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Now the hypocrites can't get enough of non-community organizer Bach-to-Mom.
People are starting to wonder what the gaffe-girl has actually accomplished, and how she feels qualified for office.
Bachmann’s rivals for the GOP nomination are beginning to sharpen the knives.
Her fellow Minnesotan, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty went after Bachmann hard on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, saying that the congresswoman’s record of accomplishment is “nonexistent.”
Pawlenty bashed Bachmann again Monday on Fox News, saying that being president is more than "just giving speeches at rallies"—a clear shot at Bachmann’s ability to play to conservative crowds.
In the Atlantic, writer Conor Friedersdorf says Pawlenty is right.
“In many ways, Bachmann is exceptionally qualified to run a good campaign. She is telegenic, charismatic, manages to be quick-witted at times, is wily in her attacks and counterattacks, raises a lot of money, and has mastered the dog-whistle. She rose to prominence by adeptly leveraging media appearances. That she did so despite having accomplished nothing of significance in public life is impressive,” he writes. “But it doesn't make her qualified to be president. She is manifestly unqualified to be president, as Republicans would quickly point out were someone with her resume running as a Democrat.”
Friedersdorf goes on to note that he believes that Bachmann’s supporters, who, he says, claimed a few years ago that then-Sen. Barack Obama was too inexperienced to be president are being hypocritical.
"Is the partisan mind so powerful that they're now prepared to elevate someone based on the strength of her TV interviews and floor speeches?" he asks.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-bachmann-attacks-20110712,0,6737611.story?track=rss
People are starting to wonder what the gaffe-girl has actually accomplished, and how she feels qualified for office.
Bachmann’s rivals for the GOP nomination are beginning to sharpen the knives.
Her fellow Minnesotan, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty went after Bachmann hard on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, saying that the congresswoman’s record of accomplishment is “nonexistent.”
Pawlenty bashed Bachmann again Monday on Fox News, saying that being president is more than "just giving speeches at rallies"—a clear shot at Bachmann’s ability to play to conservative crowds.
In the Atlantic, writer Conor Friedersdorf says Pawlenty is right.
“In many ways, Bachmann is exceptionally qualified to run a good campaign. She is telegenic, charismatic, manages to be quick-witted at times, is wily in her attacks and counterattacks, raises a lot of money, and has mastered the dog-whistle. She rose to prominence by adeptly leveraging media appearances. That she did so despite having accomplished nothing of significance in public life is impressive,” he writes. “But it doesn't make her qualified to be president. She is manifestly unqualified to be president, as Republicans would quickly point out were someone with her resume running as a Democrat.”
Friedersdorf goes on to note that he believes that Bachmann’s supporters, who, he says, claimed a few years ago that then-Sen. Barack Obama was too inexperienced to be president are being hypocritical.
"Is the partisan mind so powerful that they're now prepared to elevate someone based on the strength of her TV interviews and floor speeches?" he asks.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-bachmann-attacks-20110712,0,6737611.story?track=rss
