Why is Michele Bachmann giving her own SOTU rebuttal?

[Joanne98]

The GOP is splitting. It's the end of them. How's that for luck Democrats?

We know that we may have the weakest leadership that ever lived but we may have the dumbest leadership that ever lived too.

Obama is getting ready to try and pass 11 free trade agreements. To, and don't laugh, create jobs in this country!

:rofl:


Now when you look at the teaparty signs what do you see? Aside from all the racist socialist crap, you see REPEAL NAFTA signs. At every protest.

Now HOW do the Republicans support their Wall Street masters by shipping more jobs out of the country WITHOUT pissing off the teabag base?

It's easy, just split the party in two!

The establishment wing can vote for FTA's and the Teaparty wing headed by Bachmann can vote against the FTA's.

And we, the stupid Dem suckers, can vote with the establishment Republicans to make sure the JOB KILLING FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS get passed. That saves Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and the teaparty pols from throwing their supporters under the bus.

And the best part is.......

That leaves the Teaparty free to campaign in the battleground states in 2012 as the heroes who voted against the evil trade agreements.

They'll do the same thing they did in 2010. The teaparty is DIFFERENT from the GOP, BUT vote for the GOP.

You got to admit this is pure genius.

This not only nails down a complete victory in 2012, taking back the WH and the Senate, but it wipes out any chance of victories for the Democratic party for a generation.

We'll know pretty soon. It all depends on where Bachmann stands on FTA's. It might be hard for her to change from a free-market capitalist to a protectionist but she could find a little detail she disgrees with and hide behind that.

Either way. We're done. This will be like the civil rights act and the southern relignment.

If we're back to the 2004 red/blue map. They take the south, rockies and central, we take the coasts and New England and the rustbelt decides who wins.

Free trade agreements are considered SATAN in the states we need to win.

EVERYBODY in the rustbelt hates free trade agreements. EVERYBODY.

Now all we need is for Obama to cut Social Security and Medicare and we're ready to go down forever.

GO TEAM!






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[cutlassmama]

1. Because she's dingbat crazy and doesn't know any better

[Cleita]

9. Ring-a-ding!

You've got it!

[TheWraith]

16. Yep, that's it exactly. She has delusions of grandeur.

Hell, she has delusions of adequacy.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. I was going to say delusions of grandeur, but that would be an understatement.

She's just delusional.

[emulatorloo]

3. Because she is planning to run for President, I think n/t

[calimary]

5. My husband sums this up as another example of "more ME, please!"

She seems to be going about this very deliberately and with intention, as our karate sensei used to say. I wonder who's advising her behind the scenes? I bet she's "lawyered up", staff-wise, not with lawyers so much as with people she thinks will help guide her grassroots campaign. She's attempting PERCEPTION MANAGEMENT. If you're perceived as being significant enough to thunder out some specially packaged/presented remarks about a significant event (like the State of the Union speech), then you've created a certain amount of "gravitas" in at least some people's minds.

Something kkkarl rove said about sarah palin that was REALLY revealing to me, sorta summed it up in one sentence, and I CANNOT get it out of my mind. It's THE key, and frankly, as WE attempt to influence public opinion in OUR favor, whether it's on a small scale or a larger one, we should keep it uppermost in mind, and let it drive our every motivation.

He was talking about her Yolanda of the Yukon schtick on her Alaska show. He didn't think it was a good idea, and he questioned aloud: "how does that help me see you in the Oval Office?"

How Does That Help Me See You In...(fill in the blank here)

That's IT.

That's the Holy Grail.

The Golden Ticket.

kkkarl just gave away the game plan and all its foundational driving motivations. And WE Dems/liberals/progressives ALL need to grab it and run with it.

[emulatorloo]

7. Good way of putting it. n/t

[Tanuki]

11. Interesting. I guess we can expect a very Oval Office-ish backdrop

to help us "see her" there when she gives her spiel!

[calimary]

19. Yeah, I'd say watch for that kind of cosmetic touch, absolutely. Watch for it.

Really. Watch for it. Watch for the cues. Watch what she wears, how she's had her hair done, how much accessorizing? What color is her outfit - feminine pastels and bright colors or more darker, sober, more business-like attire? Where's she sitting/standing? In front of what kind of backdrop? Will it be speechifying at an important-looking podium or a fireside chat type thing that evokes one of the positive memories of FDR - hey THAT'd be a way to reach out to the center, subliminally. Not EVERYBODY hates FDR, only the I-hate-gummnt loonies in the wrong-wing. Watch for the cues. They'll tell you more than her mouth will. HOW IS SHE HELPING YOU TO SEE HER IN THE OVAL OFFICE?

And don't forget - there were pundits aplenty who caught that with sarah palin's shameless, stupid-ass, poor-widdle-me "address" to America in response to Tucson. There was the all-American obligatory American flag symbology visible over her shoulder to one side. There was the attire - blazer (albeit with little pleats on the shoulders - not man-tailored) for more credibility, she changed her hair to appear more business-like and professional and less cutesy/girlie. Not too much on the accessories. She created a scenario that she hoped made her APPEAR presidential-ish. Until she opened her yap. There were all kinds of little image signals she packed in there, or her media advisors/strategists put in there. Setting her up in the viewers' minds. Visual signals and cues. Most of America processes information VISUALLY.

I love repeating the Lesley Stahl story about something she did on "60 Minutes" during the reagan era. I heard her speak about this once, a few years after the fact, and she was still incredulous about it.

Her report was all about how reaganomics was starting to screw over much of the country, have-mores versus have-nots, etc. Her script which she voiced over B-roll was all about this. HOWEVER, the B-roll itself was all photos of a smiling, amiable, and eminently presidential-looking reagan - waving to the crowd atop the stairway to Air Force One, striding confidently and smilingly across the White House grounds to board Marine One, speaking forcefully and confidently and oh-so-photogenically from a podium with the presidential seal on it, smiling and shaking hands with people, waving to crowds from stages around which flashbulbs were popping all over the place, that sort of thing.

VISUALS. Quite WONDERFUL visuals. The report was LOADED with them. Wall-to-wall. That's all they had, anyway, since the reagan team managed his televised image SO carefully and ruthlessly and deftly. ALL image. ALL ON THE SURFACE, ONLY.

And I think it was David Gergen or Michael Deaver or one of reagan's media advisers who called Stahl up after the report aired, and thanked her for it. He thought it was GREAT! "Fabulous coverage - thanks so much, sincerely! Great job, Lesley! Really liked it!" She was stunned. "Did you watch the report? How could you think this? My report was highly critical. How could you possibly have liked it?" Answer: It LOOKED great. And that was ALL THAT MATTERED. He explained that nobody really listens or pays that much attention to the voice-over that was running with those great pictures. Nobody likely heard a word of it. None of it soaked in a single millimeter. It's what they SAW that counted. They were all watching and keying in, subconsciously, to those positive, benign, uplifting, happy-happy-joy-joy, red-white-&-blue, God-Bless-America VISUALS. And THAT WAS THE MESSAGE THAT ACTUALLY GOT THROUGH. And that was the point that got made, and that was what sank in to the American mindset.

This made me think of the sparring class I attended when I was still studying karate. I wound up getting a lot more out of that karate study than I realized and only some of it about physical conditioning. I was partnered with a guy who was clearly better than me and more enthusiastic about the very IDEA of sparring than I was. I preferred the forms and the technique and the athleticism - hated the hand-to-hand combat part. And this guy started engaging with me and was really keeping me busy. And at one point I noted in my peripheral vision that he stretched out his right arm to the side and fluttered his hand wildly. I thought it was some little "watch the birdie" tactic to get me to look away, so I didn't. I stayed focused on his solar plexus (where we were taught to, focus on the center, the target, and STAY GLUED there). And I got him good! It was a distraction tactic. He was trying to get me to focus away from what I needed to pay attention to. It didn't work, and I nailed him while he was busy trying to distract me.

You HAVE to know what they're trying to do to you, to knock you off your game. And you HAVE to know when they're trying to distract or snowjob you, or manage YOUR perception, so you can resist it better.

WHEN are we gonna learn this? WHEN are our guys really gonna learn this, and put it to practice? WHEN, Dear God?

Perception Management is EVERYTHING.

[HeroTwins]

4. Bring on the Schism!

[riverbendviewgal]

6. My cousin lives in Minn.

and she says Bachmann is an embarrassment to many in Minn.

[11 Bravo]

8. Because Sarah Palin neglected to copyright the phrase "narcissistic moron".

[gauguin57]

15. DUzy!

That comment made my day!

[gulliver]

10. It gives the Republicans two responses instead of just one.

It's actually a fairly brilliant move.

[Joe Bacon]

12. Jesus told her to...

:rofl:

[eleny]

13. Exit Sarah - Enter Michele

Maybe a trial balloon?

[tabatha]

14. She is giving her SOTU rebuttal because she wants to be POTUS.

[lob1]

17. A better question is why is any network covering it?

Do you think they'd cover it if Dennis Kuchinich gave his own SOTU address?

[Mudoria]

18. After watching KO's clip of her the other night

I'd say maybe she wants to drive home her point about "repealing the President" and "repealing the Senate".

[Scruffy1]

20. It's just a T&A show for over sixty viagra users n/t