Not to mention, “immensely loyal supporter.” Which would come as a surprise to a lot of people.
I received this this morning from Michele Bachmann:
Dear Friend,
As a most cherished friend and an immensely loyal supporter, I’m writing you today to say THANK YOU for all you have done both for me and my campaigns.
As a special thank you, I have prepared a personal video just for you that I hope you will view right now. I’m excited to share this important breaking news about a decision I have made with you first.
After watching the video, I hope you will provide me your feedback or leave a comment.
Again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for your continued support. I look forward to working with you in my future endeavors.
Michele
As I’ve mentioned in the past, Rep. Bachmann has for some time assumed a certain intimacy with me. I was particularly disturbed when I would get those “Are you free to talk tonight?” emails. It was like she thought we were married, or at least seriously dating.
I suppose I got on the list from my contacts with Wesley Donehue’s outfit, since they worked with her presidential campaign.
Maybe it’s over now. Do you think? Surely I won’t hear from her any more. Will I?
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I tried to watch the video, but didn’t finish. My, how she does go on.
Taegan Goddard this morning shared some interesting, related (although Michele insists this has NOTHING to do with her electability) thoughts, under the headline, “Running for President Can Kill Your Political Career:”
Interesting, then, in light of Goddard’s piece that you quote, how Bachmann puts at the very front of her extremely long-winded announcement her defensive-sounding claim that concerns over electability (and then, a mention of investigations into her Prez campaign) had nothing to do with her decision.
DWTS, anybody?
It had NOTHING to do with her electability. Nothing at all. Don’t think, even for an instant, that it did. If you doubt me, ask Michele; she’ll set you straight.
It amuses me that you would even have such a thought. It’s so crazy! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA. See, I’m laughing at the very idea.
That’s THE most important thing you should take away from this…
Now if more politicians would take her lead and leave after 8 years.
Likely, she’ll join Jim DiMent in his airless bunker.
“Airless”?
Where will the HI congressmen go? Some rainbow decorated, taxpayer provided shelter I’m guessing.
Since Brad brought up intimacy….
I’m
thinkinghoping that she’ll go the Farah Abraham route and “accidentally” release a professionally made, high quality sex tape called “Back Door Tea Party”.Silence, that comment is GREAT! Really, truly, laughing out loud.
Thanks! I was hoping to toe the line between being funny and not getting banninated!
Threadwinner.
I came across this on one of the liberal websites. I thought it captured the Republican Party pretty well:
The Republican Lords Prayer
Our Republican Father, Who art on Wall Street, hallowed by Thy profits.
They wealth does come, but only for some, on the backs of the working poor chumps.
Give the poor this day no dail bread, and forgive them not for being such lazy bastards.
As we condemn those who dare to question Thy authority, please lead us to temptation and deliver the illegals to Sheriff Joe for deportation.
For Thine is the money, the power, and the offshore bank accounts for ever and ever.
Amen
Except that it doesn’t.
The first line or two describe the old, rational-self-interest Republican Party.
Now it contains all those populists, nativists and such, who don’t care a fig for Wall Street.
The Michele Bachmann part of the party isn’t about any particular IDEAS at all; it’s about emotions.
That actually is the big difference between, say, Mark Sanford and Nikki Haley. Sanford is about the ideas of the radical economic libertarians. Nikki appeals more to the emotional crowd.
Or at least, that’s what Sanford was about back when Jenny was running his campaigns; now he’s more about saying “Nancy Pelosi” over and over. So he’s more about the emotions these days.
Brad you hit the nail on the head. Of course there’s still the Romney faction that adheres pretty closely to the old Country Club Republican way of thinking. But indeed that is a shrinking faction. Much of the GOP has lost any sense of direction. What do they really want to do other than oppose anything the president wants to do? Voting to repeal Obamacare 37 times isn’t really much of a strategy, especially if you are 100% certain it won’t ever pass as long as Obama is in the White House. Hey, in 2017 that may be an option by why not push for something positive now rather than all this grand standing?
Then there’s the war monger faction led by McCain and our own Lindsey who never grow weary of talking about bombing Iran. But more and more I think Brad is right, the GOP is rapidly just becoming the party of obstructionism and absolutely nothing else.