Michele Bachmann On Her Trip To Iraq: It’s Like Visiting The ‘Mall Of America’

[stevedeshazer]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/24/bachmann-mall-iraq/

Earlier this month, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) traveled to Iraq with a congressional delegation. In an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune, Bachmann said that after her trip, she remains firm in her support for Bush’s escalation:

This month, Bachmann traveled to Iraq, and despite more GOP defections from Bush’s base of support, she returned as firm as ever in her conviction that the war is justified. Al-Qaida, she said, “doesn’t show any signs of letting up.” The congressional delegation met with Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, in one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces.

What was the palace like?

“It’s absolutely huge,” she said. “I turned to my colleagues and said there’s a commonality with the Mall of America, in that it’s on that proportion. There’s marble everywhere. The other thing I remarked about was there is water everywhere. He had man-made lakes all around his personal palace — one for fishing, one for boating.”

[Fridays Child]

1. Is she the nutjob who was trying to hump George's leg after his 2007 SOTU address?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. That's the one. Minnesota's Katherine Harris.

I was just at the Mall of America last week, and nothing exploded. I was able to wander the aisles of the Sears store looking for a lawn mower without even wearing a flak jacket. Michelle needs to go shopping with me so I can show her how things don't blow up there.

She's a freak.

[Cha]

16. I wanna know how

that beyatch gets away with lying about something as importantly tragic as that?

[madrchsod]

17. is everyone in her district as crazy as she is?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. No, but there are just enough crazy people in that district

to get her scrawny ass elected. Better luck next time -- she really needs to be 86'd out of the Congress and stop embarrassing her state.

I'm glad my district is represented by Keith Ellison.

[wellstone dem]

26. I am not crazy

really, I'm not.

[stevedeshazer]

6. That's her

One and the same.

[dflprincess]

8. The Official Bat Shit Crazy Congresswoman of the Stephanie Miller Show

n/t

[stevedeshazer]

13. We don't get Steph here, that's true?

:)

[dflprincess]

15. Yep

Bachmann replaced Katherine Harris in that position.

[Olney Blue]

2. Did she wear a bullet-proof vest in the mall?

[dflprincess]

12. There has been some problems with gangs at the Mall

(though the Bloomington, MN police and City Council will deny it).

I stopped there after work a few weeks ago and decided to grab something in one of the food courts - after scanning the crowd that was there and how they seemed to be interacting, I decided I was better off going hungry. If Bachmann has ever seen a similar scene at the MOA she probably does wear a bullet proof vest there. Remember, this is the woman who started screaming for help when a couple constituents tried to ask her questions in a ladies' room (claims they were holding her captive).

[NanceGreggs]

3. Shouldn't being a total airhead ...

... while in office be an offence carrying a fine of $500,000 and a minimum of twelve years in prison?

[stevedeshazer]

9. Well, now that you mention it,

...maybe the voters who elected this nitwit oughtta share some of the blame.

[blogslut]

4. So, she was impressed with old Saddam's palace.

Perhaps envious too?

[hobbit709]

7. A palace in the Green Zone

That's a healthy dose of the REAL Iraq alright.:sarcasm:

[bluestateguy]

10. She just made her opponent's campaign ad

and the kiss will look real nice in the ad too.

[stevedeshazer]

20. That would make an excellent campaign ad for an opponent n/t

[driver8]

11. Jesus H. Kriste...

What a f*cking idiot.

I weep for the future...

[Cha]

14. OH GROSS!

I just ate my supper..and ..

[spanone]

18. ya know, some statements are just so fucking stupid.......

:hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts:

[HughMoran]

21. Wow.

Wow.

[eppur_se_muova]

22. MOA security guards use white phosphorous shells?

Who knew?

[KingFlorez]

23. One word to describe her: Sick

[Minnesota Raindog]

24. For lots more on Michele Bachmann, go to www.dumpbachmann.com

Please help us make her a one-term Fool for Christ! (for an explanation of that and more, watch the videos at http://michelebachmannmovies.blogspot.com/

[Deja Q]

25. Are there any US politicians who haven't gone over there yet?