Uh-oh, Michele!

[BDBoop]

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.

Darn, honey. Did you really think nobody would find out??

 

[Full-Auto]

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.

Darn, honey. Did you really think nobody would find out??

Is there a reason she shouldnt get in line for her constituents? Was all this money intended for cronies only? She didnt vote for the stimulus. But it was insisted upon anyway.

 

[BDBoop]

You don't recognize two-faced when you see it, do you.

She could have refused the monies. They had other places to go. She didn't. She not only repeatedly asked, but she then turned around and said things like this,

“During the last 100 days we have seen an orgy [of spending]," she said of the stimulus and auto industry bailout during a conference in Minnesota on May 4, 2009. "It would make any local smorgasbord embarrassed."

Less than three weeks later, she went looking for her piece of the pie.

 

[BDBoop]

And the rest of the disgusting gits.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E3vDO5eYRw]‪Rachel Maddow re: "They're Not Embarrassed"‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Yawnnnnnn. Government spends money

 

[Warrior102]

Oh my, the Huffukington Post.

What a pantload.

If there was any truth to this horseshit, it would be scrolling 24/7 on MSNBC.

 

[BDBoop]

Oh, here's something more like it. I knew she was a bad politician, any way you spin it.

Perhaps most out of character were her interactions with the EPA, however. In 2007, she signed onto a joint letter with other Minnesota politicians asking the agency to help fund rural water initiatives in the state. In 2010, she asked for help with a $270,806 grant application to replace two vehicles at local bus company as part of the EPA's Clean Diesel Grant Program.

Despite Bachmann's extensive requests for federal cash, the report concluded that she was largely an ineffective advocate for her district, having obtained the least stimulus funding of any district in Minnesota.

Despite Rhetoric, Bachmann Requested Stimulus, EPA Cash For District | TPMDC

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Ask her how many states there are in the USA

 

[Full-Auto]

You don't recognize two-faced when you see it, do you.

She could have refused the monies. They had other places to go. She didn't. She not only repeatedly asked, but she then turned around and said things like this,

“During the last 100 days we have seen an orgy [of spending]," she said of the stimulus and auto industry bailout during a conference in Minnesota on May 4, 2009. "It would make any local smorgasbord embarrassed."

Less than three weeks later, she went looking for her piece of the pie.

Nothing two faced about it. She didnt support it but it was passed into law. Why should her district pay for it and not receive the benefits?

 

[BDBoop]

Why should her district receive the benefits, while she continues to run her mouth about how horrible it all is, and she's for smaller government, and the stimulus was completely worthless?

 

[Warrior102]

Why should her district receive the benefits, while she continues to run her mouth about how horrible it all is, and she's for smaller government, and the stimulus was completely worthless?

Why don't you pick up the phone, stupid, call her and ask. Here - (202) 225-2331

Tell us how it went.

 

[Full-Auto]

Why should her district receive the benefits, while she continues to run her mouth about how horrible it all is, and she's for smaller government, and the stimulus was completely worthless?

You are speaking bad of us.

LMAO

TRY SOMETHING FORMIDABLE

 

[BDBoop]

Why should her district receive the benefits, while she continues to run her mouth about how horrible it all is, and she's for smaller government, and the stimulus was completely worthless?

Why don't you pick up the phone, stupid, call her and ask. Here - (202) 225-2331

Tell us how it went.

Why, dumbfuck? Is your phone broken? You want to know, you ask her. Christ.

By the way - I don't actually read the neg rep comments, so you're wasting your little typing skills.

 

[Leweman]

Why should her district receive the benefits, while she continues to run her mouth about how horrible it all is, and she's for smaller government, and the stimulus was completely worthless?

Im sure if the people in her district didn't have to pay federal taxes she would gladly forfeit those benefits. Its not Michelle Bachmanns fault. that is the system she has to work with in.

 

[MaggieMae]

Yawnnnnnn. Government spends money

That's it?

If that had been a Democrat contenda, the thread would already have over a hundred hits.

 

[highway234]

this part is particularly funny.

On Oct. 5, 2009, she wrote Vilsack again, praising him for putting money into the nation's beleaguered pork industry and encouraging him to help "stabilize prices through direct government purchasing."

 

[MaggieMae]

Oh my, the Huffukington Post.

What a pantload.

If there was any truth to this horseshit, it would be scrolling 24/7 on MSNBC.

Pesky facts are such an annoyance, eh?

MSNBC actually brought that little contradiction up months ago.

 

[BDBoop]

this part is particularly funny.

On Oct. 5, 2009, she wrote Vilsack again, praising him for putting money into the nation's beleaguered pork industry and encouraging him to help "stabilize prices through direct government purchasing."

There's a lot of funny in that article.

And if you can't find enough funny there, news is out that Marcus Bachmann lied about the 'barbarians' video being doctored to make it look like he was talking about gays.

Those two lie as easily as they draw breath.

On the good news front, though - if she's elected we will not only have our first female POTUS, but we'll have our first gay FLOTUS.

 

[BDBoop]

Oh my, the Huffukington Post.

What a pantload.

If there was any truth to this horseshit, it would be scrolling 24/7 on MSNBC.

Pesky facts are such an annoyance, eh?

MSNBC actually brought that little contradiction up months ago.

He honestly believes that if it were true, it would be on Faux? Oh, god. Tears of laughter. I need to take a moment to compose myself. Be right back.

 

[Stephanie]

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