Comments on: Bachmann concerned about socialism: She’s probably exaggerating

By: Fast Eddie

Fast Eddie — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:52:27 +0000

Socialism getting free health care. Not paying into retirement but receiving benefits. How about voting yourself pay raises. These are just a few things congress & senate do.

By: David Wilson

David Wilson — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:09:11 +0000

If socialism means Renewable energy , jobs for the middle class , equity in taxes , fiscally responsible … then someone needs to get an Unabiased dictionary…. The nut cases in her party have had an upper class elite socialism bracket for themselves for goin’ on 30 years because thats what they do for each other is share the wealth with their very small (minded) social bracket (thru backdoors mind you). I can’t even keep count on how many trillions in deficeits, starting with Regan Bush G and Bush W,that the middle class has had to pay back at a higher tax rates. Therefore having to pay more than the money suckin’ socialist elitists Neo-cons.

By: Ron Thiessen

Ron Thiessen — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:39:18 +0000

The looks of Mary Tyler Moore, the mouth of Joe McCarthy and the mind of Ted Haggard all packaged into one effective little instrument of demagoguery.

This fierce opponent of socialism has spent most of her working life in government jobs. Her current job carries a salary of $174,000 per year and includes the government funded health care and retirement benefits package that she works zealously to make sure the rest of us don’t get.

Republicans need to turn their backs on this woman. The party of Lincoln has become the party of Limbaugh and it is in that environment that kooks like Bachmann fit in.

By: Eric Ferguson

Eric Ferguson — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:59:38 +0000

Just to be clear, Jim Ragsdale says this, not the Pioneer Press. I can’t conceive of the right-leaning editorial board saying the same thing. It’s a small point I admit, but I’ve seen conservatives support a point by claiming newspapers said something, when in fact it was one columnist or even a letter writer who said it.

Anyway, Bachmann is right, who wants to be western Europe, with that silly high standard of living and all. Going bankrupt over medical bills, now that’s freedom!