I can clearly see you're nuts!

Yes... two posts in one day. I read something that got me all fired-up. I feel that I needed to share it with everyone. So, here we go...

Michele Bachmann (R-MN), at a rally last Saturday, decided to step back into the spotlight spouting fuzzy logic and her party's rhetoric. Rep. Bachmann has a history of railing against her opposition by using fantastic language and whole statements that, illuminated in the light of the past, seems to make little sense. Michele has been quoted by Talking Points Memo as saying:

"If they pass the bill legitimately, then yes, we have to follow the law -- until we repeal it. But if they pass it illegitimately, then the bill is illegitimate, and we don't have to lay down for this. It's not difficult to figure out. So if for some reason they're able to get their votes this week and pass this 2,700-page Senate bill -- if they get it, trillions of dollars is what it's gonna cost, when we didn't vote on it, we need to tell them a message: That if they get away with this, they will be able to get away with anything -- with anything. And you can't say you voted on a bill when you didn't, because it's fraud. But we are not helpless here. We are not helpless, there are things that we can do."

Normally I wouldn't say anything about this. I think the best way to deal with someone who has clearly lost touch with reality is to shun them like your crazy Aunt Mildred. (The one that insists your name is Buzz, which happens to be the name of her late brother.) In this case, I would like to take a look at her statement as an example. Bachmann is obviously for the conservatives in this issue. She also is under the assumption that this bill is going to be passed through illegal means. (Which, if you know about the processes of passing bills, it is not an illegal action.) Ms. Bachmann also cites the amount of pages of the bill... irrelevant information. The bill, if passed, will cost trillions of dollars overall, but will be a substantially lower sum than most families pay insurance companies right now.

So, excluding the irrational and incorrect thinking, I hear Bachmann's statement like this. "They are going to pass a bill that I do not like. We need to stop this bill I don't like. I don't have a reason except, I want my say." This is all very comical to me because, if you remember the last 10 years of history, you remember Michele Bachmann's party doing something similar to the Democratic Party. If we're going to complain and make statements against a reform, (Most of the people I know agree that the system needs to be reformed immediately.) please have factual information that is put into the correct context. You are a representative of the people... ACT LIKE IT!!!