Two Top Bachmann Aides Step Down From ‘Day-to-Day’ Roles
- Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:45pm by
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A few changes in the Bachmann campaign will, no doubt, draw a good deal of scrutiny at this point in the campaign.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ed Rollins, the veteran campaign operative who helped engineer an Iowa straw poll victory for Representative Michele Bachmann this summer, has stepped down from running the day-to-day operations of her presidential campaign, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Bachmann said Monday night.
A spokeswoman for Mrs. Bachmann’s campaign cited health reasons for the abrupt change in the role Mr. Rollins, 68, will play in the presidential campaign.
“Ed is moving away from the demanding day-to-day operations of the campaign and into a senior adviser role,” said the spokeswoman, Alice Stewart. “He is fantastic and will continue to be invaluable on the campaign.”
“I wish I was 40 years old, but I’m not,” he told POLITICO. “I’m 68 years old, I had a stroke a year and a half ago. I’m worn out.”
The change is coming just as Bachmann is entering a new phase of the race, searching for the right way forward against the Rick Perry juggernaut, which has sucked away the oxygen since her Ames Straw Poll win.
Rollins insisted this represents a change of schedule but not his commitment to Bachmann.
“I want nothing but the best for her, she’s a great candidate, I’ll continue to be there for her,” he said.
However, Rollins is not the only one stepping down. His deputy campaign manager, David Polyansky, is also exiting.
Polyansky’s departure at the same time, of course, will raise questions about whether this, in fact, represents a strategic shakeup for a campaign that has taken a back in the Republican presidential race since Texas Gov. Rick Perry got into the race. Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll three weeks ago but has struggled to build on that win.
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red_white_blue2
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:07amI get all the in fighting..makes for healthy debate, and helps shake out the best candidate..but honestly folks..aren’t anyone of them better than what we have? Don‘t tell me if it was someone you didn’t like 100%, that you’d pull the lever for Barry..for another 4 yrs..please tell me there are people thinking like I am.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:57amAgree to an extent. But Bachmann would be much worse. Besides she is not really running. She is following the Palin pseudo celebrity business model. She will continue to say ridiculous stuff to get attention, loose the nomination, write some books, make speeches and make money off her devote followers while doing basically nothing.
Report Post »ScarletRose
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 12:10pmI will not vote for Barry – or for A John McCain, A Robert Dole, A Gerald Ford, An Arnold Schwarzeneggar, and for most of this field. I won’t vote for “The Lesser of Two Evils – that won’t save This Nation.
I don’t need to go off the cliff a little slower than Barry is taking us, I need a person determined to set our course in the RIGHT direction.
I’m not here to make friends or to work for “Unity” on a false foundation – I am here to make a statement to GOD that I won’t settle for Less than the Mantle for a man or woman through whom The Lord can be free to Break the Yokes of Bondage and set the course of this Ship of State in a Direction that gives opportunity for our Posterity to Thrive.
I won’t vote for Dim Marxist Agenda Enablers.
THIS is a job for a STATESMAN!
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 1:43pmPerry
Immigration: DREAM Act; Amnesty; No fence; open border
Foreign Policy: spread Democracy thru financial and military aid
Domestic Policy: NAFTA; Requested stimulus aid
Social Policy: keeps social policy as is, no cuts
Constitutional stance: Progressive Right
Romney
Immigration: Amnesty; no fence
Foreign Policy: spread democracy thru financial and military aid
Domestic Policy: government has say in free market
Social Policy: RomneyCare, not cuts
Constitutional stance: Progressive Right
Bachmann
Immigration: Not sure
Foreign Policy: Spread democracy thru financial and military aid
Domestic Policy: Requested stimulus aid; Government free market
Social Policy: no change to socialistic programs, no cuts
Constitutional stance: Progressive Right
Paul
Immigration: secure borders with troops
Foreign Policy: Non-Interventionalist; Congress issues war for threats
Domestic Policy: Free Market, abolish fed and fed debt. Restore money
Social Policy: cut all socialistic policies over time.
Constitutional stance: Constitutional
Obama
Immigration: Amnesty, open border, no fence
Foreign Policy: Spread democracy thru financial and military aid
Domestic Policy: Government markets; Government jobs
Social Policy: More the better, no cuts
Constitutional stance: Progressive left
Who‘s most like Obama and who isn’t again? I’m voting least like Obama and more like the Constitution and founders. Ron Paul
Report Post »TheWholeTruth
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:58pmhttps://secure.ronpaul2012.com/donate_trust.php?sr=13-hf1
Report Post »GaryLThmp
Posted on September 7, 2011 at 3:43pmI think the ideal situation would be to leave it unsettled until convention time, when an Abraham Lincoln could emerge from a field of a half dozen or more candidates as everyone’s No. 2 choice–unfortunately the media has corrupted the primary/caucus season to winnow out the field in favor of grooming its own finalists, and it’s getting to the point to where real races are being sabotaged before the voting for delegates gets underway!
In case the original subject of this article has been forgotten, this from Hught Hewitt:
“Michele Bachmann has won a lot of friends over the years because of her ideas, energy and good humor as well as her willingness to take battles to the left. Her presidential campaign took off after a great New Hampshire debate added to her pre-existing base of friendly supporters built over years of appearances on talk radio and on cable television.
Then a new team of handlers arrived led by Ed Rollins and Bachmann disappeared from the airwaves and adopted an insider approach to everything. Now the whacky left is savaging her and the Beltway-Manhattan media is sinking their teeth into her, and she’s still on the bench.
It isn’t too late for Michele to be Michele again, but she and her old staff have got to ask themselves whether the new team has done them much good at all. Bachmann needs to be back out in the media and leading from the front.”
Sorry, but running a campaign that discards your base, is, well…stupid.
Report Post »zman61
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:29amIt doesn’t matter how many candidates are put up by the GOP as long as the voters that vote are not voting for candidates that are for true conservative policies. If you say you are conservative and won’t vote for a candidate that wants to make government smaller, cut spending, including Welfare, Medicaid, Medicare and Changing the way Social Security works, then you will vote for a candidate that claims to be a conservative even if their actions prove that they are not, then you are not really a conservative. Every election cycle the Democrats elevate issues that divide conservatives into small groups and make us argue amongst ourselves. It works every time. They use abortion, the second amendment, social security, welfare, medicaid, medicare against us. They make us out to be uncaring for people that need government assistance when they know that we are not against helping people. We are against people that abuse the system and cause the people that work to have to support them while they abuse the system. Until we stand together and stop the Democrats and the media from portraying us as racist haters that want to see people starving in the streets we will never be able to elect a true conservative, president or congress. The Democrats have succeeded over the last 40 to 50 years in taking over what our children learn in school and in college and have made them believe that the federal government should be the end all be all in their lives. Government dole = Dim Voters
Report Post »zman61
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:36amuntil we make these government dole zombies wake up and realize what the Dims have done to them in making them dependent on big government they will continue to vote for DIms because Dims give them everything they want at our expense. It‘s no skin off a Dim’s back to take your money and give it to their constituents that have their hands out every day. Those people don’t know that they are slaves to their politicians and they are making slaves of us, the people that pay for their welfare. So as long as these people can as Ben Franklin said “vote themselves money” the republic will continue to deteriorate because they can out vote the people that are contributors to the system. The ONLY chance we all have is to wake up the welfare zombies.
Report Post »HotBreakingStory
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:19amAnd they call it news.
Learn what Osama, Obama, Biden, Bin Laden, the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists, and Sarah Palin had to do with the last election and the military’s overthrow of our government.
http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com/
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:08amThey probably want her to act more PC!
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:30amI will not be sucked into the lies and propaganda. Ron Paul is the only one I will support. Just the fact that the media won‘t give him airtime should be all the evidence we need that those who have hijacked our country can’t have him elected.
Give us Dr. Paul!
Report Post »jimjetearl
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:37amAmen Brother
Report Post »panz
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:52amOh no, another member of the grandpa brigade. The tribal wise man has all the answers. Strict Libertarianism won’t fly in this country, get used to it. And how can you berate the media when Paul turned down face time on the O’Reilly Factor, the highest rate cable news program in prime time? Whose attention do you want, The View’s?
Report Post »ScarletRose
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 12:16pmRon Paul is a Pacifist.
“Pacifists are among the most immoral of men. They make no distinction between aggression and defense. Therefore, pacifism is one of the greatest allies an aggressor can have!” – Patrick Henry
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:16amGod, I hope this sparks Christie to reconsider!!
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:27amYes, Chris Christie can be elected and him and his new Muslim judge can figure out who else to appoint to his Shariah administration.
Report Post »easye2984
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:26amI will pass on Christie. We want Palin.
Report Post »ScarletRose
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 12:20pmAgree heartily with KicksIllegalsOut. No to Christie.
Report Post »Pro-Enabling Shari’a
Pro-Global Warming
Not gonna fly.
jkendal
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:06amIf you Perry haters stay home on election day next year just because he got the nomination and your favorite person didn’t? The rest of us will NEVER STOP blaming you for zero’s re-election. We’ll be taking names.
Just sayin’…..
Report Post »TheWholeTruth
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:19amFunny how the MSM grooms us to accept certain candidates… ever wonder why?
Report Post »daver18
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:32amAnd if you Perry supporters don’t wake up and start to vet candidates, including Perry, we’ll end up with another nightmare. There’s too much evidence that he may not be what he claims to be to just ignore it. You can‘t follow anyone blindly yet clearly that’s where you people are. Perry will become a consideration for serious conservatives when they see the proof that he truly is conservative. Until then, he’s just noise in the campaign to serious Constitutionalists.
Report Post »jimjetearl
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:36amWhy would any freedom loving constitutionalist vote for Perry. For that mtter whay would any freedom loving constitutionalist be a Republican. The only Qualified candiadate is Ron Paul. And before you say he is unelectable. Just think if all those who dsaid thatactually voted for him he would win. Rick Perry will be more of Obama. He was Al Gores top Guy in Texas. He had nothing but praise for Hillary Care. He will increase the deficit and he will keep us at war.
As soldier I emplore all to vote for Ron Paul. We are tired of fightoing in places we don’t have any bussiness being in any longer.
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:35amtypical tea-party rethug response,when things don’t go your way,scare them,threaten them,extort them. “The rest of us will NEVER STOP blaming you for zero’s re-election. We’ll be taking names.”
Report Post »JRook
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:39amFor those who posted here that the earthquake in VA was a sign from God and his being upset with Washington, DC… Are the drought and fires in Texas a similar sign? Does God have a problem with Perry? Seeking the insight from those who represent they know what God thinks and interpret his signs.
Report Post »jkendal
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 12:13pmweeblewacker1
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:35am
typical tea-party rethug response,when things don’t go your way,scare them,threaten them,extort them. “The rest of us will NEVER STOP blaming you for zero’s re-election. We’ll be taking names.”
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I really don’t have anything against Ron Paul – it’s his supporters who are the my-way-or-the-highway intolerant ones. I plan to vote for whoever the GOP nominates. We could do MUCH worse than Rick Perry (hello mcPain) – but if Ron Paul is our man he’ll get my vote. All I was saying is I‘ve actually READ many RP supporters say they WON’T ever vote for Rick Perry – even if he’s nominated. I actually DON’T want zero to win another term because our Republic WILL NOT SURVIVE! If that qualifies as the ravings of a “typical tea-party rethug response” then so be it, but at least I‘ll be secure in the knowledge that I wasn’t responsible for another zero term if Rick Perry gets nominated. I’m not the intolerant one – I actually WANT zero to lose…..
Report Post »ScarletRose
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 12:22pmI ain’t staying home – I ain’t voting Left.
I will vote, and I will vote Conservative.
If you want to defeat Barry, then vote Conservative.
Period.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 12:57pmPerry is a backup in case obama falters. Wake up; the Insidious puppeteers have already decided who our next president will be.
Vote against the media’s darling.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 1:01pmJRook
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 11:39am
For those who posted here that the earthquake in VA was a sign from God and his being upset with Washington, DC… Are the drought and fires in Texas a similar sign? Does God have a problem with Perry? Seeking the insight from those who represent they know what God thinks and interpret his signs.
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Every time I think you have just posted the stupidest thing ever, you post again.
wewantchillywilly
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:38amthis is not good news if you wanted a true conservative tea party candidate elected. she was the only one who was close in the polls who could have pulled it off. get ready for rino republicans in 2012. then they’ll eff it up (if they get elected) for 4 years, and then we’ll have hilary or obama in 2016.
truly terrible news if she can’t rally back. paul and cain are too far back. huge loss for the tea party.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 8:58amYa know — WE THE PEOPLE should decide who the GOP nomination is. We have to WORK to FORCE a candidate down the GOPs throat! I’m working hard ever day to promote a candidate other than Perry/Romney.
What have you done today to promote a candidate? Money talks, talk to your friends, find polls to participate in, make a YouTube video, write news agencies — there’s a lot of work BEFORE voting day — else we’ll be left with no choice at all.
Report Post »imreddog
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:31amThere are a number of reasons why Texas has jobs…. AND Perry is not responsible for any of them. Perry is a RINO that will say anything to get elected.
Report Post »Unfortuantely, I think that Perry will be the Republican candidate. The people of this country are really stupid…. there is no other way to put it. Reminds me of when Hitler came to power… the people loved him… they were stupid too. Kind of looks like another cog in the gears that are moving toward the one world government that is mentioned in The Book of Revelations.
SIG40ONDAHIP
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:15amMichelle Bachmann has more spine and would stand up for the American people more than Perry and Romney put together ever would. Romney= Gov.run Healthcare and Perry = Open Borders
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:35amHold your nose and vote syndrome by Devvy Kidd
Report Post »In 1992, Republicans got a good look at an obscure governor from Arkansas and decided that even though they didn’t want George Bush Sr. – champion of a new world order – no way did they want another Roosevelt liberal in the White House. Their option became “hold your nose and vote” because the elitist power brokers behind the scenes made certain Bush Sr. would be their standard bearer in that election. There was no choice for those of us seeking a pro-Constitution, “America first” president….For almost 100 years, beginning when Wilson was put into the White House, America has been held hostage by outside interests who control our political and monetary systems. How many more elections will Americans go to the polls to vote against the other candidate while holding their noses? How much longer will this insanity continue? The destiny of our beloved republic lies in your hands and what you do over the next few years. Are you up to the task?
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41215
ScarletRose
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 12:29pmThen why did she take pot shots at Sarah? Tacky Tacky Tacky.
Let the pots boil, let the dross rise.
Let the Milk set, Let the Cream Rise.
Patience.
“Chisum”:
Billy the Kid: Pat, do you have patience?
Pat Garrett: Billy, I have the patience of an oyster.
Pray and Listen.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 1:07pmStuck_in_CA
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:35am
Hold your nose and vote syndrome by Devvy Kidd
In 1992, Republicans got a good look at an obscure governor from Arkansas and decided that even though they didn’t want George Bush Sr. – champion of a new world order – no way did they want another Roosevelt liberal in the White House. Their option became “hold your nose and vote” because the elitist power brokers behind the scenes made certain Bush Sr. would be their standard bearer in that election. There was no choice for those of us seeking a pro-Constitution, “America first” president….For almost 100 years, beginning when Wilson was put into the White House, America has been held hostage by outside interests who control our political and monetary systems. How many more elections will Americans go to the polls to vote against the other candidate while holding their noses? How much longer will this insanity continue? The destiny of our beloved republic lies in your hands and what you do over the next few years. Are you up to the task?
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41215
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Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 3:05am@Elkslayer
Report Post »Don’t take anything personal from a bigot. Michelle Bachman stands firm on her beliefs.
Think there will be a comment about old people behind this? A seed that survived what?
An abortion? Or maybe it’s a lefty troll girlyman just jealous.
Love Sarah from day one and the first conservative woman speech without notes.
Google Rick Perry Governor and any info you want, it’s there. We Texans as in we the people of
Texas vote many of our laws to be signed by our govs. He is correct on a fence. Ya’ll want to
pay for one? Shovel ready? We voted him this past term because of folks in Houston safe city
and Sheila Jackson Lee. I am beginning to like him more every day.
I am beginning to like Ron Paul better as well. I love our Constitution and they all do.
Including Romney but a mandate in Massachusetts? I like Mr. Cain businessman.
If we want to rid ourselves of Oba the ruler we will have to link together for a strong chain but he
is far down in the polls and he needs a shovel.
@Slayer Know how you feel. We cannot get anyone worst. That position is taken.
Stuck_in_CA
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 7:08amI think Rollins is a mole. He’s not in there to help Bachmann. The word is out from tptb, OUR guy is going to win — back-off!
Report Post »Bachmann has the best record on illegal immigration, of ALL the other candidates.
Vechorik
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:00am…Ron Paul is also for closing the border tight as a tick!
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:02am..You’re fogetting Ron Paul. For 30 years he’s been screaming “CLOSE THE BORDERS”
Report Post »Neither the Democrats nor Republicans will close them. I was convinced of that after 9/11 when Bush II didn’t close them.
Architor
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 1:20amFor all you people that think she is gaffe prone, you’re watching too much main stream news drivel. You know perfectly well all the candidates and the pres and VP make tons of them too. They just don’t get put into the endlessly repeating news cycles.
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 2:57amObama gaffes all the time. So does Biden. So did Bush, a lot.
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 11:23pmasng as women vote a straight white women will never get elected.
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:52pmI hate to be the one to say this because it makes me sick but after another year and a half of this presidency, there isn‘t one single candidate running against Obama today who we won’t carry on our shoulders into the White House. We‘re going to be in such dire straits by November 2012 we’ll put Fidel Castro in the White House. And even worse, he’ll do a better job!
Report Post »Anybody but Obama!
Slayer
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:49pmHey Blaze, can you please look into whatever it is that keeps logging us out every few days?
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:48pmThis may work wonderfully for Bachmann. Rollins is a RINO if there ever was one. Professor William Jacobson over at Legal Insurrection has been warning about this guy for months. While the Left might be excited and misread this as Bachmann in trouble, she may have taken good advice and decided to push Rollins aside. We‘ll have to wait and see who’s right. She needs to do something though, because while her ideas are excellent, her campaign is a mess. She is always on the defensive and needs to be able to deal with the 24/7/365 attacks by the media better.
Report Post »CatholiConservative
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 11:00pmAgreed- also, I feel as though perry will have some further challenges staying ahead when it becomes more clear why the establishment likes him- I have a feeling his stance on immigration will be small bananas- my prayer is that we get someone truly conservative as our candidate
Report Post »Azreal
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 11:11pmYou mean the establishment that’s trying to sink him?
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 1:02am@Azreal
The establishment WANTS Perry. The Tea Party wants to sink him. He’s a Progressive, Central Planner. He’s just like George Bush, Romney and Huntsman, Jr.
You should examine Perry’s history before supporting him, unless you’re one of the guys trying to deceive the Tea Party and divide us, of course.
Report Post »truthseekerusa
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:44pmRight now most people in the US are concerned about getting and holding a job. Who ever convinces them that businesses will start hiring again if they elect him will win this election. Some folks will swallow hard and vote for Perry just because of his record of bringing so many businesses to Texas. Who was it that said, “Its the economy, stupid?
Report Post »Azreal
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:50pmJames Carville.
And it is more true now than it was then. Compare the employment numbers between Bush 41 and Barry.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:20amThe economy is only a symptom of the disease that’s eating this country alive. We must get the present regime stopped even if it only means keeping the disease from spreading further while we work on the cure.
Anybody but 0bama!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Azreal
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:42pmgaffe after gaffe after gaffe. She says something, then has to explain that that wasn’t what she meant. Either she is a an idiot, or she needs a spine. I supported her to start off with, it was hers to lose for me. And she did just that. Maybe its her advisors, I don’t know. But the damage is done.
Ron Paul is far too isolationist for my tastes. Sarah is too polarizing, and is better off working as a fund raiser and Tea Party whip *******. Romney….yeah, no ty. Huntsman…what a joke….Christie? Ummmm isnt he up for cap and trade and freedom to choose death for unborn babies? Thanks, I’ll pass. He comes off as just plain arrogant to me on top of that. Cain I like, but has no GOVERNMENT executive experience.
For me that leaves Perry, who, as the governor of my state, hasn’t dissappointed me at all. The things he has done that I was upset about, I have come to understand his reasoning for trying. You wont hear the reasons from the media, tho. Just the issues that have at times raised some Texas hackels…
I’m liking the looks of a Perry/Cain 2012 ticket at this point….but we’re still a long way off yet….
@ StaggerLee32….you named yourself after a murdering street thug pimp. I’m thinking you really have no room to call anyone an idiot.
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 11:01pmRofl it’s just a song….. PERRY = BILDERBERG….. no thank you!
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 11:02pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0drl8oUzJ9Q&feature=player_embedded#!
Report Post »Azreal
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 11:13pmtry researching your namesake lol.
Report Post »tjefferson.lives
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 2:54amPerry the Dream Act guy? The Guy who said the following: “The message is simple,” Perry concluded, “educacion es el futuro, y si se puede.” Education is the future, and (echoing Cesar Chavez’s slogan) yes we can.” Didn’t Obama use that slogan too? The Same Rick Perry who said that the Border Fence is Ridiculous? The Same Rick Perry who said people should be able to go freely between the United States and Mexico? Herman Cain, the one who said that Gun Laws are a States Rights Issue? The same Herman Cain who said that the Federal Reserve is Constitutional because Congress said so? Then you have Ron Paul the Leftists darling. The one who never gets attacked. He’s anti-Israel, pro-Islam, anti-America, and where again is Pork Projects Constitutional?
Bachmann or Santorum is our only choices if you want to end this “Serfdom” (progressive) movement.
Report Post »thinkinghuman
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 2:58amBUSH: We’re working hard to put FOOD on your FAMILY.
How do you explain that??
Report Post »Banned on the Blaze
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:30pmWell I have said it from day one and this is another notch in the belt. She is done, can not be elected, and is a total flake and now her managers are fleeing just like Newts did. Now if people would wake up on Perry and Romney we as Americans might get out of this mess. Perry and Romney are RINOS. Now who to elect is just the question, and do not start screaming Ron Paul either, he is out with Ross Perot right now hanging out.
Palin / Rubio 2012
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 12:52amYOU ARE SO CORRECT!!! PALIN nailed them with her “CRONIE CAPITALISM” this weekend…right between their crossed eyes!!! I love Rubio too. PALIN has been vetted more than any candidate ever and she came up smellin’ like a ROSE!!! SHE is for ALL the people…she will step on toes that NEED stepping on, and she is one of us. GOD BLESS HER and GOD BLESS RUBIO… he is a gem!! Thanks for your post. Long weekend. Off to beddy bye.
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 1:15am$arah won’t run, theres not enough money in it for her.
Report Post »...............R..U..Kidding...Me
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:29pmNo need for bachmann to explain.
Report Post »If the left wing antichrist do get it, they never will.
Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:35pmProof read please. And antichrist? lol!
Report Post »Profx72
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:27pmIf true, the reactions to this story are a little confusing to me. “Ed is moving away from the demanding day-to-day operations of the campaign and into a senior adviser role.” That doesn’t exactly sound like jumping ship. I like Bachmann a lot, and would love to see her stay in the Congress to keep fighting the good fight, but she’s not the right candidate to serve in the Executive Office. She has no Executive Experience and has really become the “Jerry Lewis” of this campaign, thanks both to Media Spin and her own gaffes. (Don’t get mad at me: I’m just sharing my opinion.) Perry has a lot going for him, and a lot going against him, but he’s a lot better than Mitt Romney could ever be, and a lot more likely to win than Ron Paul. The fact remains that we CONSERVATIVES (to Hell with the Republican Party) need to focus on gaining control of the Congress & Senate if we are to reverse the destructive course that this Administration has taken us on.
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elkslayer
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:15pmI’ll vote for her.Her values are the closest to mine.
Report Post »survivorseed
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 1:16amDo you have a gay husband as well?
Report Post »elkslayer
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 9:48amsurvivorseed
what the heck was that comment for?
Report Post »truthseekerusa
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:11pmPerry drew support because Texas has 47% of jobs created in the US and people are looking for someone who has the experience of a governor with a successful record of creating an atmosphere that attracts employers. . He has brought businesses from states like California who closed up shop there and created jobs in Texas. . He is far from perfect but a job creator is a job creator is a job creator.
Report Post »Banned on the Blaze
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:26pmYes he has created jobs, but he is still a Rino. He want to keep our boarders open and give amnesty and that makes him a liberal. Both Perry and Romney are not right for this country.
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:05pmPerry and Bama are both BILDERBERG boys….. they don’t care who wins….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0drl8oUzJ9Q&feature=player_embedded#!
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:52pmThere’s your queue Michelle. And take Nutjob Paul with you.
Report Post »taxed
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:01pmOh dear! Her campaign is clearly over — or that, at the least, will be the MSM angle. This will at least give MSNBC something to talk about…
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/index.php?board=1.0
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:06pmyour an idiot
Report Post »ScarletRose
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:16pmAMEN! The more The People see her, the more unsettling some – to me, unidentifiable – elusive quality became subtly more piquant – and it was not a flavor I found to my liking.
I know I didn’t like her jabs at Sarah, when Sarah so graciously campaigned for her, fund-raised for her, AND DONATED TO HER CAMPAIGN for the MAX LIMIT from SarahPac!
Report Post »Just so totally unnecessary. And very ungraciously not lady-like! For a Tea Party leader, it was decidedly RINO-ELITIST in attitude. She is a fabulous Congressional Leader, I wish her the BEST. But it seems time for her to graciously exit before it becomes clumsy.
jzs
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:19pmThat’s “cue”, Model, not “queue”. Queue is mostly used in England and means “line of people” as in “get in the queue for tickets.”
Regardless, I agree the rats are jumping ship. Bachmann has no chance of winning, nor do any of the other nominees. If God is a Republican he‘ll get Chistie to run because the other Republicans don’t have a chance of winning the general election.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:20pmwhy is paul a nutjob? i’ve seen about every video by paul, perry, bachmann, cain and romney … Paul is the only one who makes any sense whatso-ever. probably the only honest person in the whitehouse.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:25pmjzs, he’s a rat?… even though he’s not really “jumping ship” just changing to the helm instead of the riggings? he’s 68 and had a stroke last year… how many strokes have you been through tough guy? let’s see how you fair in a campaign after a stroke.. the fact that he made it this far makes it more of a badass than you’ll ever be. just saying… ;)
Report Post »jzs
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 11:37pmJB.KIBs, he is more of a bad ass than I’ll ever be. He’s a CNN contributer and although I disagree with him, I know he’s a smart, thoughtful person.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on September 6, 2011 at 12:56am@JZS
If I could find a way to cash in betting against your predictions, it would pay off better than gold.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:50pmI don’t get how Rick Perry has drawn support from Bachmann — she is Tea Party, Perry is RINO (or “near RINO” if there is such a thing). Seems like Perry would only draw from Romney. What am I missing?
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:53pmThe American Republican electorate. Next question.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:21pmthey both are RINO. look how they’ve voted.. .and what they say today. they just repeat what Ron Paul says because he’s 100% correct.
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