They recruited her to promote the duly designated sacrificial lamb to run against Obestar. (shrug)

That, and it's likely those in "power" figure if Mn loses a congressional seat in this year's census Obestar and Bachmann will end up in the same district so she'll end up running against him anyways at some point int he future. (actually my thinking is Bachmann will get her district split several ways and weather or not she'd actually end up living int he same district as Obestar is unknowable at this point.

I've serious concerns about some of Obestar's views, but frankly the Republicans have failed to put anyone up against him that would tempt me.

batshit crazy is batshit does. kinda like hitching your wagon to "Crazy Eddie" of "Crazy Eddie's Auto Sales...His Prices are Insane!

i think mrs. horton's running against huntley, not oberstar, though.

so far as counterprotesting goes, I'm with Danny and am likely going to stay home and finish my laundry. Most of these Baggers are a little too unhinged...mentally...and the number of firearms that're likely to be present, coupled with the recent uptick in batshittery and violence associated with the fringe...i think i'll be playing it safe instead of showing up with a "My Country, My President, Right or Wrong...Love It Or Leave It" placard.

All politicians, regardless of party, are rotten fucking people.

I respected the Tea party movement last year when it start and liked some of the messages andrepespected their views and their ability at that time to articulate the serious problems that the government has, but now it is just a spewing of right wing cliche's, the backing of "do nothing to fix the problems" and the parties embracment of people like Sarah Palin and Bachman really shows a lack of change in politics and more of the same road of extreme conflict between parties.

just came from there. the teabaggers did not appreciate me yelling out liar & booing & hissing. one lady grabbed my arm and told me to be quiet. i told her not to touch me again. i also got reprimanded for interrupting the opening prayer.

America isn't ready for the Surprise Party Adam.....

Yelling out "liar", booing, hissing and interrupting prayer? Just as intelligent and productive as the teabaggers. How ironic.

I like the Surprise Party, but they've been working too much in coalition with the Birthday Party. I think the last thing that anybody would want is a Surprise/Birthday Party.

Dave says, "It is pointless to attempt to have a rational debate with with people who can't tell that Fux News is not fair and balanced.'

Add NPR and every other news  service in there, as well, and I'd agree with you.

What about the Party Party, Hotrod?

I have a hard time believing that anyone who equates NPR to Faux News (a ridiculous Bill O'Reilly talking point) is capable of having a rational debate.

C-Freak is my hero.

Just pick a bridge and get back under it already.

C-Freak ...Are you planning on going to the Special Olympics and heckling the contestants? That would elevate your rockstar status a few notches.

Ch. 6 "The Northland News Center" had a lot of crowd shots of the Bachmann event. It was interesting. C-Freak, I looked for you, and let me say, among that group, I would think you stuck out like a sore thumb ( and I mean that as a compliment). A few observations:

1. Even for Duluth, this looked like one not-diverse crowd. I saw much more diversity at Google Fest. 
2. Considering Rep. B's celebrity (or maybe I should write notoriety), the crowd seemed pretty sparse.
3. Everyone was SCOWLING as the camera panned the room as Rep. B was speaking.

Did any one read the story in the DNT?  Where did MB get that idea about 51% of businesses owned by the govt and 20% of govt employees making over 100K?
Are those real facts?
What was she talking about?
I wish the DNT would write real articles with real investigation.

@ Carla, don't fault the reporter, he was just reporting what she was saying. Michelle Bachmann is *notorious* for pulling her facts out of her ass and making stuff up.
http://www.blognewsweb.com/2010/03/23/michele-bachmann-overdrive-gop-accelerates-down-fallacy-lane/

By the way, the pic of Bachmann's audience in today's DNT reminded me of those iconic 1950s or 60s-era pics of audiences watching "Night of the Living Dead" or some such zombie flick, the people in the DNT pic had the same blank looks on their faces.

I agree with Carla. If the DNT is going to quote a politician spouting statistics, they have an obligation to check out whether those numbers are accurate and let readers know.

Bachman made the same comment about the federal government "taking ownership or control" of 51% of the American economy on CBS's Face the Nation over the weekend.  CBS actually did a little fact checking.  To read their report go to:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/28/ftn/main6341097.shtml

 
The upshot is that some business professor at Arizona State has estimated that the government "owns or controls" businesses that generate about 1/3 of U.S. economic output.  (Bachman's people were unable to provide any definition for how this guy defines "control."  Under the teabagger definition, of course, anything that is subject to even minimal government regulation is, of course, "controlled.")  Bachman added to that 33% the 18% of the economy that is health care (which the federal government now "controls" according to the tea baggers) to arrive at her 51% figure.

So yes, she pulled it out of her ass.

By the way, the standard measure of government involvement in the economy is government spending as a percentage of gross domestic procduct.  By that measure, the government was responsible for 20.9% of economic activity in 2009.  The historical peak was during WW II when government spending was nearly half of gross domestic product.  Lord knows how we defeated the Nazis with all that inefficient government spending going on.  Should have just contracted out the war to Haliburton and it would have been over in half the time.

FUck I missed it! would have been great to go and heckle! P.s. I want someone OTHER than oberstar......

Calling someone who equates Faux News to NPR irrational is probably an ad hominem attack, but it is also probably true. I think people who watch Faux News are weak minded people who love authority. 

I listen to NPR almost everyday, and I believe their reporting is pretty good. And it is certainly "fair and balanced." By the way, Carl, NPR is NOT government run and they are certainly not in the propaganda business like Faux. David Frum (a sane Republican -- few of them left these days) recently said that "Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox." You will never see anything like said about NPR.

LOL tony I know this man! I am just saying I think being "neutral" and supporting or sustaining only government representatives views on a nationally syndicated program proves that they have compromised, it's just like the anonymous government sources that WAPO/NYT/TIMES/ETC report daily and lack any journalistic integrity other than supporting the status quo.  In no way am I supporting or promoting the propaganda Fox news puts out, but ABC, NBC, CNN, CBS, also promote the same talking points and reinforce infighting instead of debating solutions.  The ad hominem attack was referring to people attacking bachmann because she is "crazy", or whatever, all I am saying is if you attack her, attack her on principles and what she votes on/legislates for, That is all.  More or less I bet we agree on most issues.

Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, and Tim Pawlenty are all appearing together in the Cities at the Convention Center in Minneapolis on April 7, if anyone's interested. . . I'm surprised, actually that someone who always struck me as trying to stay above the fray and come off as moderate is throwing his hat in with such extremists as Palin and Bachmann,

Thanks Joel - that was helpful

I agree the post did not technically violate Godwin's law.  
The law is more of a humorous observation, rather than an actual law. My comment was intended to be lighthearted humor.

Mmmmm...sacred cows...

Apparently NPR is one, a fat holstein producing gallons of buttery milk to be lapped up by hapless kittens.

Do you see the rainbow, kitten?  Over there, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?  And the other end emminates from the arse of the National Endowment for the Arts!

Its a beautiful day, kitten.  What do you say we listen to some "programming" on n(PR)?