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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

2012 Obama Is About Being a Global What's the Word

Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:36 PM

Meet Amy Kremer of the Tea Party Express...

And how many jobs will the energy policies of the One-World President cost us? She is not good with numbers, so she had it written on a piece of paper:

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How can you be so stupid, know so little about your own country and claim to love it. Love is not about sitting in a chair and doing nothing. It's the active need to learn more about the object of your desire. Kremer's hate of America is so pure, so clear, so apparent she can't even see or recognize it.

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Obama's never run ANYTHING.

Except for the USofA.

He's all about "One World" instead of loving America.

Posted by fairly.unbalanced on September 4, 2012 at 2:16 PM

@1, I know!

Posted by Charles Mudede on September 4, 2012 at 2:22 PM

Note the greenish lace in the lower left corner of the 'Say a big number' photo. Now note that at 1:34 when she looks at her notes she is not wearing anything green or lace at all, nor does the table have anything remote like that on it.

Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford on September 4, 2012 at 2:23 PM

Also in the upper right corner of the photo is a brown paper latte cup. There is no such cup on the CNN set.

Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford on September 4, 2012 at 2:26 PM

That was idiotic. That woman... Wow. The fact that CNN somehow thought it appropriate or constructive to have her serving as a mouthpiece for that dumb movement might say as much about them (CNN) as it does about the TP itself.

Posted by mikethehammer on September 4, 2012 at 2:30 PM

Phoebe,

He was making a joke. Pretty funny one at that (my apologies if you were as well.)

Posted by mikethehammer on September 4, 2012 at 2:34 PM

I mean, wouldn't the person at CNN who books these panelists have a simple vetting process that'd weed people like her out? Something along the lines of "Are you going to be able to recite your organization's talking points in front of a camera? Are you decent with numbers? No? That's OK and you're likely a fine person, but this is live television and we don't want you to embarrass yourself or us on camera."

And I know the TP is littered with idiots, but even they've got better than this. My goodness she's horrible.

Posted by mikethehammer on September 4, 2012 at 2:40 PM

@7: I think CNN letting this moron speak for the Tea Party is good journalism. Why should it be CNN's job to help them get into the best light possible? If they want to send morons, let them.

Posted by beef rallard on September 4, 2012 at 3:04 PM

@7 - vetting process? To get on tv? Not to sound superior, but you don't know how tv news works. The reporters and producers have essentially a rollodex, and when they need someone to represent a side or speak on a topic, they look in the rollodex and pull out one of their sources. There's no vetting process. Why do you think Bill Donohue gets on tv so much? Does he do anything constructive? What's his organization exist for, other than an organ for him to represent on tv. It's probably the same for this Amy and her tea party chapter.

Posted by TJ on September 4, 2012 at 3:19 PM

It was very telling that she kept asking for them to help her out, and they didn't. She is likely used to being surrounded by people who think like her, which makes her a very good representative of the Tea Party.

Posted by Purocuyu

on September 4, 2012 at 3:20 PM

Thank you for posting this. I saw this at the gym this morning and was just gobsmacked. The level of fantasy and disconnectedness from the real world that these folks are living in is just astonishing.

@7&8, I'm of mixed feelings about whether or not people this uninformed should be on news shows. I see the point about how it makes them look bad, but to the great mass of low-information voters out there, the fact that she's on a national news program validates what she's saying. I think it would be better if someone this ignorant didn't get airtime.

Posted by moretent on September 4, 2012 at 3:26 PM

She should have just jumped on the table and screamed "AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!"

Posted by Urgutha Forka on September 4, 2012 at 4:17 PM

I'm too precious to watch this woman on CNN, but is the envelope for real? If so, are all Republican women dunces? Reminds me of Palin writing on her hands during speeches.

Posted by Patricia Kayden on September 4, 2012 at 4:36 PM