Posts tagged “Michele Bachmann”
How Many House Republicans Does It Take To Screw Over The Light Bulb Industry?
The House GOP’s inclusion of a policy rider in the $1 trillion “omnibus” spending bill that prevents the Department of Energy from phasing out Incandescent light bulbs is not sitting well with the light bulb industry: Big companies like General Electric, Philips and Osram Sylvania spent big bucks preparing for the standards, and the industry [...]
The Top 10 Mic Checks Of 2011
One of the greatest inventions of political speech this year has been the repurposing of Occupy Wall Streets “Human Microphone” into a tactical means of heckling called the “Mic Check.” Using an entirely subjective algorithm based mainly on impact factor, potency, and the deer in the headlights reaction, we at 1115 have come up with the [...]
Donald Trump, Home Alone Once More
Suddenly, Donald Trump‘s brief cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York has taken on a whole new meaning… CBS News (12/8/2011 1:40 p.m.): The planned Donald Trump-moderated Republican presidential debate seems to be turning into a bust. Rick Perry’s campaign indicated Thursday that the Texas governor will not participate, saying he will be focused [...]
Fiscal Conservatism Fail
One of the lesser publicized news items of the past couple days is the release of new campaign finance reports that remarkably demonstrate how terrible some of the Republican presidential candidates are with money. In fact, the campaigns of four major candidates – Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Jon Huntsman – have hundreds [...]
The Obstructionist Reflex
Newspaper articles are generally written at a 9th grade level of comprehension, so it’s starting to become a little bit eerie to see the word “intransigent” being used in abundance by the news media to describe the inflexibility of Republican politicians. What isn’t shocking, though, are the knee-jerk reactions that the GOP presidential candidate field [...]
Romney and Perry Exchange Blows in Debate
The two front runners in the GOP primary exchanged blows on the most important issue of the campaign last night. Jobs. Overall, I think the #1 story of this debate is that Perry was attacked but survived. He faced only a couple of his very controversial skeletons but handled them with grace. The soundbites are [...]
Bachmann Falls
With the announcement of her top aides leaving, it seems as if Michele Bachmann’s campaign has fallen down, and has no real opportunity to get back up. Less than one month ago Bachmann was glowing from her win of the all but meaningless Ames Iowa Straw Poll. But, while the first line was about her [...]
Enter Rick Perry
I’m back from my two-week hiatus, which I spent traveling around the east coast. Nearing the end I had to cut my vacation a day short, under threat of Irene, and I headed back to Syracuse on a last minute train ticket. But, I’m back now, and during the last two weeks one of the [...]
Michele Bachmann on Causality
It seems that it is all too common these days for conservative politicians to claim disparate events such as natural disasters as evidence to back up their political ideology. The latest offender was Michele Bachmann who decided to link weather patterns as the will of God affirming conservative economic policy. This weekend during a campaign [...]
Depends on the Definition of Submission
Michele Bachmann (10/15/2006): …My husband said, “now you need to get a post-doctorate degree in Tax law.” Tax law? I hate taxes. Why would I do something like that? But the Lord says, “Be submissive wives; you are to be submissive to your husbands.” Michele Bachmann (8/11/2011): “I’m in love with him. I’m so proud [...]