Backmann Overdrive
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism As Michelle Backmann so accurately stated, "As important as these distressing economic concerns are, we would be wise to recall that there are other threats that loom as well," Bachmann said, urging the crowd to "not forget that for our conservative coalition to be victorious in 2012, it will take every one of us and then some, pulling together to bring together the three legs of the conservative stool." These words are among her most intelligent. She went on, "We cannot shun each other in 2012," she said. "The structural integrity and the political appeal is not only rooted in this fiscal discipline but the social values and the philosophy of peace through strength." More words that carry intelligent thought and perhaps even a bit of wisdom. I wish she would have left it at that. Rather than sticking to a wining theme she sunk to the following, "We have...