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Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s Apology FailPosted on Oct 25, 2008
Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann apparently understood that she needed to do a little spin control following her jaw-dropping flirtation with McCarthyism on “Hardball” last week, but she apparently didn’t feel the need to apologize to anyone, judging by her latest campaign spot. YouTube: Advertisement Previous item: 'SNL' Bush Endorses McCain Next item: Hedges Moderates Third-Party Presidential Debate Between Nader and Baldwin Elsewhere: . CommentsAre you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig. Add Your Comment
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By purplewolf, October 28, 2008 at 10:27 am #
xyzaffair: I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt. However, after the weekend of her then trying to blame Chris Matthews for “tricking” her, the newest excuse for foot-in-mouth disease that has struck the Republican party this year, I could no longer in good conscience allow her a free pass.
It is unfortunate that the Republican party continues to divide this nation into subgroups, but it is easier to walk in and totally take over when you have the little people fighting among themselves to the point they no longer know what is happening to them until it is to late. Those of us who have not been “brainwashed” see what is happening and a appalled by it. America is no longer what it was when I was a child. We were not perfect, but what we have today is a malignancy of the soul.
Report thisBy cann4ing, October 28, 2008 at 12:23 am #
One would hope that the current term is the last one that will be served in the House by Michelle “Joe McCarthy” Bachmann.
Report thisBy Maani, October 27, 2008 at 5:07 pm #
From Merriam-Webster:
Liberty:
1: the quality or state of being free: a: the power to do as one pleases b: freedom from physical restraint c: freedom from arbitrary or despotic control d: the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges e: the power of choice
2 a: a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant : privilege b: permission especially to go freely within specified limits
3: an action going beyond normal limits: as a: a breach of etiquette or propriety : familiarity b: risk , chance <took foolish liberties with his health> c: a violation of rules or a deviation from standard practice d: a distortion of fact
4: a short authorized absence from naval duty usually for less than 48 hours
So which meaning is she talking about? Does she even know? Is the even capable of making the needed distinctions? How are “liberty” and “government” mutually exclusive? Is she an anarchist? Is she a hedonist? What exactly does she believe?
We will probably never know.
Peace. (And liberty…LOL)
Report thisBy LJ in MD, October 27, 2008 at 5:02 pm #
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Seems like Yellowbird “cracked” open his tin of Peruvian Marching Powder.
Report thisYou might actually be trying to make sense - try again when you come down a bit.
By xyzaffair, October 27, 2008 at 2:06 pm #
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Purplewolf, I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt on her heart. As Jesus said on the cross, “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.”
Report thisBy Fahrenheit 451, October 26, 2008 at 11:54 am #
@ yellowbird2525;
Your posts are incomprehensible! Your run on sentences are incomprehensible. And you post way more than any sentient human is willing to read.
Yes, I know you ignore all criticism, but, nobody listens to your rants. You are a vacuous poster with an agenda nobody understands. RIP!
But, by all means, keep posting, you add to the numerical list; many times over! Hahahahahahahahaha!
Report thisBy yellowbird2525, October 26, 2008 at 4:34 am #
in Mexico the Corps took away the land & water rights; during the DNC our local community was busy changing water laws; “suddenly” they are going to “expand” a ski resort cutting down old timber, removing “bird sanctuary” & putting in danger the watershed; http://www.pbs.org; Bill Moyers journal; last night he was stating they are going to “dynamite” moutain tops, & remove laws re toxins going into the water supply; Jim Hightower brings up laws deliberately “rewritten”; poof, being gone; and the trillions of $ that have gone to Corps (see Halliburton folks) that are syphoned off the people & laundered back into the hands of the politicians; this starts at Pentagon; and Fed level; then to St; then to county & then to the city; while in reality they have lots of $ they are NOT going to let YOU know about it; you can do anything on paper folks; this nation was set up for ALL taxes: roads, schools, etc ALL ALL ALL to be paid for by profits of Big Business; Corps had LAWS protecting the PEOPLE from their shinanigans; these have ALL been “set aside” by Congress; indeed, what happened is the super wealthy (same as owned the plantions folks) went to the political parties (Congress) etc and said “lets do it this way” and thus began when the PEOPLE were taxed; and the Corps & wealthy have had their day; this whole thing we are seeing right now was a long term, carefully planned out & carried out with our political leaders FULL KNOWLEDGE and CONSENT; millions are missing (had to “cover” it up somehow now didn’t they?); every law has been AGAINST the people of this nation; and FOR Corps; & the wealthy; EVERYONE even in other countries KNOWS the USA as it IS; not what we had believed or been told: as a force of EVIL; not of “good”; as the people enslaved as every other nation has multiple benefits for it’s citizens; NOT the USA; NO COUNTRIES want the USA food, dairy, or beef: they KNOW it is poisoned; THIS is how they make their $; they want your HEALTH, and your WEALTH; saying “exploitation is the way democracy works”; it is NOT: it is CRIMINAL; premeditated murder & deliberate poisoning & killing of citizens for PROFIT: check it out. You will see that the “agencies” are FRONTS for the Corps & Congress & all politicians have complete & full knowledge folks; now they are after the land & water rights in every single country: those NOT agreeing to be bribed have “civil unrest” or we have contractors like Black Water there; last report I had was aprox 70 of them folks: and THEIR agenda is this: you do NOT have a right to water; it is a NEED not a right; if you do not pay them what THEY want, you will die; and they give not a care as they have not for years; 40,000 die every year due to small illnesses easily taken care of; doctors REFUSE patients who do not pay all their bills; medical coverage CEASES the minute you get ill; insurance companies do NOT have to pay if it effects their profits; NONAIS I believe is the website for where they are actively & agressively trying to wipe out all farmers in the USA & in other countries; because THEY want huge mega farms; in every country; totally & only controlling the food & water supply & the people everywhere will indeed be slaves; probably in Dec right after the election they will claim “we have no $) cuz the people have BELIEVED for so long that they were “broke”; they roll their eyes in disbelief that people could be so incredibly stupid; so yes: we are indeed POW (persons of worth) in an anti American political system; however, I do not trust ANY politician; in fact, I strongly believe that this country & every other nation THIS corrupt & polluted country has touched needs to do away with ALL politicians & get in PEOPLE: who will NOT be bribed; with money, etc: and network & partner together; with environmentalists at the highest levels; and then getting judges that will NOT be afraid to rule AGAINST the Corps; and the Corps & the politicians NEED to be brought to justice.
Report thisBy yellowbird2525, October 26, 2008 at 4:10 am #
The “war on drugs” in Mexico is a front, as it is in Colombia; their is civil war in Mexico cuz Clinton when Pres cuz Bush Sr couldn’t get it thru (notice: one is rep/other is dem folks) went & bribed the Pres & politicians in Mexico; suddenly the huge Corps who run our Country: it is NOT a democracy; it is Corp run: it is EXACTLY what Hitler was doing; Fascism I believe is the word; THIS is the reason the huge Corps running the “ABC, CBS, & NBC are so censored & the news “staged” and FALSE reports are being given out as “true”; “authority” figures are spouting lies, & fiction; THIS is where the “truth is relative” comes in: they have set themselves as being above the law & anything they say is true; you should BELIEVE them; even lying under oath as is being done in NYC with the police there: it is all condoned & our “nation of law” is LAWLESS; reading
Report this“let’s stop beating around the bush” by Jim Hightower it is hugely opening my eyes to the awfulness of the Corps & Congress AGAINST the people of the nation in environmental problems; lord, what I knew was bad, & I knew NOTHING til I started reading this book; THAT is how BAD it is folks! THIS I do know: each state has been segmented off; in Oregon they also have “amended” laws, claimed laws expired; & deleted old laws; even doing what Congress did in backdating “laws” claiming that it is now the law: it is all FALSE.
By yellowbird2525, October 26, 2008 at 4:02 am #
asked within the last year by someone if I believed this was true I said no; I knew our Gov was bad in many ways but no one would be that cruel; I was wrong; I wept as I read “day of deceit” where Pearl Harbor was deliberately planned out to get the USA into the war; just exactly like 911 folks; it is a pattern; further on the same subject: the political parties in the USA left thousands of POWS in Vietnam; they refused to pay the ransom for them; after all, they were only “citizens”; 7 Presidents have carried forward the deception & deceit; some are still alive & located in Laos; in my humble opinion THIS is your choice: you are either patriotic by being for the PEOPLE of the USA; & the PLANET; or you are for the politicians & Corps who are prostitutes for pollution & plundering of the people of the USA (legal citizens); while telling us they had no $ for vets, vets meds, they were busy running around being paid mega dollars creating “there are no illegals here”; then setting up “town halls” where we were told by St “politicians” that they would be giving drivers licenses (illegally) to all illegals coming in; along with money, etc, like they have been giving brand new cars, trucks, no interest loans like $3,000 for dental work; “pay when you can”; while charging criminal interest rates & addl fees illegally to the citizens of the USA. They also actively & agressively staged “demonstrations” & every single one in every single city & state had a person who had fought in Iraq but mother was an illegal.
Report thisBy yellowbird2525, October 26, 2008 at 3:53 am #
I believe this is what she is NOT telling you: however, I do not trust her for a manosecond: the USA has progressively along with the Corps & special interest groups been working AGAINST the citizens of the USA; they have given illegals “job preferences”; drivers licenses (illegally), political preferences, while disparaging the citizens of the USA; (they won’t do the work; they are incompetent, to lazy, don’t show up, blah blah blah; a book was written blaming all of the worlds woes on the “american worker” who had the arrogance to demand decent living wages, & benefits; our lawless leaders (congress) ignoring the laws of the USA, let Corps get away with whatever they wanted to do with full knowledge & consent (ie credit cards, usury laws ignored, collection calls ignored, Wall St stealing $ by the millions, (read the book License to Steal); the FDA is a front for chemical companies who load everything with toxins to take our health so there sister company the Pharma can take our wealth; books are written go to B&N;& type in pharmacutical; drs offices are paid to write prescriptions; mega bucks for “prescription of the month”; 600,000 times the cost of the meds; were you aware that there are multiple cancer cures surpressed by Congress here in the USA cuz “they make so much $ off it?”
Report thisBy Kitch, October 25, 2008 at 8:55 pm #
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We MUST Bring back the Fairness Doctrine.
By purplewolf, October 25, 2008 at 7:49 pm #
WHAT A MISERABLE EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING.
Report thisxyzaffair:No her heart is not in the right place either.
By mrmb, October 25, 2008 at 6:28 pm #
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Why is everyone surprized that these nut cases consider themselve to be the embodiment of freedom, honor, patriotism, and ...... when we allow them to dictate the terms and the context of the conversation and social,political discourse?
Our own fault when we have low life right wing nut cases come out and insult everyone and then get away with it and see no meaning ful reponse.
If a progressive personality would have said such a thing then we all know what would be happening?
We have to make clear to the republicans, the conservatives, neo-cons, neo-liberals that they barely represent themselves let alone the poeple of this country and the rest of the planet.
Report thisBy xyzaffair, October 25, 2008 at 5:19 pm #
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Her heart may be right, but her brain…not so good. I mean, does she really expect anyone with a brain to fall for this empty rhetoric?
Report thisBy Purple Girl, October 25, 2008 at 11:07 am #
Could we have any more shit examples of women in Politics then we Do NOW..This Bimbo,Sarah, Hillary,Pelosi, Feinstein…Let’s not even talk about the Pundnacy & Media- SOB this group of Females could send our Movement a few hundred years Back!
Report thisI’m not just referring tothe Right to terminate a pregnancy, I meaning really back. Roe v Wade not only represents our rights to Reproductive decisions but to any decsions which effect our lives. How can one be appauld by China’s limit on births and think nothing of forcing women to have Children?
If Testicular Responsilbity and Rigths were (Literally) on the Table, this conversation would end.Why is it any different to force a woman to give birth then forcing a man to have a vasectomy..‘Not paying child support…Whack! ya ain’t makin’ any more Johnny Appleseed’
Why did NARAL endorse Sen Obama Over Hillary…because she even sucks on that issue!
Hillary herself Caused backwards Lunges. She wanted rules changed,her resume enhanced, exceptions made, bars lowered, Kit gloves, the chair pulled out and her ass kissed on it’s way down!.....Proving the Sexist adage the ‘Little Lady’s’ can’t compete on level ground’
Pelosi appears to ahve been Living in Stepford for the last 2 yrs and Feinstien can’t figure out which Party she claims to be in!
As for the ‘rights’ atrocities, They are the same type women every generation of Libbers have battled- those who like the cushy role of ‘kept’ and want Us to shut up so we don’t blow the deal.they’ve been working the ‘lil lady’ scam as long as we have been fighting it!
But then again they may actually be Helping the Womens movement in their own strange way, by proving Women can be Assholes too. Just trying to make Us more ‘Equal’ ah? Of course Non Sexists have known that forever.Reason why Mac’s attempt to sway the Female Vote,with ‘Sarah the Pin Up Girl’ has Failed miserably.
By nrobi, October 25, 2008 at 8:42 am #
Another one bites the dust! Rep. Michelle Bachmann, (R) Minnesota, opened her extremely large and loquacious mouth and put her foot in it.
Report thisShe called many honorable and hardworking men and women “anti-American” for their views, which did not match hers. How dare she make such absurd comments, when it was the Republican Party, that had started this obscenity in the first place with Ronald Reagan.
President Reagan, the voodoo economics president, started the US on a path of deregulation, which we are just now seeing the fruits of.
Should we “worship” a man, for whom the busting of unions was a daily occurrence before breakfast, who disdained the idea that the working man and woman, had a voice in the running of this government? I, believe not.
Most if not all of the economic policies that are now in place are the direct result of the “supply side, trickle down economic theory,” of the Chicago School of Economics, led by Milton Freidman.
Nothing has trickled down to the working poor, while the rich have been getting richer, on the backs of those people who are wage-slaves in the factories and sweatshops of the companies that are devising more and more ways to separate the American economy and worker from the jobs that have made this country great.
Globalism is an extremely dirty word, this policy has raped the American worker of his livelihood and taken every last incentive for working at one job for their lives. Then retiring to a comfortable place with resources to use for the rest of their lives.
Now we have the true results of the voodoo economics at work, the global crisis in financial institutions is of the elites making, this is because they required the governments to step out of their regulatory role and leave these men and women to their own devices. Now these same people want the governments to bail them out! This is nothing more than socialism on a grand and glorious scale.
The people, the taxpayer, makes the rich richer, while slaving at jobs that are meaningless. All the while being taxed more and more, through gasoline taxes, road taxes, tire taxes, and on and on.
Should these men and women, who work to make a better America, take this kind of slur lying down? Should they be called anti-American for their wish to have a job that is worthwhile, that pays them a living wage, that helps with their retirement and have medical insurance or health plans that do not eat up more than their salaries?
If Rep. Bachmann, wishes, I would gladly take her today, to places where men and women are struggling to make ends meet, these people sometimes have 3 generations living in their house which is now going to be foreclosed on, because of the economic policies of the elite to which she belongs.
Let her live like the normal American and let’s see if she remains as strident as she does. I, truly believe that if these super elite could walk a mile in my shoes they would not long suffer their own policies and would choose a people’s revolution over the status quo.
By Fahrenheit 451, October 25, 2008 at 7:45 am #
Fook her! No, no, not literally for crying out loud….figuratively!
Report thisFooking fascist witch!