Getting punked, Bachmann style
Having recently drawn fire for playing sore loser in the chase for the TEA Party vote, the Michele Bachmann campaign stepped on yet another political landmine in South Carolina earlier today. Their poor attempt to one-up the struggling campaign of Rick Santorum, a RINO pandering to social conservatives, only succeeded in getting them punked by none other than Tyler Jones, one of the state's foremost Democratic campaign operatives.
It started earlier today when the Bachmann campaign issued a news release:
Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann today announced the team of grassroots leaders who will propel her campaign to victory in South Carolina. This announcement leaves little doubt that the Bachmann campaign has the most organized ground game in the Palmetto State.
A list so organized that it included the Jones' name as one of the campaign's leaders in Charleston County, where Jones resides. Jones admitted to responding to an email solicitation of support from the Bachmann campaign, which led to his being included in the list of "grassroots supporters", prior to a retraction issued by the Bachmann campaign later in the day.
But the story grows more interesting, so keep reading.
This list of supporters was intended to one-up a grassroots leadership list released last week by the campaign of Rick Santorum. In addition to targeting TEA Party support, the Bachmann campaign has been competing aggressively for the social conservatives being courted by the Santorum campaign. As with their TEA Party outreach, the Bachmann campaign has been struggling to gain traction with this key Republican constituency.
Sources indicate that Sheri Few, the Bachmann campaign's state campaign director, was responsible for putting the list together and vetting it before its release (but bungling it in her usual style). As Jones is well-known around the state for working on numerous campaigns, especially in legislative races (Few lost three consecutive bids for a Midlands State House district), it seems this kind of mistake is one which was either the result of grand incompetence or intentional collusion and sabotage on behalf of the Democrats.
But nobody we've talked with indicated that Cyndi Mosteller was involved in putting this release out there, so we'll rule out the possibility this was intentional.
But nobody we've talked with indicated that Cyndi Mosteller was involved in putting this release out there, so we'll rule out the possibility this was intentional.
Meanwhile, Jones stands by his willingness to support Bachmann's primary bid:
“I truly want Michele Bachmann to be the Republican nominee so that President Obama can continue to be our president for the next four years,” he says.
Asked how he feels about officially being on her grassroots team, Jones says he’s thrilled.
“And I’m anxious to start making phone calls for her in South Carolina,” he says.
We can only sit back and watch with eager anticipation to see how the Bachmann campaign screws the pooch next.
We got showed something and Tyler punked them pretty good when it was all said and done. Good job Tyler!!!!!!!!!!
2 Points:
1) The bible says "Thou shalt not take the Lords name in vain, not Sheri Fews!!
2) God does know his plans for SC, which is why he keeps making sure that everything Sheri touches does not succeed. She is just not listening.
It's not just the name, but it seems a little ill-advised to name people to a leadership list just based upon their response to an email solicitation. You don't know who they are and haven't had a chance to vet them. If that's all it takes, then you might get some responses from Perv Hurtz, Mike Hunt and the honored veteran Major Woody.
Not saying I'd do it. But I'm not saying I wouldn't if the opportunity existed.
I can't wait to see if any other "quick draw" names turn out to be fakes like Tyler.