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Bachmann Grills Bernanke About ACORN (No Joke)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) seems to be developing a one-track mind. At a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, Bachmann asked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about...ACORN?
To be fair, Bachmann also asked about one of her other pet issues, the threat of a one-world currency replacing the dollar -- which does actually bear a relationship to the questions of monetary policy.
But here she has the man who runs our country's whole money supply, right in front of her and required to take her questions, and this is what she asks about?
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chimpale
October 1, 2009 5:12 PM
Dork.
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lousgirl84
October 1, 2009 5:20 PM
What a pathetic excuse for a human
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
October 1, 2009 5:53 PM
2010: Make The GOP Own the Crazy.
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indianadave
October 1, 2009 6:08 PM
GOP should be real proud of this represenitive.
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oskieoskie
October 1, 2009 6:10 PM
A friend in Minnesota told me Bachmann worries him more than Palin because Bachmann is more intelligent than Palin.
Yikes squared.
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chimpale
October 1, 2009 8:48 PM in reply to oskieoskie
I've got stuff in the vegetable crisper that's more intelligent than Sarah Palin and it doesn't scare me a bit.
Observe Bachmann's level of comprehension on the cap-and-trade issue:
“Carbon dioxide is a natural byproduct of nature!...There isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.”
I repeat: Dork.
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indianadave
October 1, 2009 6:10 PM
GOP should be real proud of this represenitive.
I question, could she grill a cheese sanwich?
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roxsteady
October 1, 2009 6:20 PM
I feel sorry for her kids. Too bad her mom couldn't have aborted her. She's nuts!
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ru4862
October 1, 2009 6:25 PM in reply to roxsteady
Totally...LMFAO
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ru4862
October 1, 2009 6:22 PM
I don't know who i hate more; Bachmann or Palin?
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ProfessorB
October 1, 2009 6:59 PM in reply to ru4862
Why do you hate them? They are both highly entertaining individuals.
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musgrove
October 2, 2009 8:39 AM in reply to ProfessorB
They would be entertaining if they didn't have any power, but since they do...
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OhioMan
October 1, 2009 6:56 PM
Jeez, what a waste of oxygen.
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mk3872
October 2, 2009 12:16 AM
Isn't the real question here this one: How does Michelle Bachmann keep getting elected ??
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elle a
October 2, 2009 12:58 AM in reply to mk3872
now thats what i need to know, people like bachman, demint, vitter, ensign, the lot of them!!! who votes for these people!!!!
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mk3872
October 2, 2009 9:45 AM in reply to elle a
I suppose it must be people who just don't know any better.
It is likely just people vote for someone who acts like them and says the things that they are thinking, regardless of how incorrect and awful those things may be.
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psyclone
October 2, 2009 1:34 AM in reply to mk3872
Hell, my real question here is, How does Michelle Bachmann even function in life?
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GillesDeleuze
October 2, 2009 10:28 AM in reply to mk3872
Her district kind of does it as a "screw you" to the state's otherwise responsible and reasonable politics. Minnesota government and elections are fairly pristine, compared to its neighbors in the midwest (Wisconsin is okay, Illinois and Ohio are undergoing major reforms).
The district is St. Cloud: a lot of commuters, as well as pretty much being a pitstop city between the twin cities and the north woods (where much of Minnesota hunts, etc.)
There's no reason why a responsible progressive couldn't win the seat, other than Bachmann is kind of a cash cow for the extremist base.
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Herb6
October 2, 2009 8:44 AM
Bachmann wasn't asking a question; she was making a statement and didn't care whether Bernanke answered or not. He could have responded with the wisdom of Solomon but it simply wouldn't have mattered. She got her exposure for the day, and that's what counted.
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mjshep
October 2, 2009 11:53 AM in reply to Herb6
Bingo!
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LarsThorwald
October 2, 2009 9:14 AM
Anyway, f*ck her.
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LFC
October 2, 2009 10:50 AM
"Stupid is as stupid does, sir."
-- Forrest Bachmann
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