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Title: The Congresswoman who makes Sarah Palin look like a wishy-washy Liberal
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URL Source: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/54001 ... makes-sarah-palin-look-liberal
Published: Oct 1, 2009
Author: Harry Underwood
Post Date: 2009-10-01 19:52:25 by IDon'tThinkSo
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On Friday evening, as the world media concentrated on the G20 leaders departing Pittsburgh, a bizarre political encounter was getting underway at the University of Minnesota where two Republican members of congress were sharing a platform. It could not have been an odder pairing: one was the anti-authority libertarian Ron Paul from Texas, the other Michele Bachmann, the local congresswoman whose flag-waving neo-con beliefs make Sarah Palin look like a wishy-washy liberal. In an apparently desperate effort to attract a good crowd, it was Bachmann who had persuaded Paul to make the journey. In the event – as any freshman student of American politics could have predicted – Bachmann, a keen advocate of regime change in Iraq and of the campaign in Afghanistan, was forced to sit on her hands while Paul waxed lyrical on the need to end all military operations and keep government out of people's lifestyles, whether at home or abroad. As Maureen O'Connor, an assistant editor at the Daily Beast commented afterwards, the event brought together two "wingnut worlds" - "a flag-waving patriot who likens gay sex to bestiality and fantasises about lobbing nukes at Iran" and the libertarian "Ron Paul Revolution". If Bachmann wasn't so high-profile, Friday night's town-hall meeting might be written off as an absurdity. But Bachmann is now a constant presence in the right-wing media and the subject of considerable ridicule from liberals and Democrats. Asked why she attracts such scorn, Bachmann says it's a combination of sexism and envy. "They want to make sure no women, no woman becomes president before a Democrat woman," she says, "and so they're doing everything they can to, I think, sabotage women like Sarah Palin, perhaps women like myself, or similarly situated women, to make sure that we don’t have a prominent national voice." An answer that suggests a shot at the White House is within her ambitions. The mention of Palin, that other pin-up of the immoderate right, is not surprising. But actually Bachmann's views on healthcare, religion, same-sex marriage, Barack Obama and much else put her closer to to the barking world view of Fox TV's Glenn Beck. Beck, in fact, is one of her heroes. Only last week, Bachmann said: "People... love Bill O'Reilly; they love Glenn Beck. They love the shows that are on Fox. That's what matters. Because people want to go where they can find truth." Bachmann has most recently been in the news for the open letter she wrote to Barack Obama, criticising the continued federal funding of ACORN, the controversial anti-poverty advocacy group. And, of course, she is vehemently opposed to his healthcare reform bill. Late last month, she told a town hall meeting: "What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn't pass." Incendiary addresses of this kind are her stock-in-trade. Talking on the radio in March about Obama's plans for a 'cap and trade' tax on greenhouse gas emissions, she urged Minnesotans to get "armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back". During the presidential campaign, she said she was "very concerned that he [Barack Obama] may have anti-American views" - provoking accusations of 21st century McCarthyism. Obama and his views are not her only target, however. She is fiercely opposed to same-sex marriage and, while criticising a hate crimes bill in Congress earlier this year, likened homosexuality to paedophilia. "A paedophile, someone who considers themselves gay, someone who considers themselves transgender, someone who considers themselves a cross-dresser? That is who is protected," she said. Famously caught on camera, crouching behind a bush while checking out a gay pride rally, she defended her behaviour by saying she’d been wearing high heels and "just couldn't stand anymore. I was not in the bushes." Bachmann's foreign policy expertise makes Sarah Palin look like Henry Kissinger (and, to be fair to Palin, the former Alaskan governor reportedly made a reasonably good fist of an address to businessmen in Hong Kong earlier this month). After a trip to Iraq in 2007, Bachmann appeared most struck not by the status of the American military campaign or the suffering of the Iraqi people but by the size of Saddam Hussein’s palace. "It's absolutely huge," she enthused. "I turned to my colleagues and said there's a commonality with the Mall of America, in that it's on that proportion." In an interview with the St Cloud Times, a local Minnesota paper, Bachmann said she knew of a secret territorial deal struck between Iraq and Iran. Iran, she said, was "going to get half of Iraq, and that is going to be a terrorist safe-haven zone where they can go ahead and bring about more attacks in the Middle East, and come against the United States." How far Bachmann can go with all this will depend on whether she retains her seat in the mid-term elections next November. If the Democrats implode, as many are warning, she should be all right – and she does have God on her side, after all. God, she once explained, "called me to run for the Minnesota Senate... God then called me to run for the United States Congress. And I thought, 'What in the world would that be for?' And my husband said, 'You need to do this,' and I wasn't so sure. "And we took three days, and we fasted and we prayed, and we said, 'Lord, is this what you want? Is this your will?' And long about the afternoon of day two, he made that calling sure."
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#8. To: randge (#5)
Now there's an image! Have you registered to win the jeep?
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. You're not supposed to notice that stuff.
Does that make me: A) The antichrist B) an Anti-Semite C) Sane Schnel, bitte!
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. Only Three Questions we need to ask any candidate One. Do you support the Treasury's take over of the FED so we can issue Treasury Notes? Two: Do you support an immediate cut in all aid and loans to Israel as required by law for having nuclear weapons and refusing to sign the Nuclear Non- Prolieration Treaty? Three. Do you support an immediate Israeli withdrawl to pre-1967 borders?
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I vote 3rd party, usually Libertarian so your only point is on top of your head. But tell me, how is Bachmann worse than Waxman, Stark or Pelosi, the current third in line for the presidency?
I understand the last working Yugo in America drove into his left nostril in June and hasn't been seen since.
Oops, looks like somebody slipped a little star-of-david pill in her cocktail at some point.
_________________________________________________________________________ One. Do you support the Treasury's take over of the FED so we can issue Treasury Notes? Two: Do you support an immediate cut in all aid and loans to Israel as required by law for having nuclear weapons and refusing to sign the Nuclear Non- Prolieration Treaty? Three. Do you support an immediate Israeli withdrawl to pre-1967 borders? there is no one who will ask those questions.
Who said she was? This is a story about Bachmann. Go hijack someone else's thread.
Three. Do you support an immediate Israeli withdrawl to pre-1967 borders? there is no one who will ask those questions. Not in this world there isn't.
It's about you failing to criticize the Swine in power, and it's always revealing to non partisans like the good folk who live here. In short, Clowny Boy, you're a gold plated fraud who fits in well with socialists & Israelites.
I see, you're non-partisan. Thanks for clearing that up. And thanks too for explaining the rules you thought police use to detect wrong thinkers.
It isn't wrong thinking, rather it's a bias you show toward the power elite. You cut them a pass. Your politics are as obvious as Waxman's beak, a man whose politics you'd never ridicule.
Fell free to cite examples of that. Otherwise, stuff it.
Do your own research. When you find a post where you criticize Obama, Pelosi, Biden, etc. you'll have made a point. As it stands now that point remains firmly atop your bean.
Oh she is a 'treat', indeed. Glad to have another oaf to mock... ;)
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
Thank you for explaining what non-partisan means to you. Like to add anybody else to the list, or let me know who's untouchable?
Not in this world there isn't. Oh, I must butt in and disagree........again. There is one man who would ask those questions. That man is James Traficant. Let's support him in his threats to run again. : )
Everyone is touchable, your problem is only one side is touched by you and your Fellow Flacks. The political left, your side, is your home and therefore never touched. You'd be embarrassed if you weren't so dim.
the most noteworthy news in this story is Ron Paul's accepting Bachmann's invitation to share her platform. does anyone else find that curious especially in light of the fact that he didn't attend the DC rally nor did he ever even comment about it?
LOL...you mean those fugly Dim heroes who have been busy sucking the life-blood out of America? IDon'tThinkSo would post a moonbat blog screed on what a dopey pr*ck George Washington himself was - IF only he could find it.
Which is why with that kind of rationale we keep getting rammed up the wazoo by rancid RINOs creatures like Susan Collins, eunuchs like Trent Lott, and Dims like Al Franken and Barry Soetoro. And I hate to break your bubble, but Bachman ain't running for Pope - she's representing A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-S. Oh...another NEWSFLASH: (This just in): PAT ROBERTSON IS NOT BACHMAN'S GURU.
I can't watch that thing. Whenever I see it on the tube, I have the horrible apprehension that something is going to come crawling out of that nose. Whenever I see Waxman, I have to remind myself I'm NOT watching a Twilight Zone episode.
Yes....MUCH worse than a Soetoro/Amin ticket (which would turn you into a auto-nymphomaniac.)
Evidently your thought is not pure enough for many "conservatives" on the forum. Some here sound just like WhiteSands. lol
One. Do you support the Treasury's take over of the FED so we can issue Treasury Notes? Two: Do you support an immediate cut in all aid and loans to Israel as required by law for having nuclear weapons and refusing to sign the Nuclear Non- Prolieration Treaty? Three. Do you support an immediate Israeli withdrawl to pre-1967 borders? The FED question is germane to most Americans... But the other two eclectic questions regarding Israel? NOT exactly on most conservatives' Top 500 Questions list. I'm a BIT more interested in the Illegal Invasion situation and the "aid and loans" to unnamed bankers and entities through TARP. And Horsey - who really gives a flying sh*t about a border claim over the spoils of war started by Egypt?
Did you get a cogent answer? (.........scroll) Nope. Just as expected.
Bwaahaa! With those nostrils and voluminous inhalation, you'd think he'd be getting ample oxygen to his so-called brain.
Especially not the last two. I believe, "Why was the formula of Yoo-Hoo and recipe for Devil Dogs changed for the worse?" are more compelling question that need answering...
LMAO
That man is James Traficant. Let's support him in his threats to run again. : ) What? And put that poor creature living on his head through hell again? Mercy. Now that you've mentioned it, YES. Good question. As the supposed ultimate "Outsider" and political contrarian, why wasn't Ron Paul on the Bandwagon? Anyone??
hehehehehe
"This Act (the Federal Reserve Act, Dec. 23rd 1913) establishes the most gigantic trust on earth. When the President (Woodrow Wilson) signs the Bill, the invisible government of the Monetary Power will be legalised... The worst legislative crime of the ages is perpetrated by this banking and currency Bill." ~Charles Lindbergh, Sr.
No, I don't find it curious. Bachmann wanted people to show up. Ron Paul stuck to his principles as usual. She had to endure a smackdown. lol.... "Bachmann, a keen advocate of regime change in Iraq and of the campaign in Afghanistan, was forced to sit on her hands while Paul waxed lyrical on the need to end all military operations and keep government out of people's lifestyles, whether at home or abroad."
Don't loose your focus by folowing IDon'tThinkSo, the problem is this.
lol...... Hell? Just look at the sadistic little bastard. The "poor creature" loved every minute of it. : )
What a cozy twosome (but who was the boss?) Sharks have their remoras; Traficant his critter. :-)
He was back in Texas mailing me a request for money.
Nobody really commented on it in DC. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a "don't say a word...or else" order floated. The silence over the entire event, which was most likely the largest protest in U.S. history, is eerie.
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Bubble? What's this bubble crap, L? Do you have me confused with someone else?
In 2007, the FBI reported on concern about white supremacists recruiting soldiers, saying "hundreds" of neo-Nazis were in the active military. But in April, a Department of Homeland Security report on extremism that reiterated much the same point was widely criticized by veterans groups and some conservative politicians as being unpatriotic, leading the Justice Department to retract the DHS report. Critics acknowledge that extremism in the Army is a touchy political subject. There is another.............Ralph Nader. Remember him calling McCain out re: the USS Liberty? He also called Obama and McCain to the mat for backing AIPAC, the small minority against the overwhelming majority that support a two state solution and immediate withdrawal from occupied Palistine. He scoffed at an "undivied" Jerusalem..... Here's an ad:
something is going to come crawling out of that nose.
#9. To: Dakmar (#3)
I liked Bachmann for a bit, until I realised that she is a creature of the Pat Robertson/Control Freaks for Jesus set that has always acted contrary to every every principle they preach.
#10. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#9)
#11. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#0)
#12. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#7)
You'd be having orgasms over a Palin/Bachmann or Bachmann/Palin ticket in 2012.
#13. To: randge (#5)
I see it on the tube, I have the horrible apprehension that something is going to come crawling out of that nose.
#14. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#0)
...Michele Bachmann, the local congresswoman whose flag-waving neo-con beliefs...
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?”
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#15. To: Horse (#11)
Only Three Questions we need to ask any candidate
#16. To: 2big2fail (#12)
But tell me, how is Bachmann worse than Waxman, Stark or Pelosi, the current third in line for the presidency?
#17. To: christine (#15)
(Edited)
Two: Do you support an immediate cut in all aid and loans to Israel as required by law for having nuclear weapons and refusing to sign the Nuclear Non- Prolieration Treaty?
#18. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#16)
#19. To: 2big2fail (#18)
It's about you failing to criticize the Swine in power, and it's always revealing to non partisans like the good folk who live here.
#20. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#19)
#21. To: 2big2fail (#20)
It isn't wrong thinking, rather it's a bias you show toward the power elite. You cut them a pass.
#22. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#21)
#23. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#0)
#24. To: 2big2fail (#22)
When you find a post where you criticize Obama, Pelosi, Biden, etc. you'll have made a point.
#25. To: IDon'tThinkSo, christine (#17)
there is no one who will ask those questions.
#26. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#24)
(Edited)
Like to add anybody else to the list, or let me know who's untouchable?
#27. To: IDon'tThinkSo, 2big2fail, abraxas, Brian S, Jethro Tull, Cynicom, all (#0)
#28. To: 2big2fail (#1)
Have you got anything on the people in power? Sterling Americans like say, Pete Stark, Barny Fag, Nancy Pelosi, Waxman the Nose?
#29. To: Dakmar (#3)
(Edited)
I liked Bachmann for a bit, until I realised that she is a creature of the Pat Robertson/Control Freaks for Jesus set that has always acted contrary to every every principle they preach.
#30. To: randge, 2big2fail, Waxman the Nose (#5)
Waxman the Nose
#31. To: IDon'tThinkSo, 2big2fail (#7)
You'd be having orgasms over a Palin/Bachmann or Bachmann/Palin ticket in 2012.
#32. To: IDon'tThinkSo (#24)
Thank you for explaining what non-partisan means to you. Like to add anybody else to the list, or let me know who's untouchable?
#33. To: Horse (#11)
Only Three Questions we need to ask any candidate
#34. To: 2big2fail, IDon'tThinkSo (#12)
But tell me, how is Bachmann worse than Waxman, Stark or Pelosi, the current third in line for the presidency?
#35. To: 2big2fail, randge (#13)
I understand the last working Yugo in America drove into his left nostril in June and hasn't been seen since.
#36. To: christine (#15)
there is no one who will ask those questions.
#37. To: 2big2fail (#20)
Your politics are as obvious as Waxman's beak...
#38. To: abraxas (#25)
There is one man who would ask those questions.
#39. To: christine, IDon'tThinkSo, 2big2fail, abraxas, Brian S, Jethro Tull, Cynicom, all (#27)
the most noteworthy news in this story is Ron Paul's accepting Bachmann's invitation to share her platform. does anyone else find that curious especially in light of the fact that he didn't attend the DC rally nor did he ever even comment about it?
#40. To: Liberator (#38)
#41. To: christine (#27)
does anyone else find that curious especially in light of the fact that he didn't attend the DC rally nor did he ever even comment about it?
#42. To: christine, All (#40)
#43. To: Liberator (#38)
And put that poor creature living on his head through hell again?
#44. To: abraxas (#43)
Hell? Just look at the sadistic little bastard. The "poor creature" loved every minute of it. : )
#45. To: christine (#27)
As the supposed ultimate "Outsider" and political contrarian, why wasn't Ron Paul on the Bandwagon?
#46. To: christine (#27)
the most noteworthy news in this story is Ron Paul's accepting Bachmann's invitation to share her platform. does anyone else find that curious especially in light of the fact that he didn't attend the DC rally nor did he ever even comment about it?
#47. To: Liberator (#29)
And I hate to break your bubble, but Bachman ain't running for Pope
#48. To: IDon'tThinkSo, Christine (#17)
(Edited)
Not in this world there isn't
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