Bachmann: "I had never seen Chris Matthews show before." (Liar.)

[Bluebear]

ST. CLOUD - Appealing to business leaders and party faithful for support, Rep. Michele Bachmann retreated Tuesday from her televised claim that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views," but also asserted that "a trap was laid" that prompted her remark.

While Bachmann was on the defensive, her political problems invigorated the supporters of her DFL challenger Elwyn Tinklenberg at a packed town hall meeting in Blaine Tuesday night, as the race gained national attention and Tinklenberg reaped extra campaign dollars.

"Thank you, Michele!" one man shouted, setting off gales of laughter.

Bachmann, a Republican, defended herself during campaign stops at a lumber company, at a GOP campaign storefront and before the Rotary Club in St. Cloud. In her talk to the Rotary Club, she blamed Chris Matthews, the host of MSNBC's "Hardball," for setting the stage for her controversial comments about Obama.

"Sometimes you make a decision about going on a show ... I probably should have said no to Chris Matthews. I had never seen his show before," she said. "I probably should have taken a look at what the show was like ... A trap was laid, but I stepped into it."

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/31812514.html

[ourbluenation]

1. I am almost positive I've seen her on hardball before.

No?

[LSparkle]

8. Agreed!

She's been on more frequently with Larry King, but I could
SWEAR I'd seen her on Hardball before last Friday ...

[Dennis Donovan]

2. The only trap was hers...

...and she forgot to keep it shut.:D

[Forkboy]

3. She can't admit that she's just an idjit.

I'm loving this story so much. :)

[spanone]

4. there was no trap ma'am. you repeated that obama was anti-american..stupid is as stupid does.

[Disturbed]

7. Breaking News!

RWing loon Bachman buys bigger shovel.

[ThePowerofWill]

5. Bullshit! And there was no trap.

All Tweety did was let her keep flapping her trap. He steered her in no direction, just let her keep blathering. I guess she was trapped because no one warned her she was making an ass of herself. The dummy has no one to blame but herself.

[BOSSHOG]

6. Once again, more proof that taking responsibility is not a conservative value

[Bluebear]

9. I love that she's getting heckled too. Good enough for her.

[BOSSHOG]

11. The pricks changed the tone in the reagan years, I guess

they thought that only they should be ugly and hateful after they slipped away from civil discourse. Ugly and hateful is all they understand so its the best way to communicate with them.

[RainDog]

10. ...

[Marr]

12. That's what is so great about being a Republican.

When your major constituency is the Stupid, you don't even have to think of good excuses for your misbehavior.

[hvn_nbr_2]

13. They're so used to just making shit up and getting away with it...

that they don't even have a concept of truth that isn't identical to their own fantasies.

[Swamp Rat]

14. LOLOLOL!!!

:rofl:

[opihimoimoi]

15. Typ GOP...full of BS CRAP and BILE....Bachmann revealed herself and now she wants to take it BACK?

Too Friggen late...

Go ask Nick the Greek

Fuzzy Zoeller

Anita Bryant

Once ya step on it...it smells all the way to the water hose....

She is so dumb she should be recalled asap.

or, defeated on Nov 4th