Posted on 07/13/2011 4:57:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
i don’t know that I’d use President Lincoln as an example. 1. A civil war broke out right after he was elected. 2. He had ONE clerk who he paid out of his own pocket. Do you know how big the executive branch is now? 3. Governor Palin has been taking a stand against Mr. Obama since September 2008, until today.
On one hand she’s not Globalist Elite. There are no mysterious Saudis paying for her education. She’s a “normal person”. And that’s comforting to some. To me actually.
But her record is almost completely devoid of anything at all impressive. 4 and a half years as a US Rep, and 6 years as State Senator. Most US Reps probably have a better resume overall. She’s tea party, at least considered tea party, and for the half of the people who are tea party, she’s currently tops, especially since Palin isn’t running.
She’s saying the right stuff, the tea party stuff, she did a great job in the last debate. She’s pretty. She’s Palin #2 and Palin #1 is not yet running.
She could be ripped to shreds whenever the media wants. The media knows this, and is in no hurry to do this.
I’d vote for her without hesitation in November 2012. But we’d get creamed.
What good is it to be “experienced” if you are experienced at all the things that have made American politics corrupt?
A Civil War was inevitable once LIncoln was elected because the country had been dodging the issue of slavery for decades, just as it has been dodging the issue of govt. expansion and spending in the last century or so. Under Lincoln's administration, a war was fought to victory. The War Dept. had hundreds of thousands of "employees."
<<<<<>>>>>I deny that I’ve missed Ms Bachmann’s Christian-nationalist identity politics, which would be rather like missing the odour of a nearby hog farm. I think her pious, founder-flogging “constitutional conservatism” may well carry her to victory here in Iowa.>>>>>>>>
Typical English/Economist disdain for the heart and soul of the Republican Party — the evangelicals. England is going down the tubes precisely because of its spineless godless secularism. It is overrun by radical Muslims because of its spineless godless secularism.
And yet he compares Bachmann’s patriotism and Christian faith to the odor of a hog farm?
What an idiot.
Bachmann has enough of a public record for us to be able to discern which direction she would lead the country, and that is HARD STARBOARD on every single issue of interest to conservatives. She also plays well to independents who are either completely fed up with ballooning federal spending or illegal immigration. That’s really all I need to know.
The only other serious contender who even compares on the issues is Sarah Palin. I guess you could argue Palin has executive experience, but that’s overblown IMO. The entire Alaska electorate is smaller than the population of several counties in Colorado. Being Governor of Alaska is about the same as being Mayor of Colorado Springs in terms of constituency. Bachmann’s congressional district has about the same number of people as Palin’s entire home state.
There’s also the issue of her quitting halfway through her first term. Palin’s my #2 choice behind Bachmann, but playing this issue up to try and pull support from Bachmann is not likely to do her much good. Obama will also not be able to use this as an issue in the general elections. Glass houses/stones.
One of the things that I like about Bachmann is that she is not afraid to speak her mind, she can give as good as she gets. I think she would not treat Obama with kid gloves, she would really let him have it as only a woman can.
Yes, Bachmann and her husband own a business.
Let’s hear all about that business. Every last detail. I would like Bachmann to fill an hour of TV on that business.
That’s the problem.
Tax Attorney. Sounds great. Fighting for the little guy against the big, bad IRS. Oh, tough call, picked the wrong side there Michele.
At this point - 6 months before the first votes - people aren’t looking close at all “tax attorney” sounds good. “Owns a business” sounds good. But when you go through her resume, year by year, looking at exactly what Bachmann was doing, it just is really, really weak.
bachmann born 1956
hs 1974
college 1978
law 1988
irs 88-93
foster parent 93-00
school board race 1999 (did not win)
state sen 00-06
us rep 06-12
palin born 1964
hs 1982
miss wasilla 1984
college 1987
sportscaster 1988
married todd helped with commercial fishing biz 1988
wasilla city council 1992
mayor wasilla 1996
alaska oil and gas 2003
gov alaska 2006
vp 08
I like her, and yes, she wouldn’t act like McCain. But the resume is bad.
Wasn’t it the experienced harvard types who gave us these 14.5 trillion dollar deficit? Do we really want more academics to continue to play social theory games with this contry?
Obama had a better resume than Bachmann. Similar, yes, but Bachmann’s resume isn’t as good.
Governor is better than US Rep.
US Senator is better than US Rep.
Obama has “1st black editor of the Harvard Law Review”
And Law Instructor at the University of Chicago Law School.
Both were state senators.
Here is Palin vs Bachmann.
bachmann born 1956
hs 1974
college 1978
law 1988
irs 88-93
foster parent 93-00
school board race 1999 (did not win)
state sen 00-06
us rep 06-12
palin born 1964
hs 1982
miss wasilla 1984
college 1987
sportscaster 1988
married todd helped with commercial fishing biz 1988
wasilla city council 1992
mayor wasilla 1996
alaska oil and gas 2003
gov alaska 2006
vp 08
She's a close second. That's why I can't support her.
Ah so you decide who’s resume is good or bad?
Interesting analysis.
Given the current primary field, I assume you would support Gov. Romney over Rep. Bachmann.
Or am I wrong?
Nope, some experience is actually disqualifying, like bringing RomneyCare, RomneyMarriage and gun-grabbing to a state, etc... IIRC, Gov. Pawlenty and Gov Perry have had some squish moments, too.
Local government socialists view Bachmann as a threat to their rackets.
Aren’t we all giving opinions about good vs bad resumes?
I like Bachmann, she’s pretty, and she’s saying the right tea party things.
The resume is weak. But hey, it offers hope to those people who did nothing at all “Presidential” or “Fast Track” for 25 years after high school.
When your best resume bullet for your first 25 years after high school is “I worked for the IRS” and you’re a Republican, you have a problem.
I can imagine the bio movie at the RNC. “And then, in 1986, she decided to follow her dream of taking money from people and went straight from law school to an LLM program and then worked for the IRS for 5 years.”
Last fall when Christine O’Donnell was getting beat up from the establishment types Rush Limbaugh blurted out in frustration one day ‘at least she’d vote the right way’. Sarah Palin’s strong support...does anyone really believe it’s due to what she did as governor of Alaska (and in previous jobs)? No. Her strong support comes from things she said/done since being picked for VP. It comes from ‘drill baby drill’ and ‘don’t retreat, reload’. People listen to her and say she has the balls to take on Obama. If she had never been governor of Alaska would this view of her change? I doubt it. I think the same can be said for Bachmann. Primary voters see her as someone who stands up for the values they believe in, someone who fights the good fight. Right now I think that trumps the “experience” card.
I agree.
Absent Gov. Palin, could you support Rep. Bachmann?
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