Der Spiegel interviews Michele Bachmann (not a softball one!)

[alp227]

Hmm. Der Spiegel (a magazine that's published WikiLeaks content before) decided to interview 2012 contender Michele Bachmann. Not a suckup interview, to be sure:

SPIEGEL: The US is currently struggling with an unemployment rate of 8.8 percent. If the government slashes spending to the degree that you wish, would it not lead to a loss of jobs?

Bachmann: Job creation comes from the private sector. Job creation doesn't come from the federal government creating more jobs.

SPIEGEL: But when the government slashes spending, jobs are lost.

Bachmann: Not at all. I do not believe that that is true. I think that the private sector will get a signal that they will be able to keep more of their money.

SPIEGEL: If the main goal is cuts, why do you link controversial issues like abortion?

Bachmann: We have to look everywhere, and we shouldn't protect programs like Planned Parenthood, especially when so many people find it morally reprehensible to spend that money on Planned Parenthood. Everyone should have to sacrifice.

SPIEGEL: Your party describes Obama as a socialist but is it not your fellow Republican, President George W. Bush, who is largely to blame for the deficits?

Bachmann: All the big spenders are to blame. There is no question.

She also bragged about being tough and dismissing compromise:

SPIEGEL: You are seen as a possible Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election. What sets you apart from the other potential Republican candidates?

Bachmann: Number one, no one is an announced candidate yet. But I think what sets me apart from the others who are being mentioned as possibilities as candidates is the fact that I have a proven record for four years in Congress of being a fighter. I've been a fighter and an advocate for the principles back home that people sent me here to represent.

SPIEGEL: Don't politicians have to be able to compromise?

Bachmann: I have a very strong, very proven record that I am not a compromiser. I came here as an outsider to fight the current political climate in Washington, D.C., and I have stayed true to that. I have a spine made out of titanium.

Maybe Obama's chief of staff needs to read this interview and realize what kind of stubborn fools with whom Obama needs to "compromise".

[polichick]

1. imo the prez is too smart not to know who he is dealing with in terms of compromise...

...which leads me to think that the other side is often a convenient excuse for maintaining the corporate status quo.

[Turbineguy]

2. Good.

More pity for the U.S from the rest of the World.

[Angry Dragon]

3. More bull from her mouth

Never says what she would do nor have any facts to back up her statements
I guess facts get in the way

[Myrina]

4. I hate to even think what other countries think of us ...

... when the likes of Palin, Bachmann et al get on the international airwaves/print media ... :hide:

How embarassing!!!