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Wed Oct 15, 2014, 01:39 PM Oct 2014

Just like I said about Michelle Bachmann...

She's eternal.

Michele Bachmann Leaves Congress, But Her Ideology Is Here To Stay

Submitted by Miranda Blue on Wednesday, 10/15/2014 1:35 pm

At the Heritage Foundation this morning, Rep. Michele Bachmann gave what may have been her last major speech as a member of Congress. But although Bachmann may be leaving Congress, she made it very clear that her ideology is staying behind in the form of a Republican Party that has moved far to the right to make way for the Tea Party’s “freedom-loving reinforcements.” Linking the Tea Party’s ideology to those who fought in the American revolution, Bachmann said the Tea Party was about “republishing the American values of American greatness.” And it doesn’t matter whether politicians affiliated with the Tea Party win or lose in elections, she said. They’ve already won, in the form of an establishment Republican Party that has “moved toward embracing the Tea Party’s messaging":

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/michele-bachmann-leaves-congress-her-ideology-here-stay#sthash.srQOYLsr.dpuf

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