[ejdrapes]

Isn’t that because she’s a big Palin supporter? I know she thinks Bachmann is a fraud, but I’d love to know why (other than Bachmann’s supposed to shut up and leave the stage all to Palin).

[jla]

To 38 - I believe Tammy Bruce does support Mrs Palin on account of some/most of their viewpoints merging. Yet, Bruce has been savagely attacking Mrs Bachmann, who is almost a clone of Palin, politically speaking.
So why would Bruce be so adamant in tearing down Bachmann? One aspect of Bachmann, absent with Palin, is the former's, (along with her husband), advocacy in therapy for people who wish to overcome 'same-sex attraction'. Palin admits that one of her good friends is a lesbian, and although she's stated that she wouldn't ever sign off on 'gay marriage' she appears to have a 'live and let live' attitude about gays.
I oft wonder how Bruce would react if Palin were to come out and assert that homosexuality is a sin.
Bruce can be very sharp, and she does toe the conservative line on 2nd amendment, economic, and law/crime issues. She remains pro-abort/pro-gay 'rights', though she's reigned in her angry bombursts on those topics. She used to villify; malign the Catholic Church, especially the Vatican. Yet not too long ago she complimented a Bishop, (or a Cardinal, I forget), about some noble deed performed by that cleric.
Regardless of that, her rants about Bachmann are just that, rants...until she proffers evidence of her allegations, especially the one of Bachmann being a "stalking horse for Romney".