Originally posted by The17sss
Well then on her birthday, her age will change. But it hasn't yet. And what's really more likely... that Bachman was actually thinking of John Wayne Gacy by accident, or that she knew John Wayne was born in Iowa and assumed it was Waterloo since his parents were from there? Come on.
But the comedic level soars when you consider that she may have been comparing herself to a serial killer.
I think in the end, we can all agree Michelle Bachmann is a SERIAL KILLER.
srussell0018
Remember when she confused homosexuality with a sexual dysfunction? WHAT AN EMBARRASSING MISTAKE LOL!
Moongoose
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Originally posted by The17sss
a lot of companies right now are sitting on enough money to technically hire or expand, but they understandably won't because there is little consumer demand, and the uncertainty of what's coming down the pike next month, next year, 2 years from now, etc. is not enough to take the risk.
There's a reason why there's little consumer demand. People have no money. And could probably really do wih a tax break. People hat really have no money that is, as i find it extremely hard to believe that the people that republicans are screaming need the tax break the most (the ones earning a million+ a year) are short on cash. If you dont know if youll be able to pay your monthly bills, you need the money, if you dont know if youll be able to replace your ageing Murcielago with the new 2012 Aventador...you're doing just fine.
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Originally posted by The17sss
They were unable to stonewall anything until February 2011.
Can we all just please stop pretending that the republicans haven mastered he art of stonewalling anything hey feel like by any means necessary, or for that matter of pushing trough anything they feel like by any means necessary.
enydo
srussell0018
She looks like a terrorist GET HER
dj_alfi
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Originally posted by The17sss
precisely... the more we emulate the failing European welfare state, the worse we are getting. Europe today is us in 5-10 years if we don't wake the F up.
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lol... most of the economic problems in Europe today are a direct result of your countries finance crisis.
dj_alfi
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Originally posted by jupiterone
we wouldn't be having troubles with our economy if we just changed our currency to skrillex, there's just no open minded and forward thinking individuals running this country right now
How many skrillex do i get for three silver shillings?
dj_alfi
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Originally posted by The17sss
Well then on her birthday, her age will change. But it hasn't yet. And what's really more likely... that Bachman was actually thinking of John Wayne Gacy by accident, or that she knew John Wayne was born in Iowa and assumed it was Waterloo since his parents were from there? Come on.
None of those are likely. What is likely is that she had heard, or read, that John Wayne Gacy was from Waterloo, and either couldn't hear the last part, or just didn't know who he was, and thought they were the one and same person.
EddieZilker
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Originally posted by The17sss
Well then on her birthday, her age will change. But it hasn't yet. And what's really more likely... that Bachman was actually thinking of John Wayne Gacy by accident, or that she knew John Wayne was born in Iowa and assumed it was Waterloo since his parents were from there? Come on.
Quick! Call Kenny Star! Obama's lied and now he's got to pay the price.
At its best, it was a ludicrous gaff, revealing that she's under so much pressure that she was incapable of thinking straight. At its worst, it reveals a personal narrative that is so insular, misinformed, and aggrandizing, that it went without so much as a moment's circumspection when it was uttered. As big and indelible as John Wayne is, within the American narrative, John Wayne Gacy has as much if not more of a historical footprint.
Wayne's significance is fading while Gacy enjoys a certain permanent notoriety brought about by the absolutely shocking heinousness of his crimes. It is a notoriety which almost as heinously subverts the generational appeal Bachman was trying to tap into by invoking Wayne, in the first place. Her sloppy conflation of historical figures bleeds with irony as an American icon is all but replaced by the nightmarish clown.
The image her mistake conjures is one of John Wayne morphing into a self-portrait Gacy penned of himself. Rugged individualism and its ideal image has acquired a new meaning more pertinent to the current political atmosphere in America than any other honest analogy could hope for. It is the essence of exploitative psychopathy rendered in an apparently honest, strong, brave yet benevolent visage that only serves itself with a ruthlessness only truly known to its victims, buried in small plots throughout the foundation.
Gacy, it should be known, was quite the upstanding citizen. He had a somewhat elevated public profile with a reputation for proficient civic volunteerism. Had he not killed more children than Bachman's been able to foster (precisely one more than he was able to stuff in his crawl-space), he may well have made an appearance at her ill-faded Iowa press-conference as a supporter. This isn't just any gaff.
It will certainly be remembered as the day Bachman lost her bid for being any kind of serious presidential contender much like Hillary's "sniper fire" lie savaged her ambitions. Bachman's gaff, however, is so cosmically layered that it almost has to be some sort of practical joke that either her own subconscious mind or God pulled on her (depending on whichever you believe in). It is the truth which is stranger than fiction.
So, you can defend her to your heart's content. She's done. Finished. Finito. Moot. She's replaced a well-regarded American Icon with a serial killer as or more famous than Jack the Ripper. She's comically associated herself with the latter by comically attempting to invoke the former. She has demonstrated, however unintentionally or even unwittingly, a severe ignorance of contemporary American history and, in conjuring this hybrid Wayne-Gacy caricature, she's personified a common perception of the United States political system that projects an image of benevolence to its citizenry but actually victimizes them.
The17sss
lol... damn Ziller. That was pretty in depth. I don't think she'd get the nomination anyway, but I doubt anything will change based on that semi-gaffe; that was by no means some watershed moment. The people who hate her will continue to dismiss her, and her supporters will continue to support.
The17sss
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Originally posted by dj_alfi
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lol... most of the economic problems in Europe today are a direct result of your countries finance crisis.
you're joking right?
pzK
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Originally posted by The17sss
you're joking right?
Our troubles have nothing to do with our social system (those troubles will come to us in the future though). Our troubles exist today because we let a weak country with false economic statistics (thanks goldman sachs for making that happen) into the eurozone allowing them to free-ride until the bubble would burst together with the fact that some countries have a financial sector that's way too big in comparison with these countries' gdp. Now I wonder which type of banks triggered the financial crisis.. :p
