Posted on 10/22/2008 11:17:41 AM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
NBC's "Today" show has yet to report on the scandal surrounding Florida Democrat Congressman Tim Mahoney paying off a former mistress, but on Wednesday's show David Gregory did find time to report on Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann being in "hot water," for her criticisms of Barack Obama on last Friday's "Hardball."
Furthering the story his NBC colleague Chris Matthews started with Bachmann's "Hardball," interview, co-anchor Matt Lauer introduced the Gregory piece: "Call it a million dollar mistake. A controversial congressman, congresswoman went on television and said some things she probably regrets. And her remarks, then helped her opponent raise a staggering amount of money."
In the piece Gregory aired a portion of the interview where Matthews pushed Bachmann to say Obama and liberal members of Congress were anti-American, even though Bachmann originally was referring to the anti-American beliefs of Obama's associates like Bill Ayers. After Gregory showed a clip of Bachmann saying her statements were misconstrued, the NBC correspondent painted Bachmann's outspoken conservative views as a negative, "Bachmann's views -- she has said that gay people suffer from sexual dysfunction and doesn't believe in global warming -- have made her a lightning rod."
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Why didn’t Bachmann stick to her guns that Obama is anti-American? Why apologize and back peddle on it?
Yeah. All of these bastards are basically opposed to the ideals enshrined in the Constitution. It’s time to call a spade a spade.
IMO, she’s a regular person in a game where slimeballs thrive. She got spooked by the backlash and reacted politely and not battle hardened.
I keep going back to the fact that the representatives are a reflection of that district. If they are not up to keeping a good rep in, then the hell with them....especially the idiots who re-elect murtha.
LOL. Yeah, not believing in “global warming” makes you some kind of backwater hayseed hick right out of “Deliverance” to these media types.
Done. I sent her some $$ when I saw this story. I heard her on the radio this morning, and was convinced she was worth having around. She has been one of the brightest lights in congress... the very opposite of that burnt-out dim-bulb called Pelosi!
Thanks! Michele is DEFINITELY worth having around. She is as principled a conservative there is in congress, and she has a Sarah Palin-like spark to her. Personally, the donation was money well spent!
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