Bachmann: ‘No question’ Obama is worst president in history
Friday, June 11, 2010 at 9:06 am
Rep. Michele Bachmann appeared on The Ben Shapiro Show in a prerecorded segment on Thursday to talk about flotillas, the BP oil disaster and Iran. But most importantly she opined on her belief that President Obama is the worst president in history and dodged a question about whether she’ll run for president in 2012.
Shapiro asked, “Michele would you ever consider running for president?”
Bachmann deflected the question, instead invoking Israel in referring to her reelection fight this year.
You know it’s not what I’m doing right now. I’m one of speaker Pelosi’s top targets this fall, so all I’m focused on this fall for 2010 is making sure that I win. Speaker Pelosi is very clear that she wants to take me out of the election this fall. This will be a very expensive race. Very hard fought. It’s already hard fought. I come from a very difficult territory. I’m from Al Franken territory… I come from a very tough neighborhood, Israel knows all about tough neighborhoods.
That Pelosi is personally targeting Bachmann is a claim the Star Tribune called “grossly misleading” back in January.
Earlier in the broadcast, Shapiro and Bachmann discussed Obama’s presidency.
“Is President Obama better or worse than Jimmy Carter?” Shapiro asked.
“Worse. Easily worse,” responded Bachmann.
Shapiro continued, “I agree. So far, you’d have to say he’s the worst president in United States history.” Bachmann agreed, “No question. No question.”
She continued: “And the thing is, here we are, people can’t wait until November. They’re practically lining up for polls now, they can’t wait to go out and vote. The only thing is people wish Barack Obama was up for re-election right now, because they’d honestly love to have a chance to throw him out of office. Everywhere I go, people ask me, ‘Michele, can we impeach the president?’ They want a referendum on him. I also had someone today say, ‘There’s no way he’ll run for a second term. No way. No one would vote for him.’ I don’t know if the White House understands how the floor has dropped out under support for this president.”
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Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 9:50 am
I wonder if this woman realizes that the Planet Mars is calling her back to the Mother Ship so she can lead the invasion of the next planet on their list.
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Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 10:31 am
you would think that since the woman all but put her tongue down the throat of most historians choice as America’s worst president she would know who it is…
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 11:30 am
Obama gets described as a basketball player but was actually a reserve forward while Sarah Palen was the star point guard on a state championship team.
Obama gets to throw out the first pitch but Lindsey Whalen does too and actually throws a strike.
Obama says he wants to kick some ass but Michele Bachmann is the one with karate training and could undoubtedly do it better.
I think there’s a pattern here and like his ideology, it has to do with not having a strong male role model while growing up.
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 11:31 am
Coming from the worst member of Congress we’ve ever seen, what does it really mean then?
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 11:57 am
Karl,
As usual, she’s blowing smoke up her supporters’ azzezes.
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 12:24 pm
Michele is right, as usual. After a year, this president has proven he is snotty, corrupt, detached, and clueless.
As for impeachment, looks to me like the Clinton machine may be setting him up. So Hillary might be challenging Biden in the 2012 primary!
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 12:28 pm
Hahahahahaha (gasp) hahahahahahaha (wheez) hahahahahah
Thanks, MNIndy, laughter IS the best medicine.
Strong male role model………..hahahahahahahahhahaha
More good humor, brightens an otherwise overcast day.
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 12:42 pm
I don’t know about the worst but he’s a contender right behind FDR and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 1:39 pm
Dano,
You realize FDR was elected 4 times. In his second election of 1936 he won all but two states. The greatest generation of our lifetime made FDR the most popular president of our lifetime. You all seem to want your country back but have no clue about your own countries history or greatness. Your criticism of Johnson also makes one wonder if you are just a titch racist and pissed off that his signature was civil rights.
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 2:19 pm
Alec,
One word for Johnson: welfare.
FDR: 2nd bill of rights
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 5:54 pm
Dano,
one phrase for FDR – got us through the Great Depression
Johnson – hammered through civil rights legislation. And more thing, don’t forget Medicaid. If Johnson didn’t push this through, the tea party wouldn’t have any members.
Okay maybe that’s a strike against him. LOL
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 8:33 pm
a.mcewen
Wrong, WW2 got us OUT of the Great Depression, not his policies.
Johnson and civil rights is a GREAT accomplishment. Medicaid is another subject completely, which I admit do not know enough to comment on.
As far as the Tea Party goes I’m neither here nor that on that.
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 8:51 pm
“Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old”
Something tells me she’s taken more blows to the head than Muhammad Ali. ;)
“I am dangerous.”
Don’t worry, sweetie, I think everyone knew that one long ago. You and your bible-thumping Fundie ilk spit on the legacy of the founding fathers every time you open your mouths.
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 9:29 pm
Economists agree that FDR prolonged the depression, and he mortally wounded the US economy besides. As Rand Paul points out the CVA was essential but mistakenly applied to citizens rather than just the government.
Technically, WWII didn’t get America out of depression, the end of WWII did. But Americans UNITED for the war effort and stood together for victory. Those days are over, unfortunately.
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 11:38 pm
“Economists agree that FDR prolonged the depression”
Are any of those economists not part hacks?
The US economy was in expansion from 1938 to 1945, dumbass. That would be before WWII.
But go ahead, just keep making it up if it furthers your beliefs.
Comment posted June 11, 2010 @ 11:45 pm
I’m sorry, in my last post i suggested that Jimmeee was “making it up.” I don’t actually think that actually happens, since everything posted by Jimmeee I have heard from another right wing parrot.
Comment posted June 12, 2010 @ 9:59 am
“Are any of those economists not part hacks?”
Actually, they are hacks through-and-through. Nothing partial about their hackery.
Comment posted June 12, 2010 @ 10:08 am
Even taking your dubious claim, FDR presided over six years of economic disaster. Add this to his castration of the Supreme Court, FDR goes down as the most diabolical president. Obama isn’t in the running yet for that title; he does appear to be overtaking Carter in the laughably moronic category.
Comment posted June 12, 2010 @ 6:59 pm
Worst president in WORLD history. The left loved to call Bush the worst president ever. What goes around comes around.
Comment posted June 13, 2010 @ 9:46 am
Jimmy, you can’t speak for economists, only yourself. Also, economist are really not all that believable these days as they seem to be at least 30% mistaken (and their knowledge history seems worse than that). And, your knowledge of history seems more than a little biased and lacking. Believing what you want to believe is your privilege, but trolling is childish. What caused the Great Depression? Unbridled capitalism abetted by politicians (primarily Republicans like Hoover) who were in the pocket of big business.
It is clear that the worst president by far was G. Bush Jr. He reduced America’s respect in the rest of the world (made it a joke actually), failed to protect us from the worst terrorist attack ever–then exploited that attack for political gain. He hired incompetent political cronies resulting in “faith based” science edited for political purposes, lack of response to disasters and creation of such disasters such as the recent oil debacle. He degraded of our freedoms while maliciously exploiting the word. He started a wasteful, unwinable war based on lies. He allowed the capitalist economy to self regulate itself into near oblivion. I’ll throw in support of torture to end this list (but not his mistakes). It will be hard for any president, let alone one who has some thinking ability, to match the Bush Jr. record of incompetence and ideological stupidity. Bachman kissed him in admiration.
Comment posted June 13, 2010 @ 12:09 pm
From the linked Star-Tribune article from 1/22/2010: “So the controversial Stillwater Republican is a Democratic target. And perhaps Nancy Pelosi curses her name behind closed doors. But the DCCC is not the same thing as the Speaker of the House and Bachmann’s statements about Pelosi personally attacking her appear grossly misleading at best.”
Bachmann has already proven herself to, say, not be the least delusional person in Washington. It’s beyond obvious that Obama is nowhere near the worst president American history has ever seen (although it is a close race for worst, Bush Jr. seems an easy lead) — but Bachmann has never made facts, reality, or the truth a linchpin of any of her arguments or campaigns.
Comment posted June 13, 2010 @ 7:38 pm
NoName: Worst president in the entire world, eh? Nice to see you’re a bigger fan of Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Josip Tito, Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro than you are of the democratically elected president of the United States of America.
Comment posted June 14, 2010 @ 12:03 am
“I’m from Al Franken territory”
What a joke! Does she understand the difference between a congressional district and a state-wide election? Apparently not.
She is from the loon territory that is fine with her promoting her ideology instead of representing her constituency.
If she says that Obama is the worst President ever, then it must be untrue.
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Comment posted June 14, 2010 @ 2:43 pm
Rep. Bachmann and her husband have a long history of exploiting Christians for their selfish ambitions, including the accumulating power and money. She likewise extolled and profited from President Bush and his Administration, who admitted the use of similar propaganda (headed by Mr. Rove). Moreover, she overlooks the Iraq- and Afghanistan- war debacle and associated profiteering, banking crisis, Katrina, doubling our national debt, and the resulting suffering and loss of many lives, etc. This does not in anyway represent “prolife” or Christian values. Neither does violating your oath (to God on the Bible) to uphold the Constitution, with admitted human-rights violations and torture.
These ongoing statements, e.g., that (our born-again Christian) “President Obama is worse than (Evangelical-Christian) Jimmy Carter,” clearly show her disdain and persecution of those who share our Christian faith. True, it is Biblical that “we all have sinned.” However, she shows no desire to repent, but rather increasingly offends our faith to the point of inciting hatred and violence in God’s name. Enough is enough!! Now is time for the Church to take a stand for righteousness and Biblical values and stop this hate-speech against our Christian Leaders. A vote for Senator Clark and a request for an apology is a simple start.
Comment posted June 16, 2010 @ 12:11 pm
Republicans have been in their worse form ever. Considering the pile of problems Obama has gotten handed to him I think he’s been doing a pretty good job.
“In 17 months in office, President Obama has already outdone every previous president in pursuing leak prosecutions.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/us/politics/12leak.html
Comment posted July 19, 2010 @ 12:30 pm
It is quite strange to me to conclude about a president’s place in history before he has served out even 1/2 of his term.
Of course, when you form your judgement before the evidence is available, you fit in well with the Michele Bachmann Republicans of the world. Sometimes that is called prejudice, and for good reason.
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