A new Teabagger queen?

Has Lady Blah Blah been displaced?






by E.J. Dionne of the WaPo:


I don’t think Rep. Michele Bachmann, the very right-wing Republican from Minnesota, is doing her party any favors by creating a Tea Party Caucus in the House of Representatives. In fact, I imagine that this is the first thing Bachmann has done in a long time that will make Democrats happy.

Not surprisingly, Bachmann declared herself chair of the caucus, for which she filed paperwork on Thursday. “This caucus will espouse the timeless principles of our founding, principles that all Members of Congress have sworn to uphold,” she declared. “The American people are doing their part and making their voices heard and this caucus will prove that there are some here in Washington willing to listen."

That last part, about proving that “there are some here in Washington willing to listen," is what I suspect will make many Republicans nervous. This will put a lot of people on the line, and force some into an unappetizing choice.

A lot of Republicans would like the Tea Party to rally as many right-of-center voters to the polls as possible but not have to take any responsibility for the movement’s more radical stands or the unseemly rhetoric that issues from some of its supporters. (That now-infamous billboard in Iowa made even some Tea Party people unhappy.)

Bachmann’s move will make it harder for them to avoid the question of whether they are with the Tea party or against it. Those Republicans who do sign up could turn off more moderate voters. Those who don’t might have to worry about future primaries supported by the Tea Party. We’ve already seen how even very conservative Republicans -- Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah is Exhibit No. 1 – can be declared not-right-enough by these folks. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/07/are_democrats_chuckling_about.html

she could inspire a new look.

Crackpot Chic

In former times, she would be kept locked in an attic by her relatives and spoken of as little as possible. Today every idiocy she mouths gets trumpeted to the skies by our Yellow Cable Media. As a result, she gains a forum for her rants. I prefer the old days.

They've already started.

fearful & naive' - those words pretty much describe every Teabagger I've seen yet

that's classic

and I think those should be illegal. They are controlled by a few who get in "first" and make sure they have the people do what they want. I think the only way to choose a candidate is by vote not by caucus. And I am outraged that a lot of states have them, especially Minnesota.

I support Obama, BUT back before Obama took the delegates from Minnesota Hillary led him in all polls by a double digit margin. When they had the caucus a lot of the places were hurriedly moved, combined and hard for those without transportation to get to. In Minnesota we are towns few and far between. Then when they did have caucus a vocal group took over a lot of the caucus causing some people to cave and leave. And I truly believe that's how Obama won the Minnesota electors. But since he was a Democrat I did vote for and support him, but I will never forget the way he got those ballots.