Is michelle bachman ignorant???

[ejpoeta]

her question to geitner... where in the constitution does it give the fed authority to give money to the banks. or something like that. she kept asking that. then she asked it of bernake. she used some $10 trillion dollar number that bernake said he didn't know where she got that number from. I can't help but wonder how the hell this woman got re-elected!!

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[mwb970]

2. I tuned in just as she got cut off for talking too long.

I figured I had just missed her saying something stupid. Her presence in the government is indeed mystifying. The conservatives that keep re-electing her must have values and standards very different from ours, that's all I can think of.

[glinda]

12. Her District has a lot of wealthy and super Religious people in it. Fund raising and

connections through Church was big portion of it I understand. She appears to be mildly insane clinically actually and as she keeps on opening her mouth possibly more people in her area will get turned off. Let's hope so anyways. I think she is also on diet pills of some sort IMHO.

[MineralMan]

3. Not Ignorant --- Deliberately Stupid and Obstinate

There is a difference.

[mikeytherat]

11. Definitely. She passed the last exit to Willfully Ignorant a long, long time ago.

mikey_the_rat

[Epiphany4z]

4. yes

[Dawgs]

5. Geitner correctly responded that it's the congress that gives the authority to spend money.

You would think she would understand that, considering she's in the f'ing congress.

She's an idiot.

[marketcrazy1]

10. you guys crack me up! LOL!

she asked some of the best questions so far ( constitutional authority aside )( the FED has arguably exceeded it`s mandate using the "exigent circumstances" clause ), and got NO answers..... LOL!!!

[Subdivisions]

14. As much as I dislike her, I have to agree. n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

19. We are so happy to provide entertainment for you and "your kind" Be careful if you visit often

you or someone near you will be in serious danger of reestablishing neural pathways between brain cells that have obviously been far too lonely for far too long.

She got no answers because she asked the same patently ignorant question over and over. I couldn't figure out if she was the world's dullest game show host with a malfunctioning teleprompter or if the poor woman is suffering early onset dementia. Adding a special glow to her aura of stupid was the fact that she apparently got both her financial data and her basic understanding of the constitution from some dude picking his ass while snacking on paint chips on the subway.

[TahitiNut]

21. Word.

:applause:

[marketcrazy1]

24. OK!!!

:popcorn:

[acmavm]

25. A popular saying here is 'even a clock is right twice a day'.

[Clintonista2]

30. I don't think that's the saying

[Dr. Strange]

31. Even a broken phrase is useful twice a day.

[acmavm]

34. Damn damn damn you're RIGHT! I left out the word broken. Only the

most important word in the whole sentence.

[ogneopasno]

6. I don't usually watch these things, but I happened to have it on, and that was one of the funniest

things I've seen in a long time. First of all, since when was she all Laura Roslin? She must have figured that poofing the hair and working the funky glasses worked for Palin, so she's jumping on board that little train. Getcha some makeup, girl! Second of all, Bernanke and Geithner were so obviously trying not to leap up from their tables and throttle her for daring to be so stupid in public. They were like, "Constitution? Um, we were totally authorized by Congress? And...Congress is in the Constitution? Someone get this woman an oxygen tank, because she is clearly too stupid to breathe." And the people behind them were shaking their heads, like, WTF? And finally Geithner was totally screwing up his face in complete disgust and confusion. OMG, that was some of the best five minutes of TV I've seen in a long time.

[YOY]

7. "Ignorant" would imply that she could be informed.

No...this is deliberate.

[SCantiGOP]

8. No, she is not ignorant

That would be like saying Hitler was grouchy. A gross understatement.

[madrchsod]

9. she represents the people who voted for her,

so there must be a whole bunch of people just like her...scary is`t it?

[TahitiNut]

22. Yes, it's scary enough to make me avoid her part of Minnesota at all costs.

It must be the Black Hole of Stupid there.

[guitar man]

13. no

Ignorant doesn't quite do it justice. My Dad used to say someone was "eat up with the dumbass". I think that description gets a bit closer. ;)

[dkofos]

15. That is the PC way to put it.

Totally fucking stupid, and bat shit crazy is how I would describe her.

[KharmaTrain]

16. Wingnuttia Loves Her

It means ego and money. Who cares if it has any facts or even common sense, that's not the audience she talks to...even in public. Her tunnelvision, along with those of her wingnut hivedwellers, live in a world of their own creation that only accepts what they want and reject the rest. She'll go home...turn on the local hate radio station singing her praises and donations show up in the mail. Fortunately this used to be a wider net that dominated our government, now it's relegated to the fringes, but it's still there.

[wryter2000]

17. Is the Pope German? n/t

n/t

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[TahitiNut]

20. She's a LEGISLATOR who apparently cannot comprehend LEGISLATION.

"Obtuse" doesn't even begin to cover her low-IQ Joe McCarthy act. The entire state of Minnesota should blush pink on every map of the US every time that imbecile opens her pie hole.

She's jaw-droppingly idiotic in an era overrun with idiots on the boob tube.

[Beavker]

23. Yes, she and her constituency are dumb.

If you are going to vote GOP you are going to vote GOP. My wiener dog could run and win if she ran as a Repuke and the constituency was Republican. These hearings are riduculous and a waste of tax payer money anyway. Most questions are either ignorant, or simply repetative.

[Javaman]

26. no, she was dropped on her head as a child, as a teenager, as an adult. nt

[peacetalksforall]

27. Anyone who hides behind bushes with the camera on or hides behind a retainer wall while

her aides are standing next to her, looking down at her has something loose.

[Still Sensible]

28. As Ron White says... "You can't fix stupid." n/t

[ejpoeta]

32. omg!! that is so true. and it so fits here. thank you for that. sometimes it's needed

or else one may cry.

[timtom]

29. Re: "Is michelle bachman ignorant???"

Profoundly!

[bridgit]

33. imo willfully so