Yes, I realize there is no proof. That is why I said I’m not sure if Bachmann is a participant or just a dupe. And when I referred to the press, I wasn’t thinking about Rolling Stone, but more the likes of MSNBC.
I’ve always liked Michele. She always said the right things and seemed to agree with me on most issues, but I no longer trust her. The first thing that raised my eyebrow happened during the gov’t shutdown debate. She was interviewed and made an impassioned statement about how hard Boehner had fought for us. Later, we find out the deal was smoke and mirrors and we got squat out of it. That was the first time I felt betrayed by Bachmann. Yes, I felt betrayed by Boehner as well but I expected it from him. Michele’s job in the whole ordeal seemed to be to try to pacify the tea party by using her credibility to make us believe the Republicans weren’t selling us down the river - again.
Fast forward a few months and you have Michele entering the presidential race. The more the merrier I guess, but she has no executive experience and we’ve already seen how that works with Obama. Granted she’s not the communist he is, but we need someone who knows how to get things done. We need someone who’s not just going to maintain the status quo, but who’s going to reverse course. I’m not sure that’s Michele.
A couple weeks ago, the press started their “cat fight” meme about bad blood between Bachmann and Palin. I was very happy to see Michele say in an interview that there was no bad blood, that she considered Sarah a friend. Twenty-four hours later, we have Ed Rollins out trashing Palin on TV. Michele’s response...................(crickets chirping)? I’m still waiting to hear Michele defend her friend, or in some other way, indicate to the public that she does not condone Ed’s idiotic remarks. He does work for her, after all. That was betrayal #2 and showed a distinct lack of loyalty, considering that Palin helped her get re-elected.
Election night Nov 2010, I watched the interview with Bachmann and Chris Mathews. The mutual disgust between the two was pretty evident, especially on Mathews side. Not only that but he went away from the interview angry and embarassed because she brought up the leg tingle remark. Fast forward to this past week, where he said on his show that she was by far his favorite Republican candidate. He said it with a straight face and no sarcasm in his voice. The complete turn-around in his opinion would make anyone wonder what the he!! is going on. He’s not the only one in the LSM that has been singing her praises over the last week, where before they were either calling her stupid or crazy.
So no, I don’t have amy proof. It’s not like they are going to be stupid enough to write it down if a deal was made. The point is I can no longer trust her to be working in our best interests. If you support her, that’s great but don’t expect those of us who don’t to change our minds simply because you accuse us of being part of the Bachmann Hater Overdrive. You wouldn’t support someone you don’t trust either.
Incidentally, I think debates are a stupid way of selecting candidates, as is the expectation that a candidate is no good if he/she does not instantly know the name of the premier of Upper Volta, or similar trivia. A President almost never has to make quick decisions. He needs to confer with his staff. Yet debates reward people who seem "smart" because they can rattle off details and repeat slogans.