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Bachmann Launches Presidential Campaign
Fox News ^ | 27 June 2011 | Staff

Posted on 06/27/2011 9:05:43 AM PDT by bjorn14

Rep. Michele Bachmann, stressing her Iowa roots and appealing directly to Tea Party voters, came out swinging Monday as she formally launched her campaign for president.

Buoyed by a strong showing in several recent polls, the Minnesota congresswoman cast her campaign as the voice for "constitutional conservatives" looking for a government that lives within its means while giving the private sector the room to grow. She launched a broadside against President Obama for racking up too much debt while stimulating too little job growth and vowed to make him a "one-term president."

"We cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama," she declared, later adding: "We can win in 2012 and we will win."

In her announcement, Bachmann described a special bond with Iowa, the nation's leadoff caucus state. She held the kickoff in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, and called herself a "descendent of generations of Iowans," saying the state is where she learned "everything I needed to know." She also appealed to another vital primary constituency, calling herself part of the Tea Party movement and defending it as a cross-section of Republicans, independents and disaffected Democrats.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; ahousedivided; bachmann; bachmann2012; campaign; iowa; launches; michelebachmann; presidential; romneywhore; stalkinghorse; trollsarehere; waterloo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Hitting the nail on he head there.. I cannot for the life of me understand liberal double standards... It is true what Dr Savage says. Liberalism is a mental disorder.


61 posted on 06/27/2011 11:23:26 AM PDT by crazydad
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sarah Palin attracts a larger *gathering* shopping at Target...lol.


62 posted on 06/27/2011 11:23:37 AM PDT by onyx (If you truly like and support Sarah Palin and want on her BUSY Ping List, let me know!)
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To: bjorn14

Her speech was pitiful. I’ve heard better campaign speeches for student council


63 posted on 06/27/2011 11:24:55 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: Bigtigermike
"There was apparently just over 200 people there, should have been more"

Wonder how that crowd will compare with the one in Pella, IA tomorrow?

As to Perry, Bachman and Palin splitting the conservative vote, why not add Cain into the equation? I do believe that Palin would get about 60% and the other three divide the rest of the conservative vote.

If that would allow Romney to slither into the nomination, hello third party Palin draft (which she would likely refuse) and possibly a second term and the last elected POTIS.

64 posted on 06/27/2011 11:25:53 AM PDT by fantail 1952 (Truth is a virus!)
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To: RockinRight

better speaker? She can’t even get her voice above monotone when speaking to a crowd of a couple hundred.

Didn’t quit halfway through? Tell us that after she is scrutinized and attacked at the point of putting her family in bankruptcy and costing the taxpayers MORE MONEY.... so, by quitting, Palin SAVED the taxpayers of AK money. Bachmann is COSTING taxpayers for her to run around campaigning. I know it’s done by everyone, but she obviously isnt doing what she was elected to do...... and that’s your beef w/ Palin. So what gives?

She can handle the media? How do you know that? And you are insinuating that Palin CAN’T? What planet are you living on?? She’s been smacking the media around for months. Right now, MB is the media darling. 99% of people don’t even know her husband’s name, much less the name of any of her kids. When we know all of her kids names by heart how many freckles they hav, the worst mistakes they ever made, and have read every email ever sent by Michele....and she’s still standing, THEN you might can say she can handle the media, but even at that it will be a stretch to say she does it better than Palin.


65 posted on 06/27/2011 11:26:05 AM PDT by DrewsMum (There is no other NAME whereby we may be saved....JESUS!)
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To: ex-snook
The founding document of our nation, the only thing that authorizes any government authority is a “cop out”? You can't be serious. Every American that pays taxes would be overjoyed to vote for a candidate that wanted to reign in government to it constitutionally enumerated powers.
66 posted on 06/27/2011 11:26:23 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Prokopton

You can say that again. I can’t believe I just read someone in this thread say ‘depends on what camera Bachmann is looking at.’That is pure liberal spin. Bachmann was showing graphs proving Obama is a disaster.


67 posted on 06/27/2011 11:37:10 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: Durus

More power to it if it produces jobs. People vote their pocketbook. Produce or perish. It’s why Obama stares at a one-term presidentcy.


68 posted on 06/27/2011 11:38:24 AM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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To: ilovesarah2012
The Difference?

The primary difference is the MSM, in that the Palin goldmine of slime never produced anything of value to them, and is totally played out.

On the other hand, the MSM is certain that MB is a whole new dig. Look for much of the same trashing of her, whether or not there is anything there. The question becomes: can she stand the heat, and if so recover in time to get the nomination? The same goes for any conservative candidate other than SP.

69 posted on 06/27/2011 11:41:53 AM PDT by fantail 1952 (Truth is a virus!)
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To: fantail 1952

I was asking about the political differences between Sarah and Michelle. I don’t see much difference so far so I am not sure one would be better than the other.


70 posted on 06/27/2011 11:45:03 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: bert
Her speech was pitiful. I’ve heard better campaign speeches for student council.

I thought her answer to Chris Wallace about the 10th amendment was confusing. On one hand she supports a state's right to decide on gay marriage. She's all for that. She's all for a state's right to self-govern and so forth. Something the Tea Party crowd really appreciates, and so do I.

But the next words out of her mouth were that she wants a constitutional amendment to supercede state law allowing gay marriage. But this is talking out both sides of her mouth. You want a state to decide, and you push the 10th amendment, but at the same time you want to squash the 10th amendment with federal authority.

I'm still scratchin' my bald head...

71 posted on 06/27/2011 11:47:28 AM PDT by mikhailovich
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To: Bigtigermike

Heard that a lot of central Iowan’s upset that she did not have a rep Saturday night at their big GOP fund raiser. Can’t make too many mistakes like that.


72 posted on 06/27/2011 11:47:59 AM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Barrak has now won the contest. He is even worse than Jimmah.)
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To: ex-snook
What is her unemployment goal before the 2014 elections?

The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012

73 posted on 06/27/2011 11:49:30 AM PDT by Son House (The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012)
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To: DrewsMum

Calm down. Whose side are you on,Obama’s?If this were switched no conservative would be on here bashing Palin like DU and the media do. You Palinista’s are using liberal talking points against a good,strong, tea party candidate.Whatever will you do if it is Perry/Bachmann or Bachmann/Palin? Or Perry/West or Perry/Cain?Perry will win the nomination because that’s how the GOP roll;like it or not.I have been told over and over Sarah was there first. Well you know what; nobody is stopping her. If you support Bachmann Sarah will forgive you because she is not running yet. Dissing on Bachmann because you adore Palin and think a good candidate is stealing Palin’s thunder is weak.If Palin has it no one will stop her and if you think Bachmann can begin to steal her thunder Palin does not have a lick of a chance nationally. Whose side are you on?


74 posted on 06/27/2011 11:50:43 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Bachmann voted against cutting the funds to wage war against Libya.
Bachmann owns Libya.


I'm sorry that you fell for a MSM lie. Had she voted to "restrict funds but authorize the war", which the bill called for, she would own it.
75 posted on 06/27/2011 11:50:52 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: Durus

The media want a woman nominee because they think she will be easier to beat, that’s going to be a ‘be careful what you wish for’ moment.


76 posted on 06/27/2011 11:53:32 AM PDT by Son House (The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012)
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To: Durus
Chris Wallace asked Bachmann to explain why she is not a flake. They had a "fair and balanced" discussion of her a few minutes ago where the Republican was a Bush official who couldn't stand her.
Go do a simple search of "Bachmann" here, if you don't care to pay attention to what the media is saying.
77 posted on 06/27/2011 11:57:23 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: ilovesarah2012
Yes. She believes in enforcing current laws.
Here is a breakdown of the positions of the candidates and possible candidates by Numbers USA.
78 posted on 06/27/2011 11:57:32 AM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: ex-snook

What is it with you and jobs? The government can’t “produce” jobs even if it had the constitional power to do so. Any spending in this area is an absurd waste of money.


79 posted on 06/27/2011 11:58:44 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Son House

The media sure doesn’t want Palin.


80 posted on 06/27/2011 12:00:21 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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