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Giving Up on Bachmann
Powerline ^ | 09/14/11 | Steven Hayward

Posted on 09/14/2011 6:05:05 AM PDT by freespirited

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To: miss marmelstein

It’s not what she did, it’s the way she did it. And by doing so she helps Romney.

She should have went after them both about their mandates, tied it to the Obamacare mandate, and then brought it back home to personal responsibility v. intrusive govt, and done so calmly. She would have come across very good if she’d done it that way.


81 posted on 09/14/2011 7:01:54 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

So what? If this is the biggest issue with Perry, he’s pretty darned good. I’ll take him. You go find someone perfect. We must stop eating our own.


82 posted on 09/14/2011 7:02:54 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma ( You cannot elevate Palin by tearing down Perry)
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To: Reagan69
Give Sarah a chance !

Too late. She played games to long and will have missed at least 4 debates.
83 posted on 09/14/2011 7:05:30 AM PDT by crosshairs (If Sharia Law becomes the law of the land, heads are gonna roll.)
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To: so_real
Translate what you just said. Who do you think is the GOP's man they want in the WH?

What we just witnessed Monday night was a Tea Party candidate (Bachmann) team up with Romney and attack another fellow Tea Party candidate so just who is the GOP wanting?

84 posted on 09/14/2011 7:05:33 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma ( You cannot elevate Palin by tearing down Perry)
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To: crosshairs

You have a good sense of humor.

Unintentional, though it may be. :D


85 posted on 09/14/2011 7:07:00 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ("Cut the Crap and Balance!" -- Governor Sarah Palin , Friday August 12 2011, Iowa State Fair)
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To: concerned about politics

Bachmann reminds me of those female boss’s who made the job a living Hell.


86 posted on 09/14/2011 7:08:02 AM PDT by WestwardHo
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

Boy, do I agree with you there! Laws and more laws. I always think that one day the entire American public will be convicted of some obscure crime and we’ll all be in jail.

The more we let personal responsibility go by the wayside, the more our representatives pass laws protecting us from ourselves.


87 posted on 09/14/2011 7:09:05 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Run, Sarah, Run! Please!)
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To: Free Vulcan
It’s not what she did, it’s the way she did it. And by doing so she helps Romney.

The MSM isn't talking about the two Republican landslides last night. They're talking about Perry forcing innocent little children to get vaccines against their will.
Thank you, Michell Bachman!

88 posted on 09/14/2011 7:09:21 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

Texan here. I can tell you that the original outrage over Perry’s gardasil fiasco was as much about HOW he did it as about the vaccine itself. We have all kinds of mandated vaccines in Texas, but those shots are designed to protect from easily-communicable disease, not behavior-controlled disease. The question is whether public and legislative input is involved in deciding, instead of drug companies and a governor on the dole.

Perry chose to cram it down our throats without debate, and in typical Perry fashion, refused to back down till forced to by the legislature.

And the Merck connection. We knew about it. But this came on the heels of his unholy alliance with Cintra-Zachry, which almost certainly lined his pockets well. The Merck payoff was overkill.

That said, Perry has strengths to balance the ethical challenges (and his hamhanded debating skills, which aren’t likely to change). He’s right on most issues, and stubborn enough to stick to his guns.

I’ll vote for him if we can’t do better, and so far we haven’t. Can’t believe I’m saying this.

It’s just important to know what we’re getting and be prepared to keep him in line.


89 posted on 09/14/2011 7:11:34 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: ClearCase_guy

It definitely is a factor.


90 posted on 09/14/2011 7:13:15 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma ( You cannot elevate Palin by tearing down Perry)
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To: crosshairs

Sheesh. It’s a year out, and most of the country doesn’t even care yet.

It’s just us political junkies that want more blood in the water.


91 posted on 09/14/2011 7:13:28 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: so_real
Bachmann had a mediocre minute. She's entitled to one.

Yes, but she has doubled down on that mistake in interviews after the debate.

Using the language of the anti-vax moonbats causes me to doubt her ability to separate fact from feelings, which is a deeper problem than simply taking a questionable stand on a policy matter.

92 posted on 09/14/2011 7:14:27 AM PDT by Notary Sojac (Nothing will cure the economy but debt deleveraging, deregulation, and time.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
Good catch...I hadn’t heard about that one. Is there a link you can point me to?

My reference appears to have been from yesterday's thread on the "gotcha" article about Alaska accepting federal funding for Gardasil that Malkin did an excellent job of debunking.

It appears that thread was deleted, though, as I have no record of the dozen+ comments I made or that were made to me on that thread.

93 posted on 09/14/2011 7:14:33 AM PDT by kevkrom (This space for rent.)
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To: freespirited

There are lot of reasons not to like Palin but this is about the dumbest reason to abandon her.


94 posted on 09/14/2011 7:16:27 AM PDT by Captain Kirk
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I’m with you there.


95 posted on 09/14/2011 7:16:59 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma ( You cannot elevate Palin by tearing down Perry)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma
I want consistency in the outrage. Either it's OK to mandate all vaccines, or it's not. One should not be singled out.

There can be a middle ground, though. The mandate is to have the vaccines to attend public school -- therefore vaccines against diseases that a communicable by casual contact is a reasonable requirement. That would exclude HPV (and Hep-B, for that matter) but still include MMR, Chicken Pox, etc.

96 posted on 09/14/2011 7:16:59 AM PDT by kevkrom (This space for rent.)
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To: so_real

“Obama has defeated himself. He will not win in 2012. The GOP prefers to have one of their own replace him.”

Right. They would be happier with a establishment candidate to win. Obama is so bad he will not win re-election.

“And if they can remove our horses from the race, they figure we’ll get our collective “ass in line” and support their man.”

That is true too. It would be just about what would have happened if McCain had won. So nothing would have changed.


97 posted on 09/14/2011 7:19:34 AM PDT by Mozilla
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To: libstripper

I live in Texas and now meningitis vaccines are required before you gO to college. Mandated vaccines are there so insurance will cover them.


98 posted on 09/14/2011 7:21:00 AM PDT by lone star annie
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To: freespirited
My kids are vaccinated, but it is flat out dishonest to say vaccination carries no risk. Objectively, nearly all vaccinations lower overall risk. But a severe allergic reaction could cause brain damage.

I realize that my be too fine a point for the great unwashed to distinguish but that doesn't make it untrue.

99 posted on 09/14/2011 7:21:41 AM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: freespirited
Minor misstep for Bachman. On the other hand, when Perry defended his in-state tuition stance for illegals by saying he didn't care what someone’s last name was, that was the end of Perry for me. He's GW II, a compassionate conservative. No thanks.
100 posted on 09/14/2011 7:21:53 AM PDT by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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