A tale of two bachmanns

[Flaylo]

Michele Bachmann Repeatedly Sought Stimulus, EPA, Other Government Funds

WASHINGTON -- Few candidates in the Republican presidential primary field have decried the federal government with as much gusto as Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.). The three-term congresswoman has belittled the stimulus package, deemed the Obama administration both corrupt and "gangster," and lamented the "orgy" of spending she sees happening in Washington.

The contempt has served her well, helping her craft the type of fiscally conservative, anti-government message that has catapulted her into frontrunner status for the Iowa Caucus and, more immediately, Saturday's crucial Ames Straw Poll.

But it's simply not supported by the Minnesota Republican's actual record.

A Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Huffington Post with three separate federal agencies reveals that on at least 16 separate occasions, Bachmann petitioned the federal government for direct financial help or aid. A large chunk of those requests were for funds set aside through President Obama's stimulus program, which Bachmann once labeled "fantasy economics." Bachmann made two more of those requests to the Environmental Protection Agency, an institution that she has suggested she would eliminate if she were in the White House.

The Tea party base are dumb arses for supporting someone who goes against their "ideals," they like her rhetoric over her actions.

 

[Lakhota]

Rachel Maddow did a nice segment on the Bachmann stimulus hypocrisy a few hours ago.

 

[Mr_Rockhead]

Michele Bachmann Repeatedly Sought Stimulus, EPA, Other Government Funds


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The Tea party base are dumb arses for supporting someone who goes against their "ideals," they like her rhetoric over her actions.

I can’t recall Bachmann ever saying people should not use government programs so I am not sure why she is not entitled to do so (right along with the rest of us).

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Michele Bachmann Repeatedly Sought Stimulus, EPA, Other Government Funds

WASHINGTON -- Few candidates in the Republican presidential primary field have decried the federal government with as much gusto as Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.). The three-term congresswoman has belittled the stimulus package, deemed the Obama administration both corrupt and "gangster," and lamented the "orgy" of spending she sees happening in Washington.

The contempt has served her well, helping her craft the type of fiscally conservative, anti-government message that has catapulted her into frontrunner status for the Iowa Caucus and, more immediately, Saturday's crucial Ames Straw Poll.

But it's simply not supported by the Minnesota Republican's actual record.

A Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Huffington Post with three separate federal agencies reveals that on at least 16 separate occasions, Bachmann petitioned the federal government for direct financial help or aid. A large chunk of those requests were for funds set aside through President Obama's stimulus program, which Bachmann once labeled "fantasy economics." Bachmann made two more of those requests to the Environmental Protection Agency, an institution that she has suggested she would eliminate if she were in the White House.

The Tea party base are dumb arses for supporting someone who goes against their "ideals," they like her rhetoric over her actions.

You apparently missed rdean trying to fly this same thread and me smacking him down.

Did you refuse to take your share of the Bush tax cuts you hate so much? If not you have no business calling anyone on what they do, or do not do, with money the government is throwing around.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

What is the point of this?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Rachel Maddow did a nice segment on the Bachmann stimulus hypocrisy a few hours ago.

Ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh............

I bet that was quite the brain teaser.