Bachmann: ‘The People’ Don’t Care That I Called For McCarthyite Investigation Into ‘Anti-American’ Liberals
Bachmann: ‘The People’ Don’t Care That I Called For McCarthyite Investigation Into ‘Anti-American’ Liberals
On Oct. 17, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball and called for a McCarthyite investigation into the “anti-American” activities of liberals: “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?”
Yesterday in a Minnesota Public Radio debate, Bachmann dismissed the significance of her remarks, saying that no one in the state even cares:
BACHMANN: Well Gary, that is not an issue that has been a part of the campaign, and it’s not a part of the campaign, and it’s not what people are interested in. If they were, that’s something we’d be talking about. But it isn’t what people have been asking me about. More than anything, they’re nervous about their pocketbook —
Q: Nobody is concerned about your comments on Hardball?
BACHMANN: Not when I’ve been out. … The only people who bring that up are the media. It’s not the people.
Listen here:
Unfortunately for Bachmann, Minnesotans were paying close attention to her comments and strongly disapproved. According to a recent MPR poll, nearly four in 10 voters said that were less likely to support Bachmann after her comments on Hardball; just 8 percent said they were more likely. Additionally, letters to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune were overwhelmingly against Bachmann:
The newspaper received more than 150 letters on Bachmann’s statement, only two of which took the congresswoman’s side. John M. Huberty of Elk River asked, “I, for one, would like to know exactly how one qualifies as anti-American in her eyes.” St. Louis Park Mayor Jeff Jacobs wrote, “Democracy depends on people who have the courage to stand up [and be critical]; for it is only from the crucible of disagreement among Americans that the best decisions are made.” “The only thing that needs to be investigated is Ms. Bachmann’s sanity,” according to Mike Gibson of Seattle. And Norman Korn of Eden Prairie wrote, “The ghost of Joe McCarthy is back and representing the Sixth District of Minnesota. Have you no sense of decency, ma’am?”
Her Democratic opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg, said that he raised $620,000 in donations within five days of Bachmann’s gaffe.
Transcript:
Q: Do you think that the media should be investigating Barack Obama and members of Congress for their possible anti-American views?
BACHMANN: You know, Gary, that is not what I said in recent remarks. And the number one thing that people have been concerned about when they talk to me when I’m all over the district campaigning, has been on the bailout. That’s their main concern. They’re very upset about the bailout –
Q: We’ll talk about the bailout, but —
BACHMANN — and they thank me over and over again for that.
Q: But in terms of that particular issue, do you think the media should investigate Barack Obama and members of Congress for their possible anti-American views?
BACHMANN: Well Gary, that is not an issue that has been a part of the campaign, and it’s not a part of the campaign, and it’s not what people are interested in. If they were, that’s something we’d be talking about. But it isn’t what people have been asking me about. More than anything, they’re nervous about their pocketbook —
Q: Nobody is concerned about your comments on Hardball?
BACHMANN: Not when I’ve been out. I’m going to a Chamber luncheon afterward. I’ve been to more Chamber luncheons this last week. I’ve been out yesterday in an energy forum roundtable. I’ve been out in St. Cloud for various meetings. The only people who bring that up are the media. It’s not the people.
6:00 – Anti-American remarks — no one cares
9:00 – Says she has a reputation for working across the aisle
20:00 – Bachmann running away from Bush — What happened to the kiss?
Money going toward her opponent: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/10/22/Bachmann_admits_Obama_misstatement/UPI-82231224703239/
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/31336674.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:Ug8P:Pc:UiacyKUU
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Q: Do you think that the media should be investigating Barack Obama and members of Congress for their possible anti-American views?
BACHMANN: You know, Gary, that is not what I said in recent remarks.
Yes, Michele, it is exactly what you said.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:44 pmI’m sure Bachmann has some other reason as to why she’s suddenly trailing in the polls after her Hardball appearance, since “the people” don’t care about such things.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:47 pmWhy is the media persecuting her? Why won’t they just do their jobs and begin the persecution of suspected ‘anti-Americans’???
October 31st, 2008 at 12:48 pmOh, wait…
Does Bachmann know that McCarthyism is anti-American?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:48 pmIt’s going to take a lot more than facts to penetrate the bubble around Michele Bachmann.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:49 pmcaption:
“Ooh looky, Mitt, the roller coaster! take me up OK OK huh pleeeeze!”
“Sure Michelle, I get to buckle you in, right?”
October 31st, 2008 at 12:51 pmBachmann has shown to be a nut case from the day she took office. Minnesota can do much better in a candidate representing the State. People of Minnesota are nothing like what Bachmann respresents.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:51 pmCaption Contest:
There’s my opponent, Mitt. Up there sitting on top of all the money I helped him raise.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:53 pmI’m sure the people she talks to don’t ask her about it because she only talks to people who support her.
I think the huge influx of donations to her opponent should have told her that people were talking about it.
She isn’t even my representative and I will be very happy to have her gone. Every time I see a picture of her with her “deer in the headlights” eyes, I shudder.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:55 pmwhat’s scary is that there are people who really would like us to return to the McCarthy-esque investigation into those they think are ‘different’
“In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;
October 31st, 2008 at 12:58 pmAnd then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;
And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up.”
oh, that’s good, Wayne.
“I see Jesus in that cloud there, and over there, and all up in that window there, and this cheeseburger here… can you see him, Mitt!?!
HE’S EVERYEHERE!!!!”
October 31st, 2008 at 12:58 pmWho gets to decide exactly who or what is pro or anti-American?
Her? LOL
….and what happens to them or that afterward?
¶ AIO
October 31st, 2008 at 1:00 pmIf the people don’t care about her call for a political witch hunt, then we need to be very nervous about her district. And, is she saying that all that money her opponent received came solely from the ‘librul media?’
October 31st, 2008 at 1:00 pmI know what some of you people are thinking: she’s a flinty-eyed opportunistic skank. Some of you even think she’s a loud-mouthed, rightwing, conservative idealogue who refuses to allow her children to attend public schools which she claims is the root of all evil in children.
And sure, she headed a drive to have intelligent design be given equal time with evolution in Science classes. So I am sure some of you would call her a narrow-minded, hawk-faced, anti-science religous fanitic and far-right zealot.
Go ahead. Call her all that. Call her a twit.
Just see if I care.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:01 pmThe sexist lefty liberal media should show this female (?)republican some deference.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:01 pmCaption:
Mitt, you belong to a cult, when I widen my eyes when on TV, I look like I do.
¶ AIO
October 31st, 2008 at 1:04 pmThe imaginary people who only Bachmann can see and who whisper in her ear about what a great job she is doing protecting the “Real America” from evil liberals don’t care. Everyone else pretty much seems to be recognizing that she is an idiot.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:05 pmJoe Sixpack Says:
So I am sure some of you would call her a narrow-minded, hawk-faced, anti-science religous fanitic and far-right zealot.
Go ahead. Call her all that. Call her a twit.
Just see if I care.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Ok, you twisted my arm, Joe.
Michele Bachmann is a narrow-minded, hawk-faced, anti-science, anti-education, religious fanatic. And far-right twit.
Ooo, yeah. That hit the spot.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:06 pmWhen Ms. Bachmann says “the people,” she is referring to the Bush crime family. Is being both cute and stupid the latest trend for Republican women? Maybe Ms. Bachmann should consider moving from Minnesota to neighboring Wisconsin, the home of Joe the McCarthyite.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:08 pmLightbulb loony
October 31st, 2008 at 1:08 pm“Look Mitt! Up there on that Ferris Wheel! Is that Obama and the Devil himself??”
“Where, I don’t see them…”
“Hahaha… made you look!”
October 31st, 2008 at 1:09 pmBACHMANN: Well Gary, that is not an issue that has been a part of the campaign, and it’s not a part of the campaign, and it’s not what people are interested in. If they were, that’s something we’d be talking about.
It may not be part of her campaign, but it sure is part of her opponent’s. And, Bachmann, hey, “we’re” talking about it right now in this debate.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:09 pm“Nobody cares that I wanted to start a witch hunt. I just threw that out there because hey, I had to do something to help my friend McCain. And now you in the media want to hold me responsible for what I said. I’m from Minnesota, why does anyone care what I have to say.”
October 31st, 2008 at 1:09 pmhttp://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/
That woman should not be going anywhere unattended.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:10 pmalphainfinityomega Says:
Who gets to decide exactly who or what is pro or anti-American?
Her? LOL
….and what happens to them or that afterward?
Excellent questions.
Now, WHO decides? Well, that is obvious — “The Decider (TM)”. Failing that, right wing radio hosts can prepare that litmus test (and you know, that is really the “media” she would want to be in command of such a hunt).
What happens to them? Well, they can’t be deported (most of them, at least), since they are natural Americans. As much as she’d like, they can’t be gunned down in the street (not immediately — you have to work up to that point). So, to start with, they lose all their rights, becoming “less than citizens” — perhaps tattooed and required to wear blue shirts designating their anti-American status. Once that sets in, they can start to be confined when they break the law (which includes attempting to act like they have rights, such as free speech, or for owning things that they should not, or for having the wrong friends, or being seen walking on a “free-American sidewalk, etc.). Once they are all in camps they can be made to labor for corporations for cheap. We can play it by ear from there. Maybe a new sport to enact in Alaska: liberal hunting — release a few and then hunt them down by helicopter. What fun!
October 31st, 2008 at 1:10 pmShe’d make the perfect running mate of Palin when she runs in 2012.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:14 pmQ: Nobody is concerned about your comments on Hardball?
BACHMANN: Not when I’ve been out. … The only people who bring that up are the media. It’s not the people.
This is kind of amusing.
In order to defuse a potent campaign issue, Rep. Bachmann has to confess that when she goes on national TV, what she says is ignored by “the people”. They don’t care.
How embarrassing is that? I mean, really.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:14 pmGo to a conservative blog and suggest that she is correct and that all of the “Anti-American Americans” discovered should be executed. The positive responses to this kind of commentary will frighten you.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:16 pmCaption Contest:
Oh, look, Mitt. It’s Jesus, and he’s wearing secret underwear. I guess you win.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:18 pmJB #26
October 31st, 2008 at 1:20 pmThat is the scariest thing i have ever heard !The fruit cakes are obviously all that the republicans have left to rally their base .
Attack of the fanatical bimbo’s .
Caption: “Look! God (TM) is up there behind that shiny cloud!”
October 31st, 2008 at 1:20 pm“The only people who bring that up are the media. It’s not the people.”
This is Bimbo Bachmann’s version of the Winky Sarah Side-Step.
“I’m not going to answer your question because I don’t know the answer or I don’t want to answer. I am going over your head and talking directly to the American people.”
Sure. Right, Shelly. Anything you say.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:22 pmHer ignorance makes my head hurt.
What is it with Contard women and the depths of their ignorance.
Examples include that old women at the McCain rally claiming Obama is a Muslim implying Muslims are evil, Sarah Palin and her daily stupidity, Elizabeth Doles claiming her opponent is Godless despite the women teaching Sunday school and the dingbat McCain spokeswomen who claimed mcCain and Palin could not run a business.
What is up wiht that?
October 31st, 2008 at 1:29 pmThe blind stoo-pidity of the Repugs never ceases to amaze (and scare) me. If she gets re-elected, it will just prove that there are more idiots registered to vote than I can imagine.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:31 pmYikes. That kind of delusional belongs in a rubber room – NOT in Congress.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:33 pmAttempting to legitimize McCarthy behavior will not bode well for a dying Party that collectively forgot or never knew the meaning of the Constitution, particularly over the last eight years.
Give Bachmann the mic and leave it there! America needs an example of why totalitarian thinking is dangerous. Between Bachmann and Palin, there are no better examples, excepting of course, Dick Cheney.
Keep ‘em blurting.
http://www.light-to-dark.com/obama_confronts_the_corporation.html
October 31st, 2008 at 1:34 pmI wonder if there is an echo in the cocoon yet, you’re either nuts or a beast to want to be associated with these Haters.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:35 pmLet’s all hope that come Monday night, we can say bye-bye to this mindless GOP drone. Tuesday’s Think Fast thread looks to be chock full of hearty goodbyes to many of the faces from the far right that have done their utmost to enrich the allready rich, keep their base as stoopid as they possibly could and divide this Country apart with their lies, smears and innuendo. GO TINKLENBERG!
October 31st, 2008 at 1:35 pmI hope Obama arrests her and try her for treason. We need to ban the GOP and arrest its leaders.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:36 pmjb Says:
She’d make the perfect running mate of Palin when she runs in 2012.
They could call it the “Moran Party”!
October 31st, 2008 at 1:37 pmOh, good! We haven’t had a fake-progressive troll show up in ages.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:38 pmClearly, distrust of learning and education is a core value of the Right. I’m not sure if they embrace ignorance because it makes people easier to hoodwink, or if it’s because an expanded view of the world is so threatening to their fear-based politics.
I guess it’s one of those chicken-or-the-egg delimmas, huh?
October 31st, 2008 at 1:38 pmWell the lady on NPR this morning was concerned. She thought it was awful that she used the term anti-American.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:42 pmralph the wonder llama,
October 31st, 2008 at 1:45 pmI actually do volunteer work for the Obama campaign. He will save our nation and establish a Government for the People. The GOP must be banned and destroyed. They stand in the way of progress and this should not be allowed.
Ralph,
I wonder which of our past trollies has returned, under the cover of Limey Buster 2008?
It is so darn cute, don’tcha think?
October 31st, 2008 at 1:45 pmHey troll, your slip is showing.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:47 pmWhat a lame troll.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:48 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says:
ralph the wonder llama,
I actually do volunteer work for the Obama campaign. He will save our nation and establish a Government for the People. The GOP must be banned and destroyed. They stand in the way of progress and this should not be allowed.
Dear Trajan,
F uck off.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:48 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says:
ralph the wonder llama,
I actually do volunteer work for the Obama campaign.
Limey, what do you do for the campaign, entertain the other workers with your ‘funny’ caricatures?
October 31st, 2008 at 1:50 pmralph,
October 31st, 2008 at 1:51 pmthe style has a familar ring yet I can’t place it just yet. Spells pretty well…
You are all fake Progressives. I want progress and know that Obama will finish off the GOP and arrest its leaders. We need to dismantle the republican Party and make sure only the Democrats have power. This must be achieved to have progress.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:51 pmupside, my guess is that it’s our old friend Twajie.
Note the lame faux-revolutionary rhetoric, the emphasis on “progress”… it all rads very familiar, no?
October 31st, 2008 at 1:52 pmIf she laid off the meth maybe she wouldn’t be pointing out the spiders…
October 31st, 2008 at 1:53 pmLaughable back-peddling from a scared-witless trough-feeder.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:53 pmShe may win but she’ll always be an embarrassment.
upside99,
October 31st, 2008 at 1:54 pmI knock on doors and hand out campaign material. I also put up signs and posters. I have been active with for Obama since 07.
Do any of you volunteer for his campaign, other than come to this blog and speak to an echo chamber?
I go out there and take on the Reichwingers.
Caption:
“Oooh! Mitty, can you buy me that ferris wheel and the heaven above? Pretty please! It’s only a down payment of $30 million!”
October 31st, 2008 at 1:54 pmDammit, man! Stop making me spit ginger ale on my keyboard!
October 31st, 2008 at 1:55 pmRalph, dbadass, Zoo:
I also believe it is good ol’ traj, back from the caves, ready to enjoy the Obama presidency.
I do hope he will stop by again after next Tuesday and join us in celebration of the end of the Dubya regime.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:55 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says:
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You are all fake Progressives. I want progress and know that Obama will finish off the GOP and arrest its leaders. We need to dismantle the republican Party and make sure only the Democrats have power. This must be achieved to have progress.
What’s the matter Trajan? No one comin’ round to see you lately?
October 31st, 2008 at 1:55 pmBachmann will be dealt with once Obama has power.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:56 pmHey, Twajie, how’s your blog going these days? I stopped checking it out when the McSame-Flainin campaign tanked and you banned anyone who disagreed with you. Took all the fun out of it.
October 31st, 2008 at 1:56 pmLimey Buster,
October 31st, 2008 at 1:57 pmShouldn’t you be out there taking them on then?
IgnoranceIsNotBliss,
October 31st, 2008 at 1:57 pmYou mean trojans? Real funny, is calling someone a condom an insult around here?
ralph the wonder,
October 31st, 2008 at 1:57 pmWhy are calling me after trojans condoms? That’s really a lame insult. Can’t you come up with something better?
Caption Contest:
“There’s GOD, RIGHT THERE! See!”
October 31st, 2008 at 1:58 pmCaption:
“Mitt, look! up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane..”
“No honey, that’s a huge chunk of frozen sh1t and p1ss that a 747 just dumped, and it looks like it’s heading straight for your career!”
October 31st, 2008 at 1:59 pmdbadass,
October 31st, 2008 at 1:59 pmI’m going to hit the streets later. It’s still early. I’m actually going to a campaign volunteer meeting later.
ralph, I’ll field that one. It is going piss poorly…
October 31st, 2008 at 1:59 pmI doubt that’s Trahan — it’s a bit too articulate — but it is one of the old predictable trolls.
I can smell the piss from here….
October 31st, 2008 at 1:59 pmMaybe it’s Darryl and Tracy5’s illegitimate offspring…
October 31st, 2008 at 2:00 pmYou fakes aren’t Progressives, you are all wishy washy Moderates. We are using you to get power, then we won’t need you.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:00 pmLimey Buster,
When you knock on doors, do you suggest that the GOP leaders should all be arrested, or that position reflects
Obama’s thinking???
Do you really think that Democrats having Total Power would be good for this country??
October 31st, 2008 at 2:00 pmYes, The Democrats should be the only party allowed to hold office. They care about people and stand for progress. The GOP is against progress and they must be banned. Many Obama volunteers agree with me and it is Obama’s true agenda. We are going to have a one party state!
October 31st, 2008 at 2:02 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says:
dbadass,
I’m going to hit the streets later. It’s still early. I’m actually going to a campaign volunteer meeting later.
Is that code for “a meeting with my Latin Kings” ??
October 31st, 2008 at 2:03 pmInteresting that you should make this “presumption” that I’m calling you “after trojans condoms”, since on this thread, I didn’t call you “Trajan” — I called you “Twajie”. Twice.
How does one get from “Twajie” to “trojans condoms” unless one is already familiar with the terrain and knows that “Twajie” is a diminutive form of “Trajan”?
Very curious indeed.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:05 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says:
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You fakes aren’t Progressives, you are all wishy washy Moderates. We are using you to get power, then we won’t need you.
Nope, that’s trajan, Zooey. Notice the capitalization of the word “Progressives” and “Moderates”?
October 31st, 2008 at 2:05 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says:
We are going to have a one party state!
Hey Limey, you mean like the rover, Newter and Bug-Boy DeLay said they were working towards?
How did that work out?
October 31st, 2008 at 2:05 pmLimey Buster:
October 31st, 2008 at 2:06 pmWhen you “hit the streets” do you lean real far back and do that Freak Brothers “keep on truckin’” walk? Juast Wondering. No offense but this is unadulterated bullshit…
Zoo, do you still think that after this:
Limey Buster 2008 Says:
You fakes aren’t Progressives, you are all wishy washy Moderates. We are using you to get power, then we won’t need you.
I think that closes the book on this one.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:07 pmIgnoranceIsNotBliss Says:
Nope, that’s trajan, Zooey. Notice the capitalization of the word “Progressives” and “Moderates”?
October 31st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Does that idiot still have that blog? It was hilarious in a really tragic way…
October 31st, 2008 at 2:07 pmLooks like traj got bored over at RedState and had to come where someone would pay attention to him.
Either that, or all the collective RedState heads exploded and there was no where else to go.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:08 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says
October 31st, 2008 at 1:51 pm
You are all fake Progressives. I want progress and know that Obama will finish off the GOP and arrest its leaders. We need to dismantle the republican Party and make sure only the Democrats have power. This must be achieved to have progress.
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And it’s our resident troll in classic form. Not that we missed the mindless blathering.
Do you have anything of substance to contribute, or did you just come in to rip a fart and run away? (I know — stupid question).
October 31st, 2008 at 2:10 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
I think that closes the book on this one.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Ok, I give.
**hanging head in shame**
October 31st, 2008 at 2:12 pmIt has been kind of fun to have at least one trollie pop up here. Has been kinda barren without a few to add some entertainemnt to the day.
I guess when the Repug coffers ran low and they quit paying the posting bounty, it created a troll vacuum.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:14 pmZooey Says
October 31st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Does that idiot still have that blog? It was hilarious in a really tragic way…
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Nah — he’s thrown in the towel. It’s still there, but he hasn’t added anything to it. My guess is that he’s run out of ammo (although all he really ever had was blanks).
October 31st, 2008 at 2:14 pmZooey Says:
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IgnoranceIsNotBliss Says:
Nope, that’s trajan, Zooey. Notice the capitalization of the word “Progressives” and “Moderates”?
October 31st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Does that idiot still have that blog? It was hilarious in a really tragic way…
It seems that he became bored with himself over at his own blog so he’s coming over here to play.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:14 pmWhy don’t we all swing but that lame ass blog and spruce it up a bit?
October 31st, 2008 at 2:19 pmIs this the troll who gets,oh say, two hits a month on his blog during a good month.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:26 pmtony andlido
Oh, if anyone needs a troll fix, by all means, allow me:
http://tinyurl.com/Wingnut-heaven
These people are truly insane.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:27 pmtony & Lido, the very same, about 1/24th of his meth hits…
October 31st, 2008 at 2:29 pmLeftside Annie Says:
Oh, if anyone needs a troll fix, by all means, allow me:
http://tinyurl.com/Wingnut-heaven
These people are truly insane.
This took me to the WeightWatchers website. Does this mean that overweight people are against Obama?
HMMMMMM!
October 31st, 2008 at 2:34 pmGosh Michelle, if people don’t care, then why don’t you repeat those statements, perhaps expand on them somewhat? Why would you be interested in semi-apologizing and blaming Matthews for what you said?
Just go with it. If nobody cares, then just go ahead and say it loud – I’M MCARTHYITE AND I’M PROUD!
October 31st, 2008 at 2:36 pm“What’s the matter Trajan? No one comin’ round to see you lately?”
This is a reference to trojan condoms. I guess this is an insult in this DLC ran website.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:37 pmIt seems Trajan is now Rodan and has a successful blog where he rips posts for LGF.
http://littlegreenfootballs2.com/
October 31st, 2008 at 2:42 pmwhoop, you slipped. Your slip is showing again.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:42 pmSo before we start deciding who is “American” and “Anti-American” shouldn’t we focus on defining each term?
Anyone else smell a communist blacklist or some Salem witch trials?
SHE’S A WITCH! SHE’S A WITCH! BURN HER!
October 31st, 2008 at 2:47 pmFred,
Trajan is now Rodan. He does have a bit of a following at this blog:
http://littlegreenfootballs2.com/
October 31st, 2008 at 2:48 pmI agree with her 50%. The 50% is that she forgot to include conservatives in her plan.
A media expose DC could only help the non-right.
Hey, Name T. Occupation, how do you feel about:
1) CEOs reaping $M while laying you off. IMHO, a CEO damaging a company to the point where it has to shit-can people should be required to forgo hes (his+hers) and other upper management bonuses and reduce their salaries before letting people go. It seems to me that Pig-f@cker T. CFO is more responsible than X T Peon/Pawn.
2) Corps increasing profits, especially those not shared (and none are ever shared equitably), by shipping jobs overseas and shit-canning you, Pat T. Expendable.
3) Corps avoiding taxes by playing games with offshore actions in order to avoid taxes, which you, Pat T. Taxpayer can’t do; and are, in fact, taxed more to make up for the shortfall.
4) Executives of the companies which caused the current financial meltdown giving themselves $50-$70 Billion in payouts from OUR $700 billion. This *is* happening, as reported by the BBC in an interview with Dennis Kucinich (D’OH!)and on NPR’s _On_Point_.
5) The increase in per capita wealth of the top 1% and 5% versus Sean T 95%ers since Reagan sold us out to the wealthy. Even, “to make it fair”, percentage wise.
6) The costs of No-bid contracts to war profiteers versus, say, the cost of medical insurance.
7) The 95%ers adjusted income after accounting for health care and inflation caused by the Oilgarchy’s rapacious behavior.
ad nauseum (literally).
Oh yes, a spotlight on DC would be very nice indeed.
Run. roach, run.
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Let’s add outlawing divorce to the “protect marriage” initiatives and see how that goes over. Nearly 100% of divorces break up marriages. Divorce is part of the real right’s agenda to enrich lawyers and destroy the fabric of the family. A WMD project, if you will, trying to destroy the US by a chain reaction of broken (or fissioned)Nuclear families.
E Pleb Neesta
October 31st, 2008 at 2:51 pmGODISNOWHERE
Blessed are the cheese makers.
If family planning encourages promiscuity, then surely confession encourages sin.
btruthful Says:
no way, too many correctly spelled words and correct grammer. He may get his copy/paste stuff there though.
October 31st, 2008 at 2:55 pmUpside – yep, there is a whole nest of rabid wingnuts on that site. The link is to one of their newest threads bashing Obama.
~A
October 31st, 2008 at 2:56 pmWow, Annie. THere are some seriously delusional people over there.
October 31st, 2008 at 3:05 pmI was briefly out of work, my finances are a mess and I’m working hard to keep my head above water.With that in mind, as soon as I heard the Bachmann Stupid Overdrive’s rant, I sent Mr. Tinklenberg $50. Her people may not care, but We, The People do.
October 31st, 2008 at 3:06 pmImpeach, while There’s Still Time!
Why is an investigation of liberals OK with vague, unknown paramaters and actions
but an investigation into abuses of power in regards to the consitution and international war crimes a bad thing ?
October 31st, 2008 at 3:07 pmI’m one of the people, and I care.
October 31st, 2008 at 3:28 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says:
I hope Obama arrests her and try her for treason. We need to ban the GOP and arrest its leaders.
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Go away ignorant troll. The only leaders that need arrested are the war criminals like Bush and Cheney who need to be frogmarched to the Hague. Your stupid trolling is pathetic
October 31st, 2008 at 3:30 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says:
You are all fake Progressives. I want progress and know that Obama will finish off the GOP and arrest its leaders. We need to dismantle the republican Party and make sure only the Democrats have power. This must be achieved to have progress.
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You are a liar and a fool and an ignorant piece of garbage. Go back to your bridge the adults are trying to talk
October 31st, 2008 at 3:31 pmLimey Buster 2008 Says:
You fakes aren’t Progressives, you are all wishy washy Moderates. We are using you to get power, then we won’t need you.
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Like a crackwhore with a freshly packed pipe. Limey continues to SUCK
October 31st, 2008 at 3:35 pmLet’s remember that this is the same woman who said that we don’t need to worry about saving the planet because “Jesus already did that”
October 31st, 2008 at 6:04 pmHer fingers beg to be photo shopped. “F’em all Mitt, F’em all”
October 31st, 2008 at 6:43 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Limey Buster 2008 Says:
I hope Obama arrests her and try her for treason. We need to ban the GOP and arrest its leaders.
Oh, good! We haven’t had a fake-progressive troll show up in ages.
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Oops. I’d recommended that post.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:19 pmI do think the treasonous GOP leaders should be arrested and imprisoned. And I do think Bachmann is treasonous.
I guess banning the whole GOP party might be going too far, though.
Though the Germans banned the Nazis, and I think that was a good idea.
Limey Buster 2008 Says:
Yes, The Democrats should be the only party allowed to hold office. They care about people and stand for progress. The GOP is against progress and they must be banned. Many Obama volunteers agree with me and it is Obama’s true agenda. We are going to have a one party state!
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October 31st, 2008 at 9:13 pmBanning the ciminal Nazi party didn’t make Germany a one-party state.
Neither would banning the criminal GOP make the US a one-party state.
No one has ever said the Democrats should be the only party allowed to hold office.
You are full of sh*t.
drc5780 Says:
She has said things even STUPIDER than that believe it or not how about this one:
“Todd and I talked about Hurricane Katrina as God’s way of cleansing New Orleans of the blacks who have sinned, the Bible predicted it” (2005)
This is supposed to be a snopes verified quote
October 31st, 2008 at 9:15 pm