Rep. Michele Bachmann Confuses New Hampshire With Mass. In Historical Speech

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by Frances Martel | 3:15 pm, March 12th, 2011

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Rep. Michele Bachmann seemed to think she was in Massachusetts today as she delivered a speech to a group of conservatives in New Hampshire today. “You’re the state where the show was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord,” she told the crowd incorrectly, later making references to Plymouth Rock and calling New Hampshire the “first in the nation state.”

New Hampshire is, of course, the first nation to host a primary in 2012, making it particularly important to campaign and promote parties in (though not, as Rep. Bachmann called it, the first state). That appeared to be Rep. Bachmann’s goal in speaking to the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire today, which, keeping with the founding theme, handed out copies of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Rep. Bachmann kept to the theme, too, except attributed to the state she was in qualities of neighboring Massachusetts:

“What I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty,” the potential GOP presidential candidate said. “You’re the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord. And you put a marker in the ground and paid with the blood of your ancestors the very first price that had to be paid to make this the most magnificent nation that has ever arisen in the annals of man in 5,000 years of recorded history.”

Later, she told the crowd that New Hampshire had a responsibility to keep liberty alive, which they have done “very well for almost 20 generations from the time the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, and I’m sure the very first one came up to New Hampshire and said, ‘This is where I want to be.’”

Watch the clip from WMUR, New Hampshire below:

Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, Michele Bachmann, New Hampshire, Revolutionary History

flagringo

the country is going bankrupt, future generations are stuck with a $42,000 mortgage of the current national debt, unions are issuing death threats against Wisconsin Republican Senators, Republican Wisconsin business owners are threatened with boycotts by unions.

…and Michele is 70 miles off target regarding Lexington and Concord. Obama thinks the USA has 57 States [crickets from the media]

Journalism is Dead. Long Live http://www.theblaze.com > journalism alive and prospering there.
Atticus Draco

jdubbleu said:
i dont care what side you are on, i love when this happens. like kerry lauding the buckeyes when he was in michigan LMAO

yeah,, lol
“OOPS!”
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

You go, girl! The loon from 10,000 lakes strikes again! Can’t wait ’til the loonatic right and the Tealiban explain how she was taken out of context by the librul MSM.
jjay7381

I believe Charlie Sheen would refer to Michele Bachmann as “#WINNING”.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Elliot/1397506919 Derek Elliot

…and Obama believed that the USA is comprised of 58 states and he wanted to learn how to speak Austrian.
da-wdc

Two wars, gas prices going up, high unemployment, unions being busted, chaos in the Middle East and yet.. you know every MSNBC prime time show is going to waste a segment or two on this next week. Except Hardball. They’ll probably use the whole show to cover it. Just to make sure liberal viewers know that Bachmann says things that are wrong, constantly.
Dave Richards

At least she didn’t confuse Mars with the Moon. Did Mediaite cover Sheila Jackson Lee’s goof?
Atticus Draco

da-wdc said:
Two wars, gas prices going up, high unemployment, unions being busted, chaos in the Middle East and yet.. you know every MSNBC prime time show is going to waste a segment or two on this next week. Except Hardball. They’ll probably use the whole show to cover it. Just to make sure liberal viewers know that Bachmann says things that are wrong, constantly.

lol,,, yep,, that’s pretty much the case right there
same2u

The right wing pigs are all about re-writing history. This is still my favorite statement from Bachmann concerning the original settlers of this country.

“It didn’t matter the color of their skin, it didn’t matter their language, it didn’t matter their economic status,” Bachmann said of the first settlers
Harry Flashman

Looks like she got confused about which of the 57 states she was in.
WCinWI

Actually, there are conflicting thoughts on when the shot was actually first heard.

http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2006/10/where-was-shot-heard-round-world.html

and

http://www.seacoastnh.com/History/As_I_Please/The_Shot_Not_Heard_Round_the_World/

Perhaps people should not be so quick to assume. Sheesh.
Newt Limbaugh

Harry Flashman said:
Looks like she got confused about which of the 57 states she was in.

twice at the same event
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

I can understand people flubbing facts while speaking off the cuff – and they are funny to laugh at – but it drives me crazy in this day and age when people (unintentionally or intentionally – Selma got me born!) get facts wrong.

Now, she was only 70 miles off, and Concord is the capital of NH, but it is sloppy fact checking either by her or her speech writer.

Just gives the left more red meat to chew on, and an excuse to ignore Maher calling the Qu’ran a hate filled terrorist book.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

Harry Flashman said:
Looks like she got confused about which of the 57 states she was in.

love it!
http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

Just like the media telling us that Gov. Walker took away collective bargaining rights even though they can still bargain for wages. They keep repeating that over and over. It is wrong over and over.
Maybe she got confused because Obama claims we have increased oil production because of HIS policies.
That will sure confuse everyone.
Lover

57 states, 1 more to go.
notsofast

BHO:

“I’m here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis.” –speaking via satellite to the Democratic National Convention, while in Kansas City, Missouri, Aug. 25, 2008

“Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee — which is my committee — a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don’t obtain a nuclear weapon.” –referring to a committee he is not on, Sderot, Israel, July 23, 2008

“How’s it going, Sunshine?” –campaigning in Sunrise, Florida

“On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.”

“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” –on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people
skyfet

I hope she doesn’t send to the wrong place when she becomes President, ahh. Like Sarah who mixed up Country vs Continent, and South vs North. They need to educate themselves before they can educate and lead the people, else, it’s going to be morons leading morons = disaster.
skyfet

gordonbloyershow said:
Just like the media telling us that Gov. Walker took away collective bargaining rights even though they can still bargain for wages. They keep repeating that over and over. It is wrong over and over.
Maybe she got confused because Obama claims we have increased oil production because of HIS policies.
That will sure confuse everyone.

Right! if your life is miserable Blame Obama.
If your wife left ya, Blame Obama.
If you feel suicidal blame Obama.
Blame, blame, blame.
By the way, what happened to personal responsibility?
http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Gregory-Backus/615261184 fb615261184

jjay7381 said:
I believe Charlie Sheen would refer to Michele Bachmann as “#WINNING”.

Even Charlie Sheen thinks she’s batsh*t crazy.
http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Gregory-Backus/615261184 fb615261184

da-wdc said:
Two wars, gas prices going up, high unemployment, unions being busted, chaos in the Middle East and yet.. you know every MSNBC prime time show is going to waste a segment or two on this next week. Except Hardball. They’ll probably use the whole show to cover it. Just to make sure liberal viewers know that Bachmann says things that are wrong, constantly.

I’m glad you remember what George W. Bush left when he slinked out of town. Unfortunately, Boehner and company are the same people whom brought us that idiocy. Watch as the Republican’ts come to her defence of ignorance.
http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Gregory-Backus/615261184 fb615261184

skyfet said:
Right! if your life is miserable Blame Obama.
If your wife left ya, Blame Obama.
If you feel suicidal blame Obama.
Blame, blame, blame.
By the way, what happened to personal responsibility?

They don’t know what they mean – only what they’re told to say. Right Koch Head?
http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Gregory-Backus/615261184 fb615261184

This woman is an embarrassment to America, and Americans everywhere.
ndanielson

Dave Richards said:
At least she didn’t confuse Mars with the Moon. Did Mediaite cover Sheila Jackson Lee’s goof?

That might cause Nantucket to tip over, silly.
Yoda002

Bushisms–

“I’m the commander — see, I don’t need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.”

“I think I was unprepared for war.”

“I hear there’s rumors on the Internets that we’re going to have a draft.”

“We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.”

“Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.”

“Do you have blacks, too?” –to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001

“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”

“This is an impressive crowd — the haves and the have mores. Some people call you the elite — I call you my base.”

“I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right.”

“I don’t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.”

“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.”
http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

I think there are probably more important things for the left to attack than michelle bachmann’s small mistake.
ndanielson

Yoda002 said:
Bushisms–

“I’m the commander — see, I don’t need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.”

“I think I was unprepared for war.”

“I hear there’s rumors on the Internets that we’re going to have a draft.”

“We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.”

“Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.”

“Do you have blacks, too?” –to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001

“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”

“This is an impressive crowd — the haves and the have mores. Some people call you the elite — I call you my base.”

“I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right.”

“I don’t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.”

“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.”

None of those could cause Nantucket to tip over, dummy.
ndanielson

Is that all you’ve got skypup? In 8years??? Here’s Americas dumbest president to date:

We’re not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that’s fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money. But, you know, part of the American way is, you know, you can just keep on making it if you’re providing a good product or providing good service. We don’t want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy.” —on Wall Street reform, Quincy, Ill., April 29, 2010

“One such translator was an American of Haitian descent, representative of the extraordinary work that our men and women in uniform do all around the world — Navy Corpse-Man Christian Brossard.” –mispronouncing “Corpsman” (the “ps” is silent) during a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2010 (The Corpsman’s name is also Christopher, not Christian)

“The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.” –Tampa, Fla., Jan. 28, 2010

“UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.” –attempting to make the case for government-run healthcare, while simultaneously undercutting his own argument, Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 11, 2009

“The Cambridge police acted stupidly.” —commenting on a white police officer’s arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Mass., at a news conference, July 22, 2009

“The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system.” –in remarks after a health care roundtable with physicians, nurses and health care providers, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2009

“It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There’s a lot of — I don’t know what the term is in Austrian, wheeling and dealing.” –confusing German for “Austrian,” a language which does not exist, Strasbourg, France, April 6, 2009

“No, no. I have been practicing…I bowled a 129. It’s like — it was like Special Olympics, or something.” –making an off-hand joke during an appearance on “The Tonight Show”, March 19, 2009 (Obama later called the head of the Special Olympics to apologize)

“I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances.” –after saying he had spoken with all the living presidents as he prepared to take office, Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2008 (Obama later called Nancy Reagan to apologize)

“I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” — defending his tax plan to Joe the Plumber, who argued that Obama’s policy hurts small-business owners like himself, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008

“What I was suggesting — you’re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith…” –in an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, who jumped in to correct Obama by saying “your Christian faith,” which Obama quickly clarified (Watch video clip)

“I’m here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis.” –speaking via satellite to the Democratic National Convention, while in Kansas City, Missouri, Aug. 25, 2008

“Let me introduce to you the next President — the next Vice President of the United States of America, Joe Biden.” –slipping up while introducing Joe Biden at their first joint campaign rally, Springfield, Illinois, Aug. 23, 2008

“Just this past week, we passed out of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee — which is my committee — a bill to call for divestment from Iran as way of ratcheting up the pressure to ensure that they don’t obtain a nuclear weapon.” –referring to a committee he is not on, Sderot, Israel, July 23, 2008

“Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under a McCain…administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel’s under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.” –Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008

“How’s it going, Sunshine?” –campaigning in Sunrise, Florida

“On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.”

“Hold on one second, sweetie, we’re going to do — we’ll do a press avail.” –to a female reporter for ABC’s Detroit affiliate who asked about his plan to help American autoworkers (Watch video clip)

“I’ve now been in 57 states — I think one left to go.” –at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon (Watch video clip)

“Why can’t I just eat my waffle?” –after being asked a foreign policy question by a reporter while visiting a diner in Pennsylvania

“It’s not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” –explaining his troubles winning over some working-class voters

“The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know, you know, there’s a reaction that’s been bred in our experiences that don’t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that’s just the nature of race in our society.”

“Come on! I just answered, like, eight questions.” –exasperated by reporters after a news conference

“You’re likeable enough, Hillary.” –during a Democratic debate

“In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” –on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people
Yoda002

ndanielson said:
None of those could cause Nantucket to tip over, dummy.

Whenever someone points out Bush’s mistakes it seems to ruffle a few feathers within the Tea Party folks.
Harry Flashman

Psst….hey, Yoda. Bush ain’t in office any more. Just lettin’ ya know.
ndanielson

Yoda002 said:
Whenever someone points out Bush’s mistakes it seems to ruffle a few feathers within the Tea Party folks.

Whenever someone the right makes a mistake, it seems to give the dummies a reason to live another day.
Yoda002

@ndalieson

That was only the first couple of years. I got pages of bushims, but I’m sorry I hurt your feelings. It wouldn’t even be a fair fight it’s not even worth my time.
Yoda002

Harry Flashman said:
Psst….hey, Yoda. Bush ain’t in office any more. Just lettin’ ya know.

Really, I guess I will have to put that list away and pull up my Bachmann list and my Palin list.
ndanielson

Yoda002 said:
@ndalieson

That was only the first couple of years. I got pages of bushims, but I’m sorry I hurt your feelings. It wouldn’t even be a fair fight it’s not even worth my time.

You couldn’t hurt my feelings if you tried, dum-dum.
ndanielson

Yoda002 said:
Really, I guess I will have to put that list away and pull up my Bachmann list and my Palin list.

Pssst…hey, dummy, Palin is no longer in office anymore, either. Dummy. Try harder.
Yoda002

ndanielson said:
You couldn’t hurt my feelings if you tried, dum-dum.

Well, I can’t help it if the Tea Party lost the last election and nothing is currently on the horizon for you guys. I’m hoping you guys bring in a good contender next time around Obama needs to brush up his skills.
ndanielson

Yoda002 said:
Well, I can’t help it if the Tea Party lost the last election and nothing is currently on the horizon for you guys. I’m hoping you guys bring in a good contender next time around Obama needs to brush up his skills.

The Tea Party took WI. How’d that work out for you, dummy?
Yoda002

ndanielson said:
The Tea Party took WI. How’d that work out for you, dummy?

Will see in a year how well that worked out for you.
ndanielson

Yoda002 said:
Well, I can’t help it if the Tea Party lost the last election and nothing is currently on the horizon for you guys. I’m hoping you guys bring in a good contender next time around Obama needs to brush up his skills.

Ignorant clown.

Each and every tea party candidate identified through the Tea Party Express, FreedomWorks or the Tea Party Caucus lists (accessed on November 4 2010) was a member of the Republican Party. There were 229 races for the House and Senate in which a Tea Party candidate was running. In 69 of those races (30.1%) the Tea Party candidate lost. In 157 of those races (68.6%) the Tea Party candidate won. 11 of those wins were in uncontested races.

Tea Party groups now have significant representation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. What are they going to do with it?

And the outlook for 2012 is even brighter as the democrats have more seats to lose than 2010, an are dropping out like flies already.
ndanielson

Yoda002 said:
Will see in a year how well that worked out for you.

You must have missed the news last week? It is already paying dividends. The union slush fund is nearly dead in WI. Ohio and Idaho are next.
ndanielson

Yoda002 said:
Will see in a year how well that worked out for you.

680 legislative seats went republican in 2010. While your clowns added fleebagger to Merriam Websters dictionary, the Tea Party is reloading for 2012.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Elliot/1397506919 Derek Elliot

…and Obama believes that we have 58 states and hopes to learn to speak Austrian one day.
Group Hug

Michele, I love yah but you really need someone to proof read your speeches.
RichS

same2u said:
The right wing pigs are all about re-writing history. This is still my favorite statement from Bachmann concerning the original settlers of this country. “It didn’t matter the color of their skin, it didn’t matter their language, it didn’t matter their economic status,” Bachmann said of the first settlers

Well, the first slave owner in what was to become the United States was black so I guess she was right about the color of their skin. The original settlers in Florida spoke Spanish (European settlers), the original settlers in Flushing, Queens, New York spoke Dutch, the original settlers in Chicago spoke Frence, so the language didn’t matter. Do I really have to give examples for economic status?

So, what was wrong with her statement?
RichS

skyfet said:
I hope she doesn’t send to the wrong place when she becomes President, ahh. Like Sarah who mixed up Country vs Continent, and South vs North. They need to educate themselves before they can educate and lead the people, else, it’s going to be morons leading morons = disaster.

While taking Congresswoman Bachmann to task for making a mistake skyfet types, “I hope she doesn’t send to the wrong place when she becomes President,” hmmm, was that a mistake? Oh my! All the Mary’s in Heaven!

But he does redeem himself by typing, “morons leading morons = disaster” which nicely summarizes President Obama’s first two years in office leading Democrat majorities in both Houses of Congress.
RichS

Yoda002 said:
Well, I can’t help it if the Tea Party lost the last election and nothing is currently on the horizon for you guys. I’m hoping you guys bring in a good contender next time around Obama needs to brush up his skills.

Please people, don’t bother Yoda, he’s dreaming.
The_Reasonable_Lib

Derek Elliot said:
…and Obama believes that we have 58 states and hopes to learn to speak Austrian one day.

Are you honestly comparing a minor numerical gaff to a complete misappropriation of history?
ndanielson

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
Are you honestly comparing a minor numerical gaff to a complete misappropriation of history?

Or entire islands tipping over???
ndanielson

ndanielson said:
Or entire islands tipping over???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg.

Or that we have landed on Mars??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4whGT4Mxvwk
TfT

And Obama doesn’t know how to pronounce corpsman (corpse man in theone’s words) and he visited 57 states, but hey – he was tired on those days.

Too funny mediaite. keep it up, we enjoy the laughter.

bwahahahaha
Group Hug

same2u:
After Lincoln’s assassination (by a Democrat), the Republican-led Congress (over the objections of the Democratic Party minority) amended the Constitution to confirm the liberation of the slaves (13th Amendment: slavery abolished), and the 14th Amendment (freed slaves are citizens equal to all citizens), and the15th Amendment (right to vote guaranteed to freed slaves). Southern Democrats spent the next 100 years trying to keep freed slaves down with segregation laws, poll taxes to deny the right to vote, and lynching to enforce the social order. The KKK was formed by a Democrat; no Republican has ever been a member of the KKK. This is the heritage of the Democratic Party. In fact, the Democratic Party was formed in the first place to defend and expand slavery.
Group Hug

same2u:

Though some may not be aware of it, King was a Republican, and those who opposed the Civil Rights movement were predominantly Democrats. “It was the Democrats who fought to keep blacks in slavery and passed the discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. The Democrats started the Ku Klux Klan to lynch and terrorize blacks. The Democrats fought to prevent the passage of every civil rights law beginning with the civil rights laws of the 1860s, and continuing with the civil rights laws of the 1950s and 1960s.
During the civil rights era of the 1960s, Dr. King was fighting the Democrats who stood in the school house doors, turned skin-burning fire hoses on blacks and let loose vicious dogs…. Given the circumstances of that era, it is understandable why Dr. King was a Republican. It was the Republicans who fought to free blacks from slavery and amended the Constitution to grant blacks freedom (13th Amendment), citizenship (14th Amendment) and the right to vote (15th Amendment). Republicans passed the civil rights laws of the 1860s, including the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Reconstruction Act of 1867 that was designed to establish a new government system in the Democrat-controlled South, one that was fair to blacks. Republicans also started the NAACP…”
-Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, by Frances Rice

History that some would rather not discuss….
chicgoods

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ndanielson

ndanielson said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg.

Or that we have landed on Mars??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4whGT4Mxvwk

Oh, wait, both of these are black democrat representatives.

Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) “I don’t worry about the Constitution on this to be honest…I care more about the people that are dying everyday that don’t have health care.”

Rep. John Yarmouth (D-KY) “I don’t worry about the Constitution on this to be honest…I care more about the people that are dying everyday that don’t have health care.”
the real john t

Group Hug said:
no Republican has ever been a member of the KKK.

Are you saying David Duke is a Democrat?
ndanielson

ndanielson said:
Rep. John Yarmouth (D-KY)

John Yarmouth: “It really doesn’t prohibit the government from doing virtually anything – the federal government. So I don’t know the answer to your question, because I am not sure there is anything under current interpretation of the commerce clause that the government couldn’t do.”

Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) “I don’t worry about the Constitution on this to be honest…I care more about the people that are dying everyday that don’t have health care.”

Notice that these are fairly egregious remarks concerning the limits on power of the federal government, and not some geographical, numerical, or misspeak due to laziness. They show astounding incoherence of the constitution itself. Imagine that. And these people make laws.
the real john t

ndanielson said:
They show astounding incoherence of the constitution itself.

And Bush said the Constitution was just a goddamn piece of paper.
ndanielson

the real john t said:
Are you saying David Duke is a Democrat?

Dummy, he ran as one.

1988 Democratic Presidential Campaign

In 1988, Duke ran initially in the Democratic presidential primaries. His campaign failed to make much of an impact, with the one notable exemption of winning the little known New Hampshire Vice-Presidential primary.[18] Duke, having failed to gain much traction as a Democrat, then successfully sought the Presidential nomination of the Populist Party.[19] He appeared on the ballot for President in eleven states and was a write-in candidate in some other states, some with Trenton Stokes of Arkansas for Vice President, and on other state ballots with Floyd Parker for Vice President. He received just 47,047 votes, for 0.04 percent of the combined, national popular vote.[20]

Oh, and then there’s this:

Duke first ran for the Louisiana State Senate as a Democrat from a Baton Rouge district in 1975. In 1979, he ran as a Democrat for the 10th District Senate seat and finished second in a three-candidate race with 9,897 votes (26 percent).[17] Duke allegedly conducted a direct-mail appeal in 1987, using the identity and mailing-list of the Georgia Forsyth County Defense League without permission. League officials described it as a fund-raising scam.

I’d say he was a democrat, and a liberal more than anything, as he is a racist clown.
ndanielson

the real john t said:
And Bush said the Constitution was just a goddamn piece of paper.

How so, sweetpea? The Patriot Act?
ndanielson

the real john t said:
And Bush said the Constitution was just a goddamn piece of paper.

Phil Hare and Yarmouth are on u-tube, saying as much, that it is a piece of paper. Where does Bush say this??? You clowns have no respect, or for that matter, concept of the US Constitution. From the speaker Pelosi on down, ignorant. You impugn the CIA, the constitution, the justice department, the presidency, SCOTUS and every office you clowns hold.

Eric Holder speaks of justice for “my people”??? Not a peep. BJ Clinton second ever to be impeached in modern history, and the ONLY ONE for personal malfeasance. Hillary the only first lady to come under criminal indictment in American history. Empathetic Latinas on the highest court in the land??? You people are an affront to the laws and offices of this land. And a record that I just thought of: you liberals have a president and at least one first lady to have ever lost their license to practice law! One of which, we don’t even know why.
kvon

ndanielson said:
Dummy, he ran as one.

Oh, and then there’s this:

I’d say he was a democrat, and a liberal more than anything, as he is a racist clown.

Really? David Duke ran as a Dem, but WON AS A REPUBLICAN!!

HAHAHA

The KKK member loses as a Dem but wins as a Republican!!!!
right-is-wrong

Group Hug said:
same2u:

Though some may not be aware of it, King was a Republican, and those who opposed the Civil Rights movement were predominantly Democrats. “It was the Democrats who fought to keep blacks in slavery and passed the discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. The Democrats started the Ku Klux Klan to lynch and terrorize blacks. The Democrats fought to prevent the passage of every civil rights law beginning with the civil rights laws of the 1860s, and continuing with the civil rights laws of the 1950s and 1960s.
During the civil rights era of the 1960s, Dr. King was fighting the Democrats who stood in the school house doors, turned skin-burning fire hoses on blacks and let loose vicious dogs…. Given the circumstances of that era, it is understandable why Dr. King was a Republican. It was the Republicans who fought to free blacks from slavery and amended the Constitution to grant blacks freedom (13th Amendment), citizenship (14th Amendment) and the right to vote (15th Amendment). Republicans passed the civil rights laws of the 1860s, including the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Reconstruction Act of 1867 that was designed to establish a new government system in the Democrat-controlled South, one that was fair to blacks. Republicans also started the NAACP…”

and then the

Group Hug said:
History that some would rather not discuss….

After World War II, during the civil rights movement, Democrats in the South initially still voted loyally with their party. The signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, however, was the last straw for many Southern Democrats, who began voting against Democratic incumbents for GOP candidates. The Republicans carried many Southern states for the first time since before the Great Depression.

When Richard Nixon courted voters with his Southern Strategy, many Democrats became Republicans and the South became fertile ground for the GOP, which conversely was becoming more conservative as the Democrats were becoming more liberal.

Here is a cool video on the transition until today
http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/02/08/the-economist-white-southern-democrats-have-all-but-vanished
ndanielson

kvon said:
Really? David Duke ran as a Dem, but WON AS A REPUBLICAN!!

HAHAHA

The KKK member loses as a Dem but wins as a Republican!!!!

That shows how stupid republicans have been to buy into liberal garbage, huh??? HA HA HAAAHAAAHA. God you are dumb as rocks. He won by deceit and in a special election, just like your boy 0bama. And look how close that was, as well.

In 1988, Republican State Representative Charles Cusimano of Metairie resigned his District 89 seat to become a 24th Judicial District Court judge, and a special election was called early in 1989 to select a successor. Duke entered the race to succeed Cusimano and faced several opponents, including fellow Republicans, John Spier Treen, a brother of former Governor David C. Treen, Delton Charles, a school board member, and Roger F. Villere, Jr., who operates Villere’s Florist in Metairie. Duke finished first in the primary with 3,995 votes (33.1 percent).[22] As no one received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff election was required between Duke and Treen, who polled 2,277 votes (18.9 percent) in the first round of balloting. John Treen’s candidacy was endorsed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush, former President Ronald Reagan, and other notable Republicans,[23] as well as the Democrat Victor Bussie (president of the Louisiana AFL-CIO) and Edward J. Steimel (president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and former director of the “good government” think tank, the Public Affairs Research Council). Duke, however, hammered Treen on a statement the latter had made indicating a willingness to entertain higher property taxes, anathema in that suburban district.[24] Duke with 8,459 votes (50.7 percent) defeated Treen, who polled 8,232 votes (49.3 percent).[25] He served in the House from 1990 until 1992.[26]

He lied and cheated, as a liberal.

Duke, however, hammered Treen on a statement the latter had made indicating a willingness to entertain higher property taxes, anathema in that suburban district.[24] Duke with 8,459 votes (50.7 percent) defeated Treen, who polled 8,232 votes (49.3 percent).
ndanielson

kvon said:
Really? David Duke ran as a Dem, but WON AS A REPUBLICAN!!

HAHAHA

The KKK member loses as a Dem but wins as a Republican!!!!

And if Duke was a member of the New Black Panther today, running for office, Eric Holder would endorse him. Dummy.
ndanielson

kvon said:
Really? David Duke ran as a Dem, but WON AS A REPUBLICAN!!

HAHAHA

The KKK member loses as a Dem but wins as a Republican!!!!

So he actually ran on scare tactics, and lied about taxes, just as 0bama did. 0bama promised not to raise taxes, and then proceeded to send us into bankruptcy until raising taxes becomes a must. Duke promise that someone else was raising taxes. Same playbook different pattern.

Duke, however, hammered Treen on a statement the latter had made indicating a willingness to entertain higher property taxes, anathema in that suburban district.[24] Duke with 8,459 votes (50.7 percent) defeated Treen, who polled 8,232 votes (49.3 percent).

Lie or cheat. Whatever it takes huh, kvon?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

ndanielson said:
And if Duke was a member of the New Black Panther today, running for office, Eric Holder would endorse him. Dummy.

If Duke was a member of the New Black Panther Party today, they could all meet with El Lushbo in his hot tub, and still have enough room for a couple Oxy whores. (GAWD! The vision of Lushboy in a hot tub is more than my stomach can take!)
ndanielson

Joseph Glackin said:
If Duke was a member of the New Black Panther Party today, they could all meet with El Lushbo in his hot tub, and still have enough room for a couple Oxy whores. (GAWD! The vision of Lushboy in a hot tub is more than my stomach can take!)

David Duke pleaded guilty to the felony charge of filing a false tax return under 26 U.S.C. § 7206 and mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341 in December 2002.[121]

The Bush administration didn’t turn a blind eye to justice, because he was white.
ndanielson

Joseph Glackin said:
GAWD! The vision of Lushboy in a hot tub

Try a cold shower. Or call garth.
the real john t

ndanielson said:
So he actually ran on scare tactics, and lied about taxes, just as 0bama did.

Who was it that said “Read my lips, no new taxes”?
BlueBunny

Group Hug said:
no Republican has ever been a member of the KKK.

THIS IS AN UNTRUTH! DID YA GET IT FROM FOX ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL! DOES DAVID DUKE RING ANY BELLS !
http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Elliot/1397506919 Derek Elliot

Yo Reasonable Lib: Our Community Organizer in Chief has had many more gaffs than the two that I mentioned. However, anyone who hopes to be president of “The United States” should at least know the number of states that he wants to be president to. Oh, by the way, who was that congressman who thought that Guam would tip over should the military send over too much equipment?
ndanielson

the real john t said:
Who was it that said “Read my lips, no new taxes”?

The same justice dept that went after Duke?
Yoda002

RichS said:
Well, the first slave owner in what was to become the United States was black so I guess she was right about the color of their skin. The original settlers in Florida spoke Spanish (European settlers), the original settlers in Flushing, Queens, New York spoke Dutch, the original settlers in Chicago spoke Frence, so the language didn’t matter. Do I really have to give examples for economic status?

So, what was wrong with her statement?

I like how you guys do whatever you can do to make it sound like Bachmann knew what she was talking about. If she said the grass was blue, you would say that if you looked at it from a 45 degree angle upside down while the sun was setting during the winter months it does look like the grass is blue. By the way Rich you need some history lessons.
Nacho

Michele Bachmann is the leader of the stupid.

People that support Michele Bachmann do not listen to NPR.
TampopoLoco

Michelle Bachmann – Bat shit crazy never looked so good. I hear she also loves it in the pooper as well.
nutsofast

Yoda002 said:
I like how you guys do whatever you can do to make it sound like Bachmann knew what she was talking about. If she said the grass was blue, you would say that if you looked at it from a 45 degree angle upside down while the sun was setting during the winter months it does look like the grass is blue.

Well…
Uh….
The collective bargaining Reagan was talking about was a different kind of collective bargaining.
felixw

The day the U.S. government can no longer finance its debt and the collapse comes, the leftwing media will probably still be covering spelling errors and other minutiae such as this. It has become impossible — I repeat, IMPOSSIBLE — for the right to engage the left in substantive discussion on the fiscal / economic mess we are in. You can watch MSNBC till your eyes fall out, and you won’t ever see them allow a frank, honest discussion on the $14 trillion in government debt and the $100 trillion plus in unfunded future liabilities. So I can only laugh when trivial stuff like this shows up in the liberal media. Who do they think are kidding?
nutsofast

Nacho said:
Michele Bachmann is the leader of the stupid.

yes

Nacho said:
People that support Michele Bachmann do not listen to NPR.

Absolutely correct.

felixw said:
The day the U.S. government can no longer finance its debt and the collapse comes, the leftwing media will probably still be covering spelling errors and other minutiae such as this. It has become impossible — I repeat, IMPOSSIBLE — for the right to engage the left in substantive discussion on the fiscal / economic mess we are in. You can watch MSNBC till your eyes fall out, and you won’t ever see them allow a frank, honest discussion on the $14 trillion in government debt and the $100 trillion plus in unfunded future liabilities. So I can only laugh when trivial stuff like this shows up in the liberal media. Who do they think are kidding?

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jjay7381

gordonbloyershow said:
Just like the media telling us that Gov. Walker took away collective bargaining rights even though they can still bargain for wages. They keep repeating that over and over. It is wrong over and over.
Maybe she got confused because Obama claims we have increased oil production because of HIS policies.
That will sure confuse everyone.

Wow, so it’s Obama’s fault that Michele Bachmann is an idiot? That’s incredible. His magic powers know no bounds!
Yukon Jack

Joseph Glackin said:
You go, girl! The loon from 10,000 lakes strikes again! Can’t wait ’til the loonatic right and the Tealiban explain how she was taken out of context by the librul MSM.

Well, then you go BOY! The thug from Chicago sits in the Oval Office. Can’t wait until he explains how he claims to be black when he is just as white, unless it is for expediency: A black person can only be criticized by racists.

Content of character? Forget it!

Martin Luther King Jr. must be rolling in his grave!
Yukon Jack

same2u said:
The right wing pigs are all about re-writing history. This is still my favorite statement from Bachmann concerning the original settlers of this country.

“It didn’t matter the color of their skin, it didn’t matter their language, it didn’t matter their economic status,” Bachmann said of the first settlers

Well, did it? Did anyone asked about their language? Anyone looked at their skin? Did anyone asked them if they were rich or poor?

They settled the land that gave you the country you are ever so ready to besmirch.
Yukon Jack

skyfet said:
Right! if your life is miserable Blame Obama.
If your wife left ya, Blame Obama.
If you feel suicidal blame Obama.
Blame, blame, blame.
By the way, what happened to personal responsibility?

Just like – for two years after he left office:

Your life was miserable, you blamed Bush.
Your wife left you, you blamed Bush.
You felt suicidal, you blamed Bush.

Yeah, what happened to personal responsibility?
Yukon Jack

Yoda002 said:
Bushisms–

“I’m the commander — see, I don’t need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.”

“I think I was unprepared for war.”

“I hear there’s rumors on the Internets that we’re going to have a draft.”

“We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.”

“Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.”

“Do you have blacks, too?” –to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001

“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”

“This is an impressive crowd — the haves and the have mores. Some people call you the elite — I call you my base.”

“I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right.”

“I don’t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.”

“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.”

BORING! Heard them before!
Yukon Jack

Snowspot said:
I think there are probably more important things for the left to attack than michelle bachmann’s small mistake.

Well, Snowspot, for once I agree with you!
Yukon Jack

Yoda002 said:
Really, I guess I will have to put that list away and pull up my Bachmann list and my Palin list.

Why don’t you? We all know that small things amuse small minds.
Yukon Jack

Yoda002 said:
Well, I can’t help it if the Tea Party lost the last election and nothing is currently on the horizon for you guys. I’m hoping you guys bring in a good contender next time around Obama needs to brush up his skills.

The Tea Party came into existence due to the gross incompetence of Obama.

And it gave Obama a good shellacking in the last election in November, 2010.

So, go and cheer all you like for Jimmy Carter II, aka Barack Hussain Obama. The result will be the same.
Yukon Jack

Michelle Bachmann is the first among all Michelles. And a lady, too.
Yukon Jack

Derek Elliot said:
Yo Reasonable Lib: Our Community Organizer in Chief has had many more gaffs than the two that I mentioned. However, anyone who hopes to be president of “The United States” should at least know the number of states that he wants to be president to. Oh, by the way, who was that congressman who thought that Guam would tip over should the military send over too much equipment?

Maybe it was the same or perhaps another similar idiot who claimed that over 200 million black Africans, destined to be slaves were dumped overboard, dead, on their journey to America, so much so that the eating habit of sharks in the Atlantic Ocean was changed forever.
Nacho

Yukon Jack said:
The Tea Party came into existence due to the gross incompetence of Obama.

Finally, an honest voice from the Tea Party. All this time the PR department of the TP was saying it was just about government over stepping their power starting long before Obama ever became a household name.

The truth comes out, The Tea Party came into existence because of President Barack Obama.

Kinda of reminds me of the racists McCain/ Palin rallies…
Gasket

Group Hug said:
same2u:
After Lincoln’s assassination (by a Democrat), the Republican-led Congress (over the objections of the Democratic Party minority) amended the Constitution to confirm the liberation of the slaves (13th Amendment: slavery abolished), and the 14th Amendment (freed slaves are citizens equal to all citizens), and the15th Amendment (right to vote guaranteed to freed slaves). Southern Democrats spent the next 100 years trying to keep freed slaves down with segregation laws, poll taxes to deny the right to vote, and lynching to enforce the social order. The KKK was formed by a Democrat; no Republican has ever been a member of the KKK. This is the heritage of the Democratic Party. In fact, the Democratic Party was formed in the first place to defend and expand slavery.

I think you forgot one VERY important thing. Actually, I think you intentionally left it out since it destroys your entire premise. The southern Democrats were CONSERVATIVES. The Democratic party of the civil war era, reconstruction & into the modern era, was the party of the south just as the Republican party is the party of the south TODAY. Conservatives have always cultured racists, nativists, xenophobes, Christian fundamentalists, racial segregationists, militias, homophobes etc. The KKK is a CONSERVATIVE outfit and so are/were all the segregationist orgs. like the The Citizen’s Council. You can play dumb all you want but there was realignment of parties. (I like how you omitted to say WHY Booth shot Lincoln) Blacks in the 1800′s (reconstruction to mid-20th century modern era) were PREVALENTLY affiliated with the Republican party to stay away from the racists, and pro-slavery southerners who wanted to CONSERVE the status quo. Blacks are prevalently affiliated with the Democrats today to keep away from the racists the GOP pandered to. The same crowd that was disenfranchising the black vote with poll taxes and literacy tests. These days, they do it by preventing EX-felons from voting just like Rick Scott, a Republican and his legislature just did in FL this week. Jim Crow 2.0! Last I checked, the GOP is the party of the conservative today. MLK was not a conservative either. It’s you miscreants who were lynching his people and burning their churches not more than 60 years ago lest you forget. It’s nice to see how comfortable those racists are in the GOP. Sounds like you learned your history from Michelle Bachmann. You might want to read up on what the Southern Strategy is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

ndanielson said:
Dummy, he ran as one.

Oh, and then there’s this:

I’d say he was a democrat, and a liberal more than anything, as he is a racist clown.

The ndanielson POS strikes again. Why not just link to his site and let the folks decide? daviduke.com!
He is a conservative and a Republican. The Tea Party has even tried to get him to run for President next year. Maybe I just made that up? Maybe I didn’t.
http://www.davidduke.com/general/will-dr-david-duke-run-for-u-s-president_17873.html
The Republican party of 2010 is the party of the KKK! That’s why blacks in this country vote 90% for Democrats. It’s not a coincidence, dummy!

Derek Elliot said:
Yo Reasonable Lib: Our Community Organizer in Chief has had many more gaffs than the two that I mentioned.

That is mathematically impossible. The two dumb conservative media whores (PaYlin and Barkman) make more gaffes in 1 week than Obama does in 1 year. Also, Obama’s gaffes are not in prepared comments. That is not even a gaffe. It’s a dunderhead f*ck up when you actually have it written down and still can not get the facts right LOL!
WildMan

Well it looks like Chrissy ‘Tingles & Thrills’ Matthews has another weeks worth of freaking juvenile trash talking. Nice to know that the lefties could care less what is really happening in the good ol’ US of A as well as around the world and yet get sexually aroused when PMSnbc and their puny lineup of Kindegarten kiddos go after a REAL NEWS network/cable outfit like FOX ‘Fair & Balanced’ News and Conservative like Michel Bachmann or Sarah Palin . Like no one else on the planet has ever made a simple verbal mistake. Actually I kind of like it that way because it allows those of us with brains to laugh our asses off at idiots like Matthews, Schultz, Scarborough, Mitchell, Sink-Jenk-Cenk-???, O’Donnell, and Madcow on the :LSDnbc cable channel. Oh yeah I forgot to include that moron on just before Chrissy’s 1st Idiot Softball show that speaks in lingo that has no breaks, i.e., commas, periods, hyphens, etc. He makes one sentence into a book as long as War and Peace. The guy that Joe and Mika don’t want on their goofy show anymore.
the real john t

WildMan said:
Nice to know that the lefties could care less what is really happening in the good ol’ US of A as well as around the world

That just shows you have never really watched MSNBC and you haven’t a clue to what you’re spouting off about.
Tedderman

I’m pretty sure Ms. Bachmann was right, after all she did report recently that theFounding Fathers worked tireless to end slavery. I mean, who can argue with this woman? Actually, no one, because she’s nuttier than squirrill poop.
Newt Limbaugh

Tedderman said:
she’s nuttier than squirrill poop

And that’s nutty!
I mean ACORN-y

Don’t get me started.
the real john t

I think Bachmann and Palin are in a contest to see who can outdo the other one in stupidity.
nutsofast

Gasket said:
He is a conservative and a Republican. The Tea Party has even tried to get him to run for President next year. Maybe I just made that up? Maybe I didn’t.
http://www.davidduke.com/general/will-dr-david-duke-run-for-u-s-president_17873.html

That great – click on his picture and you get to see his youtube address to the TeaParty!
He can’t believe that people voting for him would be called Racist!!!

I love the link to his book.
Does this sound like anyone here?

Some will defame this book by calling it anti-Semitic. Yet, it is not considered anti-American to examine historical mistreatment of American Indians. No one calls it anti-Christian to talk about the excesses of the Inquisition. Is one considered anti-White for documenting the history of Jim Crow in the South? The mass media are filled with stories about the dangers of Muslim extremism. No one says that it is anti-Muslim to examine extreme elements of Muslim fundamentalism. This book dares to examine a forbidden topic: Jewish extremism.
nutsofast

the real john t said:
I think Bachmann and Palin are in a contest to see who can outdo the other one in stupidity.

Stupid is as Stupid does!
glenn113

We love you Michelle: C:\Users\Glenn\Pictures\Michelle Bachmann.jpg
WillP

I’m afraid Chris Matthews had a point when he called her a balloonhead. Previously, she was caught arguing that the Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to eliminate slavery. Now this blunder. Yikes!!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Elliot/1397506919 Derek Elliot

“My fellow Americans in all 58 states, the time has changed for come. With our country founded more than 20 centuries ago, we have much to celebrate – from the FBI’s 100 days to the reforms that bring greater inefficiencies to our health care system. We know that countries like Europe are willing to stand with us in our fight to halt the rise of privacy, and Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s. And let’s face it, everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma and they end up taking up a hospital bed. It costs, when, if you, they just gave, you gave them treatment early, and they got some treatment, and ah, a breathalyzer, or an inhalator. I mean, not a breathalyzer, ah, I don’t know what the term is in Austrian for that…”

The paragraph above is based on a series of misstatements and verbal gaffes made by Barack Obama.
bigbrainbrad

Palin Bachmann Overdrive in 2012
RichS

Yoda002 said:
I like how you guys do whatever you can do to make it sound like Bachmann knew what she was talking about. If she said the grass was blue, you would say that if you looked at it from a 45 degree angle upside down while the sun was setting during the winter months it does look like the grass is blue. By the way Rich you need some history lessons.

And yet, instead of refuting my statement as I did your’s, you fall back on nothing but insults. Please point out what was historically incorrect in my statement?
TrollJuice

@Derek Elliott…..gaffes are one thing, but actually not knowing what you’re talking about is what Michelle Bachmann and Sara Palin seem to be showing us time and time again. People like you keep trying to justify them with comparing them to someone who is knowledgeable. Why? We the People see these woman as uneducated and refuse to educate themselves. If it wasn’t for talking points either of these woman would have anything to say. Put them on regular channels with unbiased journalist.
Pablo

TrollJuice said:
We the People see these woman as uneducated and refuse to educate themselves.

Both are college grads and Bachmann has a JD. I see you as an ignorant moron.
Pablo

jjay7381 said:
Wow, so it’s Obama’s fault that Michele Bachmann is an idiot?

No, it’s Obama’s fault that Obama is an idiot.
bigbrainbrad

Pablo said:
No, it’s Obama’s fault that Obama is an idiot.

an idiot that got his JD from Columbia. i know it is not as prestigious a degree as what one would get from say Oral Roberts

another award winning rebuttal
JJHunsecker

Come on, people, if we’re going to catalog every instance of Ms. Bachmann’s idiocy, ignorance or insanity, we wouldn’t have time for anything else. Let’s just be adults and realize she’s both profoundly stupid as well as completely insane and that there are some people who like that kind of thing because they’re similarly afflicted and are grateful to learn they’re not alone.
Pablo

bigbrainbrad said:
an idiot that got his JD from Columbia. i know it is not as prestigious a degree as what one would get from say Oral Roberts

another award winning rebuttal

If he had gotten it in a country like Europe, it might be written in Austrian.
Pablo

JJHunsecker said:
Let’s just be adults and realize she’s both profoundly stupid as well as completely insane and that there are some people who like that kind of thing because they’re similarly afflicted and are grateful to learn they’re not alone.

Some people elect that sort of boob for POTUS.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek-Elliot/1397506919 Derek Elliot

According to TrollJuice and others on this page a gaffe is a simple mistake made by a lefty in public speech. When a conservative makes such a mistake it is obviously a sign of brain damage, a sure case of retardation or, at best, an indication of low education achievement. When Sen. Shuck Stoma claims “Three branches of government, the House, the Senate and the presidency; or Biden declares that a three letter word, JOBS, is our biggest problem — merely a gaffe. Let’s not even start talking about the “gaffes” of Sheila Jackson Lee, Hank Johnson or Maxine Waters. They make Bachmann look like the second coming of Madame Curie.
Resistance Is Futile

This is another example of just how plain “dumb” these Tea Baggers are. Who votes vor these ignorant people? I guess other dumb people.
writer

New Hampshire was the 56th state to join the union, wasn’t it?
writer

Michelle Bachmann – Bat shit crazy never looked so good. I hear she also loves it in the pooper as well.

Stop! All this sensitivity from the left. It’s getting to be to much!
writer

“too’ much. Now I’m in for it.
glenn113

Don’t worry Michelle. We progressives will make sure you get elected. “OPERATION CHAOS.” look out.
writer

Call out the Marine Corpse!
WillP

Pablo said:
If he had gotten it in a country like Europe, it might be written in Austrian.

Nice to see the Glenn Beck koolaid drinking champion Pablo is here. So tell me more about that country called Europe. And how do you speak Austrian by the way?
labman57

Bachmann and Palin share fundamental character flaws — both have a propensity toward making snide, petty comments about those with whom they disagree, neither does her homework before making public comments regarding important social and historical events, and neither is mature enough to accept responsibility for her own mistakes, failures, and shortcomings.
writer

I blame Bush.
WillP

Yes, I agree although I have a greater level of respect for Bachmann. She is clearly ignorant and uninformed making repeated statements that seriously question her level of intelligence. However, she doesn’t strike me as a cruel. merciless person. If just a small percentage of what has been written about Palin is true then my evaluation of her poor disposition has been validated. I’ve yet to read about Bachmann trying to ruin the credibility of her enemies and opponents. Whereby, the list is long of people such as the state trooper brother-in-law or Nicole Wallace of people Palin has worked hard to not just discredit, but demonize. But, your points are otherwise well taken and a refresher to the low information audience that frequents this board.
writer

Hillary Clinton was a racist. But that was only while she was running against Obama. She got better.
DFW

Maybe Bachmann WOULD have said Massachusetts, but just has an inhibition against speaking aloud the names of States she cannot spell, and cannot locate on a map.

As for some poster here going on about there being an “Austrian” language, well, maybe he is just trying to prove that ignorance IS bliss, after all (or, like Obama said, is “proud of” his “ignorance.” Either that, or his native language is “Mississippian,” and thinks Haley Barbour doesn’t have an accent.
bohratom

I’m a fairly conservative person and I would never vote for this ding bat. She is the type of conservative thats gives the “true conservatives” a bad name. Stupid is as stupid does.
glenn113

Funny. I usually get some smart-ass conservative Republican respond to one of my comments. Haven’t heard anything yet so I’ll try again. “OPERATION CHAOS” Michelle Bachmann 2012! And thank you Rush Limbaugh.
felixw

felixw said:
The day the U.S. government can no longer finance its debt and the collapse comes, the leftwing media will probably still be covering spelling errors and other minutiae such as this. It has become impossible — I repeat, IMPOSSIBLE — for the right to engage the left in substantive discussion on the fiscal / economic mess we are in. You can watch MSNBC till your eyes fall out, and you won’t ever see them allow a frank, honest discussion on the $14 trillion in government debt and the $100 trillion plus in unfunded future liabilities. So I can only laugh when trivial stuff like this shows up in the liberal media. Who do they think are kidding?

nutsofast said:
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Ah, the Left has given its official response to $100 trillion in future unfunded liabilities. When they wake up, they are in for quite a surprise.
nutsofast

bigbrainbrad said:
Palin Bachmann Overdrive in 2012

you ain’t seen nothin yet
WCinWI

nutsofast said:
you ain’t seen nothin yet

Double negative. Which means he has seen something.
jjay7381

Ugh. Mediaite has become such a haven for tea party trolls. No reasonable discourse to be had here.
felixw

jjay7381 said:
Ugh. Mediaite has become such a haven for tea party trolls. No reasonable discourse to be had here.

Maybe you should stick with NPR, where only vetted liberal views are allowed expression. But I don’t blame you for running away. If I was trying to defend passing trillion dollar 2,000-page bills without reading them, I would shy away from free and open debate too.
Newt Limbaugh

nutsofast said:
you ain’t seen nothin yet

WCinWI said:
Double negative. Which means he has seen something.

I believe he was referencing the prior commentary reference to a band BTO or Bachman Turner Overdrive.
(Palin/Bachman Overdrive)

It’s the name of one of their songs “you ain’t seen nothin yet”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJmBPCYt5LY
Perhaps you would like another of their songs Takin car of business.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJmBPCYt5LY

Jesus, I’m old
excuse me while I go listen to some awesome old rock
joeshmoe

Derek Elliot said:
…and Obama believed that the USA is comprised of 58 states and he wanted to learn how to speak Austrian.

Obama has been president for more than 2 years now, and this is the only quote you stupid teabaggers can come up with, that is really sad, and it shows how retarded the republican candidates are, since they haven’t even declare their intention to run for president, and they are constantly embarrassing themselves.
Sidebar

Us, Ms. Martel… before you get in a snit over Ms. Bachmann’s (admittedly silly) mistake, you need to first take care of your own. For instance, your own rather foolish error in the second paragraph:

“New Hampshire is, of course, the first nation to host a primary in 2012…”

You do know that New Hampshire is a state, not a nation, right?
Steve_27

According to you libs, “misspeaking” obviously isn’t an issue. Your love of BO proves this. So why would this really matter at all? Well it dont of course, this is just liberals showing their childlike immaturity, as usual.

When the smoke clears all that really matters is where indivduals stand on the issues. Bachman is conservative and liberals hate conservatives and what they believe in. Thats all there is to it, no need for baby drama childlike theatrics you lefty’s clearly specialize in.
Steve_27

joeshmoe said:
Obama has been president for more than 2 years now, and this is the only quote you stupid teabaggers can come up with, that is really sad, and it shows how retarded the republican candidates are, since they haven’t even declare their intention to run for president, and they are constantly embarrassing themselves.

1, Referring to a committee he is not on: “Just this past week, we passed out of the US banking committee, which is my committee, a bill…….”

2, The famous “corpsman” pronounciation. And the guys name was Christopher, not Christian.

3, “I dont know what the term is in Austrian.” (There is no Austrain language)

4, “Pearls beheading reminded us how valuable a free press is.” ???

5, “The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.” ??? (LOL! sorry)

6, “I didnt want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about sceances.” (At least he later called and apologized)

7, How about his “Shout out” to Dr. Joe Crow, less then an hour after the Ft. Hood terrorist attack? (Although I would consider that much more disgracefull appauling and just a massive display of lack of leadership then just plain ‘misspeaking,’ cause, he meant it!)

8, The police “acted stupidly.”

9, “UPS and Fedex are doing just fine, right. It’s the Postal Office thats always having problem.” (Way to push that health care BO)

10, “It was like the special olympics, or something.”

11, “I’m here with the Girardis in St. Louis.” (He was in Kansas)

12, “Your right that McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith.”

13, “Let me introduce you to the next president of the united states.” (Himself referring to Biden)

Hey joeshmoe, dont stress too much trying to figure out which one you will debunk in order to make it look like you didn’t speak to soon. ;)
timcajun

Steve_27 says:

A little hard up to slam?…… More than half on your list are not mistakes, a few are modern slangs, (that you must not like) or a word spin (as a tea you should be used to spin) a few are wrong, but to compare Obama to Bachmann on……. misspeaking ??????