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June 26, 2009
Quote of the Day
"Do they really need to know, like you said, the date and time that we leave mental stability?" —Michele Bachmann to Glenn Beck on the Census
By the way, it's important to note that Bachmann is very, very confused:
...Bachmann is confusing the 2010 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS), a long-form survey sent out to one in 40 households (0.0028 percent of the American public) each year. The Census, sent out once every ten years, asks only about one’s age, race, and the type of home one lives in. The ACS, started in 1996, collects more detailed data used to distribute more than $300 billion in federal funds to local communities.
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Posted By Bob Cesca | June 26, 2009 4:43 PM
Comments
God she's awesome! Bachman/Plumber 2013!
It cracks me up to hear her spew out some nonsense and then say, "I'm not saying that's what's happening, I'm just saying that's what happened this other time." How can someone so transparent and so dumb be interviewed about anything ever? How can she be a congress person? Although she does make me laugh, I'll give her that.
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at June 26, 2009 4:57 PM
Bachmann would know all about leaving mental stability.
Posted by: Skippy at June 26, 2009 5:21 PM
Poor Michele Bachmann- the lights are on and the gates are down, but the train ain't comin'.
Posted by: Puppycat at June 26, 2009 5:22 PM
She really doesn't have a good record for getting her historical facts correct.
I am not surprised she got this one wrong too.
I just hope that with her fear mongering about the census and her lying about what they are going to do, no one gets hurt.
Posted by: Annette at June 26, 2009 5:26 PM
Wow, imagine what it must be like to be one of her constituents...
Posted by: Fiasco at June 26, 2009 5:28 PM
>>>Bachmann is confusing the 2010 Census and the American Community Survey (ACS)
Yeah, I could see where she would get those mixed up. I confuse bok choy with cabbage... then again, I'm not a grocer. Although I suppose it's too much to ask that she knows how to do her job seeing as how she can barely glue words together in sentence form.
Posted by: El Mystico at June 26, 2009 5:41 PM
According to TPM she isn't confused either.. She knows exactly what she is talking about.
Bachmann also differentiated between the 28-page American Community Survey, which only a tiny fraction of Americans will receive, and the short form that everyone gets -- and she objected to both of them. "Does the federal government really need to know our phone numbers?" she asked. "Do they really need to know, like you said, the date and time that we leave mental stability?"
So, she did know the difference and talked about both of them. She is just bat shit crazy.
Posted by: Annette at June 26, 2009 5:58 PM
Does it hurt to be that stupid? I've always wondered. I'll say this though, as long as people like Bachmann and her ilk are lurking about I'll feel like Albert Einstein by comparison.
Posted by: ZIRGAR at June 26, 2009 6:47 PM
But she has lots of company...lol
Posted by: Annette at June 26, 2009 6:50 PM
Minnesota is projected to lose a seat this sentence. I have to wonder if she isn't setting the stage to cry "conspiracy" if her district ends up destroyed or otherwise redrawn so as not to be a guaranteed win for a rightwing lunatic.
Posted by: dc_wilson at June 26, 2009 7:28 PM
Ugh "lose a seat this census". It's been a long week.
Posted by: dc_wilson at June 26, 2009 7:29 PM
Google "Michelle Bachmann crazy" and you get over 102,000 hits.
Posted by: Matt Osborne at June 26, 2009 8:18 PM
Does that surprise you...lol I am surprised you don't get more than that.
Posted by: Annette at June 26, 2009 8:24 PM
