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Editorial: There Bachman goes again
Published Monday, May 4, 2009
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann looks more and more like a politician with permanent foot-in-mouth disease.
Yes, the 6th District Republican representative is opened her mouth again and, surprise, says something — either outrageous or wrong.
Last week it was both.
Bachmann said Monday that she found it was an “interesting coincidence” that the last swine flu outbreak occurred under a Democratic president. She said that the current swine flu outbreak under Obama was similar to a swine flu outbreak in 1976.
However, Bachmann was wrong, again.
The 1976 swine flu outbreak occurred under Republican President Gerald Ford. The 1976 outbreak started when an Army private died and four other soldiers were hospitalized at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Democratic President Jimmy Carter continued the swine flu shot program when he actually took office in early 1977.
This is neither the last nor the first time Bachmann has opened her mouth and inserted her foot.
In early 2007, Bachmann commented about an Iranian plan to carve out half of Iraq to serve as “a terrorist safe haven zone.” She had no proof of this.
In the final days of the 2008 election campaign, Bachmann questioned the patriotism of Democratic-candidate Barack Obama and called for an “anti-American” investigation of Democratic members of Congress.
This month Bachmann claimed the six Muslim men removed from a plane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in 2006 had come to the Twin Cities just to attend Rep. Keith Ellison’s election celebration. She was wrong. The Muslims were in Minnesota to attend a national conference of imams.
Bachmann has become the poster child for bizarre politicians. She also is an embarrassment to both the 6th District and to Minnesota.
— West Central Tribune of Willmar, April 29
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Posted by GH2ORepub (anonymous) on May 4, 2009 at 11:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I taped what she said about the patriotism of members of congress.
Chris Mathews of MSNBC said she spoke of Democarts only. My memory is that she thought all members hould be looked at or something to that affect. I think Mathews gets his facts wrong from time to time---not reliable in my book.
I liked her comment so much that I sent her campaign money. I often wondef about some members of Congress.
Posted by leftys2221 (anonymous) on May 4, 2009 at 12:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I didn't know that this nut owns the sole definition of what being Pro-American means. I think that she means that if you disagree with her you are anti-American. Another ploy to guilt people into voting for her.
Posted by sbahr (Stacey Bahr) on May 4, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Jon Stewart and the Daily Show seem to love her, she's constantly giving them material!!
Seriously, someone needs to shut her up.
Posted by GH2ORepub (anonymous) on May 4, 2009 at 2:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think this situation is similar to the Tribune editorial on Rush limbaugh. I don't think the Trib listened to his explanation.
If a march towards Socialism is Obama's goal we both want him to fail. We both want a governement that favors Capitalism to succed in a big way.
I did not fight in World War II for anything close to what Obama advocates---NO WAY!
Posted by leftys2221 (anonymous) on May 4, 2009 at 3:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Is blaming a pandemic on a group of people just because you disagree with them politically considered right?
Posted by chrish (anonymous) on May 4, 2009 at 6:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I recently read a good article about how the Republican party is trying to re-group after this recent election and attract new voters. One good start would be to distance from people like Michelle Bachman. Megan McCain has it right when she says they need to be a bit more centrist in their approach. Michelle needs to learn to think before she speaks and do some basic fact checking first.
Posted by gone (anonymous) on May 5, 2009 at 9:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Unfortunately she won a very close re-election. It would be difficult to find rational people from either side of this divisive political period to consider her anything but a certifiable nut job.
Posted by GH2ORepub (anonymous) on May 6, 2009 at 10:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If the Obama programs works it will not metter who the Republican niminate.
If they don't Pallin, Bachmann and almost any Republican will kick his fanny.
Spending that kind of money better work!
Posted by trifid (anonymous) on May 6, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"If the Obama programs works it will not metter who the Republican niminate.
If they don't Pallin, Bachmann and almost any Republican will kick his fanny"
This type of thinking is one reason why this country is failing. The logic therein states that failure should be followed up by more failures. Bizzare!
Posted by GH2ORepub (anonymous) on May 7, 2009 at 2:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't believe the country is failing. Some leaders in both parties have failed us.
I am well off as I was before this mess came about.
I think we will likely know prior to the next election who screwed this up.
What we have now is failure after failure with the new administrattion as I see it.
I have never seem anything like this in the 80 plus years I have lived.
Posted by trifid (anonymous) on May 10, 2009 at 12:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yup, as long as your pocket is full the country is fine.
That is the attitude of a failing country.
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