Michelle Bachmann saw the Teabaggers as her path to power, but it appears that she is going to be disappointed. What she and the Teabaggers are about to discover, now that Republicans have won the House, that they have placed themselves right under the elephant’s tail, and they are about to learn the consequences of that position.
When Rep. Mike Pence announced that he was stepping down from his position as head of the House Republican Conference, the Family Research Council immediately issued a statement [Theocons delinked]saying that choosing his replacement would be the "first major test for the new Republican majority."
The two leading candidates for the position are Rep. Jeb Hensarling and Rep. Michele Bachmann, and while Hensarling appears to be emerging as the front-runner and racking up the support of GOP leaders, it looks like the Religious Right is backing Bachmann [women against women’s rights delinked]:
Concerned Women for America thinks … [t]here are plenty of competent and fearless leaders at the ready who deserve a seat at the table. Rep. Michele Bachmann from Minnesota comes to mind. She has been an outspoken conservative leader of the Tea Party movement from the beginning, and we think she deserves serious consideration for a leadership position.
Conservative women won big this election cycle, and the Tea Party helped to propel them to victory. In fact, women in general swung 14 points for Republicans. It seems time to add a stiletto to the clubby, well-heeled leadership team.
And Richard Viguerie has even unveiled a petition [extremists delinked]asking Reps. Boehner and Cantor to "withdraw your endorsement of Rep. Hensarling for the House Republican Conference and allow Rep. Bachmann (or anyone else who wishes to join the race) a fair and open election process that equally respects the voice of each Republican House member."
Ostensibly, Viguerie’s petition is just asking for a fair election, but he is making no secret of his support for Bachmann [propaganda delinked]… [emphasis added]
Inserted from <Right Wing Watch>
When Fox Fantasy, the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, dumps on their own employee, that seals it, as Keith (Welcome Home) Olbermann and Chris Hayes discuss:
Normally, Neocons, Corporocons and Plutocons will goose-step behind the Theocon agenda, but adding the InsaniTEA wing to the picture complicates matters. Republicans govern exclusively for the benefit of criminal corporations and the richest 1%. That’s who Republicans represent. Some Teabagger ideas run contrary to those interests. Therefore, they will keep the power for themselves. That’s why Batshit Bachmann and her Teabaggers are under the elephant’s tail, and that’s where they will stay until it’s election season again.
13 Responses to “Bachmann: Under Elephant’s Tail?”
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We’ll see which side of the right is under the tail. I believe you’re right but not for the same reason. The tea party few who actually got elected haven’t been visited by the money bag men lobbyists yet. Once they see what kind of money is truly available for them they will lock right in step with the gravy train. Then it’s us under the tail if the entire left leadership no matter who it winds up being isn’t going to fight. I am betting that the leader of the Democrat machine has not learned yet that fanaticism can only be dealt with using vigorous opposition. No more of this reaching across the aisle bullshit oris it donkey shit or elephant shit–whatever it is it is still shit.
Actually, I agree Mark. I said that their greed would make it a short fight.
The cannabalism in the GOP is hastening now and it will be entertaining to watch. There are signs that the Bachmann-Palin blend of rash, impulsive action and fabricated nonsensical statements is beginning to grate on the nerves of Republicans across the country and will eventually be resoundingly rejected by the party. Best of all, the defeat of wackos like Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell, Joe Miller, and Linda McMahon proves that the country at large does not at all like the taste it got of this type of extremist Tea. Good riddance to all of these crazies!
In a way, I almost wish Angle had won. We have two years of gridlock coming anyway, Reid is useless, and she would have provided several prime posts. But six years of her woulf be just too long.
What exactly does the Head House Republican Conference do? If that’s like the spokesperson for the House, and I have to listen to Michele Bachmann ranting her stupid shit, I’d rather be deaf. 😛 And I thought her self proclaimed Queen of the Teabaggers was going to far -HA!
too far – I hate when I do stupid shit like that.
Chairs the and sets the agenda for the Caucus meetings, I think.
GR8 Graphic! Very graphic!
Hi Vig! Feel free to steal it.
Flying by to say hi Tom. Bit busy 😀
Hi Monique! Me too!! 🙂
Q. What do you find under the the elephant’s tail?
A……A horse’s ass from Minnesota.
Horses might get you for that, Hugh!