Mainstream media joins speculation over Bachmann’s ambitions
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:55 am
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“Where is Michele Bachmann headed?” asks CNN.com in a longish story that charts her rise alongside Sarah Palin’s. Once upon a time the Sixth District congresswoman had to prime the pump to get speculation about her future flowing. Now it comes almost unbidden as part of the Bachmann media overdrive.
Talk of Palin in the White House opened the door for media discussion of Bachmann’s own presidential prospects, which otherwise might’ve seemed far-out.
In March, she disavowed interest in becoming leader of the free world, but a Fox News profile at the time envisioned her in the governor’s mansion or the U.S. Senate.
Then in August, World Net Daily asked Bachmann if she would “one day run for the presidency.” Her reply:
If I felt that’s what the Lord was calling me to do, I would do it. When I have sensed that the Lord is calling me to do something, I’ve said yes to it. But I will not seek a higher office if God is not calling me to do it. That’s really my standard.
In September, she told conservative radio host Mike Gallagher:
Also with women politicians, they want to make sure no women, no woman becomes president before a Democrat woman, and so they’re doing everything they can to, I think, sabotage women like Sarah Palin, perhaps women like myself, or similarly situated women, to make sure that we don’t have a prominent national voice.
CNN’s story today, days after her high-profile rally on the U.S. Capitol steps, relies on that statement from September to answer (in part) the question posed in its headline. But she doesn’t need to say it anymore because, as CNN tells it:
The overall scope of the outreach effort is unusual for a second-term member and has sparked speculation that Bachmann could be laying the foundation for higher office.
But Bachmann’s effort to stay in her current post will be one of the top 10 races (of any kind) to watch in 2010, according a new listing by Politico, where yesterday she drew mention as an exception to “The GOP’s women problem.”
14 Comments
Comment posted November 10, 2009 @ 2:31 pm
Not to worry. Thanks to Ms. Bachmann, many cowardly paranoiacs will refuse to complete Census forms, resulting in the loss of one Congressional seat in Minnesota and a resulting shuffle of district boundaries. Leaving Bachmann out of a job. But that’s ok, because she’s laying the groundwork for a job with Fox.
Comment posted November 10, 2009 @ 2:39 pm
She must be doing or planning something – she certainly isn’t wasting her time representing Minnesota.
best of luck to her
Comment posted November 10, 2009 @ 4:01 pm
Oral Roberts ought to lose both its religious and educational accreditations for turning out a product like Bachmann. Religious? Because she perverts just about every aspect of Jesus’ teachings. Educational? Because she exhibits an intellectual capacity that might only be exceeded by a Cro-Magnon if one were alive – although I doubt it. The only thing more pathetic than this piece of work is her congressional district, which not only elected her to office once, but also re-elected her for a second term. As another of my fellow Minnesota citizens not so long ago observed, simply driving into her district makes one feel dumber. But the good news (good news?) is that Bachmann has publicly encouraged her constituents, and any other dolts willing to listen, not to cooperate with the census; only provide name, rank, and serial number. Why? Because the census is most certainly a clandestine government plot to collect data on each of us that they can use to send us to American gulags. You do know the history of the internment camps for the Japanese Americans during WWII don’t you? I guess all the Nisei that got shipped out to tent cities in the desert made the mistake of filling out census forms. Well I never thought I’d endorse any position of hers, but I’m here to say I’m 100% on board. And when Minnesota loses a congressional seat because our population gets undercounted I will insist that her congressional seat gets redistricted out of existence.
Comment posted November 10, 2009 @ 4:12 pm
Some of us wish her health, happiness and prosperity as she returns to the private sector after completing this congressional term.
Comment posted November 10, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
Maybe her calendar work with porn star Prejean is a prerequisite to replace Kay Parker.
Comment posted November 10, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
If the mainstream media ever got beyond her crazy soundbites and really dug into where Bachmann’s beliefs and support comes from, they would never entertain the thought that she was fit to occupy any office higher than she somehow has already managed to achieve. Her massive support from advocates of abolishing public education, her alliances with the likes of You Can Run But You Can’t Hide, Mac Hammond, Frank Vennes Jr., Olive Tree Ministries, Phyllis Schlafly, EdWatch and others–it’s all out there. This “freedom” and “grassroots” schtick is nothing more than a cover for the rest of her agenda, and the MSM has taken the bait again.
Comment posted November 10, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
Bachmann-Palin 2012! That would be the most entertainingly crazy campaign possible. Well, unless they could make it a triumvirate with Dan Quayle.
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Comment posted November 11, 2009 @ 11:50 am
leave michelle alone. at least she has the courage to fight.
Comment posted November 11, 2009 @ 3:08 pm
Yes, leave Michelle alone. And leave Britney alone too. Leave Britney alone!
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