Posted on 12/01/2011 7:24:06 PM PST by FR_addict
Wish I could agree with you, but I can't. The Left are succeeding in destroying all of our candidates, and we happily lap up the slop placed before us. When we lose in 2012, we can only blame ourselves...and that is profoundly sad.
We are so screwed.
I suspect that John Adams and Thomas had more intellectual firepower than the entirety of Congress combined.
With that being said, where do the rest of the candidates stand on the Iran issue. I'm not writing about thought out campaign phrases, but reacting to the UK embassy situation.
I was watching the news with the wife and heard about the UK embassy for the first time. My immediate reaction was that Obama did not have the balls to lead the world and call for all nations to pull out of their embassies in Iran. We would then know who was on our side, including Obama. It is the perfect way to isolate Iran.
Of course, none of the other candidates said anything to my knowledge. It was a perfect opportunity to draw a clear contrast between a Republican candidate and Obama.
This is just the primary.
We will get focused on Obama.
When I first look at something like this I look at the author or the person responsible for the article. In this case it looks like Alan Colmes. In that instance the report has no credibility.
I’m sure Michele Bachmann knows the story of the American Embassy in Iran during the Carter administration and how it played out.
It’s too bad people don’t dismiss something like this when they see Alan Colmes’s name attached to it.
The stacked hypotheticals as explanation are from her campaign, according to Fox.
Jukeman, do you believe something Alan Colmes’ says?
Gimme a break.
The Leftists won this fight when they had “Conservatives” siding with Politco in their slime-job on Herman Cain. BTW...whatever happen to these four women? Oh, well, it really doesn't matter, they've succeed and will do the same to every other GOP candidate who surges in the polls. Once we accept the Lefts premises, they win.
And looky here: Bachmann misspeaks, the media does a full out assault, and we “conservatives” (especially those who dislike Mrs. Bachmann) lap it up, and help destroy her. We have shown the Left that we are influenced by what they report, as much as we might not want to believe this.
Here's the final analysis: the media will slime all candidates save Romney. Romney will in fact be our GOP primary winner. To those who thought the Politico hit piece on Cain was a good thing; lets wait and see how it feels when they hit your guy...or gal. These Marxists taste blood; and we are to blame.
Nope, that is pretty much where she cratered and never came back. I was originally for Perry till it became clear he couldn't communicate well enough for the job, but even while he was collapsing so was Bachmann. She couldn't take advantage of the Perry implosion because she sounded shrill and over the top on the HPV thing. That vaccination most certainly did NOT cause anyone mental retardation. Her reaction was way over the top considering it was a policy never put into effect. It destroyed her campaign.
It’s at the 1:39:38 second mark.”
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You know what; to those who already dislike Bachmann (just like Cain) this explanation really won't matter. You see, we now live in a time where we “conservatives” happily accept what the Leftist media reports...as long as it helps our favored candidate.
And people can seriously question why I believe we've doomed ourselves for 2012.
It just sickens me that the Left were able to beat us this badly. Get used to the name Romney...he will be our candidate.
Perfect, thank you.
I know. It’s disgusting that people will take the mainstream media’s word for it as long as it helps their candidate. So far I am not going to join the other lemmings in bashing another person’s candidate. Every candidate, except Romney, deserves a look. Of course, all’s fair in love and war when it comes to Romney. :-)
I believe that is not what she said. Glen Beck said that on his show Michele said just the opposite about the Iranian embassy a couple of days before. So she clearly knows whats up with the situation. Colmes is just promoting a lie.
I heard Bachmann interview. This is total bs. Go Bachmann.
I think a Paul / bachmann to kt is theorist!
Yes, I'm with you. We all need to back off and ask ourselves just how important these "gotchas" are in the grand scheme of things. It's beginning to sound like a bunch of school kids trying to "one-up" each other.
I saw her doing an in-depth long interview on C-SPAN and she was very impressive. The press lies and loves to distort people’s words especially when they are part of a demographic that Democrats think belong only to them, such as women and Blacks.
“Painful. I really wish she would withdraw.”
Well, if she drops any lower she may not need to withdraw. It seems to me that when your down to 1% and tied with Buddy Roemer, you’re probably done.
“Results from an American Research Group poll of likely GOP primary voters in Florida: Newt Gingrich (50 percent), Mitt Romney (19 percent), Herman Cain (10 percent), Jon Huntsman (3 percent), Rick Perry and Ron Paul (2 percent), Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Buddy Roemer (1 percent).”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2814732/posts
So true cripplecreek. Remember most of the media kept people in the dark about Rev. Jeremiah Wright? This is just more of the same.
Michele gets a double dose of abuse because she is NOT a Washington insider.
Aren’t you a Perry supporter?
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