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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jul-26-11 06:28 PMOriginal messageBachmann AWOL - Has skipped 37% of votes, won't consider forfeiting some salary Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has missed nearly 40 percent of votes in the House since she formally launched her presidential campaign.-snip-Bachmann, the chairwoman of the House Tea Party Caucus who has surged toward the top of the Republican presidential field, has missed 50 of 135 votes (37 percent) since formally announcing her candidacy June 27 in Waterloo, Iowa.-snip-Asked earlier this month whether she would forfeit some of her congressional salary, Bachmann replied, “No comment.â€When pressed, Bachmann said, “I’m not doing an interview with you now.â€http://thehill.com/homenews/house/173441-bachmann-skips...Gotta love Government handouts, aye Michele?Refresh | +9 Recommendations
Cool Logic (237 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jul-26-11 06:33 PMResponse to Original message2. It's not a good idea to make an issue out of this... Obama missed 74 out of 93 roll-call votes (79.6%) from the end of the August congressional recess and the election in 2008.
gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jul-26-11 06:51 PMResponse to Reply #24. A couple of things We're talking about Rep. Bachmann, not Sen. Obama. The timing is a bit different between the last three months of a general election campaign and the middle of the year before a general election. One person is a candidate for a nomination, the other one was his party's nominee.But then, Michele is quite good at talking out of both sides of her mouth. She's against farm subsidies, except when it's her family sucking up the federal largesse. She wants Medicare reform, unless it's her husband's clinic in the revenue stream. Budget earmarks are the greatest evil the republic has ever seen, unless the money is dedicated to projects in her district. And, when she's asked about her poor attendance at her job, it's "no comment." She doesn't seem to lack for comments about the way other people conduct their lives, but she can't or won't answer for herself.Oh yeah; I'd make a big fat issue out of this, if the popular media would do that. But, having been told by Herself not to ask any more questions, the intrepid reporters of the Fourth Estate will doubtlessly honor her wishes. Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top Cool Logic (237 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jul-26-11 07:07 PMResponse to Reply #45. You certainly try to "make a big fat issue out of this," However, it would be an embarrassingly difficult sell.FYI, his record wasn't any better during primary days.http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Jul-26-11 07:11 PMResponse to Reply #56. Thank you for your concern
