Michele Bachmann tried to tie the Occupy Wall Street protests as tightly to the White House as possible in a speech Wednesday, referring to them as “the Obama re-election team.”
“They want other people to pay for their stuff, that doesn’t work in the United States of America,” she told the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington, DC. “We are here to Occupy America.”
It’s an odd choice of words, given that Obama’s actual re-election team members have gone to lengths to distance themselves from the movement in interviews with TPM. And it’s not hard to find a lot of disillusionment with the current administration at protests. Recently Occupy DC activists launched a campaign against the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, an organization whose only task is electing (and re-electing) Democratic lawmakers. Ironically, the DCCC is one of the few Democratic organizations that has gone out of their way to praise the movement.
Benjy Sarlin
Benjy Sarlin is a reporter for Talking Points Memo and co-writes the campaign blog, TPM2012. He previously reported for The Daily Beast/Newsweek as their Washington Correspondent and covered local politics for the New York Sun.
Who's your election team? Dumbf***Ks from Kentucky?
You know it's hard out here for a "simp".
"...given that Obama’s actual re-election team members have gone to lengths to distance themselves from the movement in interviews with TPM."
I went to read that link and the only interviews of anyone "distancing themselves" were those of the occupiers distancing from Obama. As for the "lengths" the Obama re-election team has supposedly gone thru to distance themselves from the movement? ZILCH, ZERO, NADA!
In case I missed such "lengths", would you mind indicating them more clearly for me?
I wanna fuck that bitch in the mouth;)
The Fraud Tea Party person speaks again. Bachmann, who lets everyone pay for her life and her crap really has a nerve to talk about people. Do we need to go over what Bachmann has gotten the Gov't to pay for. A house. Some Gov't Medi-care and Medi-cad money. Some Gov't farm money. Let see, her Gov't paycheck and Gov't run health care. Also how many Gov't jobs has Bachmann had. What you say, she still works for the Gov't, therefor the OWS movement is helping to pay her bills and live a good life.
BACHMANN- FRAUD
"It's an odd choice of words"...?
No, it isn't. It is what most of the rest of us would call "a lie."
Bachmann is such a detestable liar that I turn the volume down on the TV if she's so that my 10 year old son won't have to hear lies.
Bachmann wishes she could get such a backing.
Imagine the landslide vote...99% voted for "Not Bachmann"
Thanks Bachmann for throwing another conservatives negative connotation upon people who did not create this mess and are making their voices heard.
You must be communist leaning fascist because you are acting just like one to suppress the voices that you don't agree with.
How UN-American!
So what?! Is this quack jealous because she doesn't have an election team anymore?
Funny how every time someone who is actually affected by a situation -- gay soldiers, 9/11 relatives,people with gay families,folks our of work -- voices an opinion the GOTP starts claiming it's some sort of fake agenda?
Whereas they are weeping all kinds of crocodile tears for the poor oppressed millionaires.
"They want other people to pay for their stuff, that doesn't work in the United States of America," she told the Republican Jewish Coalition. My answer to you Ms. prissy pants; When are the Bachmann's going to stop taking grain bucket load$ of dollar'$ in farm subsidie$ for their acreage? Apparently you want we the taxpayers to pay for your stuff! Please just silence yourself.
Gopher Barbie is already whining about the eight-year old who shoved it right into her face at a bookstore when he said is gay mom didn't need fixing. She called it "reprehensible" for someone to use a child to foster a political agenda.
Course she didn't say a peep about it when Bible Spice did it.
It's not a political agenda for that child -- it's his Mom. And that's the point!fargo117
Frank Luntz says NOT to bash Occupy. That's because he's a strategist, and Michele Bachmann is an assklown.
Hmmm. Let's assume she's right...for perhaps the first time.
So...Obama's campaign is prepared to weather hardships, take pepper spray, and deal with all sorts of things to stand up for what they believe. The GOP's campaign wants to simply ignore reality and continue doing whatever it is they do.
Guess which one of those groups is going to be more active (setting aside the obvious money differences) when it comes time to actually campaign and vote.
I predicted the right would do this when OWS started. I'm amazed it's taken this long for someone to make that claim.
What the hell is this Republican Jewish Coalition anyway? I am a Jew and I need to understand who these people are. I'm scared.
Hoagie The Republican Jewish Coalition is a bunch of far-right Christian freaks. And a few Jews who collaborate with them. They mostly scream anti-Semitism whenever any Democrat commits the unforgivable sin of existing.
Guess she doesn't want the votes of the 99%.
My God this really does show how out of touch this woman really is.
The Occupy Movement is NECESSARY for our citizens to expose the corruption which Big Business has infected our Government with. Every single person occupying the streets and protesting Corporations is a hero and a patriot. I was compelled to lend a hand and create some new posters for the movement which you can download for free on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/11/propaga...
"They want other people to pay for their stuff. That doesn't work in the United States of America "
unless your a member of Congress. Kind of like the taxpayers paying your salary, your travel expenses, and all of the other expenses of your office.
Don't you have a group of kindergarten children to visit that will own you too like that 8 year old did?
Better yet, maybe you should go home and occupy Marcus's lap, and help him pray away the gay!
DF2691 Remember, it's only socialism if you give money to the poor! ;p
DF2691
What a picture that is. A member of Congress flummoxed by an eight year old.
Oh, didn't you catch what she's saying now? The kid was a setup and used by mommy "for a political agenda" we r all husseins DF2691
"It’s an odd choice of words, given that Obama’s actual re-election team members have gone to lengths to distance themselves from the movement in interviews with TPM."
Odd? How is it odd? It was perfectly predictable. Obama's team tries to distance itself from OWS, so of course the GOP/Teatrolls try to message that they're sewn together like a human centipede. No fucking mystery there. If Obama walked on water, you'd get two things from these nitwits:
"What, he can't fly?" and
"See...I told you 'they' can't swim."
Sniffit Wasn't flying one of his campaign promises?
Tell Mrs. Bachmann to get her husband to stop occupying there closet.. I'm sure he's real comfortable there!
"Bachmann: Occupy Wall Street Is ‘The Obama Re-election Team’"
No, I do believe that this election season it's the GOP/Teatrolls who are the Obama Re-Election Team.
Jackpot fishy poopypants!
"They want other people to pay for their stuff, that doesn’t work in the United States of America,” Unless their stuff is a bunch of worthless derivatives.
Doremus Jessup 2.0 With the Bachmann family farm receiving subsidies, she should count herself as one who wants other people to pay for her stuff. Obviously that does work in the United States of America.
Actually Ms. Bachmann and seven other dwarves are members of the Obama re-election team and so far are doing a wonderful job it.
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I'm pretty sure Michele Bachman is the Evil Stepmother, not Snow White.
And to think Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnile were giving her points just this morning for her so called intelligence.
Jeannie See How can you stand to watch that show. I had it on for 5 minutes this morning until Mika says that some democrat from Georgetown walked up to her on the street and said she wouldn't vote for Obama again. And Mike Barnacle said a lot of folks can;t vote for Obama because he doesn't know how to handle the economy. I mean how can you watch that program? It is the biggest waste of 3 hours I have ever seen
The stupid is strong in this one...
When Bachmann speaks, it's the verbal equivalent of smearing one's feces on the wall. It's just her way of saying, "Hey look at me! Aren't I repulsive?! Don't you wish you could just flush me down the crapper?!"
Some of the OWS folks are the same dumb-asses who let the Republicans take over the House by not voting. I can only assume they will be equally intransigent this time around and throw the free world out with the bath water looking for Utopia.
Michele Bachmann's camp knows plenty about distancing itself from reality.
Hell, everybody knows that OWS is simply ACORN re-packaged, and they take their orders from Obama's secret bunker in the Chicago offices of the Black Panthers. This is the command center from which orders will go out to seize Grandma and Grandpa and take them to face the Death Panels in Berkeley and Cambridge presided over by William Ayers and George Soros.
bluestatedon And don't forget: socialist re-education camps for Junior and Sis.
FawkesFOXbluestatedon gay Muslim Marxist socialist re-education camps.
bluestatedon OWS is also grabbing the guns. For Obama.
bluestatedon Don't forget, the ACLU, LARAZA and the Tides Foundation.
Oh shut up already.
I hate to tell everyone, but someone has to do it. It's tough to hear, but here it is:
Bachmann makes things up. Hope you were all sitting down.
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