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Bachmann Scores as Scourge of Dems

And she's the authentic voice of the GOP base

By Caroline Miller,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 24, 2009 7:40 AM CDT
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(Newser) – George Will shows the love (and shovels on the metaphors) to Michele Bachmann in today's column, lauding her for being an effective "burr under Democrats' saddles," even though she 
is also a "petite pistol that occasionally goes off half-cocked." Will recounts Bachmann's impulsive decision to run for state senator, despite a houseful of foster kids, as well as four of her own, and her two congressional victories—the last one nearly scuttled by her casual remark 18 days before the election that Obama's views are "anti-American."

He notes approvingly one of the comments that earned her opprobrium from the left—that the Obama administration's takeover of GM was "gangster government." And he calls her "an authentic representative of the Republican base." She's a social conservative in the Sarah Palin mold, "but she knows that economic hardship and government elephantiasis now trump other issues."

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., gestures as she speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., gestures as she speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Conservative pundit George Will attends the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation third annual gala to help stop domestic violence November 18, 2005 in New York City.
Conservative pundit George Will attends the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation third annual gala to help stop domestic violence November 18, 2005 in New York City.   (Getty Images)
Conservative newspaper columnist George Will poses on the red carpet upon arrival at a salute to FOX News Channel's Brit Hume on January 8, 2009 in Washington, DC.
Conservative newspaper columnist George Will poses on the red carpet upon arrival at a salute to FOX News Channel's Brit Hume on January 8, 2009 in Washington, DC.   (Getty Images)
In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Rep.-elect Michele Bachmann thanks her supporters at Republican headquarters in Bloomington, Minn.
In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Rep.-elect Michele Bachmann thanks her supporters at Republican headquarters in Bloomington, Minn.   (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid, File)
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reasonator
Oct 26, 2009 7:54 AM CDT
Libertarians are not "conservatives." You need to do your homework. And it's clear that you were implying that I believed in the Bible, not just asking me. So, you have a problem of self deception if you are going to try to convince yourself that all you were doing was asking. Again, everyone will see right through you.
reasonator
Oct 26, 2009 2:45 AM CDT
@Fondue: About my "changing the word" from "women" to "black," I did that to help you and others see the sexism, because we are able to recognize instances of racism easier than instances of sexism, because sexism goes unrecognized by a lot of people, men especially. When you change one word from "women" to "blacks", you can instantly see the racism in the statement. So, it goes to prove that the statement, when using the word "women" is sexist, because the same idea is expressed, but about women instead of African-Americans. I was hoping you were rational enough to understand the point I was making, but either you aren't, or (more likely) you wanted to twist things around so you could try to call me a racist. Nice try, but I, and I hope others, can see right through you.
reasonator
Oct 26, 2009 2:07 AM CDT
@Fondue: No I don't believe in the Bible. Looks like you are the one with the problems with assuming things about other people.

 
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