Bachmann Retracts Her Embarassing Iran/Iraq Conspiracy Theory
Bachmann Retracts Her Embarassing Iran/Iraq Conspiracy Theory
In a recent interview, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) claimed that she knows of a secret plan by Iran to partition Iraq and turn half of the country into a “terrorist safe haven zone” called the “Iraq State of Islam.” Bachmann, who famously refused to let go of President Bush at the State of the Union, claimed there is “already an agreement made,” but she “did not say how she knew about this plan, nor with whom Iran has made this deal.”
Listen here:
ThinkProgress contacted Bachmann about her remarks, and received a statement from her office stating that coverage of her Iran statement was “misconstrued.” Bachmann claims she was actually talking about widely-discussed plans to partition Iraq among the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds, and her fear that Iran would overtake the Shiite region.
Bachmann is no stranger to conspiracy theories. She continues to insist that there is a link between the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Iraq, despite the 9/11 Commission’s conclusion that there was “no credible evidence” of any connection.
Read her radio transcript and full statement:
Iran is the trouble maker, trying to tip over apple carts all over Baghdad right now because they want America to pull out. And do you know why? It’s because they’ve already decided that they’re going to partition Iraq.
And half of Iraq, the western, northern portion of Iraq, is going to be called…. the Iraq State of Islam, something like that. And I’m sorry, I don’t have the official name, but it’s meant to be the training ground for the terrorists. There’s already an agreement made.
They are 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 terrorist attacks in the Middle East region and then to come against the United States because we are their avowed enemy.
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Bachmann Responds to Misconstrued Coverage of Iran Statement
(Woodbury, Minnesota) – Congresswoman Michele Bachmann released the following statement this afternoon:
“I am sorry if my words have been misconstrued, but it is well known that Iraq is a conglomeration of many groups of people that emerged out of European colonialization. The three primary sects in Iraq are Kurds, Sunnis and Shi’a, and the idea that Iraq might be partitioned into three distinct entities – Kurdish, Shiite and Sunni – has been intermittently considered since the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003. One of the reasons that this never became policy is because the Shi’a and the Kurds had larger states that many believed would have engulfed them, either peacefully or by force – Turkey in the case of the Kurds, and Iran in the case of the Shi’a.
“In the case of Iran, there are multiple reasons to believe they would seek to expand their territory to include Shi’a Iraq – namely, their natural cultural ties, the long history of Iran and Iraq wars, and regional security. A fourth and powerful reason is that success in Iraq for the West could threaten the future of the current Iranian leadership and its Islamic Revolution. There is already a strong antagonism against the ruling regime in Iran and a successful, democratic Iraq could pose trouble for Iran.
“Although it is difficult to ascertain Iran’s intentions toward Iraq, they are clearly not in the U.S. interest – for example, the Iranian weapons that have fallen into the hands of insurgents. If Iran is allowed to freely operate in Iraq and continues to thwart the U.S. and the Iraqi government, then we may very well see a de facto partition in which the western Anbar province continues to house and develop terrorists.”
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The crazy lady from the SOTUA…haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:16 pmHas anyone made up signage for a Terra Safe Zone yet ?
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:17 pmOy!
Can’t these whackos talk about any subject without lying?
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:18 pmI have a theory that the Saudi Royal Family was involved in 9/11.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:25 pmsome say bachmann slept her way to the top of MN politics…..
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:26 pmThese fools are so out of touch with reality they should be assigned their own Time Zone and ZIP Code. Maybe Idiot Standard Time (IST) and 00000.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:27 pmCaption:
I can gargle louder than you can!
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:28 pmFeb. 28, 2003 http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_wilson.html
MOYERS: So this is not just about weapons of mass destruction.
JOE WILSON: Oh, no, I think it’s far more about re-growing the political map of the Middle East.
MOYERS: What does that mean?
WILSON: Well, that basically means trying to install regimes in the Middle East that are far more friendly to the United States — there are those in the administration that call them democracies. Somehow it’s hard for me to imagine that a democratic system will emerge out of the ashes of Iraq in the near term. And when and if it does, it’s hard for me to believe that it will be more pro-American and more pro-Israeli than what you’ve got now.
MOYERS: Tell me what you think about the arguments of one of those men, Richard Perle, who is perhaps the most influential advocate in the President’s and the administration’s ear arguing to get rid of Saddam Hussein. What do you think about his argument?
WILSON: Well, he’s certainly the architect of a study that was produced in the mid-’90s for the Likud Israeli government called “a clean break, a new strategy for the realm.” And it makes the argument that the best way to secure Israeli security is through the changing of some of these regimes beginning with Iraq and also including Syria. And that’s been since expanded to include Iran.
MOYERS: So this was drawn up during the ’90s…
Joe Wilson – June 14, 2003
“The real agenda in all of this of course, was to redraw the political map of the Middle East. Now that is code, whether you like it or not, but it is code for putting into place the strategy memorandum that was done by Richard Perle and his study group in the mid-90’s which was called, “A Clean Break – A New Strategy for the Realm.” And what it is, cut to the quick, is if you take out some of these countries, some of these governments that are antagonistic to Israel then you provide the Israeli government with greater wherewithal to impose its terms and conditions upon the Palestinian people, whatever those terms and conditions might be. In other words, the road to peace in the Middle East goes through Baghdad and Damascus. Maybe Tehran. And maybe Cairo and maybe Tripoli if these guys actually have their way. Rather than going through Jerusalem.”
19:46: http://next.epic-usa.org/epicdev2/_media/2003forumaudio/28-lecture-wilson-32.mp3
“On the other ones, the geopolitical situation, I think there are a number of issues at play; there’s a number of competing agendas. One is the remaking of the map of the Middle East for Israeli security, and my fear is that when it becomes increasingly apparent that this was all done to make Sharon’s life easier and that American soldiers are dying in order to enable Sharon to impose his terms upon the Palestinians that people will wonder why it is American boys and girls are dying for Israel and that will undercut a strategic relationship and a moral obligation that we’ve had towards Israel for 55 years. I think it’s a terribly flawed strategy.”
13:33: http://next.epic-usa.org/epicdev2/_media/2003forumaudio/29-lecture-qa-32.mp3
The War Party – BBC
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:29 pmhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6453738561338241311
some say bachmann slept her way to the top of MN politics…
Well, hmmm, … sleepwalkin’. That might explain it.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:31 pmMiss Construed.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:31 pmSomething like Miss UnCongenial.
Ack!! I’m scared of the creepy lady!
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pmThis supreme bitch beat out a good prog candidate with lies, whispers and lots of Neoslut money.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pmShe appeared in a church service, for God’s sake, (no pun intended), informing the congregation that a vote against her is voting for terrorism.
Any bets on the IRS checking out that churches nonprofit status?
This is the same piece of work that wouldn’t let go of the Chimp’s shoulder after his SOTUA. Secret Service was 4-5 seconds from escorting her little white ass out of the building.
I’m from MN & completely embarrased to have her in the House.
The only good thing I can imagine happening, (See pic above), is her giving Bush a blowjob so we can impeach his ass.
Who’s got the looniest right-wing congresswoman?
Minnesota, that’s who! And don’t you forget it.
sniff We’re so proud of our little nutjob. sniff
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:37 pmListening to the words that came directly out of her mouth it made me think that she was bat-skat crazy.
But then after reading her statement that somebody else wrote for her she seems to have recovered quite well. I wonder how long it will last.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:38 pmhttp://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21271705-5011900,00.html
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:39 pmCheck out the caption under the pic.
Coward? What he did took huge balls.
Caption:
You’re right Mr. President. These frozen embyos do taste like vanilla ice cream.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:40 pm#11 Zooey
Ack!! I’m scared of the creepy lady!
She’s much creepier in person. The Republicans didn’t make a big deal out of it, but she’s actually the first cyborg to serve in the U.S. Congress. The picture shows her in one of her vintage Stepford Wife outfits.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:41 pmAnyone want to recieve the BJ by proxy?
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:41 pmdlet,
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:42 pmStill laughing!
Thanks for starting my weekend off right.
Sorry, that was a she in that pic (#15). My mistake.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:43 pmCaption:
“aaahhh…brain freeze”
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:44 pm[...] What they got was even more mystifying: [...]
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:46 pmI don’t feel so bad about telling people I’m from Florida now that Katherine Harris is gone and someone has stepped up to take her place!
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 pmThis is from the newspaper column that accompanied that picture:
Putting on the gloves
Always sharply dressed, Michele Bachmann, Republican candidate for the Sixth District House seat and the beneficiary of Bush’s fundraiser Tuesday evening, went retro for the day, clearly enjoying the effect. Clad in a pale pink suit jacket and matching knee-length skirt, Bachmann sported not only a pearl necklace, but also pink heels and pale pink wrist-length gloves with scalloped edges and a rhinestone bracelet. Asked about the gloves, Bachmann smiled broadly and said, “The president’s coming. We want to look our best.â€
Cue the creepy 50s theremin music.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 pmKatherine Harris Witch of the North.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:51 pmWho’s got the looniest right-wing congresswoman?
Minnesota, that’s who! And don’t you forget it.
sniff We’re so proud of our little nutjob. sniff
Comment by chimpeach
While she is as nutty as squirrel’s breath that one wacko from Ohio, Jean Schmidt, comes pretty close.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:51 pmDo the republicans take it in turns to pull straws in the whitehouse to come out with ridiculas statements everyday ???
Hey Michele you got the short straw today
Cheney Tommoro
McCains been very unlucky recently then ?????
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:51 pm#17 – The picture shows her in one of her vintage Stepford Wife outfits.
Comment by chimpeach
Is she one of the newer models? The one with the “only slightly too wide-eyed” look? I heard GWB likes that model….
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:52 pmJebus H Christ!
Even “I” couldn’t have thought of one THAT outlandish.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:52 pmJebus H Christ!
Even “I” couldn’t have thought of one THAT outlandish.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:55 pmAnother Repug freak from Jesus Camp land.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:55 pmWTF…WTF>>> please identify the dunderheads who elected this excuse for a representative. God bless America for surely we need prayers and perhaps miracles to salvage the country from what is surely a swift demise. We used to have enlightented and erudite politicians in the system. No more. This so called democracy, once so vaunted, is morphing into a three ring circus with clowns like her the featured act. In the end I blame the voters who lack the ability to think and assess the quality of their candidates.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:58 pmAs a resident of the state of Minnesota, I would like to wholeheartedly apologize to the rest of civilization for ever having to see or hear Bachmann. I think there was a chemical leak in her district that caused massive delusions around election day. again, sorry.
February 23rd, 2007 at 4:59 pmJason,
You are correct. Of the voters we have that actually vote, what do they really know about the cadidates besides how many commercials they can afford?
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:01 pmAlways sharply dressed, Michele Bachmann, Republican candidate for the Sixth District House seat and the beneficiary of Bush’s fundraiser Tuesday evening, went retro for the day, clearly enjoying the effect. Clad in a pale pink suit jacket and matching knee-length skirt, Bachmann sported not only a pearl necklace, but also pink heels and pale pink wrist-length gloves with scalloped edges and a rhinestone bracelet. Asked about the gloves, Bachmann smiled broadly and said, “The president’s coming. We want to look our best.â€
I once paid a hooker to dress up like this.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:03 pmhttp://rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.washingtonpost.com%2Fsleuth%2F2007%2F02%2Ftechno_teds_wacky_site.html
Techno Ted Stevens, asks if you are an Interplanetary being. =)
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:04 pmOORT!
They smeared the shit out of her opponent, Patty Wetterling. Claiming she was a devil liberal. Republican campaign hacks could see that the repubs were heading for a real ass kicking on election day and focused alot of attention on her district. the morons there bought what they were selling and now they have their dumb as f%ck rep. that even Bush thinks is probably cukoo.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:06 pmBefore and aftter.
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/06/1833899
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:09 pmAh jeez.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:13 pm#35 buzzbomb
The GOP did pour a ton of money into her district. There was a third party candidate that pulled away some of the Dem’s support. On top of that, and this is just my opinion, I think the Dems in her district outsmarted themselves by nominating the candidate with the better name recognition over the one with a better record and better knowledge of the issues. As nutty as Bachmann is, she should have been the easiest of the GOP candidates to beat. Her opponent didn’t do too well in the debates.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:15 pmAlways looking for an upside–whoever runs against her in ‘08 is going to get a shitload of money from across the country.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:19 pmCaption ~ “How the hell did he get two ice creams, and I only got this tiny spoonful?”
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:27 pmI believe that representatives and people seeking diplomatic jobs like ambassadors and others working in foreign sevices should be tested for their knowledge about foreign affairs, other countries and cultures,before they try to enter the field of representing the public.
If you look for a job as a mason..employers want to know if you know how to build a brick wall.
but sadly people who run this country like representatives and senators nobody asks them what do they know about the world,while there votes and decisions could mean war and peace, getting the country in wars ,in debt and affecting American relationships with other countries.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:30 pmhttp://newsmine.org/
News and Document archive source for uncovering and exposing
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:33 pmwith over 10,000 articles and documents
I don’t have the official name, but it’s meant to be the training ground for the terrorists. There’s already an agreement made.
–Michelle Bachmann
How would she know what Iran is up to? Maybe she should share the source of her information with the CIA.
In a lot of issues, from global warming, to evolution, to sex education, and international affairs, so many Representatives and Senators seem to be barely literate on the subject -when not flat-out illiterate, anti-science, and prone to conspiracy theories. Like Bachmann.
How can so many people so ignorant be elected to office? Is that a reflection on their constituents?
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:47 pmComment by buzzbomb — February 23, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
As a resident in Bachmann’s district I want to apologize to America and the world for all the STUPID voters that put her in office. I worked my ass off for Patty Wetterling but her campaign screwed it up and made Bachmann look centrist and ‘normal’. Voters here don’t see her insanity they drank too much koolaid.
http://www.dumpbachmann.com
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:47 pmBachmann is my congressperson and a constant embarrassment to us. We thought that by being in the US Congress she’d actually be able to do less harm than when she was in the state legislature, but apparently she was “emboldened” by the election and now says more stupid things even more frequently.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:48 pmI’m hoping her apparent ardor for the president will eventually make her his Monica. She’s psycho enough and he’s apparently cut off the affair with Condi.
#44 but her campaign screwed it up and made Bachmann look centrist and ‘normal
You hit the nail on the head. Its not appearnce that matters it is the substance of the candidate, their ideas, passion, and integrity. In my opinion people invest more time in assessing the quality of fresh chickens at the supermarket than the integrity of their representatives !!!
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:57 pm#43- Greogor, that is because they run on slogans that does not reflect or detect their knowledge. Their concerns is to repeat these slogans constantly…to achieve that, you need the cash to buy television time.
Images are made by professional companies who sell products like tooth paste,soap etc. They can sell you also a representative.
So to win..you need cash first and few slogans…then you have a good chance. Claim morality, have photos with wife and kids to show you are a family man, state you are a church goer…etc…, then you have a chance of winning.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:58 pmEven “I†couldn’t have thought of one THAT outlandish.
Comment by rachel
And that’s really saying something, right rachel? Heh. :)
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 pmFlowers for Bachmann?
Wow. How does a new congressman, just barely on the job – get information that would normally come via all sorts of intelligence agencies? Which wouldn’t be released cavalierly.
Did she see it in tea leaves?
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:12 pmFirst we saw her fawning all over Bush at the SOTU, now we see the airhead blurts out her own opinion as thought it were fact — I didn’t know adolescents were allowed to run for office.
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:13 pmI just find it hard to believe Anoka, Minnesota has such a concentration of homophobic Bible-thumpers as to elect her. Even the rural religious nuts up here can’t be as bad as the deep south. One of the very, VERY few bad results of the midterms- one of the others being, coincidentally, re-electing Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:14 pmI wish that f-cking idiot would shut up already…
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:19 pmDid she see it in tea leaves?
Comment by jamaica
The Bachmann 2007 model seems much too sophisticated for tea leaves — she probably read chicken entrails.
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:19 pmBachmann’s only real claim to fame is her futile attempts to make gay marriage an issue in Minnesota. She got nowhere. Now, she’s bringing her act to Washington so all of you folks can share in her charms. If her performance at the State of the Union Address was any indication of what’s to come–you are in for a treat. She will make Katherine Harris look reasonable.
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:26 pmIs it just me, or have these born-again christians been getting creepier and nuttier at a faster rate lately? Sometimes they seem like they’re ready to explode.
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:41 pmAll of you have to be laughing. Comedy Central will always be in business with continous material from the right.
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:44 pmSome of Michele Bachmann’s best. Just search “Avidor” on youtube for more.
http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/
God told me to run for Congress. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l…h? v=l0rUBomKvY0
February 23rd, 2007 at 6:50 pmMy FAVORITE. Terry Schiavo is healthy Audience laughs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f…h? v=f13Dj2HaRWg
Global Warming. The audience LAUGHS at her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4…related&search=
Intelligent design! (not obvious listening to her)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D…related&search=
I’m a (hot) Fool for Christ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S…h? v=SJ4wtwcrybM
Does the right have any females who dont either look like men or bingo sluts?
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:09 pmBeen wondering what happened to her, after she made her husband watch. She is so buff
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:09 pmShe’s a whore, plain and simple, just like Bush. Will say anything to please the in-bred crowd.
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:12 pmhttp://newsmine.org/
News and Document archive source for uncovering and exposing
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:16 pmwith over 10,000 articles and documents
#56 Comedy Central will always be in business with continous material from the right.
Congress IS Comedy Central and we the people are the butt of their jokes
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:32 pmI didnt realize that parts of Minnessota were populated by Texans…how else to explain this strange person being elected. She is a freak…maybe somebody slipped her some acid at a church social and she’s lost it…another wacko in pink and pearls…disgusting.
February 23rd, 2007 at 7:54 pmAh, Bachmann–ONCE A CLINGING LEECH, ALWAYS A CLINGING LEECH–CHIMPya STILL HAS THE MARKS OF HER SUCKERS ON HIS ARM!
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:04 pmONCE A NUT, ALWAYS A NUT!
As Bachmann sang,
“Sometimes I feel like a nut,
Sometimes I don’t!”
She’s a whore, plain and simple, just like Bush. Will say anything to please the in-bred crowd.
Comment by ChildrenofLir — February 23, 2007 @ 7:12 pm
Whore huh??? She, Hillary, and Peliosi should make grreat friends then.
February 23rd, 2007 at 8:40 pmListening to the words that came directly out of her mouth it made me think that she was bat-skat crazy.
Comment by dlet — February 23, 2007 @ 4:38 pm
It’s no surprised that Stephanie Miller did make her the “Official Bat-Shit Crazy Congress Woman of the Stephanie Miller Show” (Replacing Katherine Harris).
As a citizen of Minnesota (but not Bachmann’s district) I apologize to the rest of the country.
February 23rd, 2007 at 9:36 pmGod told me to run for congress!
February 23rd, 2007 at 9:57 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0rUBomKvY0
Don’t anybody shut her up. Let her go on and on and on. By the time she finally shuts up voluntarily, only the bedrock loonies will still be voting Republican. Yes, are a few too many of them for my taste, but probably not enough to win elections, or at least a controlling majority.
Yo go, Michele, you go – keep spewing that nutty gibberish forth! Turn the volume up! Louder!
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:36 pmGOD BLESS AMERICA! With people like Michele Bachman representing the great state of Minnesota, who needs enemies?
February 23rd, 2007 at 11:12 pmMinnesota, I am sorry for your pain. I know what it is like to be represented by the bat-shit crazy.
February 24th, 2007 at 12:25 amShe doesn’t represent my district. Tim Walz is our rep. I worked on his campaign. National Guard Sgt. Major and a high school geography teacher. He kicked the crap out gil gutneckt, who brought in Boehner at the height of the Foley scandal. Bachmann is a blight on our state and an exception to the prevailing mood in Minnesota.
February 24th, 2007 at 1:29 amA lot of stupid people live in this freak’s district. I know.
February 24th, 2007 at 1:45 amSince Bachmann wants to grab onto Bush, and never let go, then she is definately insane!
February 24th, 2007 at 2:21 amThis woman is making decisions that affect us all? God help us.
February 24th, 2007 at 8:49 amCheck this out:
http://www.skywayradio.com/wendy/blog/listen.html
February 24th, 2007 at 9:38 amThey just get scarier and more bizaare.
February 24th, 2007 at 12:06 pmCrack is whack!
Who cares of her retraction? Not me, that’s for sure. The republican-Americans must all be way beyond stupid. Her retraction just draws further attention to her original comment and the only persons interested in the retraction are republican-Americans; the rest of us like the original comment.
February 24th, 2007 at 2:24 pmCheney: All options open for Iran
Brilliant shall we start with talk then ?????? Duh
February 24th, 2007 at 3:42 pmYou’ll find plenty more on this whackjob here:
http://www.dumpbachmann.blogspot.com
http://thebachmannrecord.com
Some entertaining (and frightening) videos here:
http://michelebachmannmovies.blogspot.com/
A recent op/ed on bachmann’s first 100 hours in Congress:
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/opinion/16683666.htm
And an excellent background article here by the only local journalist who bothered to look beyond the horse-toothed grin and pearls:
http://citypages.com/databank/27/1348/article14760.asp
February 24th, 2007 at 4:12 pmHow did she come up with the name “The Islamic….”whatever. And which terrorists group is Iran giving weapons to …the Sunni? She is incapable of understanding that “democracy” is not the same as “Americanized”. Her remarks were not misconstrued just embarrassing and her attempt to straighten it out comes out as psycho babble. She’s a bad case of hero worship because look at her ‘hero’. For all the “interference” she claims Iran is doing she neglects to mention that the US is the one refusing to come to the negotiating table, that we are the ones saber rattling and pointing our ships toward attacking Iran. She is just another *stupid* in line to justify attacking Iran through “fear” rhetoric”. I’m sure more and more repubs will take up the clamor “the Iranians are coming…help” in the near future. She’s so easily led to believe what she’s told by the repubs. In fact, she’s just easy…ask Bush.
February 24th, 2007 at 4:55 pmI live across the river from the district that voted for her, and I worked in that district for 25 years. The people don’t pay a lot of attention to the news, it’s a big hunting area, and everyone owns a gun. The highways are full of huge pick- up trucks, and people wear a lot of camo. I refuse to cross the river and live there. The property taxes are lower but so is the IQ. THe wacko church that supported her is not even in her district, and they are being investigated for tax fraud. The local tv stations and newspapers are full of stories about this church and their support of her. This church believes it’s the end times, and they are all going to the rapture. The pastor got on television here and said god wants him to be a millionaire, and he is. This crazy church has 10,000 members that give all their money to him. My aunt goes there and one Christmas after 9/11 they were selling soap that cured anthrax and made your hair shiny clean. We are talking crazy.
February 24th, 2007 at 6:37 pmPatty Wetterling ran an abysmal campaign and deserved to lose. If the democrats run a hard working candidate who can challenge Michele Bachmann in debates, there is no reason she can’t be beaten.
February 25th, 2007 at 12:04 amHere is EYE OPENER 911 connection story killed by the HIGHEST AUTHORITY
The story of how this line of investigation was suppressed, both in the law enforcement community and in the media, is a saga in itself. I know that Ketcham worked on this story long and hard, and had supposedly firm commitments from both Salon.com and The Nation to publish his work. Both projects were killed at the last minute, in one case an hour before it was scheduled to run. What’s particularly stupid, in the case of Salon, is that they ran his previous piece, on the “Israeli Art Student Mystery,†years ago- and now refuse to follow up their own story.
As for why the government investigation into the Israeli connection was scotched, Ketcham cites a former CIA counter-terrorism officer: “There was no question but that [the order to close down the investigation] came from the White House.”
http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a2638.htm#001
February 25th, 2007 at 2:00 amI would like to know which “intelligence” agency provided Bachmann with this information. Maybe it was the Iranian MOIS? Good God, how can anyone believe anything these people say anymore. Its getting to the point where those associated with the Bush Administration will pull anything out of thier butts.
February 25th, 2007 at 5:55 amthis woman is like a love-sick teenager where Bush is concerned! Did she get where she is flat-backing? She is useless, how the hell did she get elected? What were these people smoking?? God help us for sure!!!!!
February 25th, 2007 at 7:03 amHey lighten up! She’s HOT!
February 27th, 2007 at 4:31 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm16dBXn5u0&mode=related&search=
Hey, Lighten up! She’s HOT!
February 27th, 2007 at 4:32 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm16dBXn5u0&mode=related&search=
[...] month, Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) famously told her local St. Cloud Times that she knows of a secret plan by Iran to partition Iraq and turn half of the country into a “terrorist safe haven zone” called the “Iraq [...]
February 27th, 2007 at 11:11 pm