Bachmann: God demands attention to tea party message
Michele Bachmann, campaigning in Sarasota, Fla. over the weekend:
“I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’ Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we’ve got to rein in the spending.”
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Gordon
August 29th, 2011
8:56 am
“They want to make the country a theocracy.”
Total nonsense. And they don’t have the power to do that even if it were true.
Just Another Anonymous One
August 29th, 2011
8:57 am
Oh boy. Politico top headline “is Rick perry dumb?”
I have the same question about Obama.
Did you provide an answer though.
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
8:57 am
Granny Godzilla
August 29th, 2011
8:45 am
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I am going to have to call an “AmVet” on you. I was making a joke, sweetheart.
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
8:58 am
And of course only the right does this, a democrat wouldn’t be caught dead doing this.
You’re right, actually.
The last time I can recall anyone left-of-center invoking God’s wrath to denigrate his political opposition’s behavior was Hugo Chavez, at the UN.
http://articles.cnn.com/2006-09-21/politics/chavez.ny_1_hugo-chavez-foes-president-bush?_s=PM:POLITICS
And none other than these rock-ribbed conservativesgave him hell for it.
Two of President Bush’s staunchest domestic critics leapt to his defense Thursday, a day after one of his fiercest foreign foes called him “the devil” in a scorching speech before the United Nations.
“You don’t come into my country; you don’t come into my congressional district and you don’t condemn my president,” Rep. Charles Rangel, D-New York, scolded Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, was blunt in her criticism of the Venezuelan leader. “He is an everyday thug,” she said.
Joe the Plutocrat
August 29th, 2011
8:58 am
kayaker71, Bachman doesn’t believe in god; she believes in the tooth fairy. that is until her husband “cures” the tooth fairy; after which, he will be known as the tooth god.
Jm
August 29th, 2011
8:58 am
So what’s the cutoff here? Two thousand people?
Answer: in the age of democratized digital media- one
Roberto
August 29th, 2011
9:00 am
So Adam is playing Obama’s waterboy today.
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:00 am
Jm
August 29th, 2011
8:52 am
“And you pay attention to her, why?”
Um cause she’s running for POTUS
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Well who would have figured?
And I thought she was running for FWPOTUS.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:01 am
Oh boy. Politico top headline “is Rick perry dumb?”
I have the same question about Obama.
Did you provide an answer though.
I dunno. I think a good reporter should go ask him
getalife
August 29th, 2011
9:01 am
Did she hear voices again?
Granny Godzilla
August 29th, 2011
9:01 am
Uncle Jed,
I’m so sorry darling…..Is it ok to belatedly laugh now precious?
Thanks, honey.
kayaker 71
August 29th, 2011
9:02 am
Adam,
You can interpret polls anyway you want. But with numbers like these, there is definitely a lot of discontent which the liberals seem to be ignoring or making believe does not exist. The denial is amazing. BTW, I am sure that there are a lot more than 44% who will not vote for Bozo. Might not be a 49/1 like Reagan but definitely a new person in government housing in Nov 2012.
deegee
August 29th, 2011
9:02 am
Oh, good. Michelle Bachmann goes to Sarasota, FL and acts like hurricanes are something exceptional. What a nitwit.
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:03 am
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
8:42 am
The point I inadequately attempted to make was that she will not be around for long
Who’s to say she won’t be Mittens’ running mate?
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Are you serious?!? Neither Romney nor Perry will do the palin.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:04 am
Roberto: Lest you forget why Fox was created in the first place? A lone voice. One voice against how many?
Fox Apologist.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:05 am
kayaker: You can interpret polls anyway you want
Apparently!
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
9:06 am
Adam,
She is far more pro-business than Obama, and she and her husband have run a business.
I agree with her positions on Global Warming, the Wall Street bailout, Fannie and Freddie Mac (she advocates breaking them up), oil and gas exploration (she favors expanding), and other issues.
She is not my ideal candidate, and don’t think she will get the nomination, but I think she, Perry, or Romney will be better than Obama. I know you don’t agree and that is fine, but I would rather discuss these and other issues rather than cherry-picked comments from a stump speech to her base. Since there are virtually no successes that Jay can write about concerning Obama, this is all he is left with. I don’t envy his position.
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:06 am
STFD…what the heck was that bright flash???
Granny Godzilla
August 29th, 2011
9:01 am
Uncle Jed,
I’m so sorry darling…..Is it ok to belatedly laugh now precious?
Thanks, honey.
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Yep, but not while gumming your way through your cream of wheat
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:07 am
Gordon: She is far more pro-business than Obama, and she and her husband have run a business.
AHAHAHHAHAHAHHA!
Jeez, you clearly have no grasp on the realities of what her record actually is. Nor do you apparently have any concept of Obama’s business record. The “anti-business” crap is something you find in chain emails, not in reality.
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:07 am
Here, here!
Pet peeve, but seriously, why is it so hard for people to understand that it’s “HHear, hear?”
Why would someone shout “Here, here,” unless they were signalling for help?
kayaker 71
August 29th, 2011
9:08 am
Bachmann doesn’t have a chance in hell of winning the nomination and Bookman knows it. This is just another opportunity to cherry pick some comments at a political rally and have his liberal friends get a chance to vent. Rome is burning Bookman and even the natives are restless. Haven’t you noticed?
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
9:09 am
Adam,
Please enlighten me on Obama’s business experience.
Left wing management
August 29th, 2011
9:10 am
Not only to the psychotic fundamentalist pundits know THAT God is trying to “send us a message”, they know what the CONTENT of that message is, and that’s really what makes them psychotic in the strict sense.
By the way, I wonder what sins Texas and Oklahoma are being punished for through their devastating drought, or Alabama and Missouri with their tornadoes. We never seem to hear about those sins.
Paul
August 29th, 2011
9:10 am
“She is far more pro-business than Obama”
Yeah, she has Pres Obama beat hands-down on this one.
Poor Pres Obama, doesn’t own a business getting federal subsidies to make a profit……
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:10 am
Jed, what is your point of repeating these bloggers’ comments?
Do you not understand that by “anyone left-of-center” I meant actual prominent elected officials, not some anonymous blog commenters?
jeez, do try to keep up.
Brosephus
August 29th, 2011
9:11 am
False start on Uncle Jed @ 8:35.. 5 yard penalty… repeat the down!!
BTW-being Christian is not a requirement to be a Mason, the prerequisite to becoming a Shriner.
It’s not necessary to be Christian to be a Mason. However, being a Mason does require a man to believe in a monotheistic deity.
Paul
August 29th, 2011
9:11 am
“Poor Pres Obama, doesn’t own a business getting federal subsidies to make a profit……”
In that regard, she’s a lot like Gov Perry.
Is that a requirement to be a Republican presidential contender nowadays?
Jm
August 29th, 2011
9:12 am
Kayaker71 hard to know who has the best chance these days
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:12 am
Why would someone shout “Here, here,” unless they were signalling for help?
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One “l” is plenty. (you signaled you were into correctness)
Many a bridesmaid has shouted to the bouquetflinger, “Here, here”.
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:12 am
I mean, it was in reply to this WATB’s pathetic bit of sarcasm when he claimed “of course no Democrats do this.”
meaning, to anyone who can follow the conversation, that by “democrats” he meant people of Bachmann’s stature.
Or, Jed, does it just bother you to know that when a guy like Chavez came to NYC and said nasty things about Bush, left-wing Democrats rushed to defend Bush, and you know damn well that the reverse would never happen for Obama?
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:12 am
Gordon: As for the issues you mentioned, Climate Change is real, and not going away just because of someone’s belief. It will only go away if we do something about it, which is what you guys are REALLY against when it comes down to it. Denial of Climate Change is something you think you HAVE to do in order to avoid doing anything to change it.
As for exploration of oil and gas, I do NOT support hyper-expansion. I support removing oil and gas subsidies (something that reduces the deficit). I support infrastructure efforts, and a payroll tax cut. Go back in time a few years, and I’d be a moderate. back in time even more than a decade and I’d be a Republican! But in today’s world I’m a pinkie commie leftist marxist socialist compromise evil… etc etc.
CONservative Johnson
August 29th, 2011
9:13 am
LOL
Brosephus
August 29th, 2011
9:13 am
Why would someone shout “Here, here,” unless they were signalling for help?
Signs of an attention whore, maybe??
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:14 am
Gordon: Please enlighten me on Obama’s business experience.
So wait, you argument is that you have to have business experience to be pro-business? That anyone who doesn’t is anti-business?
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:14 am
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:10 am
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I intended not. It was some sort of error. Lighten up, dude.
Barbara in the Woods
August 29th, 2011
9:14 am
Well, I am convinced, absolutely certain, that God is telling America to wake up and realize what a DISASTER the Tea Party, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and the rest of that sorry lot is for the USA.
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
9:15 am
Paul,
“Pro-business” can mean more than owning a business. It also means taking positions that are more favorable to businesses. That might not be a bad thing given our current unemployment situation.
I’m looking forward to hearing the President’s ideas on creating jobs.
RB from Gwinnett
August 29th, 2011
9:15 am
“So when one of the top contenders for the GOP presidential nomination says something about national politics to fewer than 1,000 people, it isn’t supposed to count somehow?”
It matters as much as the Vice President calling half the country “terrorists”, Jay. And the President calling them the “enemy”.
Until people like you are willing to hold ALL OF THEM accountable, YOU are the problem!
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:16 am
Many a bridesmaid has shouted to the bouquetflinger, “Here, here”.
talk about a cry for help…
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:17 am
Gordon: It also means taking positions that are more favorable to businesses
So what bills or laws have been passed or supported by Obama that are anti-business? Please cite.
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:17 am
Brosephus
August 29th, 2011
9:11 am
False start on Uncle Jed @ 8:35.. 5 yard penalty… repeat the down!!
BTW-being Christian is not a requirement to be a Mason, the prerequisite to becoming a Shriner.
It’s not necessary to be Christian to be a Mason. However, being a Mason does require a man to believe in a monotheistic deity.
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Do you know the difference in believing in God and being a Christian?
Joe Mama
August 29th, 2011
9:17 am
Adam — “Which of course means that 44% will not vote for Obama, 63% of Democrats will vote for the Republican candidate, and the Presidential election will be an overall landslide of 79% vote for the Republican candidate….. right?”
That’s their unspoken hope. Ask them, point-blank, if they think that a discontented Democrat who is unhappy with Obama is going to vote Republican next time. You’ll see lots of hemming and hawing, but it’s pretty clearly what they hope for.
Back on topic, though — I think everyone’s missing something. IMO, Bachmann said this (and the other crazy stuff she said last week) in order to get the spotlight OFF Perry and ONTO herself. She’s trying to get the spotlight back again. And that’s about it.
Roberto
August 29th, 2011
9:17 am
Quote:
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:04 am
Roberto: Lest you forget why Fox was created in the first place? A lone voice. One voice against how many?
Fox Apologist.
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Bingo! The lib is cornered.
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:18 am
It matters as much as the Vice President calling half the country “terrorists”
well, if Biden had actually done such a thing I guess it would matter.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:19 am
Joe Mama: That’s their unspoken hope.
About as unspoken as calling Social Security unconstitutional. He didn’t say that, he just said there was a question as to its constitutionality.
I’m not buying crap like that any more.
kayaker 71
August 29th, 2011
9:19 am
Barbara in the Woods,
Someone better tell America to wake up. DISASTER is not a bad word for this last two and a half years. The message of the Tea Party and most Republican candidates is spot on. You and most other liberals just don’t have the sense to realize it.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:19 am
Roberto: Bingo! The lib is cornered.
Wishful thinking. And incorrect on the label.
Roberto
August 29th, 2011
9:19 am
Adam @ 9:17.
Why don’t you cite some Pro-Business legislation Obama has passed recently. You answer questions with questions.
Roberto
August 29th, 2011
9:21 am
Incorrect on the label? Your “Fox apologist” zing pegged you.
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
9:21 am
Adam,
No (see my 9:15). But being involved in running a business certainly doesn’t hurt. I believe Obama has had a rather sheltered experience when it comes to the world of business. He seems to be an observer and pontificator, but doesn’t actually lead on anything. He even turned the details of his prized health-care bill over to the Congress to work out the details. He hasn’t supplied any real details on how he would get spending under control. Someone with executive experience knows that must be done.
I don’t expect you Democrats to vote for any of the Republican candidates, but why don’t you admit we made a mistake in 2008 and get Hillary or someone else to run? We need leadership and aren’t getting it.
kayaker 71
August 29th, 2011
9:22 am
Roberto,
Bozo…… pro business legislation…..HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Paul
August 29th, 2011
9:23 am
Gordon
I am, too. Also looking forward to hearing Huntsman’s and Romney’s.
That earlier post was just a jab at the two pro- business, anti-federal candidates who’s businesses have profited from taxpayer subsidies.
Like Perry’s anti-stimulus, anti-federal spending stance.
Until it comes to $17 billion federal dollars that allowed him to balance two budgets. And caused a deficit of tens of billions when the federal funds dried up.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:23 am
Roberto: Do 17 tax cuts for small businesses count?
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:24 am
Or, Jed, does it just bother you to know that when a guy like Chavez came to NYC and said nasty things about Bush, left-wing Democrats rushed to defend Bush,…
Nope. The rest of your sentence was absurd and unworthy of attention.
Hey, by the way, earlier I think you mistook my use of “STFD” as calling you out or addressing a comment to you, which was not the case. I use that to say “shut the front door”, which is my alternate to the less genteel STFU.
1811/0311
August 29th, 2011
9:24 am
BACHMANN:
“I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’ Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we’ve got to rein in the spending.”
ROOSEVELT (Prayed in Person on the Radio):
“Almighty God: our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.
Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.
They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.
They will be sore tried, by night and by day without rest – until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men’s souls will be shaken with the violences of war.
For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.
Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.
And for us at home — fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters and brothers of brave men overseas — whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them — help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.
Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a countenance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.
Give us strength, too — strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.
And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.
And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment — let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.
With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace — a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil. Thy will be done, Almighty God. Amen.
June 6, 1944
WASHINGTON (Prayed in Person at His Inauguration):
“Almighty God; We make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; and entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow citizens of the United States at large.
And finally that Thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without a humble imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to be a happy nation. Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”
GOD (Given to Us in His Word):
2 Chronicles 7:14
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:24 am
Roberto: One doesn’t have to be a liberal to recognize that Fox is not a reputable source. But one DOES have to be a Fox Apologist to claim that it is one lone voice in the sea of liberal cesspool, or whatever nonsense metaphor you like to use.
NIght Train
August 29th, 2011
9:25 am
Jay stated “The only way people learn how wacky candidates such as Bachmann are is by telling the American people what they say. You seem to prefer that we keep their wacky statements quiet, so nobody notices.”
Just like you and the media did when Obama was running for POTUS?
Bosch
August 29th, 2011
9:25 am
” And they don’t have the power to do that even if it were true”
Okay, so the next time we hear one of the paranoid wingnuts screaming how Sharia Law is just around the corner, I’ll remember this.
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:25 am
Aha. Jed, now your “what the heck was that bright flash?” makes sense.
My bad, mea culpa.
Joe the Plutocrat
August 29th, 2011
9:26 am
Roberto, Constitution 101, amigo. The POTUS does not “pass” legislation. again, the (see if you can follow this) LEGISLATIVE branch introduces bills, which are debated and voted on by both houses. Bills which are vetted by the Congress and Senate are then sent to the POTUS, who either signs the bills (they become laws) or vetoes (they do not). again, see if you can understand this; this is why the POTUS is called the Chief Executive and his office is known as the Executive branch of government (he ‘executes’ or as George W. Bush reminded us; he is the head of the “Decider” branch of the government). and I think you might look to Obamacare (pro-insurance), the surge in AfPak and continuation in Iraq (military industrial complex), food stamps (Big Ag), and extension of the Bush tax cuts as pretty “pro-business)
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
9:26 am
Adam@9:15,
Raising the minimum wage (this may have happened before Obama -not sure – but he certainly support it), and much more regulation to start. Also, I would include ObamaCare since there is so much uncertainty surrounding it.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:26 am
Gordon: He seems to be an observer and pontificator, but doesn’t actually lead on anything
Let me stop you there. You’re beginning to move the goal posts. After this line you stopped talking about whether or not he was pro business. Back to the question: What has he supported or signed into law that is anti-business?
RB from Gwinnett
August 29th, 2011
9:27 am
“Biden, driven by his Democratic allies’ misgivings about the debt-limit deal, responded: “They have acted like terrorists.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60421.html#ixzz1WQMHWsLE”
Darn those facts getting in the way…
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
9:27 am
Bosch @9:15,
Agreed. No one is going to tell the American people how to worship or what to believe.
philosopher
August 29th, 2011
9:28 am
@Call it like it is. One need be neither a God-hater or church hater ro be offended by someone USING God for personal gain. Bachmann is either ignorant or just plain slimey…either way, what she has said is offensive (the God I worship does not smite innocent people to improve the economy of America). Such statements as hers should be brought to light and she should be ex[osed as exactly what she really is…a charlatan!
Joe Mama
August 29th, 2011
9:29 am
Adam — “What has he supported or signed into law that is anti-business?”
I know! Soshulizum!
Bosch
August 29th, 2011
9:29 am
“It matters as much as the Vice President calling half the country “terrorists”, Jay. And the President calling them the “enemy”.”
I guess no matter how many times you debunk a lie, some folks just still won’t give up.
1811/0311
August 29th, 2011
9:29 am
Well, well ………………
Headline: “Barack Obama’s uncle has been arrested and held as illegal immigrant”
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:30 am
Just like you and the media did when Obama was running for POTUS?
Another guy who thinks the corporate media gave Obama a free ride in 2008.
They were apparently asleep those two weeks when they ran “God Damn America” video clips more or less non-stop, and when the media continued to treat Hillary’s doomed primary runs as meaningful, and when they presumed that the teensy blip of polling support that attended McCain’s initial announcement of his running mate meant the tide had turned…
and that’s just the stuff I haven’t managed to blot from memory.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:30 am
Gordon @ 9:26a: You are incorrect on a couple of things:
1) Whether or not he “supports” raising the minimum wage has nothing to do with it being raised.
1a) The minimum wage was raised from 5.15 to 7.25 in two stages under President Bush. No new legislation or rhetoric has touched the subject since.
2) Much more regulation is incorrect. He has dropped a good number of previous regulations in order to support business, and any new regulations since then haven’t made up for the overall drop in regulation. In other words, net loss of regulations. Under Obama.
3) Uncertainty in a law doesn’t equal anti-business. Businesses don’t run on feelings, even if major investors in the stock market do.
Independent
August 29th, 2011
9:30 am
The government needs to get its spending in order? It doesn’t take the Almighty to tell you that. I have been campaigning against deficit spending since 1981, through Democrat and Republican administrations. Simple Equation – Money In = Money Out. The problem is that ALL politicians want to maximize the money out to THEIR particular cause (wars, etc.) and minimize the money in from their constituents. After all, isn’ that how you get reelected?
1811/0311
August 29th, 2011
9:30 am
Bosch:
Did V.P. Biden release classified information about who conducted the bin Laden raid ?
getalife
August 29th, 2011
9:30 am
“Biden, driven by his Democratic allies’ misgivings about the debt-limit deal, responded: “They have acted like terrorists.”
True.
Independent
August 29th, 2011
9:31 am
oops, I left something out – after wars as an example, it should also say welfare.
getalife
August 29th, 2011
9:31 am
“Did V.P. Biden release classified information about who conducted the bin Laden raid ?”
Lie.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:31 am
Scout must think he proved something by quoting someone from 1944 and equating that to Bachmann’s 2011 statement.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:32 am
Bosch @ 9:25a
Bosch
August 29th, 2011
9:32 am
RB,
I guess you haven’t had enough coffee yet, but your linkee there just busted your accusation that Biden called half the country, terrorists.
Joe Mama
August 29th, 2011
9:33 am
1811 — “Did V.P. Biden release classified information about who conducted the bin Laden raid ?”
Who outed Valerie Plame?
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:33 am
driven by his Democratic allies’ misgivings about the debt-limit deal, responded: “They have acted like terrorists.”
How’s that calling “half the country” terrorists?
Stop lying.
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:35 am
stands: It’s simple really. If you say “acted like” you meant “they are” and “half the country” is part of the Tea Party, clearly.
Bosch
August 29th, 2011
9:35 am
stands,
I have seen RB post that he doesn’t like being called a terrorist — maybe he’s really a Democratic congressman in disguise???
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:36 am
RB from Gwinnett
August 29th, 2011
9:15 am
…Until people like you are willing to hold ALL OF THEM accountable, YOU are the problem!
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Now that is a statement with which I can generally agree.
(except I might say “part of the problem”)
getalife
August 29th, 2011
9:36 am
Taking our economy hostage is acting like terrorists.
This is a unforgivable, unAmerican action.
/back to Lurking.
Political Animal - Bachmann sees Irene as divine message on spending
August 29th, 2011
9:37 am
[...] lawmaker offered a rather unique perspective on the weekend’s weather developments. (via Jay Bookman) She hailed the tea party as being common-sense Americans who understand government shouldn’t [...]
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:37 am
If you say “acted like” you meant “they are” and “half the country” is part of the Tea Party, clearly.
hee hee. see also:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/us/politics/05poll.html?_r=1&ref=us
Jon Lester
August 29th, 2011
9:38 am
I think God’s approach is closer to the “give ‘em enough rope” principle.
Statements like Bachmann’s are, in my opinion, what it really means to take his name in vain, not something extraneous I might use as an adjective in casual conversation.
JKL2
August 29th, 2011
9:38 am
stands- “HHear, hear?”
Typo on your correction. I’ll stand corrected if I ever type it again in my lifetime.
Patrick
August 29th, 2011
9:39 am
Sometimes he sends plagues of locusts, sometimes he sends plagues of tea-partiers…
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:40 am
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:25 am
+++++++++++++
I knew it was an honest misunderstanding and that is why I wanted to explain. See there, just goes to prove that dogs from different litters can sniff each other without always biting.
I have to go work the soil before it catches fire. Later.
Peadawg
August 29th, 2011
9:42 am
We need to find a way to fund the disaster relief for the North East and Jay continues his obsession with Bachmann, who has not chance of getting in the White House. How sad…
Brosephus
August 29th, 2011
9:42 am
Do you know the difference in believing in God and being a Christian?
Yep I do, but do you? I guess, from your question, you associate ALL monotheistic dieties w/Christianity where I do not. I’ve also been a Mason for almost 20 years, so I am very familiar with the requirements for being initiated into the organization.
stands for decibels
August 29th, 2011
9:43 am
Typo on your correction.
I meant to type that. It has more gusto if you stutter on the initial consonant.
Jm
August 29th, 2011
9:43 am
Oh boy. This is settled case law.
Obama is not pro-business.
Period, the end. End of story.
Gordon
August 29th, 2011
9:43 am
Adam,
The latest mimimum wage became effective after Obama became president. He supported raising it while a Senator, and raising it raises the costs of doing business.
Concerning regulation under Obama, this from investors.com:
“Regulatory agencies have seen their combined budgets grow a healthy 16% since 2008, topping $54 billion…Obama imposed 75 new major rules in its first 26 months, costing the private sector more than $40 billion…This July, regulators imposed a total of 379 new rules that will cost more than $9.5 billion”
I have heard people say the regulation was justified, which is a different subject altogether, but I’ve never heard anyone on either side say regulation has decreases or remained the same under Obama.
Finally, I would suggest uncertainty does in fact affect business planning. Many business owners have said so. See this: http://www.uschambermagazine.com/article/new-health-care-law-causes-small-business-uncertainty-poll-finds.
Uncle Jed
August 29th, 2011
9:43 am
Patrick
August 29th, 2011
9:39 am
Sometimes he sends plagues of locusts, sometimes he sends plagues of tea-partiers…
++++++++++++++++
But we won’t know for sure until it matters not.
Over and out.
Joe the Plutocrat
August 29th, 2011
9:43 am
Jon Lester, I did not know god is a Clash fan. awesome!
Adam
August 29th, 2011
9:44 am
Peadawg: Funding disaster relief is easy, you borrow it. No need to get all bent out of shape over other spending. Work on that separately.
JKL2
August 29th, 2011
9:45 am
Scout- “Barack Obama’s uncle has been arrested and held as illegal immigrant”
I’m sure the state department will gloss over it for him like they did with aunt Tutti. He’ll end up in a nice public housing unit since his nephew is too cheap to help him.
Jm
August 29th, 2011
9:46 am
Obama is the most anti-business potus since Richard Nixon (the idiot that instituted price controls)