DEBATE: District 6 House candidates
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Bachmann may have handed it all to Tinklenberg, who does not merit any of it. Remember Bob Anderson. The real IP candidate.
It is news all over the Internet that Michele Bachmann, appearing to have a political deathwish, went uber-McCarthyite, on national TV (to the profound embarassment of every citizen of this State).
Bill Prendergast has a transcript and related matoffensive to the sensibilities of cogent, reasonable people. It is Joe McCarthy, repackaged, Stillwater style.
Basically, Bachmann went into "anti-American" dimensions of her world - her distorted view of the real world, that is.
While gross offensive overstatement is not an unusual erial posted at DumpMicheleBachmann. Go there to read it. It undeniably is both awful and for Bachmann, she usually has had the sense to do it among her zealous core constituency, not on national broadcast time.
This time the will to be Michele Bachmann far exceeded the will to be at all prudent.
Bachmann's been recognized before as first with the firebrand, and there to cast the first stone, (at those in her worldview she believes deserve it, a view excluding her deserving anything but love and respect and willingness to not hold her to the meaning and true impact of the outrageous things that come out of her mouth).
Bachmann's meltdown (self-immolation??) hit the blogs and Tink got barrels of bucks that his own qualities did not merit independent of Bachmann doing her inimitable accusation mongering.
It bothers me that Tinklenberg benefits.
But how can you avoid holding your nose and going with the least offensive choice - when considering Bachmann vs. Tinklenberg?
One answer: It's Simple. , vote for him. He has a chance now, with Bachmann removing herself as anything but a joke candidate. Bob Anderson is the one of the three that is not a career politician, nor is Bob Anderson a consultant-lobbyist as Elwyn Tinklenber is.
When you see the Tinklenberg ads showing how clearly awful Bachmann is, ALWAYS REMEMBER THE NAME - BOB ANDERSON.
HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY REAL SIXTH DISTRICT INDEPENDENCE PARTY CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
GIVE BOB CONSIDERATION.
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