Bachmann Praises Obama's Win... Now....

After suggesting that Barack Obama had anti-American views in an exchange three weeks ago with MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told Politico Thursday that she was "extremely grateful that we have an African-American who has won this year." She called his victory "a tremendous signal we sent."

"I have not seen the United States as a racist nation," said Bachmann, who represents Minnesota's 6th Congressional District, in the east-central part of the state. "In my district, I don't sense racism, and that's why I'm thankful that hopefully this will send a national signal across our country that America is not a nation made up of racists. ... On the same hand, I hope that the national media will not confuse disagreement with Obama's policy positions with being consumed [by] racism."

Some analysts had written off the linguistically intemperate Bachmann as a casualty of her calamitous "Hardball" interview, but she graduated to being a sophomore in the House of Representatives in Tuesday's election.

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Comments

[StillAmused]

Now in select company... a disgraced but reelected parlor joke.

[KevinFitzz]

She speaks with a forked tongue... Like a SNAKE!

[PT6]

Please stop this website infection!

Her district must be the "REAL" America!

[Forester]

Minnesota is on the map now!

[btanner]

This woman is unrepentant. She doesn't even see anything vitriolic in what she herself said. If she's so hardworking, how come she was ranked as one of the top 10 worst congressmen?

[ScoobyDoo269]

She's hotter than Palin!

[nailinPaylin]

Hell naw, that is just a really good picture and she's plastered the makeup on.

[KevinFitzz]

I am a 54y.o. hetro male (and married 4 times) and I have no freaking idea about what you freaks find "attractive" about this hateful woman. Remember, beauty is only skin deep and Miss Sarah is one of the ugliest people I have seen.

[tinarm]

This is a horrible human. Man, some of these people are going to face God and boy are they ever gonna get an ear full.

[Tom Joad]

"In my district, I don't sense racism..." This is perfectly logical given that the congresswoman is senseless.

[giantsteps]

Dingbats are still coming out of the woodwork.

[vinnieboiblue]

When crap comes out the wrong side of the horses mouth, then it is HIGH time to keep both traps shut, once an for all!!!

[beeb54]

Sadly she won ( gulp ) but just had to say not everyone in her district voted for her, I know, I live in her district and as I look around I am ashamed of many of my neighbors and wonder how they make it home from work at night!! I will stay here to vote against her next time round. Unless they can find a way to throw her out of congress!!

[LeeCalif]

Make her eat glass.

[DAdvocate123]

If there are American values, then people who have opposite views necessarily have anti-ameircan views.

Otherwise, America has no values.

[PlanetKansas]

The following is a crude, unscientific, and untypical-for-me observation.

Hotness = Electability

Does the hotness of a female candidate a bigger influence on the voter than her opinions on the issues or her qualifications? I know the media prefers hotness over issues.

I see this as the only explaination why the attractive but clueless Bachman got elected in the first place.

The same can be said about the defeat of my local Kansan Dem Nancy Boyda from Congress by her (much) more attractive Rep challenger Lynn Jenkins.

Finally, it has already been demonstrated many of Palin's biggest fans were men whose only attraction to the ticket was her hotness. The past 8 weeks of the Daily Show proved that.

[RepublicansHateAmerica]

NUTCASE.