Bachmann DEMANDS A Government Takeover In Response To OIL SPILL

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" Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), a darling of the tea party movement and a loyal ally to House Republican leadership, is known for decrying almost every form of government action as socialism. Bachmann has denounced emergency loans to banks, student lending programs, health reform, and regulations as examples of “gangster” government and onerous government takeovers. “People don’t want the federal government to either own or control the private economy,” she said. But despite her opposition to government, Bachmann took to the floor of the House of Representatives on Friday afternoon to slam President Obama for lacking “competence” because he did not use the government to seize ships to deal with BP’s oil spill. “Where were the boats that could have been commandeered to be sent into this region to deal with the oil plume,” Bachmann thundered with characteristic disgust:


BACHMANN: The administration, they were hands off. They didn’t do anything. Where were the boats that could have been commandeered by the government to be sent into this region to deal with that oil plume as it was coming up in the water and destroying marine life? Nowhere to be found. Why? The administration was hands off on this policy.


Unbelievable. As Lee noted she's not the only one of these hypocrites now calling for the government to do more. These people are just SHAMELESS.

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[gmoney]

1. Won't John Galt solve the problem?

Private industry is the only answer!

[sasquuatch55]

11. Could she mean Nationalization? I'm all for it.

nt

[kenichol]

32. Me, too.

I was thinking it is about time we nationalized oil...after all, who can be said to really 'own' oil?

[rhett o rick]

33. These things never happen in the land of libertarians. John Galt would never have let it. nm

[Joanne98]

2. Why so socialist?

[Bitwit1234]

3. Give her some brooms and tell her to sweep it out of the way

after all SHE is part of the government. And she should be right at home on that broom aren't all WITCHES.

[AndyA]

5. That's the thing. THEY don't seem to understand that THEY ARE THE GOVERNMENT.

The very same government they cry about and condemn. THEY ARE IT, and they don't get it. After years of "service" :eyes: these people still denounce that big, bad, bloated, worthless government, and yet they are the government.

The irony escapes them, as does the reality. Facts matter, but not to them. Hypocrites all.

[unlegendary]

8. I've been saying that for a long time Andy

Big government has to go! But I want the highest paying job in it before it goes! In other words they want to take all the loot government has to offer and THEN sink it's ship after they have broken the proverbial piggy bank.

[RobertPlant]

21. the good news is that if she manages to survive 2010 (which is a big if)

the districts will be redrawn for 2012. Minnesota is on the fence over whether they are staying at 8 or going down to 7 in 2012. Either way the districts are going to be redrawn and most likely they will be adjusted to try to get rid of her.

[greiner3]

23. "Big government has to go!"

You forgot your sarcasm icon.

Just saying.

[olegramps]

28. It could save a lot of airfare.

[JBoy]

4. She needs to immediately sponsor legislation mandating government takeovers during disasters

[breadandwine]

6. In the words of Winston Churchill, "It is better to be both right and consistent, but

if you have to choose, you must choose to be right."

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Which may help explain Bachmann's epiphany.


At any rate, she's absolutely right and a lot of Democrats are saying the same thing and said it first. Bachmann is simply jumping on the bandwagon.

We know where Bachmann is: All over the lot.

The question is:

Where's Obama?

He's doing nothing except holding joint press conferences with his good friends BP and making speeches. If even a nut like Bachmann can sign on to big government intervention, then the situation has become so dire that even a wacko like her has seen the handwriting on the wall.

Why hasn't our DLC corporate suck-up president?


Obama isn't doing didly squat about taking charge of the leak.


In the meantime, let me make this polite little impartial collegiate observation:



BACHMANN IS A COMMUNIST!!!!!!!!



BACHMANN IS A NO GOOD LOUSY STINKIN' PINKO LEFTY LOONEY SOCIALIST STINKER LIBRUL COMMUNIST!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!! !!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!! ! !!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

Just had to get that in.


COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE! COMMIE!

BACHMANN IS A COMMIE!!!!!!!!!

[penndragon69]

7. She's " Bat Shit CRAZY " !

[unlegendary]

9. So what's new?

Does this surprise anyone? If Obama had said we should take them over the first words out of her mouth would have been BIG GOVERNMENT TAKOVER, but she beat him to the punch and now it's WE HAVE TO WAKE OVER THE CORPORATIONS and let the GOP run them all!

[georgialib]

27. What do "they" want Obama to do?

Granted she's batsh*t crazy. But send in boats to suck up the plume as it was rising to the surface? Huh?

[karmkay]

10. Bachman calling for a government takeover...

priceless

[WileEcoyote]

12. She's too nauseating to watch/listen to.

[Hulk]

13. Clarabelle is alive and well.....in the US Congress.

What a complete ass-hat. This fool-bitch is a disgrace to the MOST disgraceful politicians in Washington DC. The epitome of partisanship hackery and seditious behavior, that WE, the people allow and even encourage.

Where is Joe McCarthy when you need him? This bitch should be booted out of the country, let alone Congress.

[heliarc]

14. I thought she wanted smaller government...

Really. What is it you stand for you stupid harpy?

[Chisox08]

15. Isn't that communism or socialism?

:shrug:

[Capitalocracy]

16. You know, she's a hypocrite but for once she's right

Not that I believe for a second that any Republican would do any better.

[activa8tr]

17. We should ALL demand that the government take-over HER seat in Congress because

SHE is a man and woman made DISASTER beyond all proportions!!!

[ProgressOnTheMove]

18. OK Bachmann the jobs all yours if you can do it, somehow I think it would be worse.

[silenttigersong]

19. Bachman

shut up, shut up, shut up!

[peacetalksforall]

20. I feel sorry for her. She is lost. She is being used because she has no shame. She said Yes I

Will Be The Republican Clown. Just tell me what to say.

[CLANG]

22. She has bat guano in her belfry

[zydeco]

24. maybe she is interested in switching parties

anyone up for that?

[burnsei sensei]

25. Michele, your state does not form the border

to the Gulf of Mexico.
You have no first-hand knowledge of what went wrong and what is necessary to solve it.
Your eyes still have that vacuous, insane look.
And are you advocating government activism? Really?
Socialism is okay? Not okay? I thought we were supposed to fight the socialist menace.

[Politicalboi]

26. See Sarah Palin told us not to do offshore drilling.

http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=y0k3v

Extreme Greenies: See now why we push "drill, baby, drill," of known reserves & promising finds in safe onshore places like ANWR?
Now do you get it?

It just never seems to end. LOL!

[mdavies013]

29. The next Stephanie Miller Show will now feature...what about the boats rather than Hanity's

"What about the Busses.."

[lib2DaBone]

30. Hey Michele..you and Sarah are doing NOTHING except getting in the way...

... why don't you and Sarah put on a white Bunny Suit and go down there in the heat and start sucking oil off the beach?

I Love it! The key word is "Sucking Oil"......

[tomm2thumbs]

31. she loves to hear her own vocal chords don't she?

I guess that makes one of us