Apparently the question surrounding Michelle Bachmann’s sanity has moved from “Is she crazy?” to “Just how crazy is she?” There’s no more disputing that she is; at this point it’s simply a question of degrees. I could get detailed and go on forever here, but instead we’ll let the Congresswoman make her own insanity plea by presenting some of her more memorable quotations:
On swine-flu:
“I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat, President Jimmy Carter. And I’m not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it is an interesting coincidence.”
Great. Critical thinking from an elected official, huh?
On her home state:
“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.”
Congresswoman Bachmann is damned proud that the people of her state can’t make ends meet unless they are working themselves to death?
On the environment:
“The big thing we are working on now is the global warming hoax. It’s all voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax.”
On her man, G.W. Bush:
“I could not believe I was discussing what flavor of custard to order with the President of the United States.”
We’re not kidding about her obsession with GWB. She positively gushes over him.
Here’s a link to a DailyKos article that’s like a case study in whacko:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/18/45526/000/311/634299
Well, never let it be said that self-described ‘moderate’ Se nator Susan Collins (R-ME) doesn’t dutifully tow the party line. During negotiations over Obama’s stimulus package, Collins managed to have the federal whistleblower protection removed. Way to go, Susan. Now it will be impossible to track whether or not the money is being used properly. That way it’s easier to make the program’s failures an issue around the 2010 midterm elections. See how that works? Oh, by the way, don’t let Senator Collins tell you it was removed because the expenditure did nothing to create jobs. If that’s what she was concerned with, she could have stripped out the $70 billion the Republicans stuffed into the bill to help the wealthiest earners avoid additional taxes.