Joey would want to referee

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann campaigned in South Carolina today in an effort to outpace the media and the wave of headlines that crashed down upon her in the past three days over several gaffes and misstatements she made, a couple of which came as a result of attempting to dodge or explain other gaffes and misstatements.

And although she may not have given the press any more ammunition to use against her, she did give them an image to use as a headline grabber: A mud wrestling fight between the Minnesota Congresswoman and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Bachmann was in Charleston, S.C., informally addressing a question from one of the roughly 200 in attendance, according to Politico , which had asked what her relationship with Palin was after noting that the press had been attempting to "pit" the two against each other.

Bachmann acknowledged that the two had a "good" relationship and that the press seemed to be "sidelined" (although how "sidelined" might be debatable in that the press was having a field day with her gaffe-creating prowess).

"They want to see two girls come together and have a mud wrestling fight," she said.

Blogger's note - I thought 50-somethings wanted to be known as "women".  Don't lose that redneck appeal, Congresswoman.....