Tag Archives: Michele Bachmann

Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Bachmann Drive-By Edition)

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann (R-God Is My Umbrella) has launched what New Hampshire Journal is calling “the first negative ad of the 2012 cycle” (which, not to sound negative, makes you wonder where New Hampshire Journal’s been lately). Anyway, here … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging The GOP Iowa Debate

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Well that was fun, although the hardworking staff firmly believes Lewis Carroll – no relation – would’ve been a better moderator than Fox Newshound Bret Baier (Cheshire Cat smile notwithstanding). Fox News summary and video clips here. Random notes: • Everyone … Continue reading →

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Tim Gunn Jumps The . . . Shark

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Mr. Make It Work turned into Project Runaway on the George Lopez show this week, riffing on Hillary Clinton’s pantsuits. Via Mediaite: Gunn sat down with Lopez earlier this week to talk about his new movie (yes, he’s in that … Continue reading →

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TPaw Looking Like TNaw

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Presidential wannabe Tim Pawlenty (R-Can You Hear Me Now?) is looking more and more like GOP DOA. From Friday’s Wall Street Journal: Pawlenty Struggles for Iowa Foothold FORT DODGE, Iowa—Tim Pawlenty ends stump speeches all over the state with a … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Bachmann-Iowa Overdrive Edition)

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Michele Bachmann (R-Death Ceiling) wants Iowans to know she really really really will not vote to raise the nation’s debt limit (via ABC’s The Note). Migraine Michele is hoping this new ad flight in the Hawkeye State might divert attention … Continue reading →

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NYT Flirts With Outing Marcus Bachmann

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The rumors about anti-gay Michele Bachmann’s probably-gay husband Marcus just keep getting stronger. From The Daily Beast: Bachmann Rumor Grows Louder If you aren’t yet familiar with the growing whispers about Michele Bachmann’s campaign—the uncorroborated speculation that the candidate’s profoundly … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Michele Bachmann Edition)

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Presidential wannabe Michele Bachmann (R-Death Ceiling)  has hit the Iowa airwaves with her first TV spot, in which she lays out some biographicals and emphasizes her fight “against the wasteful bailout, against the stimulus.” Here ’tis: Get that last part? … Continue reading →

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The Yin & Yang Of Michele Bachmann

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Hey, kids! Want some fun activities for a rainy afternoon? Try this swell game: Compare and contrast (in clear, idiomatic English) 1) the current Weekly Standard’s lover – sorry, cover – story and 2) Matt Taibbi’s snarky (if journalistically suspect) … Continue reading →

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Having Words With Margery Eagan

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Boston Herald columnist Margery Eagan writes today about the Sarah Palin-Michelle Bachmann Combine and how the two have a similarly fanciful grasp of American history. Eagan also points to Palin’s refreshingly inventive approach to the English language: On a lighter … Continue reading →

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Bachmann-Wallace Overdrive

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

First Fox News Channel anchor Chris Wallace asked Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-I Meant John Wayne Gacy) if she’s a flake. Then Wallace apologized. Then Bachmann didn’t accept Wallace’s apology. Then she did. And . . . There is American politics … Continue reading →

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