Bachmann an embarrassment: says former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson (R)
http://govarnecarlson.blogspot.com/
Governor Arne Carlson
Friday, September 21, 2012
Michele Bachmann
. A Lady in Decline
Michele Bachmanns recent assaults against the Muslims and again suggesting that President Obama is sympathetic to Islamic extremism reminds me of the desperation of Senator Joseph McCarthy in his declining months.
Like McCarthy, Bachmann was once at the center of the new Republican Right with her attacks on the Presidents loyalty and questioning his commitment to standing up against the enemy. Both McCarthy and Bachmann were able to define their Presidential targets as sympathizers and appeasers.
And, like McCarthy, she has found herself in decline and outside her partys power structure.
The early Iowa primary campaign was her high water mark. While lashing out against the patriotism of Obama, she was proclaiming the virtues of her Iowa upbringing and pledging her undying loyalty to our neighbors south of us.
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