The Speaker does not have any Commander in Chief duties. The Speaker does not take the proverbial 3AM call. The Speaker just holds meetings which can be flexibly arranged.
I was a supporter of Bachmann and even sent her money earlier. What gave me pause is the fact that she had 23 mentally troubled Foster kids in her house over the years. What are the odds that the media won’t bribe or otherwise influence one or more of them to tell false tales of who knows what. She could be innocent of child abuse, sexual misconduct etc and still be convicted in the media. Its too big a risk.
“I was a supporter of Bachmann and even sent her money earlier. What gave me pause is the fact that she had 23 mentally troubled Foster kids in her house over the years. What are the odds that the media won’t bribe or otherwise influence one or more of them to tell false tales of who knows what. She could be innocent of child abuse, sexual misconduct etc and still be convicted in the media. Its too big a risk.”
Your comments were all a factor before this migraine business arose, yet you sent her money anyway. Frankly, you statement doesn’t make a lick of sense unless you got some sort of epiphany.
I think Bachmann would end up being a lightweight candidate for a variety of reasons, primarily her inability to deal with the flaming media, but the animus around here would be better directed toward the candidates that kowtow to the media and to the media itself or its extreme leftwing bias.
If Palin or Perry gets in, Bachmann is history irrespective of any other issues. Nevertheless, she has been a dedicated conservative on the issues AND if the aforementioned candidates don’t get in, she and Cain are all that’s left. Maybe those of us for other candidates need to cut her a little slack.