A conservative Christian congresswoman says although the attacks on Sarah Palin's reputation leveled by McCain campaign insiders are "over the top and hurtful," they will embolden base conservatives to rally to the Alaska governor's cause even more.
Anonymous McCain aides have been quoted in various media outlets as saying that the governor did not know Africa was a continent and could not name the three countries in the North American Free Trade Agreement. She has also been blamed for McCain's defeat and accused of ignoring the advice of McCain advisers during the campaign. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota), a staunch supporter of Palin, says it is disappointing that McCain campaign insiders would be so "vicious" in their attacks against Palin -- not to mention so soon after the election. "I think that it says more about the people making the charges than it does about Sarah Palin," Bachmann comments. "She came out of Alaska to be the nominee. She was elevated quickly to that position [and] didn't have a lot of national notoriety prior to that time." What about how she handled the media? "I think most Americans agree that she performed very well in that situation, considering that the bulk of the media was out to get Republicans in a very mean-spirited way," says the Minnesota Republican. Bachmann -- who won reelection to the House in a close race last week -- believes former McCain campaign aides and other Republicans attacking Palin have an agenda to make sure she does not have a future in the Republican Party.
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