Posted on 07/12/2011 4:36:10 PM PDT by Maelstorm
Tim Pawlenty isn’t the only Republican blasting Rep. Michele Bachmann as unqualified for the presidency. Former Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge bluntly told the Washington Times today that Bachmann has little chance of winning a national election and compared her lack of experience to President Obama’s when he first took office:
“We have a pretty inexperienced president right now,” Mr. Ridge said. “You see the range of issues in the 21st century world: We are interconnected, we are integrated. Our ability to connect for both security and prosperity reasons now and forever more, I think, requires a set of experiences that she just doesn’t have in her portfolio.” …
But Mr. Ridge said he thought she could not win a national election and warned his fellow Republicans against sacrificing a White House victory on the altar of ideological purity.
“We have to say to ourselves as a party: Consistent with principles that we have, do we want to win or are we into Pyrrhic victories?” he said. “Do we want to appoint Supreme Court justices? Do we want to appoint a Cabinet? Do we want to set a domestic and foreign policy agenda? If the answer is yes, then I think we’re going to have to be a little more tolerant of differences in the party.
As if that wasn’t enough evidence Ridge thinks Bachmann is unserious, when Washington Times reporter Ben Birnbaum asked Ridge if he thought it was unfair to compare the congresswoman with Sarah Palin, he “chuckled” and said, “I think she compares quite well.”
In defense of Bachmann, the current frontrunner in the race — Mitt Romney — isn’t particularly seasoned in foreign policy either. But Romney campaign has also amassed a strong team of advisers to educate him on the issues. It’s still unclear who is assisting Bachmann in this area, though her judgment seems to be on-target so far.
It was obvious from the beginning that establishment Republicans weren’t going to jump onboard with Bachmann, but her campaign will still need to fight back against this “lack of experience” narrative before it becomes too pervasive.
And what kind of Cabinet, SC justices etc..will we get if we go with Romney?
RINO’s. Liberal “go along to get along” republicans.
Those who would achieve election wins by sacraficing their beliefs on the altar of purity deserve to lose.
Major freakin news tonight on ABC. :rolleyes:
The experiences she’s missing...let’s see.
She’s not accustomed to violating the constitution and having Americans sexually molested at the airports? She’s not accustomed to selling America out to foreigners? She doesn’t know the banksters and global CEO’s? She’s not corrupt and they don’t have anything good on her to keep her in line?
She doesn’t know to bow down properly to the Muslims and their Generals and bend over for the homos? Hollywierd won’t like her cause she’s not a slut or a dyke? She won’t be in with the globalist in-crowd - just a stupid American-American?
He’s right. She is not a woman of Ridge’s world.
You got that right. The DHS is the most dangerous agency ever created. We have got to shut it down. Ridge was an azzhole then and he’s an azzhole now.
You know, I don’t normally subscribe to the whole Bilderberger, Masonic, New-World Order, Opus Dei, Secret Cabal line of thinking...
...but when I see stuff like this I wonder....
I hear ya.
I love the plain talk, 1-2-3 step approach Herman Cain always comes up for his answer to a problem or a question.
and...
I TRUST Bachmann - to say what she means and mean what she says. THAT is HUGE nowadays!
It would be a GREAT combo!
Who can possibly claim she’s unqualified after we’ve had nearly three years of the REALLY unqualified, inexperienced, incompetent Zero?
Let me translate what Ridge is saying: She is sooooooo inexperienced that she won’t support Planned Barrenhood, NARAL, and the slicing, dicing and hamburgerization of innocent unborn babies en masse (as Tom Ridge does with enthusiasm). Ridge needs to just go away.
couldn't we have try an affirmative action women candidate too? no candidate will ever have less experience than obama did.
Well done, Sara!
” I love the plain talk, 1-2-3 step approach Herman Cain always comes up for his answer to a problem or a question.
and...
I TRUST Bachmann - to say what she means and mean what she says. THAT is HUGE nowadays! “
HUGE nowadays? I respectfully submit it is almost nonexistent ;-)
I think so! Just the one act of repealing DeathCare would send instant energy through the country, in my opinion. I know it would for me. As it is now, I work for the private sector, one of the last few suckers paying taxes... My *reward* at the end? CommieCare death camp, no SS, no Medicare! (the last two would be fine with me if they stopped grifting my dollars for it) It’s hard to feel any “hope” about the future under this tyranny.
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