Michele Bachmann On Why She's Such A Lightning Rod

[Swede]

And no it isn't the steel plating in her skull.



"Well," the congresswoman replied, "I think part of that may be because when I talk about what is happening in Washington, D.C., I use the actual statements or comments or the data that Nancy Pelosi or President Obama or Harry Reid refer to. I use their own statements on them. And usually they don't like that very much. They don't like to be quoted back with what they've said."

If only it were as simple as reading back quotes and statements. Bachman, among other things, has suggested that Congress needed to be investigated for anti-American members, that a significant portion of the scientific community didn't believe in evolution, that the Census would lead to a modern day equivalent of Japanese-America internment camps in WWII, that the Obama administration was a "gangster government," and that health care reform would allow 13-year-olds to get abortions done at sex clinics.

Fox News host Chris Wallace didn't ask about any of these.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/11/michele-bachmann-on-why-s_n_533227.html

[sui generis]

1. Ironically if we apply the same technique to Mizz Bachmann

"I think part of that may be *because when I talk about what is* happening in Washington, D.C., I use the *actual* statements or comments or the data that Nancy Pelosi or President Obama or Harry Reid refer to. I use *their own* statements on them. And usually they *don't* like that very much. They *don't* like to be (mis)quoted back with what they've said."

Seriously, paraphrasing is no excuse for re-interpretation, and anyway that road has many lanes traveling both directions.

[notadmblnd]

2. I think it's time to drug test our politicians.

It wouldn't hurt to send them all to shrinks to have a mental make up on them either.

[Bozita]

3. She'd get her testing *free* at hubby's very Christian mental health clinic

I found these folks to be a bit scary. Take a peek.

http://www.bachmanncounseling.com/counselors.html

[notadmblnd]

5. Not one real Dr. among the bunch.

That sure is scary.

[Arkana]

4. No, Michele, honey--you're a lightning rod for criticism

because you're a FUCKING PSYCHOPATH.

[DCKit]

6. I don't know about you guys, but I've heard all that and more from President Obama.

I have the same "special" cable channel Michelle Bachman does - in my head. Oh, the colors! The voices! The flying monkeys!

Bachman/Palin 2012 - Double Batshit Crazy with a side of "You Bet'cha!"*

*Repeated or long term exposure to extreme levels of willfull ignorance, hypocrisy and cuteness have not been adequately studied by the FDA, EPA or FEMA.