Did The Media Treat Bachmann Unfairly Because She's An Insane Woman?
The First Responders debate whether the media is harder on Michele Bachmann because she is a woman who is crazy. (Aired 11/1/11)
Michele Bachmann today implied
that the media's coverage
of her campaign is sexist.
The candidate told a rally
in New Hampshire
that she believes
that as a crazy woman
she's had to deal with scrutiny
she would not face
if she were a crazy man.
Let's ask our first responders
to see what they think.
Joining us today
we have Duncan Birch,
Lauralee Hickock
and David Barrodale
whose opinions
are sponsored by Acura.
Is Bachmann treated differently
because she's a woman
with a frighteningly apparent
psychological instability?
I don't think there's any question.
-Lauralee, really?
Every time she says something
that's objectively bizarre
about how God told her
to adopt two dozen children
or how same-sex marriage is the
number one threat to this country,
the press jumps down her throat.
Now they would not be doing that
to Mitt Romney
if Mitt Romney were visibly
deranged. -I don't buy this
for a second.
-Oh, come one.
If an insane male candidate said
that Obama was responsible
for swine flu
they would be just as terrified
by his ignorance.
Excuse me! Excuse me!
Excuse me!
Look, she needs to start running
a powerful, responsive
V6 of a campaign
and stop spending so much time
worrying about the media.
-Exactly.
You don't see this Acura TL worried
about how it's being treated.
This thing can take almost anything
people can throw at it.
If all of this is true, how does
Bachmann go about
throwing off the focus of being
an insane, female candidate?
She's got to beat her crazy
male opponents at their own game.
If they're going to come out
supporting gun rights
for the developmentally
disabled,
she should come out
supporting gun rights for dogs.
Exactly, that is totally
Acura-te, Lauralee.
100% Acura-te.
-Thank you David.
When Bachmann started
running around last week
going in circles,
rubbing herself with mud
and shrieking wildly,
the media focused completely
on what her hair looked like
during the incident. -Right, but when
Herman Cain did the same thing
just a few months ago,
people focused on his insane
babbling.
There's a clear double-standard.
-No, that's because
his insane babblings
were cogent political points.
As were hers.
Yes David? -I'm revving this
powerful, fuel-injected engine
to show my support
for Lauralee's opinion.
That's it, but thank you
first responders.
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