Michele Bachmann is a "Sarah Palin with a brain"?!?

[GhostWriter16]

No.
Sarah Palin twists the truth, Bachmann lies through her teeth because she is too stupid to know any better.

If you are too stupid to know any better, that isn't lying now is it

 

[Hygro]

If you are too stupid to know any better, that isn't lying now is it

No, it means too stupid to not realize that lying is counter productive.

 

[Cutlass]

I think Palin is more of a stalking horse than anyone taken seriously by any but the lunatic fringe. She's useful to have out there attracting attention.

 

[Japanrocks12]

4. "During the last 100 days we have seen an orgy. It would make any local smorgasbord embarrassed … The government spent its wad by April 26." -Rep. Michele Bachmann, accusing the Obama administration of premature fiscal ejaculation, May 2009

I lol'd

 

[Formaldehyde]

I think Palin is more of a stalking horse than anyone taken seriously by any but the lunatic fringe. She's useful to have out there attracting attention.

It certainly hasn't hurt the Democrats. They could use a dozen just like her.

 

[Neonanocyborgasm]

So, what do you think? Is Michele Bachmann a Sarah Palin with a brain? Is this being unfair to both of them by even trying to find a difference? Should the Republicans demand a slightly larger brain for a welcome change? Should we restrict the chest size of attractive female politicians?

Bachmann is a far more attractive MILF than Sarah Palin, who never did anything for me. I would do Bachmann, preferably without her talking.

 

[GamezRule]

Why, oh why? Why must the right wing be turned into such a circus act? I want to support my conservative ideology but I can't escape these idiots.

Thank you for reminding me that the right wing isn't totally off their rocker.

 

[Cutlass]

I doubt you could stop her from talking.

 

[Tani Coyote]

1. "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under another, then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence." -Rep. Michele Bachmann, on the 1976 Swine Flu outbreak that happened when Gerald Ford, a Republican, was president, April 28, 2009

Most idiotic comment on her part.

2. "I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out: Are they pro-America or anti-America?" -Rep. Michelle Bachmann, calling for a new McCarthyism, Oct. 2008

I think McCarthyism is going a little too far. Now, when the government is actually screening private citizens for bullcrap allegations, I'll be sold and not thinking this is as uncalled for as the Obama-"Carter" coincidence.

3. "Take this into consideration. If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bureau was handed over to the FBI and other organizations at the request of President Roosevelt, and that's how the Japanese were rounded up and put into the internment camps. I'm not saying that that's what the Administration is planning to do, but I am saying that private personal information that was given to the Census Bureau in the 1940s was used against Americans to round them up, in a violation of their constitutional rights, and put the Japanese in internment camps." -Rep. Michele Bachmann, June 2009

I don't see this as stupid at all. It's just a comment on how government is a force that can as easily be used against us as for us.

4. "During the last 100 days we have seen an orgy. It would make any local smorgasbord embarrassed … The government spent its wad by April 26." -Rep. Michele Bachmann, accusing the Obama administration of premature fiscal ejaculation, May 2009

"Fiscal ejaculation"... really?

Did the people who wrote this comment ever hear the term "wad of cash" before?

5. "That's why people need to continue to go to the town halls, continue to melt the phone lines of their liberal members of Congress, and let them know, under no certain circumstances will I give the government control over my body and my health care decisions." -Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), a pro-lifer who completely missed the irony of using the same slogan as the pro-choice movement in arguing against health care reform

Definitely idiotic to use the same argument, but I think a difference is justified: your healthcare is your life for sure, while a fetus is potentially another's.

6. "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." -Rep. Michelle Bachmann, April, 2009

Well, to be fair, it's what powers the trees that give us the oxygen which in turn powers the trees. It's as important to us as oxygen.

7. "There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design." -Rep. Michele Bachmann, Oct. 2006

Needs to be backed up.

Faith isn't incompatible with religion, though. Even though belief in creationism would seem quite contrary to science, intelligent design is not(and indeed, is compatible with evolution).

8. "I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us 'having a revolution every now and then is a good thing,' and the people -- we the people -- are going to have to fight back hard if we're not going to lose our country." -Rep. Rep. Michele Bachmann, March 2009

I think it's a lot better to focus on keeping government limited and fearful of its population. As well as keeping the soldiers loyal to what this nation stands for and not what the government wants.

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No comments on the last two.

I don't see her as much better. All the Republican candidates seem lackluster to me, and the ones that don't have some other flaw about them.

 

[Rashiminos]

"Fiscal ejaculation"... really?

Did the people who wrote this comment ever hear the term "wad of cash" before?

Actually the term has more to do with how a musket is operated (from which wad of cash was derived, eventually, whilst sex has been euphemized a million different ways, at least). I find the sexual analogy to be a bit "fascinating." Is it because she has some experience in these matters, or was she trying to break it down in a way she thought the audience would understand?

 

[Aegis]

I'm pretty sure guys like Biden and Obama believe what they say as well.

Obama does not believe that there are 57 states. That was a gaffe. In no way can what Bachmann says be construed as gaffes. Her arguments revolve around her having the wrong facts.
Like Ajidica explained, there is a difference between making an honest mistake, and making incorrect statements that you defend to the people who attempt to correct you.

 

[Cutlass]

"That man can explain anything. I think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this."
— Michele Bachmann on the country's financial woes

 

[Formaldehyde]

I think McCarthyism is going a little too far. Now, when the government is actually screening private citizens for bullcrap allegations, I'll be sold and not thinking this is as uncalled for as the Obama-"Carter" coincidence..

It is McCarthyism in the true sense of the word. And just about anybody who utters the phrase "anti-American" towards another American is suffering from that particular disease, especially if they don't scream it at Confederacy sympathizers, bigots, and especially those who think that merely dissenting from their own provincial views makes the other person "anti-American".

I don't see this as stupid at all. It's just a comment on how government is a force that can as easily be used against us as for us.

Only this gap in the census system was plugged in 1947 so it could never be used again for such a purpose. And it is not clear at all that Roosevelt had anything to do with it. So Bachmann is basically rabble-rousing by either intentionally distorting the truth or through sheer stupidity.

"Fiscal ejaculation"... really?

Did the people who wrote this comment ever hear the term "wad of cash" before?

You are not familiar with the use of this term in ... other contexts? I think you should read a few romantic novels just for kicks.

"Faith isn't incompatible with religion, though. Even though belief in creationism would seem quite contrary to science, intelligent design is not(and indeed, is compatible with evolution).

Not really. And it certainly isn't in the case of a fundamentalist like Bachmann.

There may be a few people who believe in intelligent design and still accept evolution as an accepted scientific theory. Some of them may even be scientists. One or two may have been awarded Nobel Prizes in their respective fields, which are most likely not evolution or even biology. What it amounts to is an appeal to authority. Scientists can be provincial and narrow-minded as well. It proves nothing.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Well, to be fair, it's what powers the trees that give us the oxygen which in turn powers the trees. It's as important to us as oxygen.

To be even more fair, she seems to have completely missd the point. No CO2= bad doesn't mean much, much more CO2 =/= bad..
All things considered it's more dangerous to us than oxygen.

 

[Tani Coyote]

It is McCarthyism in the true sense of the word.

Personally? I don't mind if politicians are held accountable to a raging populace. That's the point of democracy.

Now, if we were to revive HUAC...

Only this gap in the census system was plugged in 1947 so it could never be used again for such a purpose.

Well then, I'm proven wrong. So she's either a liar or just ignorant. Neither are spectacular qualities.

You are not familiar with the use of this term in ... other contexts? I think you should read a few romantic novels just for kicks.

I know what the term can be used for in other contexts. But I doubt she meant it sexually. As much as one could glean from the context.

She suffers more from choosing the wrong words in this case.

Not really.

Intelligent design merely expresses a belief that some sort of deity - the intelligent - had a role in the creation of our universe - the design. God could easily have created the first cells and let them run their course, or could have somehow ensured the supremacy of the human race. Evolution is therefore, completely compatible with intelligent design.

That said, most advocating it are creationists, merely to keep their kids from questioning the brainwashing.

 

[Rashiminos]

I know what the term can be used for in other contexts. But I doubt she meant it sexually. As much as one could glean from the context.

She suffers more from choosing the wrong words in this case.

Somewhere between "orgy" and "ejaculation," I think she knew exactly what she was talking about. The context was a reference to sex in the first place.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Personally? I don't mind if politicians are held accountable to a raging populace. That's the point of democracy.

Are you trying to suggest that the Tea Party determine the loyalty of all Americans? Do you really the problem of loyalty to this country is a huge issue in the US Congress and in the White House?

Now, if we were to revive HUAC...

That is essentially what she is trying to do. Why do you think she was insinuating that Obama was quite possibly an "anti-American", as well as just about any congressman who doesn't agree with her reactionary drivel?

I know what the term can be used for in other contexts. But I doubt she meant it sexually. As much as one could glean from the context.

No. It was sheer stupidity on her part to not know the term was used for other purposes, like <snip>...

Intelligent design merely expresses a belief that some sort of deity - the intelligent - had a role in the creation of our universe - the design. God could easily have created the first cells and let them run their course, or could have somehow ensured the supremacy of the human race. Evolution is therefore, completely compatible with intelligent design.

As I said, it is in eyes of some Christians. But it obviously isn't in the eyes of those who wish to ban evolution from the science classrooms in the schools and even teach intelligent design in its place. Take Bachmann, for example.

That said, most advocating it are creationists, merely to keep their kids from questioning the brainwashing.

That's really the point. People who even bring up intelligent design don't usually do so because they are convinced that evolution is a reality. Just the opposite. They offer it as an "intelligent" alternative to evolution.

 

[Ice_Tyrant]

Bachmann does have a brain, it just seems that she refuses to use it.

 

[bhsup]

I guess I am just not rabid enough to care to do it.

Need more angst I guess.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/2008/10/01/top-5-joe-biden-gaffes.htm

I particularly like # 3, cuz it's about on par with the bachmann one above.

 

[Bill3000]

http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/2008/10/01/top-5-joe-biden-gaffes.htm

I particularly like # 3, cuz it's about on par with the bachmann one above.

Rehash!

The thing about gaffes is that they are verbal mistakes. So they are not equatable here, as what Bachmann said aren't gaffes, as she has been completely serious.