Archive for November, 2009

Why is it that whenever I see a picture of Michele Bachmann somewhere I feel compelled to offer the rest of the country my most sincere apologies? We have three Republicans in the House but I merely disagree with the other two. Maybe it’s because neither of them has ever been caught hiding in the bushes spying on a pro-gay rights rally. It could be that she called on the media to investigate perceived anti-American sentiment amongst her Democratic colleagues in congress. Or perhaps it’s statements that are so painfully stupid and nakedly partisan that one has to wonder if she even cares that they’re bald-faced lies: “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 last swine flu outbreak was during the Ford Administration…and this one started under Bush. Not that I believe viruses have a voice in our political process.)

Today this danger to herself and everyone she comes into contact with will be hosting a Tea Party event on Capital Hill. The main point of this is to march very loud, very angry people into the offices of members of congress so they can express their displeasure that the government would want them to have affordable, competitive healthcare. Of course it’s phrased a bit more batshit-crazy-like so as to whip them into a frenzy, but you get the general point. As so as to prime those Harley-Davidson-like engines of fury, Bachmann even appeared on Fox News last night where she was told by the “fair and balanced” host that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was gearing up Capital Hill security to clamp down on the event. Bachmann took connected with that softball talking about how that would be a “big mistake” for Pelosi to dare try to stop this event.

On a side note, I find it somewhat interesting that this plot starts in the basement of the Capitol. November 5th has a rather sordid history of such things.