Michele Bachmann Watch, 8/17/08: Remember the Alamo!

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from the DumpMicheleBachmann blog:



The Hill Calls it "Groundhog Day", Bachmann Calls it "The Alamo"

The Hill:



House GOP protest takes on 'Groundhog Day' feel

There simply wasn't anything more to ask.

The press conference was the tenth held in front of the Will Rogers statue just off the House floor, where Republicans have gathered every day since the lower chamber adjourned and GOP members remained to protest.

For the better part of two straight weeks, a loyal, tag-team group of House Republicans have, day after day, marched out to the microphones set up in front of Will Rogers to call for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to bring Congress back into session to let the House vote on the GOP energy plan.

At first, with President Bush in China and the Russia-Georgia conflict not yet underway, the news-starved Washington media showered House Republicans with a lot of attention. But that quickly changed as the press events took on the feel of the 1993 movie, "Groundhog Day."

Still, Republicans did their best to keep things interesting, whether intentionally or not.

Members read letters from their constituents, presented gas receipts, invited special guests -- including former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and former representative-turned-energy lobbyist Robert Walker (R-Pa.) -- and used props such as tire gauges and gas cans.

And when members of Congress talk for a long time on one topic, there are going to be a lot of metaphors -- and even a few references to barn animals.

“We want to bring out the pro-American energy people,” Rep. Virginia Fox (R-N.C.) said. “We are going to soon, we hope, separate the sheep from the goats here. Are you pro-American energy? Are you anti-American energy?”

Republicans tirelessly hammered home the point that they were making history.

“At this point, I am here to take a stand with my colleagues. And in some sense, you might say this is now the Alamo, and we are here at the Alamo to make a last stand for the American people,” declared Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Friday.

http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2008/08/hill-calls-it-groundhog-day-bachmann.html

[TexasObserver]

1. Good. Because everyone died at the Alamo.

Let's hope this is her last stand.

If she'd said San Jacinto, I'd be worried.

[tbyg52]

4. ROFL! nt

[depakid]

2. Trouble is, this fits right into to the uncritical "magical thinking" of most Americans

on energy issues.

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3. And Zero Media Coverage

That sure must be one fine party they're having in the House chambers...but it sure has faded from any mention anywhere. The moment Senator Obama said he was flexible on the drilling issue that took all the oxygen out of their little oil party. Meanwhile, I hope the Democrats in their districts are organizing and knocking on doors and working to get out the vote.

I'll bet their little party is sure a hit with the tour guides and Capitol visitors...kinda like going to the zoo and watching the animals in their "natural habitat".

:rofl: