Michele Bachmann shows her concern for Undocumented Children

[Tom Joad]

And after us liberals are done experimenting on them, we'll make lampshades out of them.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5637765.html

“And now President Obama is trying to bring all those foreign nationals, the illegal aliens to the country, and he has said that he will put them in the foster care system," Bachmann said in the interview. "Well, I will tell you from personal experience, we don’t have enough foster parents now in the country for the kids in America. We certainly don’t have enough foster parents for all of the illegal aliens that the president is trying to bring in right now." The progressive group People For the American Way posted the audio on its Right Wing Watch blog Wednesday afternoon.

Bachmann said that hospitals could "get millions of dollars in government grants if they can conduct medical research on somebody," suggesting that the hospitals could do that research on undocumented children. "A little kid can’t say no if they’re a ward of the state," said Bachmann. "So here you could have this institution getting millions of dollars from our government to do medical experimentation and a kid can’t even say no. It’s sick.”

[Rajoo]

And here is the spin from the above HuffPost link from TJ.

UPDATE: Dan Kotman, a Bachmann spokesman, sent the following statement to HuffPost on Thursday:

This is a classic case of liberal media outlets once again twisting the Congresswoman’s words. As a foster mom of 23, she has a long track record of standing up for foster children and orphans. Her concern was that our foster care system, which is already short on foster care parents, would not have the capacity to handle this surge of unaccompanied children. And a child without parents to advocate on their behalf could be vulnerable to what Justina Pelletier experienced as a ward of the state, which is why the Congresswoman introduced a bipartisan bill to help protect our most vulnerable. Your sensational headline is a gross misrepresentation of what she actually said and what Justina’s Law actually does.

[Pio1980]

Most of us know her background as both a prolific foster parent and as a wingnut with an agenda and an active imagination, one can only wonder how the kids are turning out as rational observers of reality.

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[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

And here is the spin from the above HuffPost link from TJ.

UPDATE: Dan Kotman, a Bachmann spokesman, sent the following statement to HuffPost on Thursday:

This is a classic case of liberal media outlets once again twisting the Congresswoman’s words. As a foster mom of 23, she has a long track record of standing up for foster children and orphans. Her concern was that our foster care system, which is already short on foster care parents, would not have the capacity to handle this surge of unaccompanied children. And a child without parents to advocate on their behalf could be vulnerable to what Justina Pelletier experienced as a ward of the state, which is why the Congresswoman introduced a bipartisan bill to help protect our most vulnerable. Your sensational headline is a gross misrepresentation of what she actually said and what Justina’s Law actually does.

Well to be fair I do have a problem with the way Huffington Post sensationalizes in their headlines. for example this article was entitled

"Michele Bachmann: Government Wants To Experiment On Undocumented Children"

I thought that was over the top, she never said those exact words, so I used a different title for this thread.

However that doesn't diminish in any way the fact that Michele Bachman is batshit crazy, as her own words clearly demonstrate.

[Dondilion]

Headline sensationalism!

[VanishingPoi]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

And after us liberals are done experimenting on them, we'll make lampshades out of them.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5637765.html

The sensationalism is one of the reason that I don't care that much for Huffingtonpost.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by VanishingPoi

The sensationalism is one of the reason that I don't care that much for Huffingtonpost.

HuffPost is the People magazine of news.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by VanishingPoi

The sensationalism is one of the reason that I don't care that much for Huffingtonpost.

I subscribe to both Fox and Huffpo as well as NPR as a middle-grounder.

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[Ike Bana]

I don't know that I'd put NPR in the same sentence as FOX, MSNBC, HUFFPO, or NEWSMAX. Seems to me a dedicated NPR listener isn't in much need of any balance from either end of the faux news spectrum.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Well to be fair I do have a problem with the way Huffington Post sensationalizes in their headlines. for example this article was entitled

"Michele Bachmann: Government Wants To Experiment On Undocumented Children"

I thought that was over the top, she never said those exact words, so I used a different title for this thread.

However that doesn't diminish in any way the fact that Michele Bachman is batshit crazy, as her own words clearly demonstrate.

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Headline sensationalism!

Originally Posted by VanishingPoi

The sensationalism is one of the reason that I don't care that much for Huffingtonpost.

Originally Posted by finnbow

HuffPost is the People magazine of news.

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

I don't know that I'd put NPR in the same sentence as FOX, MSNBC, HUFFPO, or NEWSMAX. Seems to me a dedicated NPR listener isn't in much need of any balance from either end of the faux news spectrum.

Perhaps, but she does clearly mention "medical experiments" and that a child "can't say no" when they are a ward of the state.

IMO, using children for medical experiments is precisely what she was alluding to. A common trick employed by politicians and the media.

Dave