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Michele Bachmann Tries To Steal Sarah Palin’s Mama Grizzles
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was recently in Spartanburg, SC giving a speech to the local Tea Party, when she indirectly called out Sarah Palin by referring to ladies in attendance as Mama Grizzlies. We all know that this is Palin’s catch phrase, and she is counting on those female Republican voters in 2012, but is Michele Bachmann trying to swoop in and steal them away?
According to GoUpstate.com, “She recognized female activists and party officials in the room, calling them “Mama Grizzlies,” the phrase popularized by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. She called Spartanburg “the epicenter of the conservative comeback in this country.”” This may not seem like much until you consider that like Palin, Bachmann is a potential candidate for the 2012 Republican nomination. Bachmann intentionally used her catch phrase with a Tea Party audience. This reeks of Bachmann trying to muscle in on Palin’s political turf.
Bachmann appeared in one of the early primary states and used Palin’s catch phrase with the clear intent of setting herself up as the Tea Party alternative to Palin. Even though the Tea Party loves Palin, they don’t think that she is smart enough to be president. Despite the fact that Palin and Bachmann campaigned together in 2010, the two women are natural rivals for the 2012 GOP nomination. If both ran, they would be competing against each other for Tea Party votes. In the same way that Palin would be competing with Mike Huckabee for evangelical Christian primary votes.
Unlike Bachmann, Palin is nationally popular with the Republican Party, but she doesn’t have a natural constituency. A Representative from Minnesota does not make trips to South Carolina the year before a presidential election unless they are seriously considering a run for the White House. Bachmann’s use of the term Mama Grizzles was a way to jab Palin and gauge her response. Like most Republicans Bachmann appeared to be trying to get a read on whether Sarah Palin is going to run or not in 2012.
If Palin doesn’t run, Bachmann has begun to position herself as the candidate for the Mama Grizzlies. If Palin does run, Bachmann will offer the Mama Grizzlies an alternative to Palin. There can be no mistake about it. Michele Bachmann knew exactly what she was doing when she used the phrase Mama Grizzlies. Rep. Bachmann may be a deranged conspiracy theorist, but there is a reason why she keeps winning reelection. She knows how to campaign and appeal to her base.
Sarah Palin may be the ambitious Mama Grizzly who believes that the White House is her destiny, but Michele Bachmann is a political shark. If she and Sarah Palin were to run against each other in the GOP primary, I think that Bachmann would probably come out on top. However, the real winners of Bachmann and Palin feud would be Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney. More division in the Tea Party equals an easier path to the nomination for each of them.
Michelle Bachmann went to South Carolina, and tried to put the Mama Grizzles in play over the weekend, and we will learn a great deal about Sarah Palin’s 2012 intentions by how or if she responds to Bachmann.
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12 Responses to Michele Bachmann Tries To Steal Sarah Palin’s Mama Grizzles
Dan Skinner
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Excellent…. and the republican carnage begins.
Shiva (Moderator)
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 3:49 pm
I don’t understand why anyone thinks that Sarah Palin is some type of the Evangelical candidate. she has no worth ethic, no work ethic, no human ethics and quite frankly she is just one of the people who talks about religion and doesn’t live it. She lied about who had the baby trig, she doesn’t have the moral turpitude to finish a job when she starts it and she repeatedly proves that she has no idea what she is talking about by attacking people and making herself look foolish. She never misses an opportunity to attack the president or his wife and that is totally unpresidential and certainly not something you want in a candidate. I look at some of the tweets from her followers and these people are quite insane.
But that’s enough about Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann is just a total fool who mouths tea party rhetoric. What can you say about her? Her after the state of the union address was so absolutely ridiculous that you could have read it out of any tea party pamphlet.
Reynardine
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Moral turpitude? You betcha she’s got that!
Shiva (Moderator)
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 6:50 pm
I think you’re confusing what I said with turpentine and corncobs
Reynardine
Feb. 22nd, 2011 at 6:25 am
Er… look up turpitude.
Eykis
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Shiva, terrific post. Agree 100%.
Just because I can — pure snark here –
At least CrazeeChelee has some sense of fashion – Snowbilly Grifter showed up at her Long Island BS session dressed in fugly faux-leopard pumps – decked out like the Ho she truly is – trailer trash chic~
Reynardine
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Cue in the catfight scene from “Oklahoma!”
Hrafnkell
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 4:01 pm
You just hate…er, I mean, love to see this :)
There can be only one queen of the Tea Baggers!
Sarah Jones
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Clown on clown violence is never pretty:-)
Shiva (Moderator)
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 4:12 pm
/shiva muffles a snort
Anne
Feb. 21st, 2011 at 5:36 pm
They both seem to be vying for the unenviable title of Queen of Fools. It’s hard to say which of them is dumber. Michelle Bachmann has a perpetually demented look in her eyes while she spouts off-the-wall conspiracy theories. Palin reminds me of a female Howdy Doody with her goofy pronouncements while she’s trying to be clever or funny at someone else’s expense–usually one of the Obamas. The Republican Party nurtured and enabled these two dingbats, and now they have to live with the consequences.
nursetom
Mar. 9th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
This is indeed a scathing indictment; however, it begs the question, “Why did it take the Republican congresswoman and former Congressman Ernest Istook of Oklahoma two years to uncover and expose the pre-funding of 105 billion dollars?” It seems that the chickens are coming home to roost after all. The Democrats stole Uncle Sam’s car and took it for a joy ride while the Republicans were asleep at the gate. And now Ms. Bachmann cries, “Fowl!”