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Bachmann: Obama won't be the only one-term prez
Poltico ^ | 2/15/11 | Andy Barr

Posted on 02/15/2011 10:35:06 AM PST by pissant

Michele Bachmann says whoever emerges as the GOP nominee will have to be prepared to be a one-term president.

Bachmann, who hasn’t ruled out a run herself in 2012, said in an interview with conservative commentator S.E. Cupp that whoever emerges from the Republican field will have to be prepared to address unpopular issues. Continue Reading

“They have to have the requisite political courage to stare down the media and all the special interest groups and make it happen,” Bachmann said in the interview shown on Glenn Beck's website Monday.

“They have to be willing to be a one-term president because there’s going to be serious work that needs to be done here. Cutting spending — and that’s going to cause a lot of people to squeal — and getting rid of ObamaCare,” she said.

Bachmann said the job will take one “tough hombre” — or “hombre-ette.”

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bachmann; budget; cuts; michelebachmann; one; term
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Sounds like she's volunteering for the job.
1 posted on 02/15/2011 10:35:13 AM PST by pissant
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To: pissant

she rocks


2 posted on 02/15/2011 10:37:33 AM PST by Retired Greyhound
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To: pissant

She certainly is thinking ahead, and soberly.


3 posted on 02/15/2011 10:37:33 AM PST by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans - Don't read their lips. Watch their hands.)
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To: pissant
hombre-ette.

< rolls eyes >

Would it kill her to learn the word mujer, or not use the Spanish language?

4 posted on 02/15/2011 10:38:07 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: pissant
Unfortunately she's right.

But 'staring down the press & special interests' doesn't begin to describe what such a president will have to endure.

The parasites will come completely unglued.

5 posted on 02/15/2011 10:39:24 AM PST by skeeter
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To: pissant
She's right. It's the inheritance from the wuss RINO’s. They have let (and helped) things get so bad that any president that fixes it will have to step on so many entitlement toes that he/she will have no hope of reelection.
6 posted on 02/15/2011 10:46:03 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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To: pissant

We should keep this up.

The world is sick of spin. The entire world.

Even Bahrain is having riots right now. Never thought I’d see that. I’m shocked that Saudi Arabia hasn’t exploded.


7 posted on 02/15/2011 10:46:11 AM PST by RinaseaofDs (Does beheading qualify as 'breaking my back', in the Jeffersonian sense of the expression?)
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To: pissant

I was thinking the exact same thing. In order to bring the US out of the pit, we have to jettison the biggest weights. SS, Medicare, hell even the IRS need to go. EPA, DoE, DoT, Education... all of them need to go back to the sovereign States.

The only responsibility of the Federal government is to maintain the safety of the States through a powerful national defense. Re-fund our military and even NASA, and let’s get this country moving again.


8 posted on 02/15/2011 10:46:31 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: pissant
I think she's right, and I think such a one-term president ought to govern almost like a dictator. No sacred cows. No third rails. No saving up political capital for some future occasion -- just full throttle all the way, limited government, no deficits, stick to the Constitution, cut, cut, cut and let the chips fall where they may.

The media will feel like it's fixin' to die.

9 posted on 02/15/2011 10:48:08 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (BO + MB = BOMB -- The One will make sure they get one.)
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To: Psalm 144

Perhaps not far enough ahead. The one term prez will be replace by a ‘stop the cuts - increase spending’ democRat. My guess there will be a democRat majority in the house and senate because of the ‘damage’ the one term Republican prez did.


10 posted on 02/15/2011 10:48:37 AM PST by deadrock (Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Philo)
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To: pissant

She seems very comfortable speaking spontaneously.


11 posted on 02/15/2011 10:48:57 AM PST by Tread EZ (God bless you and yours)
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To: pissant

I’ve never thought of it in those terms but she’s absolutely correct. Holy cow...this hole we’re in is pretty incredible.


12 posted on 02/15/2011 10:50:35 AM PST by exPBRrat
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This woman drives the moonbats, here in MN, absolutely apesh*t! Thank you 6th District!


13 posted on 02/15/2011 10:50:44 AM PST by Spruce
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AND....if he does it wisely and is able to articulate the rationale concisely and fearlessly, he may be re-elected on top of it.


14 posted on 02/15/2011 10:51:18 AM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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Has anyone other than Rand Paul shown a budget cutting plan that does any serious cuts to entitlements?

I like Michele, but her plan didn’t cut near enough.


15 posted on 02/15/2011 10:51:25 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: skeeter

The parasites will come completely unglued.


They surely will. We’re entering a “Perfect storm”.


16 posted on 02/15/2011 10:52:03 AM PST by unkus
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Her plan outlined $430 Billion in cuts versus Rand Paul’s $500 billion. I wouldn’t scoff at either.


17 posted on 02/15/2011 10:53:17 AM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant

She’s been watching Chris Christie operate here in NJ. Good blueprint to follow, if you ask me.


18 posted on 02/15/2011 10:53:37 AM PST by Antoninus (The slogan for the 2012 election: Better a known enemy than a false friend. Say no to Romney.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

What I do scoff at was Paul Ryan’s 32 Billion pittance in cuts.


19 posted on 02/15/2011 10:54:14 AM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: Antoninus

Imagine. A good looking Chris Christie, and one that understood the 2A to boot.


20 posted on 02/15/2011 10:57:07 AM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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