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Political Animal —
... N.C., on "these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation." (So what does that say about the rest of the country?) That is what you hear in Nancy Pfotenauer's suggestion that there's a difference between Northern Virginia and "real Virginia." It is what you hear in Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann's crazypants rant about--well, I really don't know what. And it is what you hear in a robocall strategy that is as ridiculous as it is ...
The Flyover View, Get Real, America
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... But the biggest local kerfluffle over the GOP's lines highlighting America's differences is currently underway in MN's 6th Congressional District. Incumbent GOP Congresswoman/McCain surrogate Michelle Bachmann, also on MSNBC, was perhaps the most direct in suggesting on 10/17 that there was a "real" difference between McCain and Obama and, presumably, their supporters. Here's a transcript of the comments: ...
Bachmann Speaks
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... Here’s the entire transcript of the interview. Unless saying “Bill Ayers” forty five times in seven minutes somehow magically transforms his name into a substantive policy question, ohmygodyou’refuckingnuts. ...
Michelle Bachmann Does Not Need a Camera on Her to Sound Crazy
Swampland —
... to Washington.
(Come on, say it with me, CONGRESSMAN TINKLENBERG. TINKLENBERG. TINKLENBERGTINKLENBERGTINKLENBERGTINKLENBERG. Whee!)
Also? ...
Bachmann: It’s All Chris Matthews’ Fault! ‘He Laid A Trap, And I Walked Into It’
Think Progress —
... , apparently doesn’t understand that journalists on other networks sometimes ask critical questions. The issue isn’t Matthews’ questions; it’s Bachmann’s answers. Here’s key portions from the transcript : MATTHEWS: So you believe that Barack Obama may have anti- American views. REP. BACHMANN: Absolutely. I’m very concerned that he may have anti-American views. […] MATTHEWS: What parts of America would you say are anti-American? What parts of this country? REP. BACHMANN: Well, I would say that people who hold anti- American views. I don’t think it’s geography. I think it’s ...
Michele Bachmann and the Hardball “trap”
The Moderate Voice —
... supporters had chosen to simply refer to it as a “mistake” and leave it at that, I suppose I could live with it. It most certainly was a mistake, at least in the political sense of the word. But this continued insistence that the Congresswoman was somehow an unwitting pawn in Matthews’ evil machinations is well beyond the pale. Let’s rewind for a moment and take a look at this trap that Chris so cleverly laid. Here’s a few excerpts from the original transcript which you are free to read in full and judge for yourself. ...
More McCollum
Fraters Libertas —
... Palestinians? What ever it may be, it has now been exceeded, because only recent numbers have alarmed her. But before then, what, she was fine with it? Doesn't sound very peace-loving to me. Please note, all of these statements were from her own press releases. Comments subject to layers of staff editorial control and with the time necessary for calm reflection and syntactic precision. I can only imagine the things she might say while speaking extemporaneously, let alone while being hectored by a conniving, hyper partisan media personality during a live broadcast. BTW, the ...
