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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:00 PM
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Bachmann's Irene comments just a joke: spokeswoman
Bachmann's Irene comments just a joke: spokeswoman

MIAMI (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's campaign said on Monday she was only joking when she described Hurricane Irene and last week's earthquake in the eastern United States as a warning from God.

TheMinnesota congresswoman, who has gained media prominence for her fiery attacks on Democratic President Barack Obama, said in Florida that Irene was an act of God to get politicians' attention to the debt and deficit problem.

"Of course she was saying it in jest," Alice Stewart, spokeswoman for Bachmann's campaign, told Reuters.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-bachmann-irenetre77s2ri-20110828,0,6714701.story
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:03 PM
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1. The true jest is that anyone would vote for her.
:shrug:
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kwolf68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:04 PM
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2. Please make it stop

She was NOT joking, because everyone of her ilk believes that natural disasters are 'warnings' from God.

How does she know what he is mad about anyway? Maybe he is pissed off because we're raping 'his creation' for greed and profit. :shrug:
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:05 PM
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3. So, OK Alice. What about all her attacks on homosexuals?
Was she "saying it all in jest" ?
Please tell us Alice. Inqueering minds want to know.
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frazzled Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:06 PM
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4. Honk: too late
Once you say something like that, you don't get takebacks. It will appear in every ad, should you last long enough to merit attack ads.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:07 PM
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5. everything she's says is a joke . . . nt
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:10 PM
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9. DITTO!
You took the words out of/off my fingers!
:hi:
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:08 PM
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6. Campaign office - 855-624-7737
If she thinks death and destruction is a joke then she does not have the ethics and morals to be a worm farm manager yet alone President of the United States of America
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:09 PM
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7. Bachmann is just a joke.
Truly. A moron, too. Unelectable, to boot.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:10 PM
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8. dupe. Topic already started here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1837983&mesg_id=1839055
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:14 PM
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10. Sen. Tom Coburn said, "It's just a good thing I can't pack a gun on the Senate floor."
Edited on Mon Aug-29-11 02:14 PM by Lasher
His spokesman said he was joking about that, har de har. Looks like a trend for Congressional Republicans.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20094104-503544.html
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kwolf68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:24 PM
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11. Actually I am very proud of Mrs. Bachmann.
Edited on Mon Aug-29-11 02:27 PM by kwolf68
It is very obvious that God is really mad at the exploitation of third world nations so we can have cheap stuff. Ditto for the fact that many people don't get health care simply because they can't afford it. And no question God is up in arms that we are pillaging his creation (the earth) for one of the things that Jesus is sorta down on (greed). And it goes without saying that the “Prince of Peace” isn’t a huge fan of perpetual war.

I applaud Michelle Bachmann on this issue.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:37 PM
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12. The earthquake comment became a joke
after she found out the epicenter was in Cantor's district.
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richmwill Donating Member (972 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 03:35 PM
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13. She said that? Good!
That can be played repeatedly in campaign ads. Wave bye-bye to winning North Carolina and Virginia if you are the Republican nominee, Michele!
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DenverDad Donating Member (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 04:04 PM
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14. Wasn't funny.
:shrug:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 04:17 PM
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15. God is laughing so hard it killed thirty people....she is one dumb fuck
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