Poll: Majority of Minnesotans ‘embarrassed’ by Bachmann

That is not true at all, look at who took the survey… one sided anyone? The media should find something better to do than slam Plain and Bachmann.

FOX news also uses research 2000. they are a non-partisan group that does polling for all sides. Palin and Bachmann are the gifts that keep on giving ;)

Check your link on the front page:
MI = Michigan
MN = Minnesota

Thanks!

Which link is that?

If Minnesotans aren’t embarrassed they should be. She is a disgrace to the human race. She is a sorry excuse for a human being and is pond scum slime.

The “MI” link is on Talking Points Memo, not Minnesota Independent.

I can only hope that her district is embarassed also. Vote her OUT!

“Majority” of what? Misfits & muggers? Michele Bachmann is a beloved populist princess.

I will be donating to whoever opposes her in her next election. It’s time she stopped embarassing our nation on the world stage with her utterly retarded ramblings.

Carlton, that’s sarcasm, right?

This it the United States of America, Michelle Bachmann…not the United States of Israel. The founding fathers would accuse you of treason for your idiotic statements.

I live in her district. There are too many single issue voters here. The catholic church, wing-nut churches, and the nra have too much influence.

Bachmann wants to “wean” everyone else off of government programs while her family collects over $250K a year in government farm subsidies for not growing anything.

Embarrassing.

Why in the world didn’t they vote that backward religious extremist nutbar out a year ago? She barely made it then. Now she’s comfortable again and thinks she can get away with her insane rants about death panels, weaning people off of Social Security (that would go over well with Grandma) which is Republican extremist ideology. She’s seriously crazy. Our nation needs that woman like a hole in the head. Come on Minnesota wake up and oppose her now and dump her next election. Call her out on her lies and stupidity people.

what a nut this woman is. i’m sickened and embarrased by her and I’m not even from that state. The USA should be ashamed of her.

I have long wondered if Minnesotans, generally a leve-headed breed, found her embarrassing. I live in Maine and have two women representing me in the Senate with whom I disagree, but of whom I am proud. I’d be embarrassed to be represented by an airhead, even in the unlikely case I agreed with her.

Bachman needs a little white padded cell, after the voters throw her out of office – the things that come out of this woman’s mouth are deranged and dangerous.

There are many intelligent, well-educated, serious quality women in the Republican party. Can we PLEASE see more of them being put forward as spokeswomen by party leaders, and less of the nutjobs like Palin, Bachman & Malkin? They are an embarrasment to all women in politics. Look at the role Hillary Clinton plays as Secretary of State? Whatever your party affiliation, you have to admit, it is difficult (and dangerous to national security) to imagine loose canons like Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman in the role of US Secretary of State??? Yet, such a position should be possible for Republican women in politics.

It’s time the old goat men in the GOP leadership woke up. They thrust these women into the forefront of current GOP because they believe they’ll win extreme right evangelical and Tea Party activist votes and win back the WH. I’m not convinced.

Bachman is a cult and anyone who believes her rant are high on fantasy.

While Michelle sticks her neck out and keeps getting challenged, very few of our Representative or Senators will state openly state their true beliefs, which get all of us in trouble. At least people in her District KNOW what she believes and feels. What you see is what you get, instead of a mealy-mouthed, constantly contradicting themselves, liberal Democrat, who still believe in ‘tooth fairies’.

I think all you crying babies who are embarrassed by her and need more government to change your diapers shouldmove out to San Francisco and live with Nancy.

Carlton
I think Bachman is more queen like- as in Marie Antoinette.
“let them eat cake”
As she takes away their SS and medicare.
As she counts the 250 K her farm gets in subsidies.

When she was on the local school board she was against the school showing the disney movie the Aladdin because she thot it promoted witchcraft.
Well, I guess takes one to know one.

HER FAMILY GETS $250,000 IN FARM SUBSIDES, WHILE SHE COMPLAINS ABOUT OBAMA!

BACHMANN IS A SOCIALIST WITH HER 1/4 OF MILLION A YEAR FROM YOUR TAXES!

TYPICAL HYPOCRITE

Sometimes I find myself speechless after this woman speaks.

Wow. Hardley believable she exists.

She is nuts. How can this person be so high up in our Goverment? Her and other GOPers are attempting to do away with Medicare and give Wall Street our SS money.They are anti Health reform,(30% plus increase in Caif. Blue Cross)were all going to get it! They are Anti bank reform, They just put off the jobs bill which includes unemployment extention for over 1 million people. What are they for? They talk out of both sides of their mouths. Bachmann and her crowed do not care at all about working or not working Americans, They just give us a 55 gallon drum of B.S.alon with her pal PALIN!

Any Minnesotan with any dignity should be embarrassed by her. The woman is mentally disturbed.

Please take a moment to realize that Minnesota has two wonderful, progressive cities, Minneapolis & Duluth with a whole bunch of Alabama in between. Ms. Bachmann is Queen Bee in the land of stupid. I mean rally, do you think she could have been elected in Minneapolis?

I have lived in Minnesota all of my life. Now we’ve had our share of bad politicians in our great state. Certainly Jesse Ventura comes to mind. But never in my long life have I been so embarassed by a representative from my state. It’s not just that she is such an extremist, it is in addition to saying such crazy things. I have a bumper sticker on my car that states: “Are the people in the sixth district that crazy?” When I drive through the area from time to time some people have let me know what they think about my sticker in a rather direct fashion.
I like those folks in that district. Fairly conservative (most of the state leans slightly to the left)and hard working. I’ve talked to a few people up there (I’m from the Cities)and they are embarassed as well. I’m certain that she’ll be elected out this year, so we shouldn’t hear much from her anymore. I know that I’ll be supporting her opposition.

She found her way out of restraints again! The squirrels are angry because she’s digging and stealing all their acorns.

i really feel sorry for minnesota people,who have her as a represenrative,who only appeals to the grazy and biggets of the societ,it makes them look like.bunch of idiots and uneducated.jessie ventura had more common sense than this crazy lady,every time i see her on tv,i almost laugh.

“The release of the survey, commissioned by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America and Credo Action”

Do I need to say anything more?
Do I need to read any further?
What a farce.

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The only thing Minnesotans have to be embarrassed about is voting a dishonest clown like Alan Stuart “Al” Franken into office. I would much rather have Michelle Bachmann who stands up for the people, who is intelligent, speaks the truth and is not afraid of expressing her true values. Many of the people here who have posted are hateful and frankly I think are afraid of her just like they are of Sara Palin. Lighten up and cherish this diverse country we live in. And…I am a Minnesotan and proud to have Michelle represent our state!

People are embarrassed by Bachmann?? Puhleeeze, I’m more embarassed that our state elected Al “Im a satirist” Franken. He is the joke! The man only moved here to run for office, now he’s living in Wash. D.C. His previous political experience… ummmm he wrote for SNL…. He refuses to allow a senior senator to finish his comments because “I’m in charge”….Wait for the fireworks to start once the Nov election occurs and his party is no longer in control. Your nice warm Al will go off like a roman candle. Sorry but I don’t like my policitians to cram things down my throat….. I prefer to have a discussion about it, rather than name calling which seems to be the focus for Democrats. They never can reason or use facts, they just name call and leave it at that…Can’t wait for November!

Did anyone read what she said in it’s entirety? NO I doubt any of you did. Try reading what she said “all of it” and then make a decision. Good grief.. anyone can take a 5 second sound bite out of a discussion and make them look like a loony. She is not for stopping social security for those on it now. What she said is that we CANNOT continue to have social security in its present form. We need to find an alternative to what we have because it will be bankrupt in the very near future. How is the government going to fix it? How are WE the people going to fix it. But then again, it’s just the way of the Democrats, whine whine whine and give me more, take care of me from the cradle to the grave… who cares how much it costs.. just print more money..

Wake up, people! She’ll probably win again, because, as in the last two elections, an “independence” party candidate will file, and enough people who don’t want to vote for her will vote for that candidate, since given the option, they feel like that’s a happy compromise rather than voting for the Democrat. Even though you still end up with Bachmann!

The Dems are running elections like it’s the 20 years ago and have not woken up to how to run a 3-way race. Dems still act like it’s a 2-person race and ignore the 3rd party. That’s why Bachmann won (never got 50%), same with Pawlenty, Paulson, and it almost happened in the Senate race. We will keep losing these races until the party, the candidates and the activists wake up to this.

Michele Bachmann is seriously deranged. She said that Congress should be investigated…the same Congress she is a member of. Go figure, Minnesota.

[...] a poll that is being reported on today (here and here), what we have all suspected is now backed up by some good ‘ole hard numbers: Michele [...]

Not one person has talked about what her position is or how they disagree with what she is proposing. Instead we get the following words;
Treason, Idiot, wing nut, backward religious extremist nutbar, nut, nutjob, padded cell, cult, socialist, hypocrite, queenbee in the land of stupid, extremist, and my favorite
“grazy and biggets”… (to the last one fay moghtader at least learn to spell correctly).
To those who think she’s wrong on weaning America off Social Security, just how should we fund it when it goes bankrupt in a few years.

Some of her statements have come close to treason if you read the Constitution. Her religious beliefs should be between her and her God, not driving public policy and forcing it on other people. Our government doesn’t need this Christian Ayatollah Woman.

Whatever happened to the liberal MN we knew under HHH and Mondale?
Bachmann not only disgusts me, I gag every time I hear her open her stupid, delusional yap.
I hope Minnesotans wake up and fix this! The rest of the world must be laughing hysterically.

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Embarrassment isn’t a strong enough word to describe it. As someone who is a descendant of Bachmanns of Minnesota, I’m especially mortified by her. As an American, I’m stunned and ashamed that someone who skewers the truth so blatantly and is so utterly ridiculous in every way is actually in our government. I can only wonder if those people who do say they like her know anything at all about the world around them and could even recognize the truth if it hit them in the head.

I work quite hard a a volunteer for the sixth district. The question from possible voters that I find hardest to answer is when the voter says, “I think the voting procedures in Minnesota are rigged”. I do not know how to answer that because of representatives like Michelle Bachman, and the gentleman from Anoka county that beat up his wife.

The system is so broken, it is utterly hopeless.

I’m not even from your country and I’m embarrassed for you.. She’s a self serving idiot!! If she’s one who represents the U.S along with her Tea Party friends, then “ya’ll” got problems……

BTW your tea party is a damn shame too….uneducated and racist.

“Obama is going to annihilate us” says Ms.Doing God’s Work….my question is..Mr. President..where do I sign up?

And for all you idiots who support Ms. Looneybin…tell me one positive thing she has done for your district..

Bachmann and Palin..soul sisters of hate…I would love to stop commenting about them…that would mean the media no longer gives them a platform to spew their hate..or better yet, they have been sent home to the psch ward.

It would be better for Minnesota to send Rose Nyland to Congress. She would be a more credible person.

( of “Golden Girls” fame)

I believe the recent medical mystery in Minn. has at last been solved. Unusual forms and shapes seen in MRI’s of the head have been discovered to be little tiny ice cubes. Of course, hypothermia explains the whole shootinkaboodle! Therapy includes pulling one’s head out of their “snowbank” and doing math puzzles to help stimulate brain activity at the cellular level.

I have only one question

What is Ms Bachmann doing to help make America a better place?

She works in our house, what has she done to for us?

If Minnesotans aren’t embarrassed, they should be. The woman is clearly not well, and she lies through her teeth. I like the typo by Daryl who said we should leave Bachmann and “Plain” alone. That’s a great nickname for Plain Sarah Palin.

Of course they are embarrassed, and they should be; they elected her. Wake up America, conservatives are generally self-serving, short sighted liars or woefully uninformed.

Michelle and that little old grouch Virginia Foxx should crawl into a hole and bring their hateful rantings with them. Embarrassing their constituents is the least of their offences. Their bigoted and hate filled speech on almost every subject is exactly why they need to be replaced. If, in fact, they do represent the feelings and beliefs of the people in their districts then the United States has bigger problems than embarrassment. I believe the Pledge of Allegiance ends with “…liberty and justice for ALL.” not just for white, christian conservatives. Just for the record I am white and a christian.

The media gives Michelle a free ride. She’s been outright crazy for years and years. It’s only recently that she’s getting some attention.

All Catholics who vote for her turn a blind eye to her religion too. The Lutheran Wisconsin Synod believes the Pope is the antichrist. I know because I used to be a member.

Michelle Bachman is a radical extremist. The whole world understands that except for a group of Republican men. I don’t know exactly how it happened but I suspect that religious repression of sexual feelings has something to do with the current testosterone driven chasing after Palin and Bachman. The Republican party who has never welcomed women is suddenly chasing these two skirts. Susan Eisenhower was surely right. Her grandfather wouldn’t recognize the Republican party of today. Ike had dignity. You might not have agreed with everything he said but you could still respect him. Who could respect Boehner? Or the ravings of Bachman or Palin. If you took the sex drive out of it, the Republicans who think Palin would be a good presidential candidate would drop far lower than the 11% who were for her in this week’s polling.

I lived in the 6th district (Bachmann’s) for 15 years. I did not vote for her the first time she ran for state office, but have ever since. Why? because she speaks her mind and she is some what of a rouge in her own party. She says things that can make even a conservative like cringe, but at least it out there for debate. Most politician talk only party line stuff. They think they owe the party more than the people they represent. For all of you that hate her so much there might be good news. There a rumor that after the 2010 census Minnesota will lose a seat. Some people think it will be the 6th district. If that happens don’t think you are done with her, She could morph I to a Liberals worse nightmare.
To Nancy who pines for Hubert. I grew up three miles from his home. I saw and heard him at a distance of ten feet. He would say any thing to win a vote. He was also was a puppet of Richard Daley of Chicago. I’d personally don’t see him as a saint or a hero. He was a career politician, something I think this country would be better off without. Neither Republican or Democrats have real answers. DUMP THEM ALL IN THE FALL!

I grew up in Bachmann’s district and even though it’s right near the Twin Cities, it is chock full of hillbillies, or rednecks if you prefer. Although when I went to school there *redneck* meant someone who refused to smoke pot. Normal there was having an unquestioning belief that the Twin Cities were dangerous and filled with prostitutes; being high school educated; being a single issue voter; and being unoffended by someone using the N word because everyone understood that there were N kinds of blacks and good blacks…they weren’t all the same. Ya know?

Really, are people actually surprised by these results?

I’m amazed that people are on here defending her. She is an absolute joke.

And using the satire of Palin and Limbaugh, she is effing retarded too!

My favorite Bachmann quote of the week (concerning the “Keep God in America” campaign:

“Today, in the name of ‘equality’ and ‘political correctness’ the basic liberty to love and worship God is being undermined…”

Outstanding, Michelle. There’s nothing the people want to hear more from you than your blatant disregard for equality. Keep up the good work, congresswoman.

my bad…”Representative.” I guess I just assumed she was congress from all her mistakes!

She is an embarrassment to Minnesota, her children, her husband, her parents and mostly herself. With respect to Health Care she has a definite conflict of interest, she and her husband own several mental health centers that are relient on the insurance industry to get claims paid.

Max,
She is a congresswoman. She ‘represents’ the 6th Dist. of MN.
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MN is an odd state, politically. The Twin Cities are mostly liberal, as is the majority of “out state” — however there is a ring around the Cities — suburbs and exurbs — where there are a lot of conservatives/1-2 issue voters. Bachmann’s district is such an area. I live in a similar area (but different district) and I see a lot of the same type of mentality in my neighbors.

This poll does not surprise me, though. Her dist. may be very conservative, but the majority of the state is not.

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Meh, I’m not embarrassed. She’s not my Congressperson. If I lived in her district, I might feel otherwise. At least we don’t have Oklahoma’s loony Senators.

Yes, we must leave “Plain” alone. LOL

Gahnzo,

You should do a little more research on your junior senator, Al Franken. While Al Franken was born in NY, he was raised in Minn. He is a carpetbagger like Norm Coleman who grew up in NY and moved to Minn to get into politics. Franken is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which is affiliated with the Democratic Party. He’s also a Harvard grad. Satirist or not, the guy is smart. He’s also been actively involved in the USO for more than a decade. So you don’t like his politics but you would do well to know more about the man other than the “facts” brought to you by Faux News.

Sorry, I meant to say Franken isn’t a carpetbagger like Norm Coleman.

gahnzo: Why is it only wrong when a Democratic Senator enforces a fair rule in the Senate, to cut off a long winded Senator, when the very same thing has often been done by the Republicans, in fact, by John McCain, himself? The discussion was already in danger of going on for too long, and yes, Franken was in charge. When Republicans are and utilize this, I don’t see you criticizing them. Oh, no, it’s only when it’s our side. More of the old double standard thing that we see every day.

My god ! Some of you brainwashed fox/Right wing Am radio fans really need to wake up & smell the Feces (btw- Its the stuff you get spoon fed daily) & now apparently takes up the majority of real estate in your friggin heads.

Freedom ?? Ha Ha Yeah You have the Freedom to get screwed & LIKE IT !
People living in countries labeled as “Socialist” (in the propaganda films you watch) exp. -France ,Germany ,Holland etc.. who see the USA close up Think we been hijacked turned into 1 big prison as They have Real Freedoms & The kind that you & I cant even Imagine !

Its just They have accepted many of the social realities that being a part a society entail & what is required of all its citizens (& Yes Ohhhhh NOOOO- Horror of horrors They pay Taxes) & THEY -(the people) decide what benefits should be purchased by those taxes & distributed to all people ! Obviously common wisdom dictates that people need to be be healthy, happy & well educated in order to be contented contributors to a society as a whole.

& So they try to do accomplish that goal So that each person has the opertunaty to be as happy as possible with the short time we each have on this Earth.
( Instead of running around to protect every desire of the Mega Wealthy so that poor people don’t take too much of their precious money or power
(GOOD JOB SLAVES !-Here is your nothing , Now go watch Fox)
Most of the horseshit that gets shoved down our throats would simply not be tolerated by people in those countries – What ? So WE GET NO HEALTH CARE ? WHAT! BUT you do ? ummmmm wait uhhhhhh
THEY WOULD RIOT IN THE STREETS ! & THEIR GOVT KNOWS THAT
( btw- Not staged fake anger via confused morons ,scripted & funded by $billionaires & marketing Co.)

But here in the good ole USA The controlling 1% & their representative party (THE GOP)know they can always count on their brainwashed ‘Tools’ & all that’s left is selling BS to the misinformed /distracted Mushy Middle U.S. voter (Not terribly difficult as their so busy working like dogs 24-7 & + they find politics dull anyway)

THIS IS WHAT IS MEANT BY -” A People get the Govt They Deserve”
WE get shat upon because not enough of us do anything about it ( & some even Help & support their cause -!! ?? )
yeahhhh Spread em wide baby -WE LOVE IT Hard n Deep

I’m from MN, lived there most my life, but have moved away. I constantly talk to people that are bringing up how much of a moron Michelle Bachmann is. I agree with them and donated to the candidate that faced her. I love hotdish, I love hockey, I AM A MINNESOTAN and I AM EMBARRASSED BY MICHELLE BACHMANN.

Obviously even a great Representative will policy positions that are the opposite of many of their constituents. How historians determine whether is successful and worthy of being defined as great is larged based on how they serviced their entire district, not merely those who share their policy positions. Rep. Bachmann not only distinguishes herself by not working on behalf of her districts’ citizens, but is also vigorously engaged in denying them even their equal liberty rights and our avoiding the two biggest looming challenges we face, climate change and the national debt – largely due to increasing health care costs.

I would hope this district will elect someone capable and focused on putting America and its citizens’ interests first rather than serving a political movement which has already demonstrated its incapability of both governing and taking on fundamental challenges we continue to procrastinate about.

Bachmann is batshyt crazy. I’m not embarassed that she was elected, I’m embarassed that she exists. Death panels? Prove it. Census is a plot to put republicans into concentration camps? I wish. Obama’s a Muslim? Bite me. Will someone please vote this fool out?

Minnesotans elected her even after she embarrassed herself (and them) with Chris Matthews so they are stuck with her until the 2010 election. If they are sufficiently scandalized, they can vote her out. The woman is ill and you send ill people to therapists, not to Congress.

[...] Poll: Majority of Minnesotans ‘Embarrassed’ by Bachmann (By Paul Schmelzer, The Minnesota Independent, Feb. 12, 2010) [...]

No one called but can I add my vote. We don’t even go to Still Water and that part of the state. If they choose her wow they all have a problem

I’m not surprised by the 56% or even the 29% that were “proud” of her. What surprises me is the 15% who aren’t sure. While I think she’s a nut, I have some very rational friends who think highly of her, for some odd reason. Also, just because she’s used to be from Stillwater does not mean she is a carbon copy of every citizen here. Many do love her here but there is a strong minority (if there ever was one) who can’t stand her, me included. On the plus side, she does make me laugh quite a bit.

Perhaps Palin will choose her as her running mate. Now that is a ticket you can believe it.

Wow. I am a woman and long to see a woman president but these two are way way out there. I am hoping before my life ends (65), I can see a smart,world wise, and loving person assume the Commander in Chief job. She can be Dem or Rep. but she must be sane, and must know the issues and be able to converse on them with heads of state. She must be the president of both parties and must have respect for issues on all sides. Know any woman out there that fit the profile.I sure would like to see one.

Oh come on–we need her! Without Mrs. Bachmann we wouldn’t have the “Lightbulb Freedom Act” (really–she proposed this on the floor of the House because she loves our freedoms and apparently has zero respect for the sanctity of the job she’s supposed to be doing) or the ‘Dimbulb Congressperson Act.’ How would Minnesota’s gays fare without Mr. Bachmann’s ‘Pray away the Gay’ Mental Health Counseling and Homophobic Ministry Jamboree? What would the Bachmann’s do if their truly juvenile spying services (at public, open events) were no longer needed? I’m guessing the Dems and Independents who AREN’T embarrassed by her don’t actually know who she is. As for 56% of Republicans approving of her, well they will have to explain that for themselves come Judgment Day. It is inexplicable to rational, adult human beings. Political viewpoint aside, she is a loose cannon with an incredibly childish and petty grasp of the real world. She’s not an asset to either side and certainly not to the country. We have produced amazing politicians–both parties–in this state. Mrs. Bachmann’s ridiculous behavior tarnishes that history.

The right has used its Corporate power to take over all the important aspects of normal hardworking citizens by “manufacturing consent”, while the rest of us are working our tails off the rich amass wealth and spew slogans that use ‘words like freedom’. As these one issue voters what “freedom” means and you will get no answer, because they don’t get it. To me, the freedom they talk about is to have corporations exploit us by dictating policy and running our lives.

In protest to everything that is helpful, right wingers use their single issue stupidity to judge everything. For instance because of recent snow storms, global warming does not exist. Yet they rely on governmental systems to help them enrich themselves like Bachmann. Medicare and Social security are essential to everyone including these idiots, when the decry government involvement we should ask them to consider not enrolling in social security or participating or using any medicare services, maybe this would give them a clue.

Anyone on the right understand the phrase “knowledge is power”?

At this rate, in the hands of right wingers, this country will be deteriorate to the likes of Mexico within a few years.

Pat – where did you stand on Hillary Clinton running in 2008?

As a Minnesota native residing in Montana, I’m embarrassed. I plan to donate to her opponent.

The only reason Bachmann gets airplay is because of the outlandish garbage and hypocrisy that comes out of her mouth.

Amurka is embarrassed by Minnesota. No worries, Connecticut and Massachusetts don’t lag too far behind.

SapienZ, the journalism has been dead for a while now. “Plain” and Bachmann are as interesting as Snooki and Kim Kardashian. This is the only reason we hear and read about these bozos. It’s about the Benjamins.

A left wing organization produces a “survey” that 56% of people dislike a conservative. Wow, that is really shocking news!

As we move closer and closer to the old Soviet Union with our media becoming more and more like Obama cheerleaders, we are in danger of becoming a repressive dictatorship with Marxist destroy-the-wealth ideals.

And Minnesotans AREN’T embarrassed by Al Franken?

“At this rate, in the hands of right wingers, this country will be deteriorate to the likes of Mexico within a few years.”

Socialism did in Mexico just like its doing in Venezuela. If was the LEFT wingers, not the right.

Social security and Medicare will bankrupt the country. These are socialist scams to attract voters to vote Democratic.

Why do you people hate personal freedom and liberties so much and bow down to “share the wealth” autocrats who want to steal your money, IRAs, etc “for the common good” which is usually just their friends?

The guy who wrote this, Paul Schmelzer, has a history of anti Bachman articles. It is a shame suh a twit keeps his job.

Just caught the jersk at this paper deleting pro Bachman posts. There was one before mine that talked of students supporting Backmann. It is gone now.

I don’t believe this survey one bit. This woman is taking back our country.

But not embarrassed by Al Franken?

lol.

“YOU LIE!”

This is news? No wonder Minnesotans had a foul mouthed wrestler and now a mentally ill comedian representing them. No doubt the author, Mr. Schmuckster is a socialist agitator who cannot attack Bachmann’s solid message so he is left to attack the messenger with boiler plate propaganda. I had to laugh out loud at the sources of the poll, the so called, “Progressive Change Campaign Committee”, “Democracy for America” and “Credo Action” who are no doubt Marxist front groups. They should all be alarmed and not embarrassed. America has awakened to non-democratic, socialist apparatchik moles posing as intellectuals. For too many years the ugly left has gone unchallenged but the information age and alternative media has unveiled the red menace in mass media and the people are taking back their republic. Bolsheviks beware, when your reign ends you will be no more than unemployable ideologues in the competitive real world of real issues and traditional mores. It can’t happen too soon. The might is in the right and we will have the last laugh putz.

Well come November she’ll be gone from the house. As a Minnesotan I’m proud of what our reps do. DFL or GOP. But to slowly lose your mind like Bachman is doin. Just makes us look bad. Well not to worry. She’ll have a home on Fox News. Maybe she’ll perdict when the locust will come

You guys elect the buffoon Al Franken and you’re embarrassed by Bachmann? You embarrass the rest of the country.

I’d always thought of Minnesotans as level-headed, decent folks, but Michelle Bachmann sure has throw that concept out the window. I can only hope people will vote her out of office. What a nutcase.

If I was from her district, I would sell my house and move to Texas, Alabama, Louisiana or some other more liberal area. She is a fascist and should be locked up….if you voted for her you probably would have liked adolf hitler and stalin…and oh my god to think she is jewish………….what a disgrace!!!!!!!What is wrong with Minnesota?

Marcus: “Well come November she’ll be gone from the house. ”

You wanna bet? As in 94, where not a single Republican incumbent lost, this year will be a cake cakewalk for any Republican incumbant, and and a slaugher for any dem not in a Pelosi like district.

And did did this outfit that commissioned this survey ask respondents if the 5th district, terrorist sympathizing congressman from CAIR embarrasses or disgusts them?

Too funny! Some people in here are “embarrassed” by Michelle Bachmann but… they voted for AL FRANKEN?
Ha, Ha, Ha, HA!!!

Okay, well she was quite embarrassing two years ago, and they still re-elected her.

I don’t believe it until they throw her out of office.

I am embarrassed by Michele, it’s true. And yes, I AM PROUD OF AL FRANKEN. He cares about us, and his action in the senate proves it. He has helped to introduce some fantastic, wonderful bills. And he continues to refuse to be bought out by corporate interests, unlike 95% of the rest of congress.

HMMMM? Embarrassed by Congresswoman Bachman…that comment from those who sent Al Franken to the U.S. Senate?

I’m embarrassed by Minnesotans

Michelle deserves great praise for doing more than almost anybody in Washington to spare us from the Democrats’ totalitarian health care putsch.

Thank you Michelle. We came within an eyelash of losing our liberties to despicable and misguided people like the junior senator from your state. Your courage and savvy held off the hoards until Scott Brown could come to the rescue. Your service to your country has been noble and honorable beyond description.

more hypothermia.

I’m sorry but Bachmann speaks to the religious right and does not speak the minds of all Americans. The fact she said that America would not “exist” if it didn’t support Israel is disgusting. “Bob Harris” I’m glad you think the democrats are like the most famous of Totalitarian leaders such as Hilter and Stalin! Oh and im sorry Al Franken gave employees the right to sue corporations for sexual assault and assault and battery against fellow employees. I guess that doesn’t mean much to you since it doesn’t help you. And what about Bachmann’s 250k subsidies? I guess that’s okay since she held off the democratic hoard huh? Oh and your taxes are paying for that by the way.

I’m sorry but Bachmann speaks to the religious right and does not speak the minds of all Americans. The fact she said that America would not “exist” if it didn’t support Israel is disgusting. “Bob Harris” I’m glad you think the democrats are like the most famous of Totalitarian leaders such as Hilter and Stalin! Trust me if we were like that you wouldn’t be able contribute your useless pandering to this blog. Oh and im sorry Al Franken gave employees the right to sue corporations for sexual assault and assault and battery against fellow employees. I guess that doesn’t mean much to you since it doesn’t help you. And what about Bachmann’s 250k subsidies? I guess that’s okay since she held off the democratic hoard huh? Oh and your taxes are paying for that by the way.

Slamming the reporter and the group who commissioned the survey avoids the fact that the survey itself is statistically valid. A classic case of killing the messenger to avoid dealing with the fact that a large group of Minnesotans are embarrassed by Rep. Bachmann.

Regarding Mr. Franken vs. Ms. Bachman’s relative capability to govern: My benchmarking of the quality of their statements as they relate to what functional experts, e.g., economists, constitutional scholars, makes clear who is more qualified to serve in that one aspect. I’m confident any unbiased research into the same would yield the same outcome, they are not even close.

Ms. Bachmann has a particularly difficult time creating an honest framing of reality let alone being cognizant of both history and what functional experts understand. In fact its clear she currently couldn’t even pass a primary school science, civics, American History, or high school economics class. Lastly, Ms. Bachmann’s fealty to dishonesty can be easily validated as well. In fact, I have yet to see her speak even once for more than a couple of minutes where she didn’t lie.

Since I’m not a Minnesotan I do not know if Sen. Franken’s tenure to date has been successful, but it’s empirically clear that Ms. Bachmann is no way qualfied to be a professional in any field given her lack of honesty, integrity, ignorance, and her fierce opposition to functional excellence.

“the Democrats’ totalitarian health care putsch”

“We came within an eyelash of losing our liberties to despicable and misguided people like the junior senator from your state”

Propanganda Victims like this are immune to facts, reason, and logic.

Zach Petitbone,

As was already established had you bothered reading the other posts, this is not a ‘left wing’ polling organization. For God sake Fox News uses them. It is this sort of knee-jerk “if they don’t see things my way, they must have a liberal bias because there’s no way I could be wrong” thinking that makes you guys such a joke. Stop denying facts because it suits your view of the world. Just because you really, really, really believe something doesn’t make it true. Time to face the real world like an adult instead of whining that it doesn’t conform to your liking.

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The woman needs intervention by a health-care professional.

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I cautiously approached my elderly parents, ferocious right-wingers both of ‘em, and asked what they thought of Ms Bachmann. Mom said “I love her. Every time she opens her mouth she drives the Democrats crazy.” I thought — privately — that there was a time when we expected a little more than that from our elected officials.

If you Ding dong Minnesota nut jobs don’t like Michelle send her to Illinois. We need her and respect her!

@Peter: Why? Are the Illinois Ding dong nut jobs even more desperate than ours?

Michele Bachmann is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.

Will the SANE people of Minnesota do the US a favor,and take this bible blabbing bitch out into the woods.maybe a moose will trample her to death!!

The nitwit from the north.the queen of nutjobia wants to take our country back.WAY,WAY BACK!!!

“Michele Bachmann is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”

As if no wife ever said that about her molesting husband or serial-killer son.

There is nothing kind or warm or wonderful about advocating destroying Social Security or Medicare without an improved replacement. People will die prematurely. More seniors will live shorter lives homeless, or without access to medicine.

But that’s okay, because all Real Americans know that government can’t do anything good, and anything resembling welfare is for lazy corporations, not lazy sinners. If something bad happens to someone, they just weren’t good enough for Jesus.

Maybe that majority of people surveyed (which is NOT the same as the majority of Minnesotans, much as you might want it to be so) claim to be embarrassed by Michelle Bachmann is because they’re embarrassed by their own discomfort when they’re faced with the truth, and someone like Michelle, who isn’t afraid to actually TELL the truth, just like it is. Would you liberal whiners kindly grow a spine and some semblance of a brain on top of it?

“someone like Michelle, who isn’t afraid to actually TELL the truth”

She, and the vast majority of people who follow her closely but still somehow support her, would not know the truth if it punched her in the face.

And “liberal whiners” is usually used by people who won’t let facts confuse them.

Can you say “propaganda victim”??

Michele Bachmann is incompetent and I’m embarrassed that she is from MN.

Feel free to join the group if you agree with that sentiment.

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Michele Bachmann is the Lutheran that gives Lutherans a bad name…

The scariest thing about Michele Bachman is the hatred in her messages. If she is ‘telling it like it is’, why is she calling people really bad hate-filled names? Plus- she’s hasn’t gotten one fact to back her up- nothing of substance at all. She is like the rest of the GOP right now- panicky and pulling out all kinds of hats trying to add myths to what’s going on. Scare tactics.
Israel? Well- the thing is right now we have quite a few more issues to think about than Israel. I had no idea she was getting farm subsidies.. wow. It’s typical though.
She wouldn’t be so sensationalized if the media didnt’ allow it. I heard just a few days ago that Bachman and Palin (don’t EVEN get me started on Caribou Barbie) were charging $10k for headshot photos.. WTF!? Really?

Rep. Bachmann has often said things without thinking about the consequences of her words. This is no different. I think the 5th graders that I teach would be more responsible than Bachmann has been in the past few months when her mouth, which is quite large judging from the hugh yawn she took during the health reform debate, had a disconnect with her brain. It’s time that she considered serving on a less consequential board such as a small city council or township board.

Does Minnesota have more than their share of loonies? Remember Jesse Ventura? Now it’s this dingbat Bachmann. hahaha!

I listeded to her on a morning talk show. She can tell more lies faster that anyone I ever heard. She is either delusional or dishonest to the core. And I should know right wing crazies when I hear them – I’m from Texas.

seems like only the brainwashed and brain dead like Michele Bachmann. need I post anything else. She is as dippy as they come. And you people don’t even know what she does in our state.

what has bachmann accomplished as a congresswoman?NOTHING.She just yell,rants,raved like a sicked dog!An empty shell of intellect!i wish she would be recruited to fight to Afghanistan ,unarmed!Spreading words likequote:it’s good to be armed and dangerous..she sounds like a KKK to me!these tea drinking garbage are just disgracing America.She has of course her evil twin sister of a loony palin.They are the two imbecielrepulsivecan morons in our country today.They have no brains,just attacks like maniacs.

I am sorry to read this. I did enjoy the pathetic number of people signed up to stop the repeal of health care. Why doesn’t Minnesota adopt and pay for its own health care. We in other parts of the country do not want it.

Re-elect Michele Bachmann. she is one of the few Minnesotans I have met, that actually has any political intelligence. Embarrassed. Well, if I voted for this Chicago Thug as President, and watched him make one speech, or decision, with his teleprompter unplugged, then the commentary of Michele Bachmann would be an embarrassment to me also. Most people do not like to have someone point out how their soft-headed decisions look so ignorant. Now if we want be embarrassed the rest of the country is embarrassed for you over your Senator Stewart Smalley, who has the intelligence somewhat rivaling a paramecium. She is one of the few in Minnesota, who really have a clue as to what is happening to you and me under this administration. Al’Smalley’ Franken, has a broken and brown nose, from following Obama too closely, when he made a sharp right turn.

[...] dollars in federal subsidies for her very own family farm    Bachman, who was said to be an embarrassment by a majority of her constituents has linked swine flu to Democrats,  claimed she refused to [...]

Michele is one of the best people in office I have seen for some time.
Restore our liberies and shrink Goverment.
Doing the right thing is usually the hardest and least popular thing. Al F. Please are you kidding me.
WAKE UP MN.
Our Constitution is on fire and all I see is the giving away of our wealth and liberties by 95 percent of our politicians.
Michelle is trying to awaken America.

Keep her in office…………if nothing else, she’s always good for a laugh.

Bachmann embarrasses the crap out of me as a MN resident. She’s nothing more than a button pushing, fear mongering woman who’s more concerned with staying in office than doing the right thing for her constituents. You only need to hear her talk once about the high levels of atmospheric CO2 (not to mention ocean acidification) and how “healthy and natural” it is for us (hint: YouTube). She’s a certified nut case to say what she says, not the least that she has NO credentials and NO expertise to even be discussing the science of it. But that’s the problem with the people that support her, they don’t need more than cheap words and empty promises to faithfully believe her half-truths and outright lies. Yes, she embarrasses me with her clear and evident ignorance.

This woman is batshit crazy. Seriously, I think she owns mental health clinics for a reason. She wears the crown for constituent embarassment, along with Steve King, John Kyl, Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn. Thank goodness Minnesota residents were smart enough to elect Al Franken, a senator I would be proud to call my own. The job is half done, vote this crazy wack-job out, please, residents of her district. Relegate her to Fix New with wackadoodle Palin.

Hey Robby, you are as stupid as Bachmannsto, Palino and, well, yourself. Does your level of education extend beyond sixth grade? Your problem is that people with intelligence, who make decisions based on facts and reason (Senator Franken, your own President) scare you because you cannot understand nor refute facts and reason. Global warming is a myth, right? You idiot. You vote for Bachmann, at least she makes the rest of the country laugh. What good would Olbermann or Stephanie Miller be without her idiotic quotes? Part of me hopes she wins, just of the humor of it all. Get a life, moron, must be unemployed, posting at 1:30 pm. How is that George Bush economy working out for you?

That woman is retarded.And you elected her.

That’s fine. Most of American is embarrassed by Minnesota.

Looks like at least half the people on this thread are below average intelligence.

For all the idiots calling this woman a hero, you should have your brain stitched back in your head! Stop taking it out and playing with it!

You apparently cannot comprehend what the “tea baggers” stands for!

It is NOT about smaller government, it is about keeping people like the folks at GE in POWER and NOT have them pay any taxes…… idiots!

Minnesotans Against Michele Bachmann (MNAMB) will second that!