"These attacks on Huma have no logic, no basis and no merit, and they need to stop now." ~ Senator John McCain

:clap2:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18...83277.html

Quote:"Ultimately, what is at stake in this matter is larger even than the reputation of one person," he added. "This is about who we are as a nation, and who we still aspire to be ... When anyone, not least a member of Congress, launches specious and degrading attacks against fellow Americans on the basis of nothing more than fear of who they are and ignorance of what they stand for, it defames the spirit of our nation, and we all grow poorer because of it."

Yep.

It's ridiculous how unhinged some of these Tea Party caucusmembers are. McCarthyite members like Allen West and Bachmann have made a mockery of the US House and the prestige formerly associated with it.

http://twitchy.com/2012/07/18/boom-jon-l...earn-that/

Nobel Peace Prize? You didn't earn that. Somebody else made that happen.


Now what were you saying about John's cane?

(07-18-2012 01:06 PM)Max Power Wrote:  It's ridiculous how unhinged some of these Tea Party caucusmembers are. McCarthyite members like Allen West and Bachmann have made a mockery of the US House and the prestige formerly associated with it.

Not defending anyone here, but how former is this prestige you speak of?

(07-18-2012 01:54 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 01:06 PM)Max Power Wrote:  It's ridiculous how unhinged some of these Tea Party caucusmembers are. McCarthyite members like Allen West and Bachmann have made a mockery of the US House and the prestige formerly associated with it.

Not defending anyone here, but how former is this prestige you speak of?

No doubt!

(07-18-2012 01:06 PM)Max Power Wrote:  It's ridiculous how unhinged some of these Tea Party caucusmembers are. McCarthyite members like Allen West and Bachmann have made a mockery of the US House and the prestige formerly associated with it.

They are a fun group. I dare say the Left has an equal number of the "unhinged" in it's ranks.

(07-18-2012 01:54 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 01:06 PM)Max Power Wrote:  It's ridiculous how unhinged some of these Tea Party caucusmembers are. McCarthyite members like Allen West and Bachmann have made a mockery of the US House and the prestige formerly associated with it.

Not defending anyone here, but how former is this prestige you speak of?

When I was a House intern, so about 12 years. Then it all went to hell.

Mr. McCain, you're getting more and more of my respect. A very strong and brave move and the right thing to do.

(07-18-2012 04:56 PM)Max Power Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 01:54 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 01:06 PM)Max Power Wrote:  It's ridiculous how unhinged some of these Tea Party caucusmembers are. McCarthyite members like Allen West and Bachmann have made a mockery of the US House and the prestige formerly associated with it.

Not defending anyone here, but how former is this prestige you speak of?

When I was a House intern, so about 12 years. Then it all went to hell.

right snicker... there was not scandle or shame in the house before 2K

(07-18-2012 05:29 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 04:56 PM)Max Power Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 01:54 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 01:06 PM)Max Power Wrote:  It's ridiculous how unhinged some of these Tea Party caucusmembers are. McCarthyite members like Allen West and Bachmann have made a mockery of the US House and the prestige formerly associated with it.

Not defending anyone here, but how former is this prestige you speak of?

When I was a House intern, so about 12 years. Then it all went to hell.

right snicker... there was not scandle or shame in the house before 2K

so you were an intern during the Clinton years?

(07-18-2012 04:56 PM)Max Power Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 01:54 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(07-18-2012 01:06 PM)Max Power Wrote:  It's ridiculous how unhinged some of these Tea Party caucusmembers are. McCarthyite members like Allen West and Bachmann have made a mockery of the US House and the prestige formerly associated with it.

Not defending anyone here, but how former is this prestige you speak of?

When I was a House intern, so about 12 years. Then it all went to hell.

WOW! Now Ed Rollins is piling on. Major kudos for someone in her own party finally calling out her continual issues with the facts.

Bachmann's former campaign chief -- Shame on you, Michele

I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me. I have to say that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's outrageous and false charges against a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin reaches that threshold.
Her unsubstantiated charge against Abedin, a widely respected top aide to Secretary Hillary Clinton, accusing her of some sort of far-fetched connection to the Muslim brotherhood, is extreme and dishonest.

Having worked for Congressman Bachman's campaign for president, I am fully aware that she sometimes has difficulty with her facts, but this is downright vicious and reaches the late Senator Joe McCarthy level.

[...]

Shame on you, Michele! You should stand on the floor of the House and apologize to Huma Abedin and to Secretary Clinton and to the millions of hard working, loyal, Muslim Americans for your wild and unsubstantiated charges. As a devoted Christian, you need to ask forgiveness for this grievous lack of judgment and reckless behavior.

Hey that was the executive branch. I was totes prestigious. Jack Abramoff told me my coffee was the best he'd ever tasted!

McCain can go pound sand. He's an idiot and has no real principles that he would fight for. A weathervane, desperate to be liked by the left and a sad and pathetic figure.

As for Bachman, what can you say? Her grasp of facts is hardly worse than Obama's understanding of our country's history or economy. It's not stellar and that is partly why her campaign went nowhere. She comes off as shrill and unhinged, kind of like Fauxcohontas.

.....and Max trots out McCarthy. Is she a communist, too? Where's the Hitler reference? Oh, and I forgot Halliburton.......and Wal Mart. Now, what other left wing standard references have I forgotten? Oh, the Koch brothers!! Can't forget them in our diatribe.

Is this really a story or is it just another distraction to keep folks from remembering that things are not working out for Obumbles.

MHB, just when I think you can't possibly come to the defense of another impossible position...voila...you come through with flying colors!

Pssst. Her former campaign chairman invoked McCarthy too. Geez..lol

Bachmann has also been 'reprimanded' for this by Boehner, Rubio and Scott Brown as well.

(07-19-2012 03:15 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  MHB, just when I think you can't possibly come to the defense of another impossible position...voila...you come through with flying colors!

Pssst. Her former campaign chairman invoked McCarthy too. Geez..lol

Bachmann has also been 'reprimanded' for this by Boehner, Rubio and Scott Brown as well.

Foolish of her to go there. Still not as bad as suggesting that Guam may capsize if too many people are on the island.

Yep...... I want as my representative in Congress some idiot that thinks an island will capsize. Did I say she was foolish to play the muslim terriorist card in this instance?

(07-19-2012 03:36 PM)Crebman Wrote:  Yep...... I want as my representative in Congress some idiot that thinks an island will capsize. Did I say she was foolish to play the muslim terriorist card in this instance?

met·a·phor /ˈmetəˌfôr/

Noun:
1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
2. A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, esp. something abstract.

Point me to the words that show me defending her. I'm not.

Just pointing out that those throwing stones are hardly in a position to do so and the absurd lengths some of you water carriers are going to in order to avoid the discussion that needs to be had regarding the economy. Got to cover for the disaster that is progressivism and dear leader.

This is a silly distraction. Of course the GOP is "reprimanding" her. Unlike dems, when one says something really stupid, they usually apologize or get run out of town on a rail, having to resign. Doesn't seem to happen much on the D side, though. They close ranks. Defend each other.

I'm still waiting for any action from the ethics committee in the House on Maxine Waters and her self dealing. I figure that it should happen sometime in 2030 or so, perhaps after she dies.

But, whatever. Enjoy your big win over a pol who is not a big fish and who got trounced in her campaign. You'll have more credibility when you point out the same things happening from your side of the aisle. Just another "gotcha" distraction from the side with no plan except spend, spend, spend and demagogue, demagogue, demagogue.

(07-19-2012 03:36 PM)Crebman Wrote:  

(07-19-2012 03:15 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  MHB, just when I think you can't possibly come to the defense of another impossible position...voila...you come through with flying colors!

Pssst. Her former campaign chairman invoked McCarthy too. Geez..lol

Bachmann has also been 'reprimanded' for this by Boehner, Rubio and Scott Brown as well.

Foolish of her to go there. Still not as bad as suggesting that Guam may capsize if too many people are on the island.

Yep...... I want as my representative in Congress some idiot that thinks an island will capsize. Did I say she was foolish to play the muslim terriorist card in this instance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjG958lZ1KI

The Guam thing has to rank among the most ignorant comments of all time. Spends all that time throwing out island dimensions to set up the comment. The admiral should be commended for his restraint.