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Bachmann denies endorsement rumors
WMCTV ^ | February 2, 2012 | CNN

Posted on 02/02/2012 5:34:19 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

CNN) - Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann denied reports that she was negotiating an endorsement of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Bachmann, who suspended her presidential campaign last month, said on Wednesday that she is not ready to back a candidate.

"I know there was a lot of speculation earlier today. Governor Romney had gone to Minnesota. People were putting out rumors that I was going to be endorsing. I am not," she said. "I'm not in negotiations to do an endorsement, so I want to make that absolutely clear. I have absolutely no plans to do that."

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1 posted on 02/02/2012 5:34:30 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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I don't know about Michele Bachmann endorsing Mitt but she certainly was praising Newt in this 2008 townhall introduction

I would be a great ad.

2 posted on 02/02/2012 5:37:40 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If she endorses Liberomney she will be done here.


3 posted on 02/02/2012 5:38:15 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I think the Romney camp floated her endorsement out there, trying to force her hand. This is the kind of crap they do.

Good for her for coming out with a statement that says otherwise.


4 posted on 02/02/2012 5:48:42 AM PST by Shelayne (NO ROMNEY--NOT NOW--NOT EVER!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I would guess it was started by the Romney camp thru Glenn Beck ...at least that's where I heard people referring to having heard the rumor. Whether Beck or his radio “sidekicks” were complicit, I have no idea as I don't listen to Beck ...he lost credibility w/me long ago w/some of his “revisionist” historical analyses.
5 posted on 02/02/2012 5:49:16 AM PST by Ozymandias Ghost
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To: shelterguy

Well, at the present time she is weighing what is left of her integrity against the Big Fat Check that mittens is waving at her.

The money always wins.


6 posted on 02/02/2012 5:50:22 AM PST by BrewingFrog (I brew, therefore I am!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I think the Romney camp floated her endorsement out there, trying to force her hand. This is the kind of crap they do. They did the same to Jeb Bush, and he had to also let it be known that he wasn’t going to be endorsing before the Florida primary.

Good for her for coming out with a statement that says otherwise.


7 posted on 02/02/2012 5:50:51 AM PST by Shelayne (NO ROMNEY--NOT NOW--NOT EVER!)
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To: BrewingFrog

“The money always wins.””

Hopefully not, otherwise she is done.


8 posted on 02/02/2012 5:56:07 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Ozymandias Ghost

FOX news was hyping that rumor all morning yesterday. They were almost saying she would be endorsing Romney.

They kept saying that, and then they had Michele on and she told them flat out NO.

Martha McCallum was practically browbeating her to make an endorsement.

I think FOX was behind that.


9 posted on 02/02/2012 5:57:40 AM PST by dforest
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If she endorses him- it will be the one of the most in your face admissions of an act I’ve experienced in my lifetime. I’m only 30 , but Bachman managed to make me believe she was a real dedicated conservative.

Of course, we know that anyone who supports Mittens cannot be anything even close to conservative so it would basically be her admitting she was simply using us all to get famous and skip some ladder rungs in the GOP-e.

I hope she doesn’t do this or the little faith I have left in authenticity at any level will gone.


10 posted on 02/02/2012 5:57:47 AM PST by Individual Rights in NJ (Infidel Inside)
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To: Individual Rights in NJ

Did you read it? She was on FOX and said she is not endorsing. She said she is with the Tea Party.

In otherwards, it was a false rumor.


11 posted on 02/02/2012 5:59:54 AM PST by dforest
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I personally find it very interesting that all these supposed “Romney Employees” keep coming out and endorsing Gingrich and nobody around here wants to acknowledge their hypocrisy.


12 posted on 02/02/2012 6:04:42 AM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: dforest

Yes I got that, but I’m just hoping it stays that way.


13 posted on 02/02/2012 6:05:02 AM PST by Individual Rights in NJ (Infidel Inside)
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To: Shelayne
I think the Romney camp floated her endorsement out there, trying to force her hand. This is the kind of crap they do.

I'd heard that they do that. Jeb Bush had to make a correction when Romney floated that idea while Jeb was in China and couldn't respond quickly enough to tamp down the immediate speculation it caused.

14 posted on 02/02/2012 6:05:49 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: dforest; Ozymandias Ghost

How interesting.


15 posted on 02/02/2012 6:08:07 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Individual Rights in NJ

It well could be that she’s been made to understand by the GOP establishment, either endorse Mitt or don’t endorse anyone.....if she knows what’s good for her.


16 posted on 02/02/2012 6:10:52 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: cripplecreek

Well, there is no shortage of hypocrisy lately. It has become the norm. LOL

People should know anymore that the media creates many of these rumors because they know how people will react.

we never fail them


17 posted on 02/02/2012 6:11:08 AM PST by dforest
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To: Individual Rights in NJ
-- I hope she doesn't do this or the little faith I have left in authenticity at any level will gone. --

At some point in time, to some degree, you will eventually be disappointed by every politician or person who takes a politically-connected position.

It is unusual for a politician to remain consistent over the long term; and some of them genuinely change based on new information and/or revised rationale.

What you really need to beware of is forming an important opinion or conclusion based on news reports. News reports are usually incorrect or radically misleading. Those who base a world-view on media reports are destined to be jerked around.

18 posted on 02/02/2012 6:11:13 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Shelayne

I wonder how many FREEPERS were bashing her yesterday when the rumor was floating around. I bet it was ugly. It amazes me that FREEPERS are so quick to attack great conservatives like Bachmann and Santorum.


19 posted on 02/02/2012 6:12:42 AM PST by napscoordinator (Go Santorum!)
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To: Cboldt

A whole lot of truth in that post.


20 posted on 02/02/2012 6:14:06 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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