Bachmann making Iowa speech

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald-AP

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann will bring her tea party message and possible presidential ambitions to Iowa on Friday night, speaking before an influential anti-tax group that shares many of the Republican's views.

Bachmann will be the keynote speaker at a reception in Des Moines by Iowans for Tax Relief, joining prominent Iowa Republicans including Rep. Steve King. The event comes just weeks after Bachmann acknowledged she was considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination, a process that begins with the Iowa caucuses in February 2012.

Ed Failor Jr., president of Iowans for Tax Relief, noted the group wasn't endorsing any potential presidential candidate, but he was excited about hosting Bachmann.

"We're an organization that has always believed that the status quo has failed us," Failor said. "Michele Bachmann is one of those people who says the status quo doesn't matter."

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110121/NEWS01/701219827/942#bachmann-making-iowa-speech

[Sal Minella]

1. I'm surprised she's speaking in Des Moines -- there be Democrats!

I figured she wouldn't show her face outside the fen of Steve King's district (IA-05) -- the western edge of Iowa.

I keep hoping she and Steve King will run off together -- Mars must have little kids in need of Christian Missionary types like King and Bachmann.

[benld74]

2. I MISS Jesse Ventura!!!!!

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Status quo suckage is stankilicious." - M. Bachmann (R - Nattering Nabob)

"Everything everything everything sucks, except Tax Breaks for fatcat Republicon cronies. Down with everything. Up with tax breaks for the rich. Sneer. Smirk."

- M. Bachmann (R - Nattering Nabob)

[Kingofalldems]

4. Palin/Bachman 2012

They would win the Confederate States but lose big everywhere else.

[bongbong]

6. Not just the confederate states

They'd also win the votes of the repig males in other states, who all think that Palin & Bachmann winking means their vote gets them a roll in the hay.

[husky92]

5. A Gathering of Idiots!

I imagine this might be one of the all-time largest collection of nitwits to gather in that state. What have we come to in this great country when people like Bachmann and Palin can think about running for President and people like Failor are excited! Sadly, there are thousands or millions that would cast a vote for them. That is the most depressing part.

[Pirate Smile]

7. Diva doesn't work in Iowa - "Bachmann's Tardiness Irks Iowa Republicans"

Bachmann's Tardiness Irks Iowa Republicans
By Scott Conroy

With the spotlight suddenly shining brightly on Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) during her trip to Iowa on Friday, the potential presidential candidate is already getting a taste of the negative fallout that can occur when Iowans feel slighted.
Bachmann is in the first caucus state for a series of meetings to test the presidential waters. She will also deliver a much-hyped speech in Des Moines, which is being hosted by the influential advocacy group Iowans for Tax Relief.
But several dozen invited GOP activists and leaders in the state were kept waiting at the Smokey Row Coffee in Des Moines when Bachmann arrived more than an hour late for an event that was scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.

Three state legislators, two county chairs and a state Central Committee member were among those who showed up, but sources at the meeting said that more than half of the original group of guests gave up and left before Bachmann finally arrived at around 10:45 a.m.
Story County Republican Chairman A.J. Spiker, who is also a member of the Republican Central Committee, was eager to meet Bachmann but had to leave just as she was arriving, since he had another appointment at 11 a.m.

"Obviously, first impressions are important, and it would be in a candidate's best interest not to keep people waiting," Spiker said. "I think most people understand a candidate who's delayed, but an hour-and-a-half is a pretty big delay."
Central Iowa was hit with snow showers this morning, but attendees told RealClearPolitics that although Bachmann had a staffer in place at the event before her arrival, no updates were provided on the congresswoman's status as she fell behind schedule at an earlier meeting with Iowans for Tax Relief's president Ed Failor, Jr., in Des Moines.

-snip-
But Bachmann and her staff may have some work to do in order to smooth things over with some of the lower-level Republicans in the state who felt slighted this morning.
"You can get away with this stuff in D.C. or New York, but it doesn't fly in Iowa," one of the meeting attendees told RealClearPolitics. "Out here, people keep you to your word when you say you're going to be somewhere."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/01/21/bachmanns_tardiness_irks_iowa_republicans_108627.html

[truthisfreedom]

8. Hahahahahaha. Michele, you should be working for your own state. It's the one above Iowa.

Look at a map. Get your work done here, tardy lady with a big mouth and a bad case of religious extremism.

[TygrBright]

9. Run Michele, Run!! n/t

[era veteran]

10. Heaven for the comedians of the world.

MB would be the gift that keeps on giving.

[elleng]

11. About her lies, on Minn Pub Radio:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x243444

[silenttigersong]

12. Mickey the Bachman

Mickey the Bachman from what I understand was a tax attorney.That being said, she should be able to baffle this tax group with mucho b.s.I wish ,someone would bombard her with Questions concerning offshore tax havens.I believe that Mickey Bachman knows and has had a few high profile political clients.Isn't that how you advance in the political world?She ought to be questioned about her farm subsidies there in farm-ville as well.