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11/09/09
Yeah, let's go with rehab. #2010
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11/09/09
That being said, I think the increasing prevalence of "purity tests" among the Republicans and the lack of a coherent party message will ensure that they continue to marginalize themselves. Bill Buckley's characterization of conservatism as a force standing astride history shouting "stop" is frighteningly correct, and right now it feels like the whole Republican party is just yelling "STOP." That's not a party slogan, but the reds are working hard to make it one. #2010
11/05/09
11/05/09
The high point? A banner with dead guys all over it saying "National Socialist Health Care, Bachad, Germany - 1945."
Claaaaaassy. #michelebachmann
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11/05/09
It's similar to the distraction some experience when they spot a shiny object.
Anyway, Rush Limbaugh could announce that he was running for office and Fox would ignore it if they heard a rumor that a cute, little, white child was in some kind of fix. #michelebachmann
11/05/09
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11/05/09
You presume too much. That is not at all how we think, however I can appreciate that pretending that this is how conservatives think makes it easier for you to discount the arguments that thoughtful people make.
Rather than demonize your opposition, it is much smarter to try and understand who they really are, and how they really think.
Republicans do not view ourselves as elites. Quite the opposite. We are the red states. The everyday working class, down in the trenches. The vast inner core of America that makes our country work so well.
We do not view others as trying to get what we have worked so hard to earn. We desperately want them to share in our comforts. And we understand that the only way for them to get there is to learn to be self-sufficient.
If our poorer neighbors are to rise to a higher standard of living, they will only do so through hard work.
We recognize that liberal policies destroy wealth, while creating dependency.
As far as opposing something that "is for our own good", that is a very scary way of thinking.
Again, you discount the intelligence of your neighbors, while assuming that only your views are right.
I cannot debate someone who refuses to listen to me. I can only pitty them. #michelebachmann
11/05/09
11/05/09
REALLY? That's funny, because when Reagan was president I couldn't find a job. When Clinton was president I could find a job in an afternoon, I think unemployment was 2% (which is the same as no unemployment), and the federal budget was balanced, and I had a fat bank account. When Bush was president I lost every dime I had worked for over a period of 30 years. My "neighbors" are idiots who listen to Rush Limbaugh and think he's just like them (aside from the heroin addiction and the hundred million dollars he is just like them - uneducated and a bigot). If republican ideas - big military spending, tax cuts for the wealthy, and a deregulated banking industry - actually worked, this country would be rolling in clover after the past 8 years, rather than swimming through shit as it currently is. Luckily, the only people who actually got hurt by republican irresponsibility were the middle class and some of the Poors. The rich are doing just fine, thank you very much. A REPUBLICAN president, congress, and supreme court presided over the biggest bank robbery in world history, so go fuck yourself moron. Fifteen trillion AMERICAN dollars incinerated by Dubya and Phil Gramm, so again, with all due respect, go fuck yourself, you unpatriotic, piece of shit, Wall Street bank robber, republican apologist. #michelebachmann
11/05/09
I cannot do it anymore. This woman is an ignorant, publicity hungry, ill-informed, Troll Bitch From Hell.
If these idiots out protesting today think that ANY of this has to with them and their needs or beliefs, they are sorely mistaken. They are mere extras in her crusade of self promotion and need to be on TV at least once every 3 weeks.
As for a ticket for president? Michelle will tear out Palin's eyes and eat them on crackers before she lets Caribou Barbie steal any of her screen time. #michelebachmann
11/05/09
Dumb and Dumber, anyone?
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11/05/09
*And no, it's only a coincidence that I don't think two women are capable of tough thinking. Any other two women in the world, sure. Hell, I'd take an entire White House full of women if the only restriction was that those two weren't allowed within 500 feet of the nuclear football. #michellebachmann
11/05/09
Yes, that's what we all thought would happen with Dubya. Sure, he's stupid, but he's got Dick Cheney pulling the strings. Man, that sure worked out well. #michelebachmann
11/05/09
When you show up at a rally opposing health care with missing teeth, excema and an oxygen tank, you are the walking epitome of irony. But they don't see it, because they still have a proverbial chicken in their pot and they don't understand why they should have to share any of the bones. #michellebachmann
11/05/09
11/05/09
I have to wait two years for that video? Please tell me TMZ is going to at least leak a few clips first. #michellebachmann