Bachmann hopes to unify party with Romney endorsement

Jim Young / Reuters

Sources close to the Romney campaign said Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is expected to endorse the Republican presidential hopeful at a campaign event on Thursday sources close to the campaign say.

 

 

Orlando, Fla. and Pentagon City, Va. – Michele Bachmann will endorse Mitt Romney during a campaign event Thursday in Portsmouth, Virginia, sources within the Romney campaign told NBC News.

The news comes at the tail end of a string of endorsements secured by Romney in recent weeks, following the departure of his chief rival in the race, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

Party leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry – a former fellow candidate – all soon fell in line.


But Bachmann’s endorsement may represent another kind of victory for Romney, who has tried for months to woo support from the same Tea Party Republicans who found a hero in Bachmann last summer, propelling her own brief run for President. 

In Bachmann, he has one of their leaders in his corner.

Bachmann’s former campaign manager, Keith Nahigian, insists the endorsement is outside the realm of politics, pointing to a friendship that developed between the two candidates last fall.

“She really liked Romney during all the debates.  Really liked him behind the stage, behind the scenes,” Nahigian said. “He was so polite to her every time they saw each other.”

Nahigian was reached by telephone tonight as he left a fundraiser for Romney at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Pentagon City.

“Ever since she got out of the race, he’s called her,” Nahigian said.

For Bachmann, the endorsement represents the end of a journey from fiery presidential candidate slinging arrows at the establishment to self-described unifier.

“I want my voice to be one of uniting our party, the independents, the mainstream, the conservatives, evangelicals, the Tea Party movement,” she said during a recent appearance on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press.’"

“I’m waiting,” Bachmann said, “for our party to come together and help in that process.”

That moment seems to have arrived.

The mission to unify her party was not always evident during Bachmann’s run, when she made headlines for asserting Romney and another high-soaring candidate at the time, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, were each complicit in laying the groundwork for President Barack Obama’s national health care plan.

Bachmann created a single moniker for the candidates – “Newt Romney” – and during a bus tour in late December warned crowds that neither candidate could mount an attack on the issue.

“It's not going to happen with Mitt Romney,” Bachmann told a crowd inside a diner in Onawa, Iowa, on Dec. 27th

“He put that system into effect in Massachusetts,” she continued, referencing the health care plan he launched as Governor in 2006.

Bachmann dropped out of the race on Jan. 4, a day after finishing last among the candidates competing in the Iowa caucuses.

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With endorsements like this, Romney's sure to win!! LMAO

Obama/Biden - 2012

  • 97 votes
#1 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:18 PM EDT
Comment author avatarelliot-3020456Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

Pack your bags Obama

  • 10 votes
#1.1 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:59 PM EDT

Well I guess this is the clincher...I prefer the Gingrich endorsement...If it a choice between raw rancid liver with maggots and raw rancid liver with maggots and broken glass...then I will support Romney

  • 21 votes
#1.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:13 AM EDT

Romney just lost to Paul in his own state!!! LOL
http://www.examiner.com/article/romney-loses-to-paul-his-own-state

  • 23 votes
#1.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:16 AM EDT
Comment author avatarjkatzeExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

This deranged woman continues with the delusion that she is relevant and that her opinion matters.

  • 56 votes
#1.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:44 AM EDT

M.T. Suit is really racking them up: first Carter, then Newt, and now that great legislator ... who hasn't managed to get a bill out of committee yet .. Bachmann. That's it; I'm sold.

  • 27 votes
#1.5 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:48 AM EDT

Bachman who? Is she still around? Who cares if she endorses anyone!! And was it really a stretch that she would endorse Romney? Who else would she endorse. She waited until he bagged it to get behind him. So basically her endorsement means nothing.

  • 63 votes
#1.6 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:37 AM EDT

“She really liked Romney during all the debates. Really liked him behind the stage, behind the scenes”

She really likes him? Well...he IS somewhat more appealing than Marcus or Newt. ;)

I only hope Bachmann stays quiet now for the rest of the campaign. She's so annoying! How do her constituents stand her?

  • 37 votes
#1.7 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:34 AM EDT

Did Roamy actually accept her endorsement? Now he can be a 3 time loser, politically he is a dumb as they come.

  • 28 votes
#1.8 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:41 AM EDT

I'm sure he's relieved. All he needs is Palin's endorsement and he'll be golden.

  • 47 votes
#1.9 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:42 AM EDT

kaybeetoys

They can not stand her !!!

That is why they keep sending her to Washington ( just to get here out of their state ) .

  • 26 votes
#1.10 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:43 AM EDT

Too bad they can't send Bachmann to Canada, or Timbuktu.

  • 15 votes
#1.11 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:08 AM EDT
Comment author avatarCEO2NV2Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

At this point the Repubs could run Pee Wee Herman against Obama and win. Inept doesn't begin to describe him....and apparently his campaign team, too.

ABO 2012

  • 10 votes
#1.12 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:15 AM EDT

If Every Democrat stayed home on election day Romney would still lose...

Mickey Mouse 2012

  • 24 votes
#1.13 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:20 AM EDT

CEO & Mr. P

You both are dead wrong in your picks !!!

ALFRED E. NEWMAN in a landslide !!!! He would take 99% of the popular vote and 100% of the electoral college vote . Also he has never taken any PAC or Special Interest Money .

bob

  • 5 votes
#1.14 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:34 AM EDT

Crime does not pay ... as well as politics...

We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons

Had to google it...funny thing is...he is probably the best choice for POTUS

  • 4 votes
#1.15 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:54 AM EDT

If I were any canidate with a potential to have this happen I would phone her weeks ago and said that if you really support me...disapear

  • 10 votes
#1.16 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:09 AM EDT

All of them told us how bad Romney was while they were running against him. If they truly believed that, why not endorse Ron Paul or a third party candidate? Because they are all HYPOCRITES! That's why! They will say whatever they think you want to hear.

Vote for integrity, honesty, peace, and an actual PLAN to fix the economy. Vote Ron Paul.

  • 13 votes
#1.17 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:11 AM EDT

Michelle lives in fantasy land with her happy, happy husband receiving money from the government for their business. You know, the government money she criticizes everyone else for receiving. But we all know, they are special.

No one gives a hoot what you think Michelle.

  • 34 votes
#1.18 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:12 AM EDT

No doubt Romney and his staff are asking themselves --- OMG -- how can we get these nut cases to just shut up and go away??

  • 12 votes
#1.19 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:28 AM EDT

"I want my voice to be one of uniting our party, the independents, the mainstream, the conservatives, evangelicals, the Tea Party movement" ........and any other moron who listens to her. Talk about the epitome of a "low information" voter group, I couldn't think of anyone who would be a better example of ignorance than Michelle and her followers.

  • 19 votes
#1.20 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:30 AM EDT

As an independent, there is NO WAY in H*ll that I would vote for Romney. Palin was just plain ignorant, Bachman on the other hand, she is fake as fake can be. I would love to cast my vote for Ron Paul, but, with talking to the die hard repubs that I know, he has zero chance. I don't want to just throw my vote away, so it is going to be four more years of Obama. Enjoy it, because that is going to be reality, unless of course, the Mayans and December 20th, 2012 is reality. See you suckers on the other side.

  • 15 votes
#1.21 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:30 AM EDT

In my opinion, voting for someone you don't believe in because you think they have a better chance of winning, rather than voting for someone you do believe in based on principle is throwing your vote away.

I can at least in good conscience say I voted for someone I believed in this year.

  • 3 votes
#1.22 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:35 AM EDT

That is a really good point RealityChck, but, I cannot vote for Romney no matter what. People can spew all of the lies that they want about Obama. He was basically handed the worst possible set of circumstances that any U.S. President has had to step into, when he took office, essentially since the Great Depression. I am so amazed at how blind the partisan republicans are towards Bush, he and Cheney and their policies, almost brought America completely down. Obama has done remarkably well all things considered. As I stated, I would much rather have Obama for four more years, than risk the likes of Romney and his ilk running the show. So, to that end, my vote will not be wasted. Ron Paul will not be on the ticket, therefore, I cannot vote for him. I hope that clears that up for you. I voted for Obama in the last election, so my conscience is good.

  • 24 votes
#1.23 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:49 AM EDT
Comment author avatarIN Sun we TrustExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

I would love to shove my Donkey D*** right up her ungulate ass.

It's a great way to get a Demo and a Repub together.

Lets united!

  • 1 vote
#1.24 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:55 AM EDT

Now Romney has a person for the position of "Wicked Witch of the West" in his administration.

  • 5 votes
#1.25 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:02 AM EDT

I'd do her

  • 1 vote
#1.26 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:07 AM EDT

Maybe Obama will become Governor for one on the extra 8 states he thinks exist.

  • 2 votes
#1.27 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:19 AM EDT

hey Bobby JOnes, the meds running low? There are some great comments from both sides but yours was just off the wall , kind of like Bachmann

  • 14 votes
#1.28 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:28 AM EDT

How do her constituents stand her?

We don't.

Every time she comes home there are a rash of suicides.

We pray for special sessions just so she can GTFO.

  • 8 votes
#1.29 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:28 AM EDT

opp45646456

I take it you don't read the news or follow Obama on a regular basis.

    #1.30 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:40 AM EDT

    Bachmann, unify? Hah! She's done more to splinter the GOP than any other politician. Her Tea Party crud has destroyed any credibility that the GOP had. In her (almost) home state of Minnesota the Republicans haven't paid their rent in full for over a year on their own headquarters. They can't find any revenue to address their spending problems. That's how bad it's become for the Republicans after the Tea Party (led by people like Bachmann) took over.

    All she's doing is looking for publicity. She's got about as much enthusiasm for endorsing Romney as she has for submitting bills (1 light bulb so far) or even voting in Congress (bottom of the list). This is just another stunt from crazy eyes Bachmann to get her name in the paper more than Palin.

    • 16 votes
    #1.31 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:40 AM EDT

    But Bachmann’s endorsement may represent another kind of victory for Romney, who has tried for months to woo support from the same Tea Party Republicans who found a hero in Bachmann last summer, propelling her own brief run for President.

    Really, her effort was less of a brief run than it was, say.....like a crash test to prove that driving the country without any seat belts or other on-board protection is a good plan....of course this starts with her and several other crash test dummies in the passenger part of the car, (or bus since there were so many), but tragically and yet again, after primal impact, they must all still end up spread out all over the windshield; the hood of the car; the thing they hit; the road surface; each other; and anyplace else in the impact area in little, viscous, sloppy pieces....proving again, and again, and again that you can not trust anyone with the safety and well being of this country if they are in the business of running the ambulances and emergency rooms, so don't put special interests in charge of protecting us from them, (sorry for the broad metaphor, it's really early here)!

    Politics is a mean sport! The rules are invisible; secret;and they change every couple of minutes. Don't play if you are short on blood, sweat and/or tears, you are gonna need 'em.

    • 3 votes
    #1.32 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:41 AM EDT

    Amen to that. I won't vote for her, never have.

    • 6 votes
    #1.33 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:41 AM EDT

    bryan,

    He was basically handed the worst possible set of circumstances that any U.S. President has had to step into, when he took office, essentially since the Great Depression.

    To add to your point: during the Great Depression we were not a global economy. Today, our economy is influenced by how rest of the world is doing as well.

    • 9 votes
    #1.34 - Thu May 3, 2012 10:03 AM EDT

    “She really liked Romney during all the debates. Really liked him behind the stage, behind the scenes”

    Have you seen her husband?

    • 8 votes
    #1.35 - Thu May 3, 2012 10:53 AM EDT

    Yea, great endorsement. All 40 of em will probably vote for Mitt now.

    • 3 votes
    #1.36 - Thu May 3, 2012 11:21 AM EDT

    Republicans continue to spend their credibility. Are currently running a huge deficit in the credibility dept. lol. The party is a joke by any contemporary measurement. Unamerican, corporate lackies every one. Rank and file fools top to bottom. Honor simply no longer resides within them.

    • 5 votes
    #1.37 - Thu May 3, 2012 11:35 AM EDT

    How funny! See how all these Conservatives, especially the Tea Putzes, rally around a non-Conservative candidate. If Romney were to win the election, America would have another Dubya in the White House. I guess for Conservatives that would be just fine.

    • 6 votes
    #1.38 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:58 PM EDT

    One thing for sure -- Preaident Obama's campaign staff isn't going to have to spend much money on producing new negative campaign ads. All they will need to do is replay what Romney's fellow Republicans said about him.

    • 2 votes
    #1.39 - Thu May 3, 2012 4:11 PM EDT

    You know what is really scary, odd, amazing, etc etc etc but all too true....this woman has been elected and re-elected to serve in the House of Representatives ...go figure.

    TERM LIMITS for all is the only answer, minimise the damage that nuts like her can do who get in as a result of no competition or on a personality campagin.

    You get what you vote for.....just ask the people in Alaska.

      #1.40 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:01 PM EDT
      Reply

      That old joke "How can you tell when a Politician is lying? ... Their lips are moving!" is no joke anymore.

      • 26 votes
      #2 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:28 PM EDT
      Comment author avatarelliot-3020456Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

      No kidding! have you heard Obama lately? That guy doesn't even know who he is anymore. Hid entire life from conception is one big lie.

      ABO 2012

      • 7 votes
      #2.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:01 AM EDT

      True ... but an even bigger joke is Michelle Bachmann.

      • 23 votes
      #2.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:45 AM EDT

      node4-so true. Bachmann is an embarassment to Minnesota. I hope they get rid of her in November. Her endorsement along with Rick Perry's means the ignorant wing of the Tea Party is on the Mitt Train. They occupy the craziest car.

      • 24 votes
      #2.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:28 AM EDT

      See my moniker.

      Why would you care about Bachmann's election? You're not from the land of 10,000 lakes. Realist, not sure what you mean by that last sentence.

      • 1 vote
      #2.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:23 AM EDT

      Everyone should care if Bachmann is re-elected in Minnesota, because then she gets to be on committee's and vote on things that affect me in Washington even though I live elsewhere.

      And I'll explain Realists sentence to you, Duh, Perry and Bachmann are crazy. And now they're on the Mitt train to nowhere..........riding in the Crazy Car.

      • 17 votes
      #2.5 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:16 AM EDT

      That's funny coming from someone who belongs to a group who thinks if I make $100.00 more than you, I should give you $50.00, because it isn't fair I make more than you. " Now that's Crazy!"

      Besides, remember the demoskatts took away the keys to the car in 2008.

      • 1 vote
      #2.6 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:25 AM EDT
      Comment author avatarcliff-567164Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

      Your right there just look at Obama, he lies 99.9% of the time!!!!!

      • 1 vote
      #2.7 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:31 AM EDT

      Twisted...........As per usual, YOU a Republican, claim to know what I and other's think. You have no idea what I think, you only know what your party tells you to think. And THEN, you make sh*t up. Fake facts, you guys are so good at that. Go away. We don't like you.

      Um, and Twisted, train cars don't have keys, how can you not know that? Oh, yeah, you're a Republican.

      • 15 votes
      #2.8 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:34 AM EDT

      Oh, and TWISTED........I'm pretty sure that I have more money than you do. Pretty damn sure.

      • 6 votes
      #2.9 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:36 AM EDT

      Bachmann will have a difficult time this November, her district lines were redrawn, she will either have to move or represent people in a district that she does not live in.

      • 8 votes
      #2.10 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:04 AM EDT

      all she needs to do is get an apartment in the district. That's what my congressman did and now he doesn't need to live in the district anymore so moved back to his home which i don't think he ever moved out of

        #2.11 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:33 AM EDT

        TO: cliff-567164 who wrote:

        "Your right there just look at Obama, he lies 99.9% of the time!"

        The true fact is, Republicans lie at least 99% of the time, all day every day, and Republicans' lies have cost the lives of many of our brave men and women in uniform.

        Republican lies have cost America and the American People is both blood and treasure, in particular that Lie Called the War in Iraq.

        President Obama is at least 1,000 times better than Republicans' last "liar in chief", George "Curveball" Bush!

        Obama / Biden 2012

        • 10 votes
        #2.12 - Thu May 3, 2012 11:00 AM EDT

        I have not heard of President Obama tell a lie even once. Not one time. Unlike GWB who made it a daily practice to not tell the truth.

        • 7 votes
        #2.13 - Thu May 3, 2012 11:19 AM EDT

        Eliot - are you so stupid you believe what you type? His life is a lie? And, you know that because???? Some idiot tea partier told you so. His life has been scrutinized more than ANY politician. Get over it! He's our President and a damned good one. Much better than McCain/Palin would have been and Romney can't hold a candle to him.

        Grow up!

        Obama/Biden 2012

        • 6 votes
        #2.14 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:38 PM EDT

        Item #1-I tend to think that those who followed/supported Bachman have long since realized that they needed to look elsewhere among the candidates, particularly as she dropped out of the race.....to continue to support her would be a waste of vote. So making the grand gesture is a bit too little too late.

        Item#2 I think we should all agree that 99% of what all politicians say is a lie given that they are trying to please all of the people, all of the time, during an election year. Doesn't really matter about party affiliation, at this point. It is all about insuring that they get to continue on in their chosen occupation complete with all the perks.

          #2.15 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:50 PM EDT
          Reply

          Even with Bachmann's special unifying endorsement of Romney, he will not win MN, and not win the election.

          I am sure Bachmann will get a nice campaign contribution form Romney and friends....

          • 25 votes
          Reply#3 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:29 PM EDT

          So.... Who's going to endorse Obama?

          • 3 votes
          #3.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:02 AM EDT

          elliot,

          All of the sane, compassionate citizens of our country will endorse President Obama.

          All of the citizens who want the terrorists 'taken down', without the needless deaths of thousands of our children and hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, will endorse President Obama/

          • 40 votes
          #3.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:44 AM EDT

          DFL-can't you guys get rid of bachmann? She is one of the worst Representatives in Congress and really makes Minnesota look bad.

          • 20 votes
          #3.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:30 AM EDT

          You people keep trying to put this man on a pedestal! I'm sure you're reference is to killing Bin Laden.

          I have a 3yr old grandson, if his mother puts a cookie on the table and says "there's a cookie, you can have it if you want." he's going to take the cookie!

          If you take that same 3yr old and put him in the situation room and tell him "there's a bad guy, should we shoot him?" he would say yes!

          This man is nothing special other than being the " THE GREAT PRETENDER"

          • 4 votes
          #3.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:47 AM EDT

          butterflywings, so you would endorse assasinations? So much for compassion. Hypocracy from the far left never cease to amaze me? It's also expected from the far right.

          • 2 votes
          #3.5 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:28 AM EDT

          Duh...........So you think assassins should not be assassinated? Where is the logic there? It's called self defense. Ask the families of the victims of 9-11 if they think it's hypocrisy. You seem to do a lot of name calling, but no problem solving.

          • 10 votes
          #3.6 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:23 AM EDT

          Ok, expected.

          If you are a tax payer and tired of your money being wasted watch this:

          http://www.wthr.com/story/17798210/tax-loophole-costs-billions

          • 1 vote
          #3.7 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:41 AM EDT

          Best news yet i bet Mittsie is brimming with pride.

          I bet Obama is counting the new votes

          • 2 votes
          #3.8 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:01 PM EDT

          TO: elliot-3020456 who wrote:

          "So.... Who's going to endorse Obama?"

          ALL of us are endorsing President Obama, all the voters, all Democrats, and a majority of Independents.

          Obama / Biden 2012

          • 2 votes
          #3.9 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:03 PM EDT

          realist pondering

          It is little known outside of Mini-Soda that St.Could & Stearns County (Bachmann turf) Have the HIGHEST RATE of INCEST & interfamily sex abuse of anyplace in the state .

          The way Michele gets her votes is to pander to those very people, the "cradle" of Minnesota Conservatism .

            #3.10 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:23 PM EDT

            What I can't believe from most of you dems is that you will vote for a dem no matter what kind of person he/she is. Tow the party line at all costs. The same goes for repubs. What all polititions forget is that it isn't about left/right, dem/repub, lib/conservative, it's about doing what is right for the people of the republic of the US. Yes a republic, not a democracy. When all the big shots endorse Mitt it proves to me that he is a establishment hack and will keep the status quo. That is not what our country needs right now. We are supposed to just follow blindly what they are telling US is good for US. There has been treachery going on in DC since the end of the civil war. We have been sold out to the queen(thats where all of our income tax goes) corporate interests and zionism. The zionests want christians and the muslims to kill each other off because they hate both religions. To them we are a lower form of human beings that are supposed to cater to them. Well, not me. I am a christian and see right through their fasade. Our only hope is a true honest leader who will get US back to following what the founding fathers created. FREEDOM to chose for ourselves what we do with our bodies and minds. Not what some decrepid old men like Soros, Kissinger, Buffet and Murdoch to further their world control agenda. Vote for freedom!!!!!

            RON PAUL 2012

              #3.11 - Fri May 4, 2012 11:41 AM EDT
              Reply

              Your timing is suspicious, Michele. Seems less "unifier" and more "political opportunist hoping to keep her name in the news by riding on somebody else's media coattails". But I'm sure Mitt will take it. He's desperate to be seen with anybody female right now.

              • 38 votes
              Reply#4 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:30 PM EDT

              Bachmann is female?

              • 11 votes
              #4.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:24 AM EDT

              Are you questioning Michelle or her light in the loafers husband Markus, who takes government handouts to pray away da ghey? They're both despicable.

              • 24 votes
              #4.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:05 AM EDT

              She could be in the new Carrie movie. Scary chick

              • 3 votes
              #4.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:06 AM EDT

              yea but what a mouth. 200,000,000 chinese cant be wrong...

              • 2 votes
              #4.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:27 AM EDT

              Spicy and G-9.........That explains it all. Bachmann isn't female, which is why Marcus likes her..........they're both gay.

              • 9 votes
              #4.5 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:29 AM EDT
              Reply

              "Bachmann hopes to unify party with Romney endorsement"

              This headline made me laugh...getting the support of the most extreme RWNJs is going to unify the party. Hello.....they are the main CAUSE of the disunity in the party.

              • 44 votes
              Reply#5 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:34 PM EDT

              wrong NavyVet- it is the vestiges of the old Rockefeller Liberals who are little different from the Democrats when it comes to the govt.

              The sooner the Republicans are rid of these leftist RINOS, the sooner the GOP has a chance to rebuild itself. Perhaps and only perhaps then will those of us who left them reconsider.

              • 2 votes
              #5.1 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:40 PM EDT

              I know Larry. I feel your pain. You want to bring the country down, but us leftist rinos just keep getten in your way. Oh man, that is rich.

              • 44 votes
              #5.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:04 AM EDT

              Bachmann is doing her part to unify the country -- she's convincing an increasing majority of people that she's an irrelevant political hack.

              • 23 votes
              #5.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:50 AM EDT

              It's really a super joke..... One moron supporting another moron..

              • 19 votes
              #5.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:30 AM EDT

              "Larry Robinson"-no quotes from Marx? You post a very high amount of commie propaganda by saying you're against it. No one brings up Marx more.

              I've got my eye on you.

              • 7 votes
              #5.5 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:33 AM EDT
              Comment author avatarJimbo-5425025Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

              ...This "ARTICLE" was written by JERKS for JERKS...

              God Bless America... AGAIN... without OBAMANATION and his ILLEGAL CZARS...

              • 4 votes
              #5.6 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:36 AM EDT

              "The sooner the Republicans are rid of these leftist RINOS, the sooner the GOP has a chance to rebuild itself"

              Rebuild itself into what?? Politics in this nation is about winning elections. Right wing nut cases like Bachmann may win in a few Congressional races but on a nationwide scale -- they get trounced. Sorry Larry -- the vast majority of the people in this nation disagree with the likes of Bachmann, Santorum and similar right wing crazies.

              • 14 votes
              #5.7 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:24 AM EDT

              realist ... yea your brown eye

              • 2 votes
              #5.8 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:29 AM EDT

              "OBAMANATION and his ILLEGAL CZARS..."

              See here for a list of 'czars' under both Bush and Obama. http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Czars.pdf Notice who has more czars. Were they 'illegal' under Bush as well?

              • 6 votes
              #5.9 - Thu May 3, 2012 11:18 AM EDT
              Reply
              Comment author avatarOzzie Boy-2719086Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

              Well, this endorsement should push Mittens over the top. LOL

              This cross eyed, pyscho, nutcase is postively terrifying to listen to. And would some pleazzzzzzzzzzzzze inform her that her husband is a closet queen for crying out loud.

              • 36 votes
              Reply#6 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:36 PM EDT
              Comment author avatarLarry Robinson-1323081Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

              Ozzie still trying to prove you can be a real leftist dirtball?

              • 4 votes
              #6.1 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:41 PM EDT

              Oh, she knows about Marcus, why do you think she is circling Mitt like a shark on blood. Look out Anne Best protect your man.

              • 12 votes
              #6.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:09 AM EDT

              Berndog, all your fault. I now have this picture in my head of bachmann and romney doing the nasty.

              • 8 votes
              #6.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:06 AM EDT

              Did I miss something? Are Mitt and Ann courting a possible sister wife???

              • 16 votes
              #6.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:25 AM EDT

              ". . . her husband is a closet queen for crying out loud."

              Didn't you know? That's part of the attraction.

              • 4 votes
              #6.5 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:49 AM EDT

              She only has eyes for W.

              • 1 vote
              #6.6 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:52 AM EDT

              Now that is rich. I call out Ozzie boy for issuing a slur against the husband of a member of Congress and they collapse my comment.

              I guess the monitors find it acceptable to call conservatives names, but unacceptable for calling someone lowlife for doing so.

              • 3 votes
              #6.7 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:21 AM EDT

              Reading is fundamental not fundamentalist...."Collapsed by community" as in you were voted off the Island by your piers.....Quit trying to blame NBC in what you'll next call a liberal conspiracy.....

              • 9 votes
              #6.8 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:29 AM EDT

              Nez-don't be fooled by "Larry Robinson" or Nikita or Oleg or Vladimir (whatever his real name is). He posts radical right wing garbage that is full of quotes by marx and all kinds of commie ideas that he says he's against. He is just undercover- posting commie propaganda in the open. No one has put up more Commie stuff since Lenin.

              • 5 votes
              #6.9 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:39 AM EDT

              Playing victim are you Larry?? Typical right wing tactic.

              • 5 votes
              #6.10 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:27 AM EDT
              Reply

              What I don't understand is who cares what Michelle Bachman or her bizarre husband think about anything or who they endorse. Is the Republican Party really this bizarre and actually think they can win a national election?

              • 30 votes
              Reply#7 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:39 PM EDT

              Is it...possible? I mean after selecting Sarah Palin for VP last time, is it conceivable that the idiotic republicans could select the OTHER Sarah Palin this time? It couldn't get THAT good, could it??

              • 29 votes
              Reply#8 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:50 PM EDT

              Why not Leroy? You liberals enjoy the hypocrisy of taking cheap shots at women to destroy them and then claim you are all for women's rights. What you all mean is that you are all for women as long as they know their place.

              • 2 votes
              #8.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:13 AM EDT

              No Rick, as a woman I can tell you that liberals like women as long as they're not stupid. And talking about Bachmann and Palin isn't "taking cheap shots at women." It's taking good aim at necessary targets...........if you want to keep this country in the NORMAL range.

              As for women who "know their place." That's the Repugs job. Keep 'em pregnant and barefoot and call them sluts and prostitutes when they step out of your line of reasoning.

              You know Rick, unlike your party, we don't forget people like Bachmann and Perry and Rush, and how you guys just LOVED them. And what they said about women. We don't forget.

              • 11 votes
              #8.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:16 AM EDT

              That's so Repugnant of you. The biggest hate group in America is the Repubs and the most ignorant.

              • 7 votes
              #8.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:29 AM EDT
              Reply

              But Bachmann’s endorsement may represent another kind of victory for Romney, who has tried for months to woo support from the same Tea Party Republicans who found a hero in Bachmann
              Sorry Tea Partiers but if you consider Bachmann a hero then I cannot help but laugh at you.

              • 40 votes
              Reply#9 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:53 PM EDT

              Why is this woman in Portsmouth, VA? She is a congress woman from Minnesota - why are we paying her to campaign in VA?

              Has she ever earned her salary? Time to send this free-loader packing

              By the way who's paying her to be in VA - someone should look into this

              The "Welfare Queen" strikes again!!

              • 32 votes
              #9.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:03 AM EDT

              They took up a collection in Minnesota - the money they've been holding in escrow to use on the Vikings Super Bowl Victory parade - and spent it on a camera crew. If Michelle even smells a microphone within 500 miles, she's there; anyplace except where there might some actual work accomplished.

              • 12 votes
              #9.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:56 AM EDT

              node4-leave the Vikings out of this. Bachmann shames the whole state and the Vikings do not in any endorse Bachmann. They have many minority players-Michelle would not approve of them. That was Sarah Palin.

              • 7 votes
              #9.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 6:51 AM EDT

              @realist: you're right; to show her support for the Vikings, Michelle is going to start wearing a purple choker --- I'm sorry, that was too easy.

              • 2 votes
              #9.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:16 PM EDT
              Reply

              Yea, what a difference this is going to make. Romney will be pushed even further in a hole. The article is amusing though. Their best buds now, Bachman is quite smitten by mittens. They could be making whoopee in the west wing if she becomes VP. In their dreams.

              • 20 votes
              Reply#10 - Wed May 2, 2012 11:59 PM EDT

              Meanwhile Willard's endorsements from short-bus d0uchebaggers continues to grow.......

              • 14 votes
              Reply#11 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:14 AM EDT

              Well that's one heck of a sparkling ..titillating ..earth shaking endorsement ...Romney has no chance...unless they rig the voting machines again

              • 21 votes
              Reply#12 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:29 AM EDT

              Who?

              • 6 votes
              Reply#13 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:32 AM EDT

              Ms. Bachman is an embarrassment to women everywhere. She has shamed her district and anyone who ever voted for her.

              Mitt calls her all the time? What's up with that?

              • 16 votes
              Reply#14 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:48 AM EDT

              He should withdraw some of that hard-earned loot from an offshore account and spring for a 900 number ... there's probably a special line for the TP'ers where Sweet Sarah recites one of her pointless rants. But M.T. Suit probably gets off by talking to his accountant.

              • 11 votes
              #14.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:00 AM EDT

              butterflywings - it's time to look into Ann Romney

              Her $1,000 tee shirt is not endearing to stay at home moms - but that's not my problem - I have been watching the inter-action between her and Willard

              This woman rules the roost - no doubt about it - she already has drawn up plans to install a stable on the White House lawn as she has declared - she will ride her million dollar horses there

              Plus crafty wench sent a "Dear John" to Willard and he came running back like a puppy dog - the man she was dating she soon found out could not be manipulated as dear Willard

              Now I had a friend in VA who had MS - the only thing that kept her walking upright was a few tokes on the weed - riding in the Olympics I think not

              Now I'm sure people will disparage me but I had a horse farm and my youngest son evented - which included Dressage and it requires total focus - bloody legs even with chaps - and exhausting strength and will power

              Yes they do use horses for people with MS but not to the competition that Ann Romney has stated

              The rider with MS is likely
              to be somewhat more fatigued than others after the ride, even if he does not
              appear aware of this. Immediately walking or driving a car away after the ride
              can negate the beneficial effects of the session. Instead, make it a habit to
              have the rider transfer from the horse into a comfortable chair at the end of
              the ride. The rider should sit for 10-20 minutes before leaving the center. If
              the weather is chilly, provide a blanket to the rider as he rests. This helps
              retain body heat, energy and the muscle relaxation that has been achieved in
              the session. The instructor or therapist should explain this to the rider
              beforehand, and make it clear that it is a normal part of that rider's session,
              further enhancing the beneficial effects of the horse.

              So you be the judge - does Ann Romney sound and perform like a person with a debilitating illness - I myself have my doubts

              She rules Willard - not as openly as Nancy Reagan with Ronnie - but be assured she is as calculating

              Watch these two in action and tell me who wears the pants - Willard pull your lap dog tongue in!

              • 13 votes
              #14.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 5:31 AM EDT

              Will she have a staff of 27 like MO? And you think BO runs that family? Every smart man has a smarter wife behind him. It's stupid men that don't do that.

              • 1 vote
              #14.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:32 AM EDT

              Mitt's going to make Michelle wife number two and Marcus wife number three when he brings back polygamy after he's elected.

              • 4 votes
              #14.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:52 AM EDT

              "Will she have a staff of 27 like MO?"

              Mrs. Obama's staff numbers are almost identical to those of Mrs. Bush. See here: http://www.factcheck.org/2009/08/michelle-obamas-staff/ Please stop spreading misinformation.

              • 4 votes
              #14.5 - Thu May 3, 2012 11:25 AM EDT
              Reply

              SHE'S BACK. we missed you and your bat $hit crazy eye's keep talking, because SNL needs some more skit's!

              The GOP/baggers are desperate, unify around Mittens???? LOL

              Maybe Bachmans husband can pick out Mittens wardrobe! The circus continues...

              • 20 votes
              Reply#15 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:52 AM EDT

              It's not the eyes that make her crazy, it's the crazy!

              • 15 votes
              #15.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 4:02 AM EDT
              Reply

              Its cool guys. Ron Paul has already won. You'll see...

              • 5 votes
              Reply#16 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:55 AM EDT

              Won what? The zing bat award. Cause the ding bat award has already been taken.

              • 16 votes
              #16.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:07 AM EDT

              When Ron Paul signed the person-hood pledge he told the world he was for freedom and individual rights only if you are a man.

              Why would anyone vote for that?

              • 17 votes
              #16.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:11 AM EDT

              good one Berndog;-)

              • 5 votes
              #16.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:29 AM EDT

              Ron Paul has many flaws. Smoking weed with Iran probably would be better than bombing, but then, maybe it could be the answer to the Mid-East crisis. Let's drop bales on Al Queada.

              • 1 vote
              #16.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:48 AM EDT
              Reply

              I don't think Donny and Marie can help Mr. Romney, more less Mrs. Bachman.

              Obama/Biden 2012.

              :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

              • 14 votes
              Reply#17 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:04 AM EDT

              Bachman's endorsement is the kiss of death for Mitt and besides, despite his desperate attempts at moving to the right he and she are miles apart...like the distance between Alaska and Russia.

              • 8 votes
              Reply#18 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:19 AM EDT

              Bachmann is one of the biggest jokes to enter the primaries.

              • 12 votes
              Reply#19 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:30 AM EDT

              Goldwater/Miller '64!!

              When you push a party towards its wingnut fringe, you get your electoral head handed to you.

              • 11 votes
              Reply#20 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:34 AM EDT

              The TEApublicans are SO disunited Michelle Wingbat and Marcus ClosetQueen Bachman helping/uniting/A**kissing Mitt (dog-on-the-car-roof) Romney (so Mr. 1% can pay off her campaign debt) is NOT going to help the GNOP win in November. It's One Foolish Idea!

              President Obama will WIPE debate floor with Willardo.

              OBAMA/BIDEN 2012 and ANY non-GOP candidates down the ballot.

              • 14 votes
              Reply#21 - Thu May 3, 2012 1:56 AM EDT

              Agreed, Idea.

              We've seen what the Republicans have allowed their party to become. They used the Tea Party to gain power. But the Tea Party turned on them and they can't seem to be able to control the monster they created.

              This reminds me of one of my favorite novels: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

              • 13 votes
              #21.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:28 AM EDT
              Comment author avatarLiarsInPolitics=duhExpand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

              More hypocracy from the lunatic fringe of the far left.

              • 2 votes
              #21.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 7:36 AM EDT

              5 trillion dept (You can tax the 1% 100% and it will not come close to covering this bill) ..... 23.5 % increase in publicy held dept (the most be any President in history)...Enegry czar who said "I'm a Communist"

              Social Security was established in 1935. 77 years and it is broke.
              President - Roosevelt (Democrat) Democrats controlled both House & Senate

              Fannie Mae was established in 1938. 74 years and it is broke.
              President - Roosevelt (Democrat) Democrats controlled both House & Senate

              War on Poverty started in 1964. 48 years...$1 trillion of our money is confiscated
              each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
              President - Johnson (Democrat) Democrats controlled both House & Senate

              Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. 47 years and they are broke.
              President - Johnson (Democrat) Democrats controlled both House & Senate

              Freddie Mac was established in 1970. 42 years and it is broke.
              President - Nixon (Republican) Democrats controlled both House & Senate

              The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence
              on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion
              a year and we import more oil than ever before. 34 years and it is an abysmal failure.
              President - Carter (Democrat) Democrats controlled both House & Senate

              Failure of all these are at the hands of Democrats.

                #21.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:41 AM EDT

                Mike you need to stop watching Faux News. Everthing you say is false. Starting with SS is bankrupt. Hey Mike......could you do a little fact checking on your own, and not be a "I'll believe whatever the losers tell me."

                • 7 votes
                #21.4 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:29 AM EDT

                Mike, How dare you give liberals facts. They don't like them. Now to be fair, republicans are the war mongers of the world. Like WW1 (Wilson), WW2 (FDR), Korea (HST), 'Nam (LBJ). Oh wait.... you get my point.

                  #21.5 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:30 AM EDT

                  Mike - Reallly?? You are claiming the "failure" of these programs on those who created them with a structure designed to make them work? Thats a ridiculous and ill-considered argument, even for the GOP!

                  OK, so show me your stats on who has been screwing with them in the time since they were created...I think you will find lots of blame to spread around to both parties. All of those took a long time to mess up and both parties are equally to blame; so climb carefuly down from the high-horse and enjoy a nice cup of reality to refresh you!

                  • 4 votes
                  #21.6 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:30 AM EDT

                  rvan78.......And Dubya Bush, Iraq. The longest most expensive , most unnecessary war in the history of the U.S. Did you forget that one little buddy?

                  • 5 votes
                  #21.7 - Thu May 3, 2012 10:20 AM EDT

                  The Fed Reserve declared social security insolvent and all money going in is being paid out. Clinton cut the lock off the social security(both sides). There is no money in social security now it was used not on peoples retirement but to balance the budget. It is my understanding, this can be checked out at the Office of Management and Budget web site, that social security is held in bonds and based on the.... get this "Full Faith Credit" of US Bonds these are not my words.

                    #21.8 - Thu May 3, 2012 12:43 PM EDT
                    Reply

                    She can't stand his nuanced, wishy-washy, Massachusetts Liberal, Big Government, flip flopping. He can't stand her insanity and paranoid tirades that are not based in reality. But in the end they always kiss and make up. It's the all new GOP sitcom starring Michelle Bachmann and Mitt Romney, "The Odd-Ball Couple."

                    • 15 votes
                    Reply#22 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:39 AM EDT

                    "The Odd-Ball Couple."

                    Except neither one of them has balls

                    • 8 votes
                    #22.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 8:35 AM EDT

                    Oh, I think she does, how else would she keep her husband interested?

                    • 6 votes
                    #22.2 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:05 AM EDT

                    Steve C,

                    I stand corrected.

                    • 1 vote
                    #22.3 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:53 AM EDT
                    Reply

                    If you etch-a-sketch Mitt, you'll see Tea Party talk first time, then President Obama talk the second.

                    Romney: the Obama wanabe. Romney has to ride the coat-tails of President Obama's success as a strategy for winning. Mitt, the me too candidate.

                    • 9 votes
                    Reply#23 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:46 AM EDT

                    This is important because if there are any gay people left on Romney's staff, Michelle's husband can convert them to straight so Romney won't have to fire them. He does enjoy firing people who work for him though.

                    • 13 votes
                    Reply#24 - Thu May 3, 2012 2:53 AM EDT

                    AMEN for the conversion!

                      #24.1 - Thu May 3, 2012 9:45 AM EDT
                      Reply

                      Wouldn't Mittens be better off without her backing?

                      • 9 votes
                      Reply#25 - Thu May 3, 2012 3:33 AM EDT
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