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Michele Bachmann to Rick Perry: Don't Write That Acceptance Speech Just Yet

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: August 29, 2011 3:55 AM
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Michele Bachmann, Florida's own weekend tropical disturbance, showed Republicans she's not about to let Texas Gov. Rick Perry blow her out to sea.

After a weekend of whirling through the tea party heart of Florida, the Minnesota congresswoman is raising the conservative bar, leading with her chin on controversial issues and elevating her game by reaching out hard and far to independents and the disenchanted left. She may not have touched the indies or the unhappy semi-libs yet, but she's getting closer.

Make no mistake, Michele Bachmann wants to be president of the United States -- and I mean she's fixed on it like iron to a lodestone.

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Those driving her campaign say she is as convinced as they are that the road to the Oval Office runs through Florida.

Sean Farrell, a Bachmann campaign foreman whose job it is to tie up his candidate's advance Florida itinerary, said she's working the state with great intensity.

"I think there's a teleprompter running 24-7 in her head saying, 'You can beat him, you can beat him."

Who is 'him'? I asked.

"It's anybody it needs to be. It was Romney. It was Pawlenty. It was Ron Paul. But right now," Farrell said,"... right this very minute it's Rick Perry. And you know what? We think if there is a gap, we're going to close it. We think Perry is taking Florida for granted, giving it a light buff while he concentrates his polish in other arenas. Bachmann meanwhile is beating the state like a drum and growing her following here."

Throughout the weekend Bachmann wore her heart on her sleeve, leaving nobody guessing where she stands on the issues.

Immigration? Illegals out.

Those who want to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling? They're "radical extremists."

Environmental Protection Agency? "We will turn out the lights and we’ll lock the doors,” she said to a burst of applause in Poinciana.

In Orlando Saturday she delivered an impassioned speech laced with biblical references to the Florida Family Policy Council’s Policy Awards Dinner. In it she talked about her parents' divorce, her mother's subsequent poverty and their refusal to seek public assistance. She described her personal conversion to Christianity and its importance in her life. And she affirmed her strong pro-life, pro-family stance.

Florida political consultants claim none of this is likely to hurt Bachmann among the GOP primary electorate, in which evangelicals and Catholics make up 30 to 40 percent.

But these questions remain: Has the time come for Bachmann's hard-right, fiscally and socially stringent campaign? God knows, it's been percolating for the last two presidential election cycles. Or will her views ultimately scare more moderate Republicans? Will they hit a wall with GOP strategists who want to back the candidate with the greatest ability to scoop up independents and Democrats in the general election?

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Rick Perry, on the other hand, gets points because he's the "known quantity" in the presidential race. "Rick has been governor of Texas long enough for voters to know what he's about," Dallas political strategist Furman Wise told me. "He's the known quantity, an exciting but a less scary bet."

Comments (9)

Dave Francis
10:00PM AUG 29TH 2011
ILLEGAL ALIENS CAN RUN, BUT THEY CANNOT HIDE!

Of course the open border zealots, the Catholic Church, religious faith groups, business lobbyists and others, want to disrupt the "Secure Communities and E-Verify policies, as this epidemic called illegal immigration cannot skirt around these enforcement innovations. If you contravene the law and get caught; your fingerprints are run through the FBI, ICE and Homeland Security data bases. Once you’re detained the state and local police obtain your prints and then if verified, ICE agents arrive to put a hold on you. As far as the majority of American citizens and residents, you’re a criminal when you entered this sovereign land of the United States; this is whether you dodged the border patrol or over stayed your welcome on a visitor’s visa. Your illegal, and should you be caught in the laws net, you should be arrested and consequently deported.

For the people who live in this nation lawfully, the question to ask is why is this civil offense and not a FELONY? Obviously this was intentional to mislead the naive general public. A subterfuge to reflect for thirty years, our laws were being enforced? Now we have to deal with 20 million plus foreigners without documentation, and although this has been a clever game played by every administration, the NEW TEA PARTY will enforce the 1986 Immigration laws. Then every politician, governor, mayor, judge, police chief will be evicted from office, which are favorable the economical nightmare caused by this illegal alien occupation.

The TEA PARTY (selected leaders) is the only politicians who will fully enforce the 1986 Simpson/Mazzoli bill. The Great state of Georgia, Alabama, Arizona and some to a lesser degree are using the power of their Legislative policing laws. These states are trying to stop the erosion of the financial safety-net, which illegal aliens are stealing from the old, sick and people mental disorders. The federal government has for years forcing unfunded mandates on States that can no longer afford the intrusion of our country by economic illegal aliens. The $113 billion dollars a year that is the amount paid out to these unwelcome foreign squatters should be paid out to supplement our Senior citizens, education of US citizen-resident education, health care and poverty programs. Not to appease illegal aliens with their large families, smuggled through borders.

Governor Rick Perry of Texas, who’s suddenly appeared in the presidential race, has been eliminated by the TEA PARTY as he has poor grade on Immigration law. Whereas Barack Obama has proven to have the worst grade of an (F-) in Immigration enforcement, Perry is not far behind with a (D-)

The U.S. House of Representatives has to act immediately when it returns in September to send the world a reason to follow the law. The courageous and most authoritative signal it can launch, is to pass a nationwide mandatory E-Verify bill that not only stops illegal aliens from getting jobs, but forces business owners to fire the illegal aliens already working for them.


Rep. Smith said that President is trying to placate ethnic groups for not trying to move an amnesty bill through Congress, when Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress. He was deporting thousands of unlawful foreigners, and then changed his mind under the pressure of activists. Now Obama believes in a giant, centralized administration and that is what he perceives; whether or not Congress goes along--and whether or not the American people go along. ..? That’s all very well, if you don’t live in a democracy. It’s not agreeable in the United States of America, where he has taken an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the “Rule of law” and not just to single out and select which laws to enforce. He needs, as president of the United States, to make sure all laws are faithfully executed and that is really bothersome."

Rep. Smith said Congress has two options to stop the new policy. It can hold oversight hearings or defund the agencies, but he said the best clarification is to elect a president that won't provide amnesty through executive actions, again the People’s wishes.

If you want to see your taxation forever rising, then you can sit in your chair and do nothing. Just watch your country as politicians accommodate millions of poor from other countries, subsidized by your money.

My guess if a Judge wants to climb the success ladder, you better cater to the judiciary in the Department of In-Justice.

The TEA PARTY has become a colossal grassroots movement of tens of millions of moderate Americans from all racial and religious backgrounds, political parties, no matter what the undesirable advocacy groups say? The TEA PARTY members share the focused values of restricted government, individual freedoms, personal responsibility, "fair" free markets and above all else returning control to the States and the people. For decades we have had a corrupt Taxation system, that must be rescinded and a flat tax imposed.The tax system was constructed by Attorney-legislators, who have built into the code, incentives, and subsidies and with 57 percent of the American people paying nothing. We need a tax code so everybody pays something, to save our country from bankruptcy. The TEA PARTY is about reforming all political parties and the control, so the key ideology of our Constitution, once again is the true foundation of which this nation is built. The TEA PARTY will have a zero -leniency policy on any kind of Amnesty, Sanctuary cities and States, Dream Acts or anything that supports further incursions of this affliction. The TEA PARTY is the ordinary people of these United States and is ready to expose the corruption in Washington and individual State.

Your vote counts and millions have joined the TEA PARTY to stop the extortion from the American people of their taxes. The Obama stimulus gave billions to banks, foreign and domestic with the assurance they would lend to small businesses which are the backbone of America and the job producers. Instead the banks invested the taxpayer’s money in money market accounts. None of these positive solutions happened and twenty million Americans are out of a full time job, while 8 million illegal aliens have been hired. Call your Senator or Congress person and complain, as you are the voter and have the power to throw them out of office. In this crushing recession we must ensnare every economic illegal alien and remove them forthwith.

ATTN: Illegal aliens do vote and it’s up to the American people to bring this to the attention of their state lawmakers. Discover more about Voter Fraud, by typing these words into Google. Also find out where your dollars are going, when they are pandered to illegal aliens by the federal government and the 50 states. NumbersUSA, Federation of American Immigration Reform. Learn the lies on immigration, along with a listing of 2008 Most Corrupted Politicians at Judicial Watch.

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Disenchanted
12:42PM AUG 29TH 2011
Why don't you list Bachmann's chosen career? Being an IRS Tax attorney. It takes a "special" heartless person to want to intimidate your friends and neighbors into paying more taxes, interest and penalties. Two years ago she was proud of being THE TAXMAN. Last year she changed her title to being "a tax attorney", as if she was with TaxMasters. Now, she states that she "infiltrated" the IRS to spy on them.

I understand the Brooklyn Bridge is still for sale too.
Derek Wain
9:55AM AUG 29TH 2011
Bachmann is the more principled Constitutional Conservative of the two and would make a better President. She is also more electable despite the old guard RINOs who gave us Bob Dole and Sen. McCain as nominees.
LDouglas
8:45AM AUG 29TH 2011
"And she affirmed her strong pro-life, pro-family stance."

Yet Michelle Bachmann claiming to turn out the lights and lock the doors of the EPA goes counter to that. There are more miscarraiges in this country than there are abortions and many of them are caused by pollutants and poisons in our environment. Not to mention the other damage poisons and pollutants do to people and their family.

As for Rick Perry and illegal immigration: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/conscience-conservat...

And as far as tort reform. I was once told we didn't need regulations to protect us from harm because we can sue. I guess until we can't sue for enough to make it not worthwhile for them to sacrifice our health and well being for excess profits.

Otherwise, mandating vaccines makes him just plain scary.
Cilla Mitchell
7:25AM AUG 29TH 2011
Tort Reform in Texas, is used as a legal weapon against Texans ever since Governor Rick Perry signed the Tort Reform Act in 2003.

When there are laws on the books preventing the common man from getting accountability, no telling what will happen.

Providing a link to a video showing just how Tort Reform is working out in Texas, or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT7rxa21_Xo

If you are unable to access link, just Google Cleveland Mark Mitchell, then click on youtube Cleveland Mark Mitchell December 12 1950 - April 26 2008.

Thank you for your time,

Cilla Mitchell

A Texas nurse and vet
pozguy
3:35AM AUG 30TH 2011
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RepublicanConscience
6:58AM AUG 29TH 2011
Michelle needs to come to the Florida Straw Poll. Florida is important. Bachmann is a solid Republican in the true sense. She's tough, smart, and principled. Perry is formidable, and solid, too, but he's just another guy from Texas. I think that Michelle is the stronger of the two to defeat the Commie-in-Chief. My assessment is fluid, until we have a clear leader that is not Romney or Santorum.
Martin Day
4:40AM AUG 29TH 2011
When it comes to the vote in 2012,Michele Bachmann will beat Obama very comfortably,and be installed as the next President of the USA.
God Bless America.
Dillon Masters
7:12AM AUG 29TH 2011
God may bless America but if she is elected America is going to need LOTS of blessings. "Close down the EPA?" Then we will just have to accept to good graces of greed and avarice. Holy Smokes!