Garrison Keillor may be a shitty singer, but he's got this right...

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/30/garrison-keillor-michele-bachmann-embarrassing_n_746083.html

Legendary humorist and radio host Garrison Keillor has come out swinging against Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) in her campaign for reelection, calling Bachmann "embarrassing to me and a great many Minnesotans" in a letter disseminated by the campaign of her opponent, Democrat Tarryl Clark.

Tea party favorite Bachmann, who infamously suggested in the run up to her 2008 reelection that the media investigate whether members of Congress are "pro-American or anti-American," has spent too much time pontificating on similar issues and not enough time working on behalf of her constituents, Keillor charged.

"It's embarrassing to me and a great many Minnesotans that Michele Bachmann, a politician who is so busy grandstanding and giving interviews on Fox News that she doesn't have time to serve the people who elected her, represents the 6th District in Washington," wrote Keillor, the longtime host of radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," who says his fictional Minnesota town of Lake Wobegon falls squarely within Bachmann's district.

"Minnesota's 6th District has some of the highest foreclosure and unemployment rates in the state, but in an interview with the St. Cloud Times, Congresswoman Bachmann was unable to name any "substantive" legislation she had passed," Keillor added.

[Demoiselle]

1. Aw gee. What does his singing have to do with it? He's very funny and very correct..

[renate]

2. I think he's a good singer, myself

Also very funny and very correct. Minnesotans must be proud of him. He cancels out a thousand Michele Bachmanns.

[Matariki]

3. Jesus - if you aren't logged in, there's an ad for Elect The Bachmann 5

right smack in the middle of your post. It had photos of all the tea bag candidates and the tagline "Change the Senate". I had to log in to see if you had included it in your post as some sort of illustration of horror.

Seriously, DU needs to get some say over it's ads.

[AlabamaLibrul]

12. They can't. The ads are "targeted" to keywords and served by Google Ads. n/t

[Billy Burnett]

4. Garrison Keillor pick the best songs to sing, though.

He is an American treasure!

One of the finest experiences I've had in professional music production was working with his crew for a show in Miami. All good lefties.

[gratuitous]

10. I agree

When was the last time you heard Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or any of those other self-styled "real" Americans lead a group in singing the national anthem or an old gospel hymn? And would their audiences even know the words, or be able to harmonize like a Prairie Home Companion audience does?

[Billy Burnett]

11. It is a piece of good regarding what is "the American way".

Brought to you by delicious, nutritious, with mellowing agents ... Ketchup.


:hi:

[surrealAmerican]

5. Kudos to the St. Cloud Times for asking that question.

Of course, they know full well she and the other conservatives are trying to prevent legislation, not pass it. It is nice to see them called out on it.

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. I like his singing

It reminds me of gospel singers of times gone by . I remember daddy dragging us out to every revival and tent meeting in the area and listening to gospel singers and fire and brimstone preachers.

It made an Atheist out of me , but it was still cool in a lot of ways.


There are lots of wonderful , progressive people in Minnesota. Michelle Bachman is the turd in the punch bowl

[XemaSab]

7. I saw Garrison last week live

and he got up and sang a capella for quite a while.

I thought he was pretty good, myself.

[TlalocW]

8. I listen to his show when I can and really liked the move they put out

I think he does a good job singing.

TlalocW

[Bitwit1234]

9. Yeah I posted the link to HuffPuff about that yesterday.

He is correct, most people don't know that Bachmann only represents that one area in Minnesota that was especially drawn up by Phewlenty to get her votes.