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Posted on 07/13/2011 5:59:52 PM PDT by marktwain
“GOP veteran Ridge says Bachmann not ready,” The Washington Times reports.
Former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge said Tuesday that fellow Republican Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who has been surging in the 2012 GOP presidential sweepstakes in recent weeks, was unelectable and unqualified to be commander in chief.
“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,” Tom Ridge complains.
“I think she obviously has great appeal to certain members of the party. I’m looking for a winner,” he states.
“There’s much to be admired. But not enough to be endorsed by me,” he concludes.
I’m no Bachman apologist. She seems OK on guns (and GOA gives her an "A"), but I haven’t yet given her candidacy any serious scrutiny. That said, let’s look at her critic Tom Ridge’s “portfolio,” to see what he considers a “winner” and to see what kind of policies he does endorse.
I don’t have to look far—I exposed this anti-gun RINO fraud for what he is almost 10 years ago—no need to reinvent the wheel here, let’s just look at what we knew then:
Per [Gun Owners of America’s Larry] Pratt:
"Congressman Thomas Ridge of Pennsylvania was a surprise vote for the ban on so-called 'assault weapons.' Pennsylvania is a strongly pro-gun, pro-hunting state. And Rep. Ridge faced a primary the following week for a statewide office.
"When asked why he voted anti-gun, Ridge reportedly said, 'Those people aren't registered. Nor do they vote.' He was proven right. He won his primary."
Do we really need to know any more?
If he gets his way, this establishment piece of political dreck will continue the “lesser of two evils”
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Ridge is pro-abortion also. A classic Eastern establishment RINO.
Like the mulatto twink we have now was “ready”.
Amen, marktwain...
Ridge has gone off the (conservative)reservation.
Bachmann is doing just fine!
Ridge and McCain are tight with each other. An endorsement by Ridge would be a kiss of death.
Tom Ridge coming out against Mrs. Bachmann is another great reason to support her!
Ridge does not understand the principles of this country and our Founding documents and legal system. It is based on Natural Law Theory and God’s Laws. Bachmann understands much better than him, but is not afraid of the gay mafia, like he is.
Bachmann is principled....and what she believes it the truth. Homosexual acts can never be defined as “normal” or “natural” or “good” which many have done.
This worldview can never exist in the US if we are a country with God-given inalienable rights because our standards of right and wrong —Universal Truths—which our Constitution recognizes—come from God, not some arbitrary marxist who thinks organs can be shoved into any unnatural thing and you can use government force to make people respect or affirm that action—even to vulnerable children who are forming their moral worldview.
Bachmann understands how fascist and unconstitutional this is and Ridge evidently thinks we need to totally transform our government and institutions which were founded under God and where are his basic principles from? Marx??? Satan??? Alinsky????
Ridge—those ideologies destroy cultures if you haven’t noticed! God’s laws are the ones that made this country the most successful in the history of mankind......WHY are you trying to destroy that which makes us exceptional?
I guess he’s hoping for a job if Mittens gets elected. Some people just don’t know when their time on the stage is over.
The headline is right -—”SHUT UP TOM!”
“Ridge is obviously not on the right side.”
Ridge: “Don’t reload, just relent.”
Banned “assault rifles” owner (me): “don’t relent, Tommy Boy, just resign”.
(dated, I know)
And some experience is actually disqualifying, like bringing RomneyCare, RomneyMarriage and gun-grabbing to a state. IIRC, Gov. Pawlenty has some squish moments, too.
Orange Alert !!! I’m waiting for the commercial. Maybe they will re-edit those tapes replete with his kisser on them produced at US expence post 911 during GWB’s first term ...(sarc)
LOL I’m sure Ridge would never support Palin. Who know’s he’d probably say the same thing about her if she got in. Being that she never finished a full term as governor. ;-)
Tom, you left an elected office to become the founding uber beaurocrat of an agency which is groping granny, calling veterans terrorists and importing illegals as fast as they can.
Shut up.
Rollins was right too, what's your point?
I posted the below stuff elsewhere last night. But, since I know from EXPERIENCE, that you are not averse to repeats, here goes again:
Executive experience?
PShaw!
This ain't a race for governor and ain't nearly the same thing. The Clinton, Carter and Bush families have like 32 years in the White House and thus possess the VAST majority of the actual, factual presidential-level experience of anyone on the dang planet. Would you vote for ANY of them? Or even take advice on whom to vote for from them? Or put them or any of these state-level executives in charge of your small business?
Me neither.
Or would you instead take a deep breath, look around, evaluate the current national situation and calmly say "I DON'T WANT ANYONE WITH SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE IN GETTING US HERE! I WANT THEIR LEADING OPPONENT!"
Me too.
What is leadership in a presidential race?
-Is it Tweeting and occasionally Facebooking? Not really. Even I can do those things while drinking beer and sitting in my underwear watching Simpsons re-runs. And observing the current occupant of the office of the U.S President try to live Tweet was so disturbing I think he did it simply to de-legitimize the formerly for-the-birds communication style.
-Is it hiding in the weeds down near the border (or in the snow beyond the borders) waiting for a break in the traffic? Probably not. Frightened deer do that too a million times a day around here. Some just jump late and then either freeze in the headlights or try to go back making a real mess of things.
-Is leadership holding out or waiting on the bus while the rest of the team is in training camp, signed up and eager to play? Maybe. If what you are 'leading' is the NFL players' union or something.
-Is it gubernatorial hemming and hawing or 'rogue' coordination of movie premiers with provocative NewsWeek covers while the real current leader is all over TV hammering Obama and driving the debt debate in the Right direction? Kinda not.
So... what really is leadership in a presidential race? Maybe it's your name at the top of the polls with your foot on the throat of a RINO, your face on the evening news and your command of the issues on clear display.
Accomplishments?
Is that something like running with a RINO, getting your ass handed to you by a socialist and then quitting your day job as a final result of it? I do have one beer in me, but that doesn't really sound Right.
As always, of course I will vote for Palin, Perry, TPaw, Cain, etc. if they get the nomination over Bachmann. But...
How many congressmen went from re-election immediately to insurrection this cycle, going directly for the head of Boehner? How many people either actually in this race or searching for the fortitude to join the race have registered opinions much less votes against TARP, against bailouts, against Obamacare, against Frank/Dodd against everything else foisted upon us by socialist thugs? How many submitted legislation instead of Tweets in the efforts to repeal these tides of evil?
I have personal reasons to be biased for Bachmann and don't expect all conservatives to know or appreciate her efforts as much as do I.
But I have zero respect for the Bachmann bashers here at FR. They behave as if they are trying out for "The KOSby Kids".
They say on the one hand Michele has failed to do anything in Congress. Then they say she should stay there instead of going executive because she's better in Congress.
What they fail to recognize is that Bachmann is a natural executive trapped in a legislative body. She can't help it. She was born that way. She doesn't need the phobics' taunts and the bigots' repression. She just needs a branch-change operation. Such diversity would benefit the whole freakin' village.
Plus, you'd kinda think the 'working for the establishment/ helping Romney' song would have fallen off the charts once Romney appeared in Bachmann's rear view mirror. But kookery is not easily explained sometimes. I just wish they'd inject some logic into the ridiculous theories. I mean TPaw hired Webber, Romney's guy from last cycle, and now both Tim and Vin have made debatably disparaging remarks about Michele. Maybe it's actually TPaw who is the horse in pink stalkings.
Ridge is old guard Republican. He has it wrong.
As far as I am concerned, this is the Republicans’ last stand. They either wake up and smell the coffee, or they are done as a party. A Romney or Pawlenty kills the Republican party and a new political party will emerg, just as the Republicans replaced the Whigs.
“Shut up” is not an argument, defense, or rebuttal.
Attacking the messenger is an admission of weakness. It doesn’t refute a word he said. Just shows Ridge hit the target.
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