Bachmann: "Don't Let Them Palinize Me!"

[jefferson_dem]

:crazy:

Bachmann: "Don't Let Them Palinize Me!"
By Eric Kleefeld - August 13, 2009, 3:30PM

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has a message for her supporters in a new fundraising letter: Don't let the media do to her what they did to Sarah Palin -- "Don't let them Palinize me!"

"With Governor Palin taking a well-deserved step out of the spotlight, it appears that I may be absorbing even more of the liberals' scorn," says Bachmann. "And, I'd really appreciate your support so that I can defend myself against their attacks. Click here to make a donation!"

She later adds: "But just as they did with Sarah Palin, the more I talk about the issues, the more they attack with below-the-belt personal hits. In fact, yesterday, a Minnesota paper gave a full column to a hit piece on one of my kids!" This would appear to be a reference to the joking stories about her son joining Teach For America, after she'd called AmeriCorps a "re-education camp" and that she would be very concerned about her own children ever joining.

The letter cites Urban Dictionary, an open-source site that contains a mix of definitions from across the political spectrum. The word "Palinize" has mostly negative definitions, but a few pro-Palin ones about being twisted and distorted by the liberal media -- and those are the definitions that Bachmann cites. However, the letter did pick out one definition that might actually be anti-Palin (and filled with dramatic irony, given the selective citation): "To exaggerate the truth or lie by omission."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/bachmann-dont-let-them-palinize-me.php

[RobertSeattle]

1. No Michelle, you've been Bachmannized.

[YOY]

3. Bachmanned, turned, and overdriven

b/t

[GentryDixon]

9. That was a good one.

:yourock:

[YOY]

2. Stop being a crazy loon then.

n.t.

[Wapsie B]

4. Iowa's got crazy Chuck Grassley, Minnesota's got Michele Bachmann so it all evens out.

Oh wait, they've got Pawlenty and Coleman too. Kinda tips the balance. Bring on Terry Braindead! He wants his old job back.

[Mz Pip]

5. Then stop saying stupid

stuff. Stop with the hyperbole about re-education camps and who is or who is not a real American.

People criticize you, dear Michelle, because you deserve to have your words scrutinized. You are a member of Congress and are accountable for what you say. You do not live in a bubble.

[rox63]

6. She hasn't been "Palinized"

Bachmann is one of the few people that is even more batshit-crazy than Palin. :crazy:

[Enthusiast]

16. She has reached the Beck level

of the absurd.

[NewJeffCT]

7. I think Palin should complain that she's been Bachmanned

at least she didn't orgasm over being close to George Bush like Bachmann...

[CreekDog]

8. She's not sane enough for that association

:D

[ProSense]

10. Wow, killing two birds with

one dumb rock.

[Hippo_Tron]

11. Well, the Census Acorns came to my house and took my gun...

And then they put me in communist re-education camp. So I must have missed her letter.

[burning rain]

12. I'd say she puts the "Ann" in "Bachmann."

For that reason I don't fear for her fate should she lose her seat. She could write a column and become a Foxy right-wing shout-and-holler artist on teevee.

[zulchzulu]

13. "With Governor Palin taking a well-deserved step out of the spotlight..."

:rofl:

Yes, it was well-deserved FOR ALASKANS!

[TheKentuckian]

14. Shut up girl. You make 'Sayruh' look reasonable and middle of the road

[saltpoint]

15. I hope voters in her district turn out in high numbers in 2010 to

show this woman the door.

[The Wizard]

17. It's not liberal scorn Michelle

It's pointing out your mendacious insanity that has you on the defensive.
Go piss up a rope.

[tanyev]

18. We don't have to, Michele. You're doing a fine job all by yourself.

[Forkboy]

19. Don't Palinize me, bro!

[Cali_Democrat]

20. LOL!

:thumbsup: