Michele Bachmann Video Blog

Michele Bachmann Horns in on 911 Publicity Again

2010-09-11T11:51:00.000-07:00

From a reader tip:

According to C-Span tonight (FRI), Michele Bachmann is joining Laura Bush in remembering the passengers of the flight that crashed in PA on 9/11. Why in the world, and how in the world, is MB involved in this? She is not on any appropriate committee...she's not from PA or anywhere around where the plane either took off or crashed. How in the world did she get herself into this publicity chance?

Michele Bachmann (Year In Review)

2008-12-23T00:30:00.000-08:00

Over the past year Michele Bachmann has been honored SEVEN times with a worse, worser, or worst person in the world award by Keith Olbermann. Congratulations 6th District, this is who you have chosen to represent your values:

Michele Bachmann "Urban Legend"

2008-11-19T21:47:00.000-08:00

Bachmann v. Bachmann Pt. 1

2008-11-19T21:46:00.000-08:00

Bachmann v. Bachmann Pt. 2

2008-11-19T21:45:00.000-08:00

VIDEO: Earth vs Michele Bachmann

2008-11-09T08:23:00.001-08:00

When I heard Michele Bachmann tell Mark Levin that she now had the "rocket fuel to fly the mother ship", I knew what was coming next. I've watched enough crummy sci-fi movies to expect that we would get the ultimatum from the mother ship... and here it is:

Michele Bachmann At O'Gara's

2008-11-03T20:42:00.000-08:00

From Finance & Commerce:

Bachmann - Liar

2008-11-03T20:19:00.000-08:00

Bachmann and Bathroomgate

2008-10-23T19:40:00.000-07:00

Read more about Bachmann and Bathroomgate.

Video: Michele Bachmann's Other Speech at the LWCC

2008-10-22T05:07:00.000-07:00

There were four performances... nearly two years ago... variations on a theme that was both sermon and stump speech by then Senator and candidate for U.S. Congress Michele Bachmann

I made videos of two of Bachmann's performances. I only posted a portion of the second one. At the time, I was using a crude method of video capture that also captured the sound of my chair creaking as I recoiled in horror at the spectacle I was recording and nearly fell off the aforementioned chair.

The Minnesota Independent has posted the video with a transcript... check it out.

Vintage Bachmann Videos Right Here!!!

2008-10-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

If you are one of the many people coming here and Dump Bachmann to learn more about Michele Bachmann... welcome, you've come to the right place.

Over the years, Political Muse, Skylark303, me - Avidor and others have posted videos about Bachmann on You Tube and elsewhere to document Bachmann's bizarre behavior and extremist political views. I will be re-posting a different vintage Bachmann video every day until November.

Today, however I'd like to post a video interview here that I did with Bachmann's opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg (campaign web site) in January for The Uptake:

Transcript from The Uptake:

 

Tinklenberg on Bachmann and transportation:

She is about partisan polarization. She is about divisiveness. And the result is she has not been able to accomplish anything as a (state) Senator and she’s not accomplishing anything except in a negative sort of way in the district currently. We think we represent a strong alternative to that.

The district is the focus of some major chages in transportation, not only in terms of improvements to the existing system, but changes in that system. Northstar is a big issue. And I’m proud of the fact that I helped get Northstar started when I was at Anoka County. And now we’re making some progress on that. It’s disappointing to me that it’s five year later than what it should have been. It’s $90 Million more than when we introduced it back in 2000. Back then it was going all the way to St. Cloud, now it’s just going to Big Lake. So we’ve lost time, we’ve lost half of the line and we’ve increased the cost as result of the delays that came out of the Republican controlled House back in 2000.

I bring a record of having to do some things in transportation and some important things, the Hiawatha light rail line for example, as compared to Representative Bachmann, who when she was in the state Senate fought every transportation initiative that came along, has been a constant obstructionist for transportation issues in the state and has carried that on even now in her Congressional seat. She has voted three times to hold up funding for the reconstruction of the 35 W bridge. And I think that represents where her priorities are in relation to transportation issues .
She hasn’t been able anything done partly because of that kind of partisan, ideologue approach she’s taken to so many issues. But also she has used what support she has given to transportation, principally PRT or Personal Rapid Transit, as a way of really distracting the discussion of kind of delaying tactics in terms of transportation. PRT is not something that’s going to work to serve commuters. It’s not something that’s going to work to serve the transit interests and concerns and needs of Minnesota. And she’s using it simply as a distraction. She doesn’t really mean or intend to support any kind of increased funding for transit and she’s just using this as a way of diffusing the issue.

Tinklenberg on Iraq:

 When I get to Congress the first resolution I will introduce is to demand that the next administration provide for the Congress a plan within three months of taking office, for the secure safe withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. I think we have become part of the problem and that we need to be moving in the direction of removing our troops in a way that protects their safety and security. But also in a way that encourages the surrounding countries to get more involved. They’re never going to take a serious role in the stability of that region as long as we’re there doing the job for them. It’s only when we set up a plan for withdrawal that the other countries are really going to have a stake in helping to build a more secure and stable region.

Tinklenberg on the mortgage crisis and health care:

 People are feeling really squeezed. The families in the 6th district are seeing heating costs go up. They’re seeing gas prices go up. They’re seeing their property taxes go up. They’re feeling a kind of insecurity in terms of the cost of health care. The insecurity in terms of their retirement and then the mortgage crisis added to that where they used to be able to count on the equity in their home, and now their seeing the valuse of their home actually declining even while property taxes are goin up. So all of those things are really creating a tremendous amount of pressure on the families of the district. At the same time they’re facing a kind of stagnation in the wages of non-supervisory working people. So I think we need to find ways to address those issues. I think we need to define a tax policy that supports working families, that supports jobs and economic development and not the kind of tax policies that the Bush administration has put in place that really support the concentration of wealth among a smaller and smaller percentage of the public.

NEXT: Bachmann's wacky performance at the Living Word Church two years ago.

New Bachmann Video; Michele's Farm

2007-11-23T14:08:00.000-08:00

(Cross-posted at Dump Bachmann)

MICHELE’S FARM

Lyrics by Ignatius P. Reilly,

I ain’t gonna work on Michele’s farm no more.
No, I ain’t gonna work on Michele’s farm no more.
Well, she wakes in the morning,
Folds her hands and pray for votes.
She’s got a head full of nothing
But Mac Hammond gives her hope.
It’s a shame the way she votes against the poor.
I ain’t gonna work on Michele's farm no more.

I ain’t gonna work for Michele’s kin no more.
No, I ain’t gonna work for Michele’s kin no more.
Well, he hands her a nickel,
He hands her a dime,
He hands her a check
When it’s farm subsidy time,
Then it’s back to D.C. while Marcus minds the store.
I ain’t gonna work for Michele’s kin no more.

I ain’t gonna work for Michele’s president no more.
No, I ain’t gonna work for Michele’s president no more.
Well, he invades a country
Based on lies and just for kicks.
His V.P.’s bunker
It is made out of bricks.
The National Guard he’s got ‘em fightin’ a war.
Ah, I ain’t gonna work for Michele’s president no more.

I ain’t gonna work for Michele’s hubby no more.
No, I ain’t gonna work for Michele’s hubby no more.
Well, he talks to all his patients
About gays and God and Michele
And if you don’t vote for her
You’re goin’ straight to hell.
They claim he’s straight but no one’s really sure.
I ain’t gonna work for Michele’s hubby no more.

I ain’t gonna work on Michele’s farm no more.
No, I ain’t gonna work on Michele’s farm no more.
Well, she tries her best
To collect those subsidies,
But tells everyone else
Not to be just like me.
And cash my checks while Marcus shops the stores.
I ain’t gonna work on Michele’s farm no more.

(apologies to Bob Dylan)

Michele Bachmann: "Hey, Big Spender" Video

2007-11-07T07:25:00.000-08:00

(Cross-posted at Dump Bachmann)

Eva has a post on the ongoing soap opera at KNSI. Before Andy Barnett was canned from the station, he interviewed Michele Bachmann.

Barnett asked Bachmann for her opinion on President George Bush breaking President Lyndon Johnson's record as the biggest spending president ever.

Here's a segment of Bachman's reply (with appropriate music):

Michele Bachmann Gets Choked Up Over Reagan's Birthday

2007-10-03T16:06:00.000-07:00

Here's some wacky scenes from a 2005 Minnesota Senate session debate on a Bachmann resolution to honor Ronald Reagan's birthday.

If you want to hear the entire debate on Bachmann's resolution go to the MN Senate archives. It begins at the 1:50 point.

Michele Bachmann's WCCO Interview

2007-10-03T05:58:00.000-07:00

(Cross-posted from Dump Bachmann)

From Lawrence Schumacher's Saint Cloud Times blog:

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (not Michelle Bachman), R-Minn., called in to WCCO radio for an interview with Tim Russell Thursday morning. You can listen to it here (scroll down till you find the most recent Morning Show with Jim Lee (whom Russell was filling in for)

The brief interview covered Jim Ramstad's retirement, the failure of MN schools to meet the Adequate Yearly Progress goals of the No Child Left Behind law, a federal gas tax increase and transportation funding, her embrace of President Bush after the State of the Union address, and a bit of joking around she says she did with Bush at the site of the I-35W bridge collapse:

"The President and I enjoy a great relationship. When he and I were back visiting the collapsed bridge, he reached over because he wanted to give me a kiss when we were down at the site. I pulled back and he said "What? You don't want to embrace?" I said, "The people of Minnnesota love you, Mister President, but one kiss was enough."

...Listen here to that part:

Schumacher continues...

One quibble. Bachmann has been repeating this line since the campaign:

"I am a tax attorney and I hate high taxes."

The second part of that sentence, I'll grant her. But the first part doesn't seem to be the case anymore. At least, she's not authorized to practice law in Minnesota, according to state records.

Also, one question. During the interview, she says the following about transportation funding:

"We have been diverting money away, even though it has been meant to go for transportation, it has been diverted away for other projects. That's wrong."

Later, she says this:

"People would only be open to a tax increase if they knew exactly that 100 percent of that money would go to build more roads, more bridges, more interchanges. Then they might go for it. But not if it's going to be diverted away."

I'm curious to know what she means by this. Is she referring to Minnesota's Motor Vehicle Sales Tax, which was diverted into the general fund but voters have now dedicated 100 percent to transportation? Is she referring to the federal gas tax? Or the state gas tax?

King & Korb on Hellier & Hunting

2007-06-26T10:25:00.000-07:00

The podcast of the King & Korb's Luke Hellier rant-fest is up on their podcast archive.

A reader has this observation:

"Remember the screed about lefties attacking Luke because he was holding a "rifle" in that picture? And won't deer hunters be mad?

I looked at the firearm and thought it was probably a shotgun (in much of the agricultural part of the state, the DNR allows deer hunting only with slugs & shotguns). I had an expert look at the piciture: indeed, a shotgun.

Pretty entertaining to listen to a vegetarian college professor and a suburban political operative do the he-man thing about hunting on air. LOL."

King Banian Goes Berzerk About Luke Hellier

2007-06-23T17:17:00.000-07:00

Michele Bachmann & Norm Coleman in Blaine 4/28/07

2007-04-30T14:34:00.000-07:00

They wouldn't let me videotape the speeches, so this is what I got:

Michele Bachmann - Living Word (10/06/2004)

2007-03-28T05:31:00.000-07:00

From an article in the Naples Sun Times (10/06/2004):

While casually attending a local convening of Republican candidates, Bachmann found herself being drafted into the nomination for state senator. "I was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. I had my moccasins on. No make-up. No stump speech prepared," she recounted. "All of a sudden I'm running for state senate."

In this video I recently uploaded to You Tube (recorded from the Living Word webcast 10/14/06), Bachmann has another version why she ran for State Senate:

Technorati Profile

Michele Bachmann quotes Ann Coulter

2007-03-07T05:02:00.000-08:00

Bachmann on the Jason Lewis show:

Jason Lewis Attacks Dump Bachmann & the Star Tribune

2007-03-01T13:29:00.000-08:00

KLTK's Jason Lewis goes berzerk:

Michele Bachmann: "Black Tsunami" and Escalation"

2007-02-18T09:49:00.000-08:00

In Bloomington yesterday, Bachmann talked about "the black tsunami that went across our nation November 7th" and more crazy stuff:

Here is a shorter video of Bachmann using the Vietnam-era E-word instead of "surge":

Michele Bachmann Is Totally Freaked Out

2007-02-16T17:10:00.000-08:00

Michele Bachmann is worried about terrorists:

Bachmann Speech About Iraq War Resolution 2/15/07

2007-02-16T08:20:00.000-08:00

Here's a video (missing the first part where she talks about watching the attacks on 9/11 at Perkins):

Bachmann Kiss & Tell

2007-02-12T13:28:00.000-08:00

Michele Bachmann gave an interview to KKMS. Listen to MP3 audio file HERE.

Here's a You Tube video with Bachmann's words and pictures:

You Tube Video of Michele Bachmann's SOTU Gaffe

2007-01-26T09:28:00.000-08:00

From TPMMedia via Youtube:

Video of Michele Bachmann SOTU Gaffe

2007-01-24T17:25:00.000-08:00

AP Story and video at the WCCO web site:

Bachmann Raises Eyebrows With Long Hold On Bush

(AP) WASHINGTON On Capitol Hill, senators sometimes put holds on presidential nominees. But it was a House member, freshman Rep. Michele Bachmann, who put a hold on the president Tuesday night.  As Bush made his way through the crowd of lawmakers after his State of the Union speech, he signed autographs, including two for Bachmann, a Minnesota Republican. But after the president turned to greet someone else, Bachmann put her hand on his shoulder and held it there.

The hold lasted as Bush shook hands and chatted with other lawmakers on the other side of the aisle, his back to Bachmann. It remained there even as Bush turned back around to kiss a lawmaker next to Bachmann. Finally, the president leaned into Bachmann for a kiss.

All told, Bachmann had Bush in her grasp for nearly 30 seconds.

Bachmann's First Speech in Congress

2007-01-18T19:08:00.000-08:00

Bill Bennett interviews Michele Bachmann

2007-01-13T09:17:00.000-08:00

Link to interview and comment at the Dump Bachmann Blog.

Video: Michele Bachmann Caught Lying

2006-11-03T12:13:00.000-08:00

When Michele Bachmann appeared at Boutwell's Landing in September, Bachmann said she'd never claim her opponent shared the beliefs of an organization that contributed to her opponent's campaign... on Wednesday Bachmann did exactly that. Bachmann went further to say Wetterling would "negotiate with Bin Laden".

See for yourself:

Michele Bachmann Up Close at the Debate

2006-11-02T13:17:00.000-08:00

A few highlights from the MPR debate at the Andover High School yesterday:

Marcus Bachmann Speaks Again

2006-11-02T13:16:00.000-08:00

A reader asked me to make a video of the Senator's husband's appearance in Andover last night without the music of the previously posted video "Mr. Michele Bachmann" Here is the shorter video without music:

Video: Did Michele Bachmann Spurn Wetterling's Handshake?

2006-11-02T13:14:00.000-08:00

Skylark303 just posted this video on You Tube. Bachmann is not in the frame, but Wetterling's reaction clearly suggests Bachmann refused to shake hands with her. From where I was sitting, I couldn't see this. Did anyone else see Michele Bachmann flick-off Patty Wetterling?

This incident reminds me of another Bachmann handshake incident.

Mr. Michele Bachmann

2006-11-01T23:49:00.000-08:00

Marcus Bachmann shares the spotlight with his wife after the MPR debate in Andover yesterday.

Michele Bachmann: "It's pink...

2006-10-20T12:24:00.000-07:00

...and it does what it's supposed to do!!!"

See it here and at You Tube.

Bachmann Sampler

2006-10-16T18:37:00.000-07:00

New, shorter, edited, greatest hits version of Bachmann's "testimony" on Saturday:

Michele Bachmann Gets "Hot" in Church

2006-10-15T11:30:00.000-07:00

Michele Bachmann gets hot! hot! hot! at the 11 o'clock service at the Living Word Church in Brooklyn Park October 15, 2006:

Bachmann is "hot"?... where have we heard that before?

Talk-radio jockeys call her Senator Eye Candy and Hot Sexy Minx . Bachmann talks about her skimpy pink dress ...listen here: It's PINK and it does what it's supposed to do! . Saint or sinner?...You decide!!!

Michele Bachmann in "Some Like it Hot"

2006-10-15T08:35:00.000-07:00

...or cold. Michele Bachmann just doesn't want you to be "lukewarm". This is the first part of the "testimony" Bachmann gave at the Living Word Church. The second part of this video is on the preceding post.

Michele Bachmann: "You Are Looking at a Fool For Christ."

2006-10-15T08:33:00.000-07:00

"God is focusing like a laser beam on this race"

Watch Michele Bachmann talk about how God called on her to run for Congress at Mac Hammond's Living Word Christian Center in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota today.

Eva adds:

Commenter James asks:

Could the webmaster of this blog please bump the addresses of editors and newspapers back up to the top so everyone can share this video of Bachmann, and maybe someone will have the guts to publish her selfish claim of being focused on by God like a laser beam.
James

Ask and you shall receive:

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herald@herald-journal.com
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monticellotimes@monticellotimes.com
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Michele Bachmann's statement:

In the midst of that calling to me, God then called me to run for congress. ....

In the midst of him making this calling sure, what's occured in this particular race is that this congresssional seat - one of 435 in the country - has become one of the top 5 races in the country and in the last week has become one of the top three races in the country and you may have seen now God has in his own will and in his own plan has focused like a laser beam after this scandal that came up about a week or so ago he has focused like a laser beam with his reasoning on this race.

Wow!

Michele Bachmann Says Terry Schiavo Was "Healthy"

2006-10-12T21:11:00.000-07:00

Bachmann on Evolution

2006-10-12T21:10:00.000-07:00

Bachmann on Global Warming

2006-10-12T08:28:00.000-07:00

Skylark 303 posted this short video on You Tube:

"Michele Bachmann's response to a debate question about global warming. Hilarity ensues."

The Real Michele Bachmann

2006-09-15T05:18:00.000-07:00

Bachmann's new commercial would have you believe that she is a warm, caring human being. This video reveals the real Michele Bachmann... a hateful, fear-mongering bigot.

Copied from Michele Bachmann on Homosexuality Movie (MN GOP Watch)

Bachmann's "Nuclear Response"

2006-09-05T10:33:00.000-07:00

This new Dump Bachmann video uses a classic campaign commercial to ask an important question:

Would you trust Michele Bachmann with your children's future?

Bachmann at the State Fair Video Parts 1 & 2

2006-09-01T07:09:00.000-07:00

See and listen to Michele Bachmann giving an interview at the State Fair:

Part One HERE

Part Two HERE.

(Both are about 10 minutes long... a big download if you don't have a high-speed connection)

Michele Bachmann's Quick Exit

2006-08-31T19:11:00.001-07:00

Michele Bachmann - Laughing on the Outside...

2006-08-30T22:37:00.000-07:00

On the surface, Michele Bachmann laughs and smiles... yet her restless, nervous hands reveal an inner turmoil lurking just below that surface, her bottled-up anxieties about to burst out in an uncontrolled frenzy.

Marcus Speaks!

2006-07-26T08:08:00.001-07:00

Bachmann v Wetterling's Jeff Kouba made this parenthetic point on July 24, 2006 about the previous video of Bachmann at the Stillwater Lumberjack Days Parade:

(Obviously, Avidor wasn’t trying to be respectful with that video, but if you watch it with the sound turned down, it’s a great video of the campaign. They look like they’re having a lot of fun.)

Bachmann's husband sure sounds like he's having a lot of fun... give a listen:

Michele Bachmann in Lumberjack Days Parade

2006-07-23T19:28:00.000-07:00

Bachmann in Blaine Part II

2006-06-10T12:41:00.000-07:00

Rushing from the convention in Blaine, Michele Bachmann's campaign manager tells Bachmann, "That's Ken Avidor".

Are Republicans Swiftboating David Francis?

2006-06-10T12:37:00.001-07:00

Republican candidates Michele Bachmann and Ray Vandeveer turn a Memorial Day observance into a campaign event. Democratic candidate for State Senator and former Navy Captain David Francis was not invited. We ask Dave Francis to comment.

Michele Bachmann in "Mr. President, Mr. President"

2006-06-10T12:37:00.000-07:00

Excerpts from the end of the 2004 session of Minnesota Senate. Hear Bachmann yell "Mr. President, Mr. President".

Michele Bachmann and Her "Nuclear Response"

2006-06-10T12:28:00.000-07:00

Minnesota Senator Michele Bachmann is a dangerous right-wing theocrat who said in an MPR interview that the U.S. should consider using nuclear weapons on Iran. She also talks about going after Venezuela. How can Bachmann describe herself as "pro-life"?

Does Michele Bachmann think veterans are props for her campaign?

2006-06-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

Eva Young talks to Michael Gerster.

Bachmann Bathroomgate Movie

2006-06-10T12:16:00.000-07:00

This is a long movie, but worth the download. Eyewitnesses describe how Bachmann freaked out in a public bathroom in Scandia. Includes a reading of statements made to the sheriff by the women who were in the bathroom.

Read more about this incicent here.

Bachmann in Blaine Part I

2006-06-10T12:12:00.000-07:00

Michele Bachmann's speech before delegates to the Senate District 51 Convention March 25, 2006