Posted on 12/06/2009 8:55:35 AM PST by rhema
A smear machine fueled by huge sums of cash has fixed its sights on a new Public Enemy No. 1. Her name is U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann.
Minnesota voters won't be heading to the polls until November 2010, almost a year from now, but this machine is already pouring megabucks into a TV ad campaign attacking Bachmann. In the ad, an actress portraying the congresswoman greets voters with oil oozing from her hands. A frightened baby wails, and constituents glare with disgust at the sticky handprints she leaves on their backs. The message? Bachmann is a shill for Big Oil.
Attack ads such as this are just one weapon in the multifront assault that Bachmann will face in coming months. For insight into what's on the horizon, we can look to Colorado. There, a cabal of Democratic activists, led by high-tech mogul Tim Gill, has masterminded a potent new political strategy that's "redefining liberal politics," according to Time magazine.
It's no surprise that Bachmann finds herself in the left's cross hairs. She is everything its zealots most despise: a woman who flaunts feminist orthodoxy and dares to advocate limited government, free markets and traditional marriage.
The Colorado model is fueled by unprecedented piles of money, contributed by a clubby group of multimillionaires. It uses left-wing nonprofit organizations, rather than traditional Democratic Party channels, to get its message to voters. Its scorched-earth tactics range from smear ads that twist the facts to trumped-up charges of ethical violations.
Using this strategy, left-wing activists have transformed Colorado from Red to deep Blue since 2004. Democrats have announced plans to export their model to other states, and Rob Stein of the George Soros-funded Democracy Alliance has put Minnesota at the top of the list.
What might this mean for Bachmann?
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Liberal Diversity doesn’t allow for those with Christian Traditional Family Values, even if they belong to women and minorities.
Michelle is a great example of a conservative.
We need to make sure Soros and 0bama do not win against her.
THIS is one of the reaons why we need to get active and stay active. The RINO RNC withheld funds from Bachmann in her last election. Wealthy PACs and lefty moguls will do anything to stop Conservatives all over the country. If we don’t fight back, shame on us.
McCain and Twinkle Toes Graham will be all over the talk shows tsk-tsking about what a vixen she is, and the RNC will make sure she never gets another national dollar.
So ends the Stupid Party.
Particularly if they belong to women and minorities.
Palin-Bachmann 2012
Yeah, they did. And she had to depend on individual contributions, just like with Hoffman. She begged the RNC to help her, but they wrote her off as a “lost cause.”
1000%....
thanks for posting this...the next time the GOP or Newt Gingrich call asking for a donation I will tell them that I, as a NYer, will send money directly to congresswoman Bachman rather than have the GOP waste my money on trolls like Scagfazza.....
This can not be. I see day after day here at FR that the Republican Party is the CONSERVATIVE party! Therefore, they couldn't be against conservatives or could they, because the Republican Party is not a Conservative party, it is the Republican Party with their own agenda and I hope and pray that at least some of the more astute Freepers will acknowledge the difference.
It’s getting there. Some things are harder to accept than others, and even harder to change. Boy, am I ever finding THAT out.
I remember that clearly. She ran without the help of the sellouts. Then again, maybe that is why she isn’t bought and owned by anyone and speaks her own mind and beliefs so often. And of course, she is a strong Conservative, ‘not no RINO’.
Strong women seem to bother SOOO many RINOS. They will back the limpy Snowe and frumpy Collins types, but not palin or bachmann. One dares to wonder what they are afraid of.
“You Know You Are Over the Target When You Are Taking Flak.”
My Congressman, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer is being attacked by phoney baloney ads as well. I even endured a push poll against him, just to let them know how much I support what he is doing.
And yet some Republican "leaders" still believe in playing nice with the Democrats Party.
I remember when Richard M Scaife was funding conservative causes and the legacy media went hysterical. Not so with Soros.
EVERY Republican has a target on their backs, RINO or true conservative. Democrats want total control and power so they don’t have to struggle at all to get their totalitarian crapola forced down our throats.
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