Bachmann: We should ‘make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers’ against health care reform.
Bachmann: We should ‘make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers’ against health care reform.
Yesterday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) delivered a “speech filled with urgent and violent rhetoric” at a gathering sponsored by the Independence Institute in Denver. During what was originally billed as a “personal legislative briefing,” Bachmann “got downright biblical” when describing her unwavering opposition to health care reform:
“This [health care reform] cannot pass…What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn’t pass…Right now, we are looking at reaching down the throat and ripping the guts out of freedom. And we may never be able to restore it if we don’t man up and take this one on.”
According to the Colorado Independent, Bachmann also claimed that many Americans pay more than half their income in taxes, adding “it’s nothing more than slavery.” She affirmed that “you’re either for us or against us on this issue” and bragged about being the country’s “second-most hated Republican woman.” Rather than spending quality time in her home district during August recess, some speculate that Bachmann’s trip signals her “branching out” and sowing some “rich, right-wing Western soil” in preparation for a future national run.
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“Slit your wrists for healthcare reform!”
I want that on a bumper-sticker. :)
September 1st, 2009 at 9:53 amCrazy batcrap lady why do not you start and the rest of us might follow your lead>>>>>>>NOT>>>>>>> well us sane ones at lease
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Bachmann: We should ‘make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers’ against health care reform.
All right ………….You 1st , dipshit.
September 1st, 2009 at 9:57 amIf batshit crazy Bachmann is willing to slit her wrists, I’m all for it.
September 1st, 2009 at 9:57 amBetter still, if she were to slit her throat….
Oops thats what happens went you let your fingers do the walking while your mine gets geared up. At #3
September 1st, 2009 at 9:57 amBachmann: We should ‘make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers’ against health care reform.
– - Deal. You go first.
September 1st, 2009 at 9:58 amA future national run? Pullease….That train wreck would be worth the price of admission.
September 1st, 2009 at 9:58 amI think she and her blood brothers should go that the parts of the world where they still practice VOODOO; her blood will be more useful there than in the US.
She is really nearing advanced stages of MADNESS and she seriously needs help!
September 1st, 2009 at 9:59 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Slitting wrists, reaching down throats, ripping out the guts of freedom…it’s always about violence with these wingnuts, isn’t it?
Although come to think of it, if Bachmann wants to slit her wrists as a protest against healthcare reform, I say we take her up on that…
September 1st, 2009 at 10:00 amWe have to remember that in this extremely divided little country of ours, there are a large number of people who are really nothing more than sheep, and look askance for leadership. So when they hear someone who has a national stage saying words of direction and leadership, they will follow, no matter how perverse, crazy or Palin-esque it may be.
So when someone like Bachmann, Palin, Boehner, etc. have access to that national stage, we have the recipe for disaster if we believe that just cuz we know she’s crazy, it means everyone else knows she’s crazy.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:01 amHoly shit. Even for Bachmann, that’s freaking insane. Sure, we all say that right-wingers are insane; this woman is quite possibly suffering from severe schizophrenia. When she gets defeated next year, the people of the MN-6th should move to get her involuntarily committed to a nice institution.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:03 amMichelle, God is in that refrigerator in your basement. Climb in, close the door behind you and wait patiently. Shortly He will there with you and all your problems will go away.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:03 amEasy for her to say. She’s got great health insurance.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:04 am“Slit your wrists for healthcare reform!”
And I thought she was against the “death panels.”
She is entertaining. But it’s sad and pathetic that she’s a representative of part of the population of this country.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:04 amI can’t take this anymore. Aren’t there any Republicans you AREN’T insane?!?
September 1st, 2009 at 10:06 am“second most hated”? no way! She’s a favorite. Who else could expose Repubs as strange and ignorant so effectively? Palin spews wingnut mantras, but the Bach has a unique craziness which is much too lame to create hatred. Rave on, and keep us laughing!
September 1st, 2009 at 10:06 amYeah, hivanh, because ignoring the other side’s insane ramblings worked so well for Kerry in ‘04, right?
September 1st, 2009 at 10:07 amRather than spending quality time in her home district during August recess, some speculate that Bachmann’s trip signals her “branching out” and sowing some “rich, right-wing Western soil” in preparation for a future national run.
A “national run” ?
She’s gonna’ follow in the footsteps of her twin brother , Forrest Gump , and jog from one to coast to the other and then back ?
September 1st, 2009 at 10:07 amHaven’t we had enough of the “you’re either with us or against us” bullshit with the last President?
This country is a democracy, founded on discourse, debate, and the occasional compromise. Rational minds can disagree on a subject without being absolutely “right” or “wrong” all the time.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:08 amComplex issues are… well.. complex. Far more complex than simple-minded Bachmann could ever comprehend.
“Right now, we are looking at reaching down the throat and ripping the guts out of freedom.”
Ummm, you already did that, from 2000-20008.
Wiretapping, torture, wealth redistribution, but to name a few.
Alternative realities lead to strange perceptions. Crazy Shelly, are you going to give up your government health care?
I didn’t think so.
As far as being ‘2nd most hated Republican woman, Scary Sarah is no longer holding office.
Guess what that makes you?
You’re #1, Shelly! Congratulations, shit for brains.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:10 amIn her case, crazy is a preexisting condition. H/T Rick Perlstein
September 1st, 2009 at 10:11 am“you’re either for us or against us on this issue”
I admit it – I’m against all things Bachmann.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:11 amWhy does everything seem to be so “all or nothing” to Republicans? They really are against all forms of compromise, aren’t they.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:14 amYou first, b!tch.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:14 amI’m thinking Michelle Bachmann should slit her wrists, but not for health care, just for humanity.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:18 amIf the voters in her district cannot figure out by now she is crazy, then they will never get it.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:19 amCan’t you just imagine a Bachmann-led version of Jonestown?
September 1st, 2009 at 10:19 amAnd if someone does just that to themselves, will she accept blame? Somehow I doubt it.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:21 amThere really are enough people who believe the vomit she spews it great, that it could happen.
I know the President is on vacation with his family, and he has earned that time off. But I really, really hope that when he gets back to work, he takes the bull by the horns and energetically paints the G-NO-P as the party that is all-in for keeping the status quo in health care.
It’s not like it should be a tough case to make, nor a tough one to sell.
Frame the debate that way, then push through a meaningful health reform bill with just Democratic votes, however it needs to be done.
Take the Republicans at their word. They mean to “break” the President with a defeat on this issue, against the wishes of a majority of Americans. Fight back. Use the power the American people have placed in your hands, Mr. President.
There is a well-known quote, apparently wrongly attributed to Goethe that goes in part,
“Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
We need a President who can trust in that truth, a President who can take the bold steps for which the nation cries out. Obama was elected in part on the strength of his steady character displayed during a tumultuous campaign. That steadiness is a handicap now. We need him to be bold.
Please, Mr. President, answer the call. This is the first real test of your presidency, sir. It may become the defining moment.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:22 amshe is nuttier than a can of Planter’s Peanuts…
September 1st, 2009 at 10:24 amJim Jones in a yellow dress. Give her some shades and send her to the jungle with her supporters.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:26 am#2 but that just means she’s trying harder…ala Hertz & Avis
September 1st, 2009 at 10:26 am
Do us a favor and just slit the wrists, it works for us.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:27 amHomerSexual says:
I can’t take this anymore. Aren’t there any Republicans you AREN’T insane?!?
Yes, but they are too scared to say anything and even when they do they are intimidated so bad they have to retract. Latest example, Tom Ridge.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:28 am…nutz.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:29 amNote to Bachmann: Being a true believer in personal freedom and the right of the individual to make their own decisions, I have just one thing to say. Cut lengthwise down the vein, not across. Much more effective. Have a nice afterlife.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:30 amThat’s great: slit your wrists and watch your coverage denied because of self-inflicted wound or unsanitary conditions or mental instability. It won’t be too hard for your carrier to refuse to pay for treatment. It’ll be a great way to demonstrate the need for reform.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:32 amCan Minnesota vote this woman away next time? PLEASE?
September 1st, 2009 at 10:33 amPeople like Bachmann are too dangerous and crazy to ignore. I don’t underestimate their power of persuasion and influence over the masses of extremely ignorant individuals in our country.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:33 amYou know, slitting your wrists isn’t the healthiest thing to do, Ms. Bachmann.
I mean, if we–the American people–join you in this brotherhood (sisterhood?), we’ll have to pay thousands for healing those self-inflicted wounds while our insurance drops us like a lead balloon, all while you get the best health care in the country to stop the bleeding.
Awesome suggestion, Dining Room Table.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:34 amWhew. Must be good shit.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:34 amBachmann: We should ‘make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers’ against health care reform.
ummmmmmm, okay.
Just make sure you slice your wrists length wise along the artery, and not perpendicular. That way, you won’t even need to worry about “health care reform”.
(troll issue: The above is called sarcasm. I would never condone wishful harm on any elected official. Besides, Bat$hit crazy Bachmann started the idiocy)
September 1st, 2009 at 10:35 amFINALLY…something Michele says that I can agree with.
Make it so.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:36 ampaleolib beat me to the punch.
good show, mate!
September 1st, 2009 at 10:38 amDoes she ever say WHY health care reform legislation shouldn’t pass? ANY health care reform legislation? Are we to infer that she doesn’t believe our current system of health care should be changed at all?
Does she have any alternative ideas? Does she even cite the Healthy Americans Act?
It sounds to me that she is railing against a bill that hasn’t even been finalized yet, without explaining what’s wrong with it, or offering what would be better. She’s merely blithering rhetoric she doesn’t understand.
And now “some speculate” she’s laying the groundwork for a national campaign. Didn’t watching Palin for the past year teach her anything?
September 1st, 2009 at 10:39 amI think she should stand in the well of the house and slit her wrists there. Hopefully she’ll bleed out before help can get there.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:39 amSo Bachmann thinks she’s Number 1 on Nancy Pelosi’s list of top targets?
I doubt it. I don’t think Nancy would waste her time going after Bachmann. Especially since Bachmann is doing such a good job of destroying the GOP all on her own, it makes sense to let her keep doing it.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:43 amAnother day…more sky falling.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:43 amHas Ms. Bachmann ever met Glenn Beck? I get this bizarre image in my head of Bachmann wearing vintage 50’s era lingerie with wrist scars visible while coddling an American flag draped Beck with a tear-streaked face, nuzzling her bossom. Kinda like “The Pieta” but with much more of an Oedipus thing going on. It would make a great velvet painting.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:43 amWhy the hell doesn’t Bachmann and her followers just OPT-OUT of any type of government sponsored health insurance?
They should all take care of their own insurance premiums and select whatever health provider they chooose . .
What the hell is the problem? It’s NOT mandatory that Bachmann accept congressional health insurance sponsored by taxpayers. She can get her own insurance and pay her own premiums . .
Why the need to slit wrists, this woman is really an uninformed drama queen . .
Do the people of Minnesota NOT see thru her ignorance and misinformation?
September 1st, 2009 at 10:45 amAllow me to just jump in here – I’m sure it’s already been noted, but apparently this ditz is so ignorant that she doesn’t know the difference between suicide, which may be done by slitting one’s wrists, and the blood-brother blood swap, which is usually done by cutting palms, followed by a handclasp.
Perhaps she would advocate sealing a deal by peeing on her hand, followed by a handshake.
I would recommend that she go out on the mall and commit sepuku before she further disgraces idiots everywhere, but I suspect we’re stuck with her, at least until the next election.
Michele Bachman, the truly obnoxious gift that keeps on giving.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:45 amSo many targets, so little time….
“we should slit our wrists”…she’ll need an immediate kool-aid transfusion…
“the second most hated Repub woman”…she and Sarah Palin mistake pity for hatred, she makes Palin sound, well, intelligent…
“a future national run”…I eagerly await the presidential primary debate with Palin, will need lots of popcorn, and a gibberish translator…
Palin/Bachmann 2012 The Repub Great White Hope, you betcha!
September 1st, 2009 at 10:46 amI don’t think we have a deeply divided nation as much as a deeply frightened nation. Fear short-circuits rationality, which gives those like Bachmann their entree. Nothing else explains why anyone would bother listening to such a loonie-tunes.
Fire-side chats worked wonders for Roosevelt. Obama should try them.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:50 amYou all have been doing a great job dealing with this nut.
But please don’t forget our main job…write as many Congressman and Senator’s as you can and often as you can and urge them to support the Democratic position on health reform.
I am reminding them that if they are scared of losing some conservative votes IF they vote for the bill. They SURE AS HELL WILL LOSE Democratic votes if they don’t.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:52 amBachmann wants to go “Jonestown”
these KKKristian cult leaders are all the same.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:53 amShe has gotten so crazy I hope her son marries a black militant and has a bunch of half black little kids. Although if she had a half black baby in her family she would probably think that it was the anti-Christ. I wish that were hyperbole, but after this stuff it is not too crazy.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:54 amOH HELLZ YEAH, that would be a protest I could respect. Seriously, if she’d do that on the Congressional floor, I’d throw 1 vote the R’s way next election just in honor of that.
Remember Michelle, it’s down the arm, not across the wrist.
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mk3872 says:
THIS is why they win elections.
I don’t know where you’ve been the last 3 years, but I’ve got some bad news for ya.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:55 amI get a kick out of the tough talk coming out of the mouths of people who are obviously NOT SO TOUGH! Can you imagine Michelle in the county lock up with prostitutes and drug addicts? How about Glenny Beck strutting his stuff in the Kensington section of Philly at night? Or John Boener and Mitch McConnell hanging out with the Hells Angels? The list goes on but my point is if you don’t understand it and haven’t lived it then DONT TALK THE SHIT. It offends us who have ever seen and lived the hard side of life.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:57 amWhere the HELL are the people from Minnesota?
They have GOT TO BE KIDDING US. She must be pranking us, where is Ashton Kutcher??? Get out here you bad boy, this slit is just wayyy too over the top.
Get the strait jacket for this BEOTCH already.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:00 amDamn reevers.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:00 amThe one person in Minnesota with whom I exchange e-mail finds her a total embarrassment, but he doesn’t live in her district. In defense of the citizens of Minnesota, who have elected Al Franken and Amy Koluchar as their Senators as well as the first Muslim Congressman, I think it would be better to say “Do the people/voters in her district NOT see thru…”
LizCoro says:
September 1st, 2009 at 11:03 amDo the people of Minnesota NOT see thru her ignorance and misinformation?
Just do the wrists/
September 1st, 2009 at 11:03 amA national run for her would be the epic of all epic fails.
Also, even though I am a student and wasn’t working as much I had to pay less than $100 in taxes. That amounted to like not even two days of work for me.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:06 amRather than hand over the health care industry’s “18 percent” of the economy to control by the federal government, which Bachmann warned would create “a critical mass [where] you are no longer a free-market economy,” she offered her own set of proposals to fix the system:
• “Erase the boundaries around every single state when it comes to health care,” enabling consumers to purchase insurance across state lines;
• increase the use of health savings accounts and allow everyone to “take full deductibility of all medical expenses,” including insurance premiums;
• and throw in tort reform.
“Do a few other tweaks and you’re there,” Bachmann said. “Your whole crisis is gone.”
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OK, I erred. I accused Ms. Bachmann of not offering any suggestions of her own. I did more digging and found she actually did (although their viability is questionable), which I pasted above the line in this post.
She seems to think that eliminating malpractice suits and giving tax breaks will solve the entire problem.
What about the diabetic who can’t get insurance because of his pre-existing condition? All “crossing state lines” is going to do is give him more insurance companies who won’t take him.
What about the guy who has open heart surgery to replace a defective heart valve and his insurance company drops him because he’s used up his lifetime maximum? Is he now going to find another company who will take him, merely because companies can cross state lines?
How will more tax cuts affect the person who gets $1800 a month but has to pay $1000 a month in health insurance premiums? Even without paying ANY taxes, nobody can live on what’s left.
How will insurance companies crossing state lines affect the employee of a national corporation who only gets to “choose” the insurance provider offered by his employer?
I’d say it’s going to take a LOT more “tweaks” than Bachmann suggests.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:07 amRight-wingers use a lot of psychotic imagery when they’re upset. People this disturbed should definitely be kept out of government.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:11 amHaven’t we had enough of the “you’re either with us or against us” bullshit with the last President?
This country is a democracy, founded on discourse, debate, and the occasional compromise. Rational minds can disagree on a subject without being absolutely “right” or “wrong” all the time.
Complex issues are… well.. complex. Far more complex than simple-minded Bachmann could ever comprehend. — SAComment
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With all due respect, it’s not just Bachmann — I’d say that last statement of yours describes nearly all (or at least a vast majority) of conservatives today because their words and actions make it blatantly clear that they have no taste for subtlety, complexity, or ambiguity (or indeed, in many cases, sanity). Unfortunately for them, real life is almost never quite as cut-and-dried as they want it to be and think it is (or should be) Granted, life would be easier in some ways if it were that way — but it would also be far less interesting (and human nature being what it is, it’s probably never going to happen anyway). These people are the ones for whom H.L. Mencken (the famous 20th Century political cynic) wrote that “for every complex problem, there is an answer which is clear, simple — and wrong.”
September 1st, 2009 at 11:12 amJim Jones had his Kool-Aid, and Michelle Bachmann has her razor blades.
If anyone actually heeds her call, she should be brought up on charges.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:15 amDear Shelly. Nixon was for health insurance reform. 1974. Why didnt you make this covenant then?
September 1st, 2009 at 11:16 amMichelle, darlin’
The BCBS Fed Employees Program does not cover or provide for removing cranium for anus; however, from this perspective, it looks as if you’re growing a goatee.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:17 amAnyhoo, you think shes gonna cut herself? pffft. She wouldnt get re-elected if she did which is the point, I gather, for the histronics.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:18 amWe don’t hate Michele Bachmann. We loathe her stupidity. Big difference.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:21 amWow, she’s really that attached to making sure that we have millions of Americans who have no access to health care. What a compassionate woman she is. I truly hope that the voters in her district send this crazy woman packing in 2010. I’m not sure I could take another 2 years of her.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:26 amOhhh and she exposed her arms just like the President’s wife…
September 1st, 2009 at 11:26 amCaption: ‘Yes, just put the nails through my hands so I can look like my hero…’
September 1st, 2009 at 11:29 amMakes about as much sense as suggesting we should bang our heads against a brick wall until we pass out in order to protest helmet laws.
Today’s GOP: Cornering the market in an ever shrinking tent for ‘teh stupids’.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:31 amBruce – Just wait for 2010 … It only took 2 years for the Repubs to regroup …
September 1st, 2009 at 11:31 amWhere is Franken
September 1st, 2009 at 11:32 amCome on Franken lots of good material here
September 1st, 2009 at 11:33 ammk3872 says:
Bruce – Just wait for 2010 … It only took 2 years for the Repubs to regroup …
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Huh?
Regroup???
As what… a mutant variation of The Insane Clown Posse?
September 1st, 2009 at 11:39 amCertifiable!
September 1st, 2009 at 11:39 amThe answer to these fanatics is quite simple. The lesson was learned when McCarthy was senator. The Democratic politicians, including the President, must stop treating these freaks of nature as though they were reasonable people. I want to hear the Democratic POLITICIANS, not just bloggers, standing in front of cameras and saying, “the Governors who are demanding secession, the fanatical congresspeople who are calling the president a Nazi, Michelle Bachman, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others like them are irrational demagogues who are undermining the political stability of our nation. They must be stopped. Their rhetoric must be stopped. They are unreasonable, and are speaking to the meanest qualities of the American psyche–fear.”
Make a presidential address about the quality of the political discourse, and NAME NAMES. It worked against McCarthy. It should work again.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:40 amRemember Michelle, it’s down the road, not across the street.
Gotta make sure that you cut the artery real well.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:41 amIn the meantime we’re paying her salary. Shouldn’t the government have some kind of rules of acceptable behavior for employees. Certainly the House and Senate should have some ability to control their members from embarrassing us all.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:44 amRead stewarjt’s link at 24. It explains a lot.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:46 amCrazy Shelly, are you going to give up your government health care? I didn’t think so.
As far as being “2nd most hated Republican woman”, Scary Sarah is no longer holding office. Guess what that makes you?
You’re #1, Shelly! — Zimzone
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No offense, Zimzone, but you’re both wrong from where I’m standing. In defense of Bachmann (although the thought of this makes me want to irrigate my brain with an industrial-strength antiseptic), she never indicated that she was only speaking of Republican women in office — only Republican women in general. However, it’s clear that not only is she a wack job with an overinflated ego, she also can’t count. At least in my own opinion, I’d rate Ann Coulter as the most hated Republican woman with Sarah Palin coming in a very close second. At best, Bachmann would come in third — but that being said, I think she’s proven herself to be more of an irritant or a member of the lunatic fringe than a serious power figurea –nd Liz Cheney seems to be gaining ground on her fairly rapidly.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:48 amBachmann: We should ‘make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers’ against health care reform.
Sounds good, Shelley. You first, so we can see how it’s done – I promise that I’ll go right after you.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:55 amSeptember 1st, 2009 at 11:59 am
Go for it Michelle; there are many, many people who wish you had slit your wrists a long time ago.
What do you want to bet that she can’t do it?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:02 pmBachmann: We should ‘make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers’ against health care reform.
In my state it is against the law, both moral and legal, to shoot a duck in the water. I hope she can swim.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:06 pmYes, Bachman: Do kill yourself in the name health insurance corporations.
What a sick, ghoulish woman.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:10 pmI cant figure out how dumb the people in her state are to vote her in office what does it say about them, they must be some stupid people now i know what is the matter with our country.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:18 pmOoo we. There’s not a name for the kind of crazy this woman is.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:18 pm“With Republicans taking control of the Senate in 1953, McCarthy became chairman of the Committee on Government Operations and the subcommittee on investigations. In that capacity, he so angered Democrats that they resigned from the committee in protest. McCarthy also angered the new president and fellow Republican Dwight Eisenhower by accusing the administration of sheltering communists. Eisenhower refused to publicly rebuke McCarthy, but worked behind the scenes to isolate him.”
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#84 candide – googled McCarthy and found the above. It worked for Eisenhower. I’m not sure there is anything that can be done about Bachmann in that respect because she actually hasn’t done anything but shoot her mouth off.
“This [health care reform] cannot pass…What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass.”
Have fun sharing HIV, Hep-C, and other diseases that can be transferred through infected blood!
September 1st, 2009 at 12:26 pmI sincerely hope that health care reform includes mental health coverage, because this woman needs to spend some time on a psych unit.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:28 pmSatan in a dress and we just get finished with Sarah the bimbo. Bachmann sees the field is open for the GOP and who knows Americans might just let her in the White House to finish off the country.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:32 pmwisdom of words wrote:
“Ooo we. There’s not a name for the kind of crazy this woman is.”
Yes there is: ABOMINATION
September 1st, 2009 at 12:32 pmI hope this lunatic runs for president. This would be the funniest comedy ever broadcast in the history of television.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:33 pm#94 – Okay, here we go again. How dumb can you be to think that everyone in Minnesota is dumb. We didn’t all vote for her, just the people in her district and she won this time by a very slim margin because her Democratic opponent was a very weak candidate and entered the race late. Her district is very conservative and highly religious. My district representative is Jim Oberstar who is highly intelligent and has been in the House for a long time. Living in Minnesota I really resent this kind of high and mighty attitude. What state do you live in?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:36 pmTawdry says:
The Dems should be using her as an example of extremism. Just like Limbaugh, she can add another layer of crazy to the mix. These necons will make great ads for Dems that are running for office in 2010. The DNC can run the ads nationwide so that all Republicans are painted with the broad brush.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:40 pmDear Michele, may I suggest that you and all of your, just as crazy followers just have a covenant and slit your wrists.
Is this woman scary or what?
September 1st, 2009 at 12:44 pmWe might get lucky.
She might slit her own throat mistakenly.
What worries me more than her is the utter foolish stupidity of the electorate in her district.
The “idiot” culture has spread like a killer virus throughout our society, infecting the upper-income pockets as well, as is evidenced by the moronic voters of Bachmann’s congressional district.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pmbragged about being the country’s “second-most hated UnAmerican, unethical, immoral, Republic Fascist Party, scum bag woman.”
Congratulations.
Fcuk the Republic Fascist Party
September 1st, 2009 at 12:48 pm***
#24,
good link!
In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition
Birthers, Town Hall Hecklers and the Return of Right-Wing Rage
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worth reading.
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September 1st, 2009 at 12:50 pmYes, please!
If they would simply kill themselves off instead of bothering the rest of us, it would really help.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:51 pm***
#79,
mk3872,
you can’t “regroup”
if your wrists are slit.
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but you’re welcome to try.
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September 1st, 2009 at 12:53 pm“…some speculate that Bachmann’s trip signals her “branching out” and sowing some “rich, right-wing Western soil” in preparation for a future national run.”
If she does that, I’ll slit my wrists!
September 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pmI have an old friend who refers to Christianity as a “death-worshiping cult.” I’m sure he’ll see Bachman as Exhibit A.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:11 pmSomeone’s gonna need a free murket blood transfusion.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:14 pmmk3872 says:
Bruce – Just wait for 2010 … It only took 2 years for the Repubs to regroup …
Tomayto, tomahto. You call it “regrouping,” I call it a bloody flaming death spiral of pure shrieking crazy.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:16 pmLet her go! She’s probably only a couple of speeches away from hanging herself for her cause.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:30 pmI’ve been hoping she’d slit her wrists for a LOOOONG time.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:33 pmHere’s the creepy part: people like Bachmann, Palin, Beck, etc. make a lot of headway with their craziness. They’ve spent their whole lives getting their way by lying, throwing tantrums, and bullying others. And they will continue in their relentless insanity until the adults in the room draw a line in the sand and say “no more!”
September 1st, 2009 at 1:36 pm#52 A Patriotic Anopheles Acting says:
Has Ms. Bachmann ever met Glenn Beck? I get this bizarre image in my head of Bachmann wearing vintage 50’s era lingerie with wrist scars visible while coddling an American flag draped Beck with a tear-streaked face, nuzzling her bossom. Kinda like “The Pieta” but with much more of an Oedipus thing going on. It would make a great velvet painting.
Ewwwwww. What an image! Yecch.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:40 pm“What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing.”
errrrrrr….you first.
September 1st, 2009 at 1:53 pmUh Michelle, I don’t remember “blood brothers” as part of a Biblical injuction.
And aren’t you worried that you may catch AIDS ??????
September 1st, 2009 at 1:54 pmBachmann is one of those very talented GOP members that you can quote verbatim, and end up with PURE COMEDY GOLD, baby! George W. Bush comes to mind, as well as Sarah Palin.
All Dick Cheney ever did for me was make me shiver inwardly.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:02 pm52. A Patriotic Anopheles Acting sez:… Come on, APAA, it’s bosom, not bossom – although I’m sure she’s up to boss’em too.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:16 pm“Bachmann: We should ‘make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers’ against health care reform.”
The usual psycho talk from the Queen of Planet Wingnuttia. Pass the popcorn please…
September 1st, 2009 at 2:16 pmI’ll buy the gas…
…if someone provides the chainsaw.
“Pass the popcorn please…” indeed!
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September 1st, 2009 at 2:23 pmWhen I was a kid we poked our fingers to become blood brothers, but I suppose Bachmann is free to do whatever feels best. I’d suggest settling down in a warm bath with a nice bottle of Chianti afterward.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:50 pmif my “stand by me” history is correct, don’t you cut a slice across the palm of your hand and then shake hands to become blood brothers?
September 1st, 2009 at 2:55 pmHey right-wingers, if you care about your Messiah Bacchman you better have her committed before she hurts herself.
September 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pmtony and lido
Just the next installment of Loon-Watch..
Here’s the message to Bachmann – YOU FIRST…
September 1st, 2009 at 4:01 pmYes, please. Go for it.
September 1st, 2009 at 4:18 pmShouldn’t we put on our Nikes and cut off our peni ses first?
September 1st, 2009 at 4:49 pm—-
Yah know it really sort of pisses me off that I have to write peni ses when I can write twat asslick dicktard ballsack shitballs. For gods sake, my kids have been allowed to say pen is since they were old enough to tell that girls were different from boys…
As a, sometimes, proud Minnesotan let me assure you that many of us, including those outside her District, are committed to removing this huge embarrassment from the House in 2010. And the Minnesota Republicans’ stalling the seating of Senator Franken should bring in substantial national support for her Democratic opponent. Until then, please be assured that Crazy Shelly (InsaneR-Mn.) does NOT represent sane Minnesotans.
September 1st, 2009 at 5:05 pmOk Michelle,
September 1st, 2009 at 5:29 pmFirst slit your wrists, then your throat, and then run for President….wait, it doesnt work that way does it?
I wouldn’t shed a tear if Bachmann slit her wrists.
September 1st, 2009 at 5:54 pmI wonder if she would be willing to do it on Pay-per-View. We might be able to pay for health care reform.
September 1st, 2009 at 6:40 pmShe didn’t say that she was against health care reform but that she was against “this”, meaning the versions of the bill that currently exist.
September 1st, 2009 at 7:00 pmSo tell us just which parts does she have a problem with and what’s with that wrist slitting weirdo shit….
September 1st, 2009 at 7:12 pmand besides just how the f uck do you know what she means?
September 1st, 2009 at 7:13 pmI think that Ms.Bachman could out that mouth to better use.
September 1st, 2009 at 7:58 pmIt’s a great photo though. There’s just never a box of nails and a crown of thorns around when you need them.
September 1st, 2009 at 8:42 pmJP’sDeepThoughts: “She didn’t say that she was against health care reform but that she was against “this”, meaning the versions of the bill that currently exist.”
Well then, which “version” does she like? Let me guess – tort reform, tax breaks, tax credits and being able to buy insurance across state lines. Has she presented this to congress as a “version” yet or do you know?
September 1st, 2009 at 9:14 pmOOOoOOooOoOO
I gotta Great ideal….
Lets all buy knifes dip them in blood and mail em to Bachmann with a note…Your Turn..dig deep…
September 1st, 2009 at 9:16 pmThis goofball is an embarassment to Minnesotans. She would be a good spokeswoman fore Animal Planet.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:22 pmwhatizz says:
This goofball is an embarassment to Minnesotans. She would be a good spokeswoman fore Animal Planet.
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As long as she doesn’t actually speak.
September 1st, 2009 at 11:28 pmStarted wondering about this twit. Looked up her bio. She went to college at Winona State U in Minnesota, which isn’t good or bad in itself. There are or have been three other Winona alums in the US Congress. The inventor(?) of the 4 slice toaster is also an alum of Winona. The kicker is that she went on to earn a law degree -
- at Oral Roberts University.
That should tell you more than you ever wanted to know about the Rt. Hon. Wrist Slitting Ms. Bachmann.
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:21 amTo be a tad more blunt, if I woke up in the morning and one of the first things I did was look in the mirror and see an Oral Roberts U grad looking back at me, I’d be considering suicide too.
(par doan – must leave to visit throne of Ralph for tossing of cookies…)
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:25 amIf we’re not there in five minutes, Michele, start without us. OK?
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 amDoesnt this whole rant sound like she just wants to be part of the boy’s club? What woman/lady uses the term “man-up”? Or refers to the blood pact boys take to be blood brothers? She reminds me of the whiny little snot nosed girl that wanted to play with the boys in her yellow dress carrying her dolly.
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:13 am“man up”, eh? What, is Michelle planning a sex change operation. Hope it’s covered by her insurance. Probably won’t even have to change the external genitalia, at least she acts like a prick. Heh.
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:36 pmWhy eagles fly and chickens flutter
Once upon a time in the long, long ago, the Eagle and the Chicken were very good friends. Everywhere they went these friends went together. it was not uncommon for people to look up and see the Eagle and the Chicken flying side by side through the air.
One day while flying, the Chicken said to the Eagle: ”Let’s drop down and get a bite to eat. My stomach is growling.”
”Sounds like a good idea to me,” replied the Eagle.
So the two birds glided down to earth, saw several animals eating, and decided to join them. They landed next to the Cow. The Cow was busy eating corn, but noticed-that the Eagle and the Chicken were soon sitting on the ground next to her.
‘ Welcome,” said the Cow. ”Help yourself to this corn.’
This took the two birds by surprise. They were not accustomed to having other animals share their food quite so readily. ”Why are you willing to share your corn with us?” asked the Eagle.
”Oh, we have plenty to eat here. Mr. Farmer gives us all we want,” replied the Cow.
Well, the Eagle and the Chicken jumped right in and ate their fill. When they finished, the Chicken asked more about the Farmer. ”Well,” said the Cow, ”he grows all our food. We don’t have to work for the food at all.”
”You mean,” said the Chicken, ”that the Farmer simply gives you all you want to eat and you don’t have to work for it?” “That’s right,” said the Cow. ”Not only that, but he gives us shelter over our heads.”
The Chicken and the Eagle were shocked! They had never heard of such a thing. They had always had to search for food and work for shelter. When it came time to leave, the Chicken and the Eagle began to discuss the situation. ”Maybe
we should just stay here,” said the Chicken. ”We can have all the food we want without working for it. And that barn over there sure beats those nests we have been building. Besides, I’m getting tired of always having to work for a living.”
”I don’t know about all this,” replied the Eagle. ”It sounds too good to be true. I find it hard to believe that one can get something for nothing. Besides, I kinda like flying high and free through the air. And providing for food and shelter isn’t so bad. In fact, I find it quite challenging.
”Well, the Chicken thought it over and decided to stay where there was free food and shelter. But the Eagle decided that he loved his freedom too much to give it up, and enjoyed the consistent challenge of making his own living. So, after saying goodbye to his friend the Chicken, the Eagle set sail for the wild blue yonder.
Everything went fine for the Chicken. He ate all he wanted. He never worked. He grew fat and lazy. But then one day he heard the farmer say to his wife that the preacher was coming to visit the next day and they should have fried chicken for dinner. Hearing that, the Chicken decided it was time to leave. But when he began to fly he found that he had grown too fat and lazy. Instead of being able to fly, he could only flutter! So the next day the farmer’s family and the preacher ate fried Chicken. When you give up the challenges of life in pursuit of security, your ability to fly turns into a
flutter.
And that’s the reason Eagles fly and Chickens flutter
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:48 pmShe needs to use that socialistical healthcare she receives as a member of Congress and get a blood test. She obviously has stage 3 syphyllis.
September 2nd, 2009 at 9:29 pm149. honey134 says: She needs to use that socialistical healthcare she receives as a member of Congress and get a blood test. She obviously has stage 3 syphyllis.September 2nd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Hey, what’a a brain lesion or three among fiends…
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:17 amvery thanks for article!
September 4th, 2009 at 10:30 am