"They are not gangsters. They were elected. They are not doing anything they were not elected to do.

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/04/16/quote_of_the_day.html

Quote of the Day

"They are not gangsters. They were elected. They are not doing anything they were not elected to do."

-- Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by the New York Times, scolding Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) for calling the Obama administration and Democratic Congress as "the gangster government."

[NoNothing]

1. Makes me wonder

Just who elected Obama in order to assassinate U.S. citizens?

[babylonsister]

2. I have no idea what you're taking about. Care to elaborate? nt

[NoNothing]

4. Previous thread on topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x267497

[phleshdef]

3. No matter how many times you people say that, its never going to be true.

[Cha]

11. Kill or Capture does not mean assassinate no matter who

tries to twist that and for what agenda.

It's rubbish.

[emulatorloo]

19. It is as deceptive and as disingenuous as the crap Sarah Palin et al feeds the teabaggers

[old mark]

21. I did, but we are not yet killing enough republicans...try harder.....nt

[Bitwit1234]

5. Some one should commit this nut and have her examined.

She is getting flack in her re-election bid and is going wild.

[chelsea0011]

6. I think she said "gangsta". That's a whole new meaning

[TankLV]

7. Can someone point out the GORE GOT MORE VOTES - a MILLION more.

and why we didn't hear her complain about his REAL "gangster" regime?

[Phx_Dem]

8. Tweety said pretty much the same thing today.

[Cha]

9. BIG KR.. Perfect. nt

[Arkana]

10. If the Democrats are gangsters, why are Bachmann and her tea party retards acting like such thugs?

[Doctor_J]

12. True. If the admin were gangsters,

Bachmann would have been found in pieces on the quad a year ago.

[KingFlorez]

13. That's rich coming from Michele Bachmann, when she's a gangster herself

Her and her minions are nothing but bullies.

[Kablooie]

15. Conservatives always accuse liberals of doing what they do themselves. It's a regular pattern.

[kestrel91316]

16. It's called projection, and it is a time-honored GOP tactic.

[political_Dem]

14. What does it say about the constiuency that put this woman in office?

Nutso Bachmann's mouth could only serve as a warning: the more she reveals herself in the media and the public ignores it, the more she is setting up a McCarthyite situation.

Give this woman power, and the country is jeopardy. Ignore her blatant racism and we've got a real problem. Combine her efforts with Caribou Barbie and place them in a high position and say goodbye to our country.

[NJmaverick]

17. Way to go Big Dog!!!

:applause:

[peekaloo]

18. I'm surprised she didn't say "gangsta" what with her street cred and all.

:crazy:

[mstinamotorcity]

20. When does she have

time to take care of all those foster children I heard she has? And she should be embarrassed a least for their sake. Because school can be a cruel place for a child especially with her as a mother. Something ridiculous always flys from her mouth. But she is following in the footsteps of Ms Palin. she see's green and well the are about capitalism. She's getting in where she's fitting in.And going to the bank.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

22. Black people are in gangs. That's what I hear anyway...

Calling them gangsters is a dog whistle. The term they really want to just is gangbangers, but they know that word is too racially charged. So they use gangsters and they wink (which is hard to see through the white hood) at their audience when they do it.

[GoCubsGo]

23. I think it's actually a Chicago reference.

President Obama, along with Rahm, David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, and several others, come from Chicago. The repugs think that city is still run by Al Capone and the Mafia. It's another meme, just like "Chicago-style" politics, which are no different than the politics of any city in this country, regardless of size.