Bachmann fears Obama using BP escrow fund as a ‘permanent ATM card’

[Ed Barrow]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Wednesday warned the Obama administration against using oil giant BP as a ‘permanent ATM card’ and more broadly alleged there are increasing federal efforts to “take over private industry.”

The comments by Bachmann – a popular figure among conservative Tea Party activists – followed BP’s agreement under White House pressure to place $20 billion into a new escrow fund for damage claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Bachmann said on the CNN program “John King, USA” that BP must pay for damages, but added, “We don't want these payouts to become political.”

“We don't think it's a good idea for the federal government to see private industry as essentially a piggy bank for the federal government,” she said.




Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/103741-bachmann-fears-obama-using-bp-as-a-permanent-atm-card

[The Wielding Truth]

1. WHA WHA WHAT the ^*&^% is she talking about!!!!!

[fascisthunter]

2. my message to Bachmann.... STFU already

[provis99]

35. bad advice; I want her to keep shouting her stupid fool head off.

That louder and crazier she gets, the better for us.

[Cleita]

3. As long as people like her get elected to office, this country is just

going to stink. I could find them laughable except that they have the power to screw with everyone's life.

[classysassy]

4. Sarah and Michelle

what did we do to deserve those two crazy broads?I am too kind today, I used broad instead of the other B word.

[Tx4obama]

7. Nutty republican women:

Sarah 'SCrude' Palin (AK), Michele Bachmann (MN), Orly Taitz (CA), Sue 'Chicken Lady' Lowden (NV), Victoria Jackson, Virginia Foxx, Ann Coulter, Jan Brewer (AZ), Sharron Angle (NV), etc. ;)

[sasquuatch55]

28. Fucking Re-Thugs!

nt

[theothersnippywshrub]

5. You can't spell REPUBLICAN without BP. n/t

[glinda]

23. so...ReBPublican...lol!

[sandnsea]

6. The left wants more money, the right wants no money,

But both agree... Obama isn't doing enough.

[Dappleganger]

8. OK, let's spell it out for this s l o w politician...

“We don't think it's a good idea for that Michele Bachmann to see the federal government as essentially a piggy bank for her family."

[TygrBright]

9. Ohferchrissakes... This vacuum-skull's been serving in Congress for how many terms...

...and she STILL has no notion of exactly what a miniscule sum of money twenty billion-with-a-"b" dollars is in the context of just about any meaningful Federal spending?

Right.

"Permanent ATM card."

If we could plug the damn' well with stupid, I'd schlepp this buznut to the Gulf my own self.

irritatedly,
Bright

[EFerrari]

10. Why does anyone pay attention to this idiot

let alone, invite her opinion on cable shows

John King, you are who you have on.

[onehandle]

11. Onehandle fears her Minnesota district will re-elect Bachmann again this Fall.

Idiots.

[rbixby]

34. I fear that too!

I just wish I still lived in that district so I could vote against her

[superconnected]

12. Only the Republicans would look at this disaster and decide it's BP that needs to be saved.

[truthisfreedom]

13. Once again, Obama is accused of presidentin' while black and Democratic.

That's the essense of these kinds of arguments. He's a Democrat who can do no right.

[pitohui]

14. who cares what some yankee dirtbag thinks?

obama scored an enormous coup for the gulf coast victims, and all she can think to do is shit on it?

she can go to hell, why do they even publish this stuff? this useless woman is nothing but a waste of oxygen who exists to draw attention to herself

[NutmegYankee]

19. Oh Damn - Don't dis Yankees like that.

That was wicked wrong man! That #$%@! isn't a New Englander!

[bulloney]

15. A $20 billion ATM card for a $3.6 trillion federal budget?

Are you serious Bachmann? In a $3.6 trillion budget, $20 billion is a few hours' spending.

[Plucketeer]

16. How come the farming operation she's associated with

has a federal ATM card to underwirte it's operation???

[Mz Pip]

17. there are no words...

but I'll try anyway.

Here's the deal Ms. Wackjob: I would put money on it that you would sue my ass off if you tripped on a crack on my front porch. Maybe it was an accident, but even if it were only a remote possibility that someone could trip or that in doing so someone could actually be hurt, it doesn't matter. I'm liable. Even if it were just a tiny crack or maybe no crack at all - you'd sue my ass off.

Now I certainly didn't plan for you to fall, or want you to fall or want you to be hurt in the fall. So what? You sustained an injury and it's my fault.

It's BP's fault and maybe TransOcean's and Halliburton's too.

Of course you could argue it's the fault of all those shrimpers and fishermen and tour guides to set up shop next to an oil rig. :crazy: That fits right in with the whole blame the victim GOP talking point.

[Demeter]

18. Plastic Envy

What a jealous bitch.

[Phlem]

20. PUNCH!!

I spy a Tar Ball!!!

-p

[alp227]

21. Didn't Bachmann's Christian counseling center use the government as a piggy bank?

http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/06/bachmanns_christian_counseling.php

So what good reason have Republicans in Congress to oppose the escrow fund? Both Reps. Barton and Bachmann fail at devising.

[Raschel]

25. Didn't her farm use the gubmint for a piggy bank? Miss farm subsidies herself talkin' trash again.

[glinda]

22. Hey American idiots! This is what kind of Policy you will get with Republicans!

Only Bachman would think of this as this is what she WOULD do!

[AsahinaKimi]

24. Michele Bachmann is a good example why

Republicans need to be drug tested. Orin Hatch first, she should be next.

[husky92]

26. Shut the Hell Up You Moron!!!

When will this woman stop opening her mouth and making a complete ass of herself. You know it is an embarrassment to voters in her district. I know they voted for her but are they as damned ignorant as she is. I know if she was in my district I'd be on the phone calling her office telling whoever answers the phone to have her keep her damned mouth shut. Let's face it, she is a total idiot and she'll probably get re-elected this year. If not, I'm sure old Rupert will slide her into a prime place along with all the other right-wing lunatics on Fox. As I tell my Republican friends. If Fox is so Fair and Balanced why does their lineup consist of Palin, Huckabee, Gingrich, Rove, and Perino among others. Where is representative from the left??

[Frances]

27. If a Republican president had gotten a $20 billion escrow,

he would have used it to give money to his cronies the way George W Bush did.

I seem to remember that after a hurricane hit Florida, W sent tons of money to his brother Jeb to dole out to Florida residents. Paid off because Florida went for W in 2004.

Dems don't think the way Repubs do; I haven't seen a single post that recognizes that the Repubs are accusing Dems of what the Repubs would do with the money.

[City Lights]

29. Get a clue, Michelle!

You are truly too :dunce: to govern.

[ProudDad]

30. "Bachmann fears" -- all you need to know about her (n/t)

[Odin2005]

31. This woman needs to be institutionalized.

[Joanne98]

32. "We're running out of rich people" lol

[SKKY]

33. That woman is an idiot.