It takes a balloon head to know one

Posted on January 25, 2011 by myiq2xu

Matthews Yells At Tea Party Leader: Why Is ‘Balloon-Head’ Bachmann Speaking For You

Chris Matthews was nearly apoplectic in his questioning of Tea Party Express co-founder Sal Russo on the topic of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and her controversial re-imagining of history where the founding fathers found a way to end slavery in their lifetime. Repeatedly calling Bachmann a “balloon head,” Matthews demanded to know why Russo and the Tea Party wanted Bachmann to give a response to the State of the Union address or, more generally, why they ever wanted her to open her mouth in the first place?

Funny, but Tweety doesn’t seem to get as upset about stupid guy politicians. I wonder why that is?

I’m no fan of Bachmann or the Tea Party, but do we really want the media deciding who should represent people? If the The Partiers want Bachmann speaking for them that’s none of Tweety’s damn business.

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13 Responses

  1. WMCB, on January 25, 2011 at 9:13 pm said:

    Bachmann is a loon, IMO, but the stuff she spouts is no loonier than many congresspersons on the right.

    Like you, my beef is that those male loons get accorded some modicum of respect by the press. They might get criticized, but they are given some degree of cordiality for the office they hold.

    Jindal, Pawlenty, DeMint, whoever – they often say the exact same crap that Bachmann does. And no major news anchor runs around screaming “balloon-head” at them.

    Oh, and prior to her speech, the CNN cameraman was doing close-ups of her trying to get her mike adjusted, fiddling with her bra-strap, feeding wire under her skirt, etc. It was disgusting.

    And I REALLY hate defending Bachmann, okay? I think she’s batshit off the charts politically. But yeah, the media treats her differently than equally batshit-but-has-a-penis politicians.

  2. kk, on January 25, 2011 at 9:38 pm said:

    I don’t beleive she is a loon or batshit crazy.. those terms are too easy to bandy around… if its her policies.. talk about them.. not just name call.. thats just my opinion

    • myiq2xu, on January 25, 2011 at 9:59 pm said:

      I read somewhere recently that 99% of Republicans are stupid. (Reagan, Bush, Ford, Ike)

      The ones that aren’t stupid are evil (Nixon, Cheney)

      A few are both (Palin)

      • ralphb, on January 26, 2011 at 6:51 am said:

        Yes, Ike must have been pretty stupid to plan Operation Overlord. Most of those calling him stupid couldn’t organize a fall off a bar stool ;-)

    • WMCB, on January 25, 2011 at 10:03 pm said:

      Okay, I apologize for the loon part. But the rest of my point is true – they treat the women differently.

      • JeanLouise, on January 26, 2011 at 7:21 am said:

        I will willingly call both Bachmann and DeMint loons which solves the problem of holding women politicians to a higher standard than men.

        • Mary, on January 26, 2011 at 8:26 am said:

          Frankly, I think Chris Matthews is a drooling loon……so in honor of male/female equivalency…. so is Roseanne Barr.

          Did I pass? :)

  3. WMCB, on January 25, 2011 at 10:13 pm said:

    OT, but Obama may live to regret talking about Sputnik moments. Because people got curious, and are busily researching, and are finding stuff like this:

    Let’s take a look 48 years earlier when JFK was faced with the threat of losing the space race after the Soviets celebrated putting the first man in space. On May 1961, President Kennedy committed to the Apollo program and committed to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. Government set the priority, funded the proposal ($24B) and got out of the way. According to the NASA Langley Research Center, the Apollo program at its peak employed 400,000 and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities. The stimulus package could have funded 32 Apollo programs.

    Moral: It’s not how much money you spend. It’s whether you have the brains and will to target it.

    Here’s a lengthy breakdown on what space investment has done and could do for the economy. But do we get that? No. We get turtle underpasses, road signs, and fucking trains.

    http://www.facingup.org/blog/%5Buser%5D/2009/12/musings-america039s-budgetary-challenge

  4. yttik, on January 26, 2011 at 5:44 am said:

    I’m getting tired of the media calling Bachmann crazy and stupid. Compared to whom?? Anybody read Huckabee, Ryan, Romney’s ideas??

    How about Randall Terry, the violent pro-life guy who is challenging Obama for the Dem nomination?? Anybody on TV say he’s bat shit crazy, dumber than a door nob, incites violence, and has ugly ass cankles?? Nope. In his case, those things are probably all true, but apparently the media believes it would be disrespectful to mention them.

  5. Mr. Mike, on January 26, 2011 at 7:03 am said:

    There was a rumor going around the net that Chris Matthews wanted the job of press secretary for Bill Clinton. That went to M J “Dee Dee” Myers instead.
    If true would explain his dislike of the Clintons in particular and women in general.
    Take this with a grain of salt as I have never been able to confirm it.

  6. bemused_leftist, on January 26, 2011 at 9:48 am said:

    Nuance alert.

    Rather than digging into this, I’ll just throw out the possibility that Bachmann was misconstrued. What if she meant that Whosis kept working all his life to end slavery, not that he succeeded?

    What if such misconstruction is part of the disrespect to women? (Except that it’s done to some men also, such as to Gore in 2000.)

    [ Insert disclaimers, IANA Whatever ]

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