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Rep. Michele Bachmann may skip the high-priced national Tea Party convention after all. She told MinnPost on Wednesday that ethics concerns may prevent her from attending the convention since the event is for-profit and the host may be tied to a 527 advocacy group. The convention in Nashville is just one of more than a half-dozen appearances Bachmann has scheduled around the country in the next month.
“We’ve been getting conflicting advice from different sources on if we can or cannot participate, and if the advice is conflicting, I think we need to err on the side of caution, but we’ll make a final decision,” she told MinnPost. “We’re reevaluating right now and we’re trying to decide what would be the right thing to do.”
Her Tennessee counterpart, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, is also considering pulling out over ethical concerns.
“We just checked with Blackburn’s office and according to them, they’re still attending,” Bachmann spokesman Dave Dziok said in an e-mail to the Tennessean on Tuesday. “We still plan to attend” and “are all just crossing our t’s and dotting our i’s to make sure everything’s in line ethically.”
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Comment posted January 27, 2010 @ 5:47 pm
Michele Bachmann has never been concerned about ethics (or lack thereof) before. Why start now?
Comment posted January 27, 2010 @ 6:10 pm
A political movement who’s leaders seek to profit from it’s followers? More than a little cheesy.
Comment posted January 27, 2010 @ 7:56 pm
Ethics? Nope, she don’t want any bad press at the ‘republican love feast’. She is No Conservative!
Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:
Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening.
Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations.
Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://tinyurl.com/qhayna
Mickey
Comment posted January 28, 2010 @ 11:28 am
The GOP is trying to take over the Tea Party. If they continue this, and the TP continues allowing it, the TP will disintegrate into nothing. I wanted to go to the convention since I live in Nashville. But when I saw the amount of $$$$ to get in – I knew the GOP had arrived.
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