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Avidor Donating Member (952 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 12:02 PM
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Bachmann's "Interesting Coincidence" About Swine Flu and Democratic Presidents
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 12:03 PM
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1. The only thing I like about her is her hair.
Also, it's "Democratic President". Or shall we say she's part of the Republicant party because all those people can do is CANT because they CAN'T do anything else (which history HAS shown)? ;)
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lavndrblue Donating Member (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 01:41 PM
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5. I would replace
the 'a' with a 'u'.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 12:29 PM
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2. Has anyone broken it to Bachmann that Ford was president during the last Swine Flu scare
he thought his vaccine program was the key to reelection. I remember Chevy Chase playing him in a debate and coming on stage with a hypodermic stuck in his upper arm.

I wonder if she'll make Worse Persons tonight for this?
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Minnesota Raindog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 01:16 PM
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3. Has anyone reminded Bachmann that she and her husband campaigned for Jimmy Carter?
I'm not blaming Michele for swine flu or anything, but it is an interesting coincidence that she and her husband met while working on Jimmy Carter's campaign when we last had swine flu, and now Bachmann is in Congress and we have swine flu again.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 01:35 PM
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4. Maybe the Swine Flu is trying to tell us something...
:rofl:
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indigo32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 02:12 PM
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6. Oh fer...
I am just soooo embarrassed that any MN is represented by that %$#)!
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 02:42 PM
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7. Well, i expect her to run against Ron Carey in the GOP Senate Primary
beat Carey and go against Amy Klobuchar and loose and end her political career. Klobuchar knocked off Mark Kennedy who used to be in the 6th, and she can knock off Bachmann and send her on the Mega-Church circuit.
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indigo32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 03:12 PM
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9. seriously
she thinks she can beat Amy? LOLOLOLOL
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 09:03 PM
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15. Those are the rumors I keep hearing
That she is using this limelight since the RNC to propel herself in the next GOP Primary for Senate. I think Carey might make a run as he recently stepped down as head of the MN GOP.

I see her doing the same scorched earth policy statewide with the GOP to get lackeys to vote for her the same way she did a scorched earth in the 6th District. Any moderates were purged and they are all Bachmann-robots controlling the internal power strings up there.

And given the main reaction of the GOP nationally to shift farther right to try to get power back, I can easily see Bachmann getting the nod against Klobuchar. Of course Klobuchar would have the moderates in addition to the base and Bachmann has her base but no chance of any moderates as they think she is beyond :crazy: .
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Avidor Donating Member (952 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 02:52 PM
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8. Politico Makes Fun of Bachmann
Edited on Tue Apr-28-09 02:52 PM by Avidor
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0409/Dems_in_power_during_flu_Bachmann_notes.html?showall

It was only a matter of time before the CDC discovered an outbreak of Michele Bachmann quotes.

Bachmann, speaking on Pajamas TV, noted: "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence."

The 1976 swine flu scare happened on Gerald Ford's watch.

We checked Wikipedia.

Ford was a Republican.


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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 04:24 PM
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10. She isn't bright and she isn't sane and she isn't nice and I'm not here to defend her...
But I'm sure she forgot that while Carter was elected in '76, he didn't take office till '77.

Similarly, Public Radio ran a piece about ten years ago claiming that Reagan deregulated the airlines in 1980.

I wrote to them saying that I'd be more than happy to blame Reagan, but he wasn't in charge till '81. So did they mean '81 or did they mean Carter?

Never got an answer.
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Minnesota Raindog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 04:38 PM
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11. That's not believable
Because Bachmann worked on Carter's campaign.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 04:42 PM
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12. Bachmann worked on Carter's campaign?!?! THAT'S not believable!
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Minnesota Raindog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 06:27 PM
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14. That's a fact
Michele and Marcus met while working on Carter's campaign in 1976. I think it was over abortion that they both had an epiphany about being a Democrat. Well, it was probably whatever sounds good at the moment when Michele tells the story. Whatever will fill the collection plate the fastest.
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nadine_mn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-28-09 06:21 PM
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13. Remember the good old days when people made fun of Ventura
We were laughed at for having a wrestler for Gov

dear god... look at us now... Twit for Brains Bachman and the Neverending Senate Race

We are making Republicans switch sides
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dodger501 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 09:06 AM
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16. KARE-11 covered this, too
on the 6:00 news last night and they did mention that it was under Ford, not Carter.
Bachmann is the joke that keeps on giving.
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wellstone dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 06:46 PM
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17. So why is the first case of Swine Flu in Bachmann's district?
Why isn't she keeping me safe? Huh????
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 08:54 PM
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18. No doubt she will think it was meant for her
Edited on Wed Apr-29-09 08:55 PM by dflprincess
:evilgrin:
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 07:29 PM
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19. Great letter in today's Strib
(though I doubt the wingnuts will get it)


http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/44192547.html?page=2&c=y

I find it interesting that the first confirmed Minnesota case of H1N1 Influenza A occurred in Rep. Michele Bachmann's district. I'm not blaming this on Michele Bachmann, I just think it's an interesting coincidence.


:rofl:
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