Bachmann's Irene joke by Niki2

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Bachmann's Irene joke

POSTED BY: NIKI2
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 07:10
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Monday, August 29, 2011 5:36 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

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Over the weekend, the Minnesota Rep. turned Hurricane Irene into a campaign punch line, suggesting the recent natural disasters were acts of God.

"Washington, D.C. you'd think by now they'd get the message," Bachmann said at a town hall in Florida Saturday to laughs. "An earthquake, a hurricane, are you listening? The American people have done everything they possibly can, now it's time for an act of God and we're getting it." http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/29/just-a-joke-bachmanns-
hurricane-message-from-god/#more-172755

("Joke" at Of COURSE she meant it as a joke; I'm sure her sycophants know that, right? Or not.

Given Scary Perry's speech which included just that, seriously, I'm sure Crazy Eyes' followers got it. It's a savvy move; make it a joke, the crowd will laugh, but "her" people will nod their heads and say "We know she couldn't say it, but WE know what she meant."

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Monday, August 29, 2011 6:09 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

I think I heard similar jokes here before the hurricane hit, albeit not from anyone running for office.

--Anthony

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Monday, August 29, 2011 6:12 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Yeah, many have joked about it one way or another; I just think Bachmann doing it hsa special significance to her followers.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Monday, August 29, 2011 1:00 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

If someone wants to say that in the privacy of their own home to someone that's their business (I think its unsavory but that's just me). But saying that in public when you're running for president is beyond lacking in taste. I find it embarrassing.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Monday, August 29, 2011 1:10 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

She seems pretty happy to joke about people dying and others losing their homes and livelihoods.

How very "Christian" of her.

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Monday, August 29, 2011 1:25 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

I know what you mean Quicko, unfortunately this attitude is all too common and its totally embarassing to me, its called empathy people, pa-lease, but a lot of people don't get it.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011 8:29 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

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If someone wants to say that in the privacy of their own home to someone that's their business (I think its unsavory but that's just me). But saying that in public when you're running for president is beyond lacking in taste. I find it embarrassing.

Spot on, and something that hadn't occurred to me.

I'm of two minds about it; I'm hearing pundits saying it's assinine, just a joke, going after her, etc., etc. from the right, and condemnation (absurd in my opinions) from the left. For me, it's a gambit, as I said, to appeal to her followers, but I hadn't thought of it in the context you did. To do it not just publicly but in front of cameras makes it more egregious, when I DO think of it. Even a bad joke told around the water cooler isn't the same as said in a stump speech by someone running for the highest office in the land. Ergp, whether it's a subtle "call" to her ultra-religious base or not, I think it's wrong to put it in a speech to the public. Thank you; I'd been on the fence about my opinion as to whether it was something to focus on or not, but I think given what you wrote, I'm off the fence. It was inappropriate.

On the other hand, although I find it wrong, I can't imagine finding ANYTHING she says "embarrassing". SHE's an embarrassment to the Republican party and to candidates in general, and shows it all the time, so this is no surprise.

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011 1:02 PM

KWICKO

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Originally posted by Niki2:

Yeah, many have joked about it one way or another; I just think Bachmann doing it hsa special significance to her followers.

Kind of like asking the crowd "Who likes white people?" at a campaign stop...

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 5:18 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

This supports the idea that most Tea Partiers aren't fiscal conservative independents so much as white, racist, batshit evangelical GOPers (The survey which showed TPers less popular than Muslims also tried to see if there was an identifiable group from which TPers arose, and that was their finding, except they didn't used the word "batshit")

As time goes on, the TP looks less and less like Ron Paul and more and more like some kind of religious circus, with snake-handling and all the rest of it. That, BTW, is why Romney will never win: TPers will never vote for a (*hissssss*) MORMON

But one of the things i can't help think of when I look at the US Drought monitor

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

is that God (or Gaia, your choice) really, really hates Texas and Oklahoma, and isn't too fond of much of the South. So, explain THAT, Mr Perry!

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:02 AM

KWICKO

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Originally posted by SignyM:

But one of the things i can't help think of when I look at the US Drought monitor

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

is that God (or Gaia, your choice) really, really hates Texas and Oklahoma, and isn't too fond of much of the South. So, explain THAT, Mr Perry!

What makes it even worse is that he had his big Prey-a-palooza, he's called on Texans to "pray for rain", and none of it's done any good. By the standards of the batshit TPers, god clearly hates Rick Perry and is punishing him and the rest of us for his actions. ;)

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:10 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

...or maybe he's not the Messiah they think he is, so his pleas fell on deaf ears?

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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