Michele Bachmann could use a civics class

[marmar]

from the MSP City Pages:



Michele Bachmann calls the U.S. Attorney General a "trial lawyer"
By Hart Van Denburg, Wednesday, Jun. 2 2010 @ 7:45AM


​Michele Bachmann invoked the Charge of the Light Brigade, and epic British military failure, as a rallying cry for teabagger victory against health care reform.

She flubbed the history of the Slaughter Solution.

She got net neutrality exactly backwards.

Now, Bachmann has called the U.S. Attorney General a "trial lawyer."

Writing a post for the right wing Big Government website, she said:

President Obama has once again shown his lack of judgment, by sending Attorney General Eric Holder down to the Gulf of Mexico to investigate possible litigation. Clearly, the White House has misplaced priorities, instead of sending more engineers and experts, we are sending down trial lawyers to determine possible punitive damages.

Leaving aside the novelty of Bachmann calling for greater government involvement in anything -- Obama should be commandeering boats! -- surely she realizes that the U.S. Attorney General represents the government and the Department of Justice enforces the law. Trial lawyers represent clients accused of breaking the law, or clients involved in civil legal disputes.

The Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into whether BP broke laws including the The Clean Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act, and the Endangered Species Act. It may also exact fines (perhaps in the billions of dollars) from BP if it is found liable.

And, yes, civil lawsuits are already piling up.


http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/06/michele_bachman_98.php

[tammywammy]

1. No wonder she's friends with Palin

Both have no clue on civics.

[hobbit709]

2. Michele Bachmann missed the line when God handed out brains.

And she's been pissed at the world ever since.

[Birthmark]

3. Bachmann needs class generally.

[Frustratedlady]

4. Isn't it true that civil/criminal charges override the cap to liability?

I think Obama/Holder are trying to get the most bang for the buck when it comes to fines and liabilities, or have I misinterpreted something? The cap was nothing compared to the total cost of this fiasco. The sooner they move, the better it will be. BP could suddenly pull a disappearing act and leave us with the clean-up bill. They probably will anyway.

Face it...the Obama administration can't do anything right. Right? Sheesh!

[kestrel91316]

5. Michelle Bachmann abviously cheated her way through high school.

And if she even WENT to college (which I highly doubt), she cheated her way through that, too.

[JBoy]

7. She did go to "college". Oral Roberts (aka Regent) University.

Who'd'a thunk.

[Angry Dragon]

6. But they both can see the Russian hordes

crossing the Being Sea to capture the oil in the Gulf.

What amazes me is that the republican party has no leaders.
They let palin, bachmann, limbaugh, beck, hannity and the host of others do all their talking for them.
They find fault with others and offer nothing, no new ideas.

[liberal N proud]

8. And to think she was elected to represent the people

[and-justice-for-all]

9. What a dumbass...nt

[AndyA]

10. I can think of several things Michele Bachmann could use.

A padded cell for the rest of her life comes to mind.

[Bitwit1234]

11. Of course she doesn't listen to any other network than Fox

because if she did she would know from the get go, President Obama said he had every scientist from the US and those from over seas who would participate plus engineers using their expertise to help stop the leak. But then you don't hear this on Fox, so how would she really know what is going on in the world.