Michelle Bachman & stupidity.

[Baikonour]

In an interview with a conservative talk show host, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has once again embarrassed herself. Posted by the blog Dump Bachmann and picked up by the MN Progressive Project, the clip has the Minnesota Republican telling KLTK's Chris Baker that she opposes she stimulus because we're "running out of rich people in this country."

Steve Benen organizes some more of the stupidity:

* ACORN is "under federal indictment for voter fraud," but the stimulus bill nevertheless gives ACORN "$5 billion." (In reality, ACORN is not under federal indictment and isn't mentioned in the stimulus bill at all.)

* Many members of Congress have "a real aversion to capitalism."

* The stimulus bill includes a measure to create a "rationing board" for health care, and after the bill becomes law, "your doctor will no longer be able to make your healthcare decisions with you."

* The recovery package is part of a Democratic conspiracy to "direct" funding away from Republican districts, so Democratic districts can "suck up" all federal funds. Bachmann doesn't think this will work because, as she put it, "We're running out of rich people in this country."

* The "Community-Organizer-in-Chief" is also orchestrating a conspiracy involving the Census Bureau, which the president will use to redraw congressional lines to keep Democrats in power for up to "40 years." When the host said he was confused, noting that congressional district lines are drawn at the state level, Bachmann said Obama's non-existent plan is an "anti-constitutional move."

Link to the audio:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/17/michele-bachmann-were-run_n_167650.html

This woman is ridiculous.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. And her voters

re-elected her. They must be real sweethearts, too.

We did a lot here to DU to help her opponent, but won another term.

She's obviously giving them what they want.

[Dappleganger]

2. She's Sarah Palin's twin sister

separated at birth. It's a vast right-wing conspiracy to spread stupid all over the USA!

[Taverner]

4. It's called Theocratic Dreaming

She longs for her Theocracy where the rich rule the poor even more than they do now...and everybody rolls on the floor for Jeebus

[FiveGoodMen]

3. ...sitting in a tree ... K I S ...

She's a complete loon.

But it's not so surprising that you find a crazy person here and there.

What's awful is that she got RE-elected.

Her district is full of immigrants from Dumbfuckistan. Even if we got rid of her, they'd put up another like her.

We have to wrest control of America away from the throng of idiots who listen to talk radio, watch Faux, and go to megachurches.

[Xipe Totec]

5. If you want to know what the Republicans have been doing for 8 years,

you just need to listen to what they fear the most.

Every fear is a clue to something they've done already:

"rationing board" for health care.

direct" funding away from Republican districts.

redraw congressional lines to keep Democrats in power for up to "40 years".

Each of this was a Republican objective laid out by Rove.

To them these fears are real because they have seen it done. By their own hands, to the other side.