| Ladies and Gentlemen, a lot will be written about Michele Bachmann's Bachmann MotorMouth Overdrive "Forum" yesterday at Lake Elmo - as well there should!
But, Political Muse and Dusty Trice got video!
First, Political Muse wrote a piece entitled "Bachmann Abandons 10th Amendment...". Here's a snippet:
One of the cruxes of the entire conservative movement, aside perhaps from an unhealthy obsession with the 2nd Amendment, is their purported adherence to the 10th Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Now I don't necessarily share their passion for the 10th Amendment nor do I believe that it definitively proves their strict constructionist states rights beliefs but it is their belief none the less. Any true conservative will swear by the 10th Amendment and use it as a cudgel against any supposed deviation from the ideas of strict constructionism.
So, given that Bachmann is supposed to be a "rock ribbed conservative", it would stand to reason that she too believes in this principle of strict constructionism and the 10th Amendment, right? WRONG. Today at her town hall forum on health care reform she completely tossed out the amendment even going so far as to suggest "erasing the boundaries" around each of the states in order to create so called competition in the health insurance industry. (LitLoC.com)
Bachmann's "Big Eraser" plan apparently caught Political Muse's attention, too. Political Muse has Bachmann's "Big Eraser" plan on a YouTube; it's the Bachmann quote I used earlier today. Except, Political Muse has it on a YouTube showing Bachmann used the "Big Eraser" fairy tale story TWICE. So, go look!
Dusty Trice was also at the "Forum" with a camera (big surprise there - NOT!!!) and has a whole bunch of footage - like 10 (count 'em - 10!) YouTubes of the "Forum." As Dusty says: "You're not going to want to miss her stupid Brett Favre joke!" So, go look! |
