Posted on 06/22/2011 11:39:23 AM PDT by unseen1
Lawrence O'Donnell on Tuesday accused Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) of being a socialist.
"The Last Word" host, who has admitted on national television to himself being a socialist, did so by cherry-picking from an article published at the perilously liberal website "The Huffington Post" (video follows with commentary and full transcript at end of post):
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: Michele Bachmann, as has been pointed out in this space before, has a family farm that has received over a quarter of million dollars in direct cash from the federal government. That is, of course, in addition to her federal salary of $174,000 for her real full-time job as a member of Congress. Thanks to Sam Stein at the Huffington Post today, with we now have yet another example of Bachmann political dependence, career dependence on socialism.
The Huffington Post obtained a letter Bachmann wrote on October 5th, 2009, to the Obama administrations Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack thanking him for government intervention in the pork industry. That's right, government intervention in the market. She wrote, Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed.
Yes. This is the same woman who said this about the Democrats' health care reform bill.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/06/22/lawrence-odonnell-cherry-picks-huffington-post-call-michele-bachmann-#ixzz1Q1vV3cId
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
bachmann's full quote:
"Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed by the producers in Minnesota, and I would encourage you to take any additional steps necessary to prevent further deterioration of these critical industries, such as making additional commodity purchases and working to expand trade outlets for these and other agricultural goods,"
So to Bachmann it is wrong to bailout other people but if the spirits of the market impact her district then all steam ahead with the government bailout.
And btw I don't think I have ever seen newbusters twist like this to defend someone.
O’Donnell is nuts! He is padded cell, put him in a strait-jacket an medicate him nuts!!
To b*stardize a well known meme, “Being socialist is doing the same thing time and time again and expecting different results.”
To b*stardize a well known meme, “Being socialist is doing the same thing time and time again and expecting different results.”
So she got farm money! Problem she is white??? Go to hell O’Donnell
Apparently, Liberals think Conservatives are Anarchists.
agreed. like I said he is 100% wrong on the socialist charge.
Don’t worry O’Donnell FR is now on the same page with you.
Why we hate that Bachmann even more than Mittens. Yeah.
She wrote, Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed.
he isn’t on the same page as me. I don’t think Bachmann is a socialist.
but I like how you defend government bailouts because Bachmann liked them.
not excusing bachmann, but this is what msnbc does, they find tiny little stupid points to say “gotcha” to republicans.
I watch msnbc sometimes, just for the laughs - usually the ‘news’ shows are unintentionally funny, but sometimes, I just groan and flip the channel.
For example, Bachmann, whoes FATHER IN LAW owns a farm, has nothing to do with that farm. Bachmann has consistently voted against Farm Subsides while in Congress.
So rather then then calling he a hypocrite, the Junk Media should apologies for lying about her.
Better check your sources closer in the future, just because someone in the Leftist clown posse writes something, doesn't make it true
Care to address Bachmann's comment?
She wrote, Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed.
If this is a lie, a manufactured quote, then shame on Huff Post. If it is not, shame on Bachmann AFAIC.
Total lie, no base at all in fact. Her family has no farm. It just another leftist lie by the Left wing clown posse at Huffington Post. Clowns are wonderfully careless with there "Facts"
>>> Lawrence O’Donnell Accuses Michele Bachmann of Being a Socialist
Wrong!
This just shows Michele Bachmann a ‘typical politician’, elected to bring pork back to her district.
So how can we be sure Bachmann will be an Outsider to clean up the swamp, while she’s engaging (at least one) typical DC insider deal?
If this quote is true, Bachmann gotcha'd herself.
Sarah likes windfall profit taxes and turning US sovereignty over to the UN. She also likes Title 9 and set up a commission for climate change.
Would I agree with O’Donnell about her and go on to give O’Donnell and Obama support?
Absolutely not.
Agreed. Like I said O’donnell is 100% wrong.
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