Can you say 'Speaker of the House Michele Bachmann?' Without laughing hysterically, I mean.

-Z

She'll become the spokeswoman for every lunatic idea that comes down the pike.

Unlike now.

Michele Bachmann is a fuckin' idiot, and as such is an appropriate spokeswoman for today's GOP --- the Fuckin' Idiot Party.

Well, we wouldn't have all these earthquakes and hurricanes and such if we hadn't bound ourselves to a global geography and a global meteorology. We need to take a fresh look at existential isolationism.

*reserve* not *reverse* currency.

Freaks like Bachmann are just there to run interference and buzz while the neocon corporatists pull strings and make things far worse than Democrats ever would or could. Those of you who aren't satisified, OK - but you can either keep the Rebags the hell out of the government or put up with their shit.

Why, why, WHY do people vote for idiots like her? Are we as a nation collectively that stupid?

It is always hard to tell with her whether she is giving a box of rocks or batshit a bad name.

1) I think neil b has a good point.

2) I've always been an "it takes a village" kind of guy. We're all in the same world (universe, whatever) and don't have much choice but to work together (which is why I think Libertarians are so full of sh*t). But I am definitely thinking that I'm willing to change that to "it takes a village, except for 666 Bullsh*t Lane, MN" (I didn't googlemap it to be sure, but that's my guess for Ms. Bachmann's address).

Among premillenial dispensationalists -- an "end times" theology held by many fundamentalist Christians, a one world government is a "sign" that the end of the world is coming soon. As in the Second Coming of Christ. I don't share that theology, but I know how to spot it.

So, you see, Michelle is just warning us that Jesus is coming soon. How helpful of her!

Lots of born-again Christians think a global economy is a sign of the apocalypse. So, there's some speaking to the base going on there.

I wonder what kind of leadership role House Republicans will give Bachmann if they retake the majority?

I expect she'll be the chief prosecutor at Obama's impeachment trial in the Senate.

Why, why, WHY do people vote for idiots like her? Are we as a nation collectively that stupid?

Posted by: trex on June 30, 2010 at 4:00 PM

There is a congressional district in Minnesota that is collectively that stupid.

actually some 63% of bachmanns campaign funds come from out of her state.

huh. i guess that means shes pro-states rights. yes?

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repeat after me shelly: the global reserve currency is the federal reserve note.

I didn't know what a "reverse currency" is either. Apparently you mean "reserve currency."

We have an example of how autarkist politicians can unravel a global economy. There was an earlier period of globalization in the late 19th century, which people who think like Bachmann systematically destroyed in the 1920s & 1930s.

She remains an outlier in her caucus, but may be closer to the party's base. We'll see who's views the incoming class of '10 reflects.

Why, why, WHY do people vote for idiots like her? Are we as a nation collectively that stupid?

I think that people there's a high amount a partisan ideology involved. There are people who think that Democrats are so bad for the country, that even someone as insane as Bachmann is preferable. Some of these people think the Democrats are misguided soci alists. Others think they're part of an organized soci alists/communist/Muslim/athiest conspiracy to destroy the U.S.

I hope that most of the people voting for Bachmann simply think that the standard right-wing Republican method of dealing with our problems is superior to typical Democratic solutions and they just put up with her obvious insanity because they think that any Democrat would be worse. Afterall, she reliably votes the way you'd expect a Republican to. I expect a great deal of them simply figure that a crazy woman voting in Congress in line to their political views is better than a sane person voting in Congress against their views. I can't even say that's an irrational course of action for the voters if they have Republican. It's essentially why I keep voting for Chet Edwards ("D", TX-17). Anyone running against him has always been infinitely worse from my perspective.

I find it hard to believe that the Republicans in her district couldn't have found someone more sane and sensible just by picking a name at random from the phone book.

In other words, David Hunt @ 4:22, they'll vote for the Republican every time, no matter how extreme the candidate is.

It was the Scott Hennen radio show. This is what passes for commentary.

She's a party soldier, making bombing runs for the GOP. Each party has them - talk & squawk and feed red meat to the base. I swear, it's like an assignment, or an initiation, or due-paying or something like that.

She never talks like this in her own district, and her constituents don't follow these issues. She's mostly on safe ground here (although her challenger this fall is going to be replaying these comments non-stop).

"THE GLOBAL ECONOMY" has been around since 1492.

Global "Triangular trade" started shortly after the 'discovery' of the 'new world' in 1492.

Right-winger's regressive idea that somehow the world is "flat" isn't particularly new however....

If end times mean Jesus is coming, then why isn't she lobbying for one world government? My head hurts.

She has a thing about African nations, doesn't she? Wait until she finds out Ghana beat the USA in the World Cup. Somehow, it'll be Obama's fault.

You are preaching to the choir here. What I don't understand is why the craziness of the republicans is not general knowledge. It is quite frightening that these people could get back in power and it doesn't reflect well on the people of our country that it is quite likely that they will get back in power.

I also don't get why the Dems/progressives/Obama can't get out in front of the bullshit and lead the apparently very easily led electorate. It's part of the job of governing and the left seems to be very poor at ti.

It's a pity there isn't a psychological screening before someone can sit in congress.

Just. Amazing. Really jaw-droppingly STUPID.

I'm not a big fan of Ed Schultz, but I do appreciate his focus on the "psycho talk" that has increasingly dominated the GOP message.

Steve, I hope that you and Ed never lose your capacity for horrified disbelief.

I have a co-worker who grew up in Minneapolis, MN. Bachmann's district, MN-6, is roughly to the north and west of there. My friend says that, by and large, Bachmann's views, rather than crazy, are pretty representative of her district.

Scary, but that's her story.

And she's sticking to it,
-Z

Zorro, my brother in Minneapolis says the same thing.

And David H., I once accepted the idea that Edwards was better than the alternative. This last year I've been emailing him about his stand against health care, and I've changed my mind. If his opponent is shat bit crazy, then I'll sit it out. Otherwise I vote Republican for the first time since the first Nixon term.

In order to understand her and others like her it is necessary to understand premillenial dispensationalist doctrine as currently promoted by the "Left Behind" series.

Fred at slactivist has been helping people understand the code and the dog whistles PMD folks are suffering from in the longest running book review evah!!

Seriously!
These people never stop looking for signs of the end times listed by LeHaye and Jenkins. One world currency is one of those signs.

fixed interest rates, which is effectively the same thing as a global currency, is a conservative idea of long standing. and is stupid like bachmann.

Reminds me of those old SNL routines with Gilda Radner and Chevy Chase.

Emily Latella (Radner) goes off on a long nonsensical rant. Chevy Chase interrupts her and explains that she had completely misunderstood the subject at hand to which she would always reply.

"Oh, that's different. Never mind."

revchicoucc and thebewilderness have it right: she is talking to the fundawacko base. Neil B is also right, but whether people like Bachmann are trying to bamboozle religious/social conservatives on purpose or are themselves bamboozled by the money guys I can never decide.