Rep. Michele Bachmann Rebuked by Tea Party for Roy Blunt Endorsement

Politics Daily ^ | July 28 2010 | Christopher Weber

[VictoryGal]

Tea Party members are furious with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) for her endorsement of Republican Congressman Roy Blunt over state Sen. Chuck Purgason in the Missouri Senate primary.

Bachmann plans on traveling to St. Louis this weekend to campaign for Blunt, who has drawn the ire of the conservative Tea Party movement because of his vote for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the federal bailout of Wall Street firms. Tea Partiers, who support the anti-tax Purgason, said they were "shocked" that Bachmann would back Blunt, adding "she has been grossly misled if she understands him to be a Missouri Tea Party candidate."

[VictoryGal]

First Sarah endorses McVain and FioRINO, now Michelle endorses this TARP-hugging piece of crap against the conservative candidate? Is the GOP establishment putting the screws to these amazing women? Are they being turned into capitulating party hacks? I hope not, but why are they doing this? Very, very disappointed.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Effing Republicans need to stay the hell away from the Tea Party. WE DON’T TRUST YOUR ILK!

[DTogo]

Does Purgason stand a chance of winning, or would throwing Blunt under the bus (perhaps deservedly so) hand it to the Dems??

[Psalm 144]

Scratch another one.

Too bad. I really liked her.

[jonrick46]

I wouldn’t write Michele Bachmann off yet. This is a chess game. Lose a Pawn and checkmate the King.

[Psalm 144]

Not to disagree, but if one loses too many pieces the game will be lost.

So far, per usual, the compromises are demanded from us.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Has Blunt had a change of heart since? What’s the rest of the story?

[Mojave]

Blunt has lots of money.

[WKUHilltopper]

Agreed!

[Terry Mross]

Insiders are going to stick with insiders. That’s just the way it is. I lean third party more and more each day.

[Psalm 144]

Insiders are going to stick with insiders. That’s just the way it is. I lean third party more and more each day.

**********************

Please don’t say that. You are actually leaning towards an as yet unrealized second party. You are rejecting the bicameral Government Party.

Heads I win, tails you lose. Wanna play again? We need donations if you wanna play again.

[meadsjn]

I wouldn’t write Michele Bachmann off yet. This is a chess game. Lose a Pawn and checkmate the King.

I agree. Bachmann has shown no capitulation on anything. There's way too much knee-jerking going on these days.

[rogue yam]

Tea Party members are furious...

Which Tea Party members?

[chuckles]

And so it begins. I've seen this many times in my life time. The Tea Part will be so strident they will fall apart. You can't beat Bachmann for a congress critter. Sarah is the same. You are NOT going to find anyone that is perfect. I love Gingrich as the thinker of the Repubs, but he endorsed the Scuzyfava up in NY. Sarah had to throw a bone to mcPain. I don't know why Michelle did this but I'm certainly not throwing her under the bus for this. There is no perfect politician. Look at your choices and choose. Don't start getting your nose in the air over one thing you disagree with.

Let's see, Obama or Bachmann? I choose Bachmann. Sarah or Obama?.....Sarah, definitely. Let me think awhile. I start to quiver and shake and think of denying everything I just wrote if we have Obama and Romney, but I would have to go with Romney........ Even if I upchuck.

[SaraJohnson]

Party and self interest (self dealing, as Palin says) over principal. This is the story of modern day America and why we are up that nasty creek of corruption and oppression w/o a paddle.

They yap one way talking with this group and then act another way to serve the opposite power players. So sad. Michelle did it too now...

No wonder Republicans are not gaining traction while the Dems melt.

[J Edgar]

“Is the GOP establishment putting the screws to these amazing women?”

Hope and pray that this is not the case. Why? You might ask.

If this be the case in reality, then only with much blood shed, will Our Republic be restored, for this would mean the fox is in the chicken Coop Indeed!

[Psalm 144]

It irks me that you are right.

But . . . you ARE right.

Dammit.

[EDINVA]

“Which Tea Party members?”

Exactly! The article has a lot of quotation marks, but no attribution to anyone as to the MO race.

The last sentence is about another race altogether, in NJ, where a candidate against Chris Smith objects to an endorsement of Smith, whose credentials, at least on pro-life issues, are unassailable.

I think there is a lot of sabotaging of the “Tea Party” movement both from within and especially from ‘journolist’ types who want nothing more than to see that movement go down in flames. And, unfortunately, they are getting a lot of help from those on the right who will accept nothing but perfection from their own perspectives.

[j.argese]

Pro life is about the only thing he is unassailable on ...

[chuckles]

The main thing is to vote.....every time.....without fail.....even if you may make a mistake. If you look back, I would vote for Nixon again, because of who he was running against. Would we rather have McGovern, or Humphrey, or the guy that cried? Even knowing all I know now, I would still choose Nixon. It's sucks, but that's the way I feel. Would Gore have been better than Bush? How about Kerry? The alternative is just too unthinkable. I HATE McPain, but look at what we have now. What a mess.

I sense the Tea Party is starting to have the perfection syndrome already and we stand to loose everything fighting over almost nothing. What we should do is have central values that we cling to but realize that someone from Maine probably won't be elected if they could be elected from Texas. They just don't think the same. I have some core values that I will never compromise, but most Republicans match my core values even if they aren't as radical as I am.

I wish Bob Dole was more radical than he was, but we got Clinton because the Republican party felt he was next in line. When you have these squishy Republicans, you may as well vote for a Dem, and they did.