Bachmann Montage

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Moen1305, Aug 10, 2011.

  1. Andy

    Andy Well-Known Member

    It is easy to show documents when you have been a president for a while. It is a matter of national security to those in power who want to stay in power to get it done.
     
  2. clembo

    clembo Well-Known Member

    It's Elvis' Birthday!

    Or maybe not. She's either about four months off or eight months off. Take your pick. There's twelve in a year.

    It's either John Wayne or John Wayne Gacy. Slight difference.

    We can apply mispeaking and such snafus to just about anyone can't we folks? Sorry, but even if I was a staunch Teabagger or Republican this broad is clueless. She demonstrates it frequently.

     
  3. Moen1305

    Moen1305 Not Republican!

    Anyone can make a mistake but own up to it. Don't double down on it. Like when she said that she was a submissive wife. David Gregory asked her what she meant by that and she said that it meant the they had respect for each other. How do you come up with the idea that the word submissive means the same thing as the word respect? In what dictionary are this two words synonyms?
     
  4. David

    David Proud Enemy of Hillary

    After doing my research, I sure don't think Bachmann is the best person to be the Repub nominee but she's sure head & shoulders above BO, that's obvious.
     
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  5. Moen1305

    Moen1305 Not Republican!

    Bachmann's hollow talking point explained. What plastic piece of phony garbage Bachmann is.

    While on "Fox News Sunday" this past Sunday, Bachmann said, "We had one employee at the federal Department of Transportation that made $170,000 a year at the beginning of the recession."
    "We had the trillion dollar stimulus, and 18 months into the recession, we had 1,690 employees making over $170,000," she continued. "Government has really been growing at -- a lot of largesse. But people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has no conformity at all with the real world."
    While it's true that the number of Transportation workers making $170,000 or more a year increased after Obama took office, the boost, authorized under President George W. Bush, was caused by a modest pay raise for highly-trained employees, not a hiring spree associated with stimulus spending. What's more, Bachmann herself voted in 2008 for a separate bill that increased federal worker pay. Bachmann's office did not respond to a request for comment on the statistic, which she has oft-cited.
    As the Washington Post reported, Bachmann's numbers come from a 2009 USA Today article, which reads, "When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000."
    The 2009 economic stimulus bill isn't mentioned anywhere in the USA Today article, and for good reason: It has nothing to do with the pay raises Bachmann has been referring to of late. The boost in the employees making $170,000 came from a modest salary increase, most of which went to air traffic controllers, expert professionals responsible for the lives of thousands of airplane passengers each day.
     
  6. David

    David Proud Enemy of Hillary

    ....she's still a better alternative to what we have now......Way to lower the bar BO!!!
     

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