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Etchy333

2009-11-02 12:47:50 PM

make me some tea

2009-11-02 12:49:16 PM

I'm pleased to see that Mrs. Bachmann is so valiantly fighting for our freedom and liberty, and I wish her great success in her efforts to defeat communism, here and abroad.

UNC_Samurai

2009-11-02 12:49:53 PM

Minnesota 6th, you are on notice until Novermber of 2010. Should you vote this woman into office we will be forced to reroute I-94 and pave St. Cloud over.

tnpir

2009-11-02 12:53:53 PM

Could someone please accidentally on purpose push this woman into some open machinery? The value of public discourse goes down exponentially every time she opens her goddamned mouth.

Jamespoon

2009-11-02 12:56:09 PM

I'd hate to point out the error in this otherwise intelligent woman's statement, but socialism isn't exactly... ah, forget it.

GAT_00

2009-11-02 01:00:30 PM

It would be if they were nationalizing the health care industry, but OH WAIT, they aren't and Bachmann is a farking moron. It makes sense that she's a farking moron, however, because she is a Republican.

Eddie Adams from Torrance

2009-11-02 01:01:43 PM

I Said

2009-11-02 01:02:03 PM

GAT_00: It would be if they were nationalizing the health care industry, but OH WAIT, they aren't and Bachmann is a farking moron. It makes sense that she's a farking moron, however, because she is a Republican.

How is it NOT socialism?

Obama supports it, and he is a socialist, ergo this is socialism.

WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR YOU LIBS TO UNDERSTAND?!

timujin

2009-11-02 01:03:49 PM

"You can't with a straight face say that we're a free-market capitalist country anymore," Bachmann said.

You can't say with a straight face that we've ever been a free-market capitalist country.

beerrun

2009-11-02 01:04:22 PM

I can't see how this woman is allowed to operate a motor vehicle, much less hold public office.

I Said

2009-11-02 01:05:52 PM

timujin: "You can't with a straight face say that we're a free-market capitalist country anymore," Bachmann said.

You can't say with a straight face that we've ever been a free-market capitalist country.

When your eyes are as crazy as hers you can't say anything with a straight face.

GAT_00

2009-11-02 01:09:43 PM

I Said: How is it NOT socialism?

Obama supports it, and he is a socialist, ergo this is socialism.

WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR YOU LIBS TO UNDERSTAND?!

See, I know you're joking, but there's people on this website that would post that and be serious. Also, everyone at Malkin, NRO, WSJ, Red State, Hot Air, and so on.

I Said

2009-11-02 01:11:48 PM

GAT_00: I Said: How is it NOT socialism?

Obama supports it, and he is a socialist, ergo this is socialism.

WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR YOU LIBS TO UNDERSTAND?!

See, I know you're joking, but there's people on this website that would post that and be serious. Also, everyone at Malkin, NRO, WSJ, Red State, Hot Air, and so on.

My bad.

I WAS JOKING

/bolded for emphasis

Blues_X

2009-11-02 01:13:09 PM

If you vote for this idiot, you are a human turd.

make me some tea

2009-11-02 01:13:29 PM

I Said: GAT_00: I Said: How is it NOT socialism?

Obama supports it, and he is a socialist, ergo this is socialism.

WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR YOU LIBS TO UNDERSTAND?!

See, I know you're joking, but there's people on this website that would post that and be serious. Also, everyone at Malkin, NRO, WSJ, Red State, Hot Air, and so on.

My bad.

I WAS JOKING

/bolded for emphasis

Really, why is this so hard for you libs to understand?

If you want to live like the Soviets, why don't you move there?

I Said

2009-11-02 01:15:13 PM

make me some tea: Really, why is this so hard for you libs to understand?

If you want to live like the Soviets, why don't you move there?

My Mazerati doesn't do well in hard winters

tallguywithglasseson

2009-11-02 01:28:57 PM

I Said: My Mazerati doesn't do well in hard winters

My Mazerati is capable of reaching considerable speeds. The authorities have revoked my driving privileges and confiscated my license; now I do not operate any motor vehicle, as I am unable to do so legally. You can imagine why that is!

flaEsq

2009-11-02 01:31:33 PM

This is a repeat from 75 years ago

Diogenes

2009-11-02 01:32:13 PM

I wonder if she banks someplace that has FDIC protection? I guess that's just one of the many minor jewels on the crown of socialism.

make me some tea

2009-11-02 01:32:54 PM

I Said: If you want to live like the Soviets, why don't you move there?

My Mazerati doesn't do well in hard winters

I did YOUR MOM well in the hard winter.

I Said

2009-11-02 01:33:43 PM

Diogenes: I wonder if she banks someplace that has FDIC protection? I guess that's just one of the many minor jewels on the crown of socialism.

She wanted government investigations into whether or not people had anti-American leanings.

Nothing "big government" about that. Nope.

I Said

2009-11-02 01:34:24 PM

make me some tea: I did YOUR MOM well in the hard winter.

DOROTHY MANTOOTH IS A SAINT!

timujin

2009-11-02 01:36:03 PM

I Said: She wanted government investigations into whether or not people had anti-American leanings.

but only for certain values of "anti-American" of course

ToxicMunkee

2009-11-02 01:37:29 PM

I'd like to thank Michelle Bachmann for her whackadoodle use of the term "Socialism." Every time my husband says something I disagree with I automatically call him a socialist. It's fun! Of course, it doesn't make any sense, but who cares? For two or three eye-blinks I win!

Lumpmoose

2009-11-02 01:42:43 PM

It really is, actually. And I'm ok with that. Republicans will adapt, just like every serious conservative politician in Canada and Europe now loves socialized health care (and every serious Republican now loves Medicare).

GurneyHalleck

2009-11-02 01:43:21 PM

make me some tea

2009-11-02 01:43:45 PM

ToxicMunkee: I'd like to thank Michelle Bachmann for her whackadoodle use of the term "Socialism." Every time my husband says something I disagree with I automatically call him a socialist. It's fun! Of course, it doesn't make any sense, but who cares? For two or three eye-blinks I win!

Ha, I like that!

Racht

2009-11-02 01:47:01 PM

Lumpmoose: It really is, actually. And I'm ok with that. Republicans will adapt, just like every serious conservative politician in Canada and Europe now loves socialized health care (and every serious Republican now loves Medicare).

Exactly. In 30 years Republicans will be defending the government's role in health care just as ardently as conservatives do in other countries, and as Republicans so fervently defend Medicare now.

eddyatwork

2009-11-02 01:48:06 PM

You know who else was a national socialist?

thomps

2009-11-02 02:04:02 PM

god damn obama and his socialist crown jewels. i just new he wanted to turn america into a socialist czarist monarchy. what happened to the america that i knew and loved?

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat

2009-11-02 02:07:05 PM

tallguywithglasseson: My Mazerati is capable of reaching considerable speeds. The authorities have revoked my driving privileges and confiscated my license; now I do not operate any motor vehicle, as I am unable to do so legally. You can imagine why that is!

But otherwise, life has been good to you so far?

Dusk-You-n-Me

2009-11-02 02:10:43 PM

She is colossally stupid.

Mr. Coffee Nerves

2009-11-02 02:16:08 PM

What scares me the most is that there are 187,804 other people in her congressional district who said "We need her as our voice in Washington" last election day.

ToxicMunkee

2009-11-02 02:20:27 PM

make me some tea: ToxicMunkee: I'd like to thank Michelle Bachmann for her whackadoodle use of the term "Socialism." Every time my husband says something I disagree with I automatically call him a socialist. It's fun! Of course, it doesn't make any sense, but who cares? For two or three eye-blinks I win!

Ha, I like that!

My favorite rebuttle is: "Yeah, like I'm going to believe anything a dirty socialist has to say." I use this one when he informs me the pizza has been ordered.

Dinjiin

2009-11-02 02:20:52 PM

Socialist health care in this country started the day that Ronald Reagan signed a bill that required that all hospitals treat all patients, regardless of their ability to pay.

How many hospitals have been propped up by government funds since then?

BKITU

2009-11-02 02:22:54 PM

tallguywithglasseson: I Said: My Mazerati doesn't do well in hard winters

My Mazerati is capable of reaching considerable speeds. The authorities have revoked my driving privileges and confiscated my license; now I do not operate any motor vehicle, as I am unable to do so legally. You can imagine why that is!

I am under the impression that your current mode of conveyance is by chauffeured livery, and that you take a seat in the aft of the vehicle. Furthermore, I would wager that you take the time to engage the entry-regulatory mechanisms so as to avoid unwelcome advances from strangers.

Lumpmoose

2009-11-02 02:25:58 PM

Racht: Lumpmoose: It really is, actually. And I'm ok with that. Republicans will adapt, just like every serious conservative politician in Canada and Europe now loves socialized health care (and every serious Republican now loves Medicare).

Exactly. In 30 years Republicans will be defending the government's role in health care just as ardently as conservatives do in other countries, and as Republicans so fervently defend Medicare now.

And for that reason, Bachmann's comment (and DeMint's "Obama's Waterloo" comment) should be embraced by the left, not dismissed. It proves that the GOP's anti-health posturing is pure political future-proofing and has zero to do with improving the lives of their constituents.

lajimi

2009-11-02 02:28:58 PM

You people don't like her because she's blunt.

/Well, it rhymes with blunt

FlashHarry

2009-11-02 02:28:59 PM

Dinjiin: Socialist health care in this country started the day that Ronald Reagan signed a bill that required that all hospitals treat all patients, regardless of their ability to pay.

How many hospitals have been propped up by government funds since then?

i34.tinypic.com

here we go...

9/10, by the way.

abb3w

2009-11-02 02:55:57 PM

FTA: "You can't with a straight face say that we're a free-market capitalist country anymore," Bachmann said.

The only ones who ever could say that with a straight face were the slack-jawed moron brigade.

imapirate

2009-11-02 03:02:39 PM

Lumpmoose: Racht: Lumpmoose: It really is, actually. And I'm ok with that. Republicans will adapt, just like every serious conservative politician in Canada and Europe now loves socialized health care (and every serious Republican now loves Medicare).

Exactly. In 30 years Republicans will be defending the government's role in health care just as ardently as conservatives do in other countries, and as Republicans so fervently defend Medicare now.

And for that reason, Bachmann's comment (and DeMint's "Obama's Waterloo" comment) should be embraced by the left, not dismissed. It proves that the GOP's anti-health posturing is pure political future-proofing and has zero to do with improving the lives of their constituents.

Agreed. Not only does it really get me LOLing, she and Palin and Beck and...ah, you get the picture. They're guaranteeing a second Obama term at the very least, and likely a Democratic dynasty in the near future.

keylock71

2009-11-02 03:05:33 PM

Far from it, Michelle, far from it...

conativejj

2009-11-02 03:07:08 PM

"House health care bill is the crown jewel of Socialism"

Bah, socialists don't have kings. Maybe dictators... So maybe it's the flashiest, gaudiest baubble on the military sash?

imapirate

2009-11-02 03:07:49 PM

She has the same status with me as Mike Tyson: nothing she can say would ever shock me?

Mike Tyson ate a chihuahua? OK, I'll buy it.

Michelle Bachmann compared giving millions access to health care to shoving Jews in ovens? Meh. I've heard crazier from her.

I know she said Socialism, not Naziism, but it's only Monday...

rufus-t-firefly

2009-11-02 03:08:02 PM

Am I wrong to wish there really were FEMA reeducation camps, if only so that Glenn Beck and Michele Bachmann could be sent to them, unable to tell anyone that it's all true?

DarnoKonrad

2009-11-02 03:09:10 PM

That's kinda weak isn't it? Has the crazy well gone dry?

LarryDan43

2009-11-02 03:09:36 PM

Michele Bachmann is the crown jewel of crazy.

jjorsett

2009-11-02 03:09:54 PM

godofusa.com

2009-11-02 03:10:38 PM

Democrats failed to take over health care in 1994, and as a result, were MASSACRED in the polls. The same will happen in 2010.

Philip Francis Queeg

2009-11-02 03:10:39 PM

Recently this guy came to my door looking for signatures on his petition to get on the ballot for Republican precinct comitteeman. I told him I'd sign his ballot, but that there was no chance I'd vote Republican unntil they rejoined the real world and learned what the words "socialism" and "marxism" mean, and that nothing Obama has proposed comes close to either one of those things. This seemed to confuse him. He just kind of wandered off after that. I love it when the Republicans come to play.

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