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Subscribe to RSSTea Party Express director Amy Kremer thinks that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann "shined" at last night’s Republican debate which came as no surprise. "The Tea Party movement's been seeing her shine for a while," Kremer said. "She's been a loud voice at the front of this movement for a while. I think it was a good introduction for her."
So is Michele Bachmann the group’s candidate of choice? Amy Kremer told Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC that while Bachmann's views on social issues meshed with those of the other candidates, social conservatives "have their own movement."
"The Tea Party movement is focused on the fiscal issues...that's why there are Democrats and Independents that identify with the movement. They, too, want fiscal responsibility. That's the glue that binds us together."
Though Bachmann created the House Tea Party caucus, Kremer says her group is not endorsing any candidate ahead of their Tea Party debate in September. She added, "Quite honestly, I don't think all the players are on the field right now."
Looking to the Tea Party debate in September, Kremer hopes that "going forward that we really see somebody come forward...and show their courage and what it's going to take to get this country back on track."
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Helpful Feisty reminder: if you can't comment on the substance and have to resort to a personal attack you have lost the argument.
So, what do have to say old gal?
I liked the part last night where she said she'd call on all our Commanders in Chief and Joint Chiefs... she sometimes gets the facts a little screwy in a heated discussion. Of course, only Ron Paul seemed to get really heated up last night - the rest were about as interesting as vanilla ice cream.
Even vanilla ice cream at room temperature would be better than the incompetent and inept empty suit we have now.
Just as Sarah Palin will always be no more than a Beauty Contestant, Michele Bachmann is nothing more than a Cheerleader. It would be great to see someone make a video that puts her one-line "cheers" to pom pom choreography.
Spanky,
How on Earth did you manage to beat The Old Redhead to the draw??
Maybe her cut and paste machine is on the blink.
Just saw a political analysis of the Republican debates and the commentator believed that Michelle Bachman just set herself up for the VP nomination.
shown? Shined doesn't sound right.
Shone. -- Shine, shone, has shone. Sheesh.
"shown? Shined doesn't sound right."
Agree - she doesn't sound right!
I did not watch so I did not get to see "the shining", but the pundits on three channels seem to agree she was the Alpha-male on the stage.
Oh, BOO HOO- Spanky posted FIRST! Not fair! Whah....Boo...Hoo.....He must not have anything else to do all day...Whah...boo....hoo........
Ok, but serriously, folks- how many of you agree, and want to see Ms 'Sunshine' win the nomination?
I DO I DO!
Why look-y there, I was first.
Oh and more importantly it looks like Feisty is following her own admonition. We know she can't say anything about Bachmann other than to resort to personal criticisms.
The proof, as they say, is in the pudding. I love pudding, how about you Drive By?
Only that old fashioned kind your mom had to cook from scratch, and got that rubbery film on top when it cooled. You old enough to remeber that stuff? You old enough to remember moms that cooked stuff 'from scratch'?
I sure am.
MMMM, pudding.
Did anyone else noticed that when they were talking foreign policy and the wars - Bachmann said she would consult with the Commander in Chief and other military commanders before she would commit. So if she won the presidency - SHE would be the Commander in Chief.
BTW - please Michelle take off the false eyelashes.
Yes. And then she hesitated when she realized she had said it, but let it go rather than correct it, and thereby point it out. She's not quite as dumb as she seems sometimes.
Just another pushy female attorney, eh, AM?
And a fake eyelash wearing one too boot.
Tough crowd Elise. Down right catty.
Where did I say that, Spanky?
While female politicians are less likely to get busted for sexting, imagine Bachmann (or Palin) taking the call at 3:00 in the morning--Haunting. What Republican female comes anywhere close to having the qualifications/merits of Democrats like Hillary Clinton? Can't think of anyone off hand...
What qualifications does Hillary have or ever had??
First lady?? Holds the door open for foreign dignataries. Spends our money.
Secretary of State with zero training. No diplomatic experience whatsoever. A political appointee. Turns $10,000 into $100,000 overnight in commodities trading that she knows nothing at all about. Magical right?? Raids the White House of all those artifacts given to THE UNITED STATES as if it were all hers to take. What a bimbo. Whitewater anyone?? Travelgate anyone??
Michelle Bachman thanks the moonbat posters on First Read, MSNBC and especially Chris Matthews for making her look good at the debates. The Feisty-type smears and lies about her redounded to her benefit, when she had a chance to perform without the snark of liberal media spin.
Please, please , help us out here....and start lamely insulting my perhaps favorite candidate to be, Governor Rick Perry. Call him a secessionist and throw in those rural jokes about Texas...Thanks.
Bob, I'm probably one of those posters you refer to, and I'll say that compared to Sarah Palin, Bachman did indeed shine. She proves that a good looking woman can also be intelligent. I disagree with her politics, but this is a free country.
I find it amusing that you had to throw in that part about "liberal media spin" when the debate was held by CNN, and yet they allowed her and the others to speak their minds. I thought the debate was conducted in a (dare I say it?) fair and balanced manner.
I guess it's unfair to call Rick Perry a secessionist, just because he opined that it might become necessary.
And if you've ever been to Texas as I have, you will find that the rural jokes about Texas don't even come close to describing the arrogance and crudity of it's inhabitants
bachmann shined ??? how can you shine when you don't have command of the facts and you're only claim to fame is delivering anti-Obama one liners in front of a SYMPATHETIC ALL WHITE AUDIENCE ??? I hate to break it to you bitch but 40% of Americans are nonwhite(20% Hispanic, 16% Black and 4% Asian) !!!
Smith,
are you race baiting?
Do you have an animus toward white people?
Do you require an ethnically correct audience for each event? New Hampshire is New Hampshire....anyway, how do you know what percent of the "white" audience was Hispanic?
President Obama often appears before predominately black audiences...is he required to change the audience to 60% white?
...and at LEAST 50% are smarter than a turnip.
Wow, now that was racist of you Drive By.
I never would have guessed. I mean I know you don't like women and gays, but people of color too? They couldn't possibly be smarter than a turnip?
Shameful Drive By. Just shameful. Just a sad and lonely middle aged white guy, eh?
You completely lost me on this one. Racist? I meant ALL people in our voting citizenry. As in- 'at least half of us are smarter than a turnip- and know better that to take serriously what Bachmann would say about anything'?
What the???
BTW- you need to lay off that women and gays thing. Like I asked the other day- comparing women and gays to YOU is denigrating women and gays? Really, Einstein? Suppose you explain that to women and gays (and the rest of us, too)- I bet they'd be ammused.
Oh heaven no Drive By. You called me gay. Clearly you were trying to make fun of ME, for being GAY. You then did the same thing byu calling me a woman.
Drive By - the intent is clear even to school children. Fact is you know what you did, and now you are trying to run away from it. Words hurt Drive BY, actions have consequences. and I will always presume you said what you meant, and mean what you say.
None of us are amused when you try to denigrate someone by implying they are something they are not, particularly when you hold up women and gays as a negative thing.
Man up and accept responsibility for your own words and choices. I know it is hard, I know you are a libbie, but that the way it works.
So, to be politically correct, According to Smith, Each and every audience should be checked for racial makeup to be positively sure we have the mix just right. Like taste testing a martini.
Where and when would Obama "frequently" before predominantly BLACK audiences? The vast majority of his appearances are before predominantly white audiences. You are living in some alternate Universe from the sane people.
dear bob
get real !!! it was in fact an all white audience !!! did you not watch the two hour broadcast ??? I simply stated the OBVIOUS !!! and yes, about 40 % of America is nonwhite and projected to be 50% in 15 to 20 yrs !!! but you apparently don't know that !!! I suggest that you get out more !!!
The Shining Part 2 staring Michele Bachmann
As a lefty I'm pulling for Bachman and thank MSNBC, and especially Chris Matthews, for bringing us the perfect representation of today's GOP: Michellle Bachman. I wish her all the luck, and alternative reality talking points, she needs to win the nomination.
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As to Rick Perry, I'll leave the rural jokes to others and won't comment on his American hating secessionist tendency.  I'll just pass along a hint: Before you start giving Rick Perry a cyber reach-around maybe you should learn more about him. You could start by googling his name. When you do you may find why so few Republicans that are in the know want him to run.
Michele Bachmann
I am going to change my party affiliation from Democrat to Republican just so I can vote for Michele in the primaries. I want her to be the nominee in the worst way we need her to be the nominee.
Go, go Michele we need you to win.
Wow, operation chaos for liberals? I didn't like it when Limbaugh did it and wouldn't do it myself... usually.
However, since the Ds don't have a primary, and I hate missing a vote, I may do exactly the same thing.
I'll have to think about it. It's kind of a jerky thing to do. Here in TX we don't have to pick a party, so I wouldn't even have to change my registration.
Fools Gold is also shiny.
No way all that glitters is gold.
Republicans are always distracted by shiny objects.
Some of these full-time Liberal posters need to push away from the keyboard, get dressed, come out of the trailer into the sunshine and actually see the world their beloved Liberalism has created. Take a good look-because thanks to them it is going to change in the very near future as the dependent entitlement addicted world they created is unsustainable. No society can reward failure and punish success and have over 100 TRILLION in unfunded liabilities, entitlement programs and mandated fiscal programs-when the nation only takes in 2.4 trillion per year in total revenues. Even a brain dead Liberal automaton should be able to do the math on our budget. Thanks to the Dems 45+ years of making promises they knew they could not keep the whole fiscal house of cards they created in return for votes and power is about to come crashing down. Whether it is next year or 5 years from now-it will happen. You Dems better grab all the "Free Cheese" you can before it runs out.
Free cheese everybody! Wait a minute is this cheese a reward or a punishment Franklin?
Trailer Trash? You're confusing progressives with rednecks in the welfare states of the South and Midwest...
Liberals live in converted FEMA trailers.
Franklin, I think your obscure reference to"free cheese" is beyond most folks under forty. Are you referring to the agricultural subsidy for farmers which resulted in the federal commodity program which gave out cheese, butter, honey etc to low income folks, senior dining sites, and nursing homes?
I hear President Obama is in line to win another Nobel Peace Prize. So very deserving isn't it.
Maybe a new award is in line for someone like Obama. An award for doing everything wrong,
We could call it the EDSEL AWARD.
Micky "DEATH SQUADS" Bachmann!
The same Michelle Bachmann who voted to extend the illegal Patriot Act. She is a RINO not to be trusted.
Ron Paul got a majority of the audience applause, and won most of the post debate polls. The mainsteam media will stop at nothing to marginalize Ron Paul, because he is the only candidate for sound money, an end to foreign occupation and wars, and adherence to the Constitution.
Just goes to show why more and more why people don't trust the mainstream media anymore...their agenda is to just put another puppet in the White House that will serve the existing power structure. This may have worked in 2008, but people are sick and tired of being lied to by both political parties. Ron Paul will prevail in 2012 because he is the only one to tell us the truth...period!
Waldo Palin must be going bananas...She no longer is the female shill for the Party of NO...Michelle has taken over ...
Bill, I really hope so. We all need a "Palin free zone" for this political season.
Nope! She did not shine! After announcing she was running, she said the same thing the others did and did not add anything new to the mix. Except that she a woman!
Looks like the president won!
All seven spewed the same rhetoric, out of the same hynmnal!
There was no debate! There was no exchange of ideas! Nothing new was offered!
There was no debate! There was no exchange of ideas! Nothing new was offered! All we got out of this meeting was a chorus of the same GOP/TEA party line! These candidates are all going to sound the same rhetorical sound bites. There will be no debating at all and therefore they will all look the same and fall further down the pike behind President Obama. The word is "Debate"! Look at it from this point: The president won!
Criticizing President Obama's handling of the economy is fruitless since the Congress is who controls the purse strings. The question is who are they to force their Social Conservative Libertarian values on the American public? They are all Social Conservative Libertarians!
Who do these people think they are to shove their religious agenda on the American public?
Federal Reserve Districts indicated that economic activity generally continued to expand since the last report, though a few districts indicated some deceleration," the Beige Book said Wednesday. Despite a few signs that economic growth is slowing, the report covering the Fed's 12 districts reported the recovery is actually chugging along at a solid pace. Our do-nothing 112th Congress will continue to do nothing!
Now that Michelle Bachman has announced she is running, msnbc will pick up the liberal mantle and go into "attack mode". Liberals were hoping she would make some kind of statement they could use against her, but instead she came across as well spoken and educated. You idiots on the left must be soiling your shorts, the fact that the economy has gotten so bad under Obama, that anyone else but Obama will win in 2012. Did you hear this administration is sending unmanned drones to Yemen, now we will be involved in 4 wars. And America is not going to fall for your liberal rhetoric, Rudy who commented up there, you can't have a JOBLESS recovery. And its liberal agenda that is destoying this Nation Rudy, and the most destructive of it was passed when Obama had "super majority" in both Houses, so blaiming the Republican Congress won't work either. But take heart liberals, there just maybe saving grace for the Democratic party in the works. Knowing that Obama is not going to win in 2012, the DNC is preparing, as I post this, alternative candidates to run in 2012. It is my understanding that Congressman Anthony Weiner and Eric Holder are going to run against Obama in 2012. So get behind this ticket now and show your support, and be the first liberal on your block to proudly display your, Weiner/Holder 2012 bumper sticker.
If you are thinking of voting Republican, just think Wisconsin. These poor suckers are hating every minute of their choice. Also remember Ohio, Florida, and Michigan. Republicans have turned into the Gaztapo.
As America clearly remembers…..Today marks the unforgettable 1-year anniversary of MSNBC’s continually mindless PSYCHO-TALKING comments.
Yes, it was exactly one year ago today on the Ed Shutlz show when Shultz emphatically demanded that Barack Obama should “RULE THE COUNTRY AS A DICTATOR !”
In Shultz’s attempt to continue the never-ending bias, distortions, and vicious hatred for which MSNBC is quite renowned, Shultz has repeatedly been disciplined for his idiotic, hate-filled rhetoric.
This is not the first time Shultz’s mouth has gotten him in trouble, including being demoted and suspended…… And, America knows…. It won’t be the last, either.
America also realizes that MSNBC has proven to have absolutely no credibility,…..its only purpose is to try to constantly create division and endless hatred…
So, Happy Anniversary to MSNBC and “psycho-talking” Ed Shultz….. America remembers this date….
And, Barack Obama has proven to be well on his way to “RULING AS A DICTATOR”, just as you demanded !