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Detail of the Bachmann doll from O'TooleFan at Tomfoolery, who has more. H/t Jamie, open thread below....

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Executive Producer of The Professional Left Podcast. On staff at Crooks and Liars since 2007. Master's degree from Harvard. Happy wife of Driftglass. Mother of three geniuses. Obsessive knitter. Blogs at http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com. .
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fastfeat's picture

Bachmann-Turner Overdrive-- "Blue Collar"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnmhBul6svk

Happy Labor Day...


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

calgarylady's picture

Thanks, fastfeat!

btw, I was born on Labour Day :)

fastfeat's picture

:)


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

calgarylady's picture

It was on Saturday the 4th ;)

ron's picture

I was born on election day because I was born on Nov. 2nd.

Flying Blind's picture

Always nice to see you here :)

~FB


FB
99%

calgarylady's picture

How sweet :)

Flying Blind's picture

That ^ was supposed to be down here.


FB
99%

MountainMan23's picture

(approximately!)


When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?

Not soon enough!

ron's picture

your mother must have been in labor.

Ape-Man's picture

This doll is marvellous. I hope it really takes off. Best to Bachmann, and her rich elite pals.


"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-

Edwin's picture

This doll looks far too clever to be Bachmann. Otherwise, it has the right crazed/stupid eyes.


far left loon >.<

Kelvin Phillips's picture

It's incredible that the reason someone like Michelle Bachmann is able to stay in office just because of how her district is set up. I personally feel that such a set up ( gerrymandering to create 'safe seats') is one of the main reasons why politicians do not feel they are answerable to their constituents. Gerrymandering should be done away with.

ron's picture

that thr rules change when they have the majority in their state legislation. That's why it doesn't make sense to vote 3rd party until they build up in the local elections.

Geronimo.'s picture

I think Michele Bachmann has been drinking a lot of Fluoride in the water. Too many other people are too :)


"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Ape-Man's picture

She seems to me to be a genuine 'bumpkin'. I'd almost said 'well meaning bumpkin' but i just can't accept that after the things she's now said.


"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-

MountainMan23's picture

I'm hoping Tarryl Clark takes out Michele Bachmann.

Tarryl is great.


When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?

Not soon enough!

Geronimo.'s picture

What we can do. First I heard of her. So Thanks.

http://tarrylclark.com/

Spread the good news.


"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Geronimo.'s picture

"The Secret of Oz" FREE full version - order a DVD or donate @ SecretofOz dot com (Do yourself a favor and watch this documentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D22TlYA8F2E


"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Edwin's picture

Quote of the day at another blog.

Religion is like a penis.
It’s fine to have one.
It’s fine to be proud of it.
But please don’t whip it out in public and wave it around.
And please don’t try to shove it down my children’s throats.


far left loon >.<

Geronimo.'s picture

To most Christians, the Bible is like a software license. Nobody actually reads it. They just scroll to the bottom and click "I agree."
http://i.imgur.com/9dMvo.jpg


"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Geronimo.'s picture

Restoring Honor rally, more interviews by NewLeftMedia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFerRGB7nYM


"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

gogetem's picture

I knew that somebody had to be at that rally interviewing the nuts.

Afghan Protesters Denounce Pastor's Plan to Burn Quran

AssociatedPress | September 06, 2010
Hundreds of people gathered in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday to denounce a U.S. church's plan to burn the Islamic holy book the Quran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hs52x_aL2I


When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?

Not soon enough!

CoIntelPro.PronktasticlyAgainst.SCLM.E-Voting.Incumbents's picture

“"If you have a cynical attempt to prevent the president from getting credit for doing anything -– completely partisan and trying to destroy the presidency -– then those things will happen. I started coming back and telling my staff and my friends -– way back in spring of ’09 -– that something is going on out there that is pretty deadly and pretty harsh even before we had any idea what the health care bill was going to be. There appears to be a systematic, conscious attempt to dismantle this president, so I’m less surprised than other people." Senator Russ Feingold
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/10-questions-for-russ-feingold/”


Some stuff you can't make up!

Abbybwood's picture

in Honduras.

It's getting ugly down there:

http://rense.com/general92/hnd.htm

The U.S. never should have supported the coup.


"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn

nwbrelic's picture

We all know that the US just loves holding a nice coup every once in a while.

Edwin's picture

The U.S. never should have supported the coup.

It seems the USA is wired for coups. It's what you do... (cough) best.


far left loon >.<

MountainMan23's picture

the US (Obama, sHilary) totally backed the coup


When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?

Not soon enough!

Tequila's picture

"Freedom" is on the march in Afghanistan. Petraeus speaks out against Quran burning. Best health care in the world? Consumer Watchdog doesn't like it when Google ogles users. Sure, you did. Oz Labor Party wins again. Giving Obama the Byrd. Iran really wants to be seen as legitimate....LAPD's shooting of a guy for being brown not very popular. A picture of Blair is worth a thousand words more interesting than his book. Take my mind, please! Ready to take the plunge? Will Frank get tea-bagged? Non-stick cookware can raise your cholesterol? Lethal injections postponed, due to low supply of materials.

burningbush's picture

I belong to no organized political party -- I am a Democrat.
--Will Rogers

ysbaddaden's picture

The conservaturds sure sounded like Chatty Katy on the DMN blog site regarding Obama's speech. Not only recycling the secret Muslim (one idiot kept referring him to Imam Obama), to Socialist to he was whining.

At one point I asked for them to let me know if they ever saw him crying a'la boehner and beck.


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

CFAmick's picture

Did they just repost old messages, or did they bother to write new ones?

Perry Logan's picture

Un peu de satire:

Surviving Jeb Bush:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP2135KL5Is

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(

What seemed even odder was the arguments the conservaturds were using on the DMN blogsite seemed to be word-for-word what those purporting to be liberals we're using on this site yesterday.


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Liberal AND Proud's picture
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Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.

Eric.Arthur.Blair's picture

Every four years I get a turkey for my birthday...and they put it in the White House.

Deidzoeb's picture

Have you known anyone personally who has taken thorazine or had a mental illness? Do they deserve to be compared to scumbags like Michelle Bachmann? If any of you at C&L have criticized Dr. Laura for spouting the N-word (and you should), then you ought to reconsider how much you've used mental illness for your name-calling. There are plenty of good and functioning people who have mental illness, some of them liberals like us. Do you really need to insult them in the process, because it's so important to insult Bachmann?

Scarabus's picture

This being Labor Day (when I wrote this, day after now), I'd like to make sure readers know about the wonderful Anne Feeney, "unionmaid, hellraiser, and labor singer."

Anne is being treated right now for serious cancer and can use all the support she can get. Donations are needed, of course. When performers can't perform, they can't earn a living. Besides that, though, I'd like to recommend to Blue Gal's friends that they check out some of Anne's music. And while you're at it, buy some. :-)

I provided a link to Anne's website above. You can also buy her work from the iTunes Store.

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