Posted on 03/08/2011 7:52:09 AM PST by stevie_d_64
COMMENTARY | Michele Bachmann, to the point of exasperating NBC's David Gregory on "Meet The Press," pointedly reiterated that the Obama administration had, along with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, deceptively hidden away more than $105 billion in health care appropriations in the budget. It is also a claim she made in a video posted on Thursday on her own website.
"Practically no member of Congress even knew that $105 billion of funding was contained," Bachmann said in the video, then repeated on "Meet The Press."
Taking a page out of Sarah Palin's interview strategy book by hedging and misdirecting, then speaking about whatever topic she wanted (which was for the most part the $105 billion in health care reform appropriations), Bachmann avoided many of the questions put to her on "Meet The Press." But there was one topic she was clear on: Obamacare.
She accused the Obama administration and Democratic leaders of deception and "legislative fraud," and that such acts should be met with defunding or repealing of Obamacare. Bachmann noted Republicans (and implied that other congressmen were equally unknowing) just recently found out about the "deception."
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I don’t see how this isn’t clearly labeled as “opinion.” It isn’t “News.” Never mind, I take that back—there is absolutely no boundary between news and Liberal opinion these days.
The more that I hear about this administration...the more I think 0bama should rename his book, “The Audacity of Corruption”
These radical leftist have hidden already funding Obamacare for the next 8 years and given the vile Kathryn Seibullus unlimited power to ram it thru !
So the GOP can not stop the funding unless they kill off the budget that Pelosi could not get ram thru before the midterms
Your right, I was projecting, she is great!
Michele's over the target. The moonbats are barking.
“hedging and misdirecting, then speaking about whatever topic she wanted “
Puh-leaze. That is standard operating procedure for Democratic congressmen and advocates. As soon as they are hit with a tough question, they go off on a tangent, change the subject completely, or just start yelling about some arbitrary injustice. Just like Papa Alinksy taught them.
None whatsoever. /s>
This is where Ms. Bachmann should have a flow-chart showing where in the bill all of these shenanigans were stuffed and another one showing where all of this money is coming from and going to. Where’s President Reagan and his handy line charts when you need them?
We need to be the “Party of the Great Communicator” — frankly, we’re doing a lousy job since the election.
Today I even saw her holding up a SIGN with "$105 billion" on a talk show. LOL...obviously she remembers her high school "Speech to Persuade" tactics. You GO, girl!
Well that is an interesting and agreeable analysis...
I actually thought it was interesting it took this long to dive into the menusha of this abomination of a law and get a quantifiable number to throw out to the masses...
Why is there not an absolute revolt going on up their in the ranks of the now majority party, I dunno...
Are they waiting for the people to get pizzed off enough about this???
That would be too late in my opinion...I would think they would not want us to get into this fracus...They ALL might not like the outcome...
But what the heck do I know...Right???
I don’t think so...Put ourselves into this position...
Would you or I do this to pad our political career???
I wouldn’t...This is called “doing your job”...
But I do see your point, she let this out, and she and a few other shlupleheads need to get on the bandwagon and get some answers to the obvious questions, target the recipients of this and nuke ‘em!!!
Just my opinion...
Well they almost did...Maybe the blatant nature of this issue may blow a few of the culprits out of the water this time...
We need to demand that someone(s) head(s) need to roll on this one...Recoup the money, and give it back to the people as a tax break or benefit of some sort...
Anyoen who believbes that cannot happen, just because...hehehe, you know those guys in the treasury that like to squeeze us for all they can git every year??? sick those azzhats out on the people responsible for this BS...
Amazing timing as well...April 18th is coming up quick...
So by the template you put on this, you would only accept this information to be more credible if it had come out in the NYT, Washington Post, Time Magazine, USA Today...
Maybe the Wall Street Journal???
Heck I dunno, I figure once the Jeanie is out of the bottle on something like this it is a good thing to see if other take the bait and run with it regardless of the source, or publisher of such info...
Remember this is a story about what these legislators found out about the Obamacare law...they went public with the findings and that in and of itself illicites a pretty credible response as far as I am concerned...
I guess this revelation about the 105 BILLION didn’t raise an eyebrow???
This has been among the biggest (although less mentioned) problem of both Palin and Bachman for sometime.
Saul Relative’s bio:
“WVU graduate, with degrees in History, English, Secondary Education, Computer Programming, and Psychology (and nearly a degree in Political Science). Originally from West Virginia, with stints in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. Teacher, carpenter, writer with 3 children, 1 wife, no exes. Primarily politically incorrect; Constitutionalist, moderate, Centrist.”
—Another Lib in the mold of Bill Maher acting like a “politically incorrect” Centrist while venom towards the Right pours out of him.
More shocking news about Obamacare.
WTF: Whos The Fool here, asking us for money to fight the fraud of Obamacare, when she was one of those 535 Congress-members who FAILED TO UPHOLD ARTICLE II of the Constitution, and counted the electoral votes for the Usurper on Jan 8, 2009 . WITHOUT A SINGLE OBJECTION!?
I wish America had known that all it would have taken was but one Representative and one Senator to bring this treasonous act into the light of day and stop this muslim Marxist takeover of our Government by fraud, deception, and deceit.
I don’t trust any of them.
Few, if any got a chance to read the damn thing, so yes, it was "deception".
What a yahoo.
Bachman can get the ball rolling but if the weeper, Boehner, can dry his eyes long enough to pick it up and run with it, the press will bury this revelation.
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She accused the Obama administration and Democratic leaders of deception and "legislative fraud," and that such acts should be met with defunding or repealing of Obamacare. Bachmann noted Republicans (and implied that other congressmen were equally unknowing) just recently found out about the "deception...."Disgusting. I am thinking the press is almost as afraid of Bachmann as they are of Palin....And yet, Bachmann gives no specific reasons for cutting off funding, except that it was appropriated under what she refers to as "legislative fraud."
Still, whether one favors a repeal or a defunding of portions or all of the Obama health care reform legislation, it is also important to know how much of what gets to the public is accurate. Bachmann's cries of ignorant outrage and her misleading remarks about the funding of Obamacare might appropriately be labeled "legislative fraud" as well.
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