If you watch nothing else tonite, you should catch it in the rerun or on the web.
She's riffing on a column by Steve Benan (and interviewing him) with a brilliant idea regarding the GOP's refusal to support any jobs or stimulus. Excerpt of column is below.
IN her gleefully scathing style, she used this as a jumping-off point for an absolutely brilliant mix of comedy and satire, with a deadly serious point. You'll laiugh, you'll cry you,'ll wet your pants.
And the idea itself is absolutely brilliant, and a way that President Obama could deliver a real punch to the GOP and their hypocritical obstructionist agenda.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/Why not a Bachmann Inspired Stimuluus?
"In public, Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann spends much of her time railing against government spending. In private, Bachmann spends quite a bit of time requesting government spending.
A Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Huffington Post with three separate federal agencies reveals that on at least 16 separate occasions, Bachmann petitioned the federal government for direct financial help or aid. A large chunk of those requests were for funds set aside through President Obama’s stimulus program, which Bachmann once labeled “fantasy economics.” Bachmann made two more of those requests to the Environmental Protection Agency, an institution that she has suggested she would eliminate if she were in the White House.
What’s more, the phenomenon certainly isn’t limited to Bachmann — all kinds of right-wing lawmakers who swear public investments are fundamentally evil, including plenty of this year’s radical freshman class, have spent a fair amount of time pleading for more public investment in their states and districts, insisting the spending would be good for the economy.
Here’s the pitch: have the White House take the several hundred letters GOP lawmakers have sent to the executive branch since 2009, asking for public investments, and let President Obama announce he’ll gladly fund all of the Republicans’ requests that have not yet been filled. This is especially important when it comes to infrastructure, a sector in which GOP members have pleaded for more investment in their areas. When pressed, these same Republicans will offer an explanation that “sounds like something out of the mouth of a Keynesian economist, rather than the musings of a congressman who proudly touts his support from the Tea Party movement.”
So, how about it? If these Republican lawmakers have identified worthwhile projects in need of government spending, which they themselves insist will boost the economy, why not start spending the money GOP officials want to see spent?..." MORE
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