Michelle Bachman encouraged conservatives to “slit” their “wrists” to oppose health care reform

[Christa]

Over the course of the past year, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has encouraged conservatives to “slit” their “wrists” to oppose health care reform, called AmeriCorps a “re-education camp” and called for McCarthy-like investigations into whether members of Congress are pro-America or anti-America. Politico reports that House Republican leaders are worried that Bachmann’s overboard rhetoric could hurt the reputation of their entire caucus:

Long before the tea parties or Wilson’s outburst, Boehner and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) had struggled to moderate the rhetorical excesses of House conservatives hammering away on Obama’s birth certificate, decrying the creation of “death panels” and ferreting out signs of creeping socialism.

Sources say they have been especially wary of the possible damage inflicted on the party’s reputation by bomb-throwing Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who last fall called for an investigation into whether members of Congress are “pro-America or anti-America.”

Bachmann has previously said that she’s been “labeled a kook” throughout her entire political career. Apparently, House Republicans are concerned that she’ll make that label stick to them as well.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/17/boehner-cantor-bachmann/

[WillParkinson]

1. This part is weird....

House Republicans are concerned that she’ll make that label stick to them as well...


Yes, because they need the extra help.

[Ilsa]

2. Uh, fine by me. I hope she has a big audience that is easily indoctrinated. nt

[backscatter712]

3. Rippy the Razor says "Down, Not Across!!!"

[WI_DEM]

4. I can support the slit their wrists part.

[vinylsolution]

5. Some of them might even do it....

.... just because she told them to do it.

Bachmann is turning into Jim Jones v2.0

[robo50]

14. That is exactly who I thought of, Jim Jones....

I wonder if we can give her some island or jungle to move to.

[rasputin1952]

19. Looks like there's a "Vacancy" sign in those eyes...

nothing behind them but a musty, cobwebbed chamber...;)

[Vinca]

6. Can we donate razor blades?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. Just make sure to clean up after yourselves...... If you're still conscious and all. nt

[tammywammy]

8. Remember cut vertically, not horizontally. n/t

[zbdent]

9. Too bad it wasn't Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh telling them to do it ...

there would be overwhelmingly large landslide victories for Dems ... and the nutcases who would be totally freaking about the elections would already have been silenced ... literally by their own hands ...

[mscuedawg]

13. I swear my dup post was sincere...

:hi:

[zbdent]

17. I'd say that great minds think alike, but ...

I don't like lying about myself ... and I am not sure I would be honest in the assessment of my faculties ...

:)

[Quantess]

10. Ugh. She's so weird.

Weird in the worst way possible.

[zulchzulu]

11. Send this to Freepers...

[mscuedawg]

12. Good thing it didnt come from Glen Beck or Rush Limpballs...

...then again... :sarcasm:

[applegrove]

15. I called it last night. Instead of money or sex scandals, this group of GOPers are going to be

labeled for the loud nuts that represent them. All a Democrat will have to do will be to read a list of the nuts (including palin) come election time and the centrist voters will all vote democrat.

[LynnTheDem]

16. No worries, republicans, she can't hurt your reputation!

At only 32% party identification and 29% approval rating, you don't have a reputation to worry about!

[shaniqua6392]

18. This will not be reported in the main stream media.

Same as Rash Limpballs saying that we should re-segregate our school bus system because some black kids beat up on a white kid. What a bunch of crap. I wish we had our own network to get some of this out.