Tweet from Tim Albrecht, Communications director for the office of IA Governor Terry E. Branstad
Posted on 06/27/2011 6:19:19 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Bachmann doesn't accept apology for 'flake' question By Michael O'Brien - 06/27/11 08:10 AM ET
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said she wasn't accepting the apology of Fox anchor Chris Wallace, who asked her Sunday if she was a "flake."
Bachmann rejected an apology from Wallace, who challenged whether the Tea Party-aligned congresswoman was serious in her bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
"I think that it's insulting to insinuate that a candidate for president is less than serious," Bachmann said in an interview on ABC when asked about Wallace's apology, which he posted online.
"Those are the small issues," Bachmann said when specifically pressed about whether she accepted the apology. "I'm focused on the big one."
A weekend poll of likely Republican caucusgoers in Iowa showed that she was in contention for the nomination in Iowa, and her performance at a New Hampshire debate earlier this month has political observers buzzing with speculation that the three-term congresswoman might just make a credible run for the nomination.
Wow, it took 5 posts for a Palinista to bring up Palin on a thread that has nothing to do with her. You people are so tedious.
I don’t recall Chris asking the-totally-unprepared-to-be- president (and still is) candidate BHO if he was a flake...
I agree completely!
Thy name is irony.
Bachmann backstabbed Gov. Palin using Rollins
for plausible deniability. Did not work, did it?
On THIS THREAD Bachmann won’t even accept an apology
that SHE IS UNABLE TO GIVE HERSELF.
Bachmann is now a joke by her (and Rollins) own creation.
Are you a journalist?
Well put. Thank you.
Like the age old truism it would seem that 'the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree'. That saying may not be too far from the truth more and more these days.
I don’t think the question was a bad thing, per se. Wallace showed himself to be an arrogant, elitist, jerk but Michele handled the question beautifully. She knocked it out of the park with her answer. Good for you Mrs. Bachmann!
Thanks, joe!
Actually this was a great question that could have been hit out of the ballpark by her. Instead, she’s chosen to go on the defensive as to why she hit a foul ball instead of a home run.
“Did Wallace ask Obama if he was a flake for his “57 states?”....’
exactly what I thought. has he asked any male potential candidates or politicians if they were flakes? Newt..for his foolish comments about Ryan; Trump for use of 4 letter words; Obama and Biden for the many flubs both have made. no radical feminist here, but, me thinks Chris showed his chauvinist leanings.....not wise...
Because it’s been asked in various ways and words already.
His old man, Mike Wallace, was the proverbial a * * h * * e
on the old 60 Minutes show - so like father, like son.
Would Chris Wallace ask Obama or his old lady whether or not they were “flakes”? No way in hell!!
Today’s Michele announcement was so dull, I was thinking how Palin will say same words with energy.
It was dull speech , feel like somebody gave her paper in reading class.
Tweet from Tim Albrecht, Communications director for the office of IA Governor Terry E. Branstad
To say such a thing as a leader of a deliberative body is pretty d*mn flakey.
Or getting then name of the MOH soldier wrong!!
Can't help but wonder if he's trying to establish his bonafidies to go to another channel.
That is not journalism. Fox News is no better than MSNBC when they do that.
Bachmann supports ethanol subsidies and has recieved over 250k in farm subsidies with her family through a trust for a farm she owns with her family. On Oct. 5, 2009, Bachmann wrote Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack praising him for injecting money into the pork industry through the form of direct government purchases. She went on to request additional assistance.
Michele Bachmann wrote several letters to Bush adm in 2007 advocating a presidential pardon for Frank Vennes who was a large donor to her , Norm Coleman and Tim Pawlenty. Vennes pleaded guilty and no contest to federal charges of money laundering, cocaine and firearms trafficking in 1987.
Last week Bachmann was caught using taxpayer-funded congresional office accounts to pay for campaign appearances which makes her no better than a petty thief. Not illegal but highly unethical and against House rules.
All of these things are hints of a woman with a lack of character who might sell out in the WH.
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