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Ex chief of staff says Bachmann not 'ready' to be president
StarTribune.com ^ | 2/9/11 | Kevin Diaz

Posted on 02/09/2011 7:21:34 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

Former Minnesota GOP Chairman Ron Carey, who served a brief stint as U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s chief of staff, has told the Associated Press that she's not ready for the White House.

The quote, coming on the eve of Bachmann's keynote speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., is not likely to help her in Saturday’s presidential straw poll, which also includes former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

"While she passes the conservative test, my opinion from my association with her is she's not going to be an electable candidate for us," Carey told AP reporter Brian Bakst.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: bachmann; michelebachmann
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I was going to post that was a little young IMO but then I saw she’s 54 years old. Wow. She’s very well preserved. I thought she was in her early 40s.


21 posted on 02/09/2011 7:57:44 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: submarinerswife

How brief and did they part on good terms?


All I know about this guy is that he went to AP and stabbed someone he worked with in the back. I would guess Michelle is not “worldly” enough from the elitist point of view because she is an American-American like Reagan.


22 posted on 02/09/2011 7:58:30 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: Darren McCarty
Former. Ex-employee. That tells me much right there.

Well, to be fair, a current employee who expressed that opinion would be an "ex" pretty quick.

23 posted on 02/09/2011 7:59:08 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Not everybody, despite their political beliefs is ‘ready’ or more importantly, ‘electable’ to the Presidency.

Michelle Bachmann is one of these at present. There are people that need to ‘lead’ the movement...but not everyone of them needs to be, or can be, President.

Do I like Bachmann? Yes. Do I like her political stance? Yup. Is she electable for POTUS? Ummm...no. Not now. That doesn’t mean she isn’t useful or an unimportant part of the movement, but she isn’t there yet. It’s not a put down, it’s reality. And, it has nothing to do with the fact she’s a woman.

Before the last POTUS election, how many considered Palin a POTUS candidate? Really?

If we want to advance conservatism, we need to nominate and elect someone...not take fliers. Stop assuming someone is Reagan just because they’re a firebrand Conservative. Find a conservative that has national prominence, and let others, like Bachmann and Palin have their moment when they’ve shown that they are relevant NATIONALLY.

And stop comparing ‘our’ candidates ‘experience’ to what Obama had...because we aren’t going to get the support of the media like he did. Fact of the game, our candidate needs to better...just the way it is.


24 posted on 02/09/2011 8:03:42 PM PST by Ethrane ("obsta principiis")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
“whinny”

Is that a word?

I think he means "whiney." "Whinny" is what a horse does.

25 posted on 02/09/2011 8:05:54 PM PST by JoeFromSidney (New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. A primer on armed revolt. Available form Amazon.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Typical RINO frontal assault on a true Conservative. Mark this RINOs name, and make sure he is on The RINO Kill list (politically speaking, of course)!

On Ward with RINO Kill, the necessary Operation Success required to restore Our Precious Republic! IMHO

26 posted on 02/09/2011 8:13:50 PM PST by J Edgar
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Face it all Dims are ready to be president. No GOP or conservative is ready to be president particularly if they are female or a minority.


27 posted on 02/09/2011 8:16:28 PM PST by JLS (Democrats: People who won't even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day.)
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To: Mortrey

She’s a Conservative Jewel. The leftist/socialist/muslim movement needs to be bulldozed from our shores so it can wash back up on the a$$hole of our planet, Africa.


28 posted on 02/09/2011 8:29:13 PM PST by liberty or death
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To: submarinerswife

“How brief and did they part on good terms?”

Not sure, But suddenly, this unknown entity breaks on scene.....


29 posted on 02/09/2011 8:35:09 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic. Monthly Donors Welcome.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Wondered who was really behind this dope.


30 posted on 02/09/2011 8:45:15 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

These dweebs who fancy themselves as the powers-behind-the-curtains really infest the Republican Party, don’t they?


31 posted on 02/09/2011 8:46:33 PM PST by PGR88
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To: rabidralph

Yeh she’s not ready but Obama was. Get real. The woman is more informed and articulate on the subjects of the day than Obama ever dreamed of being.


32 posted on 02/09/2011 9:03:19 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: submarinerswife

Disgruntled former employee?

Or defender of RINOdom?


33 posted on 02/09/2011 10:11:27 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: Perdogg; ButThreeLeftsDo
. . . . .To me she comes across as being - for lack of a better word - “whinny”.

You mean she sounds like Trigger?

You probably meant "whiney" or "whiny"

34 posted on 02/09/2011 10:12:21 PM PST by skeptoid (The road to serfdom is being paved by RINOs, and Lisa Murkowski is their mascot.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“my opinion from my association with her is she’s not going to be an electable candidate for us”

A highly suspect claim. We’re supposed to think there’s something he knows about her personally that the public doesn’t know. But “electability” is always based on public perception, not unknown personal matters.

What Carey is really saying is “I don’t want her to be electable.”

Claims of “unelectability,” especially this early, without exception, are motivated by political opposition.


35 posted on 02/10/2011 4:02:17 AM PST by reasonisfaith (Relativism is the intellectual death knell of progressive ideology.)
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To: Ethrane

“Is she electable for POTUS? Ummm...no. Not now.”

Assuming you’re sincere—this statement is groundless.

What is thought to be known about “electablility” always proves wrong at the ballot box.


36 posted on 02/10/2011 4:03:39 AM PST by reasonisfaith (Relativism is the intellectual death knell of progressive ideology.)
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To: Ethrane
Is she electable for POTUS? Ummm...no. Not now.

I agree but on the other hand if she somehow was elected I'm pretty certain she would walk the walk.

37 posted on 02/10/2011 5:19:26 AM PST by bkepley
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo; All

Beck: Is the Republican Party politically assassinating Bachmann and Palin?

http://www.therightscoop.com/beck-is-the-republican-party-politically-assassinating-bachmann-and-palin


38 posted on 02/10/2011 6:56:22 AM PST by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

It wouldn’t surprise me.


39 posted on 02/10/2011 7:25:22 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic. Monthly Donors Welcome.)
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