Bachmann: GOP should ‘allow themselves to be re-defined by the tea party movement.’

[Joanne98]

At the inception of the tea party phenomena, organizers insisted that “the movement is not tied to the Republican Party.” But in recent weeks, the Republican Party has been going all out to bring the vocal activists into the GOP’s fold. “We need to stop looking at the tea parties as separate from the Republican party,” Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) told National Review last month. In a Dec. 29 interview on Fred Thompson’s radio show with guest host Jed Babbin, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said that if the GOP were “wise,” they would “allow themselves to be re-defined by the tea party movement”:

BABBIN: What should the Republican Party be doing to capture this political energy and turn it into votes next year?

BACHMANN: Well, it’s embrace the tea party movement with full arms and hold as many open forums as they possibly can to bring people in and listen to them because the leadership right now is truly coming from the tea party movement because it is disaffected Democrats, Independents, Republicans. It’s really people who love the country and who brace what ultimately has been the mission statement of the Republican Party. If you look at the two parties, Democrat and Republican, there’s no question that the heartbeat of the tea party movement would be more in line with the mission state of the Republican party certainly than that of the Democrat party. So if the Republican Party is wise, they will allow themselves to be re-defined by the tea party movement. And I hope that that will be the case.

Listen here:

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/04/bachmann-redefined-tea-gop/



She's been so quiet the last couple of weeks I thought she was DEAD!

[Demeter]

1. I Think We've Just Seen the GOP Commit Suicide

Such tormented souls, refusing all assistance, too, like universal single payer health care including drugs and psychiatric care....

[skorpo]

5. I Agree.

[tanyev]

2. Yes, Michele. Embrace the tea-bagging.

[louis-t]

3. Oh please....

Do incite your party to the dustbin of history.

[depakid]

11. Oh please. oh please....

[nxylas]

14. Oh please oh please oh please

Wonder how many "oh pleases" we can get up to before the political gods have to listen.

[RainDog]

4. didn't she appear at one of those? how many teabaggers did she do, I wonder?

she does seem dedicated to the cause...

[ashling]

6. She does look dead

sort of

[jberryhill]

13. It depends on how recently she's molted

She grows a new skin and sheds her old one every couple of months.

[Bitwit1234]

7. Oh I agree

they should compare themselves to a tea bag that is wet, sloppy and dripping. Which has been all used up.....yep ..sure fits.

[Harry Monroe]

8. Oh, be still my beating heart!!

Go for it Bachmann!! I sincerely hope the Republican Party is defined by the Tea Party movement!! They'll soon become so toxic, no one but the whack jobs will be voting for them. Damn, but she's the gift that keeps on giving, isn't she?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Looks like MN might be losing a House district on account of the last census --

and praise the Goddess, it's the 6th. Bachmann's district.

Excellent.

[louis-t]

16. Remember, she's the one who urged her

constituants to evade the 2010 census cuz "Obama wants yer email address" or some craziness. It is now biting her in the ass.

[Historic NY]

10. I'm thinking we should encourage it at every turn....

[mwb970]

12. At least they will stop claiming that the teabaggers are "non-partisan".

Although it has been amusing to see teabaggers standing amid a sea of Obama-is-Hitler signs saying that their movement includes Democrats!

[nxylas]

15. Aren't they already?

Whether they "allow" it or not.

[snake in the grass]

17. Sounds like a great idea to me!

I support her on this.

[NICO9000]

18. Please let this happen ASAP

Preferably before the mid-terms!

[Gman2]

19. The name will be changed to, "Not the Republican Party".

[The Wizard]

20. "I thought she was DEAD!"

She is dead, just too stupid to lay down.

[Arkana]

21. By all means!

I agree with Michele!

[carsonscorner]

22. I spoke about this on my show.

I really think we are seeing another Nazi party in the making. Sooner or later they'll find a leader who will promise them everything. If only the teabaggers knews that one of their hereos took 250,000 in government hand-outs.

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[BluDemocratGirl]

23. So, what are saying, Michele Blockhead?

....that the RePUKEs love this country, and the Democrats don't? Are you sick in the head, lady, dumb, or both? I'm a Liberal Demcrat, and we ALL love this country 'til death do us part. Hey, everybody. Theres a Liberal Democrat/Progessive grassroot movement call "The Teabusters-1,000,000 Strong Against the Tea Party Movement"! Yes, they ARE AGAINST the Tea Party fools! More info coming soon, but they do have a FB page.