Posted on 08/16/2011 1:23:16 PM PDT by presidio9
I love the few, brave souls out there who are willing to say out loud what everybody else is thinking. Which is why, of course, I love Kathy Griffin. And I especially love her take on Michele Bachmann: "She's a comedian's dream. I don't know if she's good for the country, but she's good for comedy."
And after hearing the story Griffin told on Conan about her absolutely surreal run-in with Bachmann, there's no possible way anyone could argue with the comic's assessment of the straw-for-brains Straw Poll winner. I don't know how you could listen to Griffin's anecdote and not have about a million alarm bells instantly go off in your head.
I mean, what Bachmann said to Griffin was so mindless, so oblivious, so good-lord-this-woman-really-isn't-playing-with-a-full-deck-is-she ...
But I digress. Here's what happened:
Griffin was at an event in Washington, D.C., where she was organizing a rally to support the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell when the gods of comedy smiled upon her and she randomly ended up on the same escalator as Bachmann.
Seizing the moment, Griffin asked Bachmann if she could count on her support for the gay rights rally.
Bachmann answered this one predictably, with a bland, "I don't think so."
But Griffin's deliciously dark comic side came out with her next question:
"Congresswoman Bachmann, were you born a bigot or did you grow into it?"
Bachmann's response?
"That's a good question, I'm gonna have to get back to ya."
???????
I'm sorry, what?! Is this woman so incredibly dense that she doesn't know "bigot" is one of those accusations that's supposed to be immediately, visibly offensive? From this interaction, it would be logical to deduce that Bachmann thinks "bigot" is a perfectly acceptable lifestyle choice. Unless ... she must know what the word "bigot" means, right? Her vocabulary can't be that limited, can it?
Personally, I think the most likely reason for Bachmann's self-implicating response to Griffin's question is that, as a puppet for the GOP, she's not in the habit of saying words that somebody else didn't write for her first.
Either way, Griffin is right. This woman might be a nightmare for the country, but she's a comedian's dream, and a blogger's dream, too (if I do say so myself).
Why do you think Bachmann gave Kathy Griffin such a lame answer?
“Kathy Griffin is a walking yeast infection”
I’m still laughing hard and wondering if she should change her first name from Kathy to Candida?
With all due respect, in other words, no respect whatsoever...
In order to avoid a conversation with an unpleasant person. Isn’t that obvious?
Because one rejects the gay lifestyle does not make one a bigot. A bigot would be one who did so WITHOUT sound, supportable facts.
Sorry . . . but Mr. Wight sees no humor at all in that line.
Rick Perry admits HPV vaccine mandate a mistakePerry’s not perfect, but he’s probably our best candidate. Bachmann has a better conservative heart, but the media will decimate her credibility, and electability is an important factor. Spare me the straight-arrow line, because an imperfect conservative is better than Obama.
Perry made the voter id bill here an emergency item in the past session. It passed, and now have a voter id bill.
Wow, from a good conservative to a retard in a day. Fickle much? Tell me, Mr. Genius, how will the Voter ID bill get rid of illegals? Does it stop the in-state tuition for them?
Don’t forget she banged Bristol Palin’s leftovers.
Ok, have to know... are you talking about Bachmann or Kathy G? If Kathy G., mod, please remove my post in 85.
Palin’s “bless your heart” line was funny, yet piercing. Just yesterday we see Perry doing the same with his “send Mitt my love” line.
Here KG left herself open for a similar good rebuke but Bachmann couldn’t take advantage of the moment. Instead she gives an answer that effectively admits the legitimacy of Griffin’s slur. Score Griffin 1, Bachmann 0.
Thinking fast on your feet is important for someone who wants national office. Think of Dick Cheney eating Joe Lieberman’s lunch in the VP debate. And they actually liked each other. If Bachmann isn’t even clever enough to deal with Kathy Griffin, how could she ever hope to handle Obama in the debate.
And gradeschool insults on Griffin’s hygiene don’t make Bachmann’s cluelessness any less telling.
I was actually referring to the author of this stupid column, Jacqueline Burt, but Kathy Griffin is also handicapped.
True enough! Sorry for the misunderstanding.
"Congresswoman Bachmann, were you born a bigot or did you grow into it?""Ginger Bitch, were you born a no-talent party-line hack, or did you deteriorate into one?"
Bachmann's response?
"That's a good question, I'm gonna have to get back to ya."
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