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Beacool

(30,250 posts)
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:17 PM Jul 2013

Michele Bachmann: Congress Needs To Give Obama A 'Spanking,' Take Away His 'Magic Wand'

By Nick Wing
7/15/13

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) dished out an oddly phrased and factually challenged takedown of President Barack Obama in a recent interview, claiming that Congress needed to give the president a "spanking" in order to stop him from using his "magic wand" to create a new generation of Democratic voters.

Speaking to WorldNetDaily about her opposition to the Senate-passed comprehensive immigration reform bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, Bachmann argued that Republicans "could actually lose the gavel in 2014" if they allowed the legislation to pass. They'd do so not just because the bill would make them unpopular, she said, but because Obama would "wave his magic wand before 2014 and he'd say now all of the new, legal Americans are going to have voting rights."

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Bachmann then continued to describe a fantasy world in which Obama's magical powers would allow Democrats to enact changes to election laws and rule the nation forever. Only Republicans could prevent this nightmare from supposedly becoming a reality, Bachmann continued, and they could do so by giving Obama a "spanking."

"I'm not crying wolf here," she said. "This is working for the president. It's not working for the American people, but, hey, it's great by him. He has a perpetual magic wand and nobody's given him a spanking yet and taken it out of his hand. That's what Congress needs to do -- give the president a major wake-up call. And the way we spank the president is we do it through the checkbook. We're the ones who say, 'No, you can't have the money.' What's wrong with us?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/15/michele-bachmann-obama-spanking_n_3600799.html

Bachmann has got to be one of the biggest idiots to serve in Congress. Isn't her time up yet?

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Michele Bachmann: Congress Needs To Give Obama A 'Spanking,' Take Away His 'Magic Wand' (Original Post) Beacool Jul 2013 OP
Obama never had a "magic wand" - Herr Decider grabbed it off the desk on his way out derby378 Jul 2013 #1
I can't wait to see this woman leave Congress. Beacool Jul 2013 #2
Spanking for Obama? Roy Rolling Jul 2013 #51
What??? JimboBillyBubbaBob Jul 2013 #70
If your perpetual magic wand... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #85
Ow! riqster Jul 2013 #96
Well thanks a lot obama2terms Jul 2013 #78
Her belittling of the President reflects her Ilsa Jul 2013 #3
Yes, there's something demeaning the way she criticized him. Beacool Jul 2013 #4
I know what you are up to. Whisp Jul 2013 #27
Whisp, go out and play. Beacool Jul 2013 #28
No, I think I'll stick around here and watch you play. Whisp Jul 2013 #31
Sweets, you are becoming paranoid. Beacool Jul 2013 #36
i wouldn't mention cigars if I were you. Whisp Jul 2013 #38
I'm not going to play your game. Beacool Jul 2013 #39
Ciao. And you have yourself a nice little clever giggle, mkay? n/t Whisp Jul 2013 #40
and you keep using Bachman as your proxy Whisp Jul 2013 #65
Uh... derby378 Jul 2013 #5
Our complaints about his behavior were specific. Ilsa Jul 2013 #8
I don't remember anyone saying that he needed to be spanked. Beacool Jul 2013 #9
Even if DUers called for the spanking of Bush... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #34
Yep... exactly. PsychGrad Jul 2013 #69
And the stupid just keeps coming. Cleita Jul 2013 #6
Unfortunately, when she doesn't speak, Gohmert pipes up. Beacool Jul 2013 #12
Other dopes apparently. I didn't think there were that many in the population. n/t Cleita Jul 2013 #13
They win state and local elections. Beacool Jul 2013 #15
Hey Bea, I'll give you a rec for this. Good DevonRex Jul 2013 #7
Thank you for the rec. Beacool Jul 2013 #10
And to think DevonRex Jul 2013 #16
Oh no, I hadn't thought about that!!! Beacool Jul 2013 #19
No one can be as stupid as these tea baggers are. It's not humanly possible to be that stupid. Autumn Jul 2013 #11
Well, the people who put them in office are even dumber. Beacool Jul 2013 #14
or Obama, right? Whisp Jul 2013 #32
Good to know she's not gone all "rational" on us. n/t DirkGently Jul 2013 #17
Tee Hee Hee Blue Owl Jul 2013 #18
"spanking" and "magic wands"?? reallly, michele? could you please get your mind out of the gutter? niyad Jul 2013 #20
I think that she's going kinky on us. Beacool Jul 2013 #21
pretty sure she and what's-his-face are not exactly mundane when it comes to that. niyad Jul 2013 #22
You got a point. Beacool Jul 2013 #24
Oh gawd pass the brain bleach! VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #30
I'm actually quite impressed that she managed not to call for his lynching. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #23
Nahhh, that's not her fantasy. Beacool Jul 2013 #25
It's curious why you would put this up as an OP. Whisp Jul 2013 #26
Is she actually suggesting that "legal Americans" shouldn't have voting rights? last1standing Jul 2013 #29
In her inept way she's trying to say that if undocumented immigrants are given legal status Beacool Jul 2013 #33
I totally believe her! Rstrstx Jul 2013 #35
I thought that the other woman was a witch. Beacool Jul 2013 #37
Even If What She Said Was True left on green only Jul 2013 #41
Rethugs gerrymandering of election districts is probably why they still control the House red dog 1 Jul 2013 #43
K&R...Thanks for posting this, Beacool. red dog 1 Jul 2013 #42
Thanks!!! Beacool Jul 2013 #44
Has anybody seriously called for her to have a mental exam? sinkingfeeling Jul 2013 #45
She is the sickest idiot I have ever seen in congress. How the people of her district ever elected jwirr Jul 2013 #46
It's a toss up between Bachmann and Gohmert as to who is crazier. Beacool Jul 2013 #54
I suddenly have an image of Bachmann in a leather bustier, fishnet stockings and stiletto heels... Harry Monroe Jul 2013 #47
Men......... Beacool Jul 2013 #55
"He has a perpetual magic wand and nobody's given him a spanking yet." Is this a Cialis commercial? WinkyDink Jul 2013 #48
Give us an insight to the dynamics of Marcus and Michele's home life...n/t radhika Jul 2013 #49
Heh. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #59
Oh, she just wants the president to give HER a spanking, and then use his magic wand... polichick Jul 2013 #50
That thought crossed my mind. Beacool Jul 2013 #57
Yep - she's a naughty little teabagger. :) polichick Jul 2013 #58
What's not working for the American people is having a bunch of crazy people AndyA Jul 2013 #52
All joking aside, I think that there's something fundamentally wrong with her. Beacool Jul 2013 #61
I wasn't joking. AndyA Jul 2013 #62
I wasn't clear, I meant that I was the one joking. Beacool Jul 2013 #63
We agree--how rare is that on DU these days? AndyA Jul 2013 #66
Too true......... Beacool Jul 2013 #74
She's so fucking weird. nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #53
President Obama: The only SANE adult in the room. CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #56
My God, that woman has some repressed sexual issues! Myrina Jul 2013 #60
Take away his "magic wand"? Metro135 Jul 2013 #64
I've got a better idea, faithnomore Jul 2013 #67
So basically she want to emasculate the president ... Sand Wind Jul 2013 #68
Amazing how the brick wall can speak of a doorway! Rex Jul 2013 #71
says the woman who has thieves on her staff. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #72
I heard about that. Beacool Jul 2013 #75
not clear. there'd been thefts for a year in the rayburn building so they set up a sting, filmed HiPointDem Jul 2013 #76
Terrorism? She sure knows where to find them..... Beacool Jul 2013 #77
I can hardly wait for her to LEAVE!! n/t Duval Jul 2013 #73
A spanking to stop him using his magic wand? nxylas Jul 2013 #79
Well, what can one say? Beacool Jul 2013 #80
Someone needs to take away Bachmann's RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #81
One pill make you larger, and one pill makes you small... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #86
What you did to the words of one of my favorite songs, RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #100
Sorry, I have a bad habit... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #102
Well, get ready for more of the same with geardaddy Jul 2013 #82
Who's he? Beacool Jul 2013 #83
He's the guy who's running in her place geardaddy Jul 2013 #88
Great, just what Congress needed, another Bagger. Beacool Jul 2013 #90
The dumbing down of America is producing idiots! juajen Jul 2013 #97
No more magic for you Steviehh Jul 2013 #84
Could you clarify the intent of your post? nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #87
I think that he's being sarcastic. Beacool Jul 2013 #92
I think you are right... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #93
batshit crazy warrprayer Jul 2013 #89
We are sorry. To all sane people in the US, we are sorry. Thor_MN Jul 2013 #91
I had never heard of the Mankato mass execution until a few months ago. Beacool Jul 2013 #94
If I had to write a story... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #95
Are you forgetting Palin? juajen Jul 2013 #98
I think Bachmann actually believes... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #99
On the Dom Imus show they were talking this morning about Peter King's Beacool Jul 2013 #103
Oh sure. Because Republicans are out and proud as the Party of White Rule... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #101

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
2. I can't wait to see this woman leave Congress.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:24 PM
Jul 2013

Unfortunately, Gohmert, Issa, Inhofe, Cruz, Paul, Ryan, et al. are staying.

Roy Rolling

(6,932 posts)
51. Spanking for Obama?
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 11:38 AM
Jul 2013

She's just repeating her husband's sexual fantasies that he utters in his sleep....

obama2terms

(563 posts)
78. Well thanks a lot
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 01:47 AM
Jul 2013

I just spit soda all over my new hardwood floor, and sprite hurts when it comes out of your nose. This made my day

Ilsa

(61,697 posts)
3. Her belittling of the President reflects her
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:25 PM
Jul 2013

bigoted contempt for the man. She belittles him by calling him a child. It's very unprofessional of her, to say the least.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
4. Yes, there's something demeaning the way she criticized him.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:27 PM
Jul 2013

She's reducing him to a spoiled child.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
38. i wouldn't mention cigars if I were you.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:22 AM
Jul 2013

and you have said worse about the President than this OP states Bachman has.

I have never seen you in even a slight defense of Obama, so of course I find this OP of yours just a weee weee bit, odd, shall we say?

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
65. and you keep using Bachman as your proxy
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:47 PM
Jul 2013

You have said far worse about the President than stated in the OP, and I am to believe that you posted this to mock Bachman and her obvious hate and craziness...

You have said far worse for many years and now you suddenly have a change of heart just out of the blue?

sure!


derby378

(30,252 posts)
5. Uh...
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:28 PM
Jul 2013

Didn't a lot of us do the same thing to George W. Bush? Of course, we had truth on our side, which lent a lot of much-needed gravitas to our barbs.

Ilsa

(61,697 posts)
8. Our complaints about his behavior were specific.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:30 PM
Jul 2013

She just calls for spanking him like a child, no foundation.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
34. Even if DUers called for the spanking of Bush...
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:19 AM
Jul 2013

We're mere assholes on a website. She's a government official - a representative in a chamber that should be above such childish attack.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
6. And the stupid just keeps coming.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:29 PM
Jul 2013

I'd like to see Congress paste some duct tape over her mouth, put a dunce cap on her head and make her sit on a stool in front of the rest of them. That's what my second grade teacher used to do to kids who wouldn't stop talking when she told them to. That's what they ought to do to members of Congress who say dumb things and talk too much.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
12. Unfortunately, when she doesn't speak, Gohmert pipes up.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:34 PM
Jul 2013

Like on the farm bill and food stamps. He kept interrupting Democrats by yelling "objection" over and over. Who elects these dopes?

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
15. They win state and local elections.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:40 PM
Jul 2013

But I would cringe in horror if a Bagger wins the WH. Then I would know that we have lost all our common sense and decency.



DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
7. Hey Bea, I'll give you a rec for this. Good
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:29 PM
Jul 2013

God, won't she just go away? Magic wand? Spanking? As if we've been able to do much of anything what with the idiots in the House and the filibusterers in the Senate.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
10. Thank you for the rec.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:32 PM
Jul 2013

The woman is an idiot. Every time she opens her mouth something stupid comes out of it. I can't wait until she leaves Congress.

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
16. And to think
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:54 PM
Jul 2013

that district gets to vote again. They ought to get a time out for inflicting her on us. Time to think about what they did. Time to have to watch her most embarrassing moments over and over again and the world's reaction to them - the gales of laughter, the snorts, the uncomfortable silences.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
11. No one can be as stupid as these tea baggers are. It's not humanly possible to be that stupid.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:32 PM
Jul 2013

Is it?

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
14. Well, the people who put them in office are even dumber.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 09:35 PM
Jul 2013

How else can you explain anyone voting for her, Gohmert, Issa, Cruz, Paul, etc., etc., etc.



 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
32. or Obama, right?
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:15 AM
Jul 2013

interesting... this is a little bit out of your usual way, isn't it Bea. This OP?

niyad

(113,532 posts)
20. "spanking" and "magic wands"?? reallly, michele? could you please get your mind out of the gutter?
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 10:28 PM
Jul 2013

last1standing

(11,709 posts)
29. Is she actually suggesting that "legal Americans" shouldn't have voting rights?
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:09 AM
Jul 2013

If she is then I think it's reasonable to ask exactly which "Americans" should have them. White "Americans" making over $200k/year perhaps? Only "American" landowners? Maybe only "Americans" with a certain level financial portfolio.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
33. In her inept way she's trying to say that if undocumented immigrants are given legal status
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:17 AM
Jul 2013

by Congress, that Obama is going to fast track their path to citizenship so that they can vote for Democrats in 2014. She wouldn't consider these immigrants as "legal Americans". What do you expect from a Bagger like her?

left on green only

(1,484 posts)
41. Even If What She Said Was True
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:46 AM
Jul 2013

Could that be any worse than the right wing gerrymandering of election districts?

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
46. She is the sickest idiot I have ever seen in congress. How the people of her district ever elected
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 10:43 AM
Jul 2013

her is beyond me. I live in MN and there are very few people dumb enough to believe that President Obama has a magic wand. If he did we would have a lot more passed than we do now. What she has is a witches wand.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
54. It's a toss up between Bachmann and Gohmert as to who is crazier.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:31 PM
Jul 2013

When she finally leaves, she'll pass the baton to Gohmert. I hope that the next person her district sends to Congress is better than this nut.

Harry Monroe

(2,935 posts)
47. I suddenly have an image of Bachmann in a leather bustier, fishnet stockings and stiletto heels...
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 11:02 AM
Jul 2013

...wielding a whip. And I'm kind of turned on. Lord, I need some help!!

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
48. "He has a perpetual magic wand and nobody's given him a spanking yet." Is this a Cialis commercial?
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 11:05 AM
Jul 2013

polichick

(37,152 posts)
50. Oh, she just wants the president to give HER a spanking, and then use his magic wand...
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 11:36 AM
Jul 2013

Maybe the poor woman finally figured out that her husband likes men better than her.

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
52. What's not working for the American people is having a bunch of crazy people
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:15 PM
Jul 2013

like Bachmann in Congress. Wasting time and American taxpayer money by continuously and repeatedly attempting to repeal the ACA, even though everyone knows it doesn't stand a chance of happening.

This woman truly is crazy--mentally unstable--unable to rationalize or comprehend. She's also a corrupt crook who should be removed from office.

If she were smart, she'd just shut the hell up and lay low until her term expires. But...of course...she's not smart.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
61. All joking aside, I think that there's something fundamentally wrong with her.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:41 PM
Jul 2013

Some of her assertions are just plain nutty.

When did the Republican party become so extremist that the average Republicans like Dole and others state that nowadays they wouldn't be elected? Ditto for men like Ike, Nixon and maybe even their hero, Reagan. Almost every person they have been sending to Congress the last few years has been one extremist after the other. To top it all, they may even have a chance to gain enough seats in the Senate to tip it over to their side.

It's beyond depressing.

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
62. I wasn't joking.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:12 PM
Jul 2013

I agree with you, there is something very basically wrong with Michele Bachmann. She has no concept of reality, and as such is ineffective in representing her constituents. She isn't doing them or anyone else good by wasting time on the crap she spews forth.

She's not the only one. Most if not all of the others who are just like her are also on the right side of the aisle. They've made our government ineffective, and they're wasting taxpayer money when they spend their time on "issues" that are nothing more than a pile of steaming excrement. Meanwhile, Americans are suffering and waiting and hoping for the government they fund to do their jobs.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
63. I wasn't clear, I meant that I was the one joking.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:27 PM
Jul 2013

Last edited Tue Jul 16, 2013, 04:53 PM - Edit history (1)

I agree with all you wrote. What's going on in Congress, and how it's affecting the country, is no joking matter and it's a disgrace.

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
60. My God, that woman has some repressed sexual issues!
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:38 PM
Jul 2013

Marcus needs to loan her some of his 'therapeutic toys' quite soon!!

 

faithnomore

(41 posts)
67. I've got a better idea,
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 02:09 PM
Jul 2013

why don't we just give you a spanking Michele, (you'd probably enjoy it,) and take away your broom.

 

Sand Wind

(1,573 posts)
68. So basically she want to emasculate the president ...
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 02:17 PM
Jul 2013

I think she have some fantasies about Obama.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
71. Amazing how the brick wall can speak of a doorway!
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 04:29 PM
Jul 2013

This ilk of criminal GOP strategists (known as congress people) are trying their BEST to destroy the country! Bad enough we have crazy people like Machmann in a position of power...HEY...isn't she in trouble with the law? I keeeeddd...I KNOW the GOP never gets in trouble, they are all saints...

 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
76. not clear. there'd been thefts for a year in the rayburn building so they set up a sting, filmed
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 08:59 PM
Jul 2013

him stealing 'two envelopes of cash'.

The 37-year-old Virginia resident has been charged with second-degree theft, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. It applies when less than $1,000 has been stolen.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/15/michele-bachmann-staffer-javier-sanchez-arrested/

i'm assuming that means only the two envelopes of cash, not the other thefts.

she also had a staffer arrested for terrorism:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/bachmann-staffer-arrested-for-terrorism-in-uganda-in-2006/243711/

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
77. Terrorism? She sure knows where to find them.....
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 09:08 PM
Jul 2013

The two envelopes with cash is intriguing. Hmmm, maybe he was taking bribes?

Thanks for the info.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
81. Someone needs to take away Bachmann's
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 12:40 PM
Jul 2013

magic pills... or share them with the rest of us who want to live in a deluded state of mind.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
86. One pill make you larger, and one pill makes you small...
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 06:05 PM
Jul 2013

and the one that Boehner gives you makes you batshit insane.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
93. I think you are right...
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 07:25 PM
Jul 2013

I had forgotten the "magic negro" song that asshole Rush had at one time.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
91. We are sorry. To all sane people in the US, we are sorry.
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 06:44 PM
Jul 2013

We let the rethugs get control at the wrong time and they drew a very long, very crooked line around craziest people in the state. They are the people of the 6th District and they are the ones that kept sending an Idiot Out Wandering Around to Washington. I recently listed Minnesota's major sins that I know.

Michele Bachmann
1921 Duluth lynchings
1862 Mankato mass execution.

We are very sorry and embarrassed that you have been subjected to her.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
94. I had never heard of the Mankato mass execution until a few months ago.
Wed Jul 17, 2013, 07:25 PM
Jul 2013

Sad moment in history.

"The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, (and the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 or Little Crow's War) was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of the eastern Sioux (also known as eastern Dakota). It began on August 17, 1862, along the Minnesota River in southwest Minnesota. It ended with a mass execution of 38 Dakota men on December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_War_of_1862

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
99. I think Bachmann actually believes...
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 11:35 AM
Jul 2013

the stuff she says, I don't think Word Salad Sarah fully does.

Beacool

(30,250 posts)
103. On the Dom Imus show they were talking this morning about Peter King's
Fri Jul 19, 2013, 09:19 AM
Jul 2013

announcement that he may run for president. They were all saying why do some politicians run when they know that they don't have a chance in hell of getting elected. They used Bachmann as one of their examples. Don called her a crazy alien who is married to a double fruit salad. The others agree. Even non Democrats know that's she's nuts.




 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
101. Oh sure. Because Republicans are out and proud as the Party of White Rule...
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 03:47 PM
Jul 2013

So if you are a white Democrat you are a traitor to your race and you need to fear the armed rednecks that are coming to get you.

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