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Subscribe to RSSWhat’s the difference between the actor who will forever embody the American ideal of craggy cowboy masculinity and the serial killer who forever made clowns way way creepier than they’d ever been before?
One answer turns out to be four letters and about 150 miles – not quite enough to keep Rep. Michele Bachmann from prompting a chorus of internet giggles for apparently mixing them up.
On the day of her presidential announcement, Bachmann, an Iowa native, told FOX News that she and John Wayne share a hometown. “John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa,” she said. “That's the kind of spirit that I have, too."
Bachmann repeated that idea to NBC News in an interview. "I'm not pining for nostalgia back in the 50s and 60s, that isn't it," she told NBC's Kelly O'Donnell. "But that sensibility about how we were grounded here is so important. For instance, another American that was born in Waterloo was John Wayne. We were a very patriotic 'yay rah rah America' city and nation and I think that's what America's looking for again."
The problem: While actor John Wayne – the gravelly-voiced Western film star known for his characteristic walk and his conservative values– was in fact from Iowa (and, Bachmann’s campaign later pointed out, his parents briefly lived in Waterloo), he was born in Winterset, about 150 miles away.
The famous similarly-named guy who did make his home in Waterloo: John Wayne Gacy -- the serial killer known for dressing as “Pogo the Clown” who buried over two dozen of his young male victims in the crawlspace of his Illinois home.
Gacy, who was born in Chicago, lived in Waterloo in the late 1960s before serving time for sodomy at Anamosa State Penitentiary. He would later go on to commit more than 30 murders.
The mix-up – which, considering the Iowa roots of both men, isn’t as baffling as some Bachmann critics may make it out to be-- isn’t independently the kind of gaffe that makes voters suddenly change their minds. But it’s certain to become late-night comedy fodder for a candidate who has already been ridiculed for a more serious historical mangling of details about the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
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Michele the "flake" Bachmann seems to be suffering from RTS...."religious twit syndrome ".
I'm still contemplating whether she's a corn, bran or snow flake...
There is NO doubt she's a flake alright!
She sure can pander to the plastic jesus crowd.
I loved watching Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation listing off her many lies and asking her if she thought she owed the American people an apology for lying to them.
In my opinion it was a better question then, "Are you a flake."
You should all just listen to yourselves for a moment.....you act like you have some kind of real "issue" here to sink your teeth into.....wow....you are really groping....that is desperate.....how about groping this....Obama's approval ratings are now in free fall and in just about one month? Comments?
By the way, there is a web-site just chock full of Obama's misstatements if you care to just look it up!.........but we both know that ain't happenin is it?
always, don't you think we already know that, no matter how bad Republican candidates are, Republicans are put lipstick on them and push them out in front of the crowd.
Republicans even have Huntsman, who didn't graduate from High School because he joined a rock band, and Republicans just dress him up and pretend like the guy is a Nobel Prize Winner which he's snot.
Michelle Bawkmann and Christine O'Donnell: separated at birth??
alwaysfaithfull
"By the way, there is a web-site just chock full of Obama's misstatements if you care to just look it up!"
But...but...but.....YOUR GUY.....!!! Well, alwaysfaithfull- that makes her a real genius by default, somehow??
How do they know she got them mixed up? Maybe she meant John Wayne Gacy.
"....Obama's approval ratings are now in free fall and in just about one month? Comments?"
Yes- one. Obama's ratings do not automatically make Bawkmann any smarter. You point is???
So, not knowing where John Wayne was born is a bigger gaffe than this
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/06/president-obama-apologizes-to-family-of-fallen-soldier.html
I'm pretty sure his family would beg to differ.
This is not a defensenof Bachman's continued speaking off the cuff, and committing "unforced errors"-
It is a spotlight on this site- which is not, exactly, govern to even handed, unbiased reporting.
If you rely on this place for your politics, you are sadly unschooled.
"Michele the "flake" Bachmann seems to be suffering from RTS...."religious twit syndrome "."
Why do people keep misspelling that 'T' word above?
No Jo- just what is it, exactly, that keeps you coming back here day in and day out? The recipies people share on occaion??
The MN wild ding bat would be laughable, if she weren't so extremely dangerous:
1) BACHMANN WARNED ‘THE LION KING’ WAS GAY PROPAGANDA: At the November 2004 EdWatch National Education Conference, Bachmann said the “normalization” of homosexuality would lead to “desensitization”: “Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of ‘The Lion King’ for instance, and a teacher might say, ‘Do you know that the music for this movie was written by a gay man?’ The message is: I’m better at what I do, because I’m gay.”
(2) BACHMANN CLAIMED ABOLISHING THE MINIMUM WAGE WOULD CREATE JOBS: While testifying in front of the Minnesota Senate in 2005, Bachmann said, “Literally, if we took away the minimum wage — if conceivably it was gone — we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.” This isn’t remotely true. Even simply reducing the minimum wage would, as Paul Krugman noted, “at best do nothing for employment; more likely it would actually be contractionary.”
(3) BACHMANN CLAIMED THAT SCIENTISTS ARE SUPPORTERS OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN: During a 2006 debate, Bachmann said, “There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design.” This was, and is, not true.
(4) BACHMANN CLAIMED TERRI SCHIAVO WAS ‘HEALTHY’: Not long after Terri Schiavo died, Bachmann said she would have voted for the Palm Sunday Compromise because Schiavo “was healthy. She had brain damage — there was brain damage, there was no question. But from a health point of view, she was not terminally ill.” An autopsy found that Schiavo had suffered irreversible brain damage and her brain, said the medical examiner, was “profoundly atrophied.”
(5) BACHMANN LIKENED VISITING IRAQ TO VISITING MALL OF AMERICA: In 2007, Bachmann returned from a junket to Iraq and told her colleagues, “[T]here’s a commonality with the Mall of America, in that it’s on that proportion. There’s marble everywhere. The other thing I remarked about was there is water everywhere.” As ThinkProgress documented at the time, the comparison was preposterous.
(6) BACHMANN CLAIMED THAT CARBON DIOXIDE IS ‘HARMLESS’: In 2008, a Stanford scientist revealed “direct links” between increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and “increases in human mortality” — globally, he found that as many as “20,000 air-pollution-related deaths per year per degree Celsius may be due to this greenhouse gas.” The next year, Bachmann, who is not a scientist, said that “carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.”
(7) BACHMANN CALLED FOR A CONGRESSIONAL WITCH HUNT: Pivoting off the news of Barack Obama’s alleged relationship to former Weather Underground member William Ayers, and his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bachmann accused the candidate of having “anti-American views.” She then suggested that Congressional liberals — including Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid — ought to be subject to “an exposé” by the media because of their views. “I think people would love to see like that,” she told a stunned Chris Matthews.
(8) BACHMANN SUGGESTED GAY SINGER SHOULD REPENT AFTER GETTING CANCER: Bachmann saw Melissa Etheridge’s cancer as a teachable moment: “Unfortunately she is now suffering from breast cancer, so keep her in your prayers,” she said in November 2004. “This may be an opportunity for her now to be open to some spiritual things, now that she is suffering with that physical disease. She is a lesbian.”
(9) BACHMANN BOASTED ABOUT BREAKING THE LAW: In advance of the 2010 national Census, Bachmann told The Washington Times that she would break the law by not completing the forms. “I know for my family, the only question we will be answering is how many people are in our home,” she said. “We won’t be answering any information beyond that, because the Constitution doesn’t require any information beyond that.”
(10) BACHMANN CLAIMED THAT GLENN BECK COULD SOLVE THE DEBT CRISIS: During a February trip to South Carolina, Bachmann told a South Carolina audience, “I think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt].”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/16/246618/bachmann-craziest-quotes/
ha ha ha, hee hee hee, I can't help myself, she just keeps 'em coming. She's " a very serious person", alright, and this is just the beginning! They say laughter is good for the soul, by the time this is over, my soul is going to be shining brighter than hers. ho ho ho
There's a big difference. Obama or his press rep will generally correct his misstatements shortly after it was made. Bachman doesn't do that. She tries to force us to believe that she didn't misspeak, that the erroneous information was actually true and then simply dismisses anyone who dares not fall for her act.
I'd much rather have someone who corrects thier misstatements than have someone who creates a greater lie or avoids responding to questions about her misstatements.
Avoiding the truth and avoiding hard questions from the press seems to be the standard mode of operation for the Tea Party Republicans. I wonder why that is?
No Jo is right. First Read, why wasn't there a post on the president's MOH recipient gaffe? Why was Bachmann's gaffe newsworthy but the other one not?
Nice to know she's from the same place as a serial killer.....
Not to even mention the fact that she is one of the reasons FOX followers are the least informed.
Oh, chill out AlwaysDelusional.
Most public figures make mistakes, and when you speak as much as the President does it's bound to happen. Ditto for Crazy Lady Bachmann. As one poster already mentioned, the difference is (as with Crazy Lady Palin) the admission of error. Jesus folk in the political arena just hate using that "I was wrong" line.
One has to wonder if these lunatics believe they're dictating new scripture, and that their speeches, like their holy book, isn't really full of holes, but inerrant.
Lets return to the good ol days of Bush and a Republican congress, you know when unemployment was under 5% and gas for the week did not cost 2 days pay!
My dog is smarter than a democrat!
Bosslimo
Not to even mention the fact that she is one of the reasons FOX followers are the least informed.
Indeed the worst part is the least informed believe while Fox NOISE deecievs.
"My dog is smarter than a democrat!"
Don't know about that but he sure is owned by a vegetable!
You're a democrat, too? Who would have guessed?
Jon's dog should meet Patrick of Salt Lake's parakeet. It was smarter than all republicans.
Animals, so fun. Owners, not so much.
They say ignorance is bliss. The Tea Party is blissful.
ho jo blo mo:
The article headline of the link you posted is:
[President Obama Apologizes to Family of Fallen Soldier]
The relevent part of that headline is "President Obama Apologizes..."
See where this is going?
It would appear that all you righties believe she would do fine as President (so long as someone watches her). My question is; who would you assign to watch her with her finger on the button to make sure she wasn't just selecting "spin-dry" by mistake?
Well asking someone WHO IS DEAD to come and collect a medal is a little sick and twisted.
His poor parents were in the audience
Apples vs oranges.
I see the gang is back to collapsing anything they disagree with
sigh...
Yeah, Mickey, I do. Do you?
The nitwit in Chief kept calling for someone DECEASED to come up to get his medal- while his bereaved family sat there in disbelief.
No apology could possibly atone for his Insensitive ignorance.
Go ahead and defend the indefensible. While you are at it, send him your paper route money.
The knowing minds- the 75% contributors with the big money- are keeping their wallets closed.
They know a failure when they see one.
She talks about the Duke and someone wants to infer John Wayne Gacey?
Must be a reaaaaaaaaaaally slow news day. Geez.
Okay, is every lib on here a total idiot. Marion Morrison ( a.k.a. John Wayne) was indeed born in Iowa, in the town of Winterset. His parents were born, raised, and married in Waterloo, Iowa.
John Wayne Gayce was born in Chicago, Ill. resident home of our President. Mr. Gayce did indeed live in Waterloo, Iowa, as a teenager but moved back to Illinois in order to become a clown/gay serial murderer.
Mrs. Bachman was indeed correct when she said it was nice to be in the state where John Wayne ( Marion Morrison) was born.
No Joe and halo,
Obviously you didn't bother to actually watch Obamas misstep. Not only did he not call S1C Monti to the stage(not once, let alone "repeatedly") S1C Monti's parent were not in attendance.
Snowdragon-1863859
Mrs. Bachman was indeed correct when she said it was nice to be in the state where John Wayne ( Marion Morrison) was born.
Except that she got th city wrong. Keep it real. Michele Bachmann is a flake whether it be a corn lake, granola flake or a snow flake.
She is a little nutty, off her rocker, weird, a screwball, wigged out, eerily odd, strange and so are the Foxites who are agreement with the nutjob and believe her.
On Chris Wallace she LIED AGAIN -- she said she earned her law degree and that she went on to the College of William and Mary to get an LLM in Tax Law.
Um ... there are TWO huge problems with that lie.
1.William and Mary does NOT now and never has offered an LL.M Degree in Tax Law.
2.The ONLY LL.M Program that William and Mary offer is for "Foreign Students" ... Non U.S. Lawyers ... William & Mary's ONLY LL.M program is titled: "LL.M in American Law."not Tax Law.
William & Mary only offers a FEW tax law classes and they do not offer a Degree in Tax Law.
So, either Michele Bachmann is NOT an American Citizen and went to William & Mary and got an LL.M because she was Foreign Student.
Or ... she is just a big fat liar.
Not only does Bachmann lies about and FLUNKS American History - Michele Bachmann even lies about and FLUNKS her own history.
Here is William & Mary's Law School phone number:
(757) 221-3800
If you want, call them and find out ..
.
By the way: For those readers unfamiliar with what an LL.M is, and LL.M is a "Masters of Law" in a field of Law and is obtained only after the JD is obtained.
Finally, very few law schools in the USA even offer an LL.M in Tax Law.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/01/25/938752/-Michele-BachmannLying-about-Her-Law-Degree
Michele-Bachmann will not get past IOWA no matter how much she plays the gender card; she is just not the right woman for the job!!!
FYI: There is no connection between Gacy, the Killer Clown, and the President. In 1971, President Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Armour Dunham, and attended Punahou School, a private college preparatory school, from the fifth grade until his graduation from high school in 1979.
On Dec. 22, 1978, Gacy confessed to police that since 1972, he had committed approximately 25–30 murders
ho jo blo mo:
[The nitwit in Chief kept calling for someone DECEASED to come up to get his medal- while his bereaved family sat there in disbelief.]
Epic FAIL...but you just keep reaching for those stars!
[Go ahead and defend the indefensible.]
Where in my post did I defend anyone? Re-read it...this time slowly...I merely pointed out that President Obama APOLOGIZED...
[The knowing minds- the 75% contributors with the big money- are keeping their wallets closed. They know a failure when they see one.]
Focus...the story is about Michelle Bachmann...but then again, you did mention "failure"...
[Yeah, Mickey, I do.]
Ummm...no, you don't...you just think you do. But like I said, you just keep reachin'!
To nojo, for your information, as reported by Jake Tapper ABC News, President Obama, personally called Jared Monti's father to apologize, and as Mr. Monti noted on a Facebook posting, apology accepted.
Really nojo, is this all you've got? You not only dont get your stories straight, you post half the information to suit your twisted hatred of all things President Obama. In some circles that would be considered lying.
So was she attemptig to pander to the Gay Cowboy crowd or the Gay Serial Killer crowd?
And now that she's doubled down,...We can kiss the apology good bye, right?
Eric-913730
"Obama has been the President for 2 1/2 years. Every quarter since he's been elected the GDP has shown growth. Jobless claims have gone down drastically, and the DOW has trended up. We have added jobs to private industry, and Obama has kept 137 campaign promises."
You must be living in an alternate universe. Unemployment is a full 1 1/2% higher since Obama took office and his stimulus failed to produce anything except temporary census jobs and keep existing union jobs going. The dow is 2000 points below its peak under the last administration and its drop coincides with the dems taking control in congress. And the only campaign promise he kept was to force thru a ridiculous healthcare bill that turned out to be a waste of $ that even congress didn't bother to read - just ask Pelosi - should I link you to her video since you obviously missed it the hundreds of times it was on TV.
The bottom line with you Eric is that you have been brainwashed to think this idiot is a god and you are perpetually kissing his feet.
Ahh yes ... I see the 15 lefties of MSNBC are yet again demonstrating their extraordinary thought capacity (a.k.a "when you have nothing positive to point out smear the opponent"). How intellectual of you! It's OK yuksters, the Big O has no capacity to lead, has screwed the pooch so badly, and cannot grasp the concept of digging a deep hole deeper. He's toast! Take a walk ... I mean go play golf!
... So where's the JOBS gang??? What's that unemployment rate? How many jobs have we "saved or created" last month? Gas costs how much per gallon? $870 Billion wasn't enough money to flush down the toilet? Those Chevy Volts are really selling like hotcakes, right? Still can't pass a budget appropriation in the Democrat controlled Senate? I heard Barack's taking a day off from golfing to work on the debt limit! You're spending, bailing out, big government approach DOES NOT WORK!!!
Kettle ... meet pot!!
Not sure who's going to win the Republican nomination but the American people see you for what you are ... liars, avoiding the big issues, pointing fingers in any direction but their own.
Michelle would be a fine President if she wins the nomination ... actually any of them are better then Obama!!
Beverly in Chicago
Snowdragon-1863859
Mrs. Bachman was indeed correct when she said it was nice to be in the state where John Wayne ( Marion Morrison) was born.
"Except that she got th city wrong. Keep it real. Michele Bachmann is a flake whether it be a corn lake, granola flake or a snow flake."
Ya, and Obama doesn't even know how many states there are. He doesn't have a law license either, yet was supposedly a law professor at one time, where no one ever heard of him. Like Eric, you worship him as a god. The religion of Obamanism. I guess that makes you an Obamanist. Too funny.
Astonished, At least Eric will respond even though he says the same thing nearly every post. Bev, Feisty and others don't believe in debate and close chat with nearly all who share the truth with them. I would bet they are living very lonely lives by themselves. They remind me of the nosy neighbor in "Bewitched" but they are probably too young to remember the 60's and too old to remember logical debate.
Bob-3374873 - You are completely wrong about Obama's law license in suggesting that he 'was supposedly a law professor'. I recommend you read some facts instead of getting your information from chain letter style email garbage coming. That is where all of the lies about Obama's law license and background has originated. Don't believe me? Look it up on www.snopes.com which tracks urban legends like the one you so faithfully refer to.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/lawlicenses.asp
Which retort will you go with? Will you say my site quote is obviously biased liberal lies? That it's a huge conspiracy that 'goes all the way to the top'? That I am just some know it all elitist? Or will actually just do the honorable thing and admit you were wrong?
On the "57 states" meter, this doesn't even qualify as a blip.
If you want to ridicule a politician, Obama has provided reams of lies, nonsense, falsehoods, moron-ities, not to mention cruelty (as in the case of the fallen soldier).
Sorry lefties, your idiot is way bigger than our idiot.
In a geography quiz Obama named 57 states, Bachman could only come up with 50! Proof positive that Obama is smarter! lmao!
This is just one example.... Obama is a treasure trove of facts about the United States no one else knows about!
Bob, Paul, and miked,
Do you three not realize how dumb you sound bringing up the 57 states thing? He mistakenly said the word "states" instead of "contests". Big deal. Nobody is pretending that public figures don't trip over their own tongues ten times a day. They all do. Then someone points out "you screwed up" and you know what they do? They go "oops, sorry, I meant this instead". You know, like adults.
The problem with Bachmann and Palin is that they not only refuse to admit they goofed like adults, they then turn around and insist that not only was their goof absolutely true, but that the media is evil for even mentioning the screwup.
If Bachmann had said John Wayne was born in Waterloo instead of Winterset, that would have been fine - she said the wrong name. Except she didn't. Did you think she was actually bragging about the serial killer who lived in her town and just forgot to say "Gacy" at the end? Neither of those two men was born in Waterloo at all. She didn't say a name wrong, say a word wrong. Some staffer on Google didn't read carefully enough, or she remembered hearing "Winterset" once and conflated names, or whatever.
Here's the thing: Big deal. All of them are understandable mistakes. All she had to do was the mature thing. Go on TV and say "oops, yeah I meant to say Winterset, it's not far from Waterloo - I was making a point about the good people Iowa produces". We would have laughed at the goof for three seconds and moved on, the way we did every time W said "nucular" instead of "nuclear".
Making mistakes is fine. We all do. Presidents do. We're fine with that. But be an adult and admit you goofed and correct the issue so that the story ends with facts, not fluff about media conspiracies and gotcha journalism.
Is that how T-Baggers do it Snow? Misquote the quote and tell us WE misunderstood what she said? She did indeed state that John Wayne was BORN in WATERLOO.
"When they show you who they are...believe them!"
*cough*....sorry, the Nobel Prize lost all credibility two years ago.
So now that Bachmann is an official candidate, I want to see her college transcripts. She claims to have a tax law degree? Transcripts or it didn't happen.
Anyone else notice the continous parroting of the "worship obama" stuff coming from the conservatives?
I suspect limbaugh, fox noise and glenn beck must be hammering that one home lately.
seriously, you all have plenty of LEGIT things to gripe about, it just makes you look childish when this is what you hold fast and steady to.
From Oral Roberts University... LOL
I think Bachmann has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to begin sealing her college records. (wink) I'm sure if she makes it to the general election as the Republican candidate, she will easily spend 3 million dollars on attorneys to have all of her records sealed.
I cant' wait for some of those cash cows errr... I mean foster kids to start coming forward and revealing what life was really like down on the farm...
I don't see anything wrong with a president or a candidate being asked to show their college transcripts. What other job can you get without providing them to the person hiring you?
Yeah you are quite correct Joe. Obama has proven himself to be a stone cold killer. Good thing he got that Prize before he went on hiskilling rampage! Yep that mans is a natural born killer as long as the Navy Seals are doing the dirty work.
On the other hand I find that I admire Obama for having those buggars whacked.
When I was a teenager (70's) there was a joke that all the Granola was from California... NUTS, FRUITS AND FLAKES! Please pardon the fruit reference...
Now, it seems they are from Alaska, Minnesota, Delaware, Nevada and, lets not leave out Arizona! Indeed, all states are infected and not immune.
By the way, there is a web-site just chock full of Obama's misstatements if you care to just look it up!
Just because someone doesn't care for Bachman and her off-the-charts lying and continuous, non-stop cascading waterfall of stupid misstatements, doesn't automatically mean they are Pro-Obama.
Frankly, if it weren't for the pictures I wouldn't be able to tell them apart, based on their statments or track records. I think they're both completely unqualified to hold office. And sadly, I haven't seen anyone this election cycle with any true leadership skills - I think the system is now too big for any politician to beat - I hope I'm wrong.
 Here's the thing--O'Bachmann will say any dang thing she can think of,true or not,to come over as a down-home, good-ole-gal from the countryside, Bible thumpin', REAL person whom you would love to have a cuppa cawfee with and just love to have LEAD THE MOST IMPORTANT COUNTRY IN THE WESTERN WORLD. She is just what you see and hear--opportunistic, back-stabbin, money grubbin (yours and mine), phony. How anyone with 10 brain cells to rub together could think this person is remotely qualified for even the job she has let alone the one she aspires to simply beggars belief.
All I'm sure of is we need to replace our current President. Anybody could do a better job.
I don't think so JH-479998, didn't Republicans LEARN ANYTHING from that "Anybody could do a better job" after that fiasco called GWB?
Holy crap! You're just saying that because Republicans DON'T have a better candidate than President Obama.
Opajack- you have just described Obama-
And we have the results to PROVE how unqualified he is.
Nonetheless, he could not be prouder of his record.
Me neither. Now take a hike, you.
American Girl
Americans have LEARNED PLENTY. In 2006 the left ran on fixing everything that Bush screwed up. We gave them control of the House and Senate from 1/2007 until we also gave them the White House two years later. They have failed. We were fooled and the majority of us shellacked them 2010. We will finish the job in 2012. You are being very foolish to think that there won't be a better candidate than Obama. Jimmie Carter Obama must go in 2012. The left = FAILURES.
What a totally disingenuous comment!....and for the first 2 years Bush threatened veto and in the last 2 years we ran into the party of NO that being the bottom feeders they are latched onto the fact that Kennedy died thereby taking away the possibility of Dems beating the filibuster, which the GOP has used to thwart any meaningful legislation. It's not that the Dems have failed so much as the GOP has succeeded in nullifying what the majority of citizens wanted when they voted Obama into office. I'm guessing that after the GOP push in last couple of years to suck up to the corporate teat while stealing grandma's medicare benefits and the right for union representation that the voters will respond accordingly in 2012. Nuff said!
Obama has been the President for 2 1/2 years. Every quarter since he's been elected the GDP has shown growth. Jobless claims have gone down drastically, and the DOW has trended up. We have added jobs to private industry, and Obama has kept 137 campaign promises.
The "not experienced" talking doesn't hunt.
Eric...
You really call unemployment higher than Jimmy Cater success? Hoover is the only guy in worse shape!
Eric-
As a of last week, new jobless claims averaged more than 400,000 for the 11th straight week...virtually the entire 2nd quarter, which ends this week.
New weekly unemployment claims levels below 400K are associated with payroll growth.
GDP came in at a dismal 1.9% for the 1st quarter of 2011, and it looks like that number will be tough to match for the current quarter, given recent economic data.
If the economy is indeed slowing again, President Obama has a real big problem.
DBO
Is that all you can come up, good god.
His record frankly, sucks. And he ability to raise campaign funds, is sucks. I get that FR isn't going to post, but he fell way short of that 4 million he was supposed to raise last week.
He plays both sides against the middle (see Maureen Dowd's column in the NYT). And that never ends well.
Clinton (as in Hilary)/Evan Bayh 12!!!
I don't mind her stupidity on history because she actually believes what she is saying, but I do mind her out and out lying - I looked up her financial statements, Bob Seiver (spelling?) asked her about her farm subsidy and she told him it was her father-in-law's farm and she gets nothing. Well the nothing turns out to be on her statement between $15,000 and $100,000 can I get a little of that nothing.
Michelle never lie about something that is public record!
Goofy would be a better candidate than Obama.
If Bachmann gets the nomination we will get a chance to test your theory.
halo
I didn't realize bayh was still a democrat. Interesting.
Bob-3374873 - You seem like the type that would actually vote for Goofy so it is no wonder you would support a liar like Bachmann.
Actually, most of us don't know who we're voting for yet. I'm really disgusted at the viciousness of the dem/lib/marxists who would try and embarrass conservative candidates by withdrawing music. I wonder if they realize how many fans they are alienating.
President Bush was a very good President until just before he left office. This we can see evidenced by the fact that Obama has kept every policy President Bush made in place. But whenever there is a problem, he tries to blame Bush...as if he hadn't made the right moves. This housing collapse began with Clinton, and we cannot tell you how many Americans have not been shocked by the thievery shown regarding the dem/lib/marxists in their collusion with unions to rip off the American people.
Absolutely anybody would be better in the office of President than Obama. It's going to take years to undo all the damage he and Clinton and the dem/lib/marxists have done to this country behind closed doors. You've nearly bankrupted us all...and the one thing I do have confidence in is the American people, who have seen right through what you've been doing all these years and how it has resulted in a nearly 10% unemployment rate and a housing market that may never recover, not to mention taxes upon taxes, upon taxes and a medical bill that nobody wants except those who want to make this nation communist.
If you truly believe Bush did no wrong and made no errors and President Obama is solely responsible for the nearly 4 trillion dollars of debt the unfunded Bush war has left us with then there's no arguing with your insanity.
George Bush sent six oil companies into bankruptcy and he did the same with this country. He made war for 7 years without funding it. Now we have to pay for it. If you can't or won't understand this, the deficiency's in you, it makes perfect sense to me. The entire time the war went on and it was unfunded I was asking questions, why weren't you? I knew the bill would come due some day.
Or are you perchance being deliberately obtuse with your accusations of communism and other lies?
What's up America? President can't remember his child's age....presidential candidate can't get the correct John Wayne...
First Read said this recently : "we said it was important to take a Michele Bachmann campaign seriously"
Well, it is true...First Read will seriously do the White House's bidding by nitpicking Bachmann and feeding the stereotype, even if it is as horrifyingly minute as the birthplace of John Wayne...
This is what your liberal media does.....keeping its moonbat readers happy, anyway.
If your only source of news is the left-leaning First Read, you would think President Obama never made a flub like Bachmann's.
Bob--The president has not based his career on flubs like MB has. Sure everyone makes mistakes. One a day? Should stay home and be quiet.
I AGREE, Bob! In addition to MSNBC left wing nut articles bashing anyone in the GOP that they fear, is their hypocritical criticism of a fox news interview with Bachman ( in which she was asked if she was a "flake." ) . How dare MSNBC report on anyone in the media who seems to diminish people like Bachman. Bad enough they bash her all the time and now they are actually critical of others for doing a similar thing ! This kind of hypocrisy never ends.................WE ARE TIRED of the bull S$$$ MSNBC.
Anyone who supports Bachmann, is a nut job.
opajack
President Obama did visit 57 states here in America. President Obama also told of the time he presented his first Medal of Honor to a soldier who came home alive. He just forgot that his first presentation was posthumously, that means dead. And let us not forgrt how he was talking about his muslim faith to George Stephanopolis (sp).
No, he never says anything wrong. True believers can ignore stupidity, right?Your are right, he should have stayed home and remained quiet. The United States would be much better off today.
1/20/2013 - the end of an error.
Top 25 Bushisms of all times:
1. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never
stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do
we."—Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
2. "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."—Greater
Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
3. "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"—Florence, S.C.,
Jan. 11, 2000
4. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs
aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."—Poplar
Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
5. "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."—declining to answer
reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, April
21, 2001
6. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy
test.''—Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
7. "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don
Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."—Washington, D.C., April 18,
2006
8. "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over
and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the
propaganda."—Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005
9. "I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than
that."—discussing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted by the
Sun newspaper, June 27, 2007
10. "And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate
the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying
to defeat us in Iraq."—meeting with Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Washington, D.C.,
March 3, 2008
11. "We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina Republican debate, Feb.
15, 2000
12. "There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get
fooled again."—Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
13. "And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the
amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and
I'll work hard to try to elevate it."—speaking on National Public Radio, Jan.
29, 2007
14. "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called
America will be the pacemakers."—Houston, Sept. 6, 2000
15. "It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important.
It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the
dark dungeons of the Internet."—Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000
16. "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some
fantastic pictures."—U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 3, 2000
17. "People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight
evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and
say I love you."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
18. "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it,
that's trustworthiness."—CNN online chat, Aug. 30, 2000
19. "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."—on
the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2005
20. "I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach
out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The
best way to do it is to convince little kids how to—the beauty of playing
baseball."—Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2006
21. "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take
dream."—LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000
22. "You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war
president. No president wants to be a war president, but I am one."—Des Moines,
Iowa, Oct. 26, 2006
23. "There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me
and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.' "—Boston, Oct. 3, 2000
24. "They misunderestimated me."—Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what
happened inside this Oval Office."—Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slate.com%2Fid%2F2208132%2F&ei=ku8ITvXZBeyv0AHuouy7Cw&usg=AFQjCNEVPjOUwBVMvJiEES1v50JL6jle7A
Uh Feisty-
Bush is not in office anymore so who cares.
Second John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago according to Wikipedia.
Leona, nobody's forcing you to read this. Don't like it? Seek happiness elsewhere.
You are quite hypocritical yourself Leona thinking FOX doesn't bash anybody.
Fiesty - Didn't you hear????.....the DNC issued an edict after the DEMS got "shellacked" (according to Obama) just 7 moths ago (worst in 60+ years) on 11/2/10 by the very angry American Voters who summarily kicked several busloads of "do nothing, spend money we don't have" DEM Congressman out on their collective butts! Since then, the DNC thought it wise to have the all DEMS & LIBBERS refrain from uttering the former daily mantra "LET'S BLAME BUSH!!!!".........didn't you get the memo?
That liberal, left media bias is always blamed when a republican makes a gaffe but never a comment from the right when a democrat makes the gaffe. That liberal media bias is a myth created by those on the right who need to find an excuse when they makes themselves look bad.
Well Bob-1887910, why doesn't she just stop SAYING that crazy stuff or hire herself a better fact checker who can get things right?
This is presidential politics, and Bauchmann has already lied, she can't get her facts straight, she's horribly hypocritical, and you want us to PRETEND that it's not happening?
Why don't Republicans just go get themselves a paper bag, a box and a broomstick and run them for President?
TO: alwaysfaithfull who wrote:
"Fiesty - Didn't you hear????.....the DNC issued an edict after the DEMS got "shellacked""
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No. What we heard about is the buyer's remorse and how at least 6 of the Republicans who were voted in back in November are subjects of Recalls.
Feisty.....that's it?......the worst shellacking for the DEMS in 60+ years never happened on 11/2/10?......sez you?................WOW!!!!!.....that's a keeper.......for future reference! Subjecxt to recalls.......you mean like Vitter??? Ha!Ha!Ha!
Man if only I had the energy, drive, and determination of Feisty.
I would love, love, love to put a top 25 list of Bevisms.
American Girl - what six are you talking about?
Hey Bev and Feisty is all this crap about roving bands of lawless teens robbing stores in Chicago true? Wow, that sounds kinda scary. What's up with Chicago youth? Is it really that bad there?
The master of diversion strikes again. But your side has Bachmann, Spanky, and you can't give her back.
Now why would I want to take her back?
She's doing a great job, as are all of the candidates, of pushing the narrative.
Regardless of who we are talking about comparisons are made of Obama, and invariably the dire economic outlook is considered. That is never good for Obama.
And come on AM, you know the only "side" I am on is my own.
As indicated many times before - the worse this all gets, and it's getting really bad, the more conservative Obama gets. Sure he is ignoring the immigration law regarding the "Dreamy" illegals, but he flat gave up on actual immigration reform. He enacted tax cuts, gave up on all that global warming crap, and did something [stupidly] but did something about gas prices.
I mean you got all that plus the dude is a total war hawk. He's kinda out Bushing Bush at this point, right AM?
Well, no. That would be humanly impossible. And if you're trying to pin this on me, you're barking up the wrong tree. We are so far away from what I dreamed about that it's not funny anymore. I know you find Bachmann "dreamy," but she won't bring us back, Spanky. We're going in the exact wrong direction, and in case you haven't noticed yet, we're moving toward YOUR side.
Pin the tail on the donkey AM.
We are headed in the wrong direction, on that we agree. I like Bachman, I like Palin. I like Pawlenty and Cain, and whoever.
Except none of that matters. We are starting to go in a different direction - one where the debts and deficits will at least be taken into account, not ignored.
Bush ignored it, Obama has ignored it [you did get a wiff of his budget, such that it was]. But not anymore.
My side is fiscal responsibility. It's how I live. It's how you live. It's time we all live that way too. Gonna be really hard and tough for awhile, but that the way it has to be.
Erm, has anyone noticed that since the republicans won back the house in november, the economy has stalled, and republican voters are so insanely, irrationally resentful, scared and envious of Obama, that they actually seem GLAD that the people they voted in are rendering them jobless in the hope of winning an election in two years time?
Every time I hear a republican crow about the stalled economy and what it might mean for Obama's re-election I feel sick to my stomach.
Even if you care so little about your country that you're willing to destroy it just to get your 'team' back into power, how can you care so little about YOURSELF?
Bachmann and her ilk PROMISED jobs and are now stalling ALL jobs bills and trying to get rid of medicare and you're still cheering them on? Would you let them put a gun to your head if they promised to get rid of Obama? Is your hate REALLY that out of control?
They're not giving up a thing, they have ALL their subsidies, their health care, their tax breaks, yet they keep telling you suckers America's broke, and everything must go and you nod EVERY TIME.
The GOP isn't a party anymore, it's a cult. They must think their voters are a complete joke, and frankly they're right.
The economy WAS STALLED LONG BEFORE THE 10 mid term.
Read a newspaper once in a while.
Stalling jobs bill (lol) = another stimulus and we all know how that worked out? No jobs, excecpt if your a government employee which means that the burden all everyone working on the private sector to pay for those government jobs.
Obama single handledly stalled the economy, by shutting down the oil rigs in the Gulf. 30k workers affected between the rig workers and the local economy.
Here's something to think about:
GE, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Berkshire Hathaway PAY ZERO IN CORPORATE TAXES.
At least the big oil co's (and you own one if you have a 401K) pay taxes. As opposed to parking money off shore to escape the taxman.
Job1
"Anyone who supports Bachmann, is a nut job"
Anyone who supports Obama does not want a job.
Here's how stupid airhead Bachmann and her lemmings are- John Wayne's name at the time she's referring to was Marion Morrison. That's how stupid righties are- they know nothing. I hope they all die tomorrow.
I am a flake and I resent having Bachman compared to me. She is just evil and stupid. That does NOT make her a flake. That makes here a member of the GOP.
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Please make a note of it.
That's her problem, whether it's a mix-up or absolute lie she's convinced she's always right. It's damn frightening that this woman is being taken seriously by anyone. Just goes to show how stupid we've become in this country.
What is the clearest symptom of nationwide stupidity is the endless support for oblunder by the party of parasites. Why anyone with a working brain would support this lying sack of pig excrement is beyond me. Don't they realize he and his party of buffoons will tax workers and spend more than they take in until THERE IS NO MORE MONEY FOR WELFARE?
I'd hope the leeches would think about it before voting, but most of them aren't capable.
So Bachman this guy's cousin or something? She's got the clown suit down pat.
Barak Obama: "there are 57 states"
ENOUGH SAID
To quote a CNN reporter, I am just "keeping them honest...."
The President said that years ago. Is that all you got? We are sitting pretty in that case. I can quote 16 stupid things she said in the last few months including today!
Leona, another lie that refuses to die. Thanks to people like you who refuse to hear the facts.
Look at snopes.com. Or simply google "obama 57 states"
Of course, you won't be bothered to learn the facts. You would have nothing to talk about...
Fielden
or you could just look at the video evidence of him talking about how many states he'd been to, and how many he hasn't yet been to. Which adds up to 57.
Snopes is not unbiased.
Believe your own eyes and ears...not a web site.
Obama gaffed, just like Bachmann. stop covering up the truth.
While it is true that we all gaffe, I believe that killing 4000+ americans in Iraq for no reason is hard to overlook. What type of gaffes could we expect from Bachman?
I watched the youtube video and he said over the last 15 months he had "been to every quarter of America"... he then summed up the number of states he visited and it was 57. Obviously, he was counting the number of trips into the various states over a 15 month period and some of those states were visited more than once...
I am no apologist for the guy (I think he's a p*ssy) but in this instance I completely understood what he meant.
"We were a very patriotic 'yay rah rah America' city and nation and I think that's what America's looking for again."
Implying that other cities, in other states, are not as "yay rah rah America?" For her information, Vermont lost more national guardsmen in Iraq per capita than any other state. Is Waterloo, Iowa more "rah rah America" than Burlington, Vermont, Bachmann?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35083287/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
I had that same thought, Amy----she is qualified to be President because she comes from a town that loves cheerleaders?
Gosh Amy I read the quote and have to wonder - what does the word nation mean to you?
And Steeler - who doesn't love cheerleaders?
Spanky---the Steelers actually don't have any cheerleaders.
I know and that sucks.
But you know who loves cheerleaders and college aged girls? Big Ben R.
Oh and me, but like I said above, who doesn't?
FOX News was exactly correct in asking Bachmann if she was a freak, she just gave the wrong answer........ I suppose she will be a adequate substitute for Palin.......
I think it is prudent at this juncture to ask Bachmann if she can see Russia from her home town in Iowa........
The GOP is filled with idiots ... total smucks ..psychopaths pathological lier's ..religious twits ....so out of touch with 86% of the American public .....
86%? What a fun number. Where did you get it?
Wow....you do not sound very happy or well adjusted yourself.....lighten up just a tad....before you get a brain aneurysm!
TO: kirby in idaho who wrote:
"86%? What a fun number. Where did you get it?"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Probably from the same place Republicans got their "Fuzzy Numbers."
Say it isn't so...
I take it the screen name is a play on words?
Yeah like Obama's Approval Rating was 65% on 1/20/09 and now it's 45% and tanking.......
86% Well Let's USE the FOXISM RULE and ROUND UP to 90% !
That Makes it FACT ..............................
Instead of picking up inconsequential items like this one, the media should focus on other issues where she is either grossly ignorant or just outright dishonest. For example, she told us that our upper tax rate is higher than most other countries. True, but she skipped the fact that neither upper income earners nor corporations actually pay anything close to the top nominal rates. As she told us, she was a tax attorney, so I assume she knows that unless she was giving bad advice to her rich and corporate clients. I guess she's still a tax attorney, except now she works for the rich and the corporations en masse, rather than one client at a time...
The billing is so much easier that way, Cal.
Cal USA
They did. They called Bauchmann out on her receiving over a half a million dollars in Farm Aid, and now Bauchmann is suddenly "against" Farm Aid. AND they called her out on having 23 foster children on that farm also presumably for the money.
Bauchmann is a "Gaffe Queen". She's spewing out something totally wrong or wrongly misquoted everyday.
Anyone see the brainless wonder on Face the Nation? Every answer was the same, "Well President Obama, didn't create jobs" and on and on, didn't matter what question was asked. When she was asked about taking all the big Farm Subsidies, it was "Well President Obama", so now she's relating herself to a serial killer, Nice, and FAUX NEWS made Wallce apologize for asking her if she was a flake? The real question is this snow or corn?
She was in Iowa, it's corn!
sfilutze, that's all you're going to hear from all of the Republican candidates because Republicans haven't accomplished a thing in the past 10 years except for lying us into war, us getting his with a terrorist attack, and then of course Bush and Cheney STILL having control of the Iraqi Oil Fields AND Iraqi oil revenues while Bush and Cheney watch the American People suffer with high gas prices.
Republicans LOVE for gas and oil prices to stay up, because that keeps the Stock Market prices up on oil and gas, and makes THEIR stock values stay up too.
You are awesome American Girl.
Maybe Bush can share some of that Iraqi oil with us now that he's not the pres?
But you know what I like to stay up?
Dandruff
You all should all just listen to yourselves.....you act like you have a real "issue" here to sink your teeth into.....wow....you are really groping.........how about groping this....Obama's approval ratings are in free fall and just since last month? Comments?
By the way, there is a web-site just chock full of Obama's misstatements if you care to just look it up!.........but we both know that ain't happenin....is it?
You are so right! Some people are delusional and "bend" reality to suit them.
You've posted that on every thread today. Got anything else to say and by the way, that is old news--go check the FR archives.
oh....and that simply NEVER happens on this board ........does it?
It starts with a little petty issue like this, then snowballs into a HUGE issue. This "Flake" needs to step down and stop making the GOP look stupid. Obama would love for her to be the front-runner...GEEZ this chick is an airhead!
You're focusing on approval ratings while republicans are picking your pockets, taking away your constitutional rights and lowering the life expectancy rate of american women.
You just keep on looking at the bright shiny thing, brought to you by the corporate media.
Here. Run this picture to emphasize your story.
http://community.aetv.com/_John-Wayne-Gacy-Meets-Mrs-Rosalynn-Carterjpg/photo/12845122/119137.html
Who cares?
Amy, that is a poor try.
Michele Bachmann was speaking of her home state, and to imply she was denigrating other states , is well , flat moonbatty.
Need to go back to your private "libs are us" group and maybe one of you can steal a talking point and try to come up with a better response.
Leona's right...we shouldn't be focusing on this. There are plenty of more important lies that Michele Bachmann has told!
- Health Care Reform will create "Death Panels".
- The President's trip to India will cost $200M a day.
- She never made a profit from a dairy farm that received a government subsidy.
- The G20 Economic Summit in 2010 was really a meeting to create a one-world government.
Bachmann didn't create the death panel line, that was Palin.
The NYT ALSO said it would cost 200 million a day. They ran a correction later to change it to Ruppees.
I could go on but why bother. Hyper progressives are forcing people out of the Dem party.
How about they were "going to post all bills 3 day before passage on the internet"
Or "We have to pass the bill to know what's in it"
Those two statements are WORSE than anything Bachmann has said or done BECAUSE THEY AFFECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
When Obama loses, don't be surprised.
So she didn't come up with the lies, she just repeated them. That makes it oaky? Especially for a Presidential Candidate?
While this gaffe may not be a "game changer", the fact that she put Lexington and Concord in New Hampshire and John Wayne in Waterloo says either her staff doesn't do research well or she doesn't bother checking with them. Over the long haul, both can have a negative and fatal impact on a campaign.
I think this is a real stretch. She obviously meant John Wayne the actor. Who was from IA and did live for a short time in Waterloo. If she had said John Wayne Gracy, then it would be a gaffe. This one looks to be invented by the people who don't like her since Gracy wasn't even born in IA.
Everyone makes gaffes it is part of being in the public eye. It is the same as people making fun of the 57 state comment by Obama and claiming he is an uneducated idiot. The excuse was he was exhausted at the time which is probably the truth.
Doesn't matter now, WH. It's no differrent than that 'Al Gore invented the internet' crap. The man never said it. BUT- once this kind of thing gets legs, it's all she wrote. Did Palin really say "I can see Russia from my house'? Nope. That'd be Tina Fey. But it stuck.
drive-by-observer - True and sad.
Michelle Bachman will need no parodies for her statements. They can remain intact and get the same response.
I have never been able to see why anybody would associate with John Wayne, the actor. He abused his wife. He hated horses and he was a coward. Refused to entertain the troops for fear he might be hurt. Books are fun to read.
Have you read a book?
He was threatened with a lawsuit if he did enlist in WWII.
Wayne was in the South Pacific theater of the war for three months in 1943–44, touring U.S. bases and hospitals, as well as doing some work for OSS commander William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan, who "hoped that a celebrity like Wayne could provide information denied his own operatives. Donovan was particularly interested in Wayne's assessment of MacArthur himself. Wayne's mission was only partly successful. He never met MacArthur, and although he filed a report with Donovan when he got back to the States, he had nothing substantial to offer Donovan." [40] Donovan gave him a plaque and commendation for serving with the OSS, but Wayne dismissed it as meaningless.[41]
The foregoing facts influenced the direction of Wayne's later life. By many accounts, Wayne's failure to serve in the military during World War II was the most painful experience of his life.[42] Some other stars, for various reasons, did not enlist, but Wayne, by virtue of becoming a celluloid war hero in several patriotic war films, as well as an outspoken supporter of conservative political causes and the Vietnam War, became the focus of particular disdain from both himself and certain portions of the public, particularly in later years. While some hold Wayne in contempt for the paradox between his early actions and his later attitudes, his widow suggests Wayne's rampant patriotism in later decades sprang not from hypocrisy but from guilt. Pilar Wayne wrote, "He would become a 'superpatriot' for the rest of his life trying to atone for staying home."
Looking at the cover doesn't mean you read the book.
Fiesty Redhead,
Most of what you listed is NOT true, especially the comment that no scientists believe in Intelligent Design. Many hundreds of Cellular biologists and microbiologists do indeed realize that cells are inherently so compicated that, without a designer, they would never have just appeared on their own.
Charles Darwin actually dimissed evolution many years AFTER writing, "The Origin of Species" claiming that natural selection was totally inadequate to to explain an organ such as the eye.
Snowduffus-
Where the h*ll you getting this BS? Oh yeah, the sci-fi section in your local "born again" store? Hate to break to you but "Left Behind" and Veggi-Tales are just a movies (bigger hint - not real)...
Please list ONE cellular biologist that hasn't gone to some holy-roller school or "born again" delusional.
No, I didn't think so. You got nothing to say bu waste everyone's time...just like your gal pal Teliban Bachman.
Based on what has happened to Sarah Palin when the frothing moonbats got all deranged and called her all sorts of insulting names and such....(successful, wealthy and getting the last laugh..)
Michele Bachmann, you have a bright future ahead.
Bob - Agreed, it is so obvious to anyone here that Michele Bachman is better educated and more accomplished than any poster/name calling disrespectful critic on this board or else they would be running for President rather than just running their mouth!
Bob and Always- I, for one, am pulling for your girl Michele! Hope she make the top o' the ticket.
Anyone else?
ooooo ooooo meeee meeee meeeee.....pick me!......There ....at least ya got one from the other side...Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!
@alwayfaithfull= Obama proves you don't have to have experience to run and win the presidency...
@drive-by-observer: No.
I'm pulling for her. Taking in Foster kids, helping charities, etc. She has more compassion and selfless love in her little toe than most of her detractors will ever have in their entire life.
WH..really. You should ask yourself why she took in so many foster kids...Money, Honey....How much does Wisconsin pay for each child..Colorado pays more for babies and on down the line. If she was really compassionate she would have taken in these children for no reward other than doing what Jesus would do
Compassion? By wanting to take away the WIC. You are full of it. Really full of it. Bet she would not have taken in one foster child if money was not involved. And how long did she have these children.
The woman does have a post doc from William & Mary, not a slack school by anyone's measure.
Bob, we live in a very sexist society. I'm in my late 20's/early 30's and I have given up on seeing a woman as President, in my lifetime. Just look at the media with "Nailin Palin" and "Cold Witch Clinton". Hopefully I'll be proven wrong.
Apparently the WH is still a man's job, although I have no freakin clue why. I don't think certain genitalia makes you more or less qualified. Having a record, smarts and above all A PLAN FOR THE COUNTRY, is what counts.
Funny how this gaffe gets printed, but NOTHING about Obama's Fort Drum mess-up on confusing the only living Medal of Honor recipient with one who died in combat. Let's not forget Obama's "57 states" gaffe, either.
This list of Obama's gaffs are a mile long.....just Google "Obama's Misquotes and Mistakes" and stand back!
How does the list you refer to make Bawkmann any smarter, Always?
It's pretty petty to see both sides post that fact that public figures whose every word and movement gets documented make mistakes. It's like sex scandals that know no party. You can change your politics but you can't change human nature, or stop being human. And you know what they say...
"to err is human"...
dbo - I would love to see your IQ test results compared to Bachmann's........
"dbo - I would love to see your IQ test results compared to Bachmann's........"
Me too. (BTW- I'm not trying to convince a whole nation to vote for me to be their leader.)
NEXT!
DBO - No argument that the "your guy is worse than my guy" bit is tired and uneffective.
Unfortunately, that is what the left used with Wiener and Vitter for two weeks, so I guess it carried over.
Media bias is alive and well.
But, after last week, it's not like we expect any better here now. Hope all is well.
On Thursday at Fort Drum, the president told troops from the 10th Mountain Division
that he previously "had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade
of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of
Honor to who actually came back and wasn’t receiving it posthumously.”
Wrong. Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti was actually killed in Afghanistan on June
21, 2006. In September 2009, President Obama awarded him the Medal of Honor
posthumously.
Where's the outrage about this?
Is anyone surprised when Palin and Bachman say stupid things. I always expect stupid crap to come out of the moron twins' mouths when ever they open them.
another happy well adjusted liberal poster
alwaysamoron, it's because of idiots like you that morons like Palin and Bachman get elected to public office.
Get a room you two...you're making everyone blush!...:)
I wonder if they cleared the "treehouse" to be alone? :-P
Another bimbo...unreal these people wasting money to run.
I don't know who's advising her or vetting her comments but I have a feeling that Mrs. Bachmann is going to continue putting her foot in her mouth! If she doesn't get somebody to vet her remarks and check her facts, she'll continue to be the laughing stock of the campaign. If her campaign advisers don't get it together and fast, I have a feeling that she's really going to "lay an egg" comment wise.
Peace and God's blessings to all this day.
Missy, unlike a lot of politicians she doesn't use a teleprompter all the time. I'd rather any politician speak open and freely and risk putting their foot in their mouth, than always having a canned, pre-ready speech to go.
Missy, Bachmann has hired Ed Rollins for an advisor. She is staying on message more. But it is the "cheerleader" in her that takes her off script. Then she get is trouble. Sunday evening she spoke to her home town crowd. She excitedly said that everything she knows she learned in Waterloo Iowa. She and her family moved to MN when she was 12!!
She got her law degree from Oral Roberts University.
halo3v: Not only does she use a teleprompter, at least she did with her response to President Obama's State of the Union Address, but she was constantly looking into the wrong camera and acted wooden. It was just weird!
It was hilarious to me. Please, let her run against Obama. He'll beat her with both hands tied behind his back.
Obama has invited her to meet him in the 57th State, just after he resurrects another dead soldier.
LMAO
I'm still laughing, good one Dann.
Thanks for the laugh, I'm still giggling.
Fascinating how far everyone has to go back to Obama's campaign to find errors like that, isn't it? He made an error with the MOH winner. He admitted it. He apologised to the parents of the soldier. They accepted his apology. Obama's a stand-up guy.
He at least acknowledges his errors, like an adult man is supposed to do, rather than pretending they never happened. I for one am delighted there's a grown man in the White House at last, rather than a child or a dry drunk as we had with Bush.
President Obama does the right thing. I'm proud to be an American under his Presidency. I couldn't say that under Bush. He was an embarrassment.
DOH!!!!