Michele Bachmann: Obama ‘Insulted’ Congress By Calling It A Political Circus

[jefferson_dem]

Michele Bachmann: Obama ‘Insulted’ Congress By Calling It A Political Circus



You can say what you want about Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) — but she won’t stand for anyone talking smack about her legislative body.

Bachmann gave an unsanctioned rebuttal to President Obama’s job speech in a Capitol Hill TV studio Thursday night in which she dismissed the address as so much warmed-over Obama rhetoric with little or no chance of success. She called it “just a retread of everything he’s put forward before that’s failed.”

But what really grinds her gears was what she called his blatant “insulting of Members of Congress” that came “almost right out of the gate” in his speech.

Obama said this (from the prepared text):

The people of this country work hard to meet their responsibilities. The question tonight is whether we’ll meet ours. The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy; whether we can restore some of the fairness and security that has defined this nation since our beginning.

Did you catch it? Bachmann said contained in that early paragraph was a direct attack on the fine men and women of the House.

“It was interesting to me that if you look at the president’s remarks, almost out of the gate, the president began by insulting members of Congress,” she said. “He invited them to be a part of this address this evening…And yet he began with an insult — for a circus tent.”

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[rsmith6621]

1. She is a soon HASBEEN

Give 10 days...

[lumpy]

14. She looks haggard. Must be tough to be practically out of the

running. Her high hopes are dashed. All she has left to do is continue to bash President Obama. Every effort should be made to get her incompetent body out of Congress.

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[CBHagman]

3. Hey, if the bulbous red nose fits...

[teddy51]

4. This woman has to be the craziest person that I have ever listened to.

If she were to gain access to the WH, I think that I would want to find transportation to any other planet in the Universe.

[Whisp]

25. she's the crazy eyed circus freak with a tube in her cortex fed with tea.

[glowing]

5. Fake pretend outrage.. Ohh he hurt my wittle feelings.

If she can't handle President Obama, who is, frankly way way way tame, then how does she expect we believe her ready to handle leaders around the world who are much tougher and will say worse against her. If you can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen

[Bluenorthwest]

6. And I felt it was an insult to the circus...so there you go.

If Congress had a fraction of the discipline and sense of ensemble needed in the Circus, we'd live in a far better world. Bachmann should take it as a high compliment to be compared to an actual clown.

[thelordofhell]

7. The clown doesn't believe she's part of the circus

go figure

[orpupilofnature57]

8. She's still reeling from the gnat last night.

[rocktivity]

9. Rocktivity: Bachman 'Insults' Congress

By Being a Member Of It

:eyes:
rocktivity

[warrior1]

10. says the driver of the

teabagger clown car.

[underpants]

11. Hon' you ARE an insult to Congress

you have no record in Congress. None.

[Tx4obama]

12. Hey Bachmann, it's about JOBS, not about you. n/t

[DCBob]

13. actually its more an insult to the circus.

[EarlG]

15. I guess she hasn't noticed that Congresss is polling at 12%

Somehow I don't think attacking Obama because he was rude to Congress is going to work very well, considering that most people are already cursing Congress on a daily basis.

[LaydeeBug]

16. LaydeeBug: Michelle Bachmann insults Clowns as she is unable to live up to Obama's barb. nt

[baldguy]

17. .

[EC]

18. Where did she give this

rebuttal of hers?

[kestrel91316]

19. Oh, STFU, you mindless twit.

[blueclown]

20. We had a chance to end her House career in 2008.

Tinkleberg couldn't beat her. I remember how much money Democratic activists poured into that race, and she got bailed out by a third party candidate. What's the lessons here? Every election counts..

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Michele Bachmann insults Congress

by being a member of it.

[and-justice-for-all]

22. Fuck off bachman...slither back under the rock you came from...nt

[alp227]

23. Bachmann insults America every day with her ignorance and religious extremism nt

[Harry Monroe]

24. Oh get off it Bachmann!!

Bachmann insults Congress simply by being a member. She insults us every time she opens her mouth!!

[spanone]

26. bozo bachmann

[Monk06]

27. She wanna a pearl necklace ...................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne3XojNonEU

She's really upset with me again,
I didn't give her what she likes.
I don't know what to tell her,
Don't know what to say.
Everything got funky last night.

She was really bombed,
And I was really blown away,
Until I asked her what she wanted,
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

She gets a charge out of bein' so weird,
Digs gettin' downright strange.
But I can keep a handle on anything,
Just this side of deranged.

She was gettin' bombed,
And I was gettin' blown away,
And she held it in her hand
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

She is so tough, as pure as the driven slush.
And that's not true what she's talkin' about,
It really don't cost that much.

She was gettin' bombed,
And I was gettin' blown away,
And she took it in her hand,
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

[Blue Owl]

28. She is the freakshow in that circus

n/t

[Kber]

29. Well it wasn't a compliment.

but if the clown shoe fits...

[Mr Deltoid]

30. Clowns

[livetohike]

31. Bachmann is insulting to the human race n/t

[Jakes Progress]

32. Bachmann insults congress just by being in her office.

[opihimoimoi]

33. She wants to regain the podium that Perry took from her...