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Bachmann to announce in Waterloo next month
A ganette rag | 5/26/11 | TONY LEYS

Posted on 05/26/2011 7:19:00 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa

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http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2011/05/26/bachmann-to-announce-in-waterloo-next-month/


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: announce; bachmann; backstabber; michelebachmann; month; next; waterloo
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To: Keith in Iowa

Well... her money bomb fizzled so she might be rethinking things in light of other possible future entries into the race.


41 posted on 05/27/2011 1:22:28 AM PDT by PowerPro (TN State O4P Coordinator (Website coming soon!) - Twitter @TN4P - Palin/West 2012!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

>> Waterloo, huh? Unfortunate choice.

Self deprecating, hair-of-the-dog. Works for me.

My hearts with Sarah, but Michelle is no less an awesome figure in politics. Hell, the more Conservative women, the better :)


42 posted on 05/27/2011 1:30:51 AM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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To: itsahoot

First of all re read what I wrote. Second of all I’m getting sick of the Palin cult of personality. If you’re not for Palin for president you’re a Communist or something.
My gut reaction is that she cannot win . I don’t think she’s ready to be president .Ok is that ok ?
I like Bachman better . I have no problem so relax .


43 posted on 05/27/2011 2:54:56 AM PDT by sonic109 (OBAMA IS A TROJAN HORSE)
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To: parksstp

Shut up.
Gut reaction and I’ll bet you anything she will never be president.
I can’t take this fanatic cult around her that if you don’t like Palin you’re a scumbag and unpatriotic. I dont think she’s up for that office and that’s that .
Gut reaction is that she’ll split the conservative vote .
See who is right in 2012


44 posted on 05/27/2011 2:57:58 AM PDT by sonic109 (OBAMA IS A TROJAN HORSE)
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To: Friendofgeorge
...taking just enough votes from Sarah Palin to help elect a moderate establishment candidate.

That's my greatest fear of a Bachmann run for the nomination. She can't win the whole shootin' match herself, but she's just dangerous enough to help Mitt take all the marbles.

45 posted on 05/27/2011 5:21:25 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Keith in Iowa
After voting for the Patriot Act, she might as well not run. She'll be a waste of bandwidth. She's a waste of our time.

We need a real patriot to run.

46 posted on 05/27/2011 5:50:01 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Waterloo, huh? Unfortunate choice.

That was my first thought, too.
47 posted on 05/27/2011 7:15:09 AM PDT by arderkrag (Georgia is God's Country.----------In the same way Rush is balance, I am consensus.)
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To: Keith in Iowa
RE: Bachmann to announce in Waterloo next month

Bad name for a place to announce your candidacy.


48 posted on 05/27/2011 7:46:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: Keith in Iowa
Bachmann may be the number one conservative in the House and she has certainly gone after Obama like no other House member.

That said, with go-along-to-get-along Boehnerism on the rise in the House, Bachmann's voice is needed in the House. But she is absent on that. She doesn't seem to want to take on that fight. Apparently she thinks she can better help out by running for president.

What's my point?

The Peter Principle comes to mind.

49 posted on 05/27/2011 8:42:55 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: sonic109

Prepare to be sick a lot. Bachman is not stupid, she knows the race with Palin involved is much tougher if not impossible. So do the rest of those old mossbacks.

I will make this prediction, if Sara Palin is not the next president, I doubt there will be a Republican President before this century is over, if ever again.

We will have earned our place in the dustbin of history. I like Bachman very much and would vote for her in a heartbeat, but I doubt she will be the nominee. She is disposed by the RINO leadership, and will get no help there. Nor will Palin, but I think she can work aroundnthe system, if she can’t the party is pretty much over for this Republic.


50 posted on 05/27/2011 9:04:14 AM PDT by itsahoot (We make jokes, they make progress. Dimmitude, get used to it.)
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To: itsahoot

My prediction is that if we don’t get a conservative, then Obama gets re-elected. But either way we see conflict come to America. I think it won’t be a revolt, at first. More like riots, fighting between pro-Obama people and anti-Obama people and the such. This country is deeply divided and the economy will default. SO then if you add the middle east to the equations things will be a mess. In my mind, there are at least five different scenarios that could play out. But something will happen between this summer and the inauguration of 2013 in my mind.


51 posted on 05/27/2011 10:55:50 AM PDT by Mozilla
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To: gov_bean_ counter

“I doubt very seriously if she could win a statewide election in Minnesota.”

I don’t think it matters, nor is it Bachmann’s objective/role in the 2012 election cycle to compete fully for the nomination.

Backmann is there to diffuse some of anti-Palin invective from the MSM/left/establishment right. She will attract the, for now, non supporting Palin conservatives/moderates. At the end of the day Bachmann will withdraw from the race and actively throw her support to Palin. Mission accomplished!


52 posted on 05/27/2011 11:12:02 AM PDT by Forty-Niner (Palin/West 2012)
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To: Forty-Niner
You are probably right.

Really like your tagline, btw.

53 posted on 05/27/2011 11:18:54 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Put Obie in a dress and call him "The Last Queen of Scotland".)
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To: Keith in Iowa

54 posted on 05/27/2011 2:17:43 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: sonic109
I’m getting sick of the Palin cult of personality. If you’re not for Palin for president you’re a Communist or something. My gut reaction is that she cannot win . I don’t think she’s ready to be president .

Amen.

I like Palin--it's her rabid, fans who seem to think that simply discussing the issues we'd be discussing with ANY potential president makes one a RINO, a Romneybot, or a communist, that annoy me.

These people seem to think Palin is their special friend, and cavalierly dismiss any objections.

Sorry, this woman wants to be president of the greatest nation on Earth, she is subject ot the scrutiny and HIGH STANDARDS of ANYONE who's up for the job.

Saying "Well Obama sucks, so there!" is allowing Obama's ineptitude to lower the bar, and I refuse to let that idiot determine my standards.

As it stands, Palin, Cain and Bachman are my 'top three' but that's not saying much as I haven't come to a decision, and am merely eliminating people at this point (any Dem, Romney, Giuliani, etc.), not fully behind anyone yet. That doesn't mean I 'hate Sarah' like this is a high school poularity contest--it merely means I am an adult who takes this all very seriously, and don't pretend Gov. Palin is a personal friend of mine because I like that she agrees with me on most issues. There's a lot more to choosing a candidate than that, and those who only see that they like osmeone and anyone who disagrees is a liberal I just don't have time for.

55 posted on 05/28/2011 3:39:12 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (You can't go! All the plants are gonna die!)
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To: Keith in Iowa

Waterloo is NOT the place to announce your candidacy for President! I understand that Michelle was born there, but does she even know about the history of Waterloo and Napoleon?


56 posted on 05/28/2011 7:50:58 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: Keith in Iowa

She gets the ideology right. I hope she can work on her Garrison Keeler delivery of it though...


57 posted on 05/29/2011 1:35:18 AM PDT by Yet_Again
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To: johnthebaptistmoore
Waterloo is NOT the place to announce your candidacy for President! I understand that Michelle was born there, but does she even know about the history of Waterloo and Napoleon?

She probably does, but at this point in history so few voters do that it probably doesn't matter much.
58 posted on 05/29/2011 1:36:34 AM PDT by Yet_Again
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To: Yet_Again

I hope that you are correct about this. She, already, has mixed up past New Hampshire history with past Massachusetts history, and she isn’t, officially, a candidate for ‘12 POTUS yet. Starting her run from Waterloo could be an additional embarrassment for her.


59 posted on 05/29/2011 4:01:14 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
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To: Friendofgeorge

“She is going to announce that she is planning on taking just enough votes from Sarah Palin to help elect a moderate establishment candidate”

Yep. Warm up the Straight Talk Express, here we go again!


60 posted on 05/31/2011 8:43:25 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (When Republicans don't vote conservative, conservatives don't vote Republican.)
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