Michele Bachmann Watch, 8/18/08: Remember the Alamo!

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from the DumpMicheleBachmann blog:



The Hill Calls it "Groundhog Day", Bachmann Calls it "The Alamo"

The Hill:



House GOP protest takes on 'Groundhog Day' feel

There simply wasn't anything more to ask.

The press conference was the tenth held in front of the Will Rogers statue just off the House floor, where Republicans have gathered every day since the lower chamber adjourned and GOP members remained to protest.

For the better part of two straight weeks, a loyal, tag-team group of House Republicans have, day after day, marched out to the microphones set up in front of Will Rogers to call for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to bring Congress back into session to let the House vote on the GOP energy plan.

At first, with President Bush in China and the Russia-Georgia conflict not yet underway, the news-starved Washington media showered House Republicans with a lot of attention. But that quickly changed as the press events took on the feel of the 1993 movie, "Groundhog Day."

Still, Republicans did their best to keep things interesting, whether intentionally or not.

Members read letters from their constituents, presented gas receipts, invited special guests -- including former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and former representative-turned-energy lobbyist Robert Walker (R-Pa.) -- and used props such as tire gauges and gas cans.

And when members of Congress talk for a long time on one topic, there are going to be a lot of metaphors -- and even a few references to barn animals.

“We want to bring out the pro-American energy people,” Rep. Virginia Fox (R-N.C.) said. “We are going to soon, we hope, separate the sheep from the goats here. Are you pro-American energy? Are you anti-American energy?”

Republicans tirelessly hammered home the point that they were making history.

“At this point, I am here to take a stand with my colleagues. And in some sense, you might say this is now the Alamo, and we are here at the Alamo to make a last stand for the American people,” declared Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Friday.

http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2008/08/hill-calls-it-groundhog-day-bachmann.html

[dflprincess]

1. I wonder if she knows how things turned out at the Alamo?

And why it's refered to as a "last stand"?

Next thing y'know she'll be calling it "our Little Bighorn".

[Faygo Kid]

2. How could the good people of Minnesota infest us with that maggot?

No offense intended to maggots.

[peacetalksforall]

3. Both Coleman and Bachman were picked by the RNC WH because someone must have done

a profile on them and found that they were perfect for making fools of themselves to push for WH agendas. Coleman stepped into it early on and was squished by Galloway. He's not quite as much the circus performer as Bachman. But they are both entertaining.

[CatholicEdHead]

4. The 6th CD is our Fundie suburb area

Even though she barely got in last time and many Republicans are turned off by her. Even though she did gut the 6th CD GOP convention procedures two years ago. That means just yes people to vote her on again and again.