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Bachmann Joins Sing-Along With Birther Lyric (VIDEO)
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
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Here's another fun moment from Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) event on Friday with the North Dakota Republican Party: The Congresswoman joined in on a sing-along on the main stage, for a song that contained a Birther-themed lyric.
The event (for which we posted a general write-up yesterday) included entertainment by a country music cover group, the Johnny Holm Band. After the political speeches and comments from attendees were finished, the lights went out and the crowd got to enjoy a nice party, in the non-political sense of the term. Before the festivities really got rolling, however, Johnny Holm led the crowd in a sing-along to the tune of "The Battle of New Orleans, " with altered lyrics that he'd learned recently while traveling. He first taught the crowd the words.
The opening line: "In 1961, Obama came along / Born in Honolulu -- 'course I couldda got it wrong." Bachmann can be seen joining the musicians on stage, but it's unclear whether she sang that specific line (the audio on the stream cuts out at various points, including here), though she can be heard singing at least part of the song. And it's clear that she got on stage even after that lyric was out in the open.
Johnny Holm can be seen teaching the lyrics to the crowd, starting at the 21:10 mark. The sing-along begins a few minutes later, with Bachmann on stage:
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Sailormarlowe
February 16, 2010 6:49 PM
Michele is beautiful, and talented. Get back, Taylor Swift.
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CityGuy
February 16, 2010 8:09 PM in reply to Sailormarlowe
Taylor Swift rules, you montabank!
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Walter Mitty
February 16, 2010 7:09 PM
A silly non-issue.
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Duck Stab
February 16, 2010 7:22 PM
Her eyes, have seen the leader.
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Joe
February 16, 2010 7:45 PM
Good Lord, I had to do a double take at what you wrote. First, I thought she was singing with the John Holmes Band...
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CityGuy
February 16, 2010 8:10 PM in reply to Joe
Well.... She does worship naked power.
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Marinus van der Lubbe
February 16, 2010 8:28 PM in reply to CityGuy
....worshipping with her cow labia mouth...
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lousgirl84
February 16, 2010 9:03 PM in reply to Marinus van der Lubbe
I am sure the cow's is better looking.
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lousgirl84
February 16, 2010 9:05 PM in reply to Marinus van der Lubbe
I am sure the cow's is better looking.
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lousgirl84
February 16, 2010 9:06 PM in reply to lousgirl84
I hate when I do that!!!
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pmccoy
February 16, 2010 8:39 PM
Anyone who lionizes the wisdom of the "Founding Fathers'" attitudes concerning property rights, who gives no nod whatsoever to their endorsement of slavery, and their acceptance of counting slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purposes of apportionment, is really callous and creepy, and arguably a mindless or intentional racist. Let's call it what it is, folks.
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lousgirl84
February 16, 2010 9:02 PM in reply to pmccoy
Yeah, I love when these people quote our fucking founding slave owner fathers. All men were created equal right - as long as you were white. Let's call it exactly what it is RACISM.
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Marinus van der Lubbe
February 16, 2010 9:04 PM in reply to lousgirl84
No shit, set their watches to another century....as if it's 1776!
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ericf
February 17, 2010 12:40 AM in reply to Marinus van der Lubbe
If it was 1776, we would call these conservatives "tories", and they would denounce us for being disloyal to the king. If they now approve of 1776, they're only 234 years behind progressives.
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Clear
February 17, 2010 1:32 AM in reply to Marinus van der Lubbe
No doubt. My first thought when I heard the touting of 1776 was precisely that this was a time when even the north owned slaves.
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sconset
February 16, 2010 8:48 PM
She is a pathological liar and the people who listen to her and lap this nonsense up deserve what they get. Not one thing that she has predicted has come to be.....are her constituent's stupid? She is dangerous because she is crazy in a clinical sense.......she is not in touch with reality.
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ottis
February 16, 2010 10:20 PM
I thought we had gotten past a day without seeing a feature story about this bitch. Guess not... sorry.
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LAB
February 16, 2010 10:43 PM
Can any of you imagine if she was your mother? Her kids need intervention.
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psyclone
February 16, 2010 11:52 PM
TPM should consider making a Bachmann quote-of-the-day calendar or somesuch and marketing it. Or at least Kleefield should do it on his own, since I'm sure he's compiled at least 365 or so samples of idiocy spewing from her mouth.
What a crappy job, following Bachmann around like he does and constantly having to mop up her verbal vomit.
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Fair
February 17, 2010 12:10 AM
Jordan the daughter can even sing the song right, "amber waves of grace", what a moron.
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rbe1
February 17, 2010 3:51 AM
I think it's the wind that keeps blowing so hard out of Canada.
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shooter242
February 17, 2010 7:43 AM
The TPM crew is getting pretty boring. A theoretical news blog ought to be more than a Bachmann watch.
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Dorn76
February 17, 2010 1:42 PM in reply to shooter242
When members of Congress intentionally smear the President of the United States, it's news, even if it's a daily occurence for this wingnut.
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ivy22
February 17, 2010 8:43 AM
Please ignore both Bachmann and Palin. Let them fade away.
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Dick7s
February 19, 2010 7:42 AM
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of Michelle......blah blah blah.... may her truth go marching on!" ..... not really but I was wondering if by now she had tried to pass a law changing the words in the song "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
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