Bachmann snub angers tea party leader

[pampango]

Source: Washington Post

Jenny Beth Martin, a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots, said Wednesday that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) should have gotten a spot on the House Ways and Means Committee from Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner (Ohio). "She's a former tax lawyer," Martin told Politico. "I think she has the background necessary to be on Ways and Means. I think it shows leadership doesn't particularly support her."

Martin also scolded Boehner for not placing tea party-recommended lawmakers atop the Energy and Commerce and Appropriations committees. Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) was tapped to lead Energy and Commerce, while Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) was given the top spot on Appropriations.

National Republican Campaign Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (Tex.) defended the pick, saying, "Michele is a real star for our party. ... She has all the necessary qualities. And in the process of bringing in freshmen and other things, it just simply did not happen."

Bachmann has also been passed over for a leadership position this year. In November, she launched an ultimately failed bid for Republican conference chairman. She was defeated by Rep. Jeb Hensarling (Tex.).

Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/12/bachmann-snub-angers-tea-party.html

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Whatd'ya expect from an asshole Republican

who doesn't listen to the people?

Psst - the left DOES listen to the people, but we need to purge the blue dogs and the DINOs from our party and go hard left/left and stay there permanently. This will help the country in many ways no-one will ever dream.

Hawkeye-X

[howaboutme]

8. I've sent many emails to the Obama White House

on everything from opposing Geithner the Wall St. tax cheat , to a need to hold Wall Street accountable, to a public option, to eliminating tax cuts for the rich, and they all went in one ear and out the other.

I agree that USA really needs a hard left put people above corporations policy but it doesn't happen because the Democratic Party gets too much of its money from Wall st.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

30. +1,000,000,000,000,000

[MrModerate]

2. Any possibility Boehner realizes that Bachmann is totally crackers? n/t

[Angry Dragon]

3. batshit crazy ............. crackers are for cheese or dip

the republicans just keep backmann and palin around for sex objects
they have no respect for women

Can you name a republican woman that is not crazy??

[MrModerate]

6. Umm . . . the ones in New England? The ones I'm too lazy to google right now? n/t

[FedUp_Queer]

17. I have to say...

when I read the headline, batshit crazy came to my mind, too. You beat me to it. Great minds think alike.

[xxqqqzme]

27. No kidding. The image of her grabbing

dimson, as he exited a SOTU speech and planting a big one on his face is forever etched in my mind - Yee gods!

[DFLforever]

4. I think that's the most likely explanation.

They've seen more of her than even we have.

[glinda]

19. Takes one to know one.

[catgirl]

5. Why is this Latest Breaking News?

Who cares if the tea party is angry again? Not dissing the messenger here, just amazed that Politico and Washington Post feel
this is newsworthy.

[MrModerate]

7. Of course, pissed-off teabaggers is so rare it'd attract the attention of any media outlet.

Or perhaps Politico and Wapo have, ya know, terrible judgment.

[No Elephants]

29. Every brain fart from Republicans is headline news.

[pa28]

9. Use a tea bag and throw it away.

Their whole purpose was to leverage anger in favor of the Republican party and then disappear. Did they actually think otherwise?

[Guilded Lilly]

10. Don't scold Boehner....

he might *weep* again.

[onehandle]

11. They are not going to give any of you crazies real power. Go third party.

Time for a national real Tea Party.

[harvey007]

12. She'll be running for the U.S. Senate in 2012

Gag....
x(

[hlthe2b]

13. She's an attorney?! (and a "tax" attorney at that?)

Must be the Patrick Henry (aka Liberty University) mail order law school. Good heavens.

[FedUp_Queer]

18. No no no...

She was in a "tax tourney" as in tournament. They had a competition on who could call Obama a socialist within 30 seconds the largest number of times.

[hlthe2b]

20. Sounds much more likely...

;)

[AlbertCat]

14. Bachmann has also been passed over for....

NO WAY the good ol' boys in the Repug club are gonna let a crazy dame near any real power!

Get real!

This is one reason why Palin will never be Prez. Besides she doesn't play along like Dubya did.

Even if it takes a small plane accident.....

[left on green only]

21. Brilliant!

I really admire your thinking. Perhaps there is no cause for concern after all.

[bongbong]

15. qualified?

The only subcommittee Bachmann is qualified to sit on is the "SETI Subcomittee", since if they find something out there, she'll be able to communicate with it because she is not of this world.

[FedUp_Queer]

23. I can here her response after we hear of communication with people from another world.

Mom? Dad? Is that you? What makes this extremely unlikely is that people from another world would likely be of higher intelligence.

[Loudmxr]

16. Wait a minute Bachman didn't WANT to be on Ways and Means. She chickened out.

[forty6]

22. This quote from Pete Sessions: priceless !!!

"Michele is a real star for our party. ... She has all the necessary qualities..."

Has me ROFL ing!

[onenote]

24. the story has at least one thing backwards: Rogers got appropriations and Upton got E and C.

Not the other way around.

[eringer]

25. Yeah. What is the Matter with the GOPea? Michelle is A Tax Expert, after all

Just read the legislation she just introduced yesterday:

Bachmann Introduces Legislation to End Tax Uncertainty

Washington, Dec 15 - Today Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06), a former federal tax attorney, introduced legislation to make the current individual income tax rates permanent and stop the massive tax increase that will affect all taxpayers on January 1. Congresswoman Bachmann released the following statement upon introducing the End Tax Uncertainty Act of 2010 (H.R. 6522):

“Instead of providing economic certainty, Congress has been playing politics with the money that belongs in the pockets of hardworking Americans. In mere days, tax hikes will affect all earners unless Congress acts, but President Obama is insistent upon pairing a tax vote with unfunded spending.

“As a small business owner, I know job creators are hesitant to hire more employees without knowing 2011’s tax tables. Washington’s era of uncertainty has existed too long and is simply unjustified. I seek to bring certainty to job creators and American families through the End Tax Uncertainty Act of 2010.

“I am disheartened that President Obama is pushing for a so-called compromise which will only add to our deficit. Now is the opportunity for Congress to lower its deficit while helping job creators, which my bill will do. As the compromise currently stands, I cannot support it,” stated Bachmann.

Bachmann’s legislation also repeals the death tax and gift tax, prevents tax increases on the maximum tax rate for capital gains and dividends income for all Americans, permanently patches the Alternative Minimum Tax and reduces the corporate tax rate to twenty-five percent.

THIS PLOY GIVES HER THE COVER TO VOTE AGAINST THE COMPROMISE TO APPEASE THE TEA PARTY'S "NO COMPROMISE WITH OBAMA" PHILOSOPHY. THE GOPea DON'T NEED HER VOTE ANYWAY, SO SHE IS SAFE NOW TO WAIL AWAY AT THE PRESIDENT.

[Dappleganger]

26. In other news, Bachmann was also passed over for lunch room monitor.

[Kingofalldems]

28. K and R for the Teabaggers

Complete idiots.