Michele Bachmann Claims That Mitt Romney No Longer Believes In RomneyCare

Over the past few weeks, we've made note of the pressure that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has been taking from his fellow would-be presidential aspirants on the right over the health care plan he shepherded into existence in the Bay State.

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty characterized the "Massachusetts experience" as "not... one I would want for the country to follow any further." And former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called Romney's health care plan the "forerunner of Obamacare" and a model that was "wrong."

Now, however, Romney is getting a little bit of support from his Republican colleagues. Unfortunately, that support comes in the form of Representative Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and her storied disconnection from objective reality. Via Matt Corley at ThinkProgress, here's how she defended Romney on Jason Lewis's radio show this week:

LEWIS: Who is the real thing? Who is the real thing out there?

BACHMANN: I don't know. I don't know if that person has emerged yet, but I think, I think we need to be, we need to get behind somebody's who willing to have guts and do what it takes to repeal this thing. And also repeal the whole agenda.

LEWIS: How do you feel as a conservative, I should say, about Mitt Romney?

BACHMANN: Well, I think that he has real concerns with what he did on health care in Massachusetts. I think that's, you know, he understands economics, but I think clearly what happened in Massachusetts has not been a good thing for that state. It's driving it towards bankruptcy as is TennCare in Tennessee.

As Corley points out, "Bachmann appears to be projecting onto Romney." And in fact, Romney has done nothing but defend his plan, suggest it has nothing at all to do with the health care reform legislation passed this year, and insist that it is "working pretty much as anticipated at the time it was passed".

At some point, you have to wonder: doesn't Bachmann have at least a staff of ostensible adults who might tell her, "No, no, don't say that, it's wrong and you're going to look stupid and you will only create problems for the person you are trying to support?" Apparently not!

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Comments

[JJovana]

04:21 PM on 05/17/2010

Like Lewis Black put it, these crazy neocons have Nazi Tourettes. This woman is probably crazier than Palin. What a joke.

[Fattonecat]

07:25 PM on 05/14/2010

Interesting how Bachman, Beck, Palin etc are obsessed with fascism......Hmmmm ??

[TrueLiberty]

12:04 AM on 05/15/2010

Someone has to worry about the path BO and his CCC are taking us down.

[Fattonecat]

07:20 PM on 05/14/2010

She cherry picks history just like she cherry picks religion. Not a clue for this batwoman loony tune.

[Billyguitar]

01:26 PM on 04/27/2010

If I was in her district I'd be calling for her recall. Just like Palin, she's an idiot.

[TammyTurnip]

01:14 PM on 04/24/2010

Who’s Smarter: Michele Bachmann, or this Turnip? http://bit.ly/brJlsp

[me again]

09:35 PM on 04/23/2010

It was a really awful day, the day she was born. As I have said before, it is an oxymoron for a woman to be a Republican.

[Tyler VanderMeer]

06:50 PM on 04/22/2010

What...an...idiot

[Cathar]

05:05 PM on 04/22/2010

Ms. Bachmann also stated Obam, in bailing out GM, socilaized our auto companies. Really explain then how GM paid back the bailout money yesterday with interest five years early. Seems like a good investment for the U.S. in saving jobs.

[thepoliticalcat]

05:52 PM on 04/22/2010

Over one million jobs saved that would otherwise have gone down the drain, plus an investment that is paying off, with interest. Win-win.

[Veritas vos liberabit]

05:05 PM on 04/22/2010

Classic Bachmann--supplier of outrageous, offensive, inflammatory, stormy, full of commotion, and agitating remarks. Never mind how inane, or obtuse they are-this is consistently the pattern, as demonstrated by her attention seeking words and actions. Aside from ignoring her nutty rants, and her strident commentary, about all one can do is expose the spin and falsehoods she proffers.

[Billar]

04:56 PM on 04/22/2010

Bachmann is always in the news. Does'nt she do any work for her constituants. I know she opens up those monthly farm subsidy checks. When she's not doing that she's making a fool out of herself.

[jdrourke]

04:50 PM on 04/22/2010

Has Bachmann ever been checked for drain bamage? She seriously seems to be a loose cannon, and not in the fun, "look at me" kind of way.

http://jdrourke.wordpress.com/

Seems like the GOP is bringing in more and more of these nutter-butters.

http://jdrourke.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/memo-to-the-grand-old-phonies/

[Actraiser]

04:49 PM on 04/22/2010

To be fair, he was for it before he was against it.

[briarus42]

04:42 PM on 04/22/2010

Well what does he believe in ?Trolls and magic mormons? He drafted the bill for christsake!

[Elbrando]

04:40 PM on 04/22/2010

There are days I wish Bachmann, Palin and the teabaggers would all gather in a stadium and there could be a mini-rapture. God could use a hoover and vaccum these guys somewhere like the middle of the Sun.

[briarus42]

04:43 PM on 04/22/2010

the sun is A good friend of mankind and does not deserve that!

[Veritas vos liberabit]

05:08 PM on 04/22/2010

Good one. LOL. Fanned.

[BigAl72]

04:31 PM on 04/22/2010

Of course he doesn't. It doesn't benefit him when he runs in 2012.