Michele Bachmann: Spectacle or Prophet?

[6souls]

Recent "Wingnut of the year" winner & Minnesota Senator, Michele Bachmann, had a few choice words for Obama yesterday over the decision to have Khalid Sheikh Mohammed face trial in the U.S.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ImqZjluSew

article from one of the local newspapers about this;

There she goes again. Michele Bachmann took to the House floor yesterday to suggest that the President of the United States and the U.S. Attorney general wanted the guy who claims to be the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to recant his confession.

The CIA moved KSM and about a dozen other al-Qaida members to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2006. A 2005 Justice Department memo revealed he had been waterboarded 183 times in March 2003. That news once prompted Jesse Ventura to tell CNN's Larry King, "You give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders."

Here's what she said: "Did the president, did the attorney general, all say to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 'Now wait a minute. You don't want to plead guilty. Wait a minute. You don't want to be executed. You want to come to New York City. You want to have the trial, just like you asked for in the first place.' Why would we do that? Because all we will be saying. All the message we will be sending to future terrorists will be, 'You too can have a show trial in the city of your choice if you come to America."

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2...ann_sugges.php

Her endless rants are quite funny if you ever get to read/hear them.

The choice quote that won her CNN's "Wingnut of the Year" was from a conversation with Sean Hannity.

"Where freedom is tried, the people rejoice. But where tyranny is enforced upon the people, as Barack Obama is doing, the people suffer and mourn."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vvA5C_sEXE

Now you probably noticed that Sarah Palin made it into the list from talking about "death panels." The funny thing is though that Sarah's key source of info was from none other than Michele Bachmann.

The Democrats promise that a government health care system will reduce the cost of health care, but as the economist Thomas Sowell has pointed out, government health care will not reduce the cost; it will simply refuse to pay the cost. And who will suffer the most when they ration care? The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course. 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" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their "level of productivity in society," whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.

Health care by definition involves life and death decisions. Human rights and human dignity must be at the center of any health care discussion.

Rep. Michele Bachmann highlighted the Orwellian thinking of the president's health care advisor, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the brother of the White House chief of staff, in a floor speech to the House of Representatives. I commend her for being a voice for the most precious members of our society, our children and our seniors.

We must step up and engage in this most crucial debate. Nationalizing our health care system is a point of no return for government interference in the lives of its citizens. If we go down this path, there will be no turning back. Ronald Reagan once wrote, "Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth." Let's stop and think and make our voices heard before it's too late.

- Sarah Palin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CHBvKGmevI

And now according to CBN.com (Christian Broadcasting Network) Michelle could be the GOP's New Front-runner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHnY-6cVRhE

As the conservative movement searches for strong leadership, two women are among the front-runners.

Sarah Palin is the most visible with a new book riding the top of the bestseller list and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is gaining ground as one of the drivers of the "tea party movement."

Despite attacks from the left, Bachmann hasn't given up and is armed with a strong faith that helps keep her going.

In 2006, she became the first Republican woman ever sent to the U.S. House of Representatives by Minnesota voters.

Now, just three years into the job, Bachmann is a major voice against what she believes is an out of control government threatening the freedom of Americans.

"What we are seeing now is the rise of big government, and so, big government is now oppressing the American people with too much spending, too much taxes, too much regulatory burden," she said. "We just saw the hate crimes law pass...really that bill is more about restricting free speech and free expression of American citizens, in contradistinction to the First Amendment that wants free speech and expression for all of Americans."

Bachmann says the United States is blessed with a unique form of government, but the current administration is straying from what the founding fathers intended.

"Jefferson warned us over 230 years ago, be prepared. The natural way of government is to enslave you," she explained. "And Jefferson said again, bind down big government with the chains of the Constitution. That's what the effort was. Use these beautiful documents to limit man, not to grow man's influence and oppress mankind."

Rep. Bachmann believes the current growth of government's influence will backfire.

"We have the most left-leaning, radical president we've ever had in the history of the United States. The most radical, left-leaning speaker of the House than we've ever had in the history of the United States and one of the most radical, left-leaning majority leaders in the Senate," she said. "We have never had this type of radical view of government before and the American people look at this and are repulsed at liberalism in practice."

"They're saying we don't want any part of it," Bachmann continued. "And that's why I think this wave that has built politically is going to speak loud and clear in volumes at the ballot box next November in 2010."

However, Bachmann isn't the only one speaking her mind. Much like Sarah Palin, Bachmann has her share of critics who lash out against her in the media, online and on TV. Some consider her the number one enemy of the left.

"Women are very competent, very intelligent. They can be very successful and make it on their own," Bachmann said about why she's under attack. "And I think that the left is very concerned [about] the message that myself and other women would be able to deliver. And I think that's part of the reason why you see the attack to silence us as messengers."

Driven by Faith

This congresswoman has proven she's not about to be silenced and she relies on God as her source of strength to endure the battle.

"The Lord is my Compass, and He is my Rock and my Salvation. In Him do I trust," Bachmann said. "I was born into a Lutheran family and my parents had me baptized and took me to church every Sunday, and I'm grateful for the parents I have."

"It wasn't until I was 16 years of age, however, that I truly understood that I was a sinner and I needed to repent of my sins... I needed to have a Savior who paid for those sins," she continued. "And so when I was 16, I went to my Lutheran altar, knelt before that altar, confessed my sins before Jesus Christ, asked Him to come into my heart, cleanse me of my sins so that I could receive His righteousness and have an assurance of salvation.

"That when I die, that that wouldn't be the end. That that would just be the beginning. That I would spend eternity, forever, with Him and with those who have come to know Jesus Christ."

"My world changed when I was 16 years of age," Bachmann recalled. "It was like I had lived in darkness my entire life and it was like a door was thrown open. And I saw for the first time the fullness of life, of all that there can be."

Bachmann and her husband have five biological children, but over the years, they have opened their home to 23 foster children.

"The Lord moved our heart, and we said, 'You know, we think we can do that in our home,'" she said.

When asked what she wanted her legacy to be, Bachmann said, "That I was faithful to do what the Lord had called me to do."

"It brings tears to my eyes that when we come to the end of our days, we want to know that on our death bed that the Lord will say to us, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant,'" she continued. "And I wish I could say that for all of my life that I have been good and that I have been faithful. I haven't. I'm a sinner, but I thank God that I have received His grace and He has forgiven me of my sins and made a way for my salvation."

"And I just pray," Bachmann ended, "I'm 53-years-old now, and I just pray that for the time that I have left, that I will faithfully serve Him until that day."

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/...-Front-runner/

Still no comment if she supports Pat Robertson's views on Haiti, but that should be revealed in the coming days.


Bonus quote;

"We have the most left-leaning, radical president we've ever had in the history of the United States. The most radical, left-leaning speaker of the House than we've ever had in the history of the United States and one of the most radical, left-leaning majority leaders in the Senate," she said. "We have never had this type of radical view of government."

[Yuri-G]

all I can say is, the entire state of Minnesota is so sorry

[wipers]

You should have summarized that article.

[Eratosthenes]

http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/201...-at-state.html

Today, we're having a press conference to tell the people of Minnesota to keep praying. Because, as of today, homosexual marriage is legal in Massachusetts and that imposes a real threat to Minnesotas definition of marriage and to our civil and religious liberties.

Yes, giving people more liberty is a real threat to our liberty.

[Correction]

Did we just unmask Leif?

[SephYuyX]

Fairly MILFy in that first vid.

[*Shinzon*]

http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/201...-at-state.html



Yes, giving people more liberty is a real threat to our liberty.

Clearly it is, she's awesome.

[Kuya]

You americans have the most fun politics.

[Kryssan]

Its turning into our own specialized form of reality TV. The problem is, the repercussions of it aren't fake and can't be fast forwarded or deleted.

[Neosutra]

This would be a great debate on the negative effects of religion on politics.. If I wasnt using a satellite out of the back of a tent in the middle of the afghan desert..

Someone, somehwere, lead the charge for me..

But seriously, way to go christianity, you keep making some good ones..

[Skjie]

At least fostering 23 kids means she's actually following through with her beliefs.

[Leif]

You give her all this fun quotes and titles from liberal media outlets and sum up your already lacking argument with "she's crazy".

Still no comment if she supports Pat Robertson's views on Haiti, but that should be revealed in the coming days.

Why is it every time you find an actual crazy person, you instantly leap to the conclusion: "I bet all those right-wingers agree with him! Let's make lists of all the crazy people we know and then start calling on every conservative to denounce every loser in the world!"

When they fail to say "I denounce this crazy person" five million times to every wacko in the world, you declare them to be supporting racism, "hatred", etc.

Conservatives aren't allowed to question liberals' patriotism, but liberals are sure allowed to slander conservatives because they don't automatically denounce every statement by anyone relevantly important.

This would be a great debate on the negative effects of religion on politics.

What negative effects of religion on politics?

If we only talk about Islam then we might have a discussion, but religion?

[Kuya]

Hi Leif

[Leif]

Hello!

[Kuya]

Michelle Bachmann is kind of hot, don't you think?

[Leif]

Nah, but she isn't unfortunate looking. She beats about 80% of liberal women, though.

[Kuya]

Definitely, i bet she is wild in bed.

[BerenTebogo]

So are we going with only republican women are hot? Or are you going to choose the correct position, for a change, and concede that the majority of significantly attractive women are vapid shells of human beings with no valid opinion on any of significance and are, for lack of a better description, fuckbags with a circulatory system?

[Not Kuno]

So are we going with only republican women are hot? Or are you going to choose the correct position, for a change, and concede that the majority of significantly attractive women are vapid shells of human beings with no valid opinion on any of significance and are, for lack of a better description, fuckbags with a circulatory system?

You know the rule. If they look good then they're either mentally unstable or complete idiots. Or both. Often both.

[Shiroikage]

Definitely, i bet she is wild in bed.

With that many foster kids, you know she has a few tricks up her sleeve,