Originally Posted By skinnerbox <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/01/03/1394071/bachmann-repeal-obamacare/" target="_blank">http://thinkprogress.org/healt...amacare/</a> <> With Millions Still Waiting For Sandy Relief, Republicans Reintroduce Obamacare Repeal By Adam Peck on Jan 3, 2013 at 2:38 pm The 112th Congress gaveled to a close on Thursday afternoon without passing a relief package for victims of Hurricane Sandy or reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, but Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) isn’t too concerned about finishing what Republicans had left undone. Instead, at 12:00 PM she introduced the very first piece of legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which states are now busily implementing. House Republicans have unsuccessfully voted 33 times in the last two years to eliminate health care reform and wasted at least 88 hours and $50 million, while failing to pass a single piece of job creation legislation in the last session of Congress. Dozens of Republicans, including 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, ran against Obamacare, yet the party suffered losses every step along the way. The Supreme Court upheld the law, House repeal efforts went nowhere in the Democratically-controlled Senate, and President Obama has pledged to veto any effort to rescind the measure. Even newly reelected Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was compelled to admit in November that Obamacare is now the law of the land (though he later backed away from his own comments and pledged to do everything in his power to undermine it). But House Republicans are apparently not quite ready to give up the fight. At this rate, they could be on track to becoming even less productive than the least productive Congress in U.S. history. <> Does anyone actually believe that the House will change its behavior from the previous two years, and try to get legislation passed that will improve the lives for 98% of the country that isn't amassing large fortunes? Not me. Nosiree. Nope. No way. Not gonna happen. Today's GOP: Same sh*t, different day.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt How is it possible that Michelle Bachmann is human? I just don't believe that she is.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan How is it possible other humans keep reelecting her? All I can think is that her district is packed full of political cartoonists and stand-up comedians and she does all their work for them.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox There is a strong possibility that she won't win again in 2014, for several reasons. 1) Her district was redrawn because of the census, so a sizable percentage who voted for her in November had never voted for her before. 2) She barely won re-election, even though she outspent her Dem opponent, Jim Graves, by 12 to 1. Out of 350,000 ballots cast, she won by less than 3,000 votes. 3) She has nothing to hang her hat on except anti-Obama sentiments. She's a one-trick pony, and the country is tired of the GOP Congressmen wasting taxpayer dollars and doing nothing. Once again, she introduced yet another "kill Obamacare" bill today, which isn't going to fly with the majority of her constituents who want Congress to work together and get the job market rolling again. Michele doesn't know how to do that; she's simply an obstructionist, never having put together a bill of her own. By 2014, I doubt she'll have 51% of her constituents begging her to run again.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I just don't understand what, at this point, she thinks she's accomplishing. She has to know full well it can't pass the Senate, and if it did, it would be vetoed. Does she have delusions of another presidential run? The last one peaked in the meaningless Iowa straw poll, then tanked. Who exactly does she even think her audience is at this point?
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Who exactly does she even think her audience is at this point?>> Personally, I don't think she really cares. She and hubby need the salary and benefits she's drawing in Congress. They've been sucking at the teat of Big Government for years. They've done the foster parent thing for money, Marcus took taxpayer dollars for rehab counseling for parolees, and the family farm has nabbed hundreds of thousands of agriculture subsidies to keep it operational. Without these government checks and especially Michele's Congressional salary and benefits, they would have gone financially belly-up years ago. Michele is also a media whore like Sarah Palin. She'll say and do practically anything to keep the spotlight on her. Other than drawing a Congressional paycheck and getting airtime with Fox News, I don't think she cares one whit about her job. As a member of Congress, she's completely worthless.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer Her hubby has been sucking on something but I don't think it's a teat.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Minnesota's 6th Congressional District is a masterpiece of gerrymandering that that manages to include the most conservative areas of the state. <a href="http://www.wrhammons.com/MN06_109.gif" target="_blank">http://www.wrhammons.com/MN06_109.gif</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I just don't understand what, at this point, she thinks she's accomplishing.<< I think she's trying to feather a nest for herself at Fox News, maybe even hoping for her own show. Or a radio gig or something. I think that ship has kind of sailed at this point, but you never know with right wing media -- they always seem to find room for their most extremist elements. I would indeed watch a reality show with her and Marcus, because it would be an absolute riot of unintentional comedy.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Minnesota's 6th Congressional District is a masterpiece of gerrymandering that that manages to include the most conservative areas of the state. >>> And even with that, she got only 50.5% of the vote.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Her hubby has been sucking on something but I don't think it's a teat." LMAO!!
