Irenic wrote:
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Bachmann has disappointed me the most of any of the candidates. I signed up at her website as soon as she announced. Now, I am getting to where I almost don’t like her.
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Why not?
Does anybody ever criticize Romney in the debates?
There’s certainly a lot to criticize.
Why not?
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Why don’t I like her any longer?
Small, unimportant things bothered me and built but the big turn for me was the Perry deal.
Her anecdote of the sad crying lady with the daughter who was made mentally retarded by this vaccine.
The EO was rejected and there had been an opt out. So Perry didn’t cause that. The mother allowed the daughter to be vaccinated.
Perry also said he made a mistake with the EO, that didn’t matter to Michele she became indignant and emotional.
For that sad anecdote, there are many sad stories of women suffering cancer or worse, they have died. They would have given everything to have had that vaccination, that may have protected them.
Chemo is poison but it is hope when you have cancer, makes the possible odds on that preventative vaccine start to look pretty darn good. I believe Michele has been selfish and has done a disservice in making this vaccine political.
The whole emotional telling of that story reminded me of the dems during health care talks—the woeful story of the lady wearing her dead sisters false teeth.
Then came the emails of how offended she was. That became annoying, petty seeming even.
I started to see her as shrill and emotional (everything women get stereo-typed for and I am female) and I could no longer visualize her hammering things out with world leaders.
Why attack so hard and heavy so soon?
Perry was good competition against Romney and Romney would be the one to take out first for many reasons—Romneycare with funded abortions being the most obvious one. There are many on others as if that isn’t enough.
Romney is the GOP favorite, it is his turn—McCain bumped Romney the last time, Romney was nice so it is his turn. With Michele’s numbers and her campaign finances— she knows she isn’t going to win this.
YET she STILL started with her Perry obsession AGAIN on Hannity tonight. She is focused like a laser on taking Perry down—even when it won’t help her. Why not take Romney down a few notches before she goes down?
It gives the appearance of Bachmann being a GOP shill or at the very least—her ambitions are more important than her beliefs.
I also think she seems to have gotten a bit of a big head.