Oh, here is your modern-day Edmund Burke, revealing what she thinks the GOP’s political philosophy should be when they win a Congressional majority in the midterm elections: “I think that all we should do is issue subpoenas and have one hearing after another. And expose all the nonsense that is gone [sic] on. And it’s very important when we come back that we have constitutional conservative leadership because the American people’s patience is about this big. So we have to make sure that we do what the people want us to do.” Yes, Michele Bachmann, this is what we want you to do. No more passin’ laws and such.
If the Republicans just subpoena all the time and never do anything but troll the Obama administration, the American people will be very satisfied and choose the Republicans as RULING PARTY 4 LIFE.
Bachmann went on to claim that while prior to President Obama’s election, “the private economy was 100 percent held in private hands,” while “today 65 percent of the economy is now held in government’s hands – either through direct ownership or control.”
It’s not clear where Bachmann got the 65 percent figure. She claimed on CBS’ “Face the Nation” in March that the government owns or controls 51 percent of the U.S. economy, which her communications director explained by combining an estimate from an economics professor of government ownership and “the passage of the health care bill, which makes up about 18 percent of the economy.”
She got it from the evil Obama Leviathan in her mind. It speaks to her. It tells her the truth about economics, in a snake voice like the one in The Jungle Book that makes her squirm.
Enjoy your socialist empire while you still have it, libruls, and get your sleeping bags ready for when you camp out at the Congressional hearing table! [CBS]
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What percentage of the economy is food services? The government also controls that, by their Marxist statist regulations controlling how much rat shit good wholesome American beef conglomerates can put in their hamburger.
How can anyone say, “It’s not clear where Bachmann got the 65 percent figure”?
Republicans have two sources for important economic data. They make it, or they pull it out of their asses.
Whose turn is it to be her chief of staff now?
OH NOES!! THEYS GONNA SUBPENIS COCK US!!1
“I think that all we should do is issue subpoenas and have one hearing after another.”
I couldn’t agree more.
Come on, people, it’s not like the country has anything to be fixed beyond getting the coloreds out of the white house.
Wait, I get it. 100% of the private economy was in private hands when Obama started, because otherwise it would not be the private economy. But now he has put communistic regulations on health care and oil spilling into the ocean and waiters rubbing lunch meat on their chests and backs, and 63% of the private economy is now owned by ObaMao. But once ObaMao faces the 2nd Amendment Solution and Biden and Pelosi are both put in Freedom Camps, President Boehner will get a fresh start with a 100% private economy again.
It’s like in Mega Man when your health gets refilled after each level!
Don’t forget the energy sector which the government controls with its intrusive regulation of deep water oil drilling. That powers 100% of the economy. That makes 165% of the economy government-controlled (according to a Fox News poll of 135% of Real Americans).
Wouldn’t it be funny, after Dems took control of Congress and refused to impeach Bush for misleading us into war, Republicans took it back and impeached Obama for violating the Constitution without a birf certificat?
Once I realized that Michele, like her Mama Grizzly sister Sarah, will be a feature of the TeaParty (formerly GOP) long long after she leaves office, I was freed to sent money to the sane person running against her. http://tarrylclark.com/
Do Democrats actually have to respond to subpoenas, or can they all claim “executive privilege” and get guest spots on the Librul tevee news (PBS)?
[re=624614]trondant[/re]: There’s an easy formula to determine this week’s Chief of Staff. Look at last week’s org chart and see who was the head intern.
And once the Pubs get back in power, the deficit will magically cease to be a problem!
Hey, Michelle Bachmann don’t need no stinkin’ facts. If she says 65%, it must be 65%.
And, she’s absolutely 100% right, the government played absolutely no role in healthcare before Obamar. Well, except for that medicare stuff, and the veterans administration, and the centers for disease control, and the national institutes of health, and the food and drug administration, and… well… SOCALIST NAZI! WHERES THE BIRF CERTIFUCATE!
[re=624614]trondant[/re]: Based on her new-found subpoena fetish, I’m guessing she’s trying to woo Issa’s chief of staff, Jar-Jar.
Yes, as Michelle says, the private economy used to be 100% in private hands. In fact, it still is today! But she must not know that even under Bush and Reagan the government controlled 100% of government services.
She should join Kate and Sarah to complete the TLC’s Wildercunt trifecta.
You remember how when you first went to college and they made you attend Freshman orientation? And sometime during that orientation you went over some pamphlet that spelled out some of the basic rules of the institution and how it is governed? Maybe they ought to do that in Congress. With the Constitution substituting for the student handbook.
Great — it’s important that someone gets to the bottom of all that’s gone on, so we can live in a real Constitutional democracy and preserve our freedoms and restore America to its God-given perch as a city on a hill like our founding fathers intended and repeal all of the socialism and everything including the Marxism that’s destroying America in a big government power grab and cut taxes and create jobs the way Ronald Reagan did when he got us back on a path to prosperity and peace through strength and put God back in the classroom including the boiler room because that’s where the energy is created and like energy independence we should be drilling for offshore oil instead of hampering American innovation and know-how so let’s restore freedom and reward hard work and take our country back.
As long as one of the subpoenas is for you, crazytown Bachmann.
Any any time a Democrat wanted an oversight hearing in the years 2001-2008, they were TRAITORS of the first order for even daring to question El Sumpremo Bush, according to any Republican within a mile of a microphone.
I look forward to two years of constant investigatory hearings as the country slides into the third world. I really do want to know what Liberties we have lost under Osamabama that we still had when Twig left office (also an investigation into why my 401k was used to pay banker bonuses, not that I mind, just curious).
Alt Alt-Texts
1) What, me worry?
2) Who farted?
Where’s Michelle Bockmen’s birf certificate of humanity? Well, I tried.
[re=624626]comicbookguy[/re]: and the Constitution will just be a piece of paper again.
Also an investigation into the rumor that Bachmann’s “husband” is a Ghey. Is Michele actually in a Ghey Marriage? Or does being married to a Ghey who has the opposite equipment to you count as a Ghey Marriage? What would it be called then?
[re=624642]ManchuCandidate[/re]: 3) INVIZIBLE HORSE COCK OM NOM NOM NOM
“If we don’t get it back and then starve the beast – the House, we have the power of the purse – so we can starve ObamaCare,” she said. “We don’t have to fund any of these programs and that’s exactly what we need to do – defund all of this nonsense and then unwind it.”
Starve that beast, babe, if you can’t do it nobody can!
It’s such a good thing Nancy took impeachment off the table – I mean, we wouldn’t want partisan sniping every time the retards change nannies.
These people wouldn’t know a socialist if it bit them in the ass, which is actually a surprisingly easy thing to accomplish on your next visit to Scandinavia, if you like that sort of thing.
Republicans say the darndest things.
[re=624636]SayItWithWookies[/re]: He spoke. And drank rapidly a glass of water
I think the Honorable Representative borrowed The Math from Karl Rove. Or possibly the textbooks blessed by the Texas State Board of Education which have restored the biblical value of pi to its god-ordained 3.0.
Will Michele be named Chairman to the Committee Investigating Congress For Un-American Activities?
Does she even know how to spell “subpoena”?
What percentage of the U.S. does China own?
Meanwhile Washington Monthly highlights two op-eds that ran in the Washington Times today.
Jeffrey Kuhner:
“President Obama has engaged in numerous high crimes and misdemeanors. The Democratic majority in Congress is in peril as Americans reject his agenda. Yet more must be done: Mr. Obama should be impeached. He is slowly – piece by painful piece – erecting a socialist dictatorship. We are not there – yet. But he is putting America on that dangerous path.”
Tom Tancredo:
“Yes, Mr. Obama is a more serious threat to America than al Qaeda. We know that Osama bin Laden and followers want to kill us, but at least they are an outside force against whom we can offer our best defense. But when a dedicated enemy of the Constitution is working from the inside, we face a far more dangerous threat. Mr. Obama can accomplish with the stroke of his pen what bin Laden cannot accomplish with bombs and insurgents… Members of Congress must defend our nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Today, that means bringing impeachment charges against Mr. Obama.”
I haven’t heard of this Kuhner guy but Wikipedia says he is President of “a Washington D.C. think tank devoted to integrating minorities into the conservative movement”.
[re=624680]Jukesgrrl[/re]: I hear Michelle Bachmann loves nothing more than to grab on to a subpoena. Of course, she thinks that’s what you call the small appendage that hangs between David Vitter’s legs.
RULING PARTY 4 LIFE. Well they are God’s chosen people. No wait… that was the Jews. Well he changed his mind about that I’m sure, after that nasty crucifixion thingy. Anyways, I’m bettin’ that Missy Bachmann lubs Israel just as much as Sarah does, so during a subpoenaing break, they can make it the 50th state, cause we all know that Hawaii ain’t a real state.
[re=624689]mcc[/re]: Wikipedia says he is President of “a Washington D.C. think tank devoted to integrating minorities into the conservative movement”.
I’m not sure, but I doubt that the paranoid and insane are really classified as “minorities” in most cases.
I totally don’t understand this blingee.
I demand an investigation into how they keep Bachmann’s head from swiveling off.
[re=624640]McDuff[/re]: Why does Michelle Bachmann want the terrorist to win? Why does she hate America so?
[re=624616]Extemporanus[/re]: Thats Subpenis Dukeyous Tedious Caucus
A Republican is threatening to do in 2010 what Democrats should have done in 2006 or 2008. Lovely.
So, all this talk of open primaries destroying the party system… any hope of that?
I have hacked into the secret Republican subpoena data bank. First I can report with certainty that Michele Bachman controls 65% of those subpoenas, which is like controlling 65% of the universe if you’re a TP’er.
Here’s a sampling:
#1 Produce all documents related to decision to name White House dog Bo instead of “Kill The Terrorists”.
#2 Birth certificate
#3 Empty President’s pockets, then hold him upside down & shake, to find remaining 35% of U.S. economy.
#4 Disclose any and all nude photos of Karl Rove because, in the opinion of the Honorable Congresswoman, he’s a hottie.
#5 Birth certificate
. . .
#1390542 Reveal recipe for sauce served with Bloomin’ Onion before Memorial Day picnic. Happy Memorial Day to all vets from the Honorable Congresswoman.
Right, because they’re capable of so much more.
I can’t wait to get my subpoena!
I’m going to every hearing I can, I’m going to raise my hand on a big stack of Jesus bibles and swear to tell the truth, and then I’m going to tell everyone who will listen that Michelle Bachmann is a fuckin’ crazy cunt.
And then to make sure everyone knows all the nonsense that’s been going on, I’m going to ready every Wonkette post ever written into the Congressional Record.
My momma and daddy are gonna be so proud of me when they turn on C-Span and see me.
Two hours plus, and no one’s said – (wait for it) –
Subpoenas envy!
Ba-DUMP – KSHHHHH!
[re=624672]populucious[/re]: there’s not much socialism in Scandinavia; it’s more or less Social Democracy. There are, however, lots of safety nets here- govt. health care, for example, just like all members of the US Congress enjoy.
[re=624798]inedalo[/re]: HEALTH CARE? Sounds like communism to me!
In fairness to the broad, all of MY economy is in the hands of the gummint now, in the form of my disability pension. Hey, don’t knock it–it pays almost as handsomely as unemployment!
What? Michelle Bachman wants to subpoena Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales? Well okay then, I suppose it’s about time.
[re=624636]SayItWithWookies[/re]: I would like that printed on a T-shirt. X-Large, of course.
[re=624689]mcc[/re]: Might want to be careful dragging up the al-Qaeda boogyman there Tom, lest the voters be reminded what a colossal fuck-up the previous administration was. Not only did 9/11 happen on the republican’s watch, they were the primary architects of everything that came after. Remember: bin Laden didn’t think 9/11 would cripple America; he thought America’s response to 9/11 would cripple America. Looking at the mess we’re in now, I wouldn’t be surprised if he sends Shrub and Der Jarvik a muffin basket every christmas.
May I say, Ms. Bachmann, “Subpoena THIS.” She has the courage of her convictions, no, her ignorance. Nothing else.
[re=624837]Jim89048[/re]: That is handsome indeed. My perpetual unemployment checks have made me too lazy to even bother looking for a job because I’m living so high on the hog on that four hundred a week I’m getting from those saps who are too stupid to not have jobs. Suck it, hard-working Americans!
Boy the republicans are all riding the same crazy train. I don’t feel like sending the Moonies any page views so can someone who has done so confirm that no one has provided any actual specific illegalities in their little poopy diaper editorials? It’s all just crazy train hand waving, ain’t it? They are tripling down and letting the wheel spin. Too bad we citizens have to ride the wheel until we puke.
And who said the republicans dont have any new ideas. Lets see, go back to Bush tax cuts, a new contract with American to roll out in September and now a return the subpeona 90′s.
Only issue subpoenas? Not pass any government ending legislation or tax cuts?!?!? Quick tell the teabagger’s there is a fraud among them. Feed her to them.
This ditz would have to increase her IQ by 65% (remarkable coincidence, what?)to be an idiot.
Dammit, the Dept of Defense consumes at LEAST 65% of the federal budget, amirite? The feds control the DoD budget, including what gets doled out to for-profit racketeers oops I mean defense subcontractors! What’s wrong with Bachmann? Is she a SOCIALIST NAZI? It’s UNAMERICAN to attack the miitary!!1!
(The dumbasses in the Republican party should run political ads touting the DoD as JOBS CREATION, against the Dem-rats. A new war, every year! Sign up!)
Alt-text fail. Shoulda been “2 invisible man taints.”
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