Who is this Michelle Bernard

[Tangerine LaBamba]

on "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"???

What kind of a idiot is she, blithering about how Geithner's strategies "haven't worked"?

Where was she while Chimpy Fucknuts was nursing this mess along?

I am annoyed by this woman, and even if I'm no fan of Geithner, give the guy a chance to do something, for heaven's sake.

These rightwingnuts are always standing in line, aren't they, in the chance they might get in on the gangbang.

[jenmito]

1. She describes herself as "center right" and belongs to some women's group, but

yesterday Matthews got her to admit she voted for Obama.

[alsame]

2. Yep, and she called herself a

'free market feminist". :shrug:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. Well, then,

I'll hold off on despising her.

For a while....................

[Sebass1271]

11. you shoul dispise her even though she admitted voting for

Obama. She is no progressive.

[NorthCarolina]

20. I would need to witness her say she voted for Obama

while connected to a lie detector indicating a *truthful statement* before I'd ever believe her.

[Ikonoklast]

15. I despise her. She is a shill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Women's_Forum

These people should be labeled whenever they appear on TV as having been bought and paid for by the Oligarchs.

[Hieronymus]

27. Yes, I heard her say that. She, no doubt ,voted for him because he's black...

She's pretty rightwing.

[struggle4progress]

33. In 1975, nobody would admit having voted for Nixon in 1972: some of them

must have, but they were keeping mum

The lady takes money from rightwing wackos like Scaife, and her "independent" organization is packed with rightwing wackos like Lynn Cheney

She didn't vote for Obama: she's just another extremist pretending to be in the political center

[zulchzulu]

4. She is very disappointing and basically full of shit, like her buddy, Nancy Pfotenhauer

It's fucking 50 days and Obama hasn't solved the banking industry problem... and oh yeah, Geitner hasn't given a succinct plan on the multi-trillion dollar industry and basically just given the banking industry barrels and barrels of cash... that's what Wall Street wants! Whaaaa!!!! Chris Kofinis said it's more than "ordering a pizza".

Who is she? Well...

Bernard is President of the deceptively-named Independent Women's Forum, a thinktank that is neither "Independent" (Prominent members include Kate O'Beirne, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Lynne Cheney and the Podhoretz boys' wife and mother, Midge Decter. Funding comes from organizations like the Castle Rock Foundation and the Scaife Foundation.

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/hardball-michelle-bernard-doesnt-thin

The Castle Rock Foundation is basically an offshoot of Adolph Coors (http://www.mediatransparency.org/funderprofile.php?funderID=14) and the Scaife Foundation is the baby of Richard Mellon Scaife. Neocon fueled nonsense for your viewing pleasure... :puke:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. THAT's pretty much what I figured.......

Yeah, "right of center," my ass. Those names are right out of Satan's address book. Rightwingnut loonies, and that's why her friggin' querulous remarks just bit my ass.

She is exactly what I thought she was.

Although, as noted in this thread, she admitted to voting for Obama.

What do I do now? Hate her or not?

[zulchzulu]

8. Don't hate her... just know she gets her cash from Coors and Scaife...

... she knows what songs to sing in the songbook.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

9. More reasons to hate her

Coors and Scaife?

Oh, yeah, I hate her..........................

[BlackX-068]

35. It didn't take you long...

To make up your mind. HAHAHA!!! I can't put my finger on her as of yet; I love to see her get into it with Joan Walsh from Salon.com. Joan slaps her back and forth when she says stupid stuff.

[Mojorabbit]

25. I wroteone of my rare

rants to Tweety's show after she was on one day recently and said the American people do not want single payer health care. I was hollering at my tv and came back and fired of a red hot rant.

[alsame]

7. Yikes, that's a demonic group. n/t

[mwb970]

37. Here's the complete C&L quote.

(You only copied the first half of the first sentence; the whole paragraph is relevant.)

The first question is easier to answer. Bernard is President of the deceptively-named Independent Women's Forum, a thinktank that is neither "Independent" (Prominent members include Kate O'Beirne, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Lynne Cheney and the Podhoretz boys' wife and mother, Midge Decter. Funding comes from organizations like the Castle Rock Foundation and the Scaife Foundation. Sound independent to you?) nor particularly interested in furthering the welfare of women. In fact, some of their declared stances are against gender equality, like Title IX and the Violence Against Women Act. A curious case of self-loathing that must be given an inordinate amount of airtime, don't you think?

[ncteechur]

5. Nobody important.

[DeltaLitProf]

10. I get the feeling she is a coward

In her appearances on Hardball, she talks like a moderate, probably because she isn't willing to stand up to Matthews' questioning of her position. But on occasion, because she has to keep the money flowing from her Right-wing scum funders at the Independent Women's Forum, she'll very very carefully bring out a Right-wing position.

[Sebass1271]

12. At mathews show yesterday she argued with chris saying

she doen't need the government to speak or represent her on women's issues. She can argue her own fate reg health benefits, retirements, pay and leave of absence herself.

yeah... like if she would have leave of absence without the government imposing these benefits for women. This woman is a fake and is a right wing shill for the republican party.

[vaberella]

13. An evil woman who disses Black people (but she voted for O). She's in the lines of Amy Holmes

and various other Black Republican pudits

[Sebass1271]

14. She should be brought to light and be pressure to admit

that her so called "independent women's forum" is nothing but independent. I can't believe this woman s invited to every single show to represent something she is not. Women would be watching this woman thinking Michelle does not have an agenda when she is filled with agendas.....

I am so sick of this media.. when will they be telling us the truth.

[Avalux]

16. She doesn't call herself a Republican anymore but she still is.

She is the head of a women's group and is now an "independent"; it became a liability to associate herself with the Republican Party.

She still spouts the ideology.

[struggle4progress]

17. Michelle Bernard Contribution List in 2008

http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/michelle-bernard.asp?cycle=08

cash to Dole & Giuliani

[struggle4progress]

18. Pyookzie! Here's Michelle onTweety, talking Katrina:

Michelle Bernard: Surprisingly, I'm going to come to Bobby Jindal's defense on this point ... I think that if you can look at it from that perspective what he was saying, as I saw it, as a black person watching all those black people drown during Hurricane Katrina, is that you better take personal responsibility and take care of yourself because if you're going to wait for the government to do it you could die ...
Joan Walsh: The government let black people drown Michelle, I mean come on.
Michelle Bernard: I just said that. I watched it in horror. It's why I don't trust government ...

The absolute insanity that is Michelle Bernard
by Tirge Caps
Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 10:25:02 PM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/25/131/34635

[burning rain]

30. I remember that, and a sorry display it was for Bernard.

What the hell would the libertarian solution have been for New Orleans? For everyone to build a mini-ark in the backyard? Jesus H. Something-or-other! Give her credit for not supporting another four years of neocon warmongering, but that's about all I can say for her.

[struggle4progress]

19. Michelle Bernard: Better labeling, please

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

... It's bad enough to let anybody spout off on TV identified only by the Independent Women's Forum. Nobody knows what that is ... But she really doesn't sound all that independent, and the reason for that is she worked for Bush-Cheney '00 and at one of the most high profile and most Republican law firms in D.C. http://straightflushing.blogspot.com/2008/08/better-labeling-please.html

[polichick]

21. Yesterday she complained about the women's council but admitted she voted for Obama.

[Peregrine Took]

22. Pretty face with a phony smile. Just another forgettable wingnut. n/t

[pkz]

23. and she's married to Joe Johns on CNN n/t

[ErinBerin84]

24. I remember when the clips

of the Couric/Gibson etc interviews of Sarah Palin came out, she was in total denial. She kept saying "But...her speech at the convention was so good!", and Joan Walsh was like "That was a speech written for her, Michelle!"

[Clio the Leo]

26. I dunno, but she voted for Obama. She admited to it last night.

Apparently Chris has been trying to find out for some time now because he was delighted that he got it out of her.

[FrenchieCat]

28. I believe her like I believe Mr. Cramer.

[struggle4progress]

31. Her post-election comments read like a laundry list of Republican talkling points:

... Senator McCain decided to run in an election stacked against any Republican ... Still, the general election was a long-shot for any Republican. Senator Obama was a media darling and political phenomenon. The GOP was outgunned financially ... But Senator McCain .. he surprised everyone by knocking on our so-called political glass ceiling by choosing Governor Sarah Palin ... He should take up the cudgels against any Democratic attempt to foment class war ...
Townhall.com
November 10, 2008
.. by Michelle D. Bernard
http://iwvoice.org/author/michelle-bernard/



And considering her views and her funding, it seems unlikely she ever actually supported any Democrat:



Hardball: Michelle Bernard Doesn't Think Women Should Worry Their Pretty Little Heads About Pay Equality
By Nicole Belle Sunday Feb 01, 2009 12:00pm

Where did Michelle Bernard come from, and why on earth would anyone ask her opinion on the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which President Obama signed into law last week?

The first question is easier to answer. Bernard is President of the deceptively-named Independent Women's Forum, a thinktank that is neither "Independent" (Prominent members include Kate O'Beirne, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Lynne Cheney and the Podhoretz boys' wife and mother, Midge Decter. Funding comes from organizations like the Castle Rock Foundation and the Scaife Foundation. Sound independent to you?) nor particularly interested in furthering the welfare of women. In fact, some of their declared stances are against gender equality, like Title IX and the Violence Against Women Act ...

Naturally, Bernard and the IWF do not support the Ledbetter Act ...

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/hardball-michelle-bernard-doesnt-thin

[Raine]

34. Yeah she "claims" to have voted for Obama but

she's probably just is too embarassed to admit that McCain was her guy. x(

[firedupdem]

29. I cannot stand the sight of that woman. She says the most idiotic

crap ever. She was even against the Lilly Ledbetter act being signed. She stated that it would make employers less likely to higher women! I turn her off as soon as she appears. I was napping today and heard her voice on 1600, and woke up and changed the channel before going back to sleep! She is horrid!

[truebrit71]

32. Just another self-loathing rich black woman...

..she actually DEFENDED Jindal and his post-Obama "speech"...She is a cretin of the highest order...

[mwb970]

36. She's an anti-woman woman who is a waste of oxygen.

She joins the anti-black blacks and the anti-gay gays in the Limbaugh Party. I have never heard her say anything sensible. But hey, there's always tomorrow!

[angee_is_mad]

38. Married to CNN 's Joe Johns

Is the head of the organization that was founded during the Anita Hill Clarence Thomas hearing to show that there was one black woman who supported uncle thomas. She is the Independence Women's (whatever it is called) equivalent of Michael steele. Get a black woman to attack another black woman. Get a black man to attack another black man, so that we will not look as racist.

She is more right to center, than center right.

Her saving grace is that she voted for Obama and she supported him during the election, now its time for her to get back to work.