The national media loves Michele Bachmann; conservative media have made her probably the most-booked member of the House’s sophomore class because she is a no-holds-barred, no-compromise conservative Ultimate Fighter who is both telegenic and, usually, much more articulate than the typical pol.\u00a0 Watching or listening to most politicians is indistinguishable from reading their press releases; Bachmann’s got style.<\/p>\n
Leftymedia like her because, ironically, she’s got style; as noted here before<\/a>, she’s not measured and calculating; she speaks from her heart, which is on a specially-built structure way ahead of her sleeve. When she gets on a rhetorical roll, she can be a little like Captain Wild Bill Kelso<\/a>.<\/p>\n Of course, this being Minnesota, our in-the-bag mainstream media and too-often-deranged lefty “alternative” media will focus on Bachmann to exclusion (as their masters demand).<\/p>\n Fortunately, we have a conservative altmedia these days that can spread the joy around a little bit.\u00a0 Brian at Fraters has been doing the gumshoe gatekeeping that the rest of the Twins’ media refuses to in re my “representative”, Betty “Rubble” McCollum.\u00a0 He presents three posts and counting ( here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>) of Rep. McCollum’s gaffes.<\/p>\n One consistent theme is McCollum’s tendency to use unnecessary, dramatic adjectives. Example, her comments<\/a> on the never ending Coleman-Franken election recount:<\/p>\n “Now that the state Canvassing Board has certified Mr. Franken as the winner of Minnesota’s Senate seat, following an exceptionally transparent,<\/strong> bipartisan, and meticulous recount process, it is time for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to immediately seat Mr. Franken to ensure that Minnesotans have full representation in the U.S. Senate.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Betty McCollum’s hierarchy of transparency:— buttered slice of 7-grain bread: slightly transparent Oh, there’s more.\u00a0 Much more. Check it out.<\/p>\n
\n—- jar of Vaseline: moderately transparent
\n—— pane of glass: very transparent
\n——– Minnesota’s election recount process: exceptionally transparent<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n