One of the disappointing elections in November was the MN-06 Congressional race. That's because Michele Bachmann, a certifiable wingnut, somehow was re-elected after being one of the looniest people in Congress.
She got a lot (virtual) ink around here for some really insane things she said on Hardball. And now she's back at it.
Money quote: "We're running out of rich people in this country."
Here we go again...
Just in case you missed all the drama around Michele Bachman, Republican Congressional Representative from Minnesota's 6th district, let me give you a little reminder.
During her first re-election campaign, she went on Hardball and made some ridiculous statements implying that numerous members of Congress were "anti-America."
That mobilized a whole lot of support for her Democratic opponent with a strange name, Elwyn Tinklenberg. I wrote the diary I think I'm proudest of during that time, called Michele Bachmann Exposed in which I revealed a lot of the crazy stuff she did just during her first term in the House.
Here are a couple quotes to refresh your memory:
Here's her suggesting that our misadventure in Iraq was a divine mission:
What our service men and women have accomplished over there has been nothing short of astounding. Though you never hear about it in the media. God has not abandoned us.
And she's definitely not very friendly to science:
[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she's just trying to save the planet. We all know that someone did that over 2,000 years ago, they saved the planet -- we didn't need Nancy Pelosi to do that.
Well, I guess Jesus Christ DID have a low carbon footprint.
And there was her exceptionally disturbing fixation on #43, like when she met him at a State of the Union address:
Unfortunately, despite all this, it seems like MN-06 has some voters that appreciate insanity, for she won again and is now back being crazy.
She's back in the news for a radio interview she did with conservative talk-show radio host Chris Baker.
She was discussing the Stimulus Bill, or rather, some alternate dimension version of the Stimulus, considering that she just made stuff up.
Steve Benen of The Washington Monthly has done a good job of outlining some of her more... completely made up points.
ACORN is "under federal indictment for voter fraud," but the stimulus bill nevertheless gives ACORN "$5 billion." (In reality, ACORN is not under federal indictment and isn't mentioned in the stimulus bill at all.)
Many members of Congress have "a real aversion to capitalism."
The stimulus bill includes a measure to create a "rationing board" for health care, and after the bill becomes law, "your doctor will no longer be able to make your healthcare decisions with you."
The recovery package is part of a Democratic conspiracy to "direct" funding away from Republican districts, so Democratic districts can "suck up" all federal funds. Bachmann doesn't think this will work because, as she put it, "We're running out of rich people in this country."
The "Community Organizer in Chief" is also orchestrating a conspiracy involving the Census Bureau, which the president will use to redraw congressional lines to keep Democrats in power for up to "40 years." When the host said he was confused, noting that congressional district lines are drawn at the state level, Bachmann said Obama's non-existent plan is an "anti-constitutional move."
Oh, you absolutely wonderfully insane Michele Bachmann. How does that saying go... Oh yeah: "You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts."
But I suppose when your opinions are so UTTERLY FUCKING INSANE, then maybe you do need some of your own facts to try and justify them.
It's pretty clear where your affections lie, Representative Batshit-Insane. With the rich people who are going extinct.
You obviously don't really care too much for the suffering of the average person. In fact, you seemed absolutely thrilled that people in your state have to work more just to get by:
I am so proud to be from the state of Minnesota. We're the workingest state in the country, and the reason why we are, we have more people that are working longer hours, we have people that are working two jobs.
You're proud that mothers and fathers have to go work 70 hours a week to sustain their families? That's certainly something to celebrate. But the fact that there are fewer rich people in this country? Outrageous! Somewhere, the tiniest fucking violin in the world is playing for you, Michele Bachmann.
If I wanted to, I could do a little tit-for-tat and make stuff up about Michele Bachmann right now and point out that's the problem with making facts up. However, the reality is that she's such a DAMNED LUNATIC that I don't really need to make anything up.
Just remember this:
I'm honestly not sure what would make MN-06 voters abandon this nut job if they didn't in this past election, but I'm going to keep trying.
You can listen to the interview below.