Bachmann has a bulletin subscription delivered to your mailbox - I always get it. Have been following her for a while too.
How great would it be to have her on the ticket for 2012?
NOW That would be something to get excited and energized about. She is a very intelligent and well spoken woman. Her heart is in the right place too.
I think she would do well, the libs hate her!
The 3 c’s of republican leadership damn well better change is all I can say. If not, there are options like straight third party people sponsored by the TEA party.
In less than two years the TEA party had a big effect on the midterm elections which have notoriously low turn outs.
Republicans better wake up and realize what can happen in a general election given this much lead time.
Thanks again for posting that Bachmann link. Reading it really bucked me up. I had been going to ask you how we hold a man’s feet to the fire when he’s in a safe district and doesn’t come up for another vote for two years. Bachmann answered that question for you: she’s going to do the feet to the fire routine herself. I am so thankful for her! She may yet keep these RINOs in line.
I did want to gripe briefly about the whole feet to the fire concept. Namely, why should we have to do that with our own leadership? Did anybody have to hold Pelosi’s feet to the fire to make her act like a liberal? Why are WE always supposed to be satisfied with milquetoast leaders who have to be constantly threatened and pressured, in order to behave like conservatives? The equation seems sadly out of balance to me. [I’m not griping at you, Munz. I’m just airing a general grievance about the disparity between Republican and Dem leadership. Theirs seems gung ho to hew left, while ours seems dodderingly determined to find the squishy middle.]
As for the DU thread rejoicing over Boehner’s victory, the entire gist of it was this: they believe he is an alcoholic. They expect him shortly to be cited for DUI. [Unless, as some pointed out, he has a driver, in which case he’s home free.] I was troubled enough by their comments to investigate. I checked with a person who is very knowledgeable about insider Washington doings. She said she didn’t think Boehner is an alcoholic, but that he was more likely to cut a deal with the Dems in order to make his tee time. Hmm. That is preferable...I guess.
[On a side note: when it comes to DU mocking our people, I think it’s important on what basis they’re operating. When they spend excess time deriding Palin for ignorance or stupidity, I agree with you-it’s because they fear her. When they mock Boehner because of a perceived over-fondness for alcohol, I’m not sure that falls into the same category. The question, I think, is what’s the alternative (opposite)? In Palin’s case, it’s a smart, informed person-and yes, that IS what they fear. But the opposite of a lush is a sober person, and I’m not sure how terrifying it is to DUers to imagine that Boehner might in fact be (gasp) a non-drunk. They just think he’s a risk to Republicans, whereas, just under the surface of their ridicule, it’s easy to see they think Palin is a risk to Dems. If that makes sense?]
Anyway, I agree with you one-hundred-percent re: the Tea Party. We finally have some leverage, and it’s not going away. Before the Tea Party Republican leadership romped all over conservatives, and faced no real consequences. All that has changed. We finally have a movement that represents US, and we are taking names and keeping score. 2012 may not be as far off as the old guard thinks—and if they betray us yet again, they can expect to pay the price. :)
[Note: I’m writing this tonight because I found out I probably won’t have time tomorrow after all. Oh well; such is life.]