Bachmann heaps praise on O'Reilly and Beck: That's where people want to go to find the truth.
In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) kissed up to Bill O'Reilly and his audience, telling producer Jesse Watters, "The Factor is the factor. That's what's important." Bachmann then showered O'Reilly and Glenn Beck with her praise:
People vote with their feet. And they love Bill O'Reilly; they love Glenn Beck. They love the shows that are on Fox. That's what matters. Because people want to go where they can find truth. They obviously aren't finding truth over on some of these other channels.
Bachmann has gone on Fox News to claim health care reform is unconstitutional, that the Census is dangerous because it was used to intern the Japanese, and that Alaskan caribou favor oil drilling because they like the the warmth of the pipeline. Together, the Fox News network and Bachmann create a very "truthy" tag-team.
Some call it disinformation, some call it lying, but what ever it's called, it certainly isn't the truth. Keep in mind republiCon John Kline had to be pressured into holding his one and only "Town Hall" - and I use that term loosely, Erik Paulsen has shown no inclination to do any "Town Halls" despite his predecessor's record of doing multiple - and legitimate - Town Hall meetings twice a year. As far as the ol' MotorMouth herself, as far as I can tell Bachmann has never held a "Town Hall." She did "host" a "Forum" earlier this year, but: she let a paid shill lawyer do the talking.
Fast forward to last night: wanting to see how long it took Sean insHanitty to say something stupid, I tuned to Faux News at the top of the hour and was not disappointed. Especially since he had Bachmann MotorMouth Overdrive on, "right" away! Let's look!
Everybody catch that? Let's review:
(3:15) Hannity: "What do you make, I'm watching Barney Frank and it doesn't really really surprise me, he's got a very safe district, but you know, the arrogance, the condescention, you know, the battling with the voters - something's changed and I can't quite pinpoint what it is. I've never seen voters attacked this way, have you?"
Bachmann MotorMouth Overdrive: "Well, the great thing is that Members of Congress are at home this August - they're having an opportunity to be actually able to hear from normal Americans about how they feel about this health care proposal rather than the lobbyists that have been swirling through the halls of Congress. This is a wonderful thing - we're actually seeing Democracy in action and it'll be very difficult for members of congress to go back to Washington DC in September and clearly vote against their constituent's interests. None of them can say now that they didn't realize where the heartbeat of the American public is and we'll soon see if the liberals in Congress are listening to regular Americans."
So, here we have Bachmann MotorMouth Overdrive talking about how "wonderful" Town Halls are, and she's never had one. And lest we not forget, Kline had to be pressured into holding his one and only "Town Hall" and Paulsen shows no inclination to ever holding one.
Let's watch what Minnesota GOP Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb said, concerning Town Halls:
Which brings us back to what I said, up at the top:
Some call it disinformation, some call it lying, but what ever it's called, it certainly isn't the truth.
The first clue that the guy is a rightwing paid shill is the line that green jobs "kill manufacturing jobs."
In the first place, since when has a GOPer complained about the loss of manufacturing jobs? Does "Free Trade" ring a bell?
And since when has a GOPer complained about creating "low wage jobs"??!? I mean, the lower the wages for the serfs "employees" - the bigger the take at the top! Just ask Bill McGuire, or, say, Wal-Mart about THAT one....
But, ya gotta love how these rightwingers call President Obama's guy a commie.
Hmmm....don't like the guy; call him a commie....don't like the guy; call him a commie...hmmm....
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), was back on Fox News. This time she appeared on Sean Hannity's show attacking Sen. Barney Frank and ACORN. The main problem with her attacks is that she is lying.
Rep. Michele Bachmann continued her campaign against Rep. Barney Frank and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) on Fox News' Hannity on Wednesday. Despite Bachmann's claims on the show, a new bill introduced by Frank will not funnel money to ACORN and ACORN is not "under indictment" in 12 states for "voter fraud."
Bachmann will not allow the truth to get in the way of her conspiracy theories. In her Bizarro World, she truly believes all this. Of course, she's aided and abetted by the official Republican TV channel, Fox News.
Never to be confused with a real outlet of journalism, Fox News already has their talking points in place with regard to Al Franken: emphasize his "high unfavorables." Of course, the poll they cite, duly repeated by Politico, was a national poll, which often doesn't turn out well for congressional leaders.
Can someone remind me of the last time we were supposed to care about a national poll about a junior Senator who hasn't even been sworn in for his first term yet? Or better yet, when was the last time a poll like that actually mattered?
Still, good to see Fox News is on the ball with their attack strategy.
Here's Tim Pawlenty on Wednesday's edition of Fox News' Neil Cavuto: Steaming Pile of Blatant Hackery (clip courtesy of TPM):
"But beyond just the money and the politics, just as a matter of philosophy and our country, the nationalization of the auto industry, the likely partial or full nationalization of the health care industry, the energy industry -- this is gonna be a very different country 12 or 24 months from now...This is not the United States of America that we know and love and remember. This looks more like some sort of, you know, republic from South America circa 1970s."
There are so many problems with what our dear Governor tried to do with this appearance, it's difficult to know where to begin.
1. Blatant scare tactics. McCarthyism much?
2. No one is proposing nationalization of the health care industry. Obama's health care plan would provide a public plan option to complete with private plans so that everyone in America has access to affordable health insurance.
3. Has Gov. Pawlenty read history? Industries in Latin America (note: that's Central America too, Timmy!) were nationalized by leftist (read: NOT left-of-center as we have in America, but true LEFTist) governments because they were profitable and those profits were being hauled out of the country, mainly by American corporations.
That isn't even vaguely similar to what we have right now in the US. Failing insurance companies and brokerages, carmakers on their knees in bankruptcy? A government whose united line on the matter has been to get the carmakers back out of bankruptcy as soon as possible because they don't want to run a car company?
Politics is politics, and Tim Pawlenty has to demonstrate to the Republican presidential primary crowd that he can attack 1950s era scarecrows and windmills just as effectively as Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, and Sarah Palin can. But that does not entitle him to his own set of facts. Naturally, Fox News's Cavuto was pleased as punch to let Pawlenty pass this drivel off as true.
Not so much out here in the reality-based community.
Glenn Greenwald: This is what happens when a Blue Dog defender of illegal eavesdropping gets busted for dirty backroom deals caught via illegal wiretapping.
Last October, Michelle Bachmann went on Chris Matthew's "Hardball" show - and as could have been predicted*, said stuff outrageous, and outrageously stupid. She essentially called then-candidate Barack Obama "anti-American." Not content with smearing Obama, Bachmann went on to question the patriotism of Democratic Members of Congress, too. You can watch her screed at YouTube.
Needless to say, and I'm sure most remember, Little Miss Hiding In the Weeds, after accusing a sitting U.S. Senator of anti-Americanism, then went on by calling for the media to launch a McCarthyite expose into the anti-Americanism of her collegues in the US House. Needless to say, her antics on "Hardball" set off a firestorm.
So, Michelle went on Billo's show, on Faux Fox "News", to deliver her Mea Nota Culpa. Just for nostagia's sake, let's watch! (after the break)
