Bachmann comments throw 'silent' Reince Priebus, GOP off message

[maddezmom]

Source: MinnPost

When Reince Priebus, the chairman of the National Republican Committee, spoke to the Elephant Club Monday at the Minneapolis Hilton, he had to sidestep the debris left by the 110-pound elephant in the room.

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has pushed Minnesota Republicans and operatives like Priebus either off message or into a cone of silence after her remarks accusing Congressman Keith Ellison and a top State Department aide of ties to anti-American Muslim organizations.

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However, Priebus refused any media availability, despite the Minnesota GOP’s best efforts to offer him up to the press. And when one reporter — me — showed up at the Elephant Club, Priebus was hustled into a private dining room under what constituted heavy guard to protect him against a single member of the press corps. The reason, spoken only off the record, was to avoid comment on Bachmann.

Paulsen, however, couldn’t avoid comment.


Read more: http://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2012/07/bachmann-comments-throw-silent-reince-priebus-gop-message

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Minnesota Rep. Erik Paulsen disputes Michele Bachmann's remarks

Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen says the comments made by fellow Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann about Islamic fundamentalists infiltrating high levels of U.S. government are "not appropriate" and "not accurate."

Paulsen weighed in on the Bachmann flap on Monday, July 23, after an unrelated legislative hearing in St. Paul.

more: http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_21138759/minnesota-rep-erik-paulsen-disputes-michele-bachmanns-remarks

[Ken Burch]

1. Wild guess here...

Bachmann's been told she's NOT on the short list for veep.

[maddezmom]

2. excellent guess

now it's all about her. I guess she's taken her grifter lessons from the ulitmate, Sara P.

[Ken Burch]

3. On another note...

D'ya think that Reince Priebus went all through grade school getting called "Prince Rebus" by everybody?

[maddezmom]

4. to be honest

I'm betting something with penis was in there somewhere.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. I don't know but I would have been one of the first to call him Rinse Peenus. nt

[louis-t]

6. Wrinkly penis.

[bayareaboy]

12. I might have to go make a pot of Coffee ...

Just to spray my keyboard and monitor!

[Joe Bacon]

29. I call him...

The Greased Penis.

[wordpix]

9. LOL!!!!

thanks for a good one

[DainBramaged]

15. Know what his first name is?

[Ken Burch]

21. Uh, no...will I regret it when you tell me?

n/t.

[DainBramaged]

23. Reinhold Reince Peeeeebus. His parents cvouldn't name him Joe

what a great working class name.

[unc70]

22. Reinhold. Makes its own jokes. N/T

[coalition_unwilling]

37. Well, the coffee is meeting the monitor, but don't forget Reinhold

Niebuhr, a great American theologian and left-wing progressive.

[Historic NY]

8. Ah, a fleeting moment.....

she could have been 2nd banana.

[muntrv]

10. Hey Hey!! That's an insult to bananas!

[Jackpine Radical]

27. And I'm sure annabanana would deeply resent the suggestion.

She's First Banana around here.

[The Wizard]

7. I want to see and hear

more Michele Bachmann. She's entertaining and a fool. As for a grifter, she and hubby Marcus have been scamming the people and the government for years. The fact that she wins elections speaks volumes about the state of education and mental health in Minnesota.

[rexcat]

13. There are always pockets of idiots in every state...

some more than others!

[Berlum]

11. Republians going OCCULT on their hate for each other and their Whack-O ideas

How Republican to spew hate, to disavow responsibility, and to HIDE your ugly shit...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Erik Paulsen is ALSO from Minnesota

His district has her surrounded.

[Thor_MN]

17. Yes, Paulsen is the 3rd district Congress Critter

and if it weren't for Batshit Bachmann, would easily set the bar for conservative assholery in Minnesota.

But, if anything, the 6th surrounds the 3rd on the north and west sides. The 3rd is more densely populated, so is smaller in area than the 6th.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

18. Musta got em backwards when I looked. Oh well. In the process I stumbled on this.

They redrew her district so her house is now in a Democrat's district.

She's had to move to run in 2012.

http://wjon.com/bachmann-says-shell-move-to-new-6th-district-audio/

[Thor_MN]

32. Sorry, she didn't...

The Constitution merely requires that a Representative "inhabit" the state they represent, when elected. There is no requirement that they reside in the State, much less their district. Theoretically, one could spend just the amount of time from the election to when the results are certified in a state that you had never set foot in before and never go back and still satisfy the Constitution.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. Listen to audio clip in the link.

"B lives along the far eastern edge,......will have to establish residence within the boundaries of the new 6th Congressional District"

Otherwise she would be a "carpetbagger teabagger".

[Thor_MN]

34. It's a real bad idea to run for election in an area you don't live in

because it's hard to get people to think you represent them if you don't live there

BUT,

there is no legal requirement to do so. It's perfectly legal to be a carpeTbagger.

She does not have to move, but the 6th is heavy with tightassed conservatives. It's doubtful that they would wake up long hold that against her, look how many times they have voted for a complete moron.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. "the 6th is heavy with tightassed conservatives"

Saw her surrounded by supporters on election night.

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These are people who consider her to be presidential material..

[NewJeffCT]

16. can we comment about the overwhelming number of morons

(morans) that have infiltrated all levels of the Republican Party.

[Jackpine Radical]

28. So when, exactly, did Romney become Bainless?

[gael]

19. Dual Citizenship

and/or dual loyalty, since Ms Bachmann had a need for Swiss Citizenship and became embarrassed to pursue that for herself, but the rest of her family obtained that, I am sure that she is covered, if her party ruins the rest of the country and not just every institution that we trusted up until the year 2000. I believe this would be a good start, lets look at all the representatives, that share their loyalty with other countries, and hold dual citzenship.

[riverwalker]

20. I was at the Isanti county fair

and went up to the big GOP booth plastered with all the MN GOP candidates, and missing was anything to do with Bachmann, nothing, no signs, nothing with her name. No people were there except some volunteers eating pizza in the back. Since I am a snot, I wandered over and asked "Hey, why are there no Bachmann signs? Are you ashamed of her or something? Well, you should be!" The guy looked like he was gonna choke on his pizza, and I giggled all the way back to my granddaughters 4-H horse barn.

[Brickbat]

26. Isanti is not in her district; that might be part of it.

[vlyons]

24. just shows what a coward Priebus is.

the GOP keeps whining about leadership, but they wouldn't know how to lead except to stiffle all dissent and opposition. The republican brand is totally bankrupt. Tell your friends.

[davidpdx]

25. When Bachmann loses in the fall election

she'll probably go work with her husband's cult brainwashing people.

[snooper2]

30. You have to feel a little sorry for the guy growing up with a name like that "Reince Priebus"

Every time I see it instantly I think

"Rinse the penis"

[Blue Owl]

31. Prince Jeebus' Cone of Silence

n/t

[yardwork]

35. Reince Priebus? That's the name of the National Republican Committee chair? It sounds French.

Foreign, or something. What kind of name is that? It's not Anglo-Saxon, is it?

/gleeful sarcasm