Michele Bachmann's 'House Call' May Have Broken House Rules

Politico:

Did a rally geared at saving government resources actually misuse them?

Could be, at least technically. Rep. Michele Bachmann's House home-page shout-out to tea party types for her Nov. 5 rally on the West Front steps may have violated the letter of the administration committee's rules on the use of official, taxpayer-funded websites.

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Comments

[haval2]

psycho babble at its best.

[tempting]

Everyone please call the faith based groups who are defending people like this and scaring off votes for health care in God's name. today I was checking channels and heard the CTN channel constantly harping on how bad the HR bill is and asking folks to call [phone] to sign a petition to stop the bill. Well I called and told them that they should be ashamed of using their faith to lie to the public. These people are with out guile.
The playing field is not level and there are hardly any outlets for those of us who are progressive in MSM. Their site is www.ctnonline.com.

[freedomforthemasses]

some much woman bashing on this site

[bigbluenat4]

Bachman is being bashed. Do you feel the same outrage at the bashing of Nancy Pelosi? I love when the neonutters try for "Moral equivalency" and fail.

[amaboss52]

Cant we just put her in a straight jacket and throw her in a rubber room, then accidentally lose the key?

[rocketman19]

there is a cure for a rabid animal, euthanasia.

[33Greeper]

I can't wait for the Bachmann (ala Prejean) tape to come out!

[jsgaetano]

Governmental reform starts with purging all conservatives out of government.

[freedomforthemasses]

and by purging you mean what?

[jsgaetano]

Firing, and imprisonment for whatever criminal activity they were engaged in.

[missmack]

I would have thought she would have been ‘house trained’ by now!!

[Hans Meiser]

It befuddles me that anyone with at least one eye open can't see her p1ss all over everything all the time.

Some people like that, stranger feti$hes have been known to exist.

The only problem here is that the feti$h has completely taken over her life. It's no longer the "stuff you do after 5 o'clock" for her.

[anitaj]

It does seem that she is having difficulty hitting the mark.

[TimtheEnchanted]

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck....

"Superficially charming, psychopaths tend to make a good first impression on others and often strike observers as remarkably normal. Yet they are self-centered, dishonest and undependable, and at times they engage in irresponsible behavior for no apparent reason other than the sheer fun of it. Largely devoid of guilt, empathy and love, they have casual and callous interpersonal and romantic relationships. Psychopaths routinely offer excuses for their reckless and often outrageous actions, placing blame on others instead. They rarely learn from their mistakes or benefit from negative feedback, and they have difficulty inhibiting their impulses."

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-psychopath-means

[timberdoodle]

According to many recent studies one person in every one hundred are psychopathic which goes a long way towards explaining how some Republicans manage to keep getting elected.

[orfew]

Something else to consider. Empathy training does not work with psychopaths. In fact they use the information they get from this training to further their manipulations of others.

[amaboss52]

Hey, what about lobotomies?

[hollybork]

I keep waiting for the list of her missteps to get long enough for the Congress to throw her out. Apparently her voters are too oblivious or stupid to do that.

[freedomforthemasses]

you mean like the chairman of ways and means committee. the honorable charlie rangle?

[jbell1652]

Bachman, (like sister Palin) have become what they acussed Obama of during the campaign, they are CELEBRATIES. They make news for making outrageous remarks and not inciteful political commentary. Their "stardom" will eventually fade and fizzle out.

[Truth Wins]

... well yes... they make "inciteful" political commentaries, but not insightful ones as they should...

[doctorwang]

well put.

[Photon55]

The "Bonus" march by veterans after WW1 to congress was met with the full force of the US army. They had a legitimate claim for their anger. This woman stages a "march" on congress and gets away with it. Where was the army? Governing this nation has become increasingly unattainable and the furure promises worse.

[justoverit333]

Loony tunes strikes again. Why does she continue to
embarrass herself? She's shrill and whiny.

[rukiddin]

The question is why do we continue to tolerate her?

[doubtingdavid]

And what do you propose be done?

[24hourrifle]

i wanted to come up with some sort of witty,real cute comment on michelle bachman and how "wacky" and "dangerous" she is.

but the honest truth is,it just makes me sad to see that people like her and pete hoekstra and steve king,not only have been elected to office,but that they have actually become the voice of the republican party.

the right immediately goes to:"but alan greyson..."
but for one thing,dem members of congress have already gone on record condemning greysons comments.s­econd...th­ese repubs have been around for awhile and been re-elected,while greyson is a freshman rep. who risks not being re-elected.but most importantly...for all the whining and boohoo-ing about greyson,no­thingbhe's said has been proven to be factually incorrect,which is more than can be said about bachman and the rest of the cukoo bananas brigade.

[Osusuki]

Except Alan Grayson (if you're going to talk about a Peoples' Hero, learn to spell his name) WAS RIGHT. And the House Democrats who dare chastise him for it are just as wrong as the Republicans throwing Astroturf hissy fits on the capitol steps. Thanks to the party of No, we have no single payer health care bill, almost no public option, and a gift to the health care goons which is going to help nobody else. What is wrong with anyone telling the truth about their two step health care plan? Thanks to some Democrats with delusions of sainthood, the same bill also destroys a woman's right to choose in a single stroke. Seems to me that, far from stopping, Congressman Grayson (D-Common Sense) needs to break out a can of Unrestricted Truth on some of the people in his own party as well.

[Dbos]

She is a disgrace ,along with the press that keeps reporting what she says no matter how idiotic it is.

[fireW]

It won't matter if it violated the law; these people are never held accountable anyway. As usual, it's O.K. if you're a republican. More con tea-baggage . . .