst nightmare. She spoke the TRUTH!!!! The one thing they are afraid of more than any other.


10 posted on 06/14/2011 4:16:52 PM PDT by taillightchaser (The last hope for America--2012)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Thats okay...she can handle it. Bachmann could care less what the libs say about her. She is a strong Patriot.


11 posted on 06/14/2011 4:40:09 PM PDT by blasater1960 (Deut 30, Psalm 111...the Torah and the Law, is attainable past, present and forever.)
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To: Palmetto Patriot
"No one in Bachmann’s camp can be surprised at the kind of attacks coming her way."


Coming her way? Anyone paying attention knows that she has been a target of the left for a while now. They went after her with a vengeance during the 2010 campaign. Their problem is that they have not yet been able to make anything stick. They had the same problem going after Reagan and dubbed him 'the Teflon President".
12 posted on 06/14/2011 6:30:28 PM PDT by rob777
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