Yes, the day Michele Bachmann annnounced her candidacy for President of the United States, what was Anderson Cooper talking about: DMEMANDING, in fact, that Bachmann appear on his program to answer HIS ATTACK QUESTION? (Cooper is a piece of work: No more ARROGBANT HYUPOCRITE exists.)
Wa it an alleeged violation of the law that Cooper ws demanding Bachmann answer? Was it an ethcial violation? Was it a personal character defect, like an alleged adultery? Not a chance. It iwas not even important. It was merely a "GOTCHA", irrelevant question that Cooper thought he could embarrass Bachmann with. Now, form what I ahve seen of Bachmann, she is not easilty embrrrassed. But WHY should she allow herself to be interviewed by a man who has virtually declrared himself her ENEMY, as--really--has all of CNN. I am serious here. I see no reason for ANY conservative to appear on Anderson Cooper's show, except to ATTACK COOPER (and Bachmann probably feels she does not dare do that, absent outrageous provacaton which Cooper may or may not give her with questions she knows will be unfair).
That is the first HYPOCRITICAL LIE here? Cooper asked his audience to belelieve that thhere is something WRONG with Bachmann not dropping everything and coming on his show to answer HIS ATTACK. Why would she want to do that? Not only does she have no obligation to do that. It would be STUPID of her to mar her day that way, and Cooper knows it. Yes, this is the standard media EXTORTION of suggesting that they will continue to attack any person who is not willng to subject himself or herself to their unfair attacks. Yes, Fox does it to. Hannity, for example, keeps asking why Barack Obama will not submit to a Hannity interview (lol). The point here is that Cooper has TOLD EVERYONE that he palnned to aTTACK Bachmann--not any less obviously than Hannity attacks Obama. And Cooper is not even SUBTLE about the dishonest extortion going on here. He wants the audience to condemn Bachmann for not changing her schedule to answer COOPER'S ATTACK, on HER DAY, This was Michele Bachman's big day. She would have to be INSANE to sudmit to this kind of attack on HER DAY, and dishonest hypocrite Cooper knows it. It would be a cold day in Hell before I ever again went on his program, if I were Bachmann. (Don't worry, I am sure Bachmann is gald I am not her, as much as your are.) DEMOCRARTS will generally not appear on Fox News--really LESS biased than CNN (although just as unfair). Yet, Fox News has MUCH BETTER ratings than either CNN or MSNBC. I faiil to see why Repubublicans submit themselves to such UNFAIR questioniing from people they know are their enemies. On Cooper's program, CNN virtually served notice that it is now out to "get" Bachmann. "Now that she has gained in the polls, she will have to face more scrutiny." Translation: Bachmann now is enough of a threat for us to realy HAMMER her. "
Oh, you want to know what Cooper was trying to "ask' Bachmann about? Well, the father of Bachman's husband has a farm which receives government subsidies (as do ALL farms), Nothing wrong with that (except we should not be subsidizing farms, but more about that later). But Bachmann has evidently said that she has not "received one penny" from the farm. However, she is legally a partner in the farm (or is it only her husband--Cooper not clear as he is not interested in the facts nayway). Bachmann has filed disclousre forms, which have to include her husband, I believe, in terms of full disclousre of things in which she may have an interest). It turns out that these disclousre forms indicate that Bachmann has reported 10 years or so of farm income at about $10,000 a year. Peanuts. Further, WHO SAYS Bachann really received any of that money? Thoseof you familiar with partnership law (with which I used to be involved as a lawyer), are aware that partners are REQUIRED to reoport income, if the partnership makes money, even if they don't actually receive the money (because, for example, it is reinvested in the farm). Yes, it is true that you can say Bachmann "benefitted" from the subsidies, whether or not money actually appeared in her bank account. So what?
I mean it. So what? I am not even sure why Bachmann, and other conservatives, are so defensive aoubt this Does DISHONEST HYPOCRITE Cooper ask DEMOCRATS who want the "rch" to pay more taxes, whether rich Democrats VOLUNTARILY pay the taxes that they think everyone should be paying? Does BARACK OBAMA voluntarily pay the higher tax rate he thinks people should pay? Diid he do that when he was making all of that money form his books? Yes, the Federal Government WILL accept voluntary payments. Cooper made it clear that this was his main ATTAACK. No, he ws not rally that much interested in the minor falsehood, if it were a falsehood, that Bachmann had received minor benefits from farm subsidies ("minor' in comparison to her overall income). What HYPOCRITE Cooper wanted to do, although he will not do it with regard to Democrat hypocrisy, is accuse Bachmann of being a HYPOCRITE for acceptig government money while opposing government spending. You should be able to see that Cooper is a LIAR. If you can't, I will explain it in the next article (on why it is NOT "hypocristy" for a person who opposes government spending to accept government money). For now, consider this: Bachmann and her family PAY TAXES (unlike many of the people from whom Obama and the Democrats want to buy votes). Further, OTHER FARMS get subsidies, and ALL farms are subject to certain restrictions in the whole "comprehensive" program. Why should Bachmann PUNISH her father-in-law, and herself, because the COUNTRY will not do what Bachmann believes the country should do.
The idea that one who opposes Big Government, but pays taxes for that Big Government, should accept no government money is ABSURD (more in that next article). As stated, I believe that the main thing of which you can accuse Bachmann is being too defensive about this. It is actully MORE HYPOCRITICAL for rich Democrats to not voluntarily pay higher taxes--whatever they think eveyrone should pay--because THEY are pushing for the very government spending that they say makes higher taxes "necessary". That is not ture of conservatives who accet government money to which they are entitled. Thos conservatives are already PAYING for that Big Government they OPPOSE. Why should they refuse to get some of their money back?
Nope. Anderson Cooper is a dishonest hypocrite. If she is smart, Michele Bachmann will take a page out of the CNN book. Now that she has a "high profile", and is a real factor in the race (meaning CNN now needs her more than she needs thme), she should give more SCRUTINY to whom she gives interviews. Before she ws known, she could not really be choosy. Now she can. No, like Democrats and Obama, she can give interviews to SELECTED mainstream media people, under very careful guidelines. But, as a "serious candidate (confrimed by this blog's endoresement), Bachmann should be serious about MANAGING her campaign. That means not worrying about dispeleasing DISHOONEST HYPOCRITE Anderson xCooper.
P.S. No proofreading or spell checking (bad eyesight).
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