Michele Bachmann wants to gut social security, but she says you shouldn't be talking about it

[ck4829]

Rep. Michele Bachmann responded to critics who have taken issue with a statement she made about “weaning” Americans off of Social Security and Medicare. The DFL, and candidates Dr. Maureen Reed and Sen. Tarryl Clark blasted Bachmann’s comments earlier this week.

“Now is not the time for political grandstanding,” Bachmann shot back on Wednesday. “My political opponents will surely do their fair share of that as they attempt to contort my words and scare my constituents.”

Bachmann was responding to statements by Clark and Reed on Tuesday.

“What Congresswoman Bachmann is talking about, plain and simple, is bringing an end to Social Security and Medicare,” Clark said in a statement. “Michele Bachmann has decided to yank the proverbial retirement rug out from under her constituents – just when it’s needed the most.”

“Michele Bachmann’s statements Monday are indicative of the way she conducts herself as a Congresswoman,” Reed’s campaign manager Jason Isaacson said on Tuesday. “She purposely injects fear into public policy debates, attempting to paralyze the dialogue and prevent common-sense solutions.”

http://minnesotaindependent.com/55213/bachmann-to-critics-now-is-not-the-time-for-political-grandstanding

Tea Party? No, Totalitarian Party sounds more reasonable to me.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

1. hows about ending Michele Bachmann's farm subsidy first

How about ending all corporate welfare first

[2Design]

2. end her entitlements - no retirement and no health benefits n/t

[dajoki]

3. More wacko talk from another teabagger n/t

[bridgit]

4. Riiiight, this from another tea-nut-bagger that believes that life starts as a particulate...

of a Petri dish with a stem cell in it - or the twinkle in a red neck's eye ala pope ratz - that deserves every law/right/service & courtesy afforded living people in this country they're already ignoring and denying services, SS, HC & education to - in lieu of endless corporate war profiteering - not to mention the upward of 70% of living Americans and people's of the world that Michele Bachmann is not able to respect or provide any services to simply because they disagree with her

It is well past time to start dragging these loose/wobbly anti-social thinkers like Bachmann, into the sunlight of just what life is, when life truly starts, and who is to receive them or why not i.e. Social Security

[ashling]

5. Sounds like death panels

:rofl:

[RKP5637]

6. She is clearly a dysfunctional individual. n/t

[Skip Intro]

7. That last quote from Reed's campaign manager is so on target.

“She purposely injects fear into public policy debates, attempting to paralyze the dialogue and prevent common-sense solutions.”

People will sicken of her and her tactics if her opponents press it hard, make it the biggest line of attack. Call attention to her fear-mongering, paint her as off her rocker, do it relentlessly. I don't know anything about her opponents, but I'd cheer her defeat.

[elleng]

8. How 'bout they gut bachmann up there???

[patrice]

9. Capitalism is God to the likes of MB. She who idolizes Capitalism is an Idolator.

[rasputin1952]

10. Just let them keep talking...

Seniors are a stable voting block, and when they hear stuff like this...they'll turn against her in droves.

Younger and Middle Agers...just keep telling them, that all of the money they put into SS and Medicare is about to vanish without any recompense.

One of the most popular programs of all time...and the R's are back to trying to bury it...let 'em try...:D

[Mike 03]

11. Fantastic post. This is exactly what the tact of the repukes has been all along.

I am so glad we are pinpointing this strategy for all to see.