Intelligence Committee IQ Drops with Bachmann Appointment
The inmates may not yet be running the asylum, but they are getting a leg up with new House Leader John Boehner’s appointment of Michele Bachmann to the House Intelligence Committee. Well known by the left as one of the craziest people in Congress, Bachmann is notorious for blurting out all forms of inanities from calling out the media to investigate whether Congressional members are pro-American or Anti-American, to claiming the White House spent $200 million per day on a recent trip to Asia. A number the White House incidentally derided as “a long trip from reality.”
A darling of the loosely formed Tea Party, Bachmann brought them legitimacy by forming and chairing the Tea Party Caucus in the House last summer, thus bringing them under the Republican tent, as if anyone paying attention thought that Tea Party members were anything but Republicans in the first place.
IMHO, Bachmann has always danced on the rim of delusional fantasy (along with those who continue to vote her into office), but this appointment by Boehner calls his own sanity into question. He might find himself weeping in regret. Is this really the woman he wants knowing highly classified information and sitting on the board that oversees the CIA? Boehner has been known to hoist a few after working hours and should refrain from making such decisions until after the booze wears off.
Apparently Boehner felt he had to replace recently defeated Republican House Intelligence Committee member Pete Hoekstra, who was known to blurt out classified information to the press, with a comparable information faucet in need of a new gasket. As far as I know, Hoekstra was never truly reprimanded for his indiscretions by anyone on the right, so we can expect more of the same. Will Bachmann be in direct competition with WikiLeaks to see who can divulge the most classified information? I doubt it, but the old saying “loose lips, sink ships” does come to mind.
I often find the words coming from Bachmann's mouth entertaining in some, “I can’t believe she just said that out loud” kind of way, then I cringe when I remember she is one of our illustrious leaders. The fact that a politician like Bachmann continues to gain political power and is quietly (though, leakily) considering a run for President in 2012, should give us all something to think about for the next two years. Any reasonable Party would have run her out of Washington on a "too crazy to govern" or "she's an embarrassment" charge, but that would require a modicum of shame and that's a link in the genome that the GOP is conveniently missing.
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Lezlie
Comedy of errors comes to mind here.
The drumbeat is louder every single day.
Calling out the stupid
A dangerous woman, this...
Now they are "sexing-up" right wing politics, using female politicians with "model-good-looks." Look at Eva Perron. Then that new female president of Argentina, the model.
Then Sarah Palin (who recently got breast augmentation surgery).
Its a wierd, wierd world. Hopefully, the masses can see through it. If not, we must show them the way.
Politics, in reality, is far more machiavellian than most people realize.
This eventually bit the old line Prussians in the ass, as Hitler was able to outmaneuver both Ludendorff and Hindenburg.
We are fortunate that none of the current Tea Party leaders are as politically clever or intelligent as Hitler or Mussolinni. Perhaps this is intentional, though?
If you were a Big Time conservative power broker, you would only want easily controlled, foolish idiots running such a movement. Its easier to manipulate and control them.
They would totally NEVER allow a Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot or even Richard Nixon or George Wallace type to run such a party.
Interesting.
RW, great thanks for the visit. I am quickly becoming a fan of yours. You seem to have a much better handle on these things than I do and I always learn from your posts and comments. Bachmann makes my head spin sometimes. I know she desperately wanted that seat and the thought that the GOP may have given it to here to quiet her down never occurred to me. Keen insight.
We are not going to have a bunch of bananas or a pair of swiped sunglasses left after they get through with us.
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I wonder why out of 310 million people this is the best we can get to run the country.
Maybe they saw what happened to Sarah Palin and the big fallout she received, when she was seen to lack not only Gravitas-credentials, but also basic foreign policy knowledge.
If you want to hire these "pretty, model-type women" for these positions, especially if they are big on personality and small on substance, you have some short-term political gains, but also some long-term problems.
The folks that vote in the Congressional elections and maybe a large portion of the masses in the electorate may be sexually attracted to her (men) OR want to be like her (women). BUT, that only works for small-time political offices. For the White House, or the Senate, you may need BIG TIME credentials with Gravitas, so that the ELITE TAKES YOU SERIOUSLY.
This may be an effort by Boehner and the GOP to train/mold and groom her for other positions. She may be able to learn how to "reign in" her show-horse tendencies, and become a workhorse in the process.
OR, she may just show up, learn stuff, and be more credible to the mainstream media and elite as a result.
This doesn't contradict what I said above, though, about trying to control her.
Strategy is often multi-faceted. You can accomplish many different things with a single tactic.
Fascinating topic.
This woman was a professional account manager, communicated well with others on the surface, but at points throughout the day would come out with batshit-crazy statements that made me think there was some oxygen shortage or gas leak around her desk.
An example: She has a picture of herself and her son with Glenn Beck on her desk. When our office was broken into twice in one month and two TVs stolen, she put another picture over the Glenn Beck one, so the thieves wouldn't steal the Glenn Beck photo.
Another example: She has her 14 year old reading the "Left Behind" series, and she's reading books on how demons and angels influence our lives.
Again, like Michelle Bachmann, normal on the surface --- batshit-crazy beneath the thin veneer.
The companies make all the rules and propose all the legislation and all the policies and strategies that the GOP takes. The Congressmen, Senators and others, they TOTALLY LACK DISCRETION.
The elected representatives really Don't matter, in much the same way that the British Royal Family doesn't matter in British Politics. They are just figureheads.
Same thing with most elected Republican Representatives/politicians. They can be nuttier than squirrel shit, and totally unpredictable, but the companies don't care. They just want "POPULAR FOLKS" who look good on TV, who can sell their propaganda to the American people.
They feel that there is nothing to lose, I guess, by having morons in important places, because these morons really don't make the decisions.
The corporate puppet-masters do.
Perhaps this is why Big Business and the top GOP Politicians aren't worried? They know, full-well, that Congressmen really have no true power or influence in that party? That the companies really pull the strings?
oh, and i'll ditto what blu said above. please please please, let 'em run.
Seems that, every other day there's another of these mentally disjointed crazies to close to the core of govt.
I almost never esu the word however, bachmann, palin and their ilk are republicunts.
How disgusting they are, aren't they.
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Sexy women can help a political movement, just as much as a handsome man can. However, ideas and substance must always prevail and rule supreme.
This Bachmann chica, while she has big cajones, has a small cerebro
She likes the limelight and makes outrageous statements to keep the cameras on her. She was pushing for appointment to a couple of high profile committees that would give her a better platform.
Putting her on the intelligence committee effectively shuts her up since she can't talk about what they do. She's made it known she isn't happy about it.
First, there's something about her eyes. Watch her eyes. Something's going on (or maybe NOT going on) behind them.
Second, in a couple of years she's gone from total obscurity to the most recognized female face in Congress.
Who's fooling whom?
Great fiction. Horrifying reality.
The side of the truck read:
ORANGE PEKOE AMUSEMENT DEVICES
The back doors of the van were open and I saw palin, bachmann and o'donnell getting out.
Now that she's in charge, maybe she will simply have a breakdown and then we'll be rid of her. It is one thing to ponce around acting stupid from the sidelines, but the pressure of a real job will do her in unless she's faking. Ha!
Monte