tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post8641598059199316198..comments2024-03-18T03:18:46.825-04:00Comments on RIGHT SPEAK: Michele Bachmann responds to Tim PawlentyBOSMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613253160155525089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-84213887132390057692011-07-25T22:37:58.417-04:002011-07-25T22:37:58.417-04:00I would imagine this back and forth going on until...I would imagine this back and forth going on until one or both drop out.Revolution 2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/17567911992728079281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-48827578984811111602011-07-25T01:39:44.607-04:002011-07-25T01:39:44.607-04:00I'm not sure what she thought she was doing to...I'm not sure what she thought she was doing to fight an individual mandate in health care, but Governor Pawlenty signed a health care bill in Minnesota that didn't include a mandate. Personally, I find the mandate to be the least bothersome part of Obamacare, but her statement here seems inaccurate. <br /><br />Tim Pawlenty didn't leave a multi-billion-dollar budget mess in Minnesota. He cut spending, and the claim that he left a huge deficit is only valid if the liberals try to take spending back up to the levels where spending would have been if Governor Pawlenty hadn't worked to reduce spending. In this statement, Mrs. Bachmann is just parroting a liberal talking point, and doing so makes her look bad. <br /><br />Mr. Pawlenty has admitted that cap-and-trade was a mistake. People who have records as executives will have a few mistakes. Legislators sometimes have the luxury of not making hard decisions and retreating into blind ideology. <br /><br />I don't like TARP either, but the banking mess was created in part by federal government action to force banks to make loans to people who didn't used to qualify. The government allowed the banks to package the loans into these investment vehicles that eventually failed as all of those unqualified borrowers defaulted. I understand wanting to help the banks with a problem that the government created. <br /><br />She talks about numerous things that she wants to do in Congress, but she doesn't name a single bill that she's authored or sponsored that actually passed. Yes, she's voted as many of us would have voted had we been in Congress, but again, her real record of accomplishment is non-existent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-36795859840398558102011-07-25T01:39:43.438-04:002011-07-25T01:39:43.438-04:00T-Paw is right, she has no relevant experience. I ...T-Paw is right, she has no relevant experience. I can't imagine why anyone would support her over Tim. It's ridiculous. <br /><br />-MarthaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com