Republican Rep Michelle Bachmann's "Anti-American" comments will cost her her seat

[dragonrider]

Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann went on Hardball and said she thinks Obama has "anti-American" views, and that the media should investigate Congress to determine who is "pro-American" and who has "anti-American" views. Holy crap! Get ready for the witchhunts!

Turns out her rant spawned such a backlash that her opponent raised nearly a million dollars overnight and is now in striking distance to unseat her! She raised her profile so much that the Democratic party piled in to run ads for her opponent. They are going to kick her hate-mongering McCarthyite ass out of Congress!

Here is the CNN video about the backlash:

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on 10-22-2008. Republican Rep Michelle Bachmann's "Anti-American" comments will cost her her seat Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann went on Hardball and said she thinks Obama has "anti-American" views, and that the media should investigate Congress to determine who is "pro-American" and who has "anti-American" views. Holy crap! Get ready for the witchhunts! Turns out her rant spawned such a backlash that her opponent raised nearly a million dollars overnight and is now in striking distance to unseat her! She raised her profile so much that the Democratic party piled in to run Rating: 5

[texas grass]

she has never seen hardball, what a joke. if you are in politics you should watch all sides or you are bias and ignorant. i heard her tald and shes one of the most ignorant people ive ever heard talk, infact i would consider her a traitor to america

its insane to think the republicans are now saying half america is against america and half is pro america.
but the fact of the matter and you can see it, that the republicans have destroyed the american constitution by all the illegal laws they have passed and things like congress,executive branches ignore subpinas, private armys working in our borders, buying housing and banking markets(but thats both sides), so i would say look in the freakin mirror before talking

[justanotherbozo]

Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann went on Hardball and said she thinks Obama has "anti-American" views, and that the media should investigate Congress to determine who is "pro-American" and who has "anti-American" views. Holy crap! Get ready for the witchhunts!

Turns out her rant spawned such a backlash that her opponent raised nearly a million dollars overnight and is now in striking distance to unseat her! She raised her profile so much that the Democratic party piled in to run ads for her opponent. They are going to kick her hate-mongering McCarthyite ass out of Congress!

Here is the CNN video about the backlash:

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

Chris Matthews ambushed her and took what she said, paraphrased it
to 'anti-american' and then smashed her over the head with his words.

he should be fired

don't worry though, the democrats are spending some $2,000,000.00 to
try and buy her seat. soon, they will have enough seats that they will be
able to do anything they want and we won't be able to do anything about
it. and by we i mean ordinary American citizens.

[dragonrider]

Chris Matthews ambushed her and took what she said, paraphrased it
to 'anti-american' and then smashed her over the head with his words.

he should be fired

don't worry though, the democrats are spending some $2,000,000.00 to
try and buy her seat. soon, they will have enough seats that they will be
able to do anything they want and we won't be able to do anything about
it. and by we i mean ordinary American citizens.

I saw the interview, and he did badger her and goad her, which is what he does on the show, sort of like O'Reilly and Hannity do on Fox. But he didn't "paraphrase" her like you said, and he didn't put the words "anti-American" in her mouth --- that is exactly what she said in her own words. Watch the video of the interview if you don't believe me --- only clips of it are in the CNN piece, but I'm sure the whole thing is online.

I think there is really nothing more un-American than calling another American anti-American. If you are an American, you are an American, and that is it. We need to get past the name calling. We should be able to have extreme differences of opinion about what the country should do and how it should be run without labeling the other side as anti-American.

What the hell does she mean by "anti-American?" And what does she mean when she says Obama is anti-American or that there are members of Congress who should be investigated for being anti-American? These words have meaning. To me "anti-American" means a person who is actively working against the country. Is she suggesting that Obama and members of congress are actively working against the country? Like some kind of fifth column network who has infiltrated the government?

[justanotherbozo]

if you actually care about being fair then you will watch this video
again, in it's entirety. if you do, you'll see it was Matthews who
used the term 'anti'American', then he spent the rest of the interview
trying to get her to say it so he could stick it to her.

she brings up many, many things that are troubling to many Americans.
we're headed toward socialism and Obama wants us to return to the
welfare state of the '70's, and don't take my word for it, do some
research into the Democratic tax policies of the '70's.

Chris Matthews should be ashamed of himself.

YouTube - Rep. Bachmann (Rethug-MN) w/ Chris Matthews, Suggests Liberals Are Anti-American

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[dragonrider]

if you actually care about being fair then you will watch this video
again, in it's entirety. if you do, you'll see it was Matthews who
used the term 'anti'American', then he spent the rest of the interview
trying to get her to say it so he could stick it to her.

she brings up many, many things that are troubling to many Americans.
we're headed toward socialism and Obama wants us to return to the
welfare state of the '70's, and don't take my word for it, do some
research into the Democratic tax policies of the '70's.

Chris Matthews should be ashamed of himself.

YouTube - Rep. Bachmann (Rethug-MN) w/ Chris Matthews, Suggests Liberals Are Anti-American

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I guess you have a completely different take on it than I do. She spends her time making a roundabout case that Obama associates with people like Ayers and Wright, and Mathews tries to get at the relevance of the association. What does it mean?

So he asks her, "So you believe he may, you are suspicious that because of this association, Barack Obama may have anti-American views?"

And she reasponds "Absolutely! Absolutely! I am very concerned he may have anti-American views!"

He didn't put those words in her mouth. She said them. Do you think he hypnotized her with his Jedi mind trick?

Frankly, I do not like these kinds of shows at all and do not watch them. Mathews technique and style are as annoying as any of these combative style interview shows on either side. But I'm sick of this guilt by association and the way they use it to SUGGEST something without coming out and saying it. So I think it was great that Matthews got her to come out and SAY what she means, even if it took some badgering. She thinks Obama may have anti-American views and she thinks Congress should be investigated and exposed for its anti-American views.

Now that we know what she thinks, we can let her constituents decide if that is the kind of person they want representing them.

[killerweed420]

I don't see what the big deal is. Its just more mindless rhetoric by politicians.
An anti-american congressional commitee? Yeah thats going to happen. They would first have to try and find someone pro-american in the congress.lol

[justanotherbozo]

I guess you have a completely different take on it than I do. She spends her time making a roundabout case that Obama associates with people like Ayers and Wright, and Mathews tries to get at the relevance of the association. What does it mean?

the relevance is that, with associations like this, Obama wouldn't pass
the security clearance to get a job at the local VA Hospital, let alone
the Presidency

So he asks her, "So you believe he may, you are suspicious that because of this association, Barack Obama may have anti-American views?"

And she reasponds "Absolutely! Absolutely! I am very concerned he may have anti-American views!"

He didn't put those words in her mouth. She said them. Do you think he hypnotized her with his Jedi mind trick?

first, they were his words, not hers, second she said 'may' have anti-American
views. the point is, we know for a fact that Ayers has anti-American views,
as does Wright and Flager. Resko is just a thief.

Frankly, I do not like these kinds of shows at all and do not watch them. Mathews technique and style are as annoying as any of these combative style interview shows on either side. But I'm sick of this guilt by association and the way they use it to SUGGEST something without coming out and saying it. So I think it was great that Matthews got her to come out and SAY what she means, even if it took some badgering. She thinks Obama may have anti-American views and she thinks Congress should be investigated and exposed for its anti-American views.

Now that we know what she thinks, we can let her constituents decide if that is the kind of person they want representing them.

what she thinks is that there are just too many questions regarding
Obama's character that remain unanswered

[dragonrider]

You can view "I am very concerned he may have anti-American views!" through your filter, and I will view it through mine. The fact is she was secure in her seat and now she may well lose it, and the turnaround is directly related this dumbass statement of hers. Nothing more pro-American than voting out a hatemonger through the democratic process!

[Psycho4Bud]

I'll bet Murtha loses his seat due to calling his constituents a bunch of red neck racists. Agreed that's not NEAR as bad as picking on the chosen one though.

Have a good one!:s4: