Michele Bachmann, queen of the summer news quizzes
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 at 10:08 am
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Photo: bachmann.house.gov
Were U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann to give a school speech of her own — “What I Did During My Summer Vacation” — she could confidently state that she cemented a place for herself in the national news media’s consciousness. The latest evidence: Bachmann figures prominently in two end-of-summer news quizzes from The Atlantic and the New York Times.
Neither quiz question will tax regular readers of the Minnesota Independent, but here they are for the record.
From the “Summer 2009 Political Vocabulary Quiz” by the Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder:
8. “Michele Bachmann” is:
A. an invention of the liberal blogosphere
B. a Republican member of Congress from Minnesota who aspires to run for the presidency
C. a family doctor in Tupelo
From “An End of Summer Quiz” by the New York Times’ Gail Collins:
III. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota or Sarah Palin?
A) “Right now we are looking at reaching down the throat and ripping the guts out of freedom in this country.”
B) “The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’. …”
C) Refuses to fill out her census form.
D) Urged people to be “armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax.”
E) Going to China to address an investors forum sponsored by a Hong Kong brokerage firm.
F) “Only dead fish go with the flow.”
5 Comments
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 10:37 am
Michele Bachmann is a junior Representative, and a member of a minority party in a House utterly dominated by the majority party. She’s a national figure entirely because her opposition has, with the cooperation of the MSM, made her that way — had it not been for y’all rising to the bait, her political career would probably have died in the 2000 election. She was able to beat Gary Laidig in the endorsement largely because of grassroots dissatisfaction with “Country Club” Republicans (hell, Laidig even lives on “Country Club Curve” in tony Woodbury), but she’s benefited politically much more for the over-the-top attacks on her than she’s been hurt by her often over-the-top pronouncements.
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 11:50 am
Really, Joel, Michele Bachmann is the enemy of “country club Republicans?” That’s pretty funny–considering that last year Bachmann moved from one golf-course neighborhood in Stillwater (Oak Glen) to a $1.27 million manor on the 18th hole of another Washington County golf course (Stoneridge). Let me refresh your memory:
The only thing more laughable than that is your claim that the local MSM has been dutifully reporting Bachmann’s wingnuttery and hate since 2000. Had they actually been doing that, we probably wouldn’t have Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in office today. Unfortunately, the somnambulant local MSM all but ignored Bachmann for her first seven years in office and allowed her to coast to victory every election.
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 1:28 pm
Karl, do try reading what I said — I’ve talked to folks in the room when Michele Bachmann walked in, in a sweater and jeans, and took the nomination away from Laidig.
As to how much coverage she gets, go ahead and do a Lexus/Nexus search; enjoy.
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 3:48 pm
Sorry, Joel, like the rest of the tripe you lay out, that urban legend about Bachmann’s on-the-spot nomination in jeans and sweatshirt is a total fabrication and has been debunked by people who were there. In Gary Laidig’s words, it’s bullshit.
You also failed to address Bachmann’s country-club status. Wearing jeans and sweatshirt while living in a $1.27 million golf-course manor doesn’t make you a pauper. Facts don’t lie, Mr. Rosenberg.
Comment posted September 8, 2009 @ 4:20 pm
I guess you can take up the debunking with, say, Bruce Bethke — who was there, and cast the deciding vote. Or not; fine with me, either way.
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