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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:58 PM Original message |
Bachmann Flubs Fifth Grade American History |
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tallahasseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Holy crap! |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Even Bobby Thomson would be offended. His feat was the |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. it is bad enough that she is this stupid--but what bothers me most are the people who voted for her |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The newly built mega-churches and businesses. CofC big supporter. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I don't think her followers know or understand her wild ride of attention for which |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Her adoring fans don't know noner that shit either |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. exactly--and it's those people who feel they have more of a right |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. the people who voted for her |
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deanable (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. You are forgetting something |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #56 |
76. "friends don't let stupid friends vote for stupid people" |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
78. Me too. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh brother. What an embarrassment. |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I bet the people of NH were NOT impressed, THEY know where |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. are you sure? they ARE republicans. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Regressives. The new term for Repubs is..Regressives. |
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BREMPRO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
39. every dem, Independant AND republicans know this history in NH- It's common knowledge. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. it's common knowledge if american history were still taught in school . . . eom |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. LOL |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. Hey! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
85. Like saying the Alamo is in Iowa, or Iowa is our nation's capitol. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Queen of Babble On strikes again |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. she's no queen--she's the wench of babble |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hold on Michelle, |
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Blacksheep214 (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. At least N.H. had the witch trials! |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Exactly! |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wile E. "Bachmann" Coyote....SUPPPPPER Genius! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. Careful with the Coyote associations there. |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm THE Wisconsin Congresswoman and I'm not smarter than a 5th grader |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Bachmann is from MN. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Ouch, that hurt, but |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I will gloat because she and her stupid movement |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
82. Not comparable AT ALL |
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SteveG (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. but does she know that? |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. Does SHE know that? |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. Facts and Reality are sooo Elitist!! Who needs them when I can make up my own nonsense?? |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Bachmann |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. Those important events in US History |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Next thing you know, she will be telling us that the ORIGINAL Tea Party was in |
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donquijoterocket (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. She'll |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. I dare ANYONE to diagram that last sentence. |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. English teachers from around the world will hold a worldwide conference to see if they can.... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. History AND GEOGRAPHY!!! FAIL! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think she's purposefully making herself ignorant based on her own delusions of grandeur. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. what's scary is this ... |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Sorry to disagree... New Hampshire natives KNOW about colonial.. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. New Hampshire natives KNOW about colonial history, and the part New Hampshire played in it. |
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cynthia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
88. New Englanders know their colonial history |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. What scares me is her eyes |
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Zambero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. I noticed the same thing about Ryan! |
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FeelingBlue (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Try looking |
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PfcHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. Harrible knowledge of history. |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Thanks to some moderator web site folk here who promoted MY thread to the ... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bachmann needs a cheat sheet to wipe her ass. nt |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
77. I think she wrote it on her hand---no wait, that was Sarah Dumb & Dumber |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. And I bet you guys never heard of Ethan Allen and the |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. LOL......Ethan Allen was a furniture maker, right? They moved to |
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Duck (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. History? |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. Boston New Hampshire? |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. See now she should know that.. |
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spartan61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yes, DUers, Michele Bachmann, is as |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
48. "And this is also where Abe Lincoln crossed the Delaware." Bachman AKA Fucking Idiot |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. She's the prefect IQ and education for a Teabagger leader! |
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Roci (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. To any Minnesota Resident..a plea.. |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Not from her district |
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CoffinEd (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. And she was re-elected, right? n/t |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. They created a special district for her. First, the surveyed MN for low intelligence |
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CoffinEd (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. I see... |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
86. Yes, but not at 50+% until the 2010 election ... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. Bet she couldn't even pass a citizenship test. |
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Zambero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
59. Apparently, stupid sells in wingnut circles |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. She is like Palin in that when she makes a mistake she can then commiserate with her |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. "the most magnificent nation ...in 5,000 years of recorded history" built on continent-wide genocide |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. she ties with Palin as being the stupidest woman in the US |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
68. Wow. That's impressive ignorance even for her. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
69. I was amazed that even the local (Minneapolis) news pointed out this flub |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
70. I doubt that Representative Bachmann's supporters care |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
71. She's not running in 2012. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
72. Calling Jeff Foxworthy... |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
73. Realize that this may just help her chances |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
74. Anyone who goes to see Bachmann speak doesn't care |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
75. Only elitist history fact Nazis who hate America would care about something like that. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
79. Jeez. Everyone knows the Patriots are from the state of New England. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
80. I'm amazed. I would have never imagined.... |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
81. so shouldn't conservatives, who LOVE LOVE LOVE American history, be outraged? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
83. Assumptions > "blood sacrifice" must be paid = SCARY frakking bitch! |
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eringer (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
84. This picture says it all |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
87. Just a slip of the tongue. I am sure she meant to say Indonesia. |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Good one, Mr O'Reilly!!! LOL n/t |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
89. Concord, NH != Concord, MA |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
90. Again. //nt |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
91. Shock and awe of a manchurian canidate using dumb statements |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
93. I keep hoping she'll come to VA and do something similar. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. If only Jamestown had not been in Virginia! |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Jamestown??? In VA??? Surely you mean MD!!! |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
96. How is this possible? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
97. In fairness, her knowledge of U.S. geography is as defective of her knowledge of U.S.history. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
98. "extreme" love of liberty? |
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