Aww Gee... Michelle Bachman needed someone to stick up for her

[indigo32]

:puke:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/191/5453365.html

"Can you name this legislator?

•Raised in a broken family that struggled with poverty.

•Worked for Jimmy Carter's election and danced at his inaugural ball.

•Holds a master's degree in tax law from William and Mary Law School in Virginia.

•Co-founded a charter school.

•Raised five kids and 23 foster children.

You'd likely never guess that it's Republican Sen. Michele Bachmann of Stillwater.

Today, Bachmann is probably the most demonized politician in Minnesota. The political left, and many media reports and commentaries, have given us the impression that she's not a highly ...."


I can't stand Katherine Kersten

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. So how does this resume prove she's not a wack job?

Which, of course, she is. The fact that she has advanced degrees and took in foster children does not absolve her from well-deserved criticism for being a homophobic right-wing extremist.

[trotsky]

2. Kersten is a moron.

No one is "demonizing" Bachmann for any of the potentially noble things in her past (which she now apparently has distanced herself from).

But I love the bait-and-switch. The right wing has perfected the technique.

Oh, and to Michele: Judges aren't telling people what to think, they're standing up for the constitutional rights of the minority. I.e., the reason courts exist. Geezus farking cripes.

[getmeouttahere]

3. If she is a BushCo supporter....

and felt the need to hide from ANYONE regardless of what the situation was, she deserves to be demonized. You don't get a pass from criticism just because you raised 23 foster children. Especially if you are promoting hateful, bigoted legislation.

[racaulk]

4. Awwww...the poor little thing...

Maybe someone should send Katherine Kersten this link that shows pictures of Bachmann doing exactly what she denies having done:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/05/193.html

What a bunch of right-wing propaganda and bullshit. I'm glad I hadn't eaten lunch before reading this article, because I certainly would have lost it.

:puke:

[rodeodance]

5. this is the same chick who hid behind the bushes as gay demonstators

were outside her office (caught on photo-posted a DU a while back).

[katinmn]

6. Her actions prove she's a gay-hating, free speech-opposing nut job

I don't care what her resume says.

[trotsky]

7. Hitler was a choirboy and an artist at one time.

No one praises him for that, so are we "demonizing" him?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. Just because a person had a hardscrabble life

doesn't mean they can't be a bigot.

Look at all those Klansmen.

Yeesh.

[Minnesota Raindog]

9. Bachmann's incomplete resume

They forgot to mention Michele's law "degree" from Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University. Now why wouldn't Bachmann want it publicized that her law degree is from an Oral Roberts school--one that lost its ABA accreditation for a year because of undue religious influence on its academic curriculum?

And has anyone checked into the last time Bachmann "litigated" a federal tax case? My guess is it's been awhile--if ever. Has anyone checked Bachmann's current employment status. She claims she still is a tax litigation attorney. Where? For whom? Can anyone do a Lexis/Nexis search for Bachmann's courtroom history? I bet there's more than a little exaggeration there.

[katinmn]

10. I was wondering where the Oral Roberts Law degree disapperaed to!

Her resume is probably as fake as she is.

Welcome to DU and the MN forum, Raindog!:hi:

If you're up for it, you should go to the MN DUer gathering this Friday.

I won't be able to make this month's meet up. But I'm sure it's STILL going to be a great time.

:)

[indigo32]

12. Right On Raindog

and welcome

:hi:

[Dickie Flatt]

11. So, Katherine...

Does it matter that Michele said homosexuals are "specifically targetting our children"?

[dflprincess]

13. You have a stronger stomach than me

I couldn't get pass the first paragraph.

Double :puke: :puke: