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Bachmann: 'Respect and admiration' for Palin
Politico ^ | Wednesday June 8, 2011 | Maggie Harbinger

Posted on 06/08/2011 12:10:22 PM PDT by Bigtigermike

An adviser to Rep. Michele Bachmann sends over this fairly ruffles-smoothing statement:  

“The Congresswoman has nothing but admiration and respect for Governor Palin. The two enjoy a good friendship, and Rep. Bachmann looks forward to working with the Governor for the common goal of making sure President Obama is a one-term President.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bachmann; bachmann4carter; bachmann4rinoromney; bachmannimplosion; backstabber4romney; backstabberbachmann; msromney2; nevertrustbachmann; notrunning; palin; palin2012; rinobachmann; rollins; romney; romneydirtytricks; romneystalkinghorse; romneywhore; saboteur4romney; saboteurbachmann; sarahpalin
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To: Flightdeck
We should be so lucky to have a President Bachmann.

She has not shown leadership skills here. Picking a Karl-Rovian Sarah-Bashing Washington insider to run her "outsider" campaign was a stupid move. She has alienated her base. She's toast.

21 posted on 06/08/2011 12:39:36 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Freddd

+1


22 posted on 06/08/2011 12:41:23 PM PDT by jennings2004 (Sarah Palin: "The bright light at the end of a very dark tunnel!")
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To: Bigtigermike

Prove it Michele, and fire that little asswipe Rollins.

If not - empty words. If the guy you hire does not reflect your opinions, there is only one thing to do.


23 posted on 06/08/2011 12:42:34 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: P-Marlowe
Free Republic is the pulse and voice of the Tea Party movement.

Yes and No. FR was around long before the Tea Party. It is the Conservative voice of the Internet.
24 posted on 06/08/2011 12:44:29 PM PDT by no dems (When I learn that a person, regardless of who they are, is a Democrat, I lose respect for them.)
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To: P-Marlowe
It shows a tremendous lack of executive acumen to pick a Washington insider hack to run a campaign that is supposed to represent the tea party outsiders.

Probably because she has no executive experience to begin with.

There's a reason Americans don't elect senators as president.The last one before Obammy was JFK.

25 posted on 06/08/2011 12:45:42 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: bigbob


Can one of our "graphic guru's" put Rollin's head on this picture. I'd love to have a matching book end for my Rove/Collins collection.

Such pics are great for these threads ...
26 posted on 06/08/2011 12:46:30 PM PDT by Scythian
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To: nhwingut

“Too late.”

Yep, the damage has been done to her, closing the barn door after the horses got out, is way too little, too late.


27 posted on 06/08/2011 12:53:00 PM PDT by Sea Parrot
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To: newfreep
"Sorry, damage has been done and MB exposed as a stalking horse for Romney to dilute Sarah’s support in exchange for VP slot with the Myth."


Nonsense, the whole Rollins thing was more than likely his way of changing the media's attention from whether Sarah was right about Paul Revere back to the campaign. The lack of attention going to the campaign during this period hurt the lesser known candidates like Bachmann far more than it did Romney.
28 posted on 06/08/2011 12:53:32 PM PDT by rob777
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To: Bigtigermike
This is equivalent to Weiner sending out a staff person to ‘apologize’. Michele needs to dump Rollins, disavow his comments and make a personal apology to Sarah Palin. Is she doesn't, then both she AND Rollins are history.
29 posted on 06/08/2011 12:54:53 PM PDT by JPG (Sarah Palin, driving the MSM crazy one day at a time.)
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To: Bigtigermike
If there was any question that Michele Bachmann's candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination was an attempt by the GOP hierarchy to 'stop Sarah Palin', this bland response to the blowback from Ed Rollins diatribe against Palin issued by a staffer and with not a peep from Bachmann, herself, erases all doubt. I contend that Bachmann was offered the VP spot on a Romney ticket - and went for it, assuming that if the RNC is working against Palin and for Romney, their pet, he is bound to win the GOP nomination. Bachmann has made a gigantic error, ignoring the fact that the TEA party is not some one-off, flash-in-the-pan group but a large contingent of very angry, patriotic Americans who are fed up to the eyeballs with 'politics as usual' and especially, the GOP 'elites' that think Sarah Palin isn't 'worthy' of their imprimatur.

With this move, Bachmann will soon find herself bereft of conservative support - and rightly so. Our great nation is imperiled by Obama and his Marxist/Alinsky policies. Sarah Palin remains the only solid conservative with a good chance of defeating Obama in 2012. She isn't power-hungry, just loyal to her country. She can continue to reap large financial rewards and avoid a lot of vicious attacks from the left (and right, in some cases) by sitting on the sidelines in the 2012 presidential election. I doubt Palin will do so. She is a fighter and she will fight to regain the White House for the people, not the political cronies and 'insiders'. This is what the GOP elites fear, with good reason, and why Michele Bachmann is being (willingly, I assume) used to block a presidential run by Sarah Palin. It will fail, as it should..

30 posted on 06/08/2011 12:55:47 PM PDT by Jim Scott
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To: P-Marlowe
She has not shown leadership skills here. Picking a Karl-Rovian Sarah-Bashing Washington insider to run her "outsider" campaign was a stupid move. She has alienated her base. She's toast.

I have to admit, I don't understand. Not writing her off yet, but I don't see how she can recover here . . .
31 posted on 06/08/2011 12:57:00 PM PDT by RushingWater
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To: nhwingut

“Too late.”

Yes it is. If this is MB’s response, she has ratified Rollins’ provocative statements.


32 posted on 06/08/2011 12:57:16 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Too late.
She had 1 day to get rid of Rollins and she failed.


33 posted on 06/08/2011 1:00:43 PM PDT by Diogenesis ( Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: Bigtigermike
Rollins you started this war. Don't try to weasel out of the fact you did.
34 posted on 06/08/2011 1:02:19 PM PDT by McGruff (Ed Rollins is a dirty trickster. Hiring him says something about your character.)
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To: rob777

Sorry, you’re simply wrong and 99% of the posts agree with my position.

MB is teaming with Myth Romney to dimish Sarah’s support in exchnage for VP slot.

MB sold her soul to the Myth.


35 posted on 06/08/2011 1:03:47 PM PDT by newfreep (Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: Bigtigermike

Ridiculously tepid remark, after what Rollins said. Pathetic. Bob


36 posted on 06/08/2011 1:08:23 PM 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: Bigtigermike

Backstabbing &*$%#*(*()&&:
"Mission accomplished.
I've hired Rollins for you
to attack (Gov.) Palin (who helped me) for you.
I've not felt this good since I worked for Jimmy Carter.
I love you, Mitt. Let's go to Kolob
where there is no global warming."

37 posted on 06/08/2011 1:13:10 PM PDT by Diogenesis ( Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: Jim Scott
I don't know if I buy your conspiratorial assessment of Bachman. Her behavior could just be a manifestation of the egotism so common among career politicians. I do, however, agree that she made a fatal mistake in hiring an attack dog to hit a fellow conservative. I would like to have seen Bachman, Palin, and Cain pledge to support whomever among them had the most support, and to oppose giving the nomination to anyone like Romney who cannot possibly attack 0 on socialized medicine.

The survival of our republic is at stake. The cause is greater than the ambition of any politician. Palin, Bachmann, or Cain would all make great leaders. There will be a place of honor in history for anyone who turns the tide against socialism. Remember the great ones among the Founders who never held any high office, like Franklin and Paine.

38 posted on 06/08/2011 1:14:35 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: newfreep
"Sorry, you’re simply wrong and 99% of the posts agree with my position."


The truth of an assertion is not determined by how many people agree with it. Such deals are almost never made this early in a campaign. It usually happens after the first few primaries when it is clearer who the players. The notion that "MB is teaming with Myth Romney to dimish Sarah’s support in exchnage for VP slot" is merely unsubstantiated speculation.

Sarah jumped into the fray and took some of the spotlight off the campaign and the campaign operative of one of the underfunded and lesser known candidates decided to take a shot. It is no accident that one of the legs of Palin's "tour" coincided with Bachmann's planned announcement to enter the race. That means she was personally impacted. Did Bachmann supporters claim that Palin was working for Romney when she did that?
39 posted on 06/08/2011 1:17:03 PM PDT by rob777
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To: Bigtigermike
Sad as I like Michele Bachmann. Think she is/was one of our rising stars.

But, she has pulled a Gingrich. Hardly out of the starting gate and tripped over Rollins and landed face first on the political pavement.

She's not making a very graceful recovery at all. Very disappointing.

40 posted on 06/08/2011 1:23:07 PM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
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