Michelle Bachmann was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2006 and assumed office in 2007. She represents Minnesota's 6th District. In 2008, despite the Democrat's winning Minnesota in the Presidential Election, she somehow managed to keep her seat. Without getting a simple majority of votes, she beat her opponent, Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg, no I did not make that up, 46.4% to 43.4%.
I do not need to spend much time listing this woman's atrocious actions as of late, because I am sure many of you have either witnessed it or heard about them. However, I feel it is necessary to show some type of evidence against her. After all, as Progressives, we do believe in due process and civil liberties.
The first time I ever heard about Mrs. Bachmann was during her campaign in 2008. On Hardball with Chris Matthews, this insane woman literally came up with the idea to peruse the ranks of the House and Senate and expose those people who were, in her own words, "anti-American." McCarthyism. If there is something that threatens the very fabric of our nation it is the rebirth and reincarnation of McCarthyism. The US is a nation of thousands of philosophies and ideologies, and the only anti-American sentiments out there are ones that say there are such things as anti-American sentiments and that there should be investigations to find out if someone holds them. I mean, with all of the rhetoric about the President turning the "US" into the "USSR," you would think these people would study a little Russian history and read about the Great Purges!
We're going to discuss two more controversial events that she was a part of.
In the first of the two, the crazy was on a radio show called the Sue Jeffers show where she discussed her belief that Americorps is actually an evil plan to reeducate all of America's young idealists. In her own words...
“It is a dream come true for people who want to transform our country from a free-market economy to a centralized government planned economy. It is completely different and antithetical to what our founders gave us and I think people should be shocked, they should be stunned with what is happening and the speed at which it's happening and in particular, what is happening with the G-20 and the transnational aspects of what our President is committing our nation to.”
So, apparently, Americorps, something that allows the youth of America to build something out of their intense desires to help people and a program that touches the lives of millions of peoples for the better, is actually an evil creation of this omnipresent world government. She's right, of course. The founders of our nation would hate the idea of the young adults going throughout the nation to help others by building homes, helping to educate citizens, and finding others jobs. Maybe she will someday realize that it is Congresspeople like her that make Americorps necessary.
In the second, Bachmann discussed the idea of a cap-and-trade energy policy on a radio show. She openly said that she wanted the citizens of the United States to be "armed and dangerous" about this issue. The idea of one of our Representatives calling for the civilians of this nation to be armed and dangerous is not just dumb, but it is rather frightening. It seems odd to me that a Congresswoman would be calling for the overthrow of the very entity she works for, but then again, she is not exactly the brightest bulb in the knife drawer.
Allow me to bring this point one step further. In the preamble of our Constitution, the government outlines its major duties to us: provide for the common defense, ensure domestic tranquility, and promote the general welfare of the People. And again, under Section 1, Article 8, Congress' main function is to "provide for the common Defense and promote the general welfare of the United State." As per her swearing in, unless she was able to maneuver her way into Congress without taking an oath, Bachmann said...
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.
Welfare, as defined by the Legal Dictionary of TheFreeDictionary.com, means "the concern of the government for the health, peace, morality, and safety of its citizens."
All of this put together means that Michelle Bachmann, the two-term Representative, broke her oath. She did not support and defend the general welfare-- peace-- of her fellow US citizens when she called for Americans to be armed and dangerous. She was not pushing domestic tranquility when she thought the introduction of a cap-and-trade program was enough to ask for violence to erupt. She incited violence and, as such, is a threat to us and democracy.
With so many people actually listening and respecting what she says, its hard to believe we have not had an insurrection. This woman is a fear mongering, intollerant, anti-American threat to democracy.
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