I’m a serious candidate for President of the United States and my facts are accurate.Michele Bachmann, offering a stern reply to Newt Gingrich’s claim that she was factually inaccurate in suggesting his positions as Speaker were soft on abortion opposition (or as she called it, infanticide). Her remark seemed to bristle with an edge that suggested it wasn’t exclusive to this moment; Bachmann has in the past been criticized/derided for making wildly false statements.
Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann squared off on Iran, with Bachmann claiming Ron Paul’s unwillingness to act against Iran’s nuclear program would be one of the most disastrous decisions in American history. Paul responded with a great deal more vigor and aggression than normal, insisting war should only be waged with a congressional declaration, and insisted there was no evidence that Iran had been enriching uranium for such weapons. In the end, both parties drew some big applause, though boos were audible when Paul dismissed Bachmann’s reference to the IAEA.
Two colleagues from The American Enterprise Institute. The Christian Science Monitor’s White House reporter Linda Feldmann. InOtherNews. PantslessProgressive. Shortformblog. EvilTeaBagger. Conservapost. JV Brewer. Ilya Gerner.
FourTen of the best reasons beyond Newt Gingrich’s judgment, Mitt Romney’s betting prowess and Rick Perry’s …. uh - what was it about Rick Perry, again? - at Thursday night’s GOP Debate on Fox. Follow along at Tumblr Tag “Fox Debate Iowa,” Twitter tag #FoxDebateIowa and right here where you can livechat the debate with us.Want to join the conversation? Send us a line!
As you know, we’ll totally be in on this tonight. Let us know if you have any questions!
You can’t have a debate without saying 999 in a debate.Michele Bachmann • Bringing up the ghost of Herman Cain again, mentioning her new “Win Win Win” plan in the process. Does she think that’s going to bring her back in the polls again?
She’s been fighting and losing; I fought and won.Rick Santorum • Discussing Michele Bachmann’s consistency as a conservative, while claiming he was successful at getting policy enacted. He also fought and lost, if the 2006 Senate race is any indication.
This is President Obama’s plan of temporary gimmicks, not permanent solutions.Michele Bachmann • Discussing the payroll tax cuts during tonight’s debate. She claims to be completely the opposite of Obama on this issue.
First mention of 999 Plan: Michele Bachmann, ten minutes in. She is pitching a new plan called the “Win Win Win” plan. Including “win points.”
» Questlove won’t be able to tweet about it, either: Not long after we heard about the infamous “Jimmy Fallon” incident, in which Michele Bachmann went on the stage to the not-flattering Fishbone ditty “Lying @$$ B!(&!,” we heard the band got punished over the incident, but the punishment wasn’t spelled out … until now. The Roots bandleader has previously expressed regret over the incident. It’s not all awful in Roots-world: The band just released a new album.
Apocalypse now? Donald Trump is going to moderate a debate.
Who would show up for such a thing? Likely everybody.
Though presidential candidates may initially balk at the idea of appearing in a debate where Mr. Trump – with his bombast and The Hair – is the one posing the questions, they may ultimately see it as an invitation they can’t refuse. In fact many of the candidates have already met with him, some more publicly than others. Representative Michele Bachmann has sat down with Mr. Trump several times this year. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas had dinner with him at Jean Georges, the posh Manhattan restaurant. And Mitt Romney paid a visit but carefully avoided being photographed.
And Newsmax is a powerful player itself. It has a broad reach into the conservative base, with monthly Web traffic second only to Fox News among sites with conservative-leaning audiences.
Looks like our post-Christmas plans just got a little crazy.
Congresswoman Bachmann is a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and is fully aware that we do not have an embassy in Iran and have not had one since 1980. She was agreeing with the actions taken by the British to secure their embassy personnel and was speaking in the hypothetical, that if she was President of the United States and if we had an embassy in Iran, she would have taken the same actions as the British.To clarify, all, Michele Bachmann’s staff denied the gaffe from Wednesday night. On Thursday. After the internet went into an uproar.
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casstration asks: Michele Bachman post comment. She was agreeing with the actions taken by the British to secure their embassy personnel and was speaking in the hypothetical, that if she was President of the United States and if we had an embassy in Iran, she would have taken the same actions as the British. PLEASE get facts straight before trying to bash people. Google it and actually read this time.
» SFB says: She clarified the comments after the fact. Our post went up roughly around the time of the initial tweet. If anything, we simply need to post an update, considering that her staff denies the presented context of initial comment, as it was explained by a tweet by an NBC employee. Just because a comment is getting reblogged a day after we posted it doesn’t mean that the full picture was clear at that time. — Ernie @ SFB
NBC punishes The Roots over Bachmann music choice: NBC also apologized to Bachmann’s staff over the “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” incident, where the band played a not-particularly-female-friendly Fishbone song as Bachmann was going on stage. Fallon also profusely apologized via phone, according to Bachmann’s spokesperson, Alice Stewart. ”He was extremely nice and friendly and offered his apology, and she accepted it,” she said. “It’s just unfortunate that someone had to do something so disrespectful.” Questlove’s eyes are closed because he’s thinking about what he did. (Also, we called this earlier.)
personaldiscourse says: This is pretty hard for me to swallow. I obviously think it was disrespectful, and agree that this wouldn’t happen to the First Lady. BUT this doesn’t express the opinion of the ‘Hollywood elite’, just the band itself. What does she expect to happen? Does she expect the government to give them a slap on the wrist? Isn’t it her party who is strongly against the government stepping into industry? What higher power is she complaining to, who does she expect to punish this band?
» SFB says: Well, they are on NBC’s payroll, so they have a financial interest in keeping their jobs, right? That seems like the obvious choice to us. Your employers can certainly punish you too. — Ernie @ SFB
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