Bachmann likens U.S. to Titanic, decries ‘gangster government’

The US as a country is now like the Titanic? And I thought Republicans always accused the Democrats of tearing down America.

What ever happened to that “morning in America” optimism that Republican-worshipped Reagan used to put on display? Handwringing about current problems won’t win back political power – the Republicans need to provide hope for change ….. no, wait, the Democrats have that covered now.

When Republicans are wringing their hands about the US in terms like gangster government, government czars, impending socialism and fascism …. do they wring only with their right hands?

ps …. have any “free market economists” been executed lately? Sounds that way from Rep. Bachmann’s remarks. I didn’t know we applied the death penalty for errors in economic understanding.

Mill, I think the Repubs are accusing the Dems of tearing down America with the Titanic comparison. I’m guessing they think “O” is the captian. Its probably likely both major political parties would move toward government/socialization type of spending so “whatever”.

OK, so are the first and second flooded chambers the doing of the current administration, Ms. Bachmann, and now it’s up to the Pubs to seal off the third chamber? Seems that the hole had already been ripped, emergency action is taking place to correct the errors of the previous captain of the “free market,” and that once the ship is steadied (if it can be) the current captain will turn things over to a new captain? Oh these analogies are fun, Michelle! Good job! I’ll only be worried when you stand on your desk in the House and decry yourself the “Queen of the Pubs,” with arms spread wide.

Yes, Bush piloted us into the iceberg and now Obama is now searching for lifeboats to launch. The current administration is stuck with cleaning up after another Republican disaster.

@mill
“ps …. have any “free market economists” been executed lately? ”

No, but their ideas died an ugly death in a head-on collision with reality.

So our only Senator is actually doing things for the people of this state and Michelle is shooting her mouth off while doing nothing. Would somebody please put a rag in that fools mouth? If you are not helping shut the hell up… isn’t this the idiot who made it harder for her constituents to get funds to rebuild a needed bridge?

Michelle why not run for Senator against Klobuchar and see how well you do? She is the perfect representative of the Minnesota Republican Party… a laughingstock of stupidity, greed and uselessness.

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Sounds as if you Minnesotans love crony capitalism as long as you’re team is in charge. You will all make excellent members of the Stasi. While you continue to blame the last idiot for the financial crisis, your man continues the EXACT same policies. Still at war, deeper in debt, and the police state grows. Nothing changed sheeple. But I suppose when total collapse envelopes this country at least you’ll have your ‘hope for change’.

Check the Dealer’s FEC filings.

All his donations were to Repubs.

Including the Crazy Lady herself.

There’s a problem with Bachmann’s conspiracy theory, however. Paul Walser isn’t a Democrat. According to FEC records, he’s never donated a dime to a Democrat. In fact, he’s not only donated heavily to conservative Republicans, he’s actually contributed thousands to Bachmann.

According to FEC records, over the past decade Walser has contributed a total of $115,100 to Republicans and conservative PACs. Some highlights:

$6,700 to Michele Bachmann
$43,000 to the Minnesota Republican Party
$5,100 to Norm Coleman
$7,350 to Bush and McCain combined
$0 for Democrats
To sum it up: Michele Bachmann is pushing a conspiracy theory that the Obama administration is using the GM situation to reward its political supporters.

Her primary piece of evidence is a dealership in her own state owned and operated by a Republican who hasn’t contributed to a Democrat on the federal level in at least 10 years. Moreover, he’s contributed more than $100,000 to Republicans and conservatives, including $6,700 to Bachmann herself.

That leaves us with two possibilities: either the Obama administration are the least competent conspirators ever, or Michele Bachmann is a paranoid and delusional freak.

ref:
by Jed Lewison
Wed Jun 10, 2009 at 03:20:08 PM PDT

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/10/740839/-More-delusional-paranoia-from-Bachmann

If Babs knew her history she would have known that the press came up with unsinkable. Even in the movie the ships designers says the Titanic could sink and that no ship is unsinkable. She was probably too busy fast forwarding past the naked parts.

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I wonder what Paul Walser thinks of the Democrats now. He ought to be thanking them to high heaven for keeping him in business.

Way to bite the hand that feeds you, Michelle! The woman is bats*** crazy…

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I have to say that Michelle painted the sinking of the Titanic very vividly. Now I don’t even have to rent the movie anymore because she spoiled the end of it for me.

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Sounds like a bunch of left/right nonesense.

Deal with the information.

Stop labeling everything and detail with the information.

Whenever Michele Bachmann surfaces I am embarassed to admit being from Minnesota. Next time I am in the state I will stay away from her district because it has way to many people from the lunatic fringe if she can be re-elected.

The Republicans should pay her to keep her mouth shut and stay off TV if they want to regain credibility instead of riling up the far right of their right of center party.

Welcome to Fascism .. many of you seem to think this is a political game .. to me this is not a left/ right issue.. this is an Americans issue.. the American Dream is DEAD .. Liberty is DEAD,,, Government has no business interfering with propping up failed banks, failed car producers, failed news media… picking and choosing which businesses get subsidized.. which get taxed more than another .. this is not what I consider equal rights nor equal protection … Individual Sovereignty is DEAD and mob rule has overtaken the scene… the next stop is revolution .. and then Dictatorship.
Bye Bye American Pie.. welcome the the USSA … soon to be a third world wanna be nation..

You folks from MN actually PAY this nutcase to spout off and make a (continuous) fool of herself, and consequently, YOU ALL? Who elects her?

Thank you Michele for standing up for the free market in America. Someone needs to stand up to these communists….err I mean progressives. Chicago thug politics has been brought mainstream America and we’ll all pay dearly.

Isn’t it funny that anyone who doesn’t agree with the current administration can so easily be labelled a “nutcase.” She is a woman, so she must be all the more crazy. Just throw her in the same goup as sarah Palin, who also has a target on her back.

What this woman is saying makes sense! The government has no right to decide which car dealerships stay open or close! These dealerships should be free to succeed or fail on thier own.

Bachmann has been criticized for lobbying on behalf of some dealerships top stay open now? What should she do? This is the system that the governmnet set up, and it is wrong. Let’s forget about whether these dealerships supported the democrats or not. IT IS WRONG FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO CHOOSE WICH ONES STAY OPEN OR CLOSE!

How long will the democrats blame the last administration? 4 yrs? 8 yrs? Personally, I believe the country was better off prior to Nov. 08. We cannot spend our way out of this mess. WAKE UP PEOPLE! Yes American people. The so called liberl movement of the 60′s and 70′s did not support Facism!

Next it will be healthcare, then other business. Soon all of our salaries will be determined by the government. The middle class will foot the bill and be hurt yet again. Hardworking Americans will be forced into government run clinics alongside gang members, while the wealthy will still pay for private insurance, including Obama. Healthcare is a privledge, not a right. If you are a gangmember who deals drugs brutalizes and murders, you do not deserve healthcare. If you are in this country illegally, you do not deserve healthcare. GET A JOB. Why don’t we give tax breaks to employers who pay for healthcare and make it affordable by free market competition.

There are too many out there who work the system. We have drug dealers who are on SSI. I know an entire family who collects SSI. They boast and call it “Stupid Money” they purposely act like they cannot spell their own name. This government run system is flawed, god help us all if they are in control of our healthcare. I feel like I’m living in the “Twilight Zone” and everyone has drak the koolaid! WAKE UP! Smack yourselves in the face!

At what point does one not use the word “paranoid”? I am amazed that so many Americans are apathetic to the idea that the president of the US could fire the head of GM as if he were the Big Boss and yet not be upset. Whoa! You get what you asked for. Unfortunately, some ignore history of other countries and do not see where government take-overs lead. Fine. Those who condemn Bachmann and others who look long-term versus short-term obviously do not mind the possibility of 2nd or 3rd world status here. When they age and find they can no longer expect medical care to enhance their lives (hip replacements, kneed replacements, laser surgery for macular degeneration), they may realize then that their children and grandchildren will reap the rewards of their acceptance of big government and massive spending and–essentially–an America totally unlike the one in which they grew up, the one that people of all other nations fight to move into. Too bad. Because of what’s happening now, we truly are losing independence and strength. Oh, well, fewer will come here; I suppose that’s a good thing. America as it was intended is gone.

Art Carney (and the rest of you who don’t get it) – that’s the point…it took connections in the government (Dems – as you say) to keep a privately owned business open. Walser’s business was not going under….GM (your government) was closing it. Your government was telling a privately owned business that they had to close up shop.

Of course, Bachmann stepped in to help a local dealership – she’s not contradicting herself. That’s what it took to save jobs in her district. Her point is that she and others (like Barney Frank) shouldn’t have to….private businesses that are making money and providing jobs in economic times like today should be allowed to operate, not be told they have to shut down by the government.

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