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Bachmann adviser: 'My misstep' on Palin [Rollins says 'let it go']
Poltico ^ | 06/08/2011 | Maggie Haberman

Posted on 06/08/2011 10:59:36 AM PDT by Hawk720

Michele Bachmann adviser Ed Rollins' response to the sharp criticisms from Sarah Palin's world just now was to "let it go."

But he didn't go quietly, telling me, "I haven't lived in Washington D.C. in 15 years, and I've been taken to the woodshed by the big boys."

"As far as we're concerned, it's not" an ongoing fight, he insisted. "This was my one comment, which I shouldn't have made, at the end of the day this has nothing to do with Michele, Michele's campaign, or any of the rest of it. This was my transition from being an analyst to a political strategist, and I missed a step."

Rollins had suggested to POLITICO that Bachmann would fare well in a Palin contrast, and told a radio interviewer that the former vice presidential contender is "not serious."

Of Team Palin's call for a retraction, he said, "What's the retraction? I say she's serious?"

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bachmann; bachmannimplosion; backstabberrollins; benedictrollins; divisive; gopstabberrollins; nevertrustrollins; notrunning; palin; palin2012; rollins; rollins4carter; rollins4obama; rollins4romney; romneystalkinghorse; romneywhore; waronsarah
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1 posted on 06/08/2011 10:59:39 AM PDT by Hawk720
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To: Hawk720

He’s not helping himself...


2 posted on 06/08/2011 11:02:11 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (JMO but I reserve the right to be wrong...)
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To: Hawk720

Done. Over. This is the third GOP campaign to implode at the starting gate.


3 posted on 06/08/2011 11:02:46 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Hawk720

Or his boss.


4 posted on 06/08/2011 11:02:47 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (JMO but I reserve the right to be wrong...)
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To: Hawk720
ROLLINSED
5 posted on 06/08/2011 11:02:47 AM PDT by FrankR (A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
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To: Hawk720

Well, Ed, another fine job! Congratulations!


6 posted on 06/08/2011 11:03:55 AM PDT by RexBeach (If two people know, it's not a secret.)
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To: Hawk720
Retraction ? Ed...we want walking around money
7 posted on 06/08/2011 11:03:58 AM PDT by stylin19a
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To: Hawk720

Fire him, Michelle, or decide not to run for President.


8 posted on 06/08/2011 11:05:35 AM PDT by RINOs suck
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To: Hawk720
"This was my one comment,

You lie!

9 posted on 06/08/2011 11:06:23 AM PDT by The Cajun (Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
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To: Hawk720
I've been taken to the woodshed by the big boys."

And didn't learn a d@#* thing.

10 posted on 06/08/2011 11:08:14 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: Hawk720
Rollins has ragged on and belittled Sarah Palin for years and now he continues to do it in his official capacity as the campaign manager for Michele Bachmann. If Bachmann doesn't call him out for this, then she must approve of his comments, and if that is the case... it's Buh-Bye, Michele.
11 posted on 06/08/2011 11:09:17 AM PDT by JPG (Sarah Palin, driving the MSM crazy one day at a time.)
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To: Hawk720

Let her know to get rid of “Ed Rollins” here ...

http://www.michelebachmann.com/contact


12 posted on 06/08/2011 11:10:23 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: FrankR

You might be on to something. The Good ol Beltway Boys probably fear Sarah Palin as much as the Dems do.


13 posted on 06/08/2011 11:10:47 AM PDT by Bailee
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To: Hawk720

Michele had a full day to apologize for this bilge. She didn’t, and it tells me a lot about her.


14 posted on 06/08/2011 11:11:17 AM PDT by alstewartfan (When you're fresh out of lawyers, you don't know how good it's gonna feel! Al Stewart)
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To: Bachmann

Fire the bung wipe today or you're out. No forgiveness ever.

15 posted on 06/08/2011 11:14:30 AM PDT by I see my hands (Embrace misanthropy)
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To: Hawk720

“....let it go!”

How about MB lets you go instead?

Times are tough, especially if you are a dumb political consultant. We’re elephants and they NEVER forget! (or forgive)


16 posted on 06/08/2011 11:14:50 AM PDT by Forty-Niner (Palin/West 2012)
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To: Hawk720

I don’t let backstabbings of this magnitude “go.”


17 posted on 06/08/2011 11:15:45 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Bailee
GOPDARTS
18 posted on 06/08/2011 11:17:16 AM PDT by FrankR (A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
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To: Hawk720

She’s got about 72 hours to kick this worthless turd to the curb or you can write off any chance of a Bachmann win.

Ed Rollins = Kiss of Death


19 posted on 06/08/2011 11:18:14 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Hawk720

This could be a big bonus for Palin if this leads to Bachmann letting go of the race.


20 posted on 06/08/2011 11:18:56 AM PDT by PapaNew
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