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    Bachmann, Pawlenty debate conservative credentials

    AP – Sun, Jul 24, 2011

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The campaigns of Republican presidential hopefuls Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty resumed their war of words Sunday, arguing via press release over which candidate has the stronger conservative credentials.

    Minnesota Rep. Bachmann accused Pawlenty of supporting policies that are anathema to her tea party supporters, such as the individual mandate to buy health insurance and a "cap-and-trade" agreement to reduce greenhouse gases. And she slammed the former Minnesota governor for praising the federal government's 2008 bailout of banks, auto makers and insurers.

    "I have fought against irresponsible spending while Governor Pawlenty was leaving a multi-billion-dollar budget mess in Minnesota," Bachmann added.

    Pawlenty's campaign swiftly rejected Bachmann's claims, saying there is "very little difference" between the two candidates' positions.

    However, Pawlenty spokesman Alex Conant said, "The difference is that when Governor Pawlenty was scoring conservative victories ... Congresswoman Bachmann was giving speeches and offering failed amendments, all while struggling mightily to hold onto the most Republican house seat in the state."

    Earlier this month, Pawlenty raised Bachmann's ire when he called her record of accomplishment in Congress "nonexistent."

    Bachmann argued again Sunday against that assessment, saying, "I have demonstrated leadership and the courage of my convictions to change Washington, stop wasteful spending, lower taxes, put Americans back to work and turn our economy around."

    Later Sunday, Bachmann press secretary Alice Stewart reiterated her candidate's earlier remarks, saying, "There is very little difference between Governor Pawlenty's past positions and Barack Obama's positions on several critical issues facing Americans."

     

    223 comments

    • Armen K
      Armen K  •  9 mths ago
      here is the issue with the republicans they don;t want to pass a tax break for the working people so that the rich can pay some extra tax and according to a lot of rich people such as Bill gates who said that passing tax break is not gonna hurt the rich because of the fact that they are already rich but the republicans don't want to do that because of the fact that either they are scared they may not get election money from the rich or they may burn bridges from the rich you figure it out it's all about looking after yourself don't matter who puts you into the office if the democrats don't fight amongst themselves to solve issues then the
      democrats can control the white house but the problem with the democrats is that they support a union in which case they destroyed the economy in California in some cases the union seems to think that they are bigger than the government simple as that as long as the democrats are in the white house.
    • republicans ruined the US ...
      republicans ruined the US ...  •  10 mths ago
      I see a Saturday Night Live skit on the horizon.
      • GO PACK
        GO PACK 10 mths ago
        That's where obama belongs!!!
      • Conor O'Leary
        Conor O'Leary 10 mths ago
        He's been an SNL target plenty of times, time for new material.
    • 2 Party System is BROKEN
      2 Party System is BROKEN  •  10 mths ago
      LOL, that's like an idiot and retard fighting over who's smarter! LOL!!!!!!!
      • Tim P
        Tim P 10 mths ago
        Hell, it "is" an idiot and retard fighting! ROTFLMAO!!!
    • G-man
      G-man  •  10 mths ago
      Kinda like Lindsey Lohan calling Amy Winehouse a train wreck.
    • Beth
      Beth  •  10 mths ago
      Bachman/Palin overkill. Anyone else sick of those 2?
      • Just another Google data ...
        Just another Google data ... 10 mths ago
        Just wondering when Palin will pose nude for Playboy. Or will Bristol get there first?
      • weimarliberal
        weimarliberal 10 mths ago
        The good thing is that they are siphoning off all those Republican dollar$
      • Tommygirl
        Tommygirl 10 mths ago
        I am really sick of both of them and the tea party.
    • TR
      TR  •  10 mths ago
      We should require both of them to take a comprehensive test on geography, the constitution, history, and economics before the press quotes one more word about who's "conservative." I have no more problem with conservatives than with liberals, my big problem is whether the candidate is STUPID.
      • James N
        James N 10 mths ago
        Honestly, how many professional politicians could pass that test? On either side fo the political spectrum.
      • Gene
        Gene 10 mths ago
        Congress needs a major down size. We really don't need to pay all those

        people to make hard commonsense decisions. The house of reps is important but

        the senate is entirely to large and makes it to difficult to hold all of them

        resoponsable for making poor decisions. Give fewer people more power. Just a

        suggestion but our state governors would be glad to add the voting

        responsibility of the senate to their list of duties and they would be less

        likely to abuse the power. Also that would cut an unnecessary expense from

        the federal budget
        Governors know what their states need and could easily decide what federal

        expenses should cut "commonsense".
        I think that I have a whole lot of great ideas but everyone else thinks the

        same way. Concentrate the power and hold their feet to the fire, I guarantee

        the right decisions would get made for fear of making obvious wrong

        decisions.
        We the people are very smart, I am and you are. Some people a long time ago

        didn't beleave so and they decided to take advantage of the system we call

        government and started a trend, borrowing money to for things that were not

        necessarily needed.
        The problem is congress that is in the pocket of unions and corporations that

        control media, and that is a common problem on both sides, democrat and

        republican. You the common citizen have little power to voice what you

        believe and know what is right, such as NAFTA . Tell me that you really had a

        say in the single most destructive act in the history of the USA. You see

        that was in the past and not being talked about, the debt, deficit and the

        lift of the ban on gays in the military is and all kinds of other news that

        can shed the light of any issues they don't want to talk about.
        Decisions people! They are not easy to make and apparently congress is not

        capable. If I have to I will load my guns and defend this country from the

        inside out. Hope more people in this country care as much as I do. All I have

        to do is think of the hell they are making for my children and my blood

        starts to boil. This can be done. Save the USA.

        Why not write hot checks. They have basically been doing that for a long time

        anyways.
        The only reason it is such a big deal now is the media. If media would have

        decided to not report " as they do with other issues" congress would have

        already passed some kind of pork filled law and continued business as usual.

        The only difference between you writing a hot check and the USA doing it. You

        get charged for the infraction and we all get charged with the infraction. We

        are already being charged for so many hot checks, no body can tell you how

        much we actually owe in penalties.
        The problem is congress period. Governors should play a larger role in making

        decisions on a national level and the senate should be fired, the whole lot

        of them. How much would that shave off the deficit?
        We the people should act on this. Kindly kill congress.

        Kindly kill congress and give our state governors the power of the

        senate.Press the issue.
        Bypass media and send chain mail to friends and family. Hand out letters to

        people on the street, any thing that works to press the issue. Congress is

        corrupt and they need to be disband.
    • Noah H
      Noah H  •  10 mths ago
      Dumb and dumber!
    • weimarliberal
      weimarliberal  •  10 mths ago
      Having these two fighting in a public arena is like watching animal cruelty
    • A Yahoo! User  •  10 mths ago
      Actually, niether of them is a conservative. Bachman is a neofascist theocrat, Pawlenty is just a neofascist oligarch. They both do a tremendous amount of damage to mankind, but rationalize it somewhat differently.
    • William Hoffman
      William Hoffman  •  10 mths ago
      Michelle Bachmann's husband is GAY
    • Darmok E. Jalad
      Darmok E. Jalad  •  10 mths ago
      So Bachmann insults Pawlenty by saying he's fiscally irresponsible.
      And Pawlenty insults himself by saying he's similar to Bachmann.

      No way this guy's winning the Republican nomination.
    • HashPappy
      HashPappy  •  10 mths ago
      At a time when the Republican Party is imploding, and in desperate need of some type of unity, these two screwups continue to snipe at each other over just how radical their individual ideaologies are, thereby demonstrating a serious lack of maturity and leadership ability. I love it!
    • Jake
      Jake  •  10 mths ago
      STEP RIGHT UP FOLKS and get your BACHMANN GAY CURE EXLIUR only $3095.00 at one of our Health Clinics .. expensive, no problem we just BILL MEDICARE cause our farm subsidies only provide a few millions dollars a year to the BACHMANN household budget .. SNAKE CHARMERS!

      USA founding fathers .. SPERATION of CHURCH and STATE at ALL COST.

      A former patient who sought help from the Christian counseling clinic owned by Bachmann Inc. and her husband, Marcus, told ABC News he was advised that prayer could cure him of his homosexual urges and he could eventually be "re-oriented" and normal. One counselor's path for my therapy would be to read the Bible, pray to God that I would no longer be gay," said Andrew Ramirez, who was 17-years-old at the time he sought help from Bachmann & Associates in suburban Minneapolis in 2004. "And God would forgive me if I were straight."
    • Independence76
      Independence76  •  10 mths ago
      Yuk, yuk, yuk! "I'm more conservative than you are!"
    • Chris
      Chris  •  10 mths ago
      How about a little back-and-forth about who has the most productive government experience? Bachmann, who's never introduced even one bill in Congress, or Pawlenty, who ran up a huge debt for Minnesota as Governor.
    • david
      david  •  10 mths ago
      CONSERVATIVES
      Remind me of a Waste Treatment Plant
      The 1st wash process removes most REPUBLICONS
      the 2nd wash with the algae eating enzymes get the freshmen TEA bagger
      The 3rd wash kills off all the leaders and makes the water good for

      TOILET FLUSHING
    • Rob
      Rob  •  10 mths ago
      I hope Michelle wins the republican nomination so that Obama will win reelection in 2012!!!
    • Tim P
      Tim P  •  10 mths ago
      Hell, republicans vote republican just because they hear "less taxes"... But what the idiots don't realize, is that those "less taxes" are just for the wealthy! ROTFLMAO!!! I would say when will they ever learn, but from the looks of it, they never will! ROTFLMAO!!!
    • Ian Towne
      Ian Towne  •  10 mths ago
      As a Minnesotan, I have had the displeasure of seeing both Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann at their finest, which is dispacipally low. These two pathotical excuseses for politicians have created more hard during theeir careers than most that I have seen. If either are an example of what our furtue holds, then God help us all because we will surely need it.
      The idology that spewes from their lips is biggotted, discriminatory and bold faced lies. Neither has the faintest idea of the what connecting with the working person means. They are so far out of touch with the average American, on wonders what planet they came from. How anyone with the least amount of intelligence can consider them as a leader of our nation scares me to the nth degree. Voters - OPEN UP YOUR EYES - and see the mess that you may end up creating. All I can suggest is - to run hard and fast in the oposite direction now!!
    • Moderate Republican
      Moderate Republican  •  10 mths ago
      The debate, I'm dumber than you are.
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