It’s weird that these handlers assume that a candidate with a mind of his/her own, who doesn’t have the good sense to depend on a handler, is “impulsive.”
Being the President carries a monumental weight to get things right (present company excepted) to prevent being misleading and requireing careful consideration to what is spoken. Agree?
So you think its a positive attribute for Bachmann to speak impulsively from dubious sources of information? A free-spirit this surely makes, but not something very presidential.
There is no arguement that she is conservative. My concern is that she sometimes is too close to the irrationality of ronpaul AND WHAT’S WORSE doesn’t seem to care.
Bachmann would much better serve America as the Senator from Minnesota, we just do not need “impulsiveness” with the power of the Presidency
What does Bachmann's conduct in this matter have to do with "depending on handlers"?
If I were a handler, it would never occur to me to say to my client, "You know, if, in the future, a total stranger comes up to you and makes a wild-sounding claim, do not repeat that wild-sounding claim on prime-time TV on the national stage unless you have confirmed the truth of that claim."
For a handler to say that is an insult to the intelligence of the average candidate and, if my client were dumb enough to require that advice, I should not be trying to get them elected to anything.
Any average person on the street with the common sense of a box of rocks knows that you should not do that. A "handler" would not have to tell them.
Michele Bachmann turned herself into the Joe McGinniss of the debate by pushing unproven gossip on the national stage. Actually, it is worse. At least, Joe McGinniss takes the time learn the gossiper's name and a little bit about them before passing on the gossip.
Now, Bachmann is the subject of well deserved ridicule. If you can find that woman so that her claim can be evaluated by medical professionals, there is a $10,000 reward.
Bioethicist Offers $10,000 Reward For Proof of Bachmann Vaccine Claims