Courtesy of Raw Story:
Bachmann told World Net Daily, which referred to her as a “GOP legend” in the headline, that she had become a media target because she had basically outsmarted her liberal foes.
“I took them on, and their agenda, and I went to the heart of whatever it was they wanted to advance, and tried to take it apart through evidence-based arguments, and they don’t like that,” Bachmann said. “When the left argues, they argue from emotionalism.”
“That’s the best way to defeat them, by the way — defeat them with evidence and defeat them with their false premises, and I did that,” she said.
“The Republican Party always gets a bad rap because there are not as many women that are in elective office, but it’s a tough business,” Bachmann said. “It is public humiliation, public ridicule, constant criticism when you’re in public office – if you take on the left.”
Yeah, I don't think the ridiculing had anything to do with her gender.
Let's revisit some of Michelle Bachmann's "evidenced-based arguments" shall we?
These are courtesy of the Daily Kos:
Accusing members of Congress of being "anti-American:
The news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would, I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out are they are pro-America or anti-America.
Claiming that the Obama Administration was going to be forcing Americans to attend re-education camps:
The real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically correct forums.
Claiming that actor John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa, when instead it was serial killer John Wayne Gacy:
What I want them to know is just like John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa, that's the spirit that I have too. It's really about not being ashamed of America. It's embracing America.
Terrifying parents by relaying an unsubstantiated story from an anti-vaxxer:
There’s a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate. She said her daughter was given [the HPV] vaccine. She told me her daughter suffered mental retardation as a result. There are very dangerous consequences.
Claiming that earthquakes and hurricanes are messages from God about reining in big government:
I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending.
There are more, in fact the Daily Kos lists 40 altogether, but I think we get the point.
That my friends is the kind of "logic" that Michelle Bachmann used to "defeat" us.
Gosh, I guess we never had a chance.
Bachmann told World Net Daily, which referred to her as a “GOP legend” in the headline, that she had become a media target because she had basically outsmarted her liberal foes.
“I took them on, and their agenda, and I went to the heart of whatever it was they wanted to advance, and tried to take it apart through evidence-based arguments, and they don’t like that,” Bachmann said. “When the left argues, they argue from emotionalism.”
“That’s the best way to defeat them, by the way — defeat them with evidence and defeat them with their false premises, and I did that,” she said.
“The Republican Party always gets a bad rap because there are not as many women that are in elective office, but it’s a tough business,” Bachmann said. “It is public humiliation, public ridicule, constant criticism when you’re in public office – if you take on the left.”
Yeah, I don't think the ridiculing had anything to do with her gender.
Let's revisit some of Michelle Bachmann's "evidenced-based arguments" shall we?
These are courtesy of the Daily Kos:
Accusing members of Congress of being "anti-American:
The news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would, I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out are they are pro-America or anti-America.
Claiming that the Obama Administration was going to be forcing Americans to attend re-education camps:
The real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically correct forums.
Claiming that actor John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa, when instead it was serial killer John Wayne Gacy:
What I want them to know is just like John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa, that's the spirit that I have too. It's really about not being ashamed of America. It's embracing America.
Terrifying parents by relaying an unsubstantiated story from an anti-vaxxer:
There’s a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate. She said her daughter was given [the HPV] vaccine. She told me her daughter suffered mental retardation as a result. There are very dangerous consequences.
Claiming that earthquakes and hurricanes are messages from God about reining in big government:
I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending.
There are more, in fact the Daily Kos lists 40 altogether, but I think we get the point.
That my friends is the kind of "logic" that Michelle Bachmann used to "defeat" us.
Gosh, I guess we never had a chance.
