Bachmann’s Son Joins AmeriCorps Program, Which She Once Called A ‘Re-education Camp’ Unfit For Her Kids
Bachmann’s Son Joins AmeriCorps Program, Which She Once Called A ‘Re-education Camp’ Unfit For Her Kids
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is not a fan of AmeriCorps, the successful federal program that offers Americans the opportunity to serve at local and national nonprofit organizations. Earlier this year, Congress passed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, which expanded AmeriCorps and increased volunteer opportunities at home and abroad. The right wing went into a frenzy over this national service “boondoggle,” and Bachmann took to the House floor and called AmeriCorps “re-education camps for young people“:
I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically-correct forums. As a parent, I would have a very, very difficult time seeing my children do this.
Listen here:
Ironically, Bachmann’s son, Harrison, has now joined Teach for America (TFA). According to the TFA website, “Teach For America is currently a member of AmeriCorps, the national service network.” The Serve America Act, which she voted against, supports programs such as TFA.
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This might be a good thing – or it might just make her more upset. It sound like her son was re-educated before joining the program.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:50 amCue the music to the Wizard of Oz song “If I Only Had a Brain…”
Are the voters in her district really that stupid, to keep returning that nitwit to Congress?
August 12th, 2009 at 9:50 amTime for Michelle to demand her son be investigated for un-American activities. :D
August 12th, 2009 at 9:51 amReally, after being raised by her, can you blame him?
August 12th, 2009 at 9:51 amOh these kids and their phases…
August 12th, 2009 at 9:52 am***
what to do when your son
is an out of the closet liberal.
*
“hi mom!”
:)
August 12th, 2009 at 9:53 amHypocrisy must run in the family.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:53 amWhat would Dr. Freud say?
August 12th, 2009 at 9:54 amAll of you make excellant points. But how will she explain this to her constiuets? I mean, these people think these are re-education camps. Man, dinner at home will be awkward at the Bachman House.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:54 amPerhaps we’re looking at this story from the wrong angle. Are we sure we want the demon-spawn of Michele Bachmann volunteering as a teacher for young children?
If the apple didn’t fall far from the tree, he’ll be teaching them that the Earth is a 6,000 year-old pancake and that the answer to every math problem is “Jesus.”
August 12th, 2009 at 9:54 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Well maybe he is confused>>> but then again with a mom like her i think one would try any thing to put space in between her and me.
But that had to be fun for him >>> Hi MoM i just jointed a reduction camp program >>>>>
August 12th, 2009 at 9:54 ami’m willing to bet she’s got at least one cool kid that just looks at his mom and shakes his head. (lovingly of course)
August 12th, 2009 at 9:54 amActually I don’t think we could say that as the voting preceded the action by the spawn…
August 12th, 2009 at 9:55 amThink Of the irony! Even Palin’s son isn’t a Republican. I always said the Repugs were losing the youth vote. I didn’t mean it this literally!
August 12th, 2009 at 9:56 amNext I would love to see Piper Palin join this.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:56 amHe is serving his country in the area of education. That has got to be kudos from me whatever his mother may have said in the past.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:56 am“As a parent, I would have a very, very difficult time seeing my children do this.”
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To Michelle, this is probably worse than her son telling her he’s gay, or he’s registering as a Democrat, or he’s filling out his census form in full.
It sounds like Harrison has a good head on his shoulders and a bright future ahead of him. I wish him the best.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:58 amSeems he is the Harrison Bergeron of the family…
August 12th, 2009 at 9:58 amGet her on the pill first.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:58 amI suppose one could make an argument that anyone influenced throughout his entire childhood by this whackadoodle would NEED some re-education…
August 12th, 2009 at 9:59 amI despise crazy repugs.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:00 am?Can someone get a COMMENT FROM THAT HYPOCRITICAL MOUTHPIECE?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:01 amAs any male knows it is always best to consider the clergyman’s daughter first if ya know what I mean. She should have seen this coming…
August 12th, 2009 at 10:02 ammiss@18, Or worse, he could be a ‘Community Organizer’. That will send her constituets in tizzy. Wow, is this Karma?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:03 am***
#11,
… like sarah uses her family to vote on policy.”
:)
abstinence for your kids
but not mine.
:|
August 12th, 2009 at 10:03 amMs. Bachmann is a hypocrite; Ms. Bachmann is a Republican. Excuse me, I have repeated myself.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:06 amSo Harrison Bachmann is not only voluntarily joining a re-education camp, he’s planning to be a teacher?
Batshit’s head must be spinning faster than Linda Blair’s! Quick, send Jindal or Palin’s witch doctor to exorcise the demons!
PEACE
August 12th, 2009 at 10:07 amCongrats, kid, way to GFO of this nutjob’s reach.
Are those pearls on that swine?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:07 amThe kid knows she is a wingnut and this is to rebel against her.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:08 amThe only way Harrison Bachmann can top this is to write a “Mommy Dearest” biography on the dingbat.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:08 amGood on him, whatever the motivation.
Maybe he can educate Mommy Dearest while he’s at it. Kids sometimes can make their parents see the world differently.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:08 amOh please tell me Harrison wishes to teach biology. Especially that evolution stuff…
August 12th, 2009 at 10:09 amNext question:
Will Harrison change his last name to Ford?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:09 amdid anyone else consider that he might me a plant, a mole,
a saboteur?
raised by a loon, it’s hard to imagine he has good intentions…
then again, kids are natural rebels…
i hope you’re a good one, harrison… good for you, if so…
August 12th, 2009 at 10:10 amI’m also a bit baffled by her use of the term “re-education” camps. Given the state of our education system, there’s nothing “re-” about it. Perhaps “education camps” would be a good thing.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:12 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I think these young people have finally realized that The GOP doesn’t care for them. Look what’s happening. Megan McCain is publicy bashing Ingram, Coulter and Malkin. Bachman’s son is rejecting his mothers crazy platform, and Palin’s son isn’t a Repug. This should tell the aging GOP that their days are numbered. They better do something and fast.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:14 amkaty says:
did anyone else consider that he might me a plant, a mole,
a saboteur?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:10 am
___________
I have. Hopefully TFA has a strict curriculum and there will be no opportunity for him to pollute young minds with creationist nonsense.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:15 amFortress of Solitude? Comic Book Guy is supposed to be a character to be belittled not idolized…
August 12th, 2009 at 10:16 am2. evangenital sez:… Love it. Damn. Indeed, if she only had a brain. Remove her from the House of Representatives and the collective IQ of the place will increase by 100%.
Any takers on the notion that she believes in FEMA reeducation camps disguised as ANG bases and she’s the one that tipped Beck off?
And yes, good on her son. I would suppose he’s doing this for the right reasons and not from some nitwit subversive not-too-tightly-wrapped rightwing-infiltates-the-opposition reasoning. TFA doesn’t need that latter, but can always use a few more good teachers.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:17 amI’m watching the reception for Sotomoyer with Obama. I think thousands of Conservatives are reaching for for a shot of Whiskey or Zanax.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:18 am***
i’ve heard of rubbing hands together but
“Rubs fingers together…”?
***
that’s creative writing.
. .
where are you taking us…?
:)
August 12th, 2009 at 10:23 amha! toasterhead did…
August 12th, 2009 at 10:24 amAfter having been raised by – from all outward appearances – a bizzaro parent, I can only hope that the young man chose this direction in a search for balance and reality.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:24 amWell, at least now we knot that being batshit crazy isn’t necessarily an inherited condition.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:25 amhere’s to hoping they take too much
August 12th, 2009 at 10:27 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
DAAHHHH…
“knot” should be “know.”
I have been the master of the typo lately.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:28 amShould I use a nectarine if I am out of “plumbs”?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:30 amUh oh, Tundra is giving masturbation lessons now.
Better keep the Kleenex handy, Tundra, in case you “sneeze”.
PEACE
August 12th, 2009 at 10:31 amAHAHAHAHAHAHA, this never gets old.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:31 amHopefully he’s more adept at this than the mental masturbation he usually engages in.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:35 am***
#52,
shayne,
the boy wants to be a writer.
:|
cackle.
:)
August 12th, 2009 at 10:35 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Harrison just threw Mama Bachmann off the train. Can’t wait to hear her twisted explanation.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:36 amTundra, you wrote:
But she DOES. She said so. She said “As a parent, I would have a very, very difficult time seeing my children do this.”
Tundra, people voted your comment down simply because you were factually wrong.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:37 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Bachmann: “what I would call re-education camps for young people…”
No, that would be Repub think tanks or bible schools.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:39 am***
#55,
unless of course your mom is
michelle bachmann.
:0
cackle.
:)
August 12th, 2009 at 10:39 amMy mother is 83 years old and still it would be the high point for your sex life. Sad really.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:40 amThis really sums up the entire GOP strategy: “I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. ”
“I believe” . . . “strong chance” . . .
They can make up absolutely anything without any evidence at all because they “believe”… and the credulous hordes from Wingnutland will gobble it down whole.
I’m no longer convinced that Bachmann is a nut, anymore than Gingrich or Palin or Santorum is a nut. I think it’s more likely that she is a vicious, unprincipled liar who will make any ridiculous claim as long as it reflects poorly on those darkies in the White House.
Of course, there was that episode where she clamped onto GWB like a lamprey, so maybe she’s really a vicious unprincipled lying nut. . .
August 12th, 2009 at 10:40 am***
#58,
you’re a “frequent visitor of “Thinkprogress.org”.
*
cackle.
:)
August 12th, 2009 at 10:41 amDo you have a beef with tofu? If so you probably haven’t tried it or perhaps prepared it poorly.Now as to those styrofoam pucks…
August 12th, 2009 at 10:42 amAHAHAHAHAHAHA, this never gets old.
Neither does sleeping with your mom.
Seriously though, I dig it.
That’s just wrong on so many levels Tundra. You shouldn’t be sleeping with your mom. It should get old. You damn sure shouldn’t admit it.
Motherfcker is just an expression little guy, not a directive.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:42 ampoor little tundra
August 12th, 2009 at 10:42 amWell At least I respect a negative attention seeker willing to admit that they are seeking attention…
August 12th, 2009 at 10:43 amHarrison probably got tired of asking his mother for a job. And as usual “batshyt” Bachmann is devoid of any solutions.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:46 amPriceless. Now hopefully Tundra will have learned SOMETHING today.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:48 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
TFA is one way recent college grads get forgiveness for a portion of their student loans. why is batshit crazy shelley allowing her son to become an indentured servant to uncle sam? if she were a good mother, she’d pay poor harrison’s student loans.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:50 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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it isn’t the age nor the concent. It is the genetics…
August 12th, 2009 at 10:52 amTundra says:
You shouldn’t be sleeping with your mom.
Why cause the bible says it’s wrong? I mean two consenting adults over the age of 18, what’s wrong with that?
Well just look at your self and answer that question. inbreeding isnt the answer you be better off with cloning.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:52 amGod, what a creepy picture of her. Those eyes. Right wing velociraptor eyes.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:53 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
what i’d like to know is why is batshit crazy bachmann’s son joining teach for america? shouldn’t he be joining the marines and fighting mommy’s war of choice in iraq?
August 12th, 2009 at 10:58 am***
#72,
bibles and incest.
. …
“teabagging”
it’s more than just a slogan.
*
:)
August 12th, 2009 at 10:58 amSo her weirdness is a political persona, just for show, to gain rightwing and militia support???
August 12th, 2009 at 10:59 am***
#73,
save that line for the girl at the
office who won’t go out with you.
:\
get it?
:)
August 12th, 2009 at 11:00 amI thought you wingnuts believed in abstinence only. Don’t tell me you use other forms of birth control and you lie about that too.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:01 am***
#77,
just keep playing with your “plum”
and don’t worry about it.
:*)
what’s that sore on your lip?
:\
August 12th, 2009 at 11:02 am[I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service]
The Swiss have mandatory military service for males. They are in a reserve status to age 45 with basic training, training every year and meetings just like our reserves and Gaurd. Maybe we should do the same so the spoiled rich brats have to serve also. If a few of them came home in a box maybe these Bush wars would end.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:03 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
* **
#85,
then i guess you’re
stuck with your mom.
:(
:|
August 12th, 2009 at 11:06 amOedipus Smedipus, I love ya mom. Eh, Tundra…
August 12th, 2009 at 11:07 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Next thing you know, one of her kids will be teh gay also…
August 12th, 2009 at 11:08 amFor real what is your problem with tofu? I suppose arugala and balsamic vinegar are all scary and weird to you as well. What about lentils are you okay with lentils?
August 12th, 2009 at 11:08 amAnd necrophilia. No chance of offspring there. I see where you’re going Tundra.
It’s dark and sick and twisted, but I see where you’re going.
Now tell us that Jeffrey Dahmer had an active sex life.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:08 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
On the other hand… she probably doesn’t remember all of the crazy things she says at any one particular time… just whatever would serve her republican’t talking point of the day…
August 12th, 2009 at 11:11 amTundra says:
I have been known to sleep with a whole lot of easy women. The only thing I like about god is when she’s screaming it
If you give her an extra two bucks, she’ll stop complaining about your breath, tundra.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:11 amFor real what is your problem with tofu?
Honestly it’s the texture. I really wanted to like it. It has great humor value though and that alone makes it worth it.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:12 amIt’s dark and sick and twisted, but I see where you’re going.
:)
August 12th, 2009 at 11:13 am***
harrison. goes out and gets a job.
tundra. stuck in his mom’s basement.
:|
August 12th, 2009 at 11:13 amI’d like to invite this silly Michele Bachmann to drop by parachute into Maywood California, (cause ain’t nobody going to drive her there).
If she gets out alive, she will undoubtedly have been re-educated!
August 12th, 2009 at 11:14 amtundra. stuck in his mom’s basement.
I wish, would be a heck of alot cheaper and I could be in Sunny Florida.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:16 amIf you give her an extra two bucks, she’ll stop complaining about your breath, tundra.
If I spend that extra 2 bucks on one more shot than it took to get her to sleep with me in the first place, she will be knocked out and not complaining about anything.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:17 amdbadass says: “What about lentils are you okay with lentils?”
LENTILS?! aagghhh!!!
Ate’em for three and a half months…nothing else.
Don’t even…
August 12th, 2009 at 11:18 am***
#100,
newt?
:|
August 12th, 2009 at 11:21 amPeashooter
August 12th, 2009 at 11:24 amI am guessing your lentils weren’t paired with a nice lamb shank…
I gotta admit, Tundra has a sense of humor. A good break from the incessant vitriol of the resident trolls.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:25 amSmart Kid. Dumb Mom.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:25 amIt only goes to show you that the GOP redefines the word “whacky”.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:34 am***
#104,
hysterical.
:|
August 12th, 2009 at 11:37 amWell, if any kid was in need of re-education, it’s probably that one.
Imagine growing up in Crazy Michelle’s house…
August 12th, 2009 at 11:56 amGuys, we really need to stop voting Tundra down.
He doesn’t exhibit any of the normal symptoms of a troll, and actually debunks any myth that he might be a troll by having such a good sense of humor (he is even capable of laughing at himself). This is the kind of opposition we want – someone who will remain good natured, even when there is disagreement.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:17 pmI’m sure she’s spent way too much time on her “career” to know what her kids are up to. That hair doesn’t just get up in the morning and assemble itself, y’know.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:21 pmTundra is not a troll, but he should really work on being more like us. :-D
August 12th, 2009 at 12:21 pm***
#109,
like the washington generals?
:|
August 12th, 2009 at 12:21 pmtombaker,
I just hope she gets those saggy eyes done before the end of her term — that will really complete “the look.”
August 12th, 2009 at 12:23 pm***
#111,
zoo,
the voice of truth
in a sea of lies.
god bless you girl.
:)
i’m gonna vote him down
every chance i get.
:)
August 12th, 2009 at 12:24 pmDon’t look at me. I am all about engagement…
August 12th, 2009 at 12:28 pmTime until Zooey says that lentils taste like dirt….
August 12th, 2009 at 12:29 pmBachmann says:
“I’m sure there is a philosophical agenda behind all this”.
Yes there is.
Instilling the virtues of compassion, empathy, and civic responsibility
in our young citizens.
And making the world a better place.
The only thing sinister here is your disordered mind, Bachmann.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:32 pmIt was just his desperate attempt at getting the hell away from his psychotic mom.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:39 pmLentils are good cooked with veg in lamb stock.
Indian food uses lentils almost exclusively.
They’re also good for strictly vegetarian diets.
Lentils–they’re what’s for dinner.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:42 pm***
it’s those spooky,
village of the damned eyes
that really get to you.
:0
August 12th, 2009 at 12:53 pmThis freak show of a woman is a stark example of the devolution of the Republican Party. She makes Katherine Harris look like a mildly eccentric neurotic by comparison.
August 12th, 2009 at 1:12 pmI suppose that in some future incarnation I will understand how it is that people like Bachmann invest so much time and energy in trashing the very institutions that they spend so much time and energy getting into.
Money? It doesn’t pay that well, unless you’re getting some nice kickbacks and donations.
Voters of Michigan; the motto of one of your representatives is, “I hate gummint. Vote for me without term limits so I may disservice you”.
August 12th, 2009 at 1:16 pmVirtual Pebble says
August 12th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Voters of Michigan; the motto of one of your representatives is, “I hate gummint. Vote for me without term limits so I may disservice you”.
_____________________________________________________________
If you’re talking about Bachmann, she’s actually from Minnesota. But if you know a like-minded representative from Michigan, the same applies (Pete Hoekstra, maybe?).
August 12th, 2009 at 1:27 pmosage @121
I thought she was Katherine Harris’ clone.
August 12th, 2009 at 1:28 pmBachmann’s husband is associated with a rehab group for teens that on the surface treats drug abuse, but a big part of their agenda is anti-gay. A case of psychological projection if ever there was one.
August 12th, 2009 at 2:43 pmwhat, is he in BIG TROUBLE with the law and need to stay out of jail?
oops. i have got the wrong psychotic republican skank. that would be Palin’s son. he is in the marines trying to avoid 3 years in jail in alaska.
for more information on the psychological makeup of Palin and Bachmann, see the following link for the ‘profile of the sociopath’
August 12th, 2009 at 2:55 pmhttp://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html
Oh Ms Bachmann, how perfectly Palinesque of you.
August 12th, 2009 at 3:18 pmAs a member of TFA / Americorps, can I assume he is drawing a govt check, living in govt supplied quarters, and on govt supplied insurance ? Yep, another welfare queen.
/snark
Seriously, I had the occaision to work on some activities that Americorp was involved in. A bunch of highly motivated, ideal-driven kids. Can’t say enough good about them.
August 12th, 2009 at 3:22 pmSometimes your kids turn out to be a disappointment.
August 12th, 2009 at 4:27 pmGood for him. Children shouldn’t have to pay for the sins of their parents. He may have a liberal temperament, or be genuinely drawn to the spirit of Christ. Having a batshit crazy mother is not easy. Personally, I think the harder part would be that batshit crazy mother having constituents, but nevertheless, it’s good that he’s going his own way.
August 12th, 2009 at 4:33 pmconservative guy says:
Sometimes your kids turn out to be a disappointment.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
And too often posters like YOU turn out to be morons
August 12th, 2009 at 5:36 pmIf Mr. Bachmann is actually a “plant, mole, or sabateur,” he’ll get his Karma soon enough.
TFA participants are typically placed at schools in some the nation’s most socioeconomically and distressed communities. The challenges they face on a daily basis affect many of TFA folks so badly that they abandon their idealism and leave teaching altogether.
But God bless the ones that stay. As the former manager of an AmeriCorps program that included TFA placements, I’ve been a secondhand witness to the tremendous good that they do at their schools.
If Mr. Bachmann is sincere he deserves our congratulations. If he is not he deserves our condolences.
August 12th, 2009 at 7:04 pmconservative guy says:
Sometimes your kids turn out to be a disappointment.
August 12th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
My condolences to your parents.
August 12th, 2009 at 7:15 pmSort of reminds me of Levi taking a job on the North Shore when it looked like he was going to have to marry into the Palin family. Get as far as possible from the problem.
August 13th, 2009 at 4:43 pm