For Dems, a new public enemy No. 1 (Dems targetting Michele Bachmann)

The Politico ^ | August 8, 2009 | Alex Isenstadt

[St. Louis Conservative]

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is outspoken, conservative, media-friendly — and for many in the Democratic Party, a new public enemy No. 1.

Now that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is out of office, there are few Republican officials in the country Democrats would rather unseat in 2010 than Bachmann, a two-term congresswoman with a habit of pushing the buttons of liberals on everything from ACORN to global warming to even whether President Barack Obama is, as she once asked, "anti-American."

"She's definitely somewhere up there," Bachmann chief of staff Michelle Martson said of where the Minnesota congresswoman sits on the Democratic campaign hit-list.

Bachmann has long been on the receiving end of pointed jabs on liberal blogs like Daily Kos, where one commenter wrote a few weeks back, "After having just returned from a trip to Minnesota, I shake my head that such a beautiful place would be represented by such an ugly individual as Bachmann."

Ask Democratic officials in the state about Bachmann, and they can barely contain their anger.

"She is a bizarre news story of the month every month," said Brian Melendez, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

"Michele Bachmann is just nuts," said Jeremy Powers, a local DFL chair in Bachmann's district. "She is just an utter embarrassment."

And some Democrats — Powers included — don't hesitate to compare Bachmann with the aforementioned Palin, another conservative lightning rod in her mid-40s who speaks with an upper-Midwestern accent, is the mother of a large family and touts a stridently socially conservative agenda that Democrats regard as outright right wing.

[jersey117]

She could take it. She’s not thin skinned like obama. They threw everything they had at her in the last election and she won!

[Boucheau]

Why wouldn’t the enemy take aim at our women?

Especially with such a paucity of very male Republicans in the spotlight.

Masculinity is in very short supply thanks to political correctness.

Time to step up gentlemen.

[FreeSouthernAmerican]

Thanks for filling out my one little line and giving it some flesh. Much appreciated and 100% agreed.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Michelle might want to hire a few extra bodyguards and keep her eyes open for any ACORN/SEIU thugs that might show up in the area. Just a suggestion.

[FreeSouthernAmerican]

“This country cannot survive such division, something is going to give soon.”

We’ve survived it before.

[upsdriver]

"She is a bizarre news story of the month every month," said Brian Melendez, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

"Michele Bachmann is just nuts," said Jeremy Powers, a local DFL chair in Bachmann's district. "She is just an utter embarrassment."

Are they kidding? They elect a bad comedian for senator, a racist Marxist for president and they have the gall to make those statements?

[workerbee]

Ping.

Politico is reading your FR posts! ;-)

[Republic]

Hope I didn't get too crude or take it too far...I do that but then, I post, therefore, I am!

(Your little line is a very big topic!)

[FrdmLvr]

Bachman gets targeted by the left AGAIN! You’re doing something right, Michelle! GOP, get behind her!

[FreeSouthernAmerican]

No, not at all, you captured perfectly the way I see a lot of politicians and younger males in general. I’m only 27, but what is with all this EMO culture and wearing women’s jeans and that?

[workerbee]

McCain beat Barack Obama 53 percent to 45 percent in the district November 2008, and George W. Bush won the district with double-digit margins in 2000 and 2004.

"They'd like to think they can beat her," Cottington said, "but it is a center-right, blue-collar district ... I don't think they can do it."

What surrounds her district? Don't be surprised to see them try and rearrange the lines/consolidate in order to "level the playing field".

[TypeZoNegative]

http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2008&fips=27&f=0&off=3&elect=0

See all that pile of blue? That’s Michele’s district. Molon Labe. :) Good luck, Dems.

[Las Vegas Ron]

We’ve survived it before.

You bet, it's getting through it is the tough part, like the 1860's

[workerbee]

Makes the girlie men like Reid and Waxman and Durbin and Schummer and Dodd and FWANK and Dingell and even republicans like Lugar and Graham...

Careful there. If Bachman and Palin are any indication, calling those so-called males "girlie men" could actually become a compliment! ;-)

[FreeSouthernAmerican]

Agreed. I just hope we can correct in 2010 and get away from that.

[A message]

“is just nuts,” “is just an utter embarrassment.”

We could say the same about your president,

And their installed by voter fraud new Senator.

[RatsDawg]

Not just a bad comedian but also a failed radio host!

[Kanzan]

Friendly Point of Order: after governors leave office, they retain the title of Governor, eg. Governor Palin, not former governor Palin.
Sorry to say, that also applies to awful governors: eg. Governor Sibileus (gag).

[Las Vegas Ron]

I’ll drink to that! We’re going to have to bury the commies and stay vigilant, as you know, they never quit.

[Nosterrex]

Friends, we are in a war. War contains its own morality. The Socialists and Statists know this. They are not playing by Queensberry Rules, and neither should conservatives, not if they want to win. The only rule is no rules. The liberals are going to do everything in their power to destroy the reputation of anyone that opposes them. Nothing is out of bounds for them. Our so-called conservative leaders are too chicken-s**t to go on the offensive or to come to the aid of anyone being attacked by the MSM. This is going to have to come from the grassroots of conservatism. Don't look to our leaders in congress to help. Their modus operandi is to see a parade and then get out in front of it. We're on our own. If it doesn't start with us, it's not going to happen.