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Oct. 17th, 2008 12:07 am3 Minute Egg covered the Twin Cities Book Festival, and I was among the folks interviewed. See if you can spot Kristin Livdahl in the background of one interview! See the video here.
Oct. 17th, 2008
Michelle Bachmann, our resident crazy-ass congressperson from the great state of Minnesota, was just on Hardball defending the McCain campaign's "robocalls" that are basically "Obama knows terrorists AAAGH." Pressed by Chris Matthews to defend the indefensible, she said that, yes, she does think Obama is un-American. Asked whether she thinks any other members of Congress are members of the un-America Club, she said:
"What I would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would. I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or Anti-America? I think the American people would love to see an expose like that."
Here's the interview. I'm not going to assert that she speaks for the McCain campaign, only because dear ol' Michelle has demonstrated a certain . . . erratic tendency in the past. I'd imagine that the campaign would have rather she stick with floating the "un-American" label around with an air of innuendo, not actually apply it to anything. That sounds sort of like an accusation or something.
Here are the criteria that the Bachmann Committee on Un-American Activities will be using to judge us all by. REAL AMERICANS believe the following:
- Earth no longer needs saving, God did that already 2000 years ago. God also injected oil reserves into Earth's crust and made fossils in ceramics class to fool dumb scientists. New etiquette for greeting environmentalists, paleontologists will be the Nelson-point-and-laugh.
- George W. Bush didn't need to be a good president, God chose him. Moreover, since God is infallible, Bush actually best president ever; Washington, Lincoln dead last. New etiquette for greeting historians will be the Hepburn-wave-and-pfft.
- All problems in last eight years fault of Democrats for thwarting God's will. Recent natural disasters, current economic crisis pre-emptive God's wrath for possible Democratic victory in November. New etiquette for greeting liberals will be the Wayne-punch-and-walk.
- Despite God having saved world, world in grave peril from Islamic extremists who serve other God. Anyone asking whether God Vs. God smackdown might be better solution will be burned as heretic. New etiquette for greeting foreigners will be the Pickens-nuke-and-ride.
PEOPLE GET READY.
"What I would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would. I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or Anti-America? I think the American people would love to see an expose like that."
Here's the interview. I'm not going to assert that she speaks for the McCain campaign, only because dear ol' Michelle has demonstrated a certain . . . erratic tendency in the past. I'd imagine that the campaign would have rather she stick with floating the "un-American" label around with an air of innuendo, not actually apply it to anything. That sounds sort of like an accusation or something.
Here are the criteria that the Bachmann Committee on Un-American Activities will be using to judge us all by. REAL AMERICANS believe the following:
- Earth no longer needs saving, God did that already 2000 years ago. God also injected oil reserves into Earth's crust and made fossils in ceramics class to fool dumb scientists. New etiquette for greeting environmentalists, paleontologists will be the Nelson-point-and-laugh.
- George W. Bush didn't need to be a good president, God chose him. Moreover, since God is infallible, Bush actually best president ever; Washington, Lincoln dead last. New etiquette for greeting historians will be the Hepburn-wave-and-pfft.
- All problems in last eight years fault of Democrats for thwarting God's will. Recent natural disasters, current economic crisis pre-emptive God's wrath for possible Democratic victory in November. New etiquette for greeting liberals will be the Wayne-punch-and-walk.
- Despite God having saved world, world in grave peril from Islamic extremists who serve other God. Anyone asking whether God Vs. God smackdown might be better solution will be burned as heretic. New etiquette for greeting foreigners will be the Pickens-nuke-and-ride.
PEOPLE GET READY.