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The Congressional Spectator
Bachmann Turns to Overdrive
Or at least driving liberals crazy.
Since becoming a member of Congress, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has gotten a lot of heat from Democrats, media, and even her fellow Republicans. From her televised exuberance over being in the presence of President George W. Bush (she kissed him on the cheek to prove it) to the “Hands Off Our Healthcare!” rally she spearheaded recently on Capitol Hill, Bachmann might be only a sophomore in Congress, but her rap sheet reads like someone who’s a veteran. Some swear she’s doing the work few Republicans have the gumption to do; critics maintain she’s just another good-looking, voluble (and perhaps crazy) politician who enjoys the spotlight.
Governor Sarah Palin counts herself among the former; she joined Bachmann for a rally last week in Minnesota. The local GOP sold 10,000 tickets. Conservative radio talk show host Sean Hannity even broadcast his show from the rally. At one point, with both women next to him, he asked the audience about 2012: “How many of you would like to see a Palin/Bachmann ticket?” The crowd roared. Both women smiled and Palin said that “sounds kinda cool.” Even Chris Matthews mentioned Hannity’s comment on his show — kudos to him for his ability to hide his excitement more than rally attendees audience could.
This is the second time in a few months Bachmann has stirred up a crowd. In November, Bachmann spread the word about an anti-Obama-healthcare rally via stints on Sean Hannity’s radio show and cable news. Upwards of 10,000 activists attended, waving signs that read “No Socialist Health Care” and chanting “Kill This Bill!”
Joined by other Republican leaders and actor and outspoken Republican Jon Voight, she told the crowd, “You came for an emergency House call and are they going to listen? Oh yeah, oh yeah. They’re going to listen…What do you think?” The crowd roared in response.
Despite the vocal enthusiasm of her admirers, who came from as far as Indiana, Florida, and even Hawaii to join her, some discounted this as another event to add to Bachmann’s repertoire of heated rhetoric and media stunts. The Bachmann rally was the butt of jokes on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, which made the event its lead story. Colbert described Bachmann as “a woman so conservative she still opposed statehood for the Dakotas. This Bachmann tea bag overdrive was more than just a protest…Bachmann called it an insurgency.” The crowd laughed in response.
The Daily Beast called the rally a “paranoid campaign” and Bachmann’s leadership “antics.” Indeed, Bachmann might be a “fireball” as Palin said in the rally Wednesday but her résumé is rock solid, though she’s not your typical politician. She has a Ph.D. in tax law and she is a woman of faith who raised five biological children and 23 foster children before getting involved in politics via the local school board.
Bachmann has earned more incisive political labels. In 2008, Bachmann made national headlines when she said Obama was “anti-American.” Democrats accused her of channeling McCarthy. Bachmann told Chris Matthews: “If we look at the collection of friends that Barack Obama has had in his life, it calls into question what Barack Obama’s true beliefs and values and thoughts are…what it is that Barack Obama really believes?”… I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out if they are pro-America or anti-America.”
Even before the episode with Matthews, Bachmann’s loquacious lips landed her on Esquire’s list of “The 10 Worst Members of Congress,” which described her as “equal parts religious hack and party hack” and resolved she’s “got spunk and not much else.” An unpleasant description, to be sure, but consider the source: These folks share the same thinking as those who decided President Obama should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize after 11 days on the job.
Bachmann’s ideas, rhetoric, and yes, gaffes, have earned her a few choice remarks from Republicans and perhaps even caused a few of her staff to bail. Recently Politico reported aide Michelle Marston was leaving on the eve of the November rally (Marston declined to give a reason why). In fact, Marston acted as Bachmann’s chief of staff and was one of a few she’s acquired since her election to Congress. In the article, a conservative Republican member of the House blamed the change-up on Bachmann’s raucous behavior: “When your captain’s crazy, it’s time to find a new ship.”
Still, Bachman’s headline-grabbing stunts, time spent on talk radio and cable, and even labels from staff and peers would be worth it if she could put her money where her mouth gabbed. This is her second term as a U.S. Congresswoman. She has yet to sponsor and pass any effective legislation at all, let alone any related to the issues that put her in the spotlight — though in her defense she’s outnumbered, and to her credit, she has co-sponsored some good bills.
She’s one of Hannity’s favorite conservatives and she knows how to draw a crowd, but a November Rasmussen poll showed Bachmann’s district may not love her as much as everyone else does. Fifty-one percent of likely voters said they somewhat approve of Bachmann’s job performance and 45% disapprove. That could be more due to the fact that the district has been trending left in recent years, as local Democrats have picked up several state seats, rather than Bachmann’s vocal conservatism.
Polls notwithstanding, there’s something to be said for stirring up controversy, for driving mainstream media and Democrats mad, and most of all, for igniting passion within active, American people. After all, in the same Rasmussen poll, 54% percent of Republicans statewide said they like what she is doing. Bachmann and her rallies hearken back to the values upon which our country was founded, values held by people who so believed in the rights to assembly and redress they wrote it into the country’s core.
Bachmann may have yet to pass solid legislation, but her ability to excite throngs of listeners and rally thousands of attendees may be an effective substitute, especially if they put their vote where she’s directed their attention.
Nothing crazy about that.
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Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 4.12.10 @ 7:07AM
If you make Esquire's list of "The 10 Worst Members of Congress", but nobody reads Esquire, does it really make you one of the 10 worst Members of Congress?
So Esquire is still being published? Really? I did not know that? I thought they went out of business with the New York Times? Seriously, nobody I know, reads either one of those rags, so do they really matter than? No!! No they don't!!
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 9:05AM
Let me guess - you fill your news hours with the Rush Limpjaw and Fixed News echo chamber? In your little world of the dittohead, it's always black and white, us and them, right and wrong - and you're always right.... do I have the picture?
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 4.12.10 @ 9:18AM
You are smarter than you first appear to be Purp!! I'm always right, and you my friend, are always wrong. Getting the picture?
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 9:25AM
Yep, and nothing can hurt you, you're indestructible, and you know everything - let me know when you're past Puberty ... or better yet, an adult.
WJ| 4.12.10 @ 10:48AM
"...past Puberty... or better yet an adult"
Ha Ha Ha, you are extremely (and I really mean extremely) clever person, Purpleguy.
I suggest calling people poopyhead as that is very clever too and definitely is an intelligent response.
N.W.| 4.12.10 @ 12:02PM
PurpleTroll, go leave comments on YouTube instead.
RAMIII| 4.12.10 @ 12:54PM
Hey Purpleguy:
Did you get purple from holding your breath too long?
Greg| 4.12.10 @ 12:29PM
Purpleguy, is this moniker a reference to the Koolaid you drink? It is obvious the only open door is your mouth swinging one way. Pull your head out of the sand, quit sipping the Jim Jones brew and live in reality like the rest of us. If you want to pay more tax money then do so on your return and leave the rest of us FREE Loving Americans alone.
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 1:36PM
Has anybody seen my boyfriend Bluegay (sp.) !
Doctor Right| 4.12.10 @ 3:23PM
Black & white?
It's a bit more complicated than that.
Conservatives = Patriots. REAL Americans. ALWAYS right.
Liberals = Cowards, traitors, liars, losers, ingrates, malcontents, un-American. Parasites. ALWAYS wrong.
Glad I could clear that up for you
KJW| 2.24.11 @ 7:46AM
Doctor Right, another way to put it might be:
Today's conservatives: always FOR human life on all fronts (not "just" abortion).
Today's liberals: always AGAINST human life on all fronts (not "just" abortion).
chester arthur| 4.12.10 @ 8:40PM
Well,Purp,for you to get the picture,crayons would have to be the artist's instrument.There is a much bigger world of information than you mentioned.I suppose,though,if the idea of anyone disagreeing with the current congress or Prez upsets you,you simply have to insult and belittle your bettors.
Ret. Marine| 4.12.10 @ 7:16AM
And just who says by Representing the People she somehow has to write legislation. She is there to Represent, not to persuade them of something they neither need or want. I'd say she's doing what she was sent there to do. Spunky, yeah she is that and one more thing above all else, she honest with the People of her mindset. It does go with the thought of a typical liberal calling her anything they wish, good or bad, one cannot deny the fact she is up in their faces and they do not want that, they would rather wish I suspect she did what they told her to do rather than take the stand of having an independent mind. I hope she continues to take no prisoners. I respect her more than I do any demonrat party member any day of the week, and twice on Sunday. Good day
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 9:07AM
Independent mind? You mean lost her mind, don't you? Her rantings and ravings tell it all ...
LQQKY| 4.12.10 @ 11:22AM
Hey mindless -- is it true that you hold the patent on polka dot bikinis? That seems to be your intellectual level.
If honest conservetive views bother you so much, I suggest that you revert to moveon dot duh blather and his highness georg soros -- a man made rich by a system he abhors.
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 12:03PM
Pay no attention to PurpleJackass folks.
He doesn't even know that Virginia governors don't run for re-election because they can only serve one term, then have to wait 4 years to run again.
He also likes to berate others for spelling "hypocrisy" wrong, and in the same post he wrote "hypocrit", like a moron.
He is not worthy of debate with grown-ups.
Dioctor Right| 4.12.10 @ 3:24PM
You're really scared of Michelle Bachman, aren't you?
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 4.12.10 @ 7:17AM
This is her second term as a U.S. Congresswoman. She has yet to sponsor and pass any effective legislation at all"
You make this sound like a bad thing? I wish we had more Representatives in Congress, just like her, that don't pass anymore unneeded legislation, or laws on the American People. We're tired of them caring so much about us!! Personally, I wish they'd all take a few years off, and go on a long vacation. If Washington didn't go to work for a year or two, the World would still spin on its axis, and the sun would still come out tomorrow, unless of course, it's supposed to rain tomorrow, then the sun wouldn't come out!!
SCM| 4.12.10 @ 12:44PM
I'm waiting to vote for a candidate with the goal of spending his or her time in Washington finding things to repeal. Most of these people in office spend their time trying to find smaller and smaller parts of our lives that are not yet regulated and see that as a problem which needs to be remedied by more legislation.
OhioFellow| 4.12.10 @ 7:33AM
Bachmann is a buffoon, along with the other buffoonish republican "leaders" - Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, Palin, Steele. Good God. What an embarrassment the republican party has become!
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.12.10 @ 8:16AM
Ohiofeller,
Golly Gee, please, either put both earflaps down, or tip both earflaps up. You sound just like Johnny Carson's running joke caricature of an Ohioin
Do you also have a red plaid Mackinaw?
Heh, you must not pay taxes, feller. I assure you that all the people you mentioned above do, how embarrasing is that?
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 9:12AM
So do the crooks on Wall Street pay taxes. But it does matter what people do to make money, doesn't it? That group above is mostly an entertainment group for the conservative right, but they are far from a news source. They all play on your worst fears and deepest apprehensions and laugh at y'all all the way to the bank! Keep watching, they'll keep laughing, and Washington will keep getting their taxes. But the last laugh is on YOU.
Waverunner| 4.12.10 @ 12:33PM
Your boy Timmy Geitner didn't pay his so you are a laughing stock Purpleboy. Why do you condone the stealing of our money and forced healthcare buys and condem Wallstreet? Seems it is only thievery when a Koolaid drinker like you doesn't like the thief. Could it be you are the thief?
RAMIII| 4.12.10 @ 12:58PM
Hey Purpleguy:
Are you still holding your breath? Oxygen does the brain a world of good!
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 4.12.10 @ 8:20AM
OhioComrade: She may be a buffoon as you say (I'm not really sure), but she sure does hate Liberals, which is why she's HOT!! And you may also be correct, that the Republican Party is an embarrassment (once again, I'm not really sure), but at least we're not a bunch of Communist (pardon the shorthand-thanks Ken) like the Democrats!! I'll take being an embarrassment, over being a Communist any day!! I hate Communist!! I always have, and I always will!! Are you a Communist Ohio? You smell like one (and yes, Communist smell too)?
"Liberals never, ever drop a heinous idea; they just change the name. "Abortion" becomes "choice," "communist" becomes "progressive," "communist dictatorship" becomes "people's democratic republic" and "Nikita Khrushchev" becomes "Barack Obama."-One of Ann Coulters top 100 quotes of 2009.
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 9:17AM
Communist, really? Does Fascist ring a bell for you corporatist sympathizers? "Abortion' becomes 'life", "fascist"becomes "conservative", "fascist dictator" becomes "America's ally", and "Adolf Hitler" becomes GW Bush or Dick Cheney, pick one.
Ann Coulter? That Drag Queen? Please...
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 4.12.10 @ 9:29AM
Yes, I said Communist!! As in the collective, as in, everybody is always economically equal, as in, the Government takes away your freedom, for the greater good of the State, yes communist!! Oh yeah, and Purp, the opposite of abortion would be life. You are so smart Purp, I'm giving you a gold star today!! And if you hate Coulter so much, than why did you pick up, and run with, one of her top 100 quotes of 2009? Copycat Communist!!
Waverunner| 4.12.10 @ 12:45PM
Purpleboy, Adolf Hitler was you guy, remember he was the leader os the "National Socialist Party" i.e. Nazi. He too took from people like Obama, he had death camps, Obama supported partial birth abortion and "death" panels for his health care program. Quit reading Marvel Comic books, they are too advaced for a simpleton like you. Climb back in your hole and leave the heavy lifting for the better informed folks in this country. We will protect your right to be an idiot.
JP| 4.12.10 @ 12:52PM
I wonder how long it would take before some Lefty mentioned Bush/Cheney. I will safe you some bandwidth and throw in Haliburton, Perle, Feith, and just for grins Nixon and CREEP.
paul| 4.12.10 @ 8:33AM
I'd bet money that OhioFellow is a union member. Or a sheep, as I call them.
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 4.12.10 @ 8:53AM
Your right, Ohio maybe a sheep, but he’s a dangerous, bloated, overpaid, under performing sheep!! And he probably makes $30 bucks an hour, while holding the Company that he works for hostage, as they slowly go out of business due to his Unions' parasitic demands, has five weeks of paid vacation, votes as a block for the Democratic Party while destroying the State that he lives in. And then he has the nerve to complain about things. So he’s a sheep? Yes, but he’s a stupid, selfish, and very dangerous sheep!! No offense OhioComrade!! Actually, that’s a lie, I meant offense by it!!
Ken (Old Texican)| 4.12.10 @ 9:00AM
Hey Paul,
If he is a highly paid union member...it is only because his daddy snuck him in.
coal carrier| 4.12.10 @ 8:49AM
OhioFellow,
Bachmann is a buffoon? Yet I'll bet you pulled the lever for "make it up as you go Joe".
magua| 4.12.10 @ 8:59AM
Hey OhioFellow,
The Republican Party embarrassed itself by abandoning its' principles. Palin and Bachmann are are solid conservatives. Perhaps thats what bothers sissies like you. Why not admit it? You're just another worn out retread sixties liberal who can't deal with confident and competent women.
Dagny Taggert| 4.12.10 @ 12:16PM
Kucinich. Now, Ohio guy, what were you saying about buffoons?
Doctor Right| 4.12.10 @ 3:26PM
Well, admittedly, Bachmann is not an under-educated, under-qualified, un-American moron with no real experience and who owes his entire education and to white guilt and affirmative action...
...But "buffoon"..? Man, that's harsh...
chester arthur| 4.12.10 @ 8:48PM
I guess we should all look for the democrat party,which ignores the public and insults anyone who disagrees as a source of non-buffoons?If the mentioned public figures are 'buffoons',what would the 'halloween all year' speaker of the haunted house be?Or the creepy 'grandpa out of the attic who thinks the public is smelly' who runs the senate ?In a 100 watt world,these two add up to about a 15 watt appliance bulb.Your heroes of democrat decline must really embarass you.
Arlo Price| 4.12.10 @ 7:59AM
Re: "She has a Ph.D. in tax law and she is a woman of faith who raised five biological children and 23 foster children....."
Re: "She has yet to sponsor and pass any effective legislation at all, let alone any related to the issues that put her in the spotlight .........."
How many other congressman with 2 or more terms compare with Bachman's in their accomplishments in life or legislation?
When running a race it is usually necessary to 'size' up your competition in order to make the right move at the right time.
danfromatlanta| 4.13.10 @ 5:15PM
Ummm, let's see, ... A person in congress (Senate perhaps?) that never sponsored a bill, never had a single legislative accomplishment his entire tenure in the legislature, ... Oh right! You must mean obama! And boy, is he ever smart! He can even talk in a non-black dialect when he wants to!
Curly Smith| 4.12.10 @ 8:06AM
"This is her second term as a U.S. Congresswoman. She has yet to sponsor and pass any effective legislation"
Democrats have controlled the House since Bachman's been a Representative. Why would any Conservative want her to sponsor and pass legislation that the leftists would endorse?
And, she wouldn't have to engage in any "headline-grabbing stunts" if the Republican (lack of) Leadership had been doing anything to derail the Obama Agenda. Oh, sure, they all voted against ObamaCare but what did they do to rally the nation against the bill? What did they do when Rush said "I hope Obama fails"?
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 9:18AM
Way to support your President!
tonypal| 4.12.10 @ 10:52AM
Hey Purpleguy, we try to support our current president at least as much as you supported our previous president.
LQQKY| 4.12.10 @ 11:30AM
Methinks p-guy and others of his ilk in today's blogs are getting entirely too much ink (band width). They are basking in the glory of having people who can think for themselves take notice of them. The best think be could do would be ignore them and let them fade away.
LQQKY| 4.12.10 @ 11:32AM
Sorry 'bout the typos in the final sentence -- it have should read "The best thing we could..."
WalkingHorse| 4.12.10 @ 12:00PM
The President will be supported to the degree he preserves, protects and defends the Constitution of the United States.
Doctor Right| 4.12.10 @ 3:28PM
We don't support him. We despise him. He's an idiot. We want him to fail.
Maybe you read the memo?
donserge| 4.12.10 @ 8:23AM
When conservatives are mercilessly attacked by Marxists ( Rush, Palin, Ryan, et. al. and now Bachman), it means they are effective and are feared... e.g., Ohiofellow, who resorted to name calling like any second grader would.
JPC| 4.12.10 @ 9:17AM
What great piece of legislation did SENATOR Obama introduce?
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 9:23AM
By this time in his Congressional career he was running for and became our beloved President .. what has the Wicked Witch of the North done? Nothing ... but squawk and squeak - whiner.
Arlo Price| 4.12.10 @ 9:44AM
"What great piece of legislation did SENATOR Obama introduce?"
Your inability to respond to a direct question speaks volumes of your ignorance.
Ray| 4.12.10 @ 10:19AM
"By this time in his Congressional career he was running for and became our beloved President"
So, you admit that Obama abandoned his commitment to his Senatorial duties and, in defiance of his own previously stated goals, sought more power for himself by running for a higher office? Hummm.... That's sounds suspiciously like the behavior of one of those "fascist dictators" you mentioned earlier , doe is it?
Tom| 4.12.10 @ 10:23AM
Purpleguy,
Awww, come on, beloved? You might agree with his agenda or not, think he has been effective or not, like the direction he is going or not, but no rational person can believe Mr. Obama is widely beloved.
Tom
p.s. See a doctor, purple is a very unhealthy color.
LQQKY| 4.12.10 @ 11:36AM
Not only an unhealthy color but, purple requires a great deal of COMMUNIST RED to produce.
Waverunner| 4.12.10 @ 12:36PM
Purpleboy, you have more candy in your backside than the Willy Wonka chocolate factory. I would rather have someone who has experience leading a state natioanl guard than a community organizer who has never run a lemonaide stand and steals the ordinary persons money and lies about it. You are a drone, a mindless tub of goo.
Inveterate Partisan| 4.12.10 @ 9:44AM
The Left is running scared, as evidenced by their continued character attacks on those patriots who chose to stand up and defend our liberties. It's their MO. They can't debate the facts, so they attack the messenger and call them bigots, racists, and haters. It was once quite effective but, "the times they are a changin." The MSM has been exposed for the fraud that it is and America has awoken to its outright collusion with the Left.
Doctor Right| 4.12.10 @ 10:01AM
Bachman has more balls than all the Republican men in the Senate combined, and most of the Congressmen, too.
The SMART Republican nominee in 2012 will pick her as his VEEP.
Ray| 4.12.10 @ 10:05AM
Go, Michelle, go! This Minnesotan is very proud of you!
To the author, do you really think that, since Michelle has, in your words, "yet to sponsor and pass any effective legislation," something that, in the current political landscape, will guarantee an expansion of government, is, somehow, inconsistent behavior for a woman who believes in limiting government, and that, somehow, Michelle is violating her ideals by NOT increasing government?
Or is it that you believe that the only way a Representative can truly be effective is when they increase the size and scope of government with yet another piece of legislation?
You may not understand this but a Representative can be effective not only by what legislation they create or approve, but, more importantly, by what legislation they oppose and/or stop from become law.
S.L. Toddard| 4.12.10 @ 10:23AM
OhioFellator and Purplebutt are the typical liberal fags who got the kenyan elected. They hate America but wouldn't care to live anywhere else.
Dumb libturds.
Roy| 4.12.10 @ 12:02PM
Get lost, troll.
TAS: PASSWORD PROTECTION.
Mel Torme| 4.12.10 @ 10:40AM
"Bachmann may have yet to pass solid legislation...."
Let me be the 3rd or 4th commenter to point out what a stupid remark that is by the supposedly conservative writer, Miss Russell.
There is nothing wrong with a congressman, or woman or ball-o-fire, or whatever, doesn't sponsor and legislation. That is the kind of congressmen/senators we need!
Do you think we are running out of laws, Miss Russell? We have more than enough, and I think we ought to have a large prize, maybe in the millions of dollars, for the legislator responsible for repealing the most amount of our statist Fed-gov't in each term. I think Ron Paul would have the best shot, but it takes a big crowd to do this.
Oh, or another idea, how about the Supreme Court strike down all Federal statutes that don't comply with the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution?
You people, you act like you're on the right side, but when the chips are down, all you do is suck up to the other side - aren't you old enough to where peer pressure does not run your life? ( I mean the Spectator writers, here. )
Jim Woodward| 4.12.10 @ 11:34AM
Mel,
I was just about to post and I come across yours.
Snatched my thoughts right out of my brain!
Bravo!
Crusader| 4.12.10 @ 11:59AM
Ding ding ding we have a winner!
Roy| 4.12.10 @ 12:04PM
Repealing laws, btw, counts as legislation. Somebody who just sits on their butt is letting government grow by default.
I have more sympathy with the other argument aka "what was she going to do granted the massive advantage Democrats have in Congress." Anyway, not everybody has to be a wonk. If Paul Ryan writes the bills and she gets out there and sells them, that is a major contribution too.
brutus6| 4.12.10 @ 4:12PM
"No man's property is safe while the legislature is in session."
Bruce | 4.12.10 @ 10:40AM
I swear I am mystified why it is that so many of you guys even bother arguing with the TROLLS who frequent AmSpec. They are here for one purpose and one purpose only - to disrupt. Why they are allowed is beyond me -nobody here would be alowed to post on HuffPo or Daily Kos - or if they managed to sneak past the censors (the liberal way) their comments would be promptly deleted, as all criticism of the lefts icons is.
DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!
Interested Conservative| 4.12.10 @ 10:54AM
It's therapy Bruce. For them. Otherwise they'd be a danger to the community or themselves or both. Better to have them stuck to a keyboard.
roy| 4.12.10 @ 12:06PM
I can live with libobabble, but not the blatant liars who use other people's names. It would be nice if TAS would add some password protection. Heck, I'll do it myself as an in-kind donation.
Paul from SA| 4.12.10 @ 2:08PM
It is odd. What a life, the life of a troll.
I went to Huffington Post once and read some articles and comments. Wow, it's a completely different discussion than on conservative sites. It seems like their commenters are given instructions to all comment the say vicous way using the same vulgar words. It's all stupid groupthink. I picture a bunch of immarture college kids being told what to think and what to say... and they just press the 'replay' button. "Today I went to the American Spectator and disrupted their comments! What an accomplishment!"
Pingback| 4.12.10 @ 10:42AM
Bachmann Turns to Overdrive | Republican Party of Door County links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Dustoff| 4.12.10 @ 11:43AM
By this time in his Congressional career he was running for and became our beloved President
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
You haven't seen the polls have you. (beloved) not anymore.
Susie Q| 4.12.10 @ 11:44AM
It's a telling obervation on the Republican Party when the distaff side has more stones than the males. Michele ain't no wimp, thank goodness!
David| 4.12.10 @ 11:49AM
A few more terms that liberals/leftists have changed the meaning of to make their Marxist/liberal agenda for government and society to seem harmless.
"Adultery" is now an "affair". The Strategic Defense Initiative/Missle Defense Shield" was and is called "Star Wars". "Poor" (uneducated/low-skilled/unmotivated) folks are now called the "working class". "Paying their fair share" means "redistributing wealth" from the hard-working/taxpaying to the non or not so hard-working/non-tax paying folks.
Crusader| 4.12.10 @ 11:55AM
I keep seeing posts referring to someone as "Purpleguy" but the only poster I see whose name is close to that is a libturd named "Pu$$yguy." Maybe my computer is messed up or something?
Anyway, are we supposed to be concerned that Colbear makes fun of Bachman? Really? Maybe if you are a Rockefeller Republican or a Cross the aisle republican or a RINO you might be, but as a conservative I could care less what Col-Bear thinks. He's a two-bit comedian riding the wave of libtard ignorance by making fun of the people who frighten him most. He takes his marching orders from moveon.org and recycles Jon Stewart's jokes. Ooo I'm scared.
What does it say of libtard men that they are scared most of two strong, beautiful, red-blooded American women?
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 12:04PM
Pay no attention to PurpleJackass folks.
He doesn't even know that Virginia governors don't run for re-election because they can only serve one term, then have to wait 4 years to run again.
He also likes to berate others for spelling "hypocrisy" wrong, and in the same post he wrote "hypocrit", like a moron.
He is not worthy of debate with grown-ups.
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 12:00PM
I'm with Mel!
Miss Russell, and all conservatives, should have the attitude that passing legislation is NOT what makes an effective representative or senator.
Now, Miss Russell, if you had written, "Mrs. Bachmann has yet to REPEAL any legislation", you would be stating the proper mindset.
You did point out that Mrs. Bachmann has been in the minority since being elected. But, doesn't that explain why she can't really do anything, except rally opposition against the democrats?
Roy| 4.12.10 @ 12:07PM
Semantics.
A bill saying "XYZ law is hereby repealed" is still "legislation" that has to be "passed".
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 1:09PM
Roy,
You may be correct, when talking about fly-over country.
But, in Washington speak, "passing solid legislation" means some new program or significant change in the law.
Like "McCain-Feingold."
And, if Miss Russell didn't mean it that way, it was still an unwarranted shot, seeing as Mrs. Bachmann has been in the minority. The only way she could pass anything, would be to partner up with some democrat.
Roy| 4.12.10 @ 4:15PM
Nick - I'm not sure we have any substantive disagreement.
The main reason I'm arguing this point at all is because there's a lot of conservative talk to the effect that anything that paralyzes Congress helps keep the government small. In fact, anything that paralyzes Congress prevents laws from being repealed just as much as it prevents them from passing new ones.
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 5:42PM
Roy,
Agreed, sir!
The GOP has to be FOR something. Something CONSERVATIVE. Unapologetically Conservative!
"Conservatism, it works everytime it's tried"
-El Rushbo
Waverunner| 4.12.10 @ 12:40PM
Why is it the "beloved" president disses our allies at his nuke summit and gives our detractors (nice for enemies for the purple boy) a forum? He signs a nuclear pact with Russia that they can opt out of and cancels a nuke defence program with our allies? Well what can we expect from a highly experienced community organiser? Not much else......
Tim*| 4.12.10 @ 12:42PM
Gee Manly Susie , apparently ,you're not hearing Paul Ryan , Jim Demint , Ron Paul , Marco Rubio , Pat Toomey and other Republicans .
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 12:59PM
This Bachman woman has nothing on our glorious Chief Executive. Did she ever have to slug it out in the tough world of Chicago community organizing? No! Did she serve a remarkable 1/4 term in the US Senate! No! She really has no credibility as is plain to see.
Purpleguy| 4.12.10 @ 1:26PM
Help Me !
I Got The Hopey Changy Virus , And I Can't Stop Posting .
Somebody Shoot Me !
Paul from SA| 4.12.10 @ 1:59PM
I like Michelle Bachmann -- a lot. She is exactly what the Republican party needs. I'm thinking of contacting ACORN-Minnesota to see if I can sign up to vote for her from Texas.
A.M. Mallett| 4.12.10 @ 2:08PM
May the LORD help us if either woman is one our national ticket in 2012. Granted, both are attractive, speak their minds and have national followings however, with some pun intended, we need a President with a set of balls who will forcefully tear down the Obama legacy starting on day one. We need a President who, with a clear mandate from the American people, will go to war against the Democrat Party and it's 40 years of deconstructionist legislation. I want a President with a bat in his hand rather than empty clichés.
Crusader| 4.12.10 @ 6:24PM
Unfortunately there are no men in the R party who have any. Balls that is. They're all reach across the aisle, Pelosi is nice, RINO wusses.
GW| 4.12.10 @ 8:53PM
Duncan Hunter, former Army Ranger in Vietnam.
James Inhofe, former US Navy Pilot who was one of the 1st and loudest against global warming bullsh*t
Jeff Sessions, served in the Army Reserve, strongly anti-amnesty, fiscal conservative
All 3 men have had a much longer and stronger political career than either Palin or Bachmann. I actually like Bachmann, but once she started to appear on Fox News every other day w/ Hannity I started to have enough. Her shrill voice, accent, etc just screamed Palin Jr. Neither would do anything but hand the election to Obama.
Siegfried X| 4.12.10 @ 9:41PM
Duncan Hunter (Sr.) retired last year. He was replaced by his son, who also has combat experience, as a Marine in Iraq & Afghanistan.
Thomas| 4.12.10 @ 2:46PM
Ret. Marine, Lullaby's, Legends and Lies, et al:
Sure you can say that by not sponsoring legislation she is not doing more harm, but you miss the point.
There is plenty of horrible law on the books that needs to be repealed. Tax code, which is Bachmann's forte, is a prime example. The point is - how many laws has she tried to get repealed?
Think of it this way - what if every Republican in Congress sat on their hands and didn't try to pass anything? What would that accomplish? Nothing. To gain more freedom and liberty in the United States no only requires our elected officals to stop passing bad law, it requires action on behalf of Congress to repeal laws that are already on the books.
So, is sitting on her hands, or spouting off for the press, really what the people of the 4th district of Minnesota elected her to do? Bachmann's website has dozens of ideas that need to be implemented, but what has she been able to achieve to reach these goals? Almost nothing, but she sure has time to go to Iowa.
Paul from SA| 4.12.10 @ 2:47PM
Michelle Bachmann goes on the public stages to fight the Democrats and the Obama leftist agenda and is out their trying to pursuade public opinion.
I have the utmost admiration for any conservative female who places herself on the stage, open to the despicable attacks from the liberal media. She has more courage than most.
Add Liz Cheney, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin. Those are some of the most hated conservatives in the U.S. The liberals are afraid!
How many Republicans don't ever fight the Democrats? I can name one right off the bat: Kay Bailey Hutchison. She'll attack conservatives, but never the liberals.
Nicole Russell| 4.12.10 @ 2:50PM
Mel and like-minded others:
If you've read my previous work, here and elsewhere, you know I typically favor writing about libertarian-minded organizations and elected officials, of which there are less and less.
While it's true, there are too many laws too count and a good majority of them need to be repealed, few actually do that because it's a long, difficult process especially if you're in the minority as Rep. Bachmann is now. (Bachmann did sponsor a resolution to repeal the healthcare bill as many of her conservative peers have and will.) While I personally prefer my representative to act with the mindset that the best way to keep preserve my freedom is to refrain from passing extraneous bills, not every piece of legislation qualifies as such.
Do continue reading, thinking and commenting!
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 3:21PM
Miss Russell,
Thank you for responding.
Why did you write that Mrs. Bachmann has "[...] has yet to sponsor and pass any effective legislation at all [...]", when the GOP has been in the minority during her tenure in office?
Nicole Russell| 4.12.10 @ 3:38PM
Nick,
This is what I wrote:
"This is her second term as a U.S. Congresswoman. She has yet to sponsor and pass any effective legislation at all, let alone any related to the issues that put her in the spotlight -- though in her defense she's outnumbered, and to her credit, she has co-sponsored some good bills."
I believe "she's outnumbered" is another way of saying, she's in the minority.
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 3:59PM
Miss Russell,
I must not be making my point clear enough.
I acknowledged that you had pointed out that Mrs. Bachmann was "outnumbered", above, @ 12:00 PM.
My point is: How can you fault her for not "[...] pass[ing] any effective legislation [...]" when she hasn't even been in Congress for 4 years yet, and has been in the minority all that time.
If you didn't mean it as a deficiency, why bring it up in the first place?
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 4.12.10 @ 6:08PM
Nick: Maybe Miss Russell expected Mrs. Bachmann to perform some sort of miracle, like sponsor a repeal bill about some liberal entitlement law while part of the minority party, then do some voodoo dance on the Democrats, to get them to support it, and then pass it. Kind of like how the Republicans were able to get lots of their ideas into the new healthcare law, oops, I forgot, the Democrats shot down all their ideas as the majority party likes to do, so never mind. I'll try to come back later with a better example?
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 6:23PM
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies,
Exactly.
That's all I'm sayin'!
Mel Torme (aka Velvet Fog)| 4.12.10 @ 11:19PM
Miss Russell, Nick above took the words out of my mouth that I would have replied to you with, to wit:
"Now, Miss Russell, if you had written, "Mrs. Bachmann has yet to REPEAL any legislation", you would be stating the proper mindset."
Exactly, why do you get on the case of Congressman Bachmann for not sponsoring legislation, then? Like you say, she is very much outnumbered. Who can she get help from? Most of Congress does not want a free country, the rest (that do) don't have any guts, and the mainstream media are totally against anyone who speaks out as Mrs. Bachmann does; in fact, most of the mainstream media do not even understand freedom - they are just too stupid for that concept.
Congressman Bachmann's best bet is indeed to appeal to the people directly, and that is what she is doing.
David| 4.12.10 @ 2:56PM
You got that right Paul. Let me throw add several more names to your list of influential conservative women: Phyllis Schaffly, Laura Ingraham, the young blonde on The View (sorry, can't recall her name), and even Greta Van Sustren has come a long way to the right since she first started her show years ago. Greta is an excellent interviewer/interrogator.
The trashing that conservative women get is disgusting, and some of it even gets dished out by repubs.
Paul from SA| 4.12.10 @ 3:03PM
Elizabeth Hasselhoff, I think is her name.
I agree, Greta has improved over the years and is outstanding. She pursues the truth.
There's a liberal article somewhere today... where the Democrats are lamenting the fact that they have no appealing women in their party. I know, Debbie Wasserman Schultz (is she married to Ed?).
Paul from SA| 4.12.10 @ 2:56PM
Who measures a minority politician's value by what they propose to enact or repeal? It's a straw man.
Thomas and others: you sound like you are trying and trying to find any reason to criticize her. It'a a real strain. Your argument is very weak.
The House is a different animal than the Senate. The Speaker controls everything. There is zero chance any Republican's ideas, much less some bill, would get any attention from Nancy.
Thomas| 4.12.10 @ 2:58PM
One more thing.
Nick - How do you think that Congress repeals legislation? they repeal it by inacting a new law that repeals it. So passing new legislation is the way you would repeal bad law.
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 3:15PM
Thomas,
I covered that in my reply to Roy, above.
Thomas| 4.12.10 @ 4:14PM
Nick,
you say: "But, in Washington speak, "passing solid legislation" means some new program or significant change in the law." Since when? Since we don't have Congressmen who will stand up and use legislation to repeal bad law.
And as for your "she is in the minority" rant, that doesn't pass muster. there are many examples in history where the Republicans were in the minority but were able to prevail by going directly to the people. And unfortunately there are examples as recently as the mid 2000s where Republicans had a majority and a Repbulican president and they punted responsibility for reducing the size and scope of government.
Nick| 4.12.10 @ 5:37PM
Thomas,
I didn't realize I was ranting.
And, you're kind of making my point. Isn't Mrs. Bachmann "going directly to the people?" She's been in Congress for less than 4 years, for Pete's sake!
I seem to remember, during the 50's, 60's, and 70's, that the GOP was quite content to be in the minority. It took Mr. Gingrich to help change that.
David| 4.12.10 @ 5:19PM
I believe you're correct, it's Hasselhoff or Hasslebeck or something close.
Don't mean to get off the subject, but I take it you are in San Antonio. When does Fiesta start? I grew up there near St. Mary's U and was thinking about visiting family there during Fiesta.
Paul from SA| 4.12.10 @ 5:42PM
Hey David,
Hasselbeck. Yes, that's it. Indeed she is another brave one, and cute. Hmmm.
Fiesta starts in 3 days on April 15th. A return visit is probably long overdue. How long ago did you live here? Have you seen the growth north of 1604?
Here's a schedule of over 100 events:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/fi.....lArticle=y
NIOSA (Night In Old San Antonio) begins Thursday, April 22.
The River Walk is going thru a huge expansion (with help from Federal stimulus -- our own tax money minus their cut....), though I don't think the new areas are ready. It's going to be first class.
Oldefarte| 4.12.10 @ 5:29PM
Wow, a PhD in tax law? That compares with Maxine Waters', John Conyers', Barney Frank's, and Charlie Rangel's PhDs in BULLEXCREMENT, doesn't it?????????
David | 4.12.10 @ 5:55PM
You make me laugh Oldefarte.
Thanks for the info Paul. I moved a little more than 30 years ago, but my parents still live in the same house since I was 5 years old, and I still have 2 brothers and their families there. I visit 3 or 4 times a year, so yes, I have seen how much it has grown around 1604 and out west on Culebra and Bandera Roads. Again, thanks for the info.
mujalan| 4.12.10 @ 6:04PM
Quote: "She has yet to sponsor and pass any effective legislation at all, let alone any related to the issues that put her in the spotlight..."
Response: Maybe, but since when is it necessarily a virtue to pass more laws? Congress loves to crow about passing more laws. Just about anything. Who cares whether it's good or bad for the Country. Hey, just pass another law, whether or not it just ends up choking the Country down some more.
Bachmann may not be everything we would like but maybe she's doing something some gutless Republicans should be doing: Sounding the alarm to wake up this Country before it's too late.
Tyler S| 4.12.10 @ 6:07PM
As a liberal I find Bachmann ... well, I wouldn't vote for her. As a Minnesotan, however, my objection to her is much stronger. Minnesotan's are just not camera grabbing, confrontational people by nature. I mean, sure we elected Franken, but thats only because he found the perfect opponent in Norm Coleman (Who Minnesotan's pretty universally disliked. He had an image in the state as a career politician, an image backed up, whether fairly or not, by his frequently changing views and party affiliations.). Even still Franken squeeked by and, unless he can really show himself to be a serious, humorless advocate for a moderate path, he will likely not be reelected. While Bachmann's recent actions and antics have made her popular nationally among conservatives, she would do well to remember that she comes from a state filled with stoic, quiet, nice to a fault people who just don't appreciate political theater the way other states might. Minnesota wants its politicians to be quiet, hardworking, and respectful. We are embarrassed when our politicians make a spectacle out of us, even when we agree with what they say. Bachmann would do well to remember this and either move on to national office or dial back the severe rhetoric before she chases a slimly conservative Minnesota district into the hands of a democrat.
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 4.12.10 @ 6:22PM
Is there some sort of poison, in all those lakes out there? Do you remember who was one of your last Governors in Minnesota? Jesse the friggin' nut Ventura!! Isn't that right? Yeah!! No, I think Minnesota loves crazy loud people, because the water's been poisoned (at least that's my working theory?). So Mrs. Bachmann will be re-elected without a problem, because she fits right in, in the land of 5-million poisoned lakes. I think those long winters out there, are driving you a little mad Tyler (once again, that's my working theory).
Tyler S.| 4.14.10 @ 7:25PM
I was hoping Ventura would not come up, what a mortifying occurrence THAT was. Still, his election was the result of the youth of MN rebelling against the quiet MN mindset. Also, he came off a lot more sane while he was running, and the people of MN realized our mistake almost as soon as we made it. He certainly didn't get reelected. I'm guessing you don't really know many Minnesotans, however, we're pretty aggravatingly sane (to the point of being extremely boring). Ever hear the phrase "Minnesota Nice?"
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 4.15.10 @ 10:26PM
Tyler: Actually, I know several Minnesotans very well, serving with them in the Army as I do. And they're all super great, so don't take it so damn seriously, I'm only goofing on you. And I'm also sure, that not "all" the lakes in Minnesota are poisoned, and driving everybody there crazy (just a whole bunch of them). Ever hear the phrase "New Yorker's aren't nice?" Well we're not really nice, and just to prove my point, I've never heard of "Minnesota nice" before, and I don't believe it anyway. And even if I had heard of it before, I forgot all about it, because it was completely irrelevant to me. I like "Minnesota's crazy" a lot better, and it fits too. Jesse, Jesse, Jesse!! Didn't the President carry your State too? Yeah, by 10%!! So like I said, you're all nuts!! And if you think you're going to come back on me about New York voting for the President too, well touche, but New York has been a lost cause for a long, long time. Apples and Oranges!! Take care!!
Paul from SA| 4.12.10 @ 7:15PM
When liberals don't hate a candidate, then that candidate is not a conservative. The more liberals hate a candidate, it just means the candidate is outstanding.
I'd like to know if you approve of Kay Bailey Hutchison? Do you hate her like liberals hate Sarah, Ann, Liz and Michelle?
Tyler S.| 4.14.10 @ 7:28PM
I honestly don't believe liberals hate anybody the way conservatives hate people. I know I don't.
Matt Morehouse| 4.12.10 @ 7:31PM
So...she didn't propose any significant or new legislation? Like that's a BAD thing???
I'll have another 534 of those.
Obie Wan| 4.12.10 @ 7:50PM
What I like about Bachmann and Palin is they p*ss off Republicans almost as much as Democraps, cuzz the last 10 yrs or so it's getting harder and harder to tell em apart !!!
Margie| 4.12.10 @ 8:31PM
Just a slight correction, Mr. Wan~
They p*ss off -some- Republicans. Not ALL Republicans are losers, ya know.
This here Republican says:
Go Sarah!
Go Michelle!
philfl63| 4.12.10 @ 10:04PM
It is a sad day in America when a woman takes the forefront in decrying the radical anti-American traitorous schemes of Osama & Co. Where are the men? I should not even refer to them as men. They are males only because they have male plumbing. The gutless male wonders who comprise our political leadership are too chickensh*t to take the lead in denouncing Osama. And to the author, it is a good thing that Mrs. Bachmann has not created any legislation. We have enough laws on the books to choke a whale. We need political leaders who will dismantle the current gov't monstrosity. When our esteemed lawmakers create legislation, it takes away a little more of our freedoms. Plus, it takes money (our tax dollars) to implement the legislation, plus money to hire bureaucrats to oversee it. So kudos to Mrs. Bachmann. We could use more pols like her.
Richard Baker| 4.13.10 @ 12:56AM
Did you ever notice that the Conservative women are absolute dolls and that Liberal women are, for the most part, sea hags? Example, Helen Thomas versus Sarah Palin. Pourquoi?
Nick| 4.13.10 @ 1:22AM
Mr. Baker,
SEA HAGS!!!
Ha-ha-ha-ha!
I'm glad I wasn't drinking when I read that!
More examples:
-Rosa DeLauro
-Margaret Carlson
-Rosie O'Donnel
-Babs Streisand
-Maxine Waters
-Janet Napolitano
-Eleanor Clift
-Babs Boxer
-Ron Reagan, Jr.
-Shrillary the Hut, of course
Jim| 4.14.10 @ 6:27PM
Way to keep the debate elevated.
Stay classy Nick.
Tyler S.| 4.14.10 @ 7:33PM
That's cause we try to pick our female (and male, for that matter) leaders based on intelligence rather than marketability. Your comment is utterly disgusting.
Nick| 4.16.10 @ 12:51AM
Thank you, Woody Allen and Truman Capote.
Richard Baker| 4.13.10 @ 1:06AM
What she has done is do the hard work of saving the Constitution and the country, because the men are pu**ies, and in our celebrity crazed society that means that she MUST be in it for the publicity. She understands how to use the media to get the American message across. She hasn't proposed any meaningful legislation because her thought is to save the system that has made us the Colossus of the world. Sic Semper Tyrannis.
dittoheadadt| 4.13.10 @ 2:24AM
So Michele Bachmann hasn't sponsored any serious legislation yet, and she's already into her 2nd 2-year House term. Jeez, that makes her unqualified...but what exactly did Chairman Maobama accomplish during his days in the Senate (I'd say "years" but he really only worked about 130 days)?? Hmmmm? If Obama can be president (albeit the worst ever, and the most anti-America president ever) with zero accomplishments in the Senate (and in his entire adult life), then Michele is doing just fine in her sophomore year.
chi | 4.13.10 @ 8:27AM
The credit card accusations, denied by Rubio, were about all Crist wanted to talk about in his March 29 debate with Rubio on Fox News Sunday. Crist has gotten no traction with this. His popularity and poll numbers have steadily sunk over the weeks he's retailed these charges, and the money has rolled into Rubio's campaign.
Thorvald| 4.13.10 @ 8:39AM
1. I was born in Minnesota. Forebears on both sides homesteaded here in the Minnesota Territory, as in oxcarts and sodbusting.
2. I live in Bachmann's district, and I work for her re-election. I was at the Minneapolis rally April 7th.
3. I am armed.
4. We have more than our share of loonies in Minnesota, mainly Swedes ('nuff said), people who moved here when Minneapolis was a center for the occult and N.A.M.B.L.A., those who want our generous welfare, and those who fell along the way. (I know someone who the Minneapolis Star and Tribune loves, an attorney who worked for the attorney general, and who was one of the biggest drug dealers in our high school.)
5. Nonetheless, I will be very surprised if Bachmann loses this year.
6. Ignore the loonies and pretty soon they go back to their tissanes and HuffPo.
Margie| 4.13.10 @ 12:49PM
Wow Thorvold, and I thought NJ was 2nd worst state only to California, but had no idea MN was up there with the "best" of them. But hey it's nice to know there are some sane citizens helping to hold down the fort!
I'm rooting for you and don't have a doubt in my mind that Michelle's going to win again. Real conservatives REALLY CLEAR to all, and she is definitely one of them, (us!)
Norman Conquest| 4.13.10 @ 8:50AM
Bachmann is not an under-educated, under-qualified, un-American moron with no real experience and who owes his entire education .
One way to tell who's a buffoon and who isn't is by whether they know how to use pronouns properly.
David| 4.13.10 @ 11:11AM
Nick, Paul, and Richard, I usually don't make fun of the way people look, but because you guys are naming names on the dem side, got me going, I ask: How in the world did you miss putting Janet Reno on your lists? Ha ha. Oh yea, and one from the Houston area, Sheila Jackson Lee.
Tyler S.| 4.14.10 @ 7:34PM
Why is this comment in every article?
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