bachmann shut down

[paulitician]

Classic Liberals of the past fought for Free Speech. But today's Democrats are not Classic Liberals. They are radicalized Socialists/Progressives instead. There is a difference. One day more people will see this. Real Liberals and real Conservatives can actually agree on a lot. This is not the case with radicalized Socialists/Progressives. Time to update the labels.

 

[Inthemiddle]

OH! absolutely. Even more stiflying is the Supreme Court ruling that corporations are people

For all the people who complain about this, does anyone even understand the "ruling"? Corporations are "people" in a legal sense, regarding the kinds of protections they have from, say, government interference. The government cannot simply search a corporation just because it wants to. It cannot limit the corporation's free speech, etc.

BTW, since you think it's "stifling" can you give an example as to how?

 

[Leweman]

Should stiflying the free speech of another be something that is celebrated?

OH! absolutely. Even more stiflying is the Supreme Court ruling that corporations are people. So, the ultra-wealthy and all corporations can now stifly working class citizens with mega amounts of money and lobbyists to do their bidding.
And the progression of busting unions in any manner further takes free speech away from the working class.
So, where free speech really matters, there will soon be only one voice. Koch brothers and their ilk.

If corporations aren't people then how can they pay taxes?

 

[daws101]

How so?

you do watch bachmann's speeches? that in and of it's self is why.

In other words... you have nothing.

wrong! your inability to understand that very simple statement has just proven my point.

 

[ABikerSailor]

I cant wait to see more of these kinds of OWS antics. I think its fantastic. They need to use shorter sentences though because it gets confusing.

They only need shorter sentences when talking to teabaggers.

 

[daws101]

Should stiflying the free speech of another be something that is celebrated?

OH! absolutely. Even more stiflying is the Supreme Court ruling that corporations are people. So, the ultra-wealthy and all corporations can now stifly working class citizens with mega amounts of money and lobbyists to do their bidding.
And the progression of busting unions in any manner further takes free speech away from the working class.
So, where free speech really matters, there will soon be only one voice. Koch brothers and their ilk.

If corporations aren't people then how can they pay taxes?

with all the tax breaks corporations get it's almost like they don't pay taxes at all.

 

[boilermaker55]

"Michele Bachmann made a curious suggestion during Saturday night's Republican debate.

Fielding a question about which social programs she would cut if president, the Minnesota Congresswoman said that China provided a good example of a society without a social safety net. The fact that China's government is resolutely socialist appeared to be lost on her.

Bachmann said that Lyndon Johnson's Great Society has "not worked, and it's put us into the modern welfare state...If you look at China, they don't have food stamps."

She continued, "They save for their own retirement security, they don't have AFDC (Aid to Families With Dependent Children), they don't have the modern welfare state, and China's growing...and so what I would do is look at the programs that LBJ gave us, with the Great Society, and they'd be gone."
Michele Bachmann: Look To China On Social Program Cuts

WOW! Republicans?

 

[Inthemiddle]

with all the tax breaks corporations get it's almost like they don't pay taxes at all.

Which makes it hilarious when certain people complain about 47% of people paying no income taxes.

 

[boilermaker55]

Should stiflying the free speech of another be something that is celebrated?

OH! absolutely. Even more stiflying is the Supreme Court ruling that corporations are people. So, the ultra-wealthy and all corporations can now stifly working class citizens with mega amounts of money and lobbyists to do their bidding.
And the progression of busting unions in any manner further takes free speech away from the working class.
So, where free speech really matters, there will soon be only one voice. Koch brothers and their ilk.

If corporations aren't people then how can they pay taxes?

No wonder you are from OHIO! Bend over and take it some more while you are polishing the shoes of the wealthy.
You deserve i.

 

[Inthemiddle]

Fielding a question about which social programs she would cut if president, the Minnesota Congresswoman said that China provided a good example of a society without a social safety net. The fact that China's government is resolutely socialist appeared to be lost on her.

*facepalm*

I didn't catch the debate, but if this is true then how can there be anyone left who doesn't realize just how bat-shit crazy this woman is?

 

[daws101]

"Michele Bachmann made a curious suggestion during Saturday night's Republican debate.

Fielding a question about which social programs she would cut if president, the Minnesota Congresswoman said that China provided a good example of a society without a social safety net. The fact that China's government is resolutely socialist appeared to be lost on her.

Bachmann said that Lyndon Johnson's Great Society has "not worked, and it's put us into the modern welfare state...If you look at China, they don't have food stamps."

She continued, "They save for their own retirement security, they don't have AFDC (Aid to Families With Dependent Children), they don't have the modern welfare state, and China's growing...and so what I would do is look at the programs that LBJ gave us, with the Great Society, and they'd be gone."
Michele Bachmann: Look To China On Social Program Cuts

WOW! Republicans?

someone should recommend she see Micheal Jackson's' doctor...

 

[jgarden]

She is the hottest 55 year old lady in the country.

GOD must have though so - he called her!

 

[Avatar4321]

Should stiflying the free speech of another be something that is celebrated?

OH! absolutely. Even more stiflying is the Supreme Court ruling that corporations are people. So, the ultra-wealthy and all corporations can now stifly working class citizens with mega amounts of money and lobbyists to do their bidding.
And the progression of busting unions in any manner further takes free speech away from the working class.
So, where free speech really matters, there will soon be only one voice. Koch brothers and their ilk.

If you really want people to listen to you, youd read the decision for yourself. They didn't rule that corporations are people. That's been settled law for a while, else no one would be able to sue corporations. Personally, I like the fact that we can sue all businesses, including corporations when they do something wrong.

No. The issue they decided was whether the Federal Government could ban advertisements of a political nature that criticizing someone running for office simply because they were run by a corporation.

And the obvious answer is no. They can't. Because the First Amendment forbids the government from abridging the freedom of speech. And that speech applies to individual citizens or groups of citizens. Merely because American citizens unite together for an economic venture doesn't mean they give up their First Amendment rights.

The fact that you think that citizens should be denied their right to criticize candidates for political office by the federal government, whether they are speaking individually or as a group in a corporation is incredibly disturbing.

This idea that corporations are all powerful is totall nonsense. People can unite to engage in political speech outside corporations as well. They have done so for well over 200 years. Special interests will counter act special interests. That's how the system was designed. The problems occur when one special interest has the power silence another, which is ironically, exactly what McCain Fiengold did.

it silenced speech. They can't do that. People can speak no matter what organization they belong to. Your attempts to act as though free speech is bad is a poor sign for our nation.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

you do watch bachmann's speeches? that in and of it's self is why.

In other words... you have nothing.

wrong! your inability to understand that very simple statement has just proven my point.

I understood perfectly.

Aside form snide remarks, you have nothing.

 

[ABikerSailor]

She is the hottest 55 year old lady in the country.

GOD must have though so - he called her!

Yanno........they said the same thing about Palin.

The GOP has to stop choosing people on how they look, and choose people who actually are capable of cogent, rational thought.

 

[Avatar4321]

someone should recommend she see Micheal Jackson's' doctor...

Your method to murder her won't work. She isn't an addict. Hence, her going to the doctor wont create the same situation.

Perhaps, you might instead take a step back and ask yourself why you want someone dead. I've found that people who want others dead, are rarely on the correct side of an issue.

 

[jgarden]

Free Speech is dead with today's Socialists/Progressives. These are not classic Liberals we've seen in the past. Real Liberals valued Free Speech and fought for it. These people are radicalized Socialists/Progressives. The Democratic Party has gone over the cliff with these nutters. I feel bad for Bachmann. This wasn't right.

Was that the same "cliff" that the British and European monarchies claimed the "radicalized" Founding Fathers went over, during the Revolutionary War?

 

[BlindBoo]

Free Speech is dead with today's Socialists/Progressives. These are not classic Liberals we've seen in the past. Real Liberals valued Free Speech and fought for it. These people are radicalized Socialists/Progressives. The Democratic Party has gone over the cliff with these nutters. I feel bad for Bachmann. This wasn't right.

Just like all the townhall interuptions...yawn....did you complaint about how the connies didn't value free speech then?????

 

[RetiredGySgt]

First Read - 'Occupy Wall Street' protesters interrupt Bachmann speech

The crowd outshouted them and they left, she returned and finished her speech. She was hardly shut down.

Remind us again how when we object legally to some position of Obama's we are racists, but when the left resorts to illegal actions to silence their opponents it is lawful protest.

 

[BlindBoo]

Classic Liberals of the past fought for Free Speech. But today's Democrats are not Classic Liberals. They are radicalized Socialists/Progressives instead. There is a difference. One day more people will see this. Real Liberals and real Conservatives can actually agree on a lot. This is not the case with radicalized Socialists/Progressives. Time to update the labels.

Pseudo-cons are not real conservatives either.