RSS Feed MenuGlenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” event was billed as non-political. While the accuracy of that description is debatable, it was definitely non-partisan. The same cannot be said of Michele Bachmann’s tea party rally which was also held on the National Mall. After three hours of being lectured to by Glenn Beck about honor, tea partiers were ready to sink their teeth back into the political red meat that had animated them before. The event was a showcase for Bachmann’s political savvy.
To gather a crowd before the congresswoman showed up, Bachmann’s campaign staff managed to get the band Bobby Powers & Party Time to play music before she got there. Their anti-tax lyrics were quite popular:
Take your haaaands, out of our pockets!
Don’t you have some pockets of your own?
We’ve got family and friends to take care of.
We’re all shouting out of the same megaphone.
Take your hands out of our pockets!
After, Bachmann — the representative from Minnesota’s 6th congressional district — was introduced to a rapidly expanding crowd as “Barack Obama’s worst nightmare!”
So why did Bachmann (who after all, should be taking advantage of the August recess to campaign and meet constituents in her home district) come all the way back to Washington DC for Glenn Beck’s rally?
Bachmann said: “So many of my constituents in Minnesota said, ‘Michele, join us. Come to the Glenn Beck rally!’”
Bachmann, who was only back in D.C. at the behest of her own constituents, made sure to remind the audience what number they should text if they wanted to make a donation to her campaign.
The rally also gave Bachmann a chance to explain her newly established Tea Party Caucus, and why they should not be afraid of it.
“We are not the mouthpiece of the Tea Party, we are the Ear Piece.”
Bachmann explained to the audience how the caucus was there to listen to what the Tea Partiers want and proceeded to read out its membership list, a process that took nearly eight minutes, before consoling everyone that while they have lost the “battle” on the healthcare bill, “We have not lost the war!”
She also noted how great it was that a bunch of likeminded individuals were attending a campaign rally for a congresswoman who had made a point of being front and center of the Tea Party movement. This was the result of freedom in action, “This is spontaneous! This is what freedom looks like. As Mark Levin wrote in his great seminal book: Liberty and Tyranny, we chose liberty!”
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“Bobby Powers & Party Time” warms up the crowd.
Michele Bachmann Speaks.
TerryF98 // Aug 29, 2010 at 10:39 am
Idiot tries to upstage bigger idiot. Looks like there was half a million there to hear her speak.
bubba11 // Aug 29, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Well, she doesn’t listen to the tea parties in Missouri. She didn’t endorse their candidate; she endorsed the republican establishment candidate. It sort of pissed off approx 30 tea party groups here in MO. So, her tea party caucus so far is a fail.
JeninCT // Aug 29, 2010 at 4:54 pm
She’s an idiot for stepping in where she was not invited to speak. Shame on her.
Mark Rosenthal // Aug 29, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Michele Bachmann – yet another reason for the demise of the once great GOP. Sad, very sad.
communists-basher // Aug 30, 2010 at 1:52 am
Wow, Frum’s blog is breeding grounds for progressive liberal socialist scum …. nice Mr. Frum.
CO Independent // Aug 30, 2010 at 9:08 am
Bachmann is about 55 years old. I believe that makes her a “little old lady” is Green’s book.
forgetn // Aug 30, 2010 at 10:08 am
Communists-basher: Backmann is nuts, she’s just lite entertainment. If I lived in her district I would be embarrassed to vote for her — I would say that I am independent and stay away from the polls. Bachmann is not a conservative — she has crazy ideas almost every day, she espouse the Palinesk habit if talking while knowing nothing — because ideas should be based on your “gut instincts” .
I believe that Steven Colbert coined the new word for this: Truthiness (look it up!)
Bridget // Aug 30, 2010 at 8:35 pm
What gives with these comments? Everyone at this event was there for a the same reason, to support what they believe in, and to bring America back. Let’s focus on the issues , have intelligent debates, and stop with the name calling. That is what makes this country great. I can’t wait for the next rally.
Peacenpasta // Aug 30, 2010 at 10:14 pm
I believe it would have been great to have even more Congressional conservatives out around Washington talking about their ideas of governing to the people who came from all across America for the Restoring Honor rally. Ms. Bachmann spoke after Mr. Beck’s amazing rally had ended. She was not looking to steal his thunder but rather build on his strength.
communists-basher // Aug 31, 2010 at 3:01 am
I like Bachmann just as much as I like Palin. I believe these two will get us back to Capitalism, away from Obama’s socialist nighmare. I don’t care what these progressive liberals think or say – there is no point to debate with them. They are the enemies, pure and simple. The more Americans understand this the sooner we’ll be back to normal. Debating with the enemies is a waste of time, taking actions against them is the correct plan of actions, and this is what Bachnmann and Palin are doing. G_d bless them. Let the pathetic Mr. Frum debate on MSNBC. While he and other so-called Republicans debate, Obama is moving full speed towards the Evil of Liberal Socialism.
medinnus // Aug 31, 2010 at 12:01 pm
“I like Bachmann just as much as I like Palin.”
Me too. Both are vacuous idiots, and hurt the cause of real conservatism.