Originally Posted By hopemax Speaking to a crowd in Waterloo, Iowa to kick off her campaign... "What I want them to know is just like John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa, that's the spirit that I have too. It's really about not being ashamed of America. It's embracing America." Problem is John Wayne aka Marion Morrison, film star, is NOT from Waterloo. He was born 150 miles away in Winterset, Iowa There is a John Wayne that did live in Waterloo for many years. John Wayne Gacy, serial killer. <a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/27/6958622-wrong-john-wayne-mix-up-is-opening-day-headache-for-bachmann" target="_blank">http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com...bachmann</a>- At least the start of the next election cycle is good for some laughs. Less amusing when you realize, they are fighting to be the one with their finger on the button.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Aside from the factual mistake (which isn't a big deal as I don't think it's particularly important where John Wayne was from), there is the bit about being ashamed of America. Who is ashamed of America? What does that even mean? Are the liberals ashamed of America? Is the Tea Party ashamed of America? Everybody sounds ashamed right now.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///Who is ashamed of America?/// 3 hints: .....the one disillusioned with WDW, particularly the Magic Kingdom .....lives in a state with ~60+ million others .....stage name on LP rhymes with 'bravewasbaloo'
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^^I don't blame Dave, as with every day that passes the US becomes more like a 3rd world country.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Anybody else seeing a 'Bachmann For President' banner ad at the top of the page? I guess the fact that her name shows up on these threads makes the 'internet ad manager' programs think that she's relevant to this site. Maybe we should click on it, just to A) spend her campaign money, and B) help out LP.
Originally Posted By Donny "Less amusing when you realize, they are fighting to be the one with their finger on the button." at least she knows how many states we have
Originally Posted By RoadTrip It's pretty amusing that the great tea-bagger Bachmann, who consistently trashes Medicaid as a waste of taxpayer funds, is married to a man who routinely collects well over $100,000 per year from Medicaid funds! "Do what I say... not what I do!" <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43570552/ns/politics-decision_2012/" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43...on_2012/</a>
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Hey Donny, try and explain these Bachmann quotes: ''Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.'' “But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States.” ''Not all cultures are equal.'' ''[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said she has even said she is trying to save the planet. We all know that someone did that 2,000 years ago.'' ''And what a bizarre time we're in, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it.'' ''If we took away the minimum wage — if conceivably it was gone — we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.'' ''Normalization (of gayness) through desensitization. Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of 'The Lion King' for instance, and a teacher might say, 'Do you know that the music for this movie was written by a gay man?' The message is: I'm better at what I do, because I'm gay.'' ''I don't know where they're going to get all this money because we're running out of rich people in this country.'' ''I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under another, then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence.'' “The big thing we are working on now is the global warming hoax. Its all voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax.”
Originally Posted By dagobert Now the Tea Party also gets some attention over here in Europe. Yesterday there was a big article about a Tea Party summer camp in the news. Our news quoted an article from a US internet site. Good to know that I live in a country without any freedom: "Another example: Starting in an austere room where they are made to sit quietly, symbolizing Europe, the children will pass through an obstacle course to arrive at a brightly decorated party room (the New World). " <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/tea-party-group-offers-summer-camp/1175119" target="_blank">http://www.tampabay.com/news/e.../1175119</a> The article also covered Mrs. Bachmann efforts to become preisdent of the US. Here's the link, but it's in German: <a href="http://orf.at/stories/2064140/2064162/" target="_blank">http://orf.at/stories/2064140/2064162/</a>
Originally Posted By Donny I wish Bachmann and Palin would except that they could never win the Presidency and drop out.
Originally Posted By Donny But with that said people make mistakes. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...H02DtIws</a>
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf <<"What I want them to know is just like John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa, that's the spirit that I have too. It's really about not being ashamed of America. It's embracing America.">> I guess I am a little slow....I don't even understand what the heck she's trying to say. We're supposed to think about John Wayne embracing America, and then equate that to her somehow? She has the spirit of John Wayne? All because she was in the state where John Wayne was born. Talk about grasping at straws..... Good lord, do these politicians understand how stupid and fake they sound?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>We're supposed to think about John Wayne embracing America, and then equate that to her somehow? << Well, he was practically one of the founding fathers. >>Good lord, do these politicians understand how stupid and fake they sound?<< Nope. In fact, a few of them really believe that they're being genuinely folksy and homespun.
Originally Posted By mele << at least she knows how many states we have>> What is so funny is that Donny thinks that repeating this over and over makes *Obama* look like the stupid one. Someone sure looks like an idiot but it isn't Obama. LOL
