Bachmann: Wackiness will out itself in time
Michele Bachmann, in a dead heat with Mitt Romney in Iowa in the latest Des Moines Register poll, got some more good news from Gallup today.
Under the headline “Bachmann in Strong Position as She Enters 2012 Race,” Gallup reports that the Minnesota congresswoman “enters the race with 69% name recognition among Republicans and ties for the highest Positive Intensity Score of any GOP candidate Gallup tracks.”
(Gallup defines “positive intensity” as the percentage of those who strongly favor the candidate minus the percentage that strongly opposes him or her.)
Note that Newt Gingrich, one of the best known of the GOP candidates, has a positive intensity rating of 2 among his fellow Republicans. And Tim Pawlenty is turning out to be the kind of man who can’t excite anyone but his dog back home, if he has one. With a PIR of 8, he trails even Rick Santorum. (In GOP presidential politics, Santorum serves as the equivalent of baseball’s Mario Mendoza.)
Pawlenty is counting on performing well in Iowa, but after weeks of working the state, he’s still at just 6 percent in the Register poll. It ain’t happening for TPaw.
According to a Register analysis of its poll:
Bachmann, 55, rates the strongest with very conservative caucusgoers, along with those who are well-educated and ages 45 to 64.
More respondents pick her as their second choice, 18 percent, than name Romney, 10 percent.
“Michele Bachmann has always looked like a fit for Iowa on paper, and the debate likely helped solidify her standing,” pollster J. Ann Selzer said. “This poll confirms she has potential to do very well here.”
Me, I’m not buying it. I’ll admit to being surprised by the degree of discipline that Bachmann has demonstrated to date, but it won’t last. In the harsh glare of the national spotlight, wackiness will out itself in time.
As Ron Carey, a former chief of staff for Bachmann and now a Pawlenty backer, writes in the Register:
“The Bachmann campaign and congressional offices I inherited were wildly out of control. Stacks upon stacks of unopened contributions filled the campaign office while thousands of communications from citizens waited for an answer. If she is unable, or unwilling, to handle the basic duties of a campaign or congressional office, how could she possibly manage the magnitude of the presidency?”
For the time being, people are enamored of Bachmann because she is saying things they like to hear (the same trend drove the early support for Herman Cain.) But like Cain, she is not someone to be taken seriously as a potential occupant of the White House.
– Jay Bookman
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Thulsa Doom
June 28th, 2011
10:30 pm
So one of the delusional ones thinks Obama can actually win. No president has ever been re-elected since the 1930s with an unemployment rate higher than 7.2%. It currently stands at 9.1% and in order to get it down to 7.2% the economy would have to add 350,000 jobs a month between now and next Novemember. Keep in mind that this is an economy that added just 54,000 jobs last month including nearly half that amount by McDonalds. Maybe we should call Obama the big mac president.
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
10:31 pm
That Monica Kauffman, now thats a news professional.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"......
June 28th, 2011
10:32 pm
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
10:28 pm
WSBTV? You mean the evening news? BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! All you’ll hear there is apartment fires, potholes, and the weather.
Ed Long
June 28th, 2011
10:32 pm
Obama visted 57 states !
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"......
June 28th, 2011
10:34 pm
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
10:31 pm
What color is Monica’s hair today?
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
10:34 pm
Tulsa, Big Mac Obama…LOL I think thats got legs.
Thulsa Doom
June 28th, 2011
10:34 pm
Leg Lamp,
I think Finn is one of those zombies that if Obama declared that the sun revolved around the earth that Finn would hail it as the truth for no other reason than Obama said so. That’s the type of mentality you’re dealing with when you talk about folks like him and getalife. They’re basically just nonthinking zombies or libsheeple that drink the koolaid of their god who is but a mere man.
Thulsa Doom
June 28th, 2011
10:38 pm
mr. Charlie,
God knows that if W was president and we had only 54,000 hired and half of them were by one company McDonalds then we all know that the national news media would dub him the McDonalds president or the mcW.
Thulsa Doom
June 28th, 2011
10:39 pm
Ed long,
Don’t forget that he spells Lybia in his presidential tweets.
the Truth
June 28th, 2011
10:47 pm
Dusty
June 28th, 2011
10:15 pm
“Tillman was NOT besmirched by anyone. The fact that he decided to fight for his country makes him a hero.”
No,No,No, if you would watch something other than Fox News, you would find that he actually wrote his mother a letter explaining that both WARS were fake and oil driven..the US GOVT found out about it and killed him..just the WHITE man being himself!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"......
June 28th, 2011
10:49 pm
the Truth
June 28th, 2011
10:47 pm
I guess the rest of us should get our news from Olberman like you, right?
DwayneL
June 28th, 2011
10:50 pm
I love watching you people squirm at the thought of a strong woman leading polls to be republican nominee. Considering the absolute failure of your man in the White House any new face will be most welcome.
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
10:51 pm
Yes Dwaynel, liberals just have a problem with woman in power.
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
10:52 pm
Leg, LOL
Bachmann/Tea Party Initiative
June 28th, 2011
10:59 pm
This is right out of the Tea Party playbook…
http://www.theonion.com/articles/georgia-school-board-bans-theory-of-math,2998/
the Truth
June 28th, 2011
11:00 pm
@DwayneL
other than Obama being black, what has he did that is so wrong?..
independent thinker
June 28th, 2011
11:02 pm
Anyone who says they married her husband based on visions from God is a religious psycho The only vision this religious zealot had before marriage is getting that $250,000 farm subsidy her husband gets for that family farm he inherited. Does anyone really believe she has 24 kids at home??
So tell me what has she truly accomplished in the House of Representatives?Did she ever pass the Bar and become an attorney? Where ? What state?
Dave R.
June 28th, 2011
11:10 pm
“Does anyone really believe she has 24 kids at home??”
I believe she has five of her own, and fostered 24 over the years – not necessarily at the same time.
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
Hey libs;
read this Gallup Poll
Obozo’s job approval rate as of TODAY!
Approve : 44%
Disapprove : 48%
Remember the Bitch Patrol on “The View” crowing about 53% after our hero took out Osama?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/124922/Presidential-Approval-Center.aspx
Fred
June 28th, 2011
11:14 pm
Thulsa Doom
June 28th, 2011
10:38 pm
God knows that if W was president and we had only 54,000 hired and half of them were by one company McDonalds then we all know that the national news media would dub him the McDonalds president or the mcW.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I’m missing your point Thulsa. I mean you DO know that Fox news IS “national news media” don’t you? You think THEY would be saying that? The “main stream media” thing is old, tired and worn out. I would venture to guess that more “conservatives: get their marching orders from talk radio and Fox than “liberals” do from what the conservatives falsely call “the main stream media.”
Think about it and then spout that party line no more if you have a working brain cell in your body. I mean PLEASE. When you AREN’T talking republican bumper sticker/ talk radio garbage, you make many valid points. Please use YOUR brain, not the catch phrases make the “points’ for you. I like you better that way………
I know, you don’t care if I like you or not, but think of your self respect……..
Fred
June 28th, 2011
11:17 pm
the Truth
June 28th, 2011
10:47 pm
====================
Please tell me you were joking with that post. Or at least DRUNK. It pains me to think that anyone could be so stupid as to believe what you posted……..
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:17 pm
Hey independent,
Did Obozo ever have a job??
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:17 pm
Enter your comments here
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
11:20 pm
I would venture to guess that more “conservatives: get their marching orders from talk radio and Fox than “liberals” do from what the conservatives falsely call “the main stream media.”
I guess if you guessed it, it is now a fact. Way to bring the heat.
Fred
June 28th, 2011
11:20 pm
Hey oldguy? Who is Obozo?
Fred
June 28th, 2011
11:21 pm
Nice try Mr. Charlie. Well really, it’s not. But it’s what you mindless fanatics, left AND right post when there is something not covered in your handbook. We independents KNOW the difference. We also decide the elections…….
Get an argument
June 28th, 2011
11:22 pm
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:17 pm
Hey independent,
Did Obozo ever have a job??
Probably not. I mean would someone with a degree from Columbia and Harvard Law School get a degree? You would be lucky to have just half his smarts.
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:22 pm
The clown-in-chief of course
Get an argument
June 28th, 2011
11:23 pm
***…get a job (that is…)
Thulsa Doom
June 28th, 2011
11:25 pm
Fred,
What talking points are you talking about? The observation that the national media would be calling W the big mac president if his economy only produced 50k jobs and half of them mcdonald’s jobs is my own original thought. I don’t know where or why you come up with all this nonsense about marching orders and whatnot. I watch Fox for a conservative perspective, CNN, and usually ABC. That’s 2 liberal networks and 1 conservative that I alternate between. I suspect many people both libs and cons do the same.
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:26 pm
hey Get,
show me his transcript and QPA
can you say “affirmative action”?
I didn’t realize you were suposed to retire after graduating!
God, I worked for 47 years for nothing!!!!
Kamchak
June 28th, 2011
11:26 pm
Enter your comments anywhere else but here
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
11:27 pm
Kammy you love it when I enter there.
Dave R.
June 28th, 2011
11:28 pm
Now, Thulsa, Fred has his preconceived notions about virtually everybody on this blog, and he’s not going to be dissuaded from those notions, no matter how wrong he is.
Get an argument
June 28th, 2011
11:29 pm
Let’s see your transcripts. No college in this country would release anyone’s transcripts. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School.
Perhaps if you attended college, and got a decent degree, you wouldn’t have had to work for 47 years.
Thulsa Doom
June 28th, 2011
11:34 pm
Dave R.
I was about to say. Mighty arrogant of one to think he is the sole arbiter of reason and rationale and that everyone else on here on the left or the right takes their “marching orders” from what ever left or right wing news outlet they watch. Hell I thought I had some gall but I aint got nothin on Fred.
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
11:34 pm
Well, I don’t care where he went to college, or his grades were. He did appear to throw $800,000,000,000 down a rat hole, so I would have to say economics was not his strong point.
yuzeyurbrane
June 28th, 2011
11:35 pm
Bachman could be to Romney what Palin was to McCain. So don’t count on Romney to trash her unless she becomes a serious threat. Don’t look for quick implosion because, unlike Palin, she has hired Ed Rollins to keep her foot out of her mouth and so far appears far more malleable than Palin. But it will be a tough job even for a pro like Rollins once the national media glare becomes more intense.
Mr Charlie
June 28th, 2011
11:36 pm
Somebody, Obama spend 800 BILLION dollar on apparently nothing. Has that sunk in yet?
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:38 pm
NCSU – BS – Chemical Engineering – 1964 2.63 QPA
NCSU – MS – Computer Science – 1981 3.62 QPA
Air Force Institute of Technology – Certification in Software Engineering – 1988 3.79 QPA
BTW:
Pres Bush’s University records are a matter of record. Why not Obozos? something to hide?
Nite Nite
June 28th, 2011
11:40 pm
The level of stupidity here never ceases to amaze me. Perhaps it is because it’s late and people are tired, but I fear it is not.
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:41 pm
5 -2 South Carolina over Florida GO GAMECOCKS
Thulsa Doom
June 28th, 2011
11:41 pm
oldguy,
Chemical engineering? You’ll get no argument from me on smarts. Nor on software engineering. BTW I believe Obama’s undergrad degree was in political science. Not exactly a tough degree at any college- even a Harvard.
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:46 pm
He’s not dumb, for sure, so we have to assume that he is doing what he planned;
i.e. run the economy and the country into the ground!!
Get an Argument
June 28th, 2011
11:47 pm
Wow oldguy… good thing you had those electives to help pad that awesome GPA of 2.63 at college not exactly known for their ChemE program….. Simply means you had less than a 2.0 in your (only tough) chemistry and engineering courses.
I am real impressed. You have more than proved my point.
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:49 pm
BTW Thulsa;
I partied a bit too much as an undergraduate!!
Also I dated and married (and divorsed) a Duke girl during this time!!
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:50 pm
Chem E at NC State is a good cut above GT.
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:52 pm
Hey Get,
Where did you work?
I retired as a Crew Commander for HQ USAF Reserve Command Robins AFB.
oldguy
June 28th, 2011
11:56 pm
Have to call my daughter in Canada, its her birthday.
Later
Get an Argument
June 28th, 2011
11:56 pm
Great use of that 2.63 ChemE degree. (I actually got an ME degree from GT with a 3.39 gpa.)
Just wait...
June 29th, 2011
12:02 am
Ha! oldguy on here complaining about government spending, all the while living off the govt teat with his Air Force pension. Priceless.
Thulsa Doom
June 29th, 2011
12:03 am
I’m out. Ya’ll have a good night.
getajob
June 29th, 2011
12:06 am
getanargument,
Oldguy earned his retirement- he didn’t sit on his ass. Judging from your great academic performance you must be sitting on your ass and unemployed. Just another youngster who can’t get a job in the Obama economy but loves to harass older men who’ve lived full lives. You’ll be harping on your gpa for years before you can get a job. Loser.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award"......
June 29th, 2011
12:17 am
Get an Argument
June 28th, 2011
11:56 pm
“I actually got an ME degree from GT with a 3.39 gpa.”
Riiight. Why not tell us about your 450 lb bench press and 9 inch crank while you’re at it.
ken
June 29th, 2011
12:27 am
From theman that bought into all of Obama’s lies !!!!!!!!!
oldguy
June 29th, 2011
12:28 am
One point;
Neither you nor I are running the country or running for public office!
Obama is both!!
p.s. he has yet to show me his “superior intellect” I keep hearing about it from the likes of “Tingle up the leg” Matthews (was he sitting next to Barney Frank when he felt the tingle??).
Dave R.
June 29th, 2011
12:37 am
As with everything in life, it’s not what you’ve got, but how you use it.
Which is why Hope & Follow ™ is a complete failure as a President.
jewcowboy
June 29th, 2011
12:48 am
Sheesh…you people can talk a long time about nothing…….
jewcowboy
June 29th, 2011
12:56 am
And didn’t Dave R. end this topic at 3.29 when he wrote, “It’s just that Bachmann is bat-sh*t crazy”?
Discussion over…Good morning.
Gandalf the Wise
June 29th, 2011
1:21 am
Adams comment that Nancy P isn’t crazy is the funniest thing I have ever read here!
That’s just silly!
Gandalf the Wise
June 29th, 2011
1:23 am
Why do you think Barry flew to Iowa? He’s is scared to death of Michelle! He’s such a flake any one should scare him. What’s funny is people still support him after he has screwed us so badly! You Obama supports need to wake up and see what he’s done to you!
Gandalf the Wise
June 29th, 2011
1:25 am
Get an Arguement:
have you ever heard of affirmative action? That’s how someone like Obama get’s a Harvard Law degree!
Gandalf the Wise
June 29th, 2011
1:27 am
Nite Nite:
the level of stupidity rises when you post late at night, I agree!
theyeshaveit
June 29th, 2011
1:33 am
When we are discussing entitlements, just remember, the Bachmann family business was not bashful about collecting Medicare monies. Late Night Headline: Bachmann’s husband got $137,000 in Medicaid funds
guy
June 29th, 2011
3:12 am
All I can say is Pelosi supporters are very simple minded to be impressed with her.What a shame and disgrace!
joe suggs
June 29th, 2011
6:12 am
Adam , so you agree with destroying our Health Care System and giving tens of millions of illegals amnesty and thus putting them on welfare rolls !
marykinsey
June 29th, 2011
6:30 am
Michele Bachmann says some strange and inaccurate stuff (like, how our founders worked from day one to abolish slavery). However, the soundbite of the moment is purely over-reaching. I doubt that anyone but those desperate to make her look (even more) foolish would have given a moment’s thought to Gacy. http://bit.ly/lb4trf
Normal
June 29th, 2011
6:49 am
Good Wednesday morning tp all y’all…
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/06/28/funny-pictures-around-the-interwebs-43/
and…
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2011/06/28/funny-pictures-mouse-makes-deal-with-cats/
Joel Edge
June 29th, 2011
6:52 am
“In the harsh glare of the national spotlight, wackiness will out itself in time.”
Agreed, Jay. Look what’s it’s done to Obama and Biden. And Pelosi. And Reid. And Edwards
You get the idea.
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:08 am
mornin’.
Seriously, don’t overthink it.
Granny Godzilla
June 29th, 2011
7:18 am
What a wonderful morning! I slept better than I have in months.
The very idea of Michelle Bachmann on the GOP ticket – either spot -
gave me that warm fuzzy feeling of safety that another term for President Obama would be assured.
Bachmann/Whoever 2012
Whoever/Bachmann 2012
Oh yes please!
Larry
June 29th, 2011
7:20 am
But like Cain, she is not someone to be taken seriously as a potential occupant of the White House.
Obama is??????????????????????????????????????????????
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:32 am
but GG–with visionary ideas like campaigning to abolish the minimum wage, how can Michelle Bachmann lose?
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:33 am
Larry, Joel, a tip.
Merely mentioning people you don’t like is not a counter-argument.
Larry
June 29th, 2011
7:35 am
stands for decibels
Wow, thanks!
the Truth
June 29th, 2011
7:37 am
I wonder how WHITE people have forgot about the 8 horrible years of G. Bush that put America in this mess?.I guess the sight of a BLACK man as president gave them amnesia!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 29th, 2011
7:40 am
Stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:32 am
Interesting link. I did see where it stated “The jury is still out among economists” about her thoughts on ending regulations, including minimum wage. This being the case, why the snide remark about her “visionary ideas”. After all, “merely mentioning” a political position “you don’t like is not a counter-argument”.
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:41 am
Democracy Now had a good segment on Bachmann yesterday, and I think they pegged her appeal rather nicely. From their rush transcript:
She often talks about, in her speeches, what she calls a “Christian worldview,” which is a really important concept, I think, for people to understand, not just Michele Bachmann, but much of the modern right. It essentially holds that Christianity, or at least their version of Christianity, is a total ideology. It has all the answers, not just to theological questions, but to historical questions, scientific questions, economic questions. And so, you know, what I’ve tried to get across in writing and speaking about Michelle Bachmann is that she’s not stupid, you know? And she’s not Sarah Palin, in that she doesn’t—she’s articulate. She’s, I think, a little bit faster on her feet. She’s just incredibly steeped in a body of knowledge, that is not—she’s incredibly steeped in a corpus of facts that aren’t true facts. She’s incredibly steeped in the alternate reality of the movement that I called “Christian nationalism” in my first book.
And so, a lot of things that she says—you know, when she—for example, one of her most celebrated gaffes was when she talked about the founders of this country working tirelessly against slavery and how, you know, at the dawn of America, it didn’t matter what color you were, it didn’t matter your economic status. Of course, now, this is absurd, and everybody laughed at it, but if you look at some of, say, the books that she worked on when she was a student at Oral Roberts University, or you look at the whole kind of canon of Christian nationalist revisionist history, this stuff is all a truism. And so, to a lot of her base, this isn’t going to sound like gaffes. This is their reality.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 29th, 2011
7:41 am
the Truth
June 29th, 2011
7:37 am
Wow, just wow. The race card got played at 7:37 AM. That’s “AM” for crying out loud. Aaaaaand we’re moving right along…..
Granny Godzilla
June 29th, 2011
7:42 am
With all the $$$ she and her husband have recieved from the government -
why would Rep. Bachmann ever have to worry about the minimum wage?
Hell, why should Eric Cantor worry about the debt ceiling fight?
He’s invested in a financial instrument that will make money if we default.
Jon Kyl defends tax subsidies for oil companies because they shower him with money.
Just sayin’
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:43 am
This being the case, why the snide remark about her “visionary ideas”. After all, “merely mentioning” a political position “you don’t like is not a counter-argument”.
Leg, sorry. I’ll be more explicit. Anyone stupid enough to campaign on ending the minimum wage will lose a general election. That person will lose it very very very badly.
Gale
June 29th, 2011
7:45 am
the Truth: The race card, so early this morning? After all this time, do people really believe those who disagree with Obama’s plans are racist? Wake up.
seabeau
June 29th, 2011
7:45 am
Adam!! Pelosi and her cronies recently released a paper bemoaning all the American weapons in Mexico!! Little did she realize that the Mexicans were supplied by The US Justice Dept. and the ATL. Google ATL’s The Fast and the Furious, for a look at this administrations total lack of morality,the Audacity of DOPES !! Obama,Holder and Tarver,what a team!!
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 29th, 2011
7:48 am
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:41 am
Ah, yes, Democracy Now. It’s part of the Pacifica Radio chain that is “known for its progressive/liberal political orientation”. Nice how liberals have tried to indoctrinate the American public by rebranding themselves as “progressives”.
the Truth
June 29th, 2011
7:50 am
Gale
June 29th, 2011
7:45 am
the Truth: “The race card, so early this morning? After all this time, do people really believe those who disagree with Obama’s plans are racist? Wake up.”
Yes, I do!..How could people bash Obama but not say anything bad about Bush, who really should have been arrested for some of his decision making, and is responsible for America being in debt, the economy, and thousands of innocent people who have died in 2 senseless trillion dollar wars?..You guys do remember Bush right?
Jefferson
June 29th, 2011
7:51 am
“She wasn’t fat when I married Her”, told a thousand times at class reunions…The GOP will paint a turd again. HA,
Thomas
June 29th, 2011
7:52 am
Did anyone catch that movie this morning on the news? It looked a lot like Europeans protesting something and the gov’t tear gassing in response. I don’t remember seeing the trailer. Anyway, I hope we have a President that steers us to more of a European model- it seems to kind of cool.
I am with the libs- Bachmann is really stupid- I had to think long and hard on that one.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 29th, 2011
7:52 am
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:43 am
I’m not doubting what you say as I have no proof otherwise. However, the link you provided said economists were divided as to whether or not it was a good idea. I WANT people telling me their true positions on issues so I can make an educated decision. What I don’t like is a politician hiding their core beliefs and saying stupid things like “my position is evolving”.
Am I a Bachmann fan? No. Do I agree with all of her political positions? No. Is she equally qualified, in 2012, to be POTUS as Obama was in 2008? Overwhelmingly yes.
Gale
June 29th, 2011
7:54 am
Truth, you have not been paying attention. Bush gets plenty of blame for the state of affairs, as do several earlier presidents and high officials. Opposition to Obama has very little to do with his color.
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:55 am
Leg, I guess there’s a point you’re trying to make, somewhere, @ 7.48 but I’ll be damned if I can figure out what it might be.
Are you upset that progressives like me tend to prefer the term “progressive” for self-identification, or that Pacifica Radio has been around for most of our lives?
If you’re unaware of the lack of love some left wingers have had for the term “liberal,” and for how long that goes back, might I suggest listening to this 40-year-old ditty?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u52Oz-54VYw
(What any of this has to do with the point DN made about the alternative Christian-right reality, I’ve no idea.)
MHS
June 29th, 2011
7:56 am
You should concentrate on who has the job and quit worrying about who might get the job. The country can’t afford the 18 months this nut has left and you want to possibly give him four more years. You guys/gals are definitely as nutty as Pelosi and Reid and no one gets any nuttier than those two old peanuts.
Gale
June 29th, 2011
7:57 am
I hate to say it, but apparently Bachmann is in her third term. I guess that does make her at least as qualified as Obama. That said, I did not think Obama was ready to be president either.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 29th, 2011
7:58 am
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:55 am
Let me slow down and clear it up for you. Try to follow keep up.
You posted an article from Democracy Now that torches Bachmann. Wow. A liberal rag posts an article that crucifies a conservative. How novel. I suppose you would totally agree with me about a particular issue if I quoted the National Review or Rush Limbaugh, right?
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
7:58 am
The link you provided said economists were divided as to whether or not it was a good idea.
(shrug.) The link I provided was mainly to give a cite for Bachmann’s comments. The stuff you’re talking about is ABC news’ spin on just how nutty her idea about eliminating the minimum wage to increase employment really is.
Obviously you can always find some AEI/Chamber of Commerce-type econ guys to say that workers really need to be screwed a little worse than they are now. It’s what they’re paid to do.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 29th, 2011
8:00 am
Gale
June 29th, 2011
7:57 am
Agreed. They both “technically” qualify (citizen of the USA, 35 years or older, etc) but neither were the best choices for their respective parties based on their abilities.
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
8:01 am
You posted an article from Democracy Now that torches Bachmann. Wow. A liberal rag posts an article that crucifies a conservative.
Yes, and? I said I thought they had her appeal pegged pretty well. I wouldn’t expect conservatives to agree.
(and for the record, it’s not a “rag,” in that DN is not now nor has it ever been a printed publication, but rather a radio/tv show.)
Gale
June 29th, 2011
8:02 am
I have noticed that the incumbent is often reelected regardless of how bad many people claim his/her record is, largely because the opposition party presents an equally bad or unknown candidate. Just take a look at the GOP hopefuls. The Dems are confident enough that no candidate has publicly suggested a run.
The Leg Lamp is a "major award".....
June 29th, 2011
8:03 am
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
8:01 am
Um….pardon me on the technicality. Would you prefer “liberal broadcast”?
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2011
8:04 am
tax sheets, bitches.
Gale
June 29th, 2011
8:04 am
going upstairs.