Bachmanns Vetting Begins: The Dirt Surfaces---Earmarks, Farm Subsidies And Pardons.

[USArmyRetired]

Bachmann is in one week, the dirt starts surfacing. Palin has been putting up with this for 2 1/2 years. Still nothing. Bachmann is fixing to see the wrath of the liberal MSM and she will be looked at under a electron microscope. This is why Palin is going to come out shining because she has been vetted and has been vetted a second time and still, she has come out a winner. Romney has yet to be vetted like Palin. Same goes to Pawlenty but one thing is clear. There is something about a conservative woman that causes the media to go into search and destroy mode. Bachmann will be out of this race before you know it.



Michele Bachmann | Earmarks | Tea Party | The Daily Caller

Bachmann may also be plagued by her involvement in a controversial pardon. In 2007, Bachmann wrote a letter requesting a presidential pardon for a convicted drug-smuggler and money-launderer named Frank Vennes. Vennes was convicted of money laundering in 1988 and pleaded no contest to a cocaine and weapons charge. Making matters worse, he and his wife donated a total of $27,600 to Bachmann’s 2006 and 2008 election.

Bachmann’s penchant for earmarks dates back to her days in the Minnesota state Senate. Despite her reputation as a fiscal conservative, from 2001-2006, then-state Senator Bachmann proposed more than $60 million in earmarks, including a $710,000 “Bond For Centerville Local Improvements Around Highway 14″ and a $40,000,000 “Bond for Lino Lakes And Columbus Township Highway Interchanges.”




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[Steelplate]

Yeah.... your side doesn't do that at all, does it?

What a bunch of bullshit. You want the Democratic Party to lie down and just let the Conservatives be the bastions of Political Wrangling.

Both sides do it. One side tends to rely on facts more than another... Muslim, Kenyan, America-hater, anti-American... does any of that ring a bell? Or did we forget about all of that now that it's a new election cycle?

Bachmann's and Palin's words and actions are now a matter of public record and subject to scrutiny. Stop playing the "victim". Every politician makes their bed, and they all have to lie in it.

 

[USArmyRetired]

Bachmann's and Palin's words and actions are now a matter of public record and subject to scrutiny.

Why should Palin be scrutinized? She's not running for anything. She's a private citizen.

 

[Steelplate]

Because she's a Public figure that is neck deep in politics. She chose her own path. No one forced her Bus Trip, or her book deals, or her TV show on her.

She could have finished her term in Alaska and retired nicely to a life of comfort. She didn't choose that path. She chose to be the face of the Tea Party... with that comes scrutiny. The people of ACORN are Private Citizens, but they(as a group) have been crucified by your side for half a decade(that I was aware of).

Charlie Sheen is a Private citizen... shouldn't he be allowed to continue his downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and Porn Stars? Sure... but that's not the way the world works, is it?

 

[WillowTree]

Because she's a Public figure that is neck deep in politics. She chose her own path. No one forced her Bus Trip, or her book deals, or her TV show on her.

She could have finished her term in Alaska and retired nicely to a life of comfort. She didn't choose that path. She chose to be the face of the Tea Party... with that comes scrutiny. The people of ACORN are Private Citizens, but they(as a group) have been crucified by your side for half a decade(that I was aware of).

Charlie Sheen is a Private citizen... shouldn't he be allowed to continue his downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and Porn Stars? Sure... but that's not the way the world works, is it?

yes well, as it turns out you should have been watching weenie and tweenie.

 

[Steelplate]

Because she's a Public figure that is neck deep in politics. She chose her own path. No one forced her Bus Trip, or her book deals, or her TV show on her.

She could have finished her term in Alaska and retired nicely to a life of comfort. She didn't choose that path. She chose to be the face of the Tea Party... with that comes scrutiny. The people of ACORN are Private Citizens, but they(as a group) have been crucified by your side for half a decade(that I was aware of).

Charlie Sheen is a Private citizen... shouldn't he be allowed to continue his downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and Porn Stars? Sure... but that's not the way the world works, is it?

yes well, as it turns out you should have been watching weenie and tweenie.

WTF does that mean?

Edit... I googled it. I still don't understand the connection to Bachmann and Palin... or even the general political connection.... but thanks for playing!

 

[WillowTree]

Because she's a Public figure that is neck deep in politics. She chose her own path. No one forced her Bus Trip, or her book deals, or her TV show on her.

She could have finished her term in Alaska and retired nicely to a life of comfort. She didn't choose that path. She chose to be the face of the Tea Party... with that comes scrutiny. The people of ACORN are Private Citizens, but they(as a group) have been crucified by your side for half a decade(that I was aware of).

Charlie Sheen is a Private citizen... shouldn't he be allowed to continue his downward spiral of drugs, alcohol and Porn Stars? Sure... but that's not the way the world works, is it?

yes well, as it turns out you should have been watching weenie and tweenie.

WTF does that mean?

Edit... I googled it. I still don't understand the connection to Bachmann and Palin... or even the general political connection.... but thanks for playing!

as expected.. Kerry On

 

[daveman]

Bachmann's and Palin's words and actions are now a matter of public record and subject to scrutiny.

Why should Palin be scrutinized? She's not running for anything. She's a private citizen.

She's guilty of being Conservative While Female.

 

[Zander]

Big deal. All the candidates have to deal with intense scrutiny. It's part of the process. I wish the press had done a better job vetting Obama....

One of the reasons that House and Senate members rarely make it to POTUS is that they have too many votes on record and the opposition has endless ways to spin those votes. There are literally hundreds of votes every session. The average Joe doesn't understand the machinations of the sausage making machine in DC. They see a vote for or against something and naturally assume that is the persons position on the issue. But because the system is so archaic and inane, these legislators have to make a compromises to get things done. Sometimes a legislator will vote yes on a bill one day, then no on the same bill (with a rider or add-on) the next day.

 

[California Girl]

Have they mentioned the outrage of Bachmann accepting government money - for her foster children? Personally, I find that outrageous. Imagine - taking parentless children into your home and 'profiting' from it!!!! Fucking bitch!

*sacrasm off*

 

[xsited1]

Bachmanns Vetting Begins: The Dirt Surfaces---Earmarks, Farm Subsidies And Pardons.

Did Weiner send her a picture of his Weiner?

 

[edthecynic]

Bachmann is in one week, the dirt starts surfacing. Palin has been putting up with this for 2 1/2 years. Still nothing. Bachmann is fixing to see the wrath of the liberal MSM

Now, of course, all this dirt was dug up by the GOP so therefore the "Liberal" MSM is to blame!!!
You do know that the Daily Caller is a CON$ervative website, don't you?
Oopsie!

May 16, 2011
RUSH: Let's move to this whole notion here of what's happening inside the Republican field and the fact that opposition research is now being conducted on Michele Bachmann. There is a little game -- I don't know if you've noticed this, but if you haven't noticed it, don't doubt me. Part of my job is to notice things before you do, and then tell you. It's called the cutting edge. I'm on it. I own it. There's a little game being played by the established Republican commentariate, what I call the inside-the-Beltway conservative intelligentsia, the Republican intellectual elite. It is aimed at muddling conservatism and discrediting, taking down, if you will, conservative Tea Party candidates in the Republican presidential primary process.


RUSH: Now, let's look at Bachmann, just a quick peek here at Michele Bachmann. She is a favored target of establishment Washington. Now, that doesn't come as a surprise to you, does it? I mean you know that she's a target, you've seen it. It might perplex you as to why at this stage of the game. Look, I know we are in the Republican primaries and the battle is between ourselves now. It's understandable. But in establishment Washington Bachmann is a favorite target, and even to the point of talking about she's too short or she's radical or what have you. But in this case, in the Daily Caller piece, the attack on her is that she supported earmarks and ethanol.

 

[Steelplate]

Yeah... but it's only when their candidates get legitimately scrutinized that they bitch. When the Right winger Media makes up bullshit stories about people being closet Communists, Kenyan Muslims, and all the rest of the crap that gets vomited from these scumbags... they all do a happy dance.

 

[WillowTree]

What happened to Sarah Palin and her family was not vetting. It was the game of personal destruction and there is no other way to see it. Problem is the left hasn't been able to destroy her, she beats them at their own game.

 

[Truthmatters]

You guys do know she was an IRS lawyer right?

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Bachmann is in one week, the dirt starts surfacing. Palin has been putting up with this for 2 1/2 years. Still nothing. Bachmann is fixing to see the wrath of the liberal MSM and she will be looked at under a electron microscope. This is why Palin is going to come out shining because she has been vetted and has been vetted a second time and still, she has come out a winner. Romney has yet to be vetted like Palin. Same goes to Pawlenty but one thing is clear. There is something about a conservative woman that causes the media to go into search and destroy mode. Bachmann will be out of this race before you know it.



Michele Bachmann | Earmarks | Tea Party | The Daily Caller

Bachmann may also be plagued by her involvement in a controversial pardon. In 2007, Bachmann wrote a letter requesting a presidential pardon for a convicted drug-smuggler and money-launderer named Frank Vennes. Vennes was convicted of money laundering in 1988 and pleaded no contest to a cocaine and weapons charge. Making matters worse, he and his wife donated a total of $27,600 to Bachmann’s 2006 and 2008 election.

Bachmann’s penchant for earmarks dates back to her days in the Minnesota state Senate. Despite her reputation as a fiscal conservative, from 2001-2006, then-state Senator Bachmann proposed more than $60 million in earmarks, including a $710,000 “Bond For Centerville Local Improvements Around Highway 14″ and a $40,000,000 “Bond for Lino Lakes And Columbus Township Highway Interchanges.”




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If that's all there is to the pardon story, that is certainly alarming. I don't like politicians that can have a position bought.

The earmarks are unfortunately the norm and don't mean squat. Although I wish the practice was banned.

I don't know a lot about her yet, but what I do know is admirable.

 

[blastoff]

It's part of the game that's played by both sides. Bachmann - as all candidates - knows what's in her closet and that it will likely be brought up by the opposition, and then you deal with it and see where the chips fall.

 

[daveman]

Yeah... but it's only when their candidates get legitimately scrutinized that they bitch. When the Right winger Media makes up bullshit stories about people being closet Communists, Kenyan Muslims, and all the rest of the crap that gets vomited from these scumbags... they all do a happy dance.

Ahh...so speculating that Trig Palin is Sarah's grandson fathered by her husband is legitimate scrutiny?

 

[Steelplate]

Yeah... but it's only when their candidates get legitimately scrutinized that they bitch. When the Right winger Media makes up bullshit stories about people being closet Communists, Kenyan Muslims, and all the rest of the crap that gets vomited from these scumbags... they all do a happy dance.

Ahh...so speculating that Trig Palin is Sarah's grandson fathered by her husband is legitimate scrutiny?

Ok... great... there's one. Hardly can call that equal, can we?

 

[edthecynic]

Bachmann is in one week, the dirt starts surfacing. Palin has been putting up with this for 2 1/2 years. Still nothing. Bachmann is fixing to see the wrath of the liberal MSM and she will be looked at under a electron microscope. This is why Palin is going to come out shining because she has been vetted and has been vetted a second time and still, she has come out a winner. Romney has yet to be vetted like Palin. Same goes to Pawlenty but one thing is clear. There is something about a conservative woman that causes the media to go into search and destroy mode. Bachmann will be out of this race before you know it.



Michele Bachmann | Earmarks | Tea Party | The Daily Caller

Bachmann may also be plagued by her involvement in a controversial pardon. In 2007, Bachmann wrote a letter requesting a presidential pardon for a convicted drug-smuggler and money-launderer named Frank Vennes. Vennes was convicted of money laundering in 1988 and pleaded no contest to a cocaine and weapons charge. Making matters worse, he and his wife donated a total of $27,600 to Bachmann’s 2006 and 2008 election.

Bachmann’s penchant for earmarks dates back to her days in the Minnesota state Senate. Despite her reputation as a fiscal conservative, from 2001-2006, then-state Senator Bachmann proposed more than $60 million in earmarks, including a $710,000 “Bond For Centerville Local Improvements Around Highway 14″ and a $40,000,000 “Bond for Lino Lakes And Columbus Township Highway Interchanges.”




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If that's all there is to the pardon story, that is certainly alarming. I don't like politicians that can have a position bought.

The earmarks are unfortunately the norm and don't mean squat. Although I wish the practice was banned.

I don't know a lot about her yet, but what I do know is admirable.

Gee, I remember during the 2010 election campaign and after the GOP gaining power "earmarks" were the scourge of the Earth. Now suddenly that Teabagger Moochele Bachmann is an earmarker, earmarks don't matter. Moochele Bachmann hates earmarks. Despises them. On her website, she calls the earmark system "little more than a political favor factory at taxpayer expense." But her earmarks, of course, are not earmarks because they are small earmarks, so she is not a hypocrite!

Bachmann says she did take earmarks after all | Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media.

Just days after saying she had requested zero earmarks for her district, Rep. Michele Bachmann admitted to Fox News’ Brian Wilson that she had indeed requested millions in earmarks in 2008. But, she says, it’s not a big deal because her earmarks were less than the average earmarks for the rest of Minnesota’s congressional delegation.