Comments on: Bachmann: 23 TV appearances since Sept. 1, 0 public meetings in her district since being elected

By: Aleks

Aleks — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:15:53 +0000

Sounds like the Wicked Witch of the Midwest has national ambitions. O.M.G.

By: Bruce Becker

Bruce Becker — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:32:23 +0000

Being told what to do must have been hard for Rep Bachmann. Her stance against saving the environment is based on her feelings, feelings that no one should be told what to do.
We ’should’ all be able to know what to do and to do the right thing, she says. This is the ideology of adolescence. The recent mortgage crisis happened because the ideology of Chairman Greenspan said: the marketplace will settle its own business. He had an ideology that said, no one should tell the market how to run its business. Then, after the market gambled on house prices always going up and some companies bet 30-1 and 40-1 against the market going down, EVER, and lost their shirts and our respect, the former chairman of the fed bank now admits that he made an error in judgement by letting the market police itself. Bachmann’s ideology of letting everyone decide for themselves whether to save the planet, and specifically whether to save on energy usage by eliminating wasteful light bulbs and replacing them when they are done, with much more energy-efficient light bulbs, reflects two things.
1. Bachmann is an adolescent in her make-up. She really believes that there is no place for external discipline to overrule the greed of the marketplace.
2. Bachmann probably doesnt even see that she is operating like adolescents act, relative to discipline, and ‘father-force’. She is dramatizing her Oepidal, her psychological weakness and playing it out on a national stage.

Please vote for a mature decent person on Tuesday, Vote for Elwyn Tinklenberg, a Methodist minister, and a visionary leader in transportation.

By: Bruce Becker

Bruce Becker — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:21:55 +0000

In February 2008, Bachmann voted against an extension of the Protect America Act.

Later in March, she submitted an op-ed to the Star Tribune arguing that the PAA ought to have been passed and faulting House Democrats for its failure to do so.

The extension had been proposed by Democrats and was overwhelmingly supported by Democrats.

Protect America? Those Democrats are just so Un-American. Wait, no I’m for it. No, I’m against it because they’re for it. No wait, I am for it and I am against it.
Thank you Rep Bachmann, the door to oblivion is paved with your apologies, fake retractions and TV appearances. No light bulb left unturned.

By: hartman_john

hartman_john — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:47:09 +0000

Michelle needs an Assistant Communications Executive in Charge of Self-Promotion to oversee the activites of her many-headed Outreach programs. She is clearly scattered in her attempts to Palin-ize herself for the 2012 election cycle. It seems obvious that she is either bucking for a Veep slot on the Palin 2012 ticket, or, more likely, she’s trying to out-Palin Palin…not a simple task. The residents of her district would do well to support her efforts. There is no doubt that Michelle Bachmann in the White House would mean great things for her constituents. Michelle in 2012!

By: roger

roger — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:26:01 +0000

Bachmann has a long history of doing wing-nutty things, from stalking gays at a rally to turning into a groupie while groaping the president and lots more. She comes as no surprise.

The folks in her district aren’t like the rest of the state, they want a nut to represent them.

By: Curtis Rode

Curtis Rode — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:42:49 +0000

holy cow. this lady is un-american. I hope you people in your fine state do the right thing and vote her out of office. I hated her before the gaffe with the pathetic smile and condescending attitude. And that was all before i knew she was an idiot. where are the rest of the comments here. that is scary.