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Lawrence O'Donnell Accuses Michele Bachmann of Being a Socialist
NewsBusters ^ | 06/22/2011 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 06/22/2011 11:39:23 AM PDT by unseen1

Lawrence O'Donnell on Tuesday accused Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) of being a socialist.

"The Last Word" host, who has admitted on national television to himself being a socialist, did so by cherry-picking from an article published at the perilously liberal website "The Huffington Post" (video follows with commentary and full transcript at end of post):

LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: Michele Bachmann, as has been pointed out in this space before, has a family farm that has received over a quarter of million dollars in direct cash from the federal government. That is, of course, in addition to her federal salary of $174,000 for her real full-time job as a member of Congress. Thanks to Sam Stein at the Huffington Post today, with we now have yet another example of Bachmann political dependence, career dependence on socialism.

The Huffington Post obtained a letter Bachmann wrote on October 5th, 2009, to the Obama administration’s Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack thanking him for government intervention in the pork industry. That's right, government intervention in the market. She wrote, “Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed.”

Yes. This is the same woman who said this about the Democrats' health care reform bill.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/06/22/lawrence-odonnell-cherry-picks-huffington-post-call-michele-bachmann-#ixzz1Q1vV3cId

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bachmann; hypocrite; palin; socialism
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O'donnell is 100% wrong to call Bachmann a socialist. He should have simply called her a hypocrite.

bachmann's full quote:

"Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed by the producers in Minnesota, and I would encourage you to take any additional steps necessary to prevent further deterioration of these critical industries, such as making additional commodity purchases and working to expand trade outlets for these and other agricultural goods,"

So to Bachmann it is wrong to bailout other people but if the spirits of the market impact her district then all steam ahead with the government bailout.

And btw I don't think I have ever seen newbusters twist like this to defend someone.

1 posted on 06/22/2011 11:39:28 AM PDT by unseen1
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To: unseen1
How often have we seen it? People who profess conservative principles but don't really want a smaller, less intrusive government. They just want a government that advocates on behalf of their specific agenda. The same can be said of some social conservatives as well.
2 posted on 06/22/2011 11:44:11 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (JMO but I reserve the right to be wrong...)
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To: unseen1

O’Donnell is nuts! He is padded cell, put him in a strait-jacket an medicate him nuts!!


3 posted on 06/22/2011 11:44:50 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: unseen1

To b*stardize a well known meme, “Being socialist is doing the same thing time and time again and expecting different results.”


4 posted on 06/22/2011 11:46:35 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: unseen1

To b*stardize a well known meme, “Being socialist is doing the same thing time and time again and expecting different results.”


5 posted on 06/22/2011 11:46:41 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: unseen1

So she got farm money! Problem she is white??? Go to hell O’Donnell


6 posted on 06/22/2011 11:47:11 AM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
I'm tired of it. If you read the article they act like falling prices are bad. here is a newsflash for some in the gop. Supply and demand means prices go down as well as up. If we had falling prices in say pork more people would buy pork some farmers would go out of business the supply would decrease the increasing demand from lower prices and smaller supply would cause the price to go up naturally and farmers would flock back into the field. and the market will decide on where the resources should go based on price and the law of supply and demand. what the government did is destory the market in pork placed many farmers on the government dole and caused an oversupply of pork to be continue to flood the market. It was wasted resources, wasted taxpayer money and wasted time. It is the same with the autobailout (which Ryan voted for) I hate hypocrites
7 posted on 06/22/2011 11:49:41 AM PDT by unseen1
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To: unseen1

Apparently, Liberals think Conservatives are Anarchists.


8 posted on 06/22/2011 11:50:31 AM PDT by Pete (29thday.org Exponential problems require exponential solutions)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

agreed. like I said he is 100% wrong on the socialist charge.


9 posted on 06/22/2011 11:51:03 AM PDT by unseen1
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To: unseen1

Don’t worry O’Donnell FR is now on the same page with you.

Why we hate that Bachmann even more than Mittens. Yeah.


10 posted on 06/22/2011 11:51:44 AM PDT by dforest
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To: indylindy
Care to comment on the story itself? What is your opinion of Bachmann writing this?

She wrote, “Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed.”

11 posted on 06/22/2011 11:53:31 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: indylindy

he isn’t on the same page as me. I don’t think Bachmann is a socialist.

but I like how you defend government bailouts because Bachmann liked them.


12 posted on 06/22/2011 11:53:37 AM PDT by unseen1
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not excusing bachmann, but this is what msnbc does, they find tiny little stupid points to say “gotcha” to republicans.

I watch msnbc sometimes, just for the laughs - usually the ‘news’ shows are unintentionally funny, but sometimes, I just groan and flip the channel.


13 posted on 06/22/2011 11:53:46 AM PDT by rokkitapps ( Hearings on healthcare waivers NOW! (If you agree make this your tagline))
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Only problem is the accusations here are a total lies with no base in fact.

For example, Bachmann, whoes FATHER IN LAW owns a farm, has nothing to do with that farm. Bachmann has consistently voted against Farm Subsides while in Congress.

So rather then then calling he a hypocrite, the Junk Media should apologies for lying about her.

Better check your sources closer in the future, just because someone in the Leftist clown posse writes something, doesn't make it true

14 posted on 06/22/2011 11:54:29 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving politicians more tax money is like giving addicts free drugs to cure their addiction)
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Only problem is the accusations here are a total lies with no base in fact.

Care to address Bachmann's comment?

She wrote, “Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed.”

If this is a lie, a manufactured quote, then shame on Huff Post. If it is not, shame on Bachmann AFAIC.

15 posted on 06/22/2011 11:56:10 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: unseen1
Michele Bachmann, as has been pointed out in this space before, has a family farm that has received over a quarter of million dollars in direct cash from the federal government

Total lie, no base at all in fact. Her family has no farm. It just another leftist lie by the Left wing clown posse at Huffington Post. Clowns are wonderfully careless with there "Facts"

16 posted on 06/22/2011 11:56:53 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving politicians more tax money is like giving addicts free drugs to cure their addiction)
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To: unseen1

>>> Lawrence O’Donnell Accuses Michele Bachmann of Being a Socialist

Wrong!

This just shows Michele Bachmann a ‘typical politician’, elected to bring pork back to her district.

So how can we be sure Bachmann will be an Outsider to clean up the swamp, while she’s engaging (at least one) typical DC insider deal?


17 posted on 06/22/2011 11:57:03 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: rokkitapps
not excusing bachmann, but this is what msnbc does, they find tiny little stupid points to say “gotcha” to republicans.

If this quote is true, Bachmann gotcha'd herself.

18 posted on 06/22/2011 11:57:10 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: unseen1

Sarah likes windfall profit taxes and turning US sovereignty over to the UN. She also likes Title 9 and set up a commission for climate change.

Would I agree with O’Donnell about her and go on to give O’Donnell and Obama support?

Absolutely not.


19 posted on 06/22/2011 11:57:38 AM PDT by dforest
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To: rokkitapps

Agreed. Like I said O’donnell is 100% wrong.


20 posted on 06/22/2011 11:57:49 AM PDT by unseen1
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