Posted on 09/17/2011 8:33:28 AM PDT by AAABEST
Reporting from Costa Mesa— Michele Bachmann, struggling to regain her footing in the GOP presidential contest, Friday assailed rival Rick Perry, saying he abused his power as governor of Texas and rewarded political donors in a manner similar to President Obama.
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She compared it to the federal controversy unfolding around Solyndra, a solar equipment maker that received a $535-million federal loan guarantee and which went bankrupt last month. Republicans have suggested that the guarantee was pushed by the White House to reward a major campaign donor with ties to Solyndra's biggest shareholder, a charge the Obama administration denies.
Bachmann also sought to tie Perry's effort, which was ultimately blocked by the Texas Legislature, to Obama's healthcare law in a Web video and fundraising appeal to supporters in which she dubs his efforts as "Perrycare," a riff on the "Obamacare" label that some use to describe the president's healthcare reform package.
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Bachmann received credit for calling Perry out on the matter during a debate Monday night, but she quickly stumbled by claiming that the vaccine was dangerous and could cause "mental retardation." According to the CDC and physicians, even among people who have the most severe reactions, the vaccine does not cause cognitive disability.
Bachmann repeatedly refused to walk back on her remarks, saying she had heard from a mother whose daughter experienced such a reaction.
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There's no evidence this mother infamously of 5 biological and 23 foster children did so. FoxNews
This morning I asked, "Has Bachmann sponsored a bill improving border security?"
No. (Library of Congress website search terms: bachmann border)
In fact, only 27 Bachmann co-sponsored bills have reached the House floor for action in her three terms (110, 111, 112th Congresses).
More and more her campaign brings to mind Shakespeare: "...it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Now who is a liar, you lying SOS?
Thanks shield.
Now that I've hit you with your own puerile snark, can we return to actual thinking politics, or must the Bachman haters and falf her supporters act like snarky children?
Well, I'm not offended by your remark. If you've been supporting Bachmann it's understandable that you'd want to lash out.
Although it may not appear so, this really IS "thinking politics." If you follow logic and objective reasoning to its end, Bachmann is done.
She needs to get out (or be pushed out) of the race because at this point she's accomplishing nothing but diminishing herself, along with the conservative movement and the remaining viable candidates on our side.
You told me to tell you that and I did. I did what you asked of me and you still aren’t happy?
Are you female by any chance?
From talk show host, Monica Crowley:
“Michelle Bachman rocked the house with her command of the devastation wrought by Obama’s Byzantine regulations, including first and foremost ObamaCare. Nobody could touch her on those issues.”
excerpt http://monicamemo.typepad.com/weblog/
Michele Bachmann does very well in debates (if only they would give her more time), but if she says anything about their guy Perry, Perry supporters will ignore it, and even fabricate sometimes, what she said.
There are great ways to get rid of her. Snark isn’t it. A candidate taking up her better ideas, while avoiding her whackiness, and sidelining her is.
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