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Michele Bachmann On Pawlenty: The Governor Lodged ‘Six Or Seven Attacks Against Me’ And So I Responded

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Following last night’s heated Republican debate, GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann chatted with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, taking some time to directly address campaign rival Tim Pawlenty‘s claim that she reminds him of President Barack Obama (if you’re just joining us after a lengthy sojourn on another planet: this was neither meant nor taken as a compliment), as well as his attacks on her record of accomplishment — something Bachmann did not at all appreciate, particularly given all her, as she called them, “dust ups” in Washington.

Here’s Bachmann’s response:

Well, my record of accomplishment has been based on being a champion for things that people want us to speak out on. They don’t want “Washington as usual.” And I’ve been at the tip of the spear, whether it was on not putting Obamacare into place or repealing it or, now for the last two months, I’ve been the lone voice in the wilderness of Washington, saying “we can’t raise the debt ceiling and, by the way, we don’t have to default to do it either” and offering a plan. But also on the issue of cap and trade, Obamacare, big government. I mean, if there’s been a fight, I’ve been in the middle of it. And that’s what people are looking for, a champion.

A good response, on point, with various examples to refute Pawlenty’s attack. But Hannity, God bless him, wanted Bachmann to specifically address why Pawlenty would have “gone after her.”

Well, the Governor had lodged maybe six or seven attacks against me and we felt that we needed to make a response. And our response was “I’m extremely proud of my record and what I’ve done, plus the fact that Governor Pawlenty, when he was Governor, he did implement cap and trade in Minnesota and the business are still suffering because of it and he was behind the individual mandate in health care, which is unconstitutional.

Have a look at their discussion, courtesy of Fox News:

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  • Anonymous

    I clearly prefer Bachmann now, as it was obvious by his comment about the titanium spine, that Pawlenty prepared that sleazy attack beforehand, as his words will too polished to have been spontaneous.  It shows someone who goes for the emotional jugular instead of talking about issues and policies.  One would think that WOMEN would be the ones going for the emotional reaction, but in this case, Pawlenty took the female position.  (apologies to women reading this who are more like Bachmann — that is, reasoned and about issues)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    He slapped her in the face so she kicked him in the nuts..  Good for her!

  • http://www.constitutionallibertarian.co.cc/ DavidKramer

    Now we will get the standard talking points. She is just thin skinned, she cannot take criticism, etc, etc, etc.

    Come on leftists, do not disappoint.

  • Anonymous

    Bachmann will not be President in 2012.

    That is all.

  • Anonymous

    Speaking of lightbulbs, I think Bachmann’s was shattered into a gazillion pieces.  Her performance was rather pathetic.

    I wonder if she has met Pat Robertson…

  • Anonymous

    Does she ever actually answer a question?

  • Darladoon

    can someone tell me what it is with conservative women and eyeliner?

    i think this trend is definitely on full display with ms. bachmann, and it certainly
    feeds into her zombie-like persuasion.  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    I don’t know but can you tell me about liberal women and botox?  Pelosi’s face doesn’t quite look real anymore.

  • Darladoon

    i actually admire ms. bachmann.  

    i disagree with her on every single issue, and i think she’s illogical, irrational
    and possibly sociopathic, but i do admire her.  

    she’s consistent(ly wrong) about sooooooo many issues that it utterly boggles 
    the mind how someone so utterly clueless about vital matters.  

    but, she’s not mean, like ms. palin.  the latter is just incredibly cruel and 
    insidious.  the former is exceedingly polite.  

  • Darladoon

    sorry, so utterly clueless about vital matters could achieve her stature in politics.  

  • Darladoon

    she answers the question that she thinks she heard

    bachmann is incredibly deceptive.  i think she’s incredible.  

  • Anonymous

    You’re a caricature. :)

  • http://www.constitutionallibertarian.co.cc/ DavidKramer

    darla, is that you Al?

    As for your previous comment, I am glad you like her, if you didn’t you would probably be sitting in a tower somewhere.

  • Darladoon

    yeah, her pride in fighting lightbulb standards is just so utterly wrong-headed
    and backwards that is boggles the mind that people cheered it!!!!!!

    i love iowa city, don’t get me wrong, but the rest of the state is crazy

    all the hip young people leave as soon as they can, so all you have left are
    these completely incurious inbreds 

  • Darladoon

    i think pelosi is a very attractive woman, and for 70, she looks great.

    i could care less if older woman decide that, you know, they want to look
    sexy so that men (or women) still want to have sex with them.

    i applaud older woman who want to remain attractive and f*ckable until
    they die.  

    and btw, i think ms. bachmann is attractive.  she just uses WAY too much
    eyeliner.  and has bad taste in clothing, hair.  

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  • Darladoon

    i didn’t realize that i spoke for 51% of the population, but i’m glad that you
    feel that women should all think and act the same

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    Darla the lightbulb legislation is symbolic of a much larger divide between conservatives and progressives, if you don’t understand her pride in offering that legislation you actually understand little about conservatives..

    BTW you should take a look at this it might come in handy someday.
    http://www.epa.gov/cfl/cflcleanup.pdf

  • NeverWrong

    Pawlenty is such a little man. Little, little, little…! Michele knocked him on his sorry ass. Game over for little timmy!

  • Anonymous

    “Rewind and Play” is what she’s been doing all the time. If she has no answer ready to play, she implodes. If this was a parody of the electoral process it would have been funny. Like this…

  • Anonymous

    “Rewind and Play” is what she’s been doing all the time. If she has no answer ready to play, she implodes. If this was a parody of the electoral process it would have been funny. Like this…

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    I’ve repeatedly written I respect her energy, her focus, her discipline, her motivation, her hard work. I respect her for being the anti-Sarah Palin. Do I think she would be a good candidate or a good president? Absolutely not. That doesn’t mean I disrespect her.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    Everyone expected that T-Paw might stumble big time. I don’t think he gained ground, but he didn’t eliminate himsef.

    I also think everyone expected Bachmann to do better last night than she did. She did not much her prior performance. She may, in the end, have been hurt more.

    Having said that, it was an absurd debate not really fair to the candidates and not really affording voters an opportunity to learn anything. Really. answers limited to 1 minute on complex issues. Fewer questions with opportunity to rspond in more detail would have been much, much better.

  • The Real Royal Emperor

    If T-Paw prolongs this, it will bebecause he’s after the vice-presidential nomination. I’m not sure he would bring much to the ticket, but Willard is not going to want anyone who might upstage him, and he is not going to want anyone who actually harms the ticket. I think most Republican strategists and operatives are going to insist on the latter. The Half-Baked Alaskan so burned Gramps, that they are all going to be very, very cautious.

  • http://www.constitutionallibertarian.co.cc/ DavidKramer

    With such great friends, why do we need enemies. Blah, blah, blah. Hey, being a Christian myself, I pray for those not afflicted with everlasting life, but I am one of those that has a hard time turning the other cheek, I imagine I will spend quite a few centuries in purgatory. I find that a reasonable penance to serve to not have to give you and others civility. By the way, I use the same parameters the leftists use, I call for civility and then call you a bunch of war mongering, arseholes in the next breath. Don’t you just love it! A person that uses the leftist techniques as well as leftists do without being a leftist?

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  • Humorless

    So she’s “been a champion for things”…but never actually DONE anything in Congress?

  • Anonymous

    I would never teach a daughter to act like you. That’s fo sho.

  • http://www.constitutionallibertarian.co.cc/ DavidKramer

    Wait a minute…………..doesn’t she have to vote for or against something to have a position?

    She cannot just vote PRESENT all the time.

    Sorry, I got her and Obama confused for a moment, just disregard previous comments.

  • Anonymous

    Sounds to me like you are talking about Obama, who did absolutely nothing in the Illinois Senate and then again in the US Senate.  As much as I think Bachmann would make a poor President, she has done more the Obama did.

  • http://www.constitutionallibertarian.co.cc/ DavidKramer

    The socialists will whine about jobs going to other countries and on the other hand, proclaim the very legislation that causes it to be a great thing.

    They are idiots Fedup.

    Look at her response to your comment. Idiot, they are NOT ignorant, they are pointed out the very evidence to prove how business is leaving and they stand there and spout idiocy. They are NOT ignorant, they are as bright as a fluorescent bulb.

  • Anonymous

    Your screen name fits you.

  • http://twitter.com/Staciisa_bitch Staci Chase

    Thanks Michelle for voting for the light bulb. I sure wouldn’t want to spend half my life in the dark.  

  • Hugo Daun

    …just disregard previous comments.

    Dear Readers;

    I would suggest you keep the above phrase in mind whenever you choose to read one of Davy’s diatribes.

    You can thank me later.

  • Anonymous

    Who the hell cares? Why don’t you go chow down on a sausage with Marcus Bachmann, here:

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  • troy L Bowen

    My God she give me a good laugh, she is nuts so are you

  • Anonymous

    The GOP criticizes Obama by saying he had no real experience or accomplishments…or by saying that he only knows how to give a good speech….and then they want to nominate Bachmann??    If you can’t see the double standard here, you’re delusional.

    Michele Bachmann is a backbench Rep. with no major accomplishments….her only real skill is giving speeches and going on the talk shows.

    But I guess they set the bar lower for Republican presidential candidates.

  • CrazyLikeAFoxViewer

    You’ve already made them for us. 

    Of course since neither of these twits came out of this looking good, it’s all good. 

  • CrazyLikeAFoxViewer

    Hey, Bachmann — when we want a religious zealot, a gun nut, a government-hater, a climate change denier, a history mangler, a creationist, and a fact-averse McCarthyite wingnut as president, we’ll call you. 

  • Indepedent

    And, although I loathe her politics, too, I’ll give Bachmann this: unlike Palin she’s actually able to hold a job, she can communicate in more than 140 characters at a time and doesn’t use her kids like props. 

  • Epzw

    Michele Bachmann is a socialist.She as well as her whole family have been stealing money from the taxpayers for years.Farm subsidies,fedral grants,pension,congessional medical insurance and her goverment salary makes her the poster child for being the hypocrite she is.Thanks for letting me use the light bulb I want Michelle.I shall donate it to the USA voter and let it shine over your record.There all the same America.The Tea Party should be ashamed of her socialist background that can not be refuted.You cant be half pregnant.So fly the red Bachmann flag with the sickle in the middle.

  • Anonymous

    Blindspot: I got a sausage you can choke on.

  • Anonymous

    Blindspot: I got a sausage you can choke on.

  • Hagen619dj

    I agree with the questions.   Questions made up of the media accounts of each of them. Rather unfair. The media wanted to bring out in each of them a type of ‘squirming” that showed what they had said previously. As far as Pawlenty and Bachmann squabbling…being from Minnesota, I can tell you that Pawlenty is not the man for president. He is whinny and his adjectives about what good he has done for Minnesota were not correct. He was governor last year (2010) and alot of what Mn. has gone through with the state shut-down were caused by his actions while he was still governor. He was trying hard to discredit Bachmann and made himself out a fool. He hasn’t stumped like the other candidates because he thinks he is better than that. Take my word…he wouldn’t make a good president.  I don’t know Bachmann that well to deside. I would like to hear more from her and watch her as she travels and runs for candidate.

  • Hagen619dj

    That is way everyone wants to be careful this time around.  We have found out what no experience or accomplishment has gotten us in this country.  Obama had big money behind him.  He is doing it again for the next election. He knows he can’t get in on his merits.  This will be an intersting campaign to see when he starts spending on all the advertising and videos. We are going to get inundated with junk. There again, be fair and listen to  the candidates, give them a fair chance. Prejudging before all this crap even gets started isn’t the answer. They all improve with time and their nerves will settle down.

  • Hagen619dj

    Funny,  you just subscribed Obama to the core.

  • Anonymous

    Pawlenty knows he is washed up and will never make the nomination.  He is pulling Leftist tactics, just as Hussein did in 2008, when he relentlessly attacked McCain.  But McCain, having Honor and Integrity, did not attack back.  I would love to see Michelle go all the way.  She, Palin, Perry, Cain, West, or Bolton would do a much better job than Hussein or Pawlenty together!

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