Three Republican congressman have publicly chastised fellow Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) for declaring that she would not fill our her census form.
“Boycotting the constitutionally mandated Census is illogical, illegal and not in the best interest of our country,” said Reps. Patrick McHenry (N.C.), Lynn Westmoreland (Ga.) and John Mica (Fla.), members of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives in a statement Wednesday.
Original DVD cover.
From ROLL CALL:
“[A] boycott opens the door for partisans to statistically adjust Census results,” the trio’s statement said. “The partisan manipulation of census data would irreparably transform the Census from being the baseline of our entire statistical system into a tool used to wield political power in Washington.”
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (Utah), the only other Republican member of the subcommittee, did not sign on to Wednesday’s statement.
Sources say the GOP Members approached Bachmann privately over the past few weeks and asked her to stop the boycott. They decided to go public because Bachmann appeared unfazed by their request, according to a GOP aide.
Bachmann has said she would not fill out her 2010 Census form, a violation of federal law, because of the involvement of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The nonprofit came under fire during the 2008 elections over allegations of voter fraud; Republicans have asked President Barack Obama to prohibit ACORN from helping gather 2010 Census data.
23 Comments
July 3, 2009 at 2:00 am
sorry so late, kids. came home this afternoon to find my internets connection was once again not working. friggin’ comcast sucks!
July 3, 2009 at 3:00 am
http://draftbachmann.com/
H/T to kos himself for finding this site.
July 3, 2009 at 3:10 am
they link to that site at one of my favorite bachmann sites.
July 3, 2009 at 3:17 am
Didn’t I introduce you to Dump Bachmann?
When I first typed that, I made a Freudian slip–I had it as “Dumb Bachmann!”
July 3, 2009 at 3:24 am
i believe you were the first to mention the site here. i had seen it before that, but i’m not sure how i got there. it can’t be linked to enough, imho.
speaking of freudian slips, the other day when i did the post on cynthia davis, i kept hitting the U instead of the Y. i just did it again typing this comment.
July 3, 2009 at 3:29 am
LMAO!
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudianSlip
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreudWasRight
July 3, 2009 at 3:50 am
some of the stuff there is hilarious!
July 3, 2009 at 4:02 am
Yeah, and most of the people who write it are young enough to be our kids. I have hope for the future.
July 3, 2009 at 4:27 am
These are the kind of empty gestures assholes like Bachman use to plug up the gaping holes in their statesmanship and/or credibility. What’s even funnier though is that you know this stupid ass had no idea it would be against the law to refuse the census report. Somebody told her and she went Huh or was, as the copy above says, “unfazed.” I think if Bachman were to write her life story it could be titled “Unfazed.”
July 3, 2009 at 4:42 am
rastamick,
she’s like a singer who is told she has a really crappy voice and then sings louder thinking she’ll sound better.
she’s an attorney and she has no idea what the law says.
July 3, 2009 at 11:27 am
she’s a legend in her own mind
July 3, 2009 at 7:39 pm
she can’t be a very big legend, given the size of batshit bachmann’s brain.
July 3, 2009 at 1:30 pm
If she flies to Brazil instead of Argentina I won’t mind having an affair with her!
July 3, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Well, I should not be commenting on other countries political issues… this is so unethical diplomacy… my bad…
Is she single?
July 3, 2009 at 4:33 pm
not yet.
July 3, 2009 at 8:07 pm
fotc,
this is from wiki:
She met her future husband, Marcus Bachmann, at Winona; they began dating in 1976 while working together on Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign. The couple married in 1978 and moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bachmann’s husband, Marcus Bachmann, operates a Christian counseling center in the St. Croix valley area. He has a master’s degree in counseling from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and a doctorate in clinical psychology from the Union Institute & University in Cincinnati.
jimmy carter?
hubby has a degree in psychology? 
he hasn’t had her committed yet? 
July 3, 2009 at 7:42 pm
hello ivan,
welcome to the raisin!
if you’re planning on having an affair with batshit bachmann, make sure to wear a brain condom. you don’t want to catch any of her stupidity.
July 4, 2009 at 3:27 am
I’ll provide her with a helmet.
July 4, 2009 at 3:42 am
ivan, the helmet can’t be any harder than her head or any thicker than her skull. maybe you should think about dating jenny sanford. she’s got a few million bucks, and i hear she might be single soon.
July 3, 2009 at 10:07 pm
So, got a photoshop for Palin resigning?
July 3, 2009 at 10:23 pm
i picked out a poster that i like, but i’m not sure who to populate it with. did you have a movie in mind, neon vincent?
i already had a palin pic done for tonight, coincidentally. i’m going with that tonight.
July 4, 2009 at 12:37 am
poor michelle
so misunderstood
July 4, 2009 at 1:07 am
i think she needs to hire princess sarah’s political advisers and speech writers.