Michele Bachmann Still Talking
Can we talk for a minute about Rep. Michele Bachmann? I've been inclined to ignore the Minnesota Republican's crazy pronouncements of late, since she's been well-established as someone who will say anything for attention, but her latest grab for media oxygen—declaring that she will refuse to fully complete her Census form out of fear that scary black people might come to her house—is a step too far: I am worried that she is hurting actual crazy politicians who might better deserve the spotlight and potentially destroying the two-party system.
Now, I'm not saying that Bachmann is in any way sane, but come on: This is clearly a person who has decided that the more outrageous her statements and actions—and we are of course talking about a woman who once hid behind some bushes to spy on a gay rights rally—the better; she's taken the mantra "there's no such thing as bad attention" to heights undreamed of by the even the most shameless media whore. And I don't doubt that she's tolerated, if not encouraged, by her colleagues in Congress: Both caucuses are thrilled to have a few absolute lunatics on their side, if only because it makes them look restrained and statesmanlike by comparison.
But is there a point where "fun crazy" becomes "too crazy," or even "get me away from that fucking nut, she's crazy"? Democrats had a similar problem with Cynthia McKinney, and they turfed her out twice. But McKinney was never given the kind of national presence that the Republicans have allowed Bachmann: They put her on the circuit to defend the McCain-Palin ticket during the campaign, and kept her there even after disasters like this:
Again, all in good fun, but are the Republicans really so confident in their national appeal that they can keep a woman like this out front as a face of the party? I believe our system works best with a confident, constructive opposition. I am worried that if we keep Rep. Bachmann around there's a real danger that the party might collapse altogether. On the other hand, a Palin-Bachmann ticket in 2012 would for sure be the most amazing thing we've seen in years. I guess you could say I'm conflicted.
You're either pulling our wieners or you're more nuts than she is.
Keep your hands to yourself.
By the way. Isn't "Bachmann" an African-American Jewish Communist name?
i oscillate between believing that she actually believes what she says and the possibility that she is calculating enough to be faking it.
what world would you rather live in?
I worry that she's setting herself up for failure by continually trying to outdo herself. Soon, she'll have nothing left in her bag of crazy-lady tricks other than openly calling for assassination or wearing her clothes inside out. (Or both!)
Or she could just join stormwatch. Is that an organization you join, or is it just a forum where you talk about how filthy the negroes are? I don't know! And it happens to be the one bit of browsing history I'm uncomfortable leaving a record of at work, so I can't correct it. But yeah — if she wants to escalate the crazy, she can't go too much further on the goofy side of things, but there's a bit of rope on the truly vile end.
While she's telegenic enough, but her voice is grating.
I love the headline of that first article: "Bachmann turns to overdrive." :)
Actually it would be nice if red state crazies were undercounted for once. More money for us liberal hippie jewish black muslims.
What information is she so worried about? Anyone with five minutes to spare can get her address, telephone numbers, etc. Then again, her dentist may be an alien that's installed transmitters in her fillings.
They're going to whip their orcs into a frenzy and get a few census workers killed, aren't they?
I am afraid my father already has the shotgun loaded.
Play her off, keyboard cat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i54cot9CXog
Please warn me before you link to the Washington Times. I accidentally scrolled down to the comments section and my eyeballs puked.