Tue Jul 24, 2012, 08:43 AM

maddezmom (130,846 posts)

OpEd:The Divine Miss M(ichele Bachmann)

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By FRANK BRUNI
Published: July 23, 2012 33 Comments

What I find most fascinating about Michele Bachmann — and there are many, many more where she came from — is that she presents herself as a godly woman, humbly devoted to her Christian faith. I’d like to meet that god, and I’d like to understand that Christianity

Does it call for smearing people on the basis of flimsy conspiracy theories? That’s what Bachmann just did to Huma Abedin, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, by essentially suggesting she might be a mole for the Muslim Brotherhood.

Does it endorse scaring young women away from immunizations that could spare them serious illness? Bachmann did that during her memorable presidential campaign, when she blithely drew an unsubstantiated link between a vaccine for the human papillomavirus and mental retardation.

Does it encourage gratuitously divisive condemnations of Barack Obama as “anti-American,” one of many incendiary phrases in her attacks against him in 2008? And does it compel a war against homosexuality waged with the language and illogic she uses?

She has said that gay men and lesbians are dysfunctional products of abuse and agents of “sexual anarchy,” and when the singer and songwriter Melissa Etheridge was battling breast cancer years ago, Bachmann helpfully chimed in: “This may be an opportunity for her now to be open to some spiritual things, now that she is suffering with that physical disease. She is a lesbian.”

more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/opinion/bruni-the-divine-miss-m.html

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
OpEd:The Divine Miss M(ichele Bachmann) (Original post)	maddezmom	Jul 2012	OP
I hadn't heard what she said about Etheridge. Just wow.	Lucy Goosey	Jul 2012	#1
..yet she keeps getting re-elected	OmahaBlueDog	Jul 2012	#2
I live right next to her district, about 20 miles away.	mac56	Jul 2012	#5
Stearns County Syndrome = Republican Base Syndrome	Jessy169	Jul 2012	#10
"Thou shalt not lie!"	SharonAnn	Jul 2012	#3
Bearing false witness seems to be a common tactic among politicians.	raouldukelives	Jul 2012	#9
his last 3 sentences bear repeating, loudly and in big block letters	magical thyme	Jul 2012	#4
Uh... The Divine Miss M? NOT Bachmann..	noel711	Jul 2012	#6
Ms. Bachmann is an evil, hateful excuse for a woman.	Atman	Jul 2012	#7
Ms. Bachmann is an evil, hateful excuse for a woman.	AlbertCat	Jul 2012	#8
Unconstitutional conservatives	Fortinbras Armstrong	Jul 2012	#11

Response to maddezmom (Original post)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 09:16 AM

Lucy Goosey (2,940 posts)

1. I hadn't heard what she said about Etheridge. Just wow.

What a horrible person - Bachmann, obviously, not Melissa Etheridge.

I agree with one of the commenters, bob h:

What a superb chance for Mitt Romney to show strength of character, courage, and leadership by denouncing her tactics. But his continuing silence illustrates his true dimensions.

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 09:54 AM

OmahaBlueDog (8,859 posts)

2. ..yet she keeps getting re-elected

What does that tell us?

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Response to OmahaBlueDog (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 10:16 AM

mac56 (13,649 posts)

5. I live right next to her district, about 20 miles away.

It tells you a lot about that district.

Google the phrase "Stearns County Syndrome" to learn more.

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Response to mac56 (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:06 AM

Jessy169 (412 posts)

10. Stearns County Syndrome = Republican Base Syndrome

Stearns Country Syndrome description could be applied to thousands of podunk towns scattered throughout the rural Red states. No surprise why these are epicenters of ignorance, intolerance and Republicanism.

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 09:59 AM

SharonAnn (9,649 posts)

3. "Thou shalt not lie!"

That's the commandment she keeps breaking.

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Response to SharonAnn (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:01 AM

raouldukelives (2,375 posts)

9. Bearing false witness seems to be a common tactic among politicians.

And car salesman, insurance salesmen, health care providers, financial planners, US Military, bankers. corporations and just about everything else I can think of that people profit from.
Where there is a dollar to be made a con artist ain't far behind. And it's not frowned upon, it's just good business.

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 10:01 AM

magical thyme (4,072 posts)

4. his last 3 sentences bear repeating, loudly and in big block letters

Bachmann’s on to something: dangerous fundamentalists have indeed set up camp deep inside the capital. She can find one in her office. She need only look in the mirror.

BACKMANN'S ON TO SOMETHING: DANGEROUS FUNDAMENTALISTS HAVE INDEED SET UP CAMP DEEP INSIDE THE CAPITAL.

SHE CAN FIND ONE IN HER OFFICE. SHE NEED ONLY LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 10:27 AM

noel711 (2,147 posts)

6. Uh... The Divine Miss M? NOT Bachmann..

I hope Bette Midler (the REAL Divine Miss M.. and a progressive)
sues somebody's sorry ass for misappropriating her title.
There is NOTHING Divine about Bachman,
and to conflate the Real Miss M with a homophobic idiot
is a real mistake.

The real tragedy is that Bachmann keeps getting elected,
that part of the electorate in Minnesota believes she
is worthy of her place in congress.

But Divine Miss M? I don't think so.

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 10:29 AM

Atman (26,071 posts)

7. Ms. Bachmann is an evil, hateful excuse for a woman.

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 10:54 AM

AlbertCat (10,450 posts)

8. Ms. Bachmann is an evil, hateful excuse for a woman.

A self serving idiot.

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Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:37 PM

Fortinbras Armstrong (843 posts)

11. Unconstitutional conservatives

I have heard several conservatives state that Huma Abedin should not have been allowed to become Hillary Clinton's aide because she is a Muslim. Apparently, these people have not read Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which states in part "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

A lot of these people who keep bloviating about their devotion to the Constitution have not bothered to read it.

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