Bachmann Attempts To Connect Swine Flu To Democrats

ccbatson · May-03-09, 12:07 PM

You don't think the media is central to hysteria on this subject?

**Flanders** · May-03-09, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by ccbatson

You don't think the media is central to hysteria on this subject?

The only real hysteria that I have observed recently, that has been been reported, posted or blogged about from any media source, is that which is coming from the RW regarding RINOs, CINOs, Democrats, and liberals.

ccbatson · May-03-09, 03:09 PM

Like so many others, you have tuned out the main stream liberal media then? Good for you.

**Bobl** · May-04-09, 09:14 AM

Bachmann makes Palin look like a mental giant. They both appeal to sad, uninformed people, who like what they see and hear from these panderers, and do not perform any due diligence in their news gathering. Facts mean nothing to them. Just throw the words liberal, socialist, democrat, Obama together with H1N1, energy dependency, taxes, and maybe the boogieman, and they nod obediently.

**oladub** · May-04-09, 10:26 AM

I had never heard of Michelle Bachman until a couple of months ago when I came across this YouTube, below, of Michelle Bachman going after Geithner and Bernanke. I did like her line of questioning as well as the way she licks her lips. Since then, James Carville, Olberman, and others Democrat hit men have been launching her into national prominence with their attacks eg. "Worst Person in the World" award.

I'm fascinated about why she is getting so much sudden publicity from prominent Democrats when so many other more prominent Republicans should be drawing fire for supporting the war and voting for Bush's bailout. Is it for taking on the banking elite, for being some sort of a milfy threat like Sarah Palin, for being viewed as an ascendant Republican [[maybe because of her looks), did she cheat on her taxes, or is it because she makes more verbal errors than other Republicans? I mean, Bachman is a back-bencher in the Republican Party. Why the focus?

"Congresswoman Bachmann Questions Geithner & Bernanke About A Global Currency"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9DgMG-_6Ls

**oladub** · May-04-09, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by slimshady

Yeah, its the Democrats who are reponsible for this embarassment of a woman, even though she is a Republican and it is Republicans who voted her into office. Yeah, right. If you "just heard of her" then you obviously don't watch Hannity, Beck, or O'Reilly or just about any program on Fox News that have been promoting her non-stop.

Then, the Democrats respond and make fun of her idiocy and suddenly it is all a trick to discredit the Republican party by "launching her into national prominence".

Does your head hurt from all that spinning?

My limited knowledge of Bachman jumps from coming across the Youtube video to seeing a flurry of responses to her from the likes of Olberman and Rachel Maddow. No, actually I don't watch Hannity, Beck, or O'Reilly. You seem to be ahead of me on that. I didn't say it was all a trick. I asked a question. In just four sentences, you unsuccessfully attempted to read my mind, imagine my habits, or even comprehend what I wrote all in just four sentences. No, its not my head that seems to be spinning. I don't care if she was embarassed for making factual errors but it is peculiar that the criticism isn't directed at her for voting for Bush's war or Bush's bailout. She did the first, not sure about the latter. Senator Obama did both. Since you seem to know more about Hannity, Beck, and O'Reilly, when did they, as you asserted, start promoting her?

**oladub** · May-05-09, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by slimshady

Obama voted to fund the troops, by the way, not "for the war". The economy is starting to show signs of recovery. It will be fun to see how the Republicans will spin that one to try to give the credit for the economic recovery to Bush or some such bullshit.

As I've mentioned before, Ron Paul said that there was enough money in the pipeline to safely remove the troops. By voting to "fund the troops", as the neo-cons liked to put it, this illegal war was extended because the money in the pipeline did not have to be used to exit the troops.

If someone printed a million dollars, gave them to me, and charged it to my kids, my economic condition would be improved for awhile too. I don't think that Bush is ever going to get credit for an economic recovery because there isn't going to be an economic recovery beyond what the Federal Reserve funny money will buy until the dollar collapses.

I don't understand. Except for the recent stock market uptick, what exactly is the good economic recovery news? I'm thinking that the country must be anesthetized to be taking the bankruptcy of GM so calmly. Five years ago, this would have been unthought of.

**Flanders** · May-04-09, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by oladub

I had never heard of Michelle Bachman until a couple of months ago when I came across this YouTube, below, of Michelle Bachman going after Geithner and Bernanke. I did like her line of questioning as well as the way she licks her lips. Since then, James Carville, Olberman, and others Democrat hit men have been launching her into national prominence with their attacks eg. "Worst Person in the World" award.

I'm fascinated about why she is getting so much sudden publicity from prominent Democrats when so many other more prominent Republicans should be drawing fire for supporting the war and voting for Bush's bailout. Is it for taking on the banking elite, for being some sort of a milfy threat like Sarah Palin, for being viewed as an ascendant Republican [[maybe because of her looks), did she cheat on her taxes, or is it because she makes more verbal errors than other Republicans? I mean, Bachman is a back-bencher in the Republican Party. Why the focus?

"Congresswoman Bachmann Questions Geithner & Bernanke About A Global Currency"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9DgMG-_6Ls

In the internet age, even the most insignificant and unknown US citizen can gain instant notoriety courtesy of video uploading websites like YouTube, LiveLink, ect... For example, last October, Shirley Nagel, a Grosse Pointe Farms resident, was featured in a local Fox TV news Halloween broadcast for refusing to give treats to children if she suspected that their parents were Obama supporters. the clip was uploaded to YouTube by several members, and it went viral, to the point that it captured national attention:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkBE0lWeYU&NR=1

Keith Olbermann also featured it on his show, giving Shirley discredit for being that day's "Worst Person In The World"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxQ_pMMANes

If a relative nobody can garner attention like that for saying and doing outrageous things, then obviously a federal representative in the House, who REPEATEDLY makes incorrect, insulting, accusatory and outrageous claims about American history, the opposition party, and its individual members can easily do so as well.

4real · May-04-09, 01:32 PM

Thousands of people die each year after year from the flu.

The democrats and their minions in the media are sure trying to make this into
national scare case so they can take more control over you lives and tie this into
nationalized health care, which will surely ruin the health care system in this country.

**mjs** · June-02-09, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by oladub

I had never heard of Michelle Bachman until a couple of months ago when I came across this YouTube, below, of Michelle Bachman going after Geithner and Bernanke. I did like her line of questioning as well as the way she licks her lips. Since then, James Carville, Olberman, and others Democrat hit men have been launching her into national prominence with their attacks eg. "Worst Person in the World" award.

I'm fascinated about why she is getting so much sudden publicity from prominent Democrats when so many other more prominent Republicans should be drawing fire for supporting the war and voting for Bush's bailout. Is it for taking on the banking elite, for being some sort of a milfy threat like Sarah Palin, for being viewed as an ascendant Republican [[maybe because of her looks), did she cheat on her taxes, or is it because she makes more verbal errors than other Republicans? I mean, Bachman is a back-bencher in the Republican Party. Why the focus?

"Congresswoman Bachmann Questions Geithner & Bernanke About A Global Currency"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9DgMG-_6Ls

You didn't hear of her before because she just got into Congress in 2007. Some do bash her because of her looks; a popular liberal leaning election update website was blatantly doing it as soon as the 2008 election started. She is pretty hot, especially for being over fifty. However, most of those on the more liberal side of the media bash her because she's generally as aggressive as seen in your clip and she's pretty conservative. The more liberal media will attack the most outspoken conservatives and the more conservative media will attack the most outspoken liberals. Makes sense to me.

http://bachmann.house.gov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann