Posted on 12/29/2011 6:19:22 PM PST by Bigtigermike
Four months ago, Michele Bachmann seemed poised for a banner December.
She’d just won the Ames Straw Poll — vanquishing her Minnesota rival, Tim Pawlenty, in the process — and was getting accustomed to life in the top tier of 2012 candidates.
But as the race wraps up, the woman who was on a trajectory to become the first-ever female winner of the Iowa caucuses is fighting to avoid finishing dead last in the state where she was raised.
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She repeatedly passed up opportunities to ding Mitt Romney in the debates — a product, Rollins said, of preserving her options for sharing a ticket with him.
“There was some talk early on between her and her husband that she could end up as the vice presidential nominee,” Rollins said.
And she repeatedly made claims on the campaign trail that she couldn’t back up — including the one where she recounted a mother telling her about a daughter developing “mental retardation” thanks to the HPV vaccination that Rick Perry had mandated in Texas for young girls. The medical community at large denounced the claim, and it added to a sense that she was unserious, and prone to making claims without having the facts first.
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LOL! You are bias - I had no candidate through these debates, it’s a world of difference watching the candidates when you could give a flip about any of them. What you cite means nothing when I watched the debates myself.
You wrote quite a long post, which I read.
Could you please tell me what you said?
I've challenged another Freeper on this to back it up with links. I links to far-left sites and speakers, which in his case adequately documented the other Freeper’s claim that Bachmann’s husband's sexual orientation was being “whispered” about.
OK, that was fair in his case.
Your claim goes farther. You're not just saying people are whispering about Bachmann’s husband's sexual orientation (which apparently is true) but that he actually **IS** gay.
Back it up with links or cut the unfounded allegations.
Put bluntly, this could generate a libel case and get not just you but Free Republic sued. Bachmann’s husband is a public figure and he would probably lose a libel suit, but in the interim you and Free Republic could spend tens of thousands of dollars paying lawyers.
I've made clear repeatedly that I am not a backer of Bachmann. She badly mishandled the issue of the Wisconsin Synod's stance on the Roman Catholic Church. I don't think she's “ready for prime time.” But unfounded allegations of homosexuality have no place on a conservative forum, no matter who the target may be.
Truth is not a wax nose. We're conservatives, and for us truth is not relative. Facts count, and if you can't back up your claims, don't make the claims.
You’re both right- I was in error. -:)
Bump!
“Absolutely false statement.”
How has she criticized Newt other than the “Newt Romney” remark at one of the debates? She happens to be my 2nd favorite candidate, btw, but maybe you can convince me, and countless others, that we were wrong about her going soft on Newt.
What are your facts, sir/ma’am?
Meant to say going soft on ROMNEY.
I have been asking God for good leaders each and every day since since Obama was elected, realizing more than ever, we can’t do it alone.
See above. I posted several instances.
I noticed and commented on Bachmann’s not going after Romney before it was ever brought up in the media.
That one came from the grass roots up, so it has nothing to do with repeating the media line.
After the Iowa Caucus, she is history....unless she comes up with a pile of money from some philanthropist who want to throw good money after bad. Or perhaps someone else with an ulterior motive for keeping her in the race.
Well said.
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