What? Me say that? Never happened.
What is Michele Bachman’s preferred way of weaseling out of a gaffe? Deny that it ever happened. Hey! It worked for Crispin Glover after his disastrous appearance on July 28, 1987 when he was a guest on “Late Night With David Letterman.” In a subsequent interview in 2007, he denied that it happened. Well okay, he neither confirmed nor denied that his bizarre appearance occurred. Still, there’s the footage of him freaking out to Letterman, and Glover attempting to put into question whether it was actually him. Typical Glover for you.
Fast forward to Michele Bachman on “Hardball with Chris Mathews” urging the media to “do a penetrating expose, and take a look at the views of the people of congress and find out if they’re pro-America or anti-America.” After the initial shock of hearing this remark in which she channels Joe Mccarthy, I was convinced that theaters around the US would be showing productions of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” just in time for Thanksgiving. Nothing like a good witch-hunt during the election.
That remark almost cost her the election. As a result of her advice to Chris Mathews, the RNC cut her funds, and she narrowly squeaked by to win re-election. Apparently, she never learned to stay away from news shows lest she makes more moronic gaffes. She was on “Hannity and Colmes” recently, where Alan Colmes asked the budding McCarthyite about those remarks. Her answer? It never happened. It was an urban legend:
If there is a slim chance that either one of Bachman’s handlers or Bachman herself is reading this post, allow me to remind them that the Jedi mind trick only works in the world of George Lucas. One can’t wave his or her hand to to media and chant, “This is not the video you’re watching.” It might look pretty cool when Obi Wan Kenobi tricks the stormtroopers in the movie, but it doesn’t work in real life, so stop it.
Another aside to Bachman: How is the air in that bubble of yours?
