What Happens When The ‘Ron Paul Revolution’ Meets Michele Bachmann

[Emit]

Yesterday, the Young Americans for Liberty sponsored an event at the University of Minnesota that brought together the odd pairing of Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Ron Paul (R-TX). Bachmann solicited Paul for the event, hoping that his presence would help her attract support from young conservatives and libertarians.

Writing for The Daily Beast, Maureen O’Connor notes that the event melded two “wingnut worlds“: “the fanatically religious Bush-era neocon, a flag-waving patriot who likens gay sex to bestiality and fantasizes about lobbing nukes at Iran” and the libertarian “Ron Paul Revolution.” Indeed, for Bachmann, the presence of Paul created numerous awkward moments, particularly as the Texas congressman sermonized at length about his isolationist views. For example, Paul said:

– We should never go to war if they’re telling us a lie about what’s happening. … We took the position, over my strong objection, we took the position that we had to have regime change in Iraq.

~snip~

– I say bring all the troops home — Japan, Korea, and Germany.

For Bachmann — a typical neoconservative on foreign policy issues — Paul’s rhetoric stunned her into stone-cold silence. O’Connor describes the scene:

As Paul spoke passionately about ending all military operations and keeping government out of people’s “lifestyles,” a lone heckler began to shout, “Tell her!” Bachmann remained serene, hands folded in her lap, facing Paul. Bringing up Obama’s announcement that Iran had secret underground nuclear facilities, Paul announced that he had had enough of “fear-mongering” for the sake of the “military-industrial complex.” Bachmann, who once advocated nuking Iran, kept her eyes trained on Paul as her heckler repeated, “Tell her! Tell Michele! Tell her!”

~snip~

The UpTake has posted video of Ron Paul’s speech last night. Watch it...

video at link:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/26/bachmann-ron-paul-event/


More - ->> The Craziest Town Hall Ever, by Maureen O'Connor: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-26/the-craziest-town-hall-ever/

[Happyhippychick]

1. They deserve each other.

[LeftishBrit]

7. Very true. But other people don't deserve either of them.

[tridim]

2. The teabaggers, know-nothings and the Paulites should form a bowling team

They all ignore the same reality.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Too funny

Sent this out on Twitter yesterday. The Ron Paul folks picked it up. LOL

[sam sarrha]

4. you get the... "Perfect Stupidity".. get on your knee's and pray they don't merge with Glen Beck..!>

Beck's Rise to Fame can only be attributed to Ann Coulter finally getting her medication adjusted... so Faux started replacing Beck's Paranoid Anti-Psychotic medication with Methamphetimines..:wow: :woohoo: :popcorn:

[Cha]

5. paul bachmann? Double the

assholes?

[peekaloo]

6. The Bat Shit Crazy hits their fans.

[nightgaunt]

8. Is the choice warmonger or isolationist Emit? Nothing else?

How is opening up for trade isolationist? Such a leading question. So we are only engaging if we threaten or make war. Any other means is isolation? How imperial of you! To me the gov't has no cause to tell me where I can go as we have now. All countries on the same par, all are favored. Is that isolationist to you Emit?

I am all for defense but what the USA is choosing where in the world their ambitions are and then staking a claim and say whatever is done is to be for our "common defense" and such a perversion that is. Spending 75% of our GDP on it. Anywhere in the world they deem important to the imperial USA then that is where they go. Just ask all those countries where over 800 of our bases are at this very moment. I am no Libertarian but that part of the philosophy I do agree with. Why don't you Emit?

That is exactly how too many people phrase it for just that reason. Some wouldn't even call themselves right wingers but do it anyway because it is used so often. Another fine example of mind manipulation. If you know what it is it isn't working.

Oil and water don't mix but if you churn it hard enough it looks like it for awhile.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. OMG that had to be priceless!

:rofl:

[angryfirelord]

10. Dear God....

The Ronulans and Bachmann's borgs seek to assimilate us all. All they need to do is add Palin to the mix and we can kiss what's left of sanity in politics goodbye.

[iceman66]

11. Paul loses whatever credibility he had left by associating with Bachmann

Paul is supposed to be a libertarian; Bachmann is American Taliban. Not much common ground there.