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Bachmann, and dan savage, author of the brand new book you should check out american savage. all right, michele bachmann, i guess i was sort of surprised she did this, but once we sat in the editorial meeting, what would you do if you were michele bachmann, it makes perfect sense, right? yes, it does. i mean, she s also facing i love the whole pay no attention to the fbi investigation behind the curtain part of her word salad generated video. and she led with that. that was the beginning. the beginning was this whel long thing about all the reasons she s not quitting, not because of the fbi and she s going to get her butt kicked. i m glad it was at the beginning, i went through four minutes before i had to go back to watching porn. only four minutes of michele bachmann before i got a palate closer. i watched more of it. it s tempting to play this exclusively for laughs, but we ....
Because i ve been hearing conservatives using the adjectives nixonian or injecting watergate to the irs. this is being revealed, this is a government that is out of control. i haven t seen anyone since richard nixon with the same instinct of being isolated. i ve never seen anything quite like this except in the past during the nixon years. it strikes me that anyone that says that with a straight face has no idea the breathtaking scope and criminality of nixon. the legal authority to kill american citizens is both wrong and offensive to our conception of the law. the justice department s reckless overuse and abuse of subpoenas of journalists in leak investigations is chilling and destructive, but nixonian means a very specific thing, if you want to talk about the irs, this is what it means in the context of the irs, i want to be sure he s a ruthless son of a bitch, ....
Just the right amount of urgency and suspense until subway dude gets stuck on a platform trying to change planes. ultimate victor is bike lady. bike winning 3 out of 5, subway winning 1 out of 5, with the final race going to angry cab driver, always a winner. second awesomest thing, broadcast legend larry king s getting a brand new political show on the r.t. cable network. the promo begins like this, so buzz feed has created some gifts, paying homage to king, like, are you my daddy, i m not quite sure what s that supposed to mean, here s johnny, and how long have you been standing there? i ask my staff that one all the time. since r.t. stands for russia today, we were treated to this headline, larry joins the krem lin, which is not really true, but would make for a great curb your enthusiasm episode. ....
Leaves, doesn t seek reelection. sarah palin leaves to become a multimillionaire multimedia property. evan bayh joined fox news channel, became a lobbyist, this says to me there s something really sad about this whole thing, which is being a member of congress was once the thing you wanted to get to, and now being a member of congress is the farm team, the thing right before the thing you want to get to, the major leagues, which is any one of these much more highly paid influential positions. which is anything to make a lot of money, whether it s big pharma, a hedge fund, or welfare. you do mention some of our lovely former democrats. but also the feeling that when you look at being a member of congress between calling for six hours a day and the fact that the washington feels completely broken and dysfunctional, particularly congress, it s like, well, sure. it could be a rational decision. i m not sure it s a totally ....
Week and a half ago that the fbi has joined investigation around bachmann s 2012 presidential campaign, an investigation already being undertaken by the office of congressional ethics, fbc, and iowa state senate s ethics committee. rest assured, that is not why michele bachmann is leaving congress, she made that very clear. the thing is, she never really did articulate in the eight and a half minute web video why she is leaving congress, but she did something better, talked about how awesome member of congress she was and how awesome something or other she s going to be when she leaves congress. over the next 18 months, i will continue to work 100-hour weeks, and i will continue to do everything that i can to advance our conservative constitutional principles. being the primary sponsor of the bill that recently passed in the house to repeal obama care. i ve called out the muslim jihad terrorists for who they are, and for the evil that they perpetrate upon our people. i ve identified ....