{"id":790,"date":"2007-05-04T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2007-05-04T21:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php\/index.php\/2007\/05\/04\/history-de-varnished\/"},"modified":"2007-05-07T10:43:24","modified_gmt":"2007-05-07T16:43:24","slug":"history-de-varnished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=790","title":{"rendered":"History, De-Varnished?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Monitor – as impeccable a source of journalism as George Soros’ money can buy – snarks at<\/strike> covers Congresswoman Michele Bachmann<\/a>, quoting a piece from Radar<\/em>, which would appear to be yet another bunch of John Stewart wannabees (not unlike, as it happens, the piece’s author himself).<\/p>\n

Oh, it starts out with the usual symptoms of Bachmann Derangement Syndrome:<\/p>\n

“Bachmann, an Evangelical Lutheran, and self-professed fool for ‘Christ,’ ran for Congress because God\u2014and her husband\u2014wanted her to,” the tongue-in-cheek article said.\u00a0 “The representative publicly credited her campaign to her submission to her husband, who was channeling God’s wishes for her.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Offline note to Christians – d’ya ever think that anyone <\/em>in the Sorosphere will bother to figure out that “fool for Christ” doesn’t mean what they think it means?\u00a0 Or that the voluntary, theologically-based notion of “submission to one’s husband” isn’t necessarily personally disempowering, given that she is <\/em>now one of the most powerful people in the United States?\u00a0 No, me either)<\/p>\n

But then it touches upon some interesting history:<\/p>\n

It also notes, “as a Minnesota state senator, Bachmann launched a crusade to outlaw gay marriage that turned into a highly publicized spectacle replete with restroom run-ins with angry lesbians<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0SCRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATCH!<\/p>\n

“Run-in with angry lesbians”?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Radar<\/em> via their mouthpiece at Minnesota Money<\/strike>itor is referring to an incident in Scandia, Minnesota about two years ago, in which Michele Bachmann she was detained against her will in a restroom.\u00a0 Bachmann claimed her visitors were upset and moved to prevent her from leaving the rest room.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, on the Dump Bachmann blog – your one stop shop for Bachmann derangement – reported the event as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Less than a moment later, piercing
\nscreams were heard from the ladies’ washroom. “Help!!!!
\nHEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!” With everyone’s attention riveted
\non the door, Senator Bachmann emerged in a crouching run,
\ncrying, “I was being held against my will!” Two women
\nwere seen standing behind her, one tall and elderly,
\nthe other young and petite, both unassuming and bewildered.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So one of several things is going on here:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Radar <\/em>knows something the “Dump Bachmann” gang aren’t telling us; that Bachmann was not casually queried by a gentle biddy and a nun!<\/li>\n
  2. Radar <\/em>is lying, and Minnesota Moneyitor is blithely passing the lie on without any further checking, defaming <\/em>the indefamable Dumpers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What is the truth?<\/p>\n

    By the way, here’s an infinitesimal nod toward Radar’s <\/em>credibility:<\/p>\n

    and grainy photos suggesting that Bachmann was ‘spying’ on a gay rights rally while crouching behind a bush.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    They put scare quotes around the elements of the “Bachmann spied on the gay rally” story, one of “Dump Bachmann’s” most delusional old chestnuts.<\/p>\n

    MinMoney<\/strike>itor\u00a0– the best “journalism” George Soros’ money can buy!<\/p>\n

    UPDATE:\u00a0 Open note to a certain ethically-challenged leftyblogger who thinks puerile name-calling is “argument”:<\/p>\n

    I get twenty times the traffic you do – and I always will.\u00a0 So no, I’m not trolling for traffic on your dim little site.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Face it; your efforts helped <\/em>Michele Bachmann get into Congress.\u00a0 With y’all as enemies, she may be the first female president.<\/p>\n

    Now go run along and play in the little pool of\u00a0 your own febrile splittle that you’ve been marinading (poaching?) in since November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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