The Politico reports that House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) are worried about the potential damage to the party's reputation from a certain back-bencher: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).It's almost like she's everything bad about the GOP rolled into one highly visible stereotypical train wreck. I'd weep for the GOP leadership's plight, but they created this monster.This paragraph is buried deep within their latest piece on Boehner's efforts to keep up with the GOP base:
Sources say they [Boehner and Cantor] have been especially wary of the possible damage inflicted on the party's reputation by bomb-throwing Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who last fall called for an investigation into whether members of Congress are "pro-America or anti-America."
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
Friday, September 18, 2009
You Cannot Stop The Bachmanniac, You Can Only Hope To Contain Her
Turns out privately, House Republicans Eric Cantor and John Boehner are both a tad worried about Our Gal Shelly.
Hey, you lay down with dogs, you get fleas.
ReplyDeleteMe? I'm in full point and laugh mode. They brought this on themselves, they're now in for the ride. I hope they enjoy the hell out of it, because I guarantee it will come to a spectacular and bloody end.
Hope it's painful.