Comments on: Michele Bachmann, queen of the summer news quizzes

By: Joel Rosenberg

Joel Rosenberg — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:20:58 +0000

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.

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:48:13 +0000

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.

By: Joel Rosenberg

Joel Rosenberg — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:28:52 +0000

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.

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:50:37 +0000

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:

http://minnesotaindependent.com/11329/michele-bachmann%e2%80%99s-housing-crisis-is-resolved-with-a-127-million-golf-course-manor

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.

By: Joel Rosenberg

Joel Rosenberg — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:37:14 +0000

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.