Michele Bachmann Tax Day rally draws small crowd

[witness23]

My God is this woman an idiot! The best part of the article is where she states that Obama is a friend to Wall Street:

Bachmann, who is considering a presidential campaign, told the crowd that President Obama is Wall Street's "best friend," according to the Associated Press.

"When [Obama] came in as the president of the United States, he decided we had to have this $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. He's the best friend that Wall Street has ever had," she said. (She appears to be referencing the TARP bailout, which was passed under then-President George W. Bush in October 2008, not under Mr. Obama.)

Michele Bachmann Tax Day rally draws small crowd
April 18, 2011 5:48 PM
Posted by Brian Montopoli

Link: Michele Bachmann Tax Day rally draws small crowd - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

An estimated 300 people gathered in South Carolina for a tax day tea party rally Monday, a smaller-than-expected crowd for the event featuring Gov. Nikki Haley and Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann.

Bachmann, who is considering a presidential campaign, told the crowd that President Obama is Wall Street's "best friend," according to the Associated Press.

"When [Obama] came in as the president of the United States, he decided we had to have this $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. He's the best friend that Wall Street has ever had," she said. (She appears to be referencing the TARP bailout, which was passed under then-President George W. Bush in October 2008, not under Mr. Obama.) Bachmann also reiterated her opposition to raising the debt ceiling, insisting that exceeding it would not hobble the country despite Obama administration claims to the contrary.

South Carolina would be a key state for Bachmann should she enter the presidential race, since it comes early in the nominating calendar and has a relatively socially-conservative electorate. Bachmann is expected to announce her presidential plans in June.

She told reporters after the speech that she "can't wait to go up against President Obama," according to the AP, adding: "I think that it would be a pleasure to debate the issues with President Obama because he has a lot to answer for."

The turnout made the event a "dud" in the words of influential South Carolina political blogger Will Folks, who wrote that "[p]oliticians, political operatives and members of the media came close to outnumbering attendees" at the event.

For her part, Haley called on rally attendees to approve bills mandating voters show photo identification, according to The State.

Rallies were held around the country Monday in conjunction with tax day, but they didn't only involve Tea Party activists. Liberal groups held rallies calling for companies like Exxon and Bank of America to pay their fair share of taxes and for tax rates on the wealthiest Americans to be raised.

Potential Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty, have spoken at tax day rallies dating back to last Friday, April 15th - which would have been tax day this year had it not been pushed back to Monday this year.

 

[LDB]

Perhaps the majority of those who would attend were at work and unable to attend as opposed to home waiting on the next government check to arrive and free to attend any sort of rally held by their enablers.

 

[layoutshooter]

Or having their union bus them over and pay them to go too.

By the way Witness, what candidate, from either party, is NOT an idiot, fool, jerk, dumbbell, wackjob, corkscrew etc etc etc?

It Michele might not be the brightest bulb in the pack but we can't get Obama to light at all! Talk about an idiot!

 

[blackpup]

Wall Streets done a pretty fair job of buying both political parties, seems like to me.

triple a rated securities anyone ?

jimmy

 

[layoutshooter]

Wall Streets done a pretty fair job of buying both political parties, seems like to me.

triple a rated securities anyone ?

jimmy

Not only Wall Street.

 

[davekc]

Hey, at least he is picking a better looking target than Glen Beck.

 

[OutstateDel]

"When [Obama] came in as the president of the United States, he decided we had to have this $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. He's the best friend that Wall Street has ever had," she said. (She appears to be referencing the TARP bailout, which was passed under then-President George W. Bush in October 2008, not under Mr. Obama.)"

???

The article writer and you seem to forget that Obama was for the $700 Billion bailout of Wallstreet. Senator Obama.

Obama, McCain both vote “Yes” on Senate bailout bill | You Decide Politics

So I don't get the point I guess. You may not like Michelle Bachman's style, but she is one of the few fighting to preserve what little hope we have of going off of a financial cliff.

We go from a $450 Billion Deficit in 2008, to $1400 Billion in 2010, to $1500 Billion in 2011. -Dollar is tanking. USA on the verge of Bankruptcy...

Budget 2011: Past Deficits vs. Obama’s Deficits in Pictures | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.

I think if we just print and spend more that outta fix it. That's what I do with my personal finances. If I'm short one month, just rip out the credit card and max'er out. Always works for me. Should work for the good ole USA too...

When we are all in a soup line we can reminisce about how much of an idoit Bachmann is. It'l be fun.

 

[layoutshooter]

"When [Obama] came in as the president of the United States, he decided we had to have this $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. He's the best friend that Wall Street has ever had," she said. (She appears to be referencing the TARP bailout, which was passed under then-President George W. Bush in October 2008, not under Mr. Obama.)"

???

The article writer and you seem to forget that Obama was for the $700 Billion bailout of Wallstreet. Senator Obama.

Obama, McCain both vote “Yes” on Senate bailout bill | You Decide Politics

So I don't get the point I guess. You may not like Michelle Bachman's style, but she is one of the few fighting to preserve what little hope we have of going off of a financial cliff.

We go from a $450 Billion Deficit in 2008, to $1400 Billion in 2010, to $1500 Billion in 2011. -Dollar is tanking. USA on the verge of Bankruptcy...

Budget 2011: Past Deficits vs. Obama’s Deficits in Pictures | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.

I think if we just print and spend more that outta fix it. That's what I do with my personal finances. If I'm short one month, just rip out the credit card and max'er out. Always works for me. Should work for the good ole USA too...

When we are all in a soup line we can reminisce about how much of an idoit Bachmann is. It'l be fun.

We can also just sit around and reminisce about how good "hope and change" is.

 

[dieseldiva]

We can also just sit around and reminisce about how good "hope and change" is.

That's the point of many of these posts....it's far easier to throw crap about people on the other side that haven't announced a run for the White House than it is to try and defend the current resident that they chose.

 

[greg334]

The best part of the article is where she states that Obama is a friend to Wall Street

Well... he appears to be more of a friend to them than Bush and other presidents have been. Regardless where the money TARP came from, this administration is in charge of handing the money out.

They didn't enforce the rules that should have been enforced and wall street people made more money during his first two years than they did in the years under the Bush administration. Tie this to the GM and Chrysler debacle (look at how the executive branch interfered with the judicial branch to get things done) and look at who actually lost money with GM and Chrysler and you can clearly see it wasn't really the brokers or the wall street people but the pension funds and mom/pop stock holders.

We can't forget the banking bailouts, and the lack of breaking up the banks that should have happened but instead we still have mergers and takeovers happening. Pretty much a wall street dream administration so far.

Let's not forget he strives for the stock exchange to be bullish while the dollar is sinking into the abyss and oil is on the rise. Stocks are not an indicator of a good economy, the dollar is and wall street doesn't always make out with high interest rates and a bearish market.

So yes I think he is a great friend to wall street.