The thing she backed off on was the implication that she was calling Obama anti-American and apologized for making that statement. She stands behind calling Ayres and Wright anti-American and saying the association should be looked into...something the mainstream media(and msnbc) will never do. Chris might lose that tinglely feeling!!!rookie said:I don't doubt it. What bothers me is this "Oh my God, I offended someone with what I said, I better bend over, kiss a$$, lick boots and try ta make it all better before I lose somethin" attitude. If ya ain't gonns back up what ya say, then don't say it. This be the trouble with the politicos on both sides a tha fence. None of em are willin ta stick ta they guns when they open they mouths in an untoward way in someones opinion. "Oh I was misunderstood, I was misquoted, I was taken outta context." etc etc.
The NRCC has abandoned three Republican-leaning House districts and left the incumbents there to fend for themselves. What this means is that the NRCC believes the seats are lost and there is no point on wasting scarce resources on them. The incumbent Republican representatives left high and dry are Marilyn Musgrave (CO-04, PVI R+9), Michele Bachmann (MN-06, PVI R+5), and Tom Feeney (FL-24, PVI R+3).
Under the motto: "You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't" The NRCC has a problem on its hands. The social conservatives have lashed out at the NRCC for dropping Musgrave and Bachmann like hot potatoes. Leaders like Tony Perkins call it cutting and running. He and some others want to fight for extreme conservatives like these two women until the last dog dies. The NRCC sees this as a triage operation: abandon hopeless causes irrespective of ideology to try to save more moderate Republicans who have a chance
kolanuraven said:She smiles WAY too much.
Never trust anyone who smiles this much.....it's sooooooooooooooooo fake too boot.
rookie said:I don't doubt it. What bothers me is this "Oh my God, I offended someone with what I said, I better bend over, kiss a$$, lick boots and try ta make it all better before I lose somethin" attitude. If ya ain't gonns back up what ya say, then don't say it. This be the trouble with the politicos on both sides a tha fence. None of em are willin ta stick ta they guns when they open they mouths in an untoward way in someones opinion. "Oh I was misunderstood, I was misquoted, I was taken outta context." etc etc.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has taped an advertisement apologizing for her televised comments calling Barack Obama anti-American, according to a Republican source familiar with her campaign’s decision.
Bachmann campaign spokeswoman Michelle Marston said the campaign will be airing a new advertisement this afternoon, but declined to comment specifically on whether Bachmann would be apologizing in the spot.
“You’ll just have to wait and see,” Marston said.
The move comes as polling, both public and internal, shows Bachmann rapidly losing ground in her re-election bid. A University of Minnesota poll released today shows Bachmann trailing her Democratic opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg, 45 to 43 percent. Those numbers are consistent with an automated SurveyUSA poll showing Bachmann trailing Tinklenberg, 47 to 44 percent.
Tinklenberg has been referencing Bachmann’s comments in his own advertising this week. His latest ad, airing across the district, replays her controversial “Hardball” gaffe.
“Michele Bachmann represents the worst of Washington, even questioning the patriotism of others in Congress,” the ad says. “General Colin Powell called her comments nonsense.”
Bachmann isn’t the only House Republican ensnared by controversy to make a televised apology. Last month, Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) apologized for his past involvement with jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Polls show him badly trailing Democrat Suzanne Kosmas.
Another Florida congressman, Democrat Tim Mahoney, involved in a sex scandal, apologized for his misconduct to a local television reporter.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1008/Bachmann_tapes_apology_ad.html