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Subscribe to RSSCOLUMBIA, S.C. -- Michele Bachmann will announce two additions to her South Carolina team this morning, including a state campaign chairman -- state Sen. Lee Bright, a man who pushed an anti-federal health care law through the statehouse, and boasted, "If at first you don't secede, try again."
The other, Rep. Bill Chumley is a career landscaper, who launched a primary battle last year against a two-term Republican legislator and almost doubled his opponent's vote total. Chumley will help in the socially conservative Upstate region of the state.
Both men come from the city of Spartanburg, which is located just south of the North Carolina line.
Bright, first elected in 2008, is an outspoken proponent of states’ rights. He received national attention earlier this year when he introduced a bill that proposed studying the adoption of a state currency as a protection against “a major breakdown of the Federal Reserve System.”
His "secede" remarks followed the passage of a separate bill affirming South Carolina's rights under the Second, Ninth, and 10th amendments -- dealing with guns, individual rights, and states' rights, respectively. The bill also repudiated the federal health care law, and seemed to burnish Bright’s reputation as a conservative with a strict understanding of the constitution –- an outlook shared by Bachmann and her team of advisers.
"Lee Bright's attitude is, he's just fed up with the way federal government is acting,” said Wesley Donehue, Bachmann’s South Carolina communications director. He added, “[He's] sick of it like a lot of us are.”
Bright told NBC, “The folks of South Carolina are tired of settling. They want a true conservative, and I believe Michele Bachmann is a true conservative.”
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dont worry it will be only for a short period........
Interesting dichotomy.
Invade a country without just cause, talk about seceding from the US , expose a CIA agent, or discriminate against people based on their race, creed or religion, and, as long as you are a right wing conservative and/or Republican/TP Inc. party member, the Republican/TP Inc. party, and many conservatives have no problems with any of it.
But . . .
Try to exercise your right to free speech, peaceably assemble, or be free from unreasonable seizure. Try to ensure that every person has food to eat, shelter, and adequate health care. Try to ensure that everyone who is eligible to vote, is allowed to vote, or just espouse anything except the Republican/TP Inc. party line, and suddenly you're some kind of anti-American, unpatriotic, communist/socialist terrorist who should be arrested, or thrown out of the country.
Thats a great post. Funny how things are here in America.
Thanks, Smitty-4183671. I'm interested in seeing how the conservatives who post here react to it. Should be interesting.
Matthew it will be interesting. Post it on a newt headline if you want to see the republican/tea bag party have a cow.
Done. #38 on the Newt-mentum blog.
Bachmann, in a desperation move, made another appearance on Meet the Press this week. It's a mistake she needs to stop repeating as David Gregory is just too much for her to handle. When he asked her why she took the opposite position on waterboarding as our top generals, her flustered response was "But I'm on the same side of this issue as Dick Cheney." I literally laughed out loud. Keep up the good work, Mr. Gregory.
LOL, she takes the word of Dick Five Deferments Cheney over our generals? Maybe she thinks shooting a guy in the face is the same as combat!
State Sen. Lee Bright, a man who pushed an anti-federal health care law through the statehouse, and boasted, "If at first you don't secede, try again." The other, Rep. Bill Chumley is a career landscaper.
How fitting, Bachman has a secessionist Todd Palin clone and a manure spreader on her SC team.
Excellent choices, those dedicated to not having the government be dictators of dependence. Let's get back to being the Greatest Generation in Self-determination, not the Great Socialist Society of Helplessness.
Taking our country Bach! :) If you support Bachmann join our grassroots action group at:
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Removed my link apparently... just search for "Michele Bachmann for President" on Facebook. It is a closed group (you have to be asked to be added) - To help you find it... We have about 270 or so members with a picture of her in front of what looks to be the stars area of the flag.
Oh yeah, the nut doesn't fall far from ... the other nuts. There is nothing about this that isn't funny except that, tragically, its meant to be serious. There's 'ol Bat Shi@ running for leader of the free world. She's now joined by a secessionist and a character from Pawn Stars and they're all members of a "closed group" who would invite you if they could figure out how to leave you a link. Try bread crumbs