CNN was the only television news organization to show Ms. Bachmann’s speech live

[spanone]

they must be mighty proud of that 'honor'



nytimes>>>>

TV Watch: Michele Bachmann’s Rogue Rebuttal Defies Unity Theme

Representative Michele Bachmann, a Tea Party leader, didn’t bring a “prom date” to the State of the Union address, she didn’t wear the ribbon corsage and she crashed the after party known as the official Republican response. When Ms. Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota, addressed the nation with her own, more alarmist assessment of its state, she seemed almost like the telekinetic high school heroine of “Carrie.”

Ms. Bachmann defied Democratic and Republican leaders who had scripted a night of unity, courtesy and common purpose. Instead, Ms. Bachmann gave viewers a blast of Tea Partisan fury that served as a rebuke to both President Obama and to the milder, more conciliatory official Republican response delivered by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

It wasn’t just what she said, though she used words like “explosion” and “exploded” and “Obamacare” a lot. It was the way Ms. Bachmann spoke, smiling and gesturing with an intensity that almost cracked the screen.

“Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy and which may put 16,500 I.R.S. agents in charge of policing President Obama’s health care bill,” Ms. Bachmann said, standing in front of a huge chart of unemployment figures.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/tv-watch-michele-bachmanns-rogue-rebuttal-defies-unity-theme/?hp

[Kennah]

1. When I tuned in to CNN after watching Obama and Ryan on MSNBC ...

... there was a countdown timer for Bachmann's speech. I looked at it and thought, "so that's the cuckoo clock."

[asjr]

2. Obviously CNN wanted a comedic moment

from the Teabag.

[spanone]

3. cnn=comedy news network

[William769]

4. I am glad they did air it.

For the reasonable people that do not follow politics as much as everyone here on DU to see just what kind of horseshit is out there and to beaware of it.