Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann calls talk show appearance `big mistake'

[democracy1st]

Tweety used the Barack technique on Michele Bachmann and thats just let your opponent or in this case the person being interviewed talk without interruption.

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."

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."


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.

Democratic state Sen. Tarryl Clark, who attended the luncheon, said she didn't hear an apology from Bachmann.

"The facts are the facts about what she said and she can't erase them," Clark said. "She can apologize for them, but that's about it. People don't have the time for this. I thought she was denying what she said."

Before Friday's "Hardball" aired, Bachmann was favored to win a second term. National Democrats, sensing opportunity, announced Monday they would pour $1 million into TV ads in the district, which lies on a corridor from the Twin Cities northwest to St. Cloud.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_el_ho/minnesota_congresswoman

[ingac70]

1. I hope she gets tossed out on her ass. n/t

[amdezurik]

2. yes, she IS a big mistake...

on so many levels

[niceypoo]

3. This woman has three communications directors

...so that she can get her face on as much media as possible. She is finding that taking the Coulter approach when you hold public office scares people and is political suicide.

Oh, and by the way, Bwhahahahahahaha!

[ClassWarrior]

4. Notice that she believes the mistake was going on the show...

...not saying what she said.

:puke:

NGU.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Typical repug.

[trotsky]

11. Absolutely. Never their fault - always someone else. n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Well, She Sort Of Said. . .

. . .she shouldn't have used the term. Yet, as you said, she didn't actually apologize for using the term.

Go figure.

The Professor

[MrScorpio]

5. Truth challenged trollop

Subscribe to my news letter to read me calling her a lying c_

[kysrsoze]

6. The mistake of her life. Way to backpedal, idiot, after your dozens of appearances...

shilling for the Republican Party. She jumped at the chance to be their whore and now regrets it.

[Warpy]

7. I'm sure she's used that phrase plenty to her base

of smug right wing lunatics. I just hope that base is insufficient to keep her in office.

We need to spot the lunatics and weed them out. If any politician in this country deserves to lose and fade into impotent obscurity, it's Bachmann.

[gblady]

9. I sure hope

her ass gets voted out of there!

[Merlot]

10. I'm not sorry I did it, just terribly sorry I got caught!

[jaxx]

12. Damn, that makes me bitter.

;-)

[Bake]

14. I hope she has a long, long time to reflect on that mistake

after the voters send her back home.

Bake

[ProfessorGAC]

15. How Was She "Trapped"?

I didn't see anything in that Yahoo article that would indicate she fell into a trap. She was asked a question, and she answered it.

How is that a trap? Did anyone who watched the video to see how it could have been a trap? I watched it and saw no "gotcha".
The Professor

[democracy1st]

17. here's the interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axf81ck_O-E

[ProfessorGAC]

19. I Watched It BEFORE I Posted

I still don't see how she was trapped! He asked a question, she answered it. If she wasn't a buffoon she wouldn't have said anything to even discuss.
The Professor

[EOTE]

18. Let's see what Admiral Ackbar has to say.

Oooh! So sorry Michelle, it's a carp. Not a trap this time, in fact, it was a carp. Please try again next time, and enjoy the home version of our game.

[Ilsa]

16. Such a damn liar. She's pissed that Tinklenberg is getting the campaign

donations so he can whip her precious "pro-America" ass in two weeks.

[leftofthedial]

20. I'm sorry I'm a piece of shit.

I never said what I said. The whole thing was a big setup and is the host's fault, not mine. But I'm sorry. And I didn't say what I said.




Another vermin repuke liar.