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'Unusual' Bachmann Rebuttal Could Scramble GOP Message on Obama Address
fox ^ | 1/25/11 | staff

Posted on 01/25/2011 1:29:26 PM PST by Nachum

It's bad enough that Rep. Paul Ryan has to follow President Obama. Now the brainy Wisconsin congressman tapped to give the official Republican response to the State of the Union address must also compete for attention with Tea Party star Michele Bachmann.

Bachmann, a third-term Minnesota congresswoman renowned for lobbing rhetorical bombs at her opponents, plans to rebut the president's address in an online broadcast at the Tea Party Express website Tuesday night.

While Ryan's remarks will be carried by all the networks and cable news outlets as they happen, television news outlets have agreed to share a camera to record Bachmann's comments -- and some could choose to air them live.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bachmann; bhosotu; fox457states; fox4obama; fox4romney; foxvsamerica; foxvspalin; foxvsteaparty; rebuttal; scramble; sotu; teaparty; unusual
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To: K-Stater
Then why does she feel the need to present a response of her own?

Gravitas. She is thinking of running for President. She has spent more time in Iowa than Floyd of Rosedale.

101 posted on 01/25/2011 3:29:15 PM PST by socal_parrot (I hate to say I told you so, but...)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Even less will watch Obama outside of Olbie’s living room his gig is up.


102 posted on 01/25/2011 3:33:58 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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To: Cicero

IMHO, We will not be disappointed with either response. This is high entertainment for me and I will be looking for a response from Sarah as well.

This thread will be available to accept comments after the fact and should prove to be very telling.


103 posted on 01/25/2011 3:35:07 PM PST by UncleSam (Barry Soetero has a beatdown in his future!)
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To: Kenny Bunk

Sadly, ditto. I don’t think the squid sees the GOP move to the middle sitting with Graham holding hands. Rubio has even betrayed the tea party caucus- read the article.


104 posted on 01/25/2011 3:36:43 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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To: GlockThe Vote

“I like michelle bachmann even more than Palin. She is less afraid to take on these scumbags on thei own turf.”

So right.


105 posted on 01/25/2011 3:37:57 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: socal_parrot

Floyd of Rosedale lives in Iowa still? I heard he moved to Idaho.


106 posted on 01/25/2011 3:38:45 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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To: All

Paul Ryan is one of the biggest RHINO’s around. Typical for Republicans to put a huckster like that on tv . You voted for the bailout Ryan! Can’t wipe that shit off your face no matter how hard you try.


107 posted on 01/25/2011 3:40:05 PM PST by securityman
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To: r9etb

I think looks have plenty to do with it. Yet, if Palin or Bachmann were poor speakers, lazy thinkers or afraid of their opponents, they’d never get the attention they get. You can be Miss America, but if you can’t back it up the way Palin and Bachmann do, it just wouldn’t matter.


108 posted on 01/25/2011 4:07:25 PM PST by doesnt suffer fools gladly (Liberals lie.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

That’s an interesting point. I’ll be curious to see how many people tune in. He’s not allowed on my TV, but then, very little is...other than the Food Channel for the wife.


109 posted on 01/25/2011 4:22:17 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Gone Galt and loving it)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Bachmann is set up right now to make a move. Palin is not.

Wow! You have so much inside-information!

How did you get to be so smart?

</finger down throat>

110 posted on 01/25/2011 4:28:24 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: Nachum

Bachmann vs. ANY democrat (including the 3:00 AM), and they go into postal orbit in the Beltway. (Palin shining in the debates???...)

Again, with Bachmann (as Reagan), they go postal in Washington.


111 posted on 01/25/2011 5:11:41 PM PST by Varsity Flight
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To: USNBandit
Ryan gets a surprise and strong "B" from me!

I still think we could use a little more Smith & Wesson, instead of Namby & Pamby.

We'll see, won't we?

112 posted on 01/26/2011 8:54:28 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (America might survive Obama. It cannot survive those who vote for him)
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To: Kenny Bunk

I think he could have gotten down in the weeds on spending a bit more, including pitching their plan to cut a couple trillion out of the budget for the next ten years. It is a start.


113 posted on 01/26/2011 9:38:15 AM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Nachum

“Constitutional Government” ..the threat to the RinoCrat Oligarchs is as a cross to a demon. Anybody advocating it is gonna take flak.


114 posted on 01/26/2011 9:43:57 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you do not, no explanation is possible")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Wow! I wasted my with my time in my last post to you in trying a kind, peaceful reply of discussion.Flame war with someone else. I will not make the same mistake twice and reply to you any further.


115 posted on 01/26/2011 1:35:53 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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To: r9etb
I challenge you to find any person who is unattractive and/or male, who has received anything like the unquestioning devotion heaped upon the likes of Palin, Bachmann, O'Donnell, and a few others.... well, I guess there was Ross Perot....

Bogus proposition...show me some libs who get support here because of their looks.

Sure, they're attractive...but there are much more attractive people in the world.

Kirstin Gillibrand doesn't have a lot of threads here promoting a candidacy, does she?

And Scott Brown...his support here was nuanced at best.

I think the posting of the pictures is a game, a sideline...their attractiveness is not demonstrably a reason for their support. You don't do yourself any credit by alleging so, and you betray your own mindset. That's usually what happens when someone claims to be a mind reader...

There's another politician who got this kind of support, RR, who was an old man at the time. Bachman and Palin are the only conservative politicians who are out there kicking donkey and taking names, while avoiding sounding like kooks.

Bachmann spoke up for Tea Partiers, said what's on our minds; Palin made Obammy's high sounding "Win the Future" talking point the punch line it should be...and it's not the first time, it's the most recent of many examples.

They are the most effective conservative politicians today...if anything, Bachmann is nice looking, but not hot...and Palin is a middle aged mom.

That's another reason I identify you as a troll, or a faux conservative at best. You don't want to debate the issues...but even a faux conservative would be right on more issues than you.

116 posted on 01/27/2011 3:39:02 PM PST by gogeo (Palin/Bachmann 2012)
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