Bachmann: Talk show appearance `big mistake'

[babylonsister]

Does anyone else find it a bit disingenuous for Bachmann to suggest she's never seen 'Hardball'?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27319845/

Bachmann: Talk show appearance `big mistake'
Minn. representative regrets 'anti-American' Obama comment

updated 8:22 a.m. CT, Wed., Oct. 22, 2008


ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann says she regrets using the term "anti-American" while discussing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's views, a remark that could threaten her re-election bid.

Bachmann told the St. Cloud Times on Tuesday that she "made a big mistake" by going on MSNBC's "Hardball," a show she said she'd never seen before her appearance last week. Her statement to host Chris Matthews that Obama "may have anti-American views" drew condemnation and helped her opponent, Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg, raise more than $1 million in just a few days.

During an interview with the Times' editorial board, Bachmann said she walked into a trap and did not bring up the term "anti-American." Still, she said, "I should not have used that phrase."
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Earlier in the day, Bachmann told St. Cloud Rotary Club members she would like to "take back" the statement.

"I did not say that Barack Obama was anti-American, nor do I believe Barack Obama is anti-American. He loves his country, just as everyone in this room does," she told the crowd. "Nor did I call for an investigation of members of Congress for their pro-American or anti-American views. That is not what I said."

Bachmann said that while she didn't question Obama's patriotism, "I'm very concerned about Barack Obama's views. I don't believe that socialism is a good thing for America."

The Rotary Club luncheon was her first formal public appearance since Friday's interview, in which Matthews asked Bachmann if she believed Obama held anti-American views.

Her response was: "Absolutely. I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views. That's what the American people are concerned about. That's why they want to know what his answers are."

Bachmann said Tuesday she probably should have watched "Hardball" to see what it was like before she went on it.

[Lucky 13]

1. Well, dumbass, the show isn't called "Softball"

Even if you've never ever ever seen it... haven't you at least HEARD about it?

Also, Matthews didn't do a damn thing except give her enough room and rope to hang herself. Which she did in SPECTACULAR fashion.


That little twit can fuck off.

[Cha]

15. It doesn't matter if bachman doesn't even know what

"hard" means. She had the floor and went with it.

I remember DUers complaining that Tweety didn't do anything to counteract her and others saying he was doing the right thing by giving her all the rope she needed..paraphrasing.

[Lucky 13]

35. I think Tweety did the exact right thing.

If he had countered her TOO hard she might not have gone as far as she did. All he did was ask questions prompting her to expand further then sat back and let her set about digging her own grave.

I am NOT a Tweety fan, but I think he did GREAT in this case. And the results demonstrate that.

[Cha]

38. I love tweety when he's good

and when he's bad..he's horrid:P

[Berry Cool]

41. I can believe she doesn't know what "hard" means.

I mean, she thinks of George W. Bush as a paragon of manhood.

[ailsagirl]

28. another repug playing the blame game, yet again

[CoffeeCat]

2. But, Bachman has appeared on "Hardball"....

other times--before the episode where she made those 'anti-American' remarks.

She's familiar with the show.

She's been on multiple times, right?

[babylonsister]

10. I can't remember, but I'm thinking 'yes', in which case she's a

BOLD-FACED liar.

[iiibbb]

3. Bachmann said Tuesday she probably should have watched "Hardball" to see what it was like

If a show is named "Hardball" and it's on during prime time... you have to think it isn't porn.

[Arrowhead2k1]

4. Of course she thinks it was a 'big mistake' now, since she's so close to losing her precious job!

:rofl:

[Median Democrat]

5. The Irony Is That We Were All Slamming Matthews For Letting Her Spew Her Hate...

Without challenging her! I guess that damn liberal media is at fall for not telling Bachmann to shut up. The right wing depends on the media to shut them down before they embarass themselves, and I guess by letting Bachmann spew her hate without interruption, Matthews displayed liberal bias.

:rofl:

[Cha]

17. Exactly..see post # 15...Tweety

definetly covered his ass on that one..not knowing at the time(or maybe he did?).

[ailsagirl]

29. Matthews knew what he was doing...

[BeyondGeography]

6. All Tweety did was let her talk

He did do a nice bit of maneuvering at the end to get her to question the patriotism of the entire Congress, but all she had to do was say, "I'm here to talk about Brack Obama," and that would have been the end of it.

[tigereye]

7. Bush et al privatize banks and Obama's a socialist?

:wtf: :banghead:


NO, that IS what she said. I heard a tape of it. What a wacko!

[Stagecoach]

8. It almost sounds like

She's not regretting her remark, but that she's regretting going on Hardball. In other words, trying to spin it that Matthews goaded her into making the remark she did.

[babylonsister]

12. Oh yes. Doncha know, rethugs are never responsible, for anything?

She forgets we have the 'tubes to watch her performance.

[bunny planet]

9. oh please let there be tape of other appearances on Hardball.

She is stupid enough to lie about that too no?

[Catherine Vincent]

20. That would be awesome if a tape would surface of her on "Hardball"

LOL.

[calmblueocean]

11. It was a live interview! Nobody edited her! How would watching the show have made any difference?

She's just shameless. Oh how I want her to lose.

[TuxedoKat]

13. I know I've seen her at least once on MSNBC

maybe twice, but I don't remember which shows. That's how I first learned of her about a month ago and decided then that I had to contribute to her opponent.

[Cha]

14. Tweety's got a big Claim

to Fame now!

bachman's a typical goper loser who doesn't own up to their own mistakes.

[demokatgurrl]

16. Everyone please remember to kick a few dollars to

her opponent.

[benld74]

18. Oh yeah, GOING on the show was the mistake!

NOT saying the dumb effin things you said?

[JPZenger]

19. She has reputation as a camera whore

I heard in the past that the most dangerous place to stand was between Michele Bachman and a TV camera. Now, for the past several days, she was refusing almost all interviews.

Her her interview on Hardball was great because she was just allowed to spout off. It wasn't like she was asked leading questions and trapped into agreeing to something she didn't mean.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. Yeah, that damned Hardball show is to blame for making her say what she really thinks

and what she spews in GOP back rooms in private. How dare that show expose her true wingnut McCarthyite self.

By the way, anyone in politics knows who Chris Matthews is and what Hardball is all about. When you're one of the perennial hosts of election night on TV and when you've interviewed virtually everyone who is anyone in Washington, a Congresswoman like Bachmann knows exactly who Tweety is. This Bachmann creature has again shown what a liar she is.

[babylonsister]

23. Bingo. nt

[PatSeg]

22. I find it hard to believe that any politician

in DC hasn't seen Hardball. I'm not buying it.

[Hepburn]

24. She's never seen Hardball, does not know who Tweety is???

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaight....:rofl:

[City Lights]

25. Chris better confirm or deny her statement about never appearing on Hardball

before. She's one of the GOP media darlings, so put me down as one is finds it hard to believe she never appeared on his show before last week. And it's even more difficult to believe she wasn't even familiar with it.

[kwolf68]

26. More from Bachmann

When Stephanie Miller had a commercial this AM I scanned the dial and happened upon Bachman being interviewed by Lauara Ingarahm about this.

Here is what Bachman said in a nutshell

-They (Dems) are about censorship
-We (Republicans) must stand up for freedom
-If Obama is elected we won't recognize 'our country' in 10 years

Ingaram said
-Democrats are just mad because their viewpoint is being challenged and people are questioning them

I emailed S.Miller's show and maybe they'll pickup on the incredible hypocrisy, especially since Ingaram was so hateful about the Dixie Chicks and had said, they 'should be help accountable for their woreds'.

[hvn_nbr_2]

27. Bachmann's big mistake was being born with a mouth that she could open. nt

[genna]

34. Wow! I can't quite wrap my head around Bachman and the right's persecution thing

[high density]

30. Her big mistake was sounding like Joe McCarthy

The show or its format is not to blame for that.

[Matariki]

31. Um yeah, a trap. It's called YOUR MOUTH.

[nichomachus]

32. For people like Bachmann, it's so much

better for them when they keep the sheet and hood in place. When they unmask, people can see just how ugly they really are.

[Miss Chybil]

33. "Socialism not good for America."

This really irritates me. I have a feeling it irritates a lot of people. Allowing Bush's tax cuts to expire and return to the level they were when Bill Clinton was in office and we had a budget surplus is not "socialism." I'm so sick of this disingenuous bullshit.

[GalleryGod]

36. She looks like an over-the-hill Ex Porn Star to me.

:rofl: :smoke: :rofl:

[Strawman]

40. This one?

[BattyDem]

37. Um ... no. The "appearance" wasn't the big mistake

Suggesting that we should have a witch hunt to determine which members of Congress are "pro-American" and which members are "anti-American" was the big mistake!

These people never cease to amaze me! They never see anything wrong with what they said, it's always where they said it, when they said it or the way it was "twisted" by other people that's the problem. :eyes:

[bunny planet]

39. The big mistake was you ever being a congressperson in the first place.

Its a mistake that will soon be corrected.