During my many years of political writing there has been a few times that I have been afraid for the future of my country. The election of GW, the “new” wars, and the most recent economic crisis…but until I read this posted in thinkprogress.com I was only moderately scared.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) delivered a “speech filled with urgent and violent rhetoric” at a gathering sponsored by the Independence Institute in Denver. During what was originally billed as a “personal legislative briefing,” Bachmann “got downright biblical” when describing her unwavering opposition to health care reform:
“This [health care reform] cannot pass…What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn’t pass…Right now, we are looking at reaching down the throat and ripping the guts out of freedom. And we may never be able to restore it if we don’t man up and take this one on.”
According to the Colorado Independent, Bachmann also claimed that many Americans pay more than half their income in taxes, adding “it’s nothing more than slavery.” She affirmed that “you’re either for us or against us on this issue” and bragged about being the country’s “second-most hated Republican woman.” Rather than spending quality time in her home district during August recess, some speculate that Bachmann’s trip signals her “branching out” and sowing some “rich, right-wing Western soil” in preparation for a future national run.
The part that worries me the most is that she could be considering a national run for office……and that she will have support from the right wing nuts….this from a woman that has no idea what the Constitution says or how much we pay in taxes or the fact that she thinks liberlas of all colors are un-American.
The thought of this woman actually succeeding in any national endeavor should scare the crap out of people that have half a brain.
It was bad enough that there were those that felt like Palin was a good candidate and she was at loeast a moron for real….but Bachmann is a lawyer and must have actually went to a college to get the degree or maybe it came in a box of Cracker Jacks……we may never know!
It is indeed scary. Not being American and not really knowing the proposals involved (in any detail) what I don’t get is how and why these people see it as a loss of FREEDOM. Is it anti-socialism, or anti-Obama, or are there restrictions that these people see as a danger to them. I’m for healthcare reform as I know it, but there are problems (as us Brits know only too well) and Socialism (if that’s what they’re really afraid of) is the biggest load of controlling shit on the planet, however good it sounds in theory.
Quin….glad to see you again…IMO it is that they are against the idea of a black man being president of the US…..as much as we Americans want to believe those days are behind us the more I am reminded that it is just not so….we still have many racists…they just hide behind some other issue to make the point.
That’s so sad, but it does all have that feel about it, doesn’t it?
Morning Quin….it is scary…I live in the South and racism is still a major issue when whites vote….hell about 30 yrs ago one of the major citiies had members of the KKK on the police force….how is that for “protect and serve”….gives it a whole new definition.