FARK.com: (6756317) At the debate last night, Michele Bachmann either made up a bunch of shiat about Pakistan nuke sites being attacked by terrorists, or she just eloquently showed why she can't be trusted on the House Intelligence Committee

		At the debate last night, Michele Bachmann either made up a bunch of shiat about Pakistan nuke sites being attacked by terrorists, or she just eloquently showed why she can't be trusted on the House Intelligence Committee (gawker.com)		150
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stpauler

2011-11-23 08:39:41 AM

Or both.

Jake Havechek

2011-11-23 08:40:29 AM

Oh please please please!!!!!

You know what the price of treason is?

dahmers love zombie

2011-11-23 08:43:21 AM

Jake Havechek: Oh please please please!!!!!

You know what the price of treason is?

They shove a live snake up your ass?

EnviroDude

2011-11-23 08:44:34 AM

Jake Havechek: Oh please please please!!!!!

You know what the price of treason is?

nothing, if you have a "D" following your name

//remembers all the "D's" going to Iraq to warn Saddam Hussein of our pending invasion plans. I think they got a promotion for it.

Walker

2011-11-23 08:46:25 AM

dahmers love zombie: Jake Havechek: Oh please please please!!!!!

You know what the price of treason is?

They shove a live snake up your ass?

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TheOther

2011-11-23 09:26:44 AM

While we're wandering around the topic: why is this classified information?

Don't the terrorists already know how many, if any, attacks they've made on Paki nuke sites?

So why is this information hidden from the American public?

Diogenes

2011-11-23 09:27:05 AM

keylock71: The thing about Michele Bachmann is that she sits on the House Intelligence Committee...

...And that, right there, is an example of just how pathetic we are as a nation.

I wonder what, exactly, are her qualifications for that role? Does having an army of foster kids make you a pro on foreign intelligence matters? Plus, that's a pretty coveted committee.

vpb

2011-11-23 09:42:02 AM

vernonFL

2011-11-23 10:02:45 AM

Putting Bachmann on the Intelligence Committee is like putting North Korea on the UN Human Rights panel.

LasersHurt

2011-11-23 10:08:25 AM

vpb: I guess this is a Fox thing? And I suppose Fox viewers are not bright enough to realize that Saddam could have found out about this by picking up a TV?

Nope, the Democrats personally warned him over tea. All of the Democrats, at once. All of them.

HotWingConspiracy

2011-11-23 10:09:35 AM

EnviroDude: /remembers all the "D's" going to Iraq to warn Saddam Hussein of our pending invasion plans.

No you don't.

jakomo002

2011-11-23 10:10:22 AM

EnviroDude: //remembers all the "D's" going to Iraq to warn Saddam Hussein of our pending invasion plans. I think they got a promotion for it.

Err, wouldn't that be Bush II, the Commander-in-Chief saying "Okay, if y'all haven't done anything by 4pm next Friday, we're invading". Amassing forces in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia?

I'd imagine Saddam had more than one advisor who sometimes checked Fox News and CNN, just for the lulz.

Dr Dreidel

2011-11-23 10:11:17 AM

Jake Havechek: Oh please please please!!!!!

You know what the price of treason is?

You get a lackey to take the fall and the President commutes his sentence?

Farking While Farking

2011-11-23 10:11:37 AM

TheOther: While we're wandering around the topic: why is this classified information?

Don't the terrorists already know how many, if any, attacks they've made on Paki nuke sites?

So why is this information hidden from the American public?

Possible reasons:

1. They may know how many they have carried out but don't know how many we know they have carried out. This could potentially give clues about where the US has agents/informants.

2. The US and Pakistan have agreed to keep some of this stuff quiet to avoid embarrassments to either government.

3. The US and Pakistan don't want to embolden terrorists with large numbers of reports on attacks, or give them ideas for improving their attacks.

4. The government makes almost anything military related 'classified'

Bloody William

2011-11-23 10:11:49 AM

vpb: I guess this is a Fox thing? And I suppose Fox viewers are not bright enough to realize that Saddam could have found out about this by picking up a TV?

I'm amazed by that... it's not even a retcon. EnviroDude's outright put together an ElseWorlds interpretation of the Iraq war. It's not even a good ElseWorlds, like Superman: Red Son. It's a crazy, shiatty one, like the one where Batman becomes a vampire.

Xai

2011-11-23 10:12:53 AM

vpb: EnviroDude: Jake Havechek: Oh please please please!!!!!

You know what the price of treason is?

nothing, if you have a "D" following your name

//remembers all the "D's" going to Iraq to warn Saddam Hussein of our pending invasion plans. I think they got a promotion for it.

I guess this is a Fox thing? And I suppose Fox viewers are not bright enough to realize that Saddam could have found out about this by picking up a TV?

Fox news viewers aren't smart enough to change the channel, so my guess would be 'no'

I think it's amazing that party affiliation matters more than the person, for example in a fox news viewer's eyes, Bachman > President Clinton.

jayhawk88

2011-11-23 10:13:14 AM

You got some 'splainin to do!"

Wyalt Derp

2011-11-23 10:14:59 AM

vernonFL: Putting Bachmann on the Intelligence Committee is like putting North Korea on the UN Human Rights panel.

guestguy

2011-11-23 10:15:02 AM

LasersHurt: Nope, the Democrats personally warned him over tea. All of the Democrats, at once. All of them.

To be fair, he did have a lovely tea set...and no mortal can resist the allure of a lovely tea set.

Alphax

2011-11-23 10:15:32 AM

Got to be one or the other.. neither looks good for her, but it's more likely she's just making shiat up again, like she does on days that end in 'y'.

jayhawk88

2011-11-23 10:16:32 AM

jakomo002: EnviroDude: //remembers all the "D's" going to Iraq to warn Saddam Hussein of our pending invasion plans. I think they got a promotion for it.

Err, wouldn't that be Bush II, the Commander-in-Chief saying "Okay, if y'all haven't done anything by 4pm next Friday, we're invading". Amassing forces in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia?

I'd imagine Saddam had more than one advisor who sometimes checked Fox News and CNN, just for the lulz.

No, see the "D's" real crime was telling Sadaam that we were going to invade with tanks and airplanes. Up until then, Sadaam got all his American armed forces intel from watching The Patriot.

fsbilly

2011-11-23 10:17:22 AM

I bet an impeachment proceeding would boost her media coverage. Maybe this is a good thing.

Famous Thamas

2011-11-23 10:17:22 AM

LasersHurt: vpb: I guess this is a Fox thing? And I suppose Fox viewers are not bright enough to realize that Saddam could have found out about this by picking up a TV?

Nope, the Democrats personally warned him over tea. All of the Democrats, at once. All of them.

I remember sitting down with Saddam on that fateful day. It was right after we finished up in the harem, which was particularly luxurious. If you've never been given a traditional rub down by an Iraqi harem girl you haven't lived.

Anyway, all of us were there including The Queen, representatives from the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, and the descendants of Col. Sanders. We told Saddam what was coming his way, but he didn't want to listen to us. It didn't matter much, we were far more interested in getting back to the harem.

monoski

2011-11-23 10:18:29 AM

Michelle Bachmann and Intelligence committee, just spit coffee all over my keyboard.

osafer

2011-11-23 10:20:00 AM

Here is a story from 2009 detailing her claims, Gawker couldn't do a simple google search? Did journalism die a slow painful death or did it go out with a bang that I somehow missed?
Link

TheShavingofOccam123

2011-11-23 10:20:03 AM

Did you people not see what the Heritage Foundation pulled last night?

They trotted out all their criminal heroes. Meese, Addington, Wolfowitz. And had them proudly stand up and ask a question.

These people should have gone to prison. They know it. The Heritage Foundation knows it. AND THAT'S WHY THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION HAD THEM ASK A QUESTION.

I was looking for Oliver North to give John Poindexter a reach-around while John asked a question about how many rifles equals a pound of cocaine.

Don't you see? Potter's not selling. Potter's buying.

Wake the fark up or the Heritage Foundation and their crowd are going to fark us again. Deeper and harder than they did with two wars. They'll have a new VP who may aim lower when he shotgun blasts someone he disagrees with.

They'll put our volunteer army in Iran. Do you remember 15 month, multiple tours with little time off between? Do you remember our troops salvaging steel plate and welding on equipment because Rummy "went to war with the army you have"?

These people want back in power and they'll use the same criminals and the same tactics they have in the past to attain power and keep it.

Isn't there any shame in having Wolfowitz, Addington and Meese being paraded around as heroes?

blackminded

2011-11-23 10:21:42 AM

full8me

2011-11-23 10:21:59 AM

Maybe they do the intelligence committee meetings the same way we handle our 90 IQ guy at work. We can't fire him because he'd bring a lawsuit. But at the same time, there's no way we need to go over code-section changes with him in the room. So, we just tell him the meeting starts at 3:45 and really start it at 3:00. That way, when he shows up, we can say "Oh, we just got started... so, who's bringing donuts on Friday?"

I'll bet Bachmann brings a lot of donuts to the committee meetings.

guestguy

2011-11-23 10:22:30 AM

Wyalt Derp: vernonFL: Putting Bachmann on the Intelligence Committee is like putting North Korea on the UN Human Rights panel.

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Anyone else notice that the CIA logo looks like a sphincter?

tomcatadam

2011-11-23 10:23:37 AM

Farking While Farking: 2. The US and Pakistan have agreed to keep some of this stuff quiet to avoid embarrassments to either government.

If the Wikileaks cables were any indication, there's a lot more of this than anything else, so one shouldn't have to worry about Bachmann's possible gaffe.

stevie1der

2011-11-23 10:24:51 AM

Famous Thamas: LasersHurt: vpb: I guess this is a Fox thing? And I suppose Fox viewers are not bright enough to realize that Saddam could have found out about this by picking up a TV?

Nope, the Democrats personally warned him over tea. All of the Democrats, at once. All of them.

I remember sitting down with Saddam on that fateful day. It was right after we finished up in the harem, which was particularly luxurious. If you've never been given a traditional rub down by an Iraqi harem girl you haven't lived.

Anyway, all of us were there including The Queen, representatives from the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, and the descendants of Col. Sanders. We told Saddam what was coming his way, but he didn't want to listen to us. It didn't matter much, we were far more interested in getting back to the harem.

I know you're lying because there was no mention of Soros.

jakomo002

2011-11-23 10:26:35 AM

TheShavingofOccam123: Isn't there any shame in having Wolfowitz, Addington and Meese being paraded around as heroes?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/bush_03-17-03.html

"War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, 'I was just following orders'," the president said.

Wheee!

Flaming Yawn

2011-11-23 10:27:58 AM

The perfect thing for Bachmann is that there can be no repercussions. The only possible official response is "no comment." Maybe in private there will be consequences, but I doubt it. There's no possible way the government can officially confirm or deny her statements.

blackminded

2011-11-23 10:29:05 AM

TheShavingofOccam123: Isn't there any shame in having Wolfowitz, Addington and Meese being paraded around as heroes?

When I heard "The Honorable Ed Meese" I went into a rage blackout and woke up covered in blood.

/so much blood

Guidette Frankentits

2011-11-23 10:29:27 AM

dahmers love zombie: They shove a live snake up your ass?

QADDAFI'D!

PanicMan

2011-11-23 10:29:49 AM

osafer: Here is a story from 2009 detailing her claims, Gawker couldn't do a simple google search? Did journalism die a slow painful death or did it go out with a bang that I somehow missed?
Link

homicide bombing

Ha! I forgot about that little attempt at hijacking language for political purposes.

Philip Francis Queeg

2011-11-23 10:30:05 AM

full8me: Maybe they do the intelligence committee meetings the same way we handle our 90 IQ guy at work. We can't fire him because he'd bring a lawsuit. But at the same time, there's no way we need to go over code-section changes with him in the room. So, we just tell him the meeting starts at 3:45 and really start it at 3:00. That way, when he shows up, we can say "Oh, we just got started... so, who's bringing donuts on Friday?"

I'll bet Bachmann brings a lot of donuts to the committee meetings.

Bringing donuts to share? That would be nanny state socialism. Bachmann will not support such unamerican nonsense!

Bloody William

2011-11-23 10:31:06 AM

guestguy: Wyalt Derp: vernonFL: Putting Bachmann on the Intelligence Committee is like putting North Korea on the UN Human Rights panel.

[i40.tinypic.com image 280x271]

Anyone else notice that the CIA logo looks like a sphincter?

No, it doesn't! It looks like this:

fillydelphia.com

bgddy24601

2011-11-23 10:33:29 AM

Famous Thamas: I remember sitting down with Saddam on that fateful day. It was right after we finished up in the harem, which was particularly luxurious. If you've never been given a traditional rub down by an Iraqi harem girl you haven't lived.

Anyway, all of us were there including The Queen, representatives from the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, and the descendants of Col. Sanders. We told Saddam what was coming his way, but he didn't want to listen to us. It didn't matter much, we were far more interested in getting back to the harem.

You Pentaverate member mother farker!
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"I'll never eat your chicken, SMART-ASS!!!!!"

Farking While Farking

2011-11-23 10:37:57 AM

Famous Thamas: LasersHurt:

Anyway, all of us were there including The Queen, representatives from the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, and the descendants of Col. Sanders. We told Saddam what was coming his way, but he didn't want to listen to us. It didn't matter much, we were far more interested in getting back to the harem.

How could you forget to mention the guests of honor: SOROS And ACORN!?

Ring of Fire

2011-11-23 10:42:12 AM

TheOther: While we're wandering around the topic: why is this classified information?

Don't the terrorists already know how many, if any, attacks they've made on Paki nuke sites?

So why is this information hidden from the American public?

The terrorist might not have even know that they were attacking a nuke site. They might have just thought they were attacking some random army base. If that's the case then telling them that it is in fact a nuke site would be a very bad idea.

tnpir

2011-11-23 10:42:37 AM

limeyfellow

2011-11-23 10:45:49 AM

EnviroDude:
Jake Havechek: Oh please please please!!!!!

You know what the price of treason is?

nothing, if you have a "D" following your name

//remembers all the "D's" going to Iraq to warn Saddam Hussein of our pending invasion plans. I think they got a promotion for it.

I agree! Bad Democrats, Saddam would have had no idea we would have invaded otherwise and the mission would have then been a complete success in taking out the Iraqi military and early defenses.

Or like when the Vice President leaks your main spy contact for Iran and ruins your whole CIA operations in the country and put every contact you gathered over the decades at risk of arrest and execution, so that even 10 years later we still haven't recovered. Oh he was a Republican? Well fark it, lets just have peon take the fall for a short time instead.

Mojongo

2011-11-23 10:49:06 AM

blackminded: When I heard "The Honorable Ed Meese" I went into a rage blackout and woke up covered in blood.

I hate Meeses to pieces!

wmoonfox

2011-11-23 10:50:17 AM

TFA: either she's incompetent, or she's dishonest

Well, we know she's dishonest, so the real question is whether she is also incompetent.

Dr Dreidel

2011-11-23 10:51:00 AM

PanicMan: osafer: Here is a story from 2009 detailing her claims, Gawker couldn't do a simple google search? Did journalism die a slow painful death or did it go out with a bang that I somehow missed?
Link

homicide bombing

Ha! I forgot about that little attempt at hijacking language for political purposes.

Uh? Does someone who sets off a bomb in a crowded commerce center not intend to commit homicide?

I get that it's a pretty stupid thing to try and change a colloquial term (especially splitting such a fine hair as that), but it's not quite as Orwellian as "War is Peace" to refer to the event not by the consequences to the perpetrator (his own suicide) but to the effects on those he targeted (homicide).

// that linked FN piece claims three attacks
// so instead of 6 counts of passing classified info, she only gets 3?

keylock71

2011-11-23 10:52:14 AM

Diogenes: keylock71: The thing about Michele Bachmann is that she sits on the House Intelligence Committee...

...And that, right there, is an example of just how pathetic we are as a nation.

I wonder what, exactly, are her qualifications for that role? Does having an army of foster kids make you a pro on foreign intelligence matters? Plus, that's a pretty coveted committee.

Like most things in Washington, I'm sure it's due to some favor she did for the leadership... Most likely supporting or voting against some bill or another.

Uchiha_Cycliste

2011-11-23 10:57:49 AM

EnviroDude: Jake Havechek: Oh please please please!!!!!

You know what the price of treason is?

lies lies lies lies

\lies lies lies lies lies lies

you suck, you've sucked for some time. You've never said anything worth reading. goodbye.

Muta

2011-11-23 11:01:32 AM

TheOther: Don't the terrorists already know how many, if any, attacks they've made on Paki nuke sites?

Terrorist: We just attacked a base. We fought hard but they were dug in well.

Bachmann: Terrorsts just a attacked a base with nuke!!

Terrorist: There were nukes there?! Let's try that and put a little more effort into that.

Bloody William

2011-11-23 11:01:59 AM

Dr Dreidel: Uh? Does someone who sets off a bomb in a crowded commerce center not intend to commit homicide?

I get that it's a pretty stupid thing to try and change a colloquial term (especially splitting such a fine hair as that), but it's not quite as Orwellian as "War is Peace" to refer to the event not by the consequences to the perpetrator (his own suicide) but to the effects on those he targeted (homicide).

Because "homicide bombing" could apply to any attempt to bomb something and kill people. "Suicide bombing" is distinct, because the perpetrator commits suicide while doing it.

All blackbirds are birds, but not all birds are blackbirds.

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