Randi’s Talking Bachmann’s Foreign Policy Finesse, Abuse Of Police Power, Perry’s Birtherism And More

October 24, 2011 5:24 PM

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Michele Bachmann essentially admitted that Libya’s Colonel Gadhafi would still be in power if she was president. Of course, if Michele Bachmann was president, Colonel Gadhafi would be the least of our problems. According to Bachmann, the US got “kicked out” of Iraq. Michele, I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention, but most of us here wanted to get the hell out of there. Bachmann said “we’re being kicked out by the very people that we liberated.” We liberated them! How dare they make their own decisions! Hey, once we liberate you, you have to do as we say. It seems Michele thinks that once you make a terrible mistake, you should just stick with it… kind of like her marriage to Marcus. Sorry, Michele. Iraq was a mistake, and we’re getting out of it. It’s your prerogative if you want to spend the rest of your life with a man who a man who secretly wants to spend the rest of his life with Ricky Martin.

Conservatives seem to think the country of Iraq is our personal property. I think they took the admonition that “If you break it, you own it” a little bit too literally. Maybe these Republican critics would be happier if President Obama made his announcement while wearing a codpiece.

Police forces all over America are facing allegations of abuse of power. But when the police are abusing power, they’re not abusing their own power. They’re abusing the power of the rich… for the rich. If the police ever realize that they don’t have any real power, maybe they’d join the 99 percent.

Rick Perry goes birther! When asked if he thought Obama was born in the US, Rick Perry said “Well, I don’t have a definitive answer, because he’s never seen my birth certificate.” What? The sad thing is, Perry would have looked better if the interview stopped right there. When asked again—somewhat more slowly—Rick said “I don’t know. I had dinner with Donald Trump the other night.” Wow. He makes that sound like an excuse for being confused, like “I don’t know, I’ve been drinking all morning.” Poor Rick Perry! It’s true—if you go into a dinner with Donald Trump stupid, you can only come out even dumber.

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Kalvin

To feruhtr my analysis, there are four main types of county Republican groups/organizations, which will have a great impact on the primary. Young/College Republicans, Women Republicans, Reagan Republicans and Executive Committees. 1. Young/College Republicans: increasingly libertarian, like many young people. They’ve always strayed a bit from the party establishment, are the most likely to support Ron Paul, will stray very far from Romney and probably land somewhere between Bachmann and Pawlente.2. Women Republicans: probably the most conservative, energetic, and most likely to support Bachmann, a conservative woman. These moms and grandmothers get more done than anyone on the other side of the aisle would want to know.3. Reagan Republicans: probably the most vitriol for Romney comes from this group, given RomneyCare. This is the old-guard principled conservative base. They hate Obama the most since they are old enough to remember his polar opposite, Reagan.4. Executive Committees: party establishment and official apparatus, probably the most likely to support Romney, although there are signs they are learning the lesson of this last November and folks desire for conservatism to be articulated.So you’ve got 3 of the 4 groups in my mind leaning toward Bachmann in a Romney/Bachmann race. Romney will rely on the party establishment and will need to hope for some faction between the other three. I think the other three will align behind Bachman as soon as it becomes apparent that Cain can’t win and Palin’s not running.I’m not convinced that the entire party establishment will solidify behind Romney. New’t Gingrich, for all his conservative ideas, is actually entrenched enough in the party that I actually think he’ll pull of more of Romney’s supporters than Bachmann’s (tea party/young republicans hate New’t).It will be fascinating to watch.