Posted on 01/06/2012 5:17:57 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Her campaign was built on the false premise of a win in the Iowa straw poll. When you’re willing to pay more for people to vote for it falls flat.
She did a great job. Plus, the more she was in the picture, the more polished she got. And she’s beautiful too. So was Palin and they had to take her down. Makes all the drabs currently serving in Washington look worse than ever, I guess.
She left the campaign with great class and dignity. Hope to vote for her someday.
What bothers me is she came in to Iowa claiming to be an Iowan, and trying to suck up to Iowa voters. Ok she lived here until she was 13. Fine. But she always seemed to tout that. Fine.
But when she was in Waterloo, and mentioned how she was happy to be in the hometown of John Wayne. Fail. Every good Iowan knows that is Winterset. And Waterloo was the hometown of John Wayne GACY. Ok, everybody gets an oops.
But then she was in Ames, and said she was happy to be at the University of Iowa. No. It is Iowa State University. And anybody from Iowa knows that.
Candidates go from town to town, and probably forget where the heck they even are. I get that. Newt could make that mistake. Romney, Perry, Paul, whoever. But when you continuously claim to be an Iowan, and you make that mistake, you are either a moron or a phony. I don't think she is a moron, and I'm sure not gonna vote for a phony.
Seeya Michelle, thanks for playing.
She lost me when I heard her bellow for the 5000th time “Make Obama a one term president”. If she had stopped at 4999 she would have still had me.
This is absolutely right. Perry's entrance started Bachmann's downward slide.
It's not the only reason Michelle went downhill. She was hurt by some statements she made that got wildly distorted by the MSM.
But Perry was the proximate cause.
Then he shot himself in the foot.
Cliff Schecter: “...STRAW-MEN!! GET YER’ STRAW-MEN RIGHT HERE!!...”
That’s completely unfounded, yellow journalism. I didn’t care for Bachmann, but it was because she failed to convince me she was capable of leading; didn’t inspire, motivate or put forth a compelling argument for my vote. That pretty much goes for the rest of the GOP candidates.
Contrast her with Palin who couldn’t shake the media off her with pepper-spray and who also has a proven track record of drawing HYOOGE crowds and motivating folks to open their check-books in spite of the mountains of unfounded, undeserved mud slung at her.
Sexism he says? Sounds more like Schecter’s wishful thinking, projection, or whatever his hang-up is.
Good grief.
(That’s my best Linus Van Pelt impression.)
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