Bachmann to Give Her Own Rogue SOTU Response

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Bachmann to Give Her Own Rogue SOTU Response
By: David Dayen Friday January 21, 2011 12:50 pm	Tweet5

It’s a slow news Friday, so might as well post this gleeful news. Paul Ryan will give the “official” response to the State of the Union address, but Michele Bachmann is going rogue and delivering her own response, translated into wingnutese.

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has confirmed with us that she will broadcast her response to Barack Obama’s State Of The Union address this Tuesday. You’ll be able to watch her rebut Obama via her address which will be broadcast on our website: www.TeaPartyExpress.org

I know I speak for everyone who covers politics when I say thank you to Bachmann and the Tea Party Express for giving us this opportunity. Because could any response be complete without this capper?

More seriously, is this another example of the split in the tea party/establishment ranks? Bachmann was passed over for a leadership position in the House in favor of Jeb Hensarling. We know that more conservative elements are pushing for maximum spending cuts, with the leadership more reticent. As chair of the Budget Committee, Ryan has been assimilated into the leadership Borg, and become a more establishment figure, at least in the context of this fight (which shows you how extreme the Republican caucus has become). Bachmann’s stepping out could merely be yet another attention-grabbing maneuver, priming for either a Senate run in Minnesota or the whole enchilada, the Republican nomination in 2012. But could it also be a result of this tea party/establishment divide?

I don’t know, I just want to hear Michele Bachmann’s response speech.

35 Comments

35 Responses to “Bachmann to Give Her Own Rogue SOTU Response”

cwaltz January 21st, 2011 at 1:02 pm

I’m sure it’ll start out with something like our Muslim, Socialist, Democrat President……..gotta cater to the base don’tcha know.

fatster January 21st, 2011 at 1:15 pm

Please pardon this interruption, but things are heating up in Albania right now. Three killed by police thus far.

Rayne January 21st, 2011 at 5:09 pm

Oh, I’m thinking somebody will encourage Missy to get some Botox done before the speech. A little in the forehead, maybe some around the laugh lines…

pgrlights January 21st, 2011 at 5:16 pm

Bachmans picture makes my toes curl up . RedStates .com loves these people with a passion . Palin is thought to be Abraham Lincoln and Bachman is a saint. The other side side loves them as much as we dislike them…Maybe the GOP has more fun in life, obviously Bachman seems not to have care in the world.

Scarecrow January 21st, 2011 at 5:25 pm

I hope she asks Colbert to write her speech.

ThingsComeUndone January 21st, 2011 at 5:32 pm

More seriously, is this another example of the split in the tea party/establishment ranks?

Sure this is a Snark opportunity for us not seen since Bobby Jindal gave the SOTU address and killed his National Ambitions. But for the GOP this is a disaster if Paul Ryan can’t ignite the GOP base like Bachmann can and is even worse than typical GOP stupid and lying but boring then Michelle upstages the GOP’s standard bearer.
Double points if the MSM says so and they just might.

endtimesgal January 21st, 2011 at 5:38 pm

More insane clown possee antics, but really just theater for fools. Like, every other minute near literally I read some horrible shit here or on Huff Post or just on goggle news about how Obama is selling out every last shred of the middle class. His latest-some GE CEO for a jobs post. Labor is “worried”. Why the hell aren’t we putting every last shred of our strength into dumping Obama? He is the enemy of the Democratic party. How much more do we have to take? How dumb are we? Is this woman the problem or is it Obama? And really sometimes I wonder what all the billion words on these political sites ever achieve? Obama is what they achieved. And we got to undo that or least try if we can ever look our children in the eye. Meanwhile, Obama will cut social security and I suppose we will say it’s better than crazy. Well maybe we could defeat crazy. We can’t defeat the corporate world that is Obama’s master.

Twain January 21st, 2011 at 5:44 pm

In response to endtimesgal @ 7

Yes, we can defeat them and we will. There are more of us and we know how to take care of each other. They don’t and never will.

Adam503 January 21st, 2011 at 5:47 pm

Bachman “…and when Obama said ‘The state of the union is sound,’ it’s proof Obama is a Godless Socialist. Obama has changed the United States from a country to a Union!! Like the Soviet Union!!

Spotts1701 January 21st, 2011 at 5:52 pm

Will there be subtitles for those of us who don’t speak fluent wingnut?

Karin January 21st, 2011 at 5:55 pm

I love it!

January 21st, 2011 at 5:56 pm

Wow, last Countdown; no more Olberman.

BeachPopulist January 21st, 2011 at 5:59 pm

O/T: Holy fucking shit. Keith Olbermann just ended tonight’s show with his resignation from MSNBC!

Leaving before Comcast? Because of Comcast? To find a better place where he can be less constrained?

January 21st, 2011 at 6:00 pm

No wonder Rachel took the night off…

RevBev January 21st, 2011 at 6:00 pm

In response to BeachPopulist @ 13

No details at all?

tejanarusa January 21st, 2011 at 6:02 pm

In response to BeachPopulist @ 13

You beat me to the ~~punch~~ keyboard. I was just about to post something similar –

dave – sorry for the OT but I thought maybe someone here might know what’s behind it.
What’ll I do during that 7:00 CST hour? No Countdown?

I didn’t think about the Comcast thing. Was only half=listening and then realized he was leading up to saying good-bye, then he said “yes, this is the last Countdown.”

OMG! WTF?

January 21st, 2011 at 6:03 pm

Breaking news tweeted: @BreakingNews: MSNBC says it’s ending contract with Keith Olbermann; last bcast of ‘Countdown’ tonight

tejanarusa January 21st, 2011 at 6:03 pm

In response to Kelly Canfield @ 14

Chris Hayes said in his opener that we’ll hear from Rachel later.

I was going out on an errand, but it can wait a little bit.

popyeye99 January 21st, 2011 at 6:05 pm

Rachel to speak during the hour according to Chris Hayes.

tejanarusa January 21st, 2011 at 6:07 pm

In response to Kelly Canfield @ 17

Whew – our Suzanne is on the freaking ball – when I flipped back to my Twitter page, she had already re-tweeted that.

So MSNBC decided to do it? Just waiting til the uproar over his suspension died down? That was my first thought.
Sheesh. I have noticed a lot of commentary in the blogosphere (not our faves) that seem to equate KO with GBeck (spit)– has GE/MSNBC been getting pressure?

tejanarusa January 21st, 2011 at 6:07 pm

In response to popyeye99 @ 19

I owe you a beverage.

Poor dday – this news has stunned us all.

RevBev January 21st, 2011 at 6:12 pm

Just give the whole thing over to Beck and Rush, Hannity and Ingraham….The end of news.

mzchief January 21st, 2011 at 6:12 pm

The Gateway Media™ (hat tip Teddy) is like some Gila Monster that just won’t let go. Seems to me their sole reason for being is to torture us, one way or another.

The only thing I can say about Michelle Bachman … we-ell, the Austin Lounge Lizards say it best { take it away, Lizards … }

The Shallow End of the Gene Pool

( hat tip singer/song writer/funny woman Emily Kaitz who originally penned this song and has brought us 40 years of side-splitting satire )

P.S. Heck, if I were Keith Olbermann, I’d leave before ComCast got there. The Legacy Media is a pathetic, dying thing. There are so many better places for him to be where he could really do his job.

popyeye99 January 21st, 2011 at 6:17 pm

In response to tejanarusa @ 21

Had a bad feeling this was gonna happen.

hnicole anderson January 21st, 2011 at 6:17 pm

KO Ko’d? I don’t believe it!

hnicole anderson January 21st, 2011 at 6:20 pm

Wow! At least we still have Rachel…

tejanarusa January 21st, 2011 at 6:23 pm

Well, perhaps I will get more reading, off-screen, done in that 7:00 pm hour – twitter says Tweety is moving to Keith’s time – oh wait, that’s probably EST, and I’m CST. Oh even better – just checked the tweet, from someone who supposedly works at MSNBC (but apparently was shocked at the news, tweeting OMFG! first)—that O’Donnell will get the time slot!

hektor6766 January 21st, 2011 at 6:27 pm

I knew this would happen as soon as I heard the Comcast deal was approved. I can’t keep watching, somebody keep an eye out to see if Rachel’s still going to be there.

pajarito January 21st, 2011 at 6:33 pm

In response to mzchief @ 23

Thanks for this reminder. Fond memories of riding through the Tx Hillcountry hearing this band on my friend’s radio as we went caving…he a prominent PhD. knows “batshit crazy!” Alright.

mzchief January 21st, 2011 at 6:39 pm

In response to pajarito @ 29

I love both of them and they’re still going. Great memories of The Armadillo Headquarters, Liberty Lunch, The Oasis and The Salt Lick.

mzchief January 21st, 2011 at 6:40 pm

In response to hektor6766 @ 28

Good. Let go of of this malignant *ick*. Move on, folks. *We* are the media. There’s nothing wrong with that and we’re already organized. Be the change you want to see. The only thing we have to do next is wrest control of the physical plant from Verizon/ComCast. Their only mission is to shut us down if they can’t convert us into drooling morons.

Stevious January 21st, 2011 at 7:07 pm

She’s apparently not the only Republican planning a rouge SOTU response/webcast.

Webcast Response To The State Of The Union With Rep. Carter

300SDL January 21st, 2011 at 8:19 pm

In response to Spotts1701 @ 10

Wingnuts don’t have subtitles, they think they are applause prompts. We don’t want to confuse these childlike simpletons, you know.

bonncaruso January 22nd, 2011 at 12:07 am

Can’t wait to see those crazy eyes….

nick1936 January 22nd, 2011 at 5:33 am

I hope her and sarah are the Repuk’s ticket for 2012

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