OK pissy - I'm back.
I went to the
links you provided upthread. Picked one of the most conservative ones....
Here is the end of the direct line of questioning:
STEPHANOPOULOS: You know, a sizable number of GOP primary voters are questioning President Obama's faith and citizenship. Can you just state very clearly that President Obama is a Christian and he is a citizen of the United States?
BACHMANN: Well, that isn't for me to state. That's for the President to state. And I think that-
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you believe it?
BACHMANN: When the President makes his statements, I think they need to stand for their own.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But, he has said it very clear. I'm just asking if you believe it?
BACHMANN: Well, I think we should take the President at his word.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But you can't say that- you can't just sit there and declare the President's a citizen and he is a Christian?
BACHMANN: You know, what I focus on today, George, is today is the two-year anniversary of the stimulus program, where we spent $1 trillion to make sure that unemployment won't go above eight percent. That's what I'm worried about because the people in the sixth district of Minnesota are concerned about job creation. And that's a lot more important than dealing with these other issues.
Read more:
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2011/02/17/george-stephanopoulos-badgers-michele-bachmann-denounce-birthers-def#ixzz1EHMeT0oH
And HOW did Bachmann answer George’s question?:
“Can you just state very clearly that President Obama is a Christian and he is a citizen of the United States?”
What are we looking for pissy? For her to answer "No, George, I do not beleive Obama is a Christian. I do not believe he has been honest with the detalls surronding his birth. I do believe he should release the long form. blah, blah blah."
IF ONLY.
But as you see - she EVADED AND IGNORED the question. I'm telling you again Pissy. If Sarah had said and done this - you would have wet yourself with anger and rage. But you want to give Michele a pass?
That's what is bullcrap.
Refusing to answer a question on national TV, especially when asked point blank and as a follow up for clarification, is the equivalent of giving Jerry Corsi and Jack Cashill a big wet kiss.
Let’s try this experiment:
TV guy: Lots of folks don’t believe the Holocaust ever happened. But Jewish groups and Ben Netanyahu insists it did. What do you say?
MB: It’s not my place to say.
TV Guy: But what do you believe?
MB: When the PM makes a statement, his words should stand on their own.
TV Guy: He’s been clear, I’m asking if you believe it?
MB: We should take the PM at his word.
TV: You can’t just sit there and declare the Holocaust happened?
MB: I’m her to talk about planting tulips.
What would be the result of such a conversation? Exactly. And that’s why the Media read it the way they did. Not like the palinistas looking for moral equivalence.