Michele Bachmann Votes No for the American People: Barack Obama Resolves to Fight the American People

Here, Bachmann looks like a girl about to play some practical joke.
But, it is the usual depiction of her as a non-serious person
that photographers have been taking of her since
she entered the national political scene.
The photo is, not suprisingly, from the leftist
Minnesota Public Radio website.



Above, Bachmann is participating in a Fox News interview with Democrat Henry Cuellar from Texas (who has a Spanish accent), looking serious and attentive. Nothing ditzy about her here.

Although I wonder about the masculine attire? I think she's trying to get away from the feminine look that has resulted with so much mockery. I don't think she should have capitulated, at least in these images. But, we'll wait and see. It could be that she's just trying to wear comfortable clothes for these long and arduous "meetings."

An article follows the photograph: Most of Minnesota congressional delegation votes for budget deal.

Here is what Bachmann says in the article:

What he did is count on the fact that Republicans would be the adults in the room and at the end of the day we would be unwilling to see not only our credit rating hurt but also see the United States default on the debt. We wouldn’t do that, we’re responsible people, it wouldn’t happen,” Bachmann said.

What she means by Obama counting on the Republicans being "the adults int he room" is that Republicans wouldn't disrupt the meeting. Her second statement is closer to her first: Being adult means being responsible, even if the action causes antagonisms and frictions. Her words are fighting words, but more subtle and sophisticated (and responsible) than Obama's words during his speech.

In 2012, I posted in Obama's fascistic, arrogant character that he displayed during his Democratic National Convention speech in Charlotte, N.C. on September 6 2012, where he tells us:

"I am no longer the candidate. I'm the President."

Below is a clip of his statement.



Below is the image I copied from the video where he tells us "I am the President," with his strange vacant, but antagonistic expression. It is as though he is trying to connect with the audience, but cannot. And has to resort to some sort of instinctive "fight" (as opposed to flight) mode. I don't think any American president has given us such an array of strange and hostile expressions as has Obama.


Barack Obama tells us "I am the President,"
with his strange vacant, but antagonistic expression.
He gets a prolonged applause and cheer after this statement.
But, he doesn't seem to know what to do with it,
and surveys the crowd as the cheers proceed.

Now, in 2013, Obama is no longer in "flight" mode. He is someone who is going to fight the fight, to the end. His confidence and his arrogance have grown over the years.


Obama "thumb-ups" as he enters the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House
On October 17, 2013 to deliver his post-government shutdown speech.
[Image source: National Review Online Photo File]

The photo below shows him making his post-shutdown speech, or more precisely his post-shutdown announcement, on October 17, 2013. He still has that vacant expression, but his manner is more aggressive. He is in no flight mode.


Obama speaking in the State Dining Room of the
White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013

His post-shutdown speech was vindictive and aggressive. I would even call it vicious.

Below are excerpts from the speech. It is peppered with antagonistic words and phrases. It is sophisticated and subtle. It is clearly a speech about the "Good Guys" and the "Bad Guys." The Bad Guys, of course being the "extremes" from the Republican party, which of course includes Michele Bachmann.

Even conservative news analysts don't know what to make of it, other than to begrudgingly praise it. Here is a writer at the conservative Town Hall, who titles his article: Six Thoughts on Obama's Post-Shutdown Speech. His first "thought" is: "As far as this president's speeches go, this one was relatively conciliatory and productive."

Wishful thinking, or sloppy journalism? I wonder if he read the speech after listening to it? I always read speeches, to analyse statements and to review points I have missed. And I'm just a blogger.

Here are excerpts from the speech. I have highlighted in bold some significant words or phrases. The full transcript of the speech is here.

We hear some members who pushed for the shutdown say they were doing it to save the American economy. But nothing has done more to undermine our economy these past three years than the kind of tactics that create these manufactured crises.

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Some of the same folks who pushed for the shutdown and threatened default claim their actions were needed to get America back on the right track, to make sure we're strong.

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And now that the government has reopened and this threat to our economy is removed, all of us need to stop focusing on the lobbyists, and the bloggers, and the talking heads on radio and the professional activists who profit from conflict, and focus on what the majority of Americans sent us here to do...

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Now, that won't be easy. We all know that we have divided government right now. There's a lot of noise out there, and the pressure from the extremes affect how lot of members of Congress see the day-to-day work that's supposed to be done here.

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And had one side not decided to pursue a strategy of brinksmanship, each side could have gotten together and figured out how do we shape a budget

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But probably nothing has done more damage to America's credibility in the world, our standing with other countries, than the spectacle that we've seen these past several weeks.

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But that should not hold back our efforts in areas where we do agree. We shouldn't fail to act on areas that we do agree or could agree just because we don't think it's good politics, just because the extremes in our party don't like the word "compromise." I will look for willing partners wherever I can to get important work done. And there's no good reason why we can't govern responsibly, despite our differences, without lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis.

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So let's work together to make government work better instead of treating it like an enemy or purposely making it work worse. That's not what the founders of this nation envisioned when they gave us the gift of self-government. You don't like a particular policy or a particular president? Then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Push to change it. But don't break it. Don't break what our predecessors spent over two centuries building. That's not being faithful to what this country's about.

And had one side not decided to pursue a strategy of brinksmanship, each side could have gotten together and figured out how do we shape a budget...

This is what Bachmann is fighting against. Below is her statement posted on her Facebook page, where she "could not vote for this bill as it does nothing to give relief to the countless Americans hurting under Obamacare, nor does it address our out of control spending and $17 trillion national debt."

President Obama’s position of no negotiation took us to the brink of government default to advance his political agenda over the best interests of the American people. Republicans were the adults in the room, offering compromise after compromise and urging the President to come to the table and do what’s right for our country.

President Obama may have won an immediate political battle for his radical agenda but it comes at a great cost to the economy, to our health care system, and to the American people. It means we will continue on the same trajectory towards economic decline, skyrocketing national debt, and greater government intrusion in our health care.

After an embarrassing two weeks of Obamacare failures, I hope President Obama will soon realize that forcing every American to purchase a health insurance policy that they don’t want at a price they can’t afford from a website that doesn’t work is not a sustainable course of action.

I could not vote for this bill as it does nothing to give relief to the countless Americans hurting under Obamacare, nor does it address our out of control spending and $17 trillion national debt.

Bachmann at the SpaceX facility on August 30, 2013.
Comfortable and approachable, but also serious.
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Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat
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