dchogs Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I would love the return of rational politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Maybe the Republicans will realize that all of these extremists are just falvor of the month types and they'll start turning back to rational and consistent candidates. Sure would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Doc Bach is back. Michele Bachmann: 'I Didn't Get Anything Wrong' During Presidential DebatesRep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) gave an interview this week at Patrick Henry College, an Evangelical Christian institution in Virginia, in which she proudly claimed that she'd had a flawless record of accuracy throughout the 2012 GOP presidential debate cycle. “I was very proud of the fact that I didn’t get anything wrong that I said during the course of the debates," she said, according to Salon. "I didn’t get anything wrong, and that’s a huge arena." Bachmann went on to explain the difficulty of achieving such perceived perfection. “You have to be a virtual Wikipedia,” she said. “You can be asked anything. You could be asked, 'who’s your favorite contemporary singer?'” Asked that question, Bachmann answered Beyoncé, perhaps unaware that such a preference could put her in the same camp as First Lady Michelle Obama, with whom the congresswoman has clashed in the past. Bachmann's claim that she had an impeccable factual record in debates seems especially impressive, considering that the GOP managed to schedule 13 events between the beginning of the contest and Bachmann's exit from the race in early January 2012. Perhaps it's not surprising then that there is a long list of statements Bachmann made during debates showing she actually got a number of things "wrong." Most memorably, during a debate in September of 2011, Bachmann attempted to deny charges that she'd called the HPV vaccine hazardous. Earlier that month, however, she'd stood up on a different debate stage and called it a "potentially dangerous drug." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/michele-bachmann-debates_n_2765925.html?ref=topbar#slide=1131110 I hope she doesn't go away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 The voters get what they deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 “You have to be a virtual Wikipedia,” she said, completely oblivious to the fact that anyone can change Wikipedia to say anything they want. “You can be asked anything. You could be asked, 'who’s your favorite contemporary singer?', and of course i would say '14'”, and expect someone to go change it before someone points out that '14' was the answer to the previous question, "what is '12+2', which I answered 'Lava cake'. And by God if I'm elected, the kids in this country will learn to count to lava cake so we can once again compete with all those little chinks and dotheads and their sciencey wiencey hoo-ha." ~Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 can this thread be merged with the "naked people run amok" thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 Michele Bachmann Tries To Run Away From CNN's Dana BashMichele Bachmann tested CNN correspondent Dana Bash's speed on Tuesday when she tried to duck questions about some false claims she made during her recent speech to the CPAC conference. "She literally raced away from our Dana Bash," Anderson Cooper told viewers on his show. Bachmann made comments about the supposedly lavish lifestyle Obama leads inside the White House during her speech at CPAC, slamming the professional dog walker and multiple chefs she said were being paid with taxpayer money. "The claims of $1.4 billion in White House perks and excess, they fail on the facts in simple fairness," Cooper said: "Congresswoman Bachmann apparently got her information from a 131-page self-published book by a long-time Republican lobbyist. The book provides no specific sourcing for the claims it makes. No sourcing. According to the 'Washington Post,' which dug into this the only scholarly work on the subject was published in 2010 by the left leaning Brookings Institution. It found the Bush White House in 2008 cost about $1.6 billion to run. Nearly $1.1 billion of which went to the Secret Service and the White House chopper fleet, not perks. If Congresswoman Bachmann is right and that's a big if, the current occupants are actually $200 million cheaper." CNN sent Bash after Bachmann. Video with the link. I think if they weren't in heels, it would have been a full blown sprint going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Among politicos, facts and truth are far more endangered species than the Western Lowland Gorilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I think my wish is coming true of her not going away Buford, your link is not working. I want to see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexey Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 After watching some of her CPAC speech I kind of feel bad for Michelle. Like all people she just wants to be happy, and she knows that being happy is not going to happen for her. Somebody needs to give her a big hug, love her, and tell her that she does not need to be angry. It's ok Michelle. Everything will be just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 I think my wish is coming true of her not going away Buford, your link is not working. I want to see this. Try it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It's a very common myth in the far-right that the Obamas (and Michelle Obama in particular) live extremely high on the hog, take massive vacations, and are generally "lording it over" us peons from the White Hut. She was just telling the crowd what they want to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 @ that video. I love how she dodges the question about the dog walkers and goes straight into Benghazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It's a very common myth in the far-right that the Obamas (and Michelle Obama in particular) live extremely high on the hog, take massive vacations, and are generally "lording it over" us peons from the White Hut. She was just telling the crowd what they want to hear. Yeah, a republican friend of mine sent me one of the common chain mails about White House staff raises so I looked into it and reported back to him that in reality total WH salaries dropped, both on average and in total. :-) http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/whraises.asp ---------- Post added March-20th-2013 at 06:05 PM ---------- @ that video. I love how she dodges the question about the dog walkers and goes straight into Benghazi. "Obama didn't care about the people who died". From one lie to the next. The woman is a walking, talking pile of ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 From one lie to the next. The woman is a walking, talking pile of ****. She's just trying to represent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiLfan Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 @ that video. I love how she dodges the question about the dog walkers and goes straight into Benghazi. "Obama didn't care about the people who died". From one lie to the next. The woman is a walking, talking pile of ****. She's just trying to represent. She probably needed to change her jackpot fishy poopie pants after that incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 She's just trying to represent. And succeeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCranon21 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Wow, she's been giving us more material these past couple of days. We love you Dr. Bachmann Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said on the House floor Thursday that Obamacare would kill women, children and senior citizens — “literally.”“That’s why we’re here: Because we’re saying let’s repeal this failure before it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens,” Bachmann said. “Let’s not do that. Let’s love people. Let’s care about people. Let’s repeal it now while we can.” The outspoken tea party congresswoman who ran for president in 2012 is no stranger to hyperbole, of course, and her claims at last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference earned her a pair of Four Pinocchio verdicts from Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/21/bachmann-obamacare-literally-kills-people/?hpid=z3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Once again, it would not be wise to post what I'm thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Once again, it would not be wise to post what I'm thinking. I promise not to ban you if you promise not to ban yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Video with the link. I think if they weren't in heels, it would have been a full blown sprint going on. Indeed, Buford! :ols: And while such monetary abuse is going on, she failed to acknowledge the fact that she sought the same office at one time. Are we to believe she would've denied herself the "perks" that come with such a lofty position? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I promise not to ban you if you promise not to ban yourself. I actually have banned myself more than once. That's not counting those absences from posting that fall under the self-care banner. :pfft: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Excuses Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 It's a very common myth in the far-right that the Obamas (and Michelle Obama in particular) live extremely high on the hog, take massive vacations, and are generally "lording it over" us peons from the White Hut. She was just telling the crowd what they want to hear. Yet the ones who actually DO engage in those acts are the personal heroes of the right. Ironic to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Once again, it would not be wise to post what I'm thinking. She is either one of the dumbest people on the planet or her willful ignorance makes her one of the most evil. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 She is either one of the dumbest people on the planet or her willful ignorance makes her one of the most evil. :doh: scratch that anecdote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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