Smokin' Conservative Michelle Malkin Girds for 2014 #GOP Civil War

Readers may recall seeing some of Michelle's recent campaign activism, for example, at Twitchy, "‘On fire’: Michelle Malkin helps Katrina Pierson target Texas House seat."

And now here's this at Politico:

Michelle Malkin doesn’t run away from fights, she runs toward them. And she’s running faster than ever headlong into the 2014 Republican primary battles on behalf of upstart conservative candidates who are mounting insurgent challenges to the GOP old guard.

Twitter is Malkin’s weapon of choice. Battles with her almost always devolve into wars, and those who follow the conservative social media scene know she has a proven formula online: Taunting quips from foes bring out the full force of her Twitter arsenal, with snappy replies, catchy hashtags and the mobilization of a legion of energized followers.

Malkin, 43, says she’s using her influence — and her confrontational approach — on behalf of candidates she deems worthy of it in this year’s midterm.

“I see the practically unlimited power that social media has to help push the issues and causes and people I care about,” Malkin told POLITICO in a recent interview. “I know what I’m good at.”

She’s focusing on backing politicians challenging establishment Republicans — for instance, she’s thrown her support behind Katrina Pierson, who is campaigning to unseat longtime incumbent Rep. Pete Sessions in Texas.

“Her race is just one of many that I have my eye on where this is the narrative, where you’ve got these tea party candidates challenging old incumbents,” Malkin said. “And you’re going to have [Karl] Rove throwing all of his money and American Crossroads throwing all of that money, plus the Chamber of Commerce, plus these ‘Main Street Republican’ partnership types who are funded by who? Big labor. And the tea party candidates, I think, are going to follow in the path of Ted Cruz and somehow be able to triumph over all of that money.”

Malkin added, “This to me is much more fascinating than the usual left-right battles, because this is a battle between fresh, young conservative blood and old, entrenched incumbent establishment.”

If you keep reading at the link, Politico's Mackenzie Weinger brings out the best in "objective" journalism to bash Michelle as a self-promoting shill stoking "fake controversies" to rile her fan base of "more than 660,000 followers" on Twitter. Notice how Ms. Weinger's so-called "professional" journalism paints Michelle as the bad lady, downplaying the truly destructive, mercilous left-wing evil that conservatives endure every single day:

... her critics say that outside of the conservative media world, Malkin’s particular brand of outrage just doesn’t have the same impact as it once did. They say her style is to drum up fake controversies and outrage to promote her own brand, and experts question whether she has the clout to impact high-profile races, arguing that her influence might be felt more in less visible contests.

Huh? What? I guess Ms. Weinger, much less her Politico editors, missed Michelle's epic beatdown against MSNBC's racist tweet attacking the right's alleged hostility to biracial families: "‘We love all families’: MSNBC could learn a lot from Cheerios’ reply to Michelle Malkin." But what do I know? I'm just a blogger.

Anyway, the piece goes on like that in the "according to her critics" mode, regurgitating obviously envious bilge from people who've no doubt felt the sting of Michelle's zingers. (Media Matters stooge Eric Boehlert, quoted at the piece, is a prime example, and certainly just one.)

My advice: Don't bet against her.

And conservatives, be sure to follow Michelle on Twitter and join the "battle space" where media dinosaurs and hate-addled leftists get their just deserts.