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From Think Progress.
Appearing on CBS Face the Nation this morning Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), now a Romney surrogate, did her best to argue that the presumed GOP nominee will reverse current trends and win among women voters in November. But as with many of her best attempts, the argument relied on fabricated information:
BACHMANN: Actually, if you look at the 2010 elections, women went Republican. They didnt go Democrat, and they will this time as well, because women are more concerned about the economy and jobs for themselves, for their husbands, for their children, and thats not happened because obamas broken his promises. [...]
And it was women who overwhelmingly went Republican and threw out a woman speaker [Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)]. I think this time again what women want, Bob, is they want competence, and, unfortunately, with all due respect to the president, hes not competent to deal with the economy. Mitt Romney is competent in spades. Thats what women are going to be looking for.
2010 was a banner year for the GOP and every voting block went more Republican it had in the previous election, but shes still wrong. In fact, exit polls shows that Democrats and Republicans tied among women in the midterm election that year, each capturing 49 percent of the vote. It was a major improvement for Republicans among women, who lost that demographic by 13 points in the 2008 presidential race, and their best performance among women since 1982 but hardly an overwhelming win.
redqueen
(115,096 posts)Just not even a clue. They just make crap up as they go along, conflate facts with opinion... I mean this is so easy to check, but its like they know republican voters just do not give a crap about acknowledging reality at all.
barbtries
(28,702 posts)bother to point out that she was LYING?!
grr
Scuba
(53,475 posts)liberal N proud
(60,298 posts)He only has tough questions for Democrats when they are on.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,780 posts)(He's not Cronkite or Brinkley, folks-- he's just old.)
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)He came on right after Bachmann and said (paraphrased) She is not known for being a truth teller. He then went on to explain.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,780 posts)barbtries
(28,702 posts)her BS would just be out there stinking up the country.
tanyev
(42,356 posts)Did she have black marks on her nose?
spanone
(135,632 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)Hint, Michele: IT'S NOT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE.
CanonRay
(14,036 posts)Remember "it's not a lie if you believe it" George Costanza.
Javaman
(62,439 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,063 posts)has bat guano for brains.