{"id":8795,"date":"2009-09-26T13:38:04","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T20:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8795"},"modified":"2009-09-26T13:38:04","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T20:38:04","slug":"stay-classy-michele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8795","title":{"rendered":"Stay Classy, Michele"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Rep. Michele Bachman, R-Shame, was down in St. Louis today, where she ignored Lincoln’s axiom on being thought a fool<\/a> as per usual. But what is really impressive is this little sequence from her departure, as reported by the Washington Independent’s<\/em> Dave Weigel:<\/p>\n

After the speech, Bachmann had only a few minutes to sign autographs and collect a stack of CDs and books from fans who\u2019d followed her into the lobby. I caught up to her as she headed outside and asked if she had any response to the murder of a Kentucky census worker<\/a>, having noticed that the Census, a constant target for Bachmann, did not figure into her speech. Bachmann recoiled a little at the question and turned to enter her limo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you so much!\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s…well, it’s pathetic, that’s what it is. It wouldn’t have taken Bachmann but a second to say, “Well obviously, I condemn violence, yadda yadda.”<\/p>\n

Of course, someone who didn’t condemn this sort of violence would simply get into a limo and duck the question.<\/p>\n

As for the murder of Bill Sparkman, the evidence coming out makes it quite apparent that he was, indeed, targeted for being a census worker<\/a>:<\/p>\n

One of the witnesses who found a part-time census worker’s body hanging in a Kentucky cemetery says the man was naked and his hands and feet were bound with duct tape.<\/p>\n

Jerry Weaver of Fairfield, Ohio, told The Associated Press on Friday that he was among a group of relatives who discovered the body of Bill Sparkman on Sept. 12.<\/p>\n

Sparkman was a substitute teacher who worked part-time for the census. Law enforcement officials have released very few details on his death, only saying he died from asphyxiation.<\/p>\n

Weaver says the man also was gagged and had duct tape over his eyes and neck. He says something that looked like an identification tag was taped to the side of his neck.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some on the right have suggested this might be a suicide, or possibly the work of drug dealers. Well, drug dealers generally don’t target census workers, and don’t ritualistically display those they kill. As for suicide, the details of Sparkman’s death pretty much eliminate any chance of that.<\/p>\n

If they wanted to redeem their mortal souls, people like Bachmann and Glenn Beck, people who have been slagging on the census for months, could at the very least condemn this act of violence. I might even be willing to believe them. It’s possible they didn’t think their words had the power to motivate people. (They certainly fail to motivate me.) It’s possible they didn’t think through the consequences of what they were saying. It’s possible that they actually feel terrible about all this.<\/p>\n

It’s possible. But the longer the silence goes on, the more clear it is that it’s pretty unlikely. I suspect Bachmann sleeps quite well at night. I suspect she isn’t bothered by this murder one bit. And I suspect that she’ll come out as a pro-choice, atheist, lesbian Democrat before she takes even the basic human step of saying that this sort of violence is wrong.<\/p>\n

I’d love to be surprised, Rep. Bachmann. I’d love for you to prove me wrong. But I don’t think you’re going to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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