Michele Bachman

[DMX7]

Is she worse than Joe McCarthy? Short answer: Yes.

USZVwEo8xxE

[TheProfessor]

There's not much to be proud of in our politics these days, but I was very pleased to see bipartisan outrage at her recent comments. She's an embarrassment.

[Wild Cobra]

Is she worse than Joe McCarthy? Short answer: Yes.

USZVwEo8xxE
Joe McCarthy is not a good examply to try to make someone look bad with. He was given a bum rap. He wasn't the one out there looking for communists in the general public. He was only looking to get rid on the communist spys in our government, and he did uncover several.

Project Venona proves he was right, but it wasn't unclassified until sometime in the 90's.

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"He was only looking to get rid on the communist spys in our government"

and Jews in Hollywood. Joe McC deserves eternal infamy.

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Is she worse than Joe McCarthy? Short answer: Yes.

USZVwEo8xxE

The bigger question is how this insane "Christian" bitch with her bogus law degree from a "Christian" scam college keeps getting re-elected, with her "gay whisperer" hubby. Perks and pork for her district?

http://bachmann.house.gov/district/6thdistrictmap.htm

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Bachmann Stands By Widely Condemned Islamophobic Attack, Finds Ally In Glenn Beck

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) is doubling down on her Islamaphobic attacks against a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, even as a growing number of Republicans are repudiating Bachmann’s charges as “nothing less than an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable citizen.”

During an appearance on Glenn Beck’s radio show on Thursday, Bachmann reiterated her suspicions that Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, noting, “her late father who’s now deceased was a part of the Muslim Brotherhood. Her brother was a part of the Muslim Brotherhood, and her mother was a part of what’s called the Muslim Sisterhood.” Earlier this week, Bachmann accused Abedin of working on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood in a letter with four colleagues to the State Department’s Inspector General demanding an investigation.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/19/553361/bachmann-stands-by-widely-condemned-islamophobic-attack-finds-ally-in-glenn-beck/

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

:lol so nothing from the Bachmann lovers on this site (aka Spursncuckboys)

[mavs>spurs]

muslim brotherhood now in syria

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4258323,00.html

[ChumpDumper]

muslim brotherhood now in syria

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4258323,00.htmlThey've been there for decades, genius.

[mavs>spurs]

they're going for a seat at the table now though, that's the difference. courtesy of our destabilization.

[ChumpDumper]

they're going for a seat at the table now though, that's the difference. courtesy of our destabilization.Yes, the decades of oppressive dictatorships had nothing to do with it.

You're a Jonesbot simpleton.

[mavs>spurs]

You're a Jonesbot simpleton.

Reeks of upset. You're not normally one for name calling, Chump.

hehe

[mavs>spurs]

Yes, the decades of oppressive dictatorships had nothing to do with it.

yeah well what's your excuse for libya? ghaddafi built them from the ground up into the wealthiest country in all of Africa. they would have never garnered the support to take him out if it werent for the help of a few tomahawk cruise missiles. which by the way, killed an estimated 50,000 people.

the blood is on your hands, not mine.

[ChumpDumper]

Reeks of upset. You're not normally one for name calling, Chump.

heheReeks of deflection. I call people names all the time tbh.

hehe

[mercos]

What really needs investigating is the people in her district that put her in Washington. Talk about un-American....

[Spurs da champs]

What really needs investigating is the people in her district that put her in Washington. Talk about un-American....
Agreed, this was unwarranted defamation at it's worst.

Kudos to John McCain calling her dumb ass out on it.

[symple19]

This bitch needs to be put out to pasture. Those who continue to vote for her should be ashamed

[George Gervin's Afro]

Joe McCarthy is not a good examply to try to make someone look bad with. He was given a bum rap. He wasn't the one out there looking for communists in the general public. He was only looking to get rid on the communist spys in our government, and he did uncover several.

Project Venona proves he was right, but it wasn't unclassified until sometime in the 90's.

which spies? What was he right about? How many people was he wrong about?

[EVAY]

This bitch needs to be put out to pasture. Those who continue to vote for her should be ashamed

Thank you.

[ElNono]

The only scary part is that some people would have no qualms casting a vote for her...

[Wild Cobra]

What's this obsession you southpaws are having with Bachmann again anyway?

[ChumpDumper]

She a high-profile idiot. If she would just shut up, no one would say anything about her.

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What's this obsession you southpaws are having with Bachmann again anyway?

Her insanity must be exposed, countered, so it's completely automatic, reflexive that WC, etc are on her side.

Now that even the mainstream Repug extremists have abandoned her, she'll probably be re-elected claiming she's being picked on, a martyr.

[Drachen]

What's this obsession you southpaws are having with Bachmann again anyway?

I am right handed and I think she is an idiot.

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Bachmann Supporters Stay Strong

Michele Bachmann may have few allies in Washington right now, other than her fellow Republican representatives who attached their names to her controversial letter claiming the infiltration of the U.S. government by the Muslim Brotherhood, but she’s still a big hit back home. While members of Congress from both sides of the aisle have shunned the representative from Minnesota for accusing two of the U.S. government’s prominent Muslims of having ties to the Islamist group, supporters near the Twin Cities think Bachmann’s contrasting views will keep her in office. One supporter—who said he believes President Obama goes to Martha’s Vineyard to observe Ramadan—told Politico that Bachmann is the “only one telling the truth about this thing.” Another supporter said she doesn’t “think [Bachmann] would make something up.” Apparently Bachmann’s belief in a Muslim Brotherhood mission within the U.S. government dates back several years. Bachmann’s former chief of staff and a former chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party insisted that the representative is “privy to information that you and I don’t have.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/07/23/bachmann-supporters-stand-by-her.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&utm_term=Cheat%20Sheet

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Top Clinton Aide Threatened After Bachmann Allegations

The New York Post reports Sunday that Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was placed under security by authorities after an “unspecified threat.” The source of the threat is not clear — he was “described as a Muslim man” — but the Post linked the incident to widely-repudiated allegations made by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) tying Abedin to the Muslim Brotherhood and suggesting her nefarious influence on the U.S. government. New York police and the State Department reportedly questioned the man, who was not charged, according to the Post.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/22/562311/abedin-threat-security-bachmann/

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Tea Party Congressman Calls McCain ‘Numb Nuts’ For Criticizing Bachmann’s Anti-Muslim Witch Hunt

GOHMERT: Well, it’s obvious that John McCain didn’t even read the letter because of what he said in accusing Michele and us of making these horrible accusations. There were five letters and there were many things that are stated that are facts in each letter. And I wish some of these numb nuts would go out and read the letter before they make these horrible allegations about the horrible accusations we’re making. But we also know that John McCain himself had said back in the early stages of stuff going on in Egypt that he was, in his words, “unalterably opposed to helping the Muslim Brotherhood.” Well, obviously the unalterable person has been altered, so he is okay with it now.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/24/576071/tea-party-congressman-calls-mccain-numb-nuts-for-criticizing-bachmanns-anti-muslim-witch-hunt/

You Stay Classy, TX Repug assholes

[Bill_Brasky]

Joe McCarthy is not a good examply to try to make someone look bad with. He was given a bum rap. He wasn't the one out there looking for communists in the general public. He was only looking to get rid on the communist spys in our government, and he did uncover several.

Project Venona proves he was right, but it wasn't unclassified until sometime in the 90's.

:lmao really?

[Wild Cobra]

:lmao really?
Yes.

Really.

There were three government committees looking into communism at the time. It was the House Committee (House of representatives) that went after innocent citizens. McCarthy was in the senate, and was only looking for communist plants and spies within the government.

McCarthy was publicly vocal, so all the rest of the crap was laid at his feet.

Maybe you should do some research on Project Venona, and cross reference it to McCarthy's claims. Save yourself the embarrassment of looking ignorant.

[ChumpDumper]

Yes.

Really.

There were three government committees looking into communism at the time. It was the House Committee (House of representatives) that went after innocent citizens. McCarthy was in the senate, and was only looking for communist plants and spies within the government.

McCarthy was publicly vocal, so all the rest of the crap was laid at his feet.

Maybe you should do some research on Project Venona, and cross reference it to McCarthy's claims. Save yourself the embarrassment of looking ignorant.Among the most knowledgeable experts on the Venona project is Harvey Klehr, a professor of politics and history at Emory University. Prof. Klehr traveled in 1992 to the former Soviet Union, where he got access to Soviet spy archives. He also studied the Venona cables after the U.S. government declassified them in the 1990s. With John Earl Haynes, Prof. Klehr co-authored Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, published in 1999 by Yale University.

In short, when it comes to Soviet espionage in America, the Venona project and Joseph McCarthy, Prof. Klehr has the credentials to show that he knows what he’s talking about. In fact, he is very critical of those who still deny the extent of that espionage or downplay its significance.

But he isn’t buying efforts to rehabilitate McCarthy’s image. Prof. Klehr told an audience at a 2005 conference that McCarthy may have been right about “some of the larger issues” — such as, that there actually were communist spies in America — but that he was recklessly wrong on much else, especially the details:

[V]irtually none of the people that McCarthy claimed or alleged were Soviet agents turn up in Venona. He did identify a few small fry who we now know were spies but only a few. And there is little evidence that those he fingered were among the unidentified spies of Venona. Many of his claims were wildly inaccurate; his charges filled with errors of fact, misjudgments of organizations and innuendoes disguised as evidence. He failed to recognize or understand the differences among genuine liberals, fellow-traveling liberals, Communist dupes, Communists and spies — distinctions that were important to make. The new information from Russian and American archives does not vindicate McCarthy. He remains a demagogue, whose wild charges actually made the fight against Communist subversion more difficult. Like Gresham’s Law, McCarthy’s allegations marginalized the accurate claims. Because his facts were so often wrong, real spies were able to hide behind the cover of being one of his victims and even persuade well-meaning but naïve people that the whole anti-communist cause was based on inaccuracies and hysteria.

http://tfninsider.org/2009/10/29/rehabilitating-joseph-mccarthy/

[ElNono]

Among the most knowledgeable experts on the Venona project is Harvey Klehr, a professor of politics and history at Emory University. Prof. Klehr traveled in 1992 to the former Soviet Union, where he got access to Soviet spy archives. He also studied the Venona cables after the U.S. government declassified them in the 1990s. With John Earl Haynes, Prof. Klehr co-authored Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, published in 1999 by Yale University.

In short, when it comes to Soviet espionage in America, the Venona project and Joseph McCarthy, Prof. Klehr has the credentials to show that he knows what he’s talking about. In fact, he is very critical of those who still deny the extent of that espionage or downplay its significance.

But he isn’t buying efforts to rehabilitate McCarthy’s image. Prof. Klehr told an audience at a 2005 conference that McCarthy may have been right about “some of the larger issues” — such as, that there actually were communist spies in America — but that he was recklessly wrong on much else, especially the details:

[V]irtually none of the people that McCarthy claimed or alleged were Soviet agents turn up in Venona. He did identify a few small fry who we now know were spies but only a few. And there is little evidence that those he fingered were among the unidentified spies of Venona. Many of his claims were wildly inaccurate; his charges filled with errors of fact, misjudgments of organizations and innuendoes disguised as evidence. He failed to recognize or understand the differences among genuine liberals, fellow-traveling liberals, Communist dupes, Communists and spies — distinctions that were important to make. The new information from Russian and American archives does not vindicate McCarthy. He remains a demagogue, whose wild charges actually made the fight against Communist subversion more difficult. Like Gresham’s Law, McCarthy’s allegations marginalized the accurate claims. Because his facts were so often wrong, real spies were able to hide behind the cover of being one of his victims and even persuade well-meaning but naïve people that the whole anti-communist cause was based on inaccuracies and hysteria.

http://tfninsider.org/2009/10/29/rehabilitating-joseph-mccarthy/


ShazBot doesn't care. He never cares about the truth. Only what he thinks he can pin on the groups he hates.

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lol

[Clipper Nation]

BTW, Bachmann's ramblings exemplify how out-of-control our foreign policy is, tbh.....

[Stringer_Bell]

Joe McCarthy is not a good examply to try to make someone look bad with. He was given a bum rap. He wasn't the one out there looking for communists in the general public. He was only looking to get rid on the communist spys in our government, and he did uncover several.

Project Venona proves he was right, but it wasn't unclassified until sometime in the 90's.

Glad to see a fellow Glenn Beck fan, we obviously listen ardently to the same commentators that educate us on what really happened throughout history. Those commie pinko man-nipple suckin' bastards really did penetrate us deeper than we ever knew...

As for Bachmann, not really sure why people get their panties in a wad over that hoochie poochie. She's obviously only concerned with her own re-election at this point, she could give two shits what the lame-stream media thinks. If you want to punish Bachmann, don't go to Minnesota...ever. Don't use Minnesota businesses either.

Anyway, I still say she probably gives the best head of any sitting member of Congress.

[scott]

And I wish some of these numb nuts would go out and read the letter before they make these horrible allegations about the horrible accusations we’re making.

Huh?

[spursncowboys]

Joe McCarthy? Seriously?

[Wild Cobra]

Among the most knowledgeable experts on the Venona project is Harvey Klehr, a professor of politics and history at Emory University. Prof. Klehr traveled in 1992 to the former Soviet Union, where he got access to Soviet spy archives. He also studied the Venona cables after the U.S. government declassified them in the 1990s. With John Earl Haynes, Prof. Klehr co-authored Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, published in 1999 by Yale University.

In short, when it comes to Soviet espionage in America, the Venona project and Joseph McCarthy, Prof. Klehr has the credentials to show that he knows what he’s talking about. In fact, he is very critical of those who still deny the extent of that espionage or downplay its significance.

But he isn’t buying efforts to rehabilitate McCarthy’s image. Prof. Klehr told an audience at a 2005 conference that McCarthy may have been right about “some of the larger issues” — such as, that there actually were communist spies in America — but that he was recklessly wrong on much else, especially the details:

[V]irtually none of the people that McCarthy claimed or alleged were Soviet agents turn up in Venona. He did identify a few small fry who we now know were spies but only a few. And there is little evidence that those he fingered were among the unidentified spies of Venona. Many of his claims were wildly inaccurate; his charges filled with errors of fact, misjudgments of organizations and innuendoes disguised as evidence. He failed to recognize or understand the differences among genuine liberals, fellow-traveling liberals, Communist dupes, Communists and spies — distinctions that were important to make. The new information from Russian and American archives does not vindicate McCarthy. He remains a demagogue, whose wild charges actually made the fight against Communist subversion more difficult. Like Gresham’s Law, McCarthy’s allegations marginalized the accurate claims. Because his facts were so often wrong, real spies were able to hide behind the cover of being one of his victims and even persuade well-meaning but naïve people that the whole anti-communist cause was based on inaccuracies and hysteria.

http://tfninsider.org/2009/10/29/rehabilitating-joseph-mccarthy/
Are you suggesting that even though Project Venona found some of the same spies that McCarthy did, that all those named by McCarthy and not seen in Venona were wrong?

That's shear stupidity!

Besides, it wasn't McCarthy driving the Red Scare. It was others.

Again...

He was vocal in the public, only went after government employees. One of the people affected was a friend of Murrow's, though not by McCarthy's doing. Murrow actually sought to destroy McCarthy, and used some inaccurate information to do so.

Ever watch Good Night and Good Luck (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/)? Watch it with an unbiased eye, and you see that Murrow was after McCarthy with no good cause. Clooney did an excellent job with that film.

[Wild Cobra]

Glad to see a fellow Glenn Beck fan, we obviously listen ardently to the same commentators that educate us on what really happened throughout history. Those commie pinko man-nipple suckin' bastards really did penetrate us deeper than we ever knew...

As for Bachmann, not really sure why people get their panties in a wad over that hoochie poochie. She's obviously only concerned with her own re-election at this point, she could give two shits what the lame-stream media thinks. If you want to punish Bachmann, don't go to Minnesota...ever. Don't use Minnesota businesses either.

Anyway, I still say she probably gives the best head of any sitting member of Congress.
I started looking into some of this material before I ever heard of Glen Beck. The declassification of Venona I believe started in '92 and was finished I think in '98.

[Wild Cobra]

Anyway, I still say she probably gives the best head of any sitting member of Congress.
Really?

I would think that title would belong to Barney Frank. He talks like he always has a dick down his throat.

[ChumpDumper]

Are you suggesting that even though Project Venona found some of the same spies that McCarthy did, that all those named by McCarthy and not seen in Venona were wrong?

That's shear stupidity!Damn, you're stupid.

I'm not saying anything. This guy who knows more than you ever could about this is saying McCarthy was as much of a douche as we all thought he was.

lol shear

[Wild Cobra]

Damn, you're stupid.

I'm not saying anything. This guy who knows more than you ever could about this is saying McCarthy was as much of a douche as we all thought he was.

lol shear
But you believe him without question?

[ChumpDumper]

But you believe him without question?What basis do you have to question him?

[Wild Cobra]

What basis do you have to question him?
LOL...

He says what supports what you already believe, so you don't care if it's true or not.

Now I understand.

[ChumpDumper]

LOL...

He says what supports what you already believe, so you don't care if it's true or not.

Now I understand.LOL...

You don't have any evidence whatsoever to contradict him, so you try to completely sidestep the question.

Now I understand.

[boutons_deux]

Gecko hiring this asshole

Top Romney adviser Bolton calls Bachmann’s anti-Muslim witch hunt ‘legitimate’


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/25/top-romney-adviser-bolton-calls-bachmanns-anti-muslim-witch-hunt-legitimate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story% 29&utm_content=Google+Reader