Controversy Surrounds Bachmann’s Unflattering Newsweek Cover
- Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:47pm by
Billy Hallowell
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As Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign continues to intensify, so does the media’s interest in her background, opinions and policy aspirations. Just days before the Iowa straw poll, the Minnesota congresswoman has landed major profiles in both Newsweek and The New Yorker. But, more interesting that the publicity itself are the quotations and contentions within each article.
Bachmann’s Newsweek cover piece is curiously titled, “Queen of Rage.” And, as can be seen from the image itself, the photo isn’t the most flattering. The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart writes:
There’s no denying that Bachmann firmly believes what she believes. Some might think she’s crazy because of it. Cover photos like this one help to cement that image.
In poking fun at Newsbusters’ stance on the photo, Mediaite writes:
Their hearts are in the right place, but is Newsbusters really helping Bachmann out by starting a national debate about how crazy she looks?
Newsbusters‘ headline [Newsweek Puts Picture of Michele Bachmann on Cover That Makes Her Look Crazy] might make you think they’re just being oversensitive, but once you get a load of Newsweek’s cover, it’s immediately apparent that they have a point.
In the end, there‘s no questioning the congresswoman’s popularity, though some on the left (even some on the right) fail to see the appeal. But, considering her intensifying support, ignoring her isn’t an option. This is a fact that likely served as a driving force behind these articles in the first place.
Newsweek’s Lois Romano covers one reason why Bachman may be so popular in Iowa — and among Republicans in general:
But in Iowa, Bachmann’s simple, black-and-white distillations of complex problems are cheered as refreshing and tough. It’s part of the reason she finds herself favored to finish near the top of the Ames Straw Poll on Aug. 13, the first political-strength test of the arduous 2012 presidential contest.
While Romano writes that “the elderly, the unemployed, the exasperated, and even a few disillusioned Democrats” attend Bachmann’s rallies, these individuals also recognize, according to the writer, some of the “inherent contradictions” in Bachmann’s “schtick.”
Credit: The New Yorker
Romano goes on to explain some of the hypocrisy Democrats and “some of Bachmann’s Republican opponents” have seen in the presidential contender. Her former position with the IRS, her stake in a farm that received agricultural subsidies and earmarks are all mentioned as potential targets of criticism. Then, the Newsweek writer goes in for the kill:
But far more damaging than the charge of double standards may be the growing realization among Americans of just how radical the Tea Party movement really is. The willingness of its most committed members to risk national default for the sake of achieving its political goals has no doubt contributed to the dramatic rise in the number of Americans who view the movement unfavorably.
In the end, Romano frames Bachmann as a polarizing figure — even within the Tea Party. While not entirely negative in its tone, the cover shot does little to add fairness to the magazine’s package on Bachmann.
In the New Yorker piece, Ryan Lizza summarizes Bachmann’s rise to fame as follows:
Her appeal, along with her rapid ascent in the polls, is based on a collection of right-wing convictions, beliefs, and resentments that she has regularly broadcast from television studios and podiums since 2006, when she was first elected to Congress.
When it comes to her faith, Lizza writes:
Bachmann belongs to a generation of Christian conservatives whose views have been shaped by institutions, tracts, and leaders not commonly known to secular Americans, or even to most Christians. Her campaign is going to be a conversation about a set of beliefs more extreme than those of any American politician of her stature, including Sarah Palin, to whom she is inevitably compared.
Throughout the piece, Lizza highlights some of the blips Bachmann has made along the way and covers a few of the stories and tales that some have sought to debunk. He describes Bachmann as “a tiny woman with a warm smile” and her husband as “not a small man.” Interestingly, Bachmann’s faith is explored in-depth, as is a trip she took to Israel after high school:
In 1974, the year Bachmann graduated from high school, she spent the summer on a kibbutz near Beersheba, Israel, with a program that was something like Outward Bound for Christians. The trip gave her a connection to Israel, a state whose creation, many American evangelicals believe, is prophesied in the Bible.
A common theme in both pieces, whether it was explicitly said or it resided just beneath the surface, is that Bachmann is extreme and does not hold views that mesh with the general public. But, many of the quotes used to prove this theory or to highlight the differences between the congresswoman and the American electorate were uttered years ago or are not necessarily shown in a grander context (i.e. Bachmann hasn’t been able to address some of these issues yet on the campaign trail).
Is she outside the purview of the public on some issues? Possibly. But, the full scope of her belief system will not likely be out for the public to access until much later in the campaign’s lifespan.
Update: See Newsweek’s response to the controversy.
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Comments (473)
I_Hate_Libs
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:07pmOk lets Michelle has nothing to worry about here because nobody reads newsweek.
The horror of the Democrat mind.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:21pm@ I hate libs- Absolute truth. In April,2010 ,Newsweek magazine sold for $1.00. The buyer overpaid!
Report Post »realindependent
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:24pmshe has crazy eyes, Everyone knows eyes are the windows too the soul. and michele’s are crazy….
enough said
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:24pmShe has nothing to worry about because they could not make a beautiful woman like her look bad no matter how hard they try. Keep it up liberals, you are just making us angrier and more determined.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:26pmMain stream media will go after Bachmann like they went after Palin. But it won’t work. In fact I believe the more they go after Michelle – the more people she will get on board. And you are right, no one reads Newsweek or Time for that matter.
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:31pmAre we supposed to be alarmed because Newsweek’s two subscribers might be swayed?
Report Post »Thomas
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:37pmPeople like Michele who stand up for what is right and don’t back down will always scare the progressive coach roaches. Just give us a chance to vote for her and she will be the first woman president and probably the greatest president ever. I think she will be another Reagan.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:56pmWhen will Palin and Backmann learn. Unflattering.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:58pmShe should sue them for slander. Too bad they’re only worth a dollar. But, she could shut them down and set an example.
Report Post »pampersonals
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:02pmIf Obama is the solid, sane, steady one, we desperately need someone a little crazy! The more the sane Congress (Republicans and Democrats and Independents and others) complains that the Tea Party wants to upset “they way we’ve done things before”, the more they prove to Americans they plan to pay no attention to what Americans told them last November! America does not want “they way they done things before!”
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:10pmNewsWEEK is still available?
Report Post »I would use it for my birdCAGE
rachany
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:17pmRemember when they did the same thing to McCain in 2008?
Report Post »lLiberals are the lowest of the lowest but they always surprise me by going even lower and breaking their own records of nastiness.
Sleazy Hippo
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:19pmIt looks exactly like her.
There is no other person that it could be. The is no question, that is Michele Bachmann.
Somebody is pulling our leg; or her campaign staff consists of a bunch cry babies.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:26pmWho is that CRAZY LADY? i support m. bachmann. she gets it.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:39pmShe looks like Rick Perry is just about to knock her off the Uber-Christian pedestal she is on.
Rick is the manly, robust solution to these “strong GOP females” that have no real chance of being elected by current Americans. Aside from feminine intuitive powers and a few birth-giving anatomical features, Risk is clearly superior in every way to Michele and Sarah PUT TOGETHER.
TEA
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:55pmI want even pick up a copy of newsweek or time in the doctor’s office anymore.
Report Post »Applehead
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 6:07pmMarxists and their dirty tricks! Whats sad is that plenty of Americans fall for this BS! But whats really really sad is that they actually vote!
Report Post »Spock
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 7:12pmSleepyhippo…lay off the twinkies you fat morom.
Report Post »teaparty_hobbit
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 7:40pmWhat a prettier and nicer Michelle she would be in the White House.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:29pmThis is a common tactic taken by liberals to photo shop and crop pictures in order to make the image of popular opposing political figures look ‘unappealing’. To call is “hateful” doesn’t do it justice. This is classic obsessive disorder, a mental disease. And besides being a dire call out for help, should be illegal.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:01pmSome of the comments here are misguided. Liberals will dance in the streets if she’s the Republican nominee.
Dkoonz
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:11pmI still think she looks sexy.
Report Post »veruca salt
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:19pmIt is humorous to see all this misguided indignation from Blaze readers over this picture while they turn a blind eye to the Blaze‘s habit of posting unflattering pictures of people with whom they don’t agree. Search the archives for Sheila Jackson Lee, Soros, and Frances Fox Piven and see what turns up. Manipulated much? Just saying…
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:27pm@realindependent
Report Post »“she has crazy eyes, Everyone knows eyes are the windows too the soul.”
You have big feet and everyone knows that the feet are the windows to sticking them in their mouth, dirt and all.
Secret Squirrel
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:29pm.
Libs always tell you who they fear.
They must be pooping their Luv’s over Bachmann
The more they hate her, the more I like her.
Go Michelle, play offense, not defense.
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:38pmThey‘ll do to her exactly what thye did to Palin as they just CAN’T STAND a woman running under the Rep/non-prog ticket. That aside, for any who have GBTV, watch S.E. Cupp’s interview with Thaddeus McCotter (he’s running for prez as a Rep). I’ve seen him several times and he is wicked smart and wicked funny. If no GBTV, then look him up. He could be “the one.”
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:40pmThey‘re just goading US to buy their rag because they know we’re the only ones who READ in this country.
Report Post »SodamYat
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:42pmSo much invested in the idea that the American people are so stupid and easily convinced with such simple imagery, the “GOTTCHA” age.. with so little debate.. shame
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:47pmnever read it and I never will
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:36am@realindependent
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:24pm
she has crazy eyes, Everyone knows eyes are the windows too the soul. and michele’s are crazy….
enough said
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And for a picture, you‘d go against everything she’s said & done while in Congress? Really shallow, try looking closely at the pic of Geo Soros on Drudge today!
Mil Mom
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 12:47am@MONICNE
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:39pm
She looks like Rick Perry is just about to knock her off the Uber-Christian pedestal she is on.
Rick is the manly, robust solution to these “strong GOP females” that have no real chance of being elected by current Americans. Aside from feminine intuitive powers and a few birth-giving anatomical features, Risk is clearly superior in every way to Michele and Sarah PUT TOGETHER
Report Post »***
Go have yourself a cup of Nighty-Night Tea, because that’s where that theory of electability needs to go. Maybe you haven’t noticed, but it’s a Brave New World out there, and the old theories of “Electbility” bought us guys like John McCain. Nice enough, and with a heroic past, but even the buzz that Sarah brought to the campaign wasn’t enough to get mr. nice guy a turn in the White House. Especially when all the corruption was working with the media to get the one elected. Now that they’ve had a chance to view the rubble of that decision, it’s time to undo a nightmare, and Michelle, and Sarah would be an awesome first step!
Mil Mom
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:16am@jzs
Report Post »Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:01pm
Some of the comments here are misguided. Liberals will dance in the streets if she’s the Republican nominee
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And the majority of Americans will dance even more exuberantly at her inaugeration! Please God, help us return our nation back to your will for us.
Mil Mom
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:21am@mauijonny
Report Post »Posted on August 8, 2011 at 9:40pm
They‘re just goading US to buy their rag because they know we’re the only ones who READ in this country
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And considering all the “no child…” waivers, probably nearly the only ones who can read!
HumbleMan
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 4:35amThe national media (Pravda) lies, distorts and misleads.
If recognition that some ideas are bad and some ideas are good is “divisive”. That’s the kind of president we need!
Report Post »muhamadhater
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 6:17amI’d still vote for her over obama runnin again any day of the week!!!
Report Post »LibertariansUnite
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 11:41amHey, now seeing this if I used the logic most common with Blazers my thought process, followed by my decision which candidate deserves the vote, would go as follows.
“Oh man, Ron Paul is an absolute solid Constitutionalist, who truly cares about Freedom and Liberty, BUT he is old. Yeah, old, yeah I can’t vote for an old guy. That Michelle Bachmann looks good for an old lady though, maybe I will vote for her. OH WAIT, WHAT IS THIS, SHE LOOKS CRAZY, she must be a crazy kook. Forget evaluating policies, She is not getting my vote now because she looks crazy.”
I expect every blazer to denounce MB because of this photo, since they only give their vote superficially.
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »@ Coyote2
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 2:16pmOn Bachmans worst day she couldn‘t look half as bad as Palin on Palin’s best day!
Report Post »@ Coyote2
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 2:20pmBy the way though, I am voting for RON PAUL like I did last election.
Report Post »HaroldS
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 2:30pm@realindepener Too sad your ignorance is displayed to us. Enough said.
Report Post »4kidsandacat
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 2:33pm@Techengineer:
EXCUSE ME?!? “Jewish News Media”?!? Do you even listen to Glenn?
Report Post »Hollywood
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 3:25pmThe LSM managed to slander another powerful woman, that presented an exitential threat to the Prog Lib left. Her name: Sarah Palin
Report Post »far2right
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 3:30pmTrue. I am amazed at how out of touch the writers of these lib rags are. I predict that these mags will continue to auto-marginalize and relegate to irrelevance.
Report Post »Trotsky
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 5:02pmhopefully, Michelle bachman will be elected President. then we will see real smarts and leadership.
Report Post »4blackhorses
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 5:11pmCan you expect anything else from the “impartial” MSM? This is just another case of once upon a time Obama’s, “They’re going to try to scare you.“ and ”I don’t look like any other of the presidents.”
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 5:21pmMichelle Bachmann‘s photo on the cover of Newsweek Magazine doesn’t picture a “crazy woman” at all. It’s a portrait of an American Senator that loves America and takes her job seriously. She’s exited about the prospect of being the next President of the USA. What’s wrong with that ? Nothing. I hope she wins. I would love to see a Bachmann/Palin GOP ticket.
So it’s not the best likeness of her. We‘ve all had pictures of ourselves that didn’t represent us too well as the person we really are. The liberal media and politicians fear Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin for what they stand for, America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. Let’s vote Bachmann and Palin into office and watch the rats as they jump ship !
Report Post »Don Folkers
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 8:35pmNobody seems to notice that Michelle voted to extend the unconstitutional invasion of privacy falsely called the Patriot Act. That alone disqualifies her as a Founding Fathers Constitutionalist — like Ron Paul is — and has decades of votes to prove it. DonFolkers@gwi.net
Report Post »rosie right
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 8:48pmShe’s beautiful anytime because her inner beauty, kindness, intelligence, and LOVE for our God and country radiates outward..and anyway, you wanna see UGLINESS, all you have to do is tune in a WH press conference or any of the lib lamestream media shows, Now THAT’S ugly! What a stupid magazine!
Report Post »Doris
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 11:04pmThere is naught wrong with her picture. No one looks great all the time and why should we care.as long as she works for us instead of Obama i couldnt care less.
Report Post »occopox2112
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 12:34amWait until it’s August 2012, the libs will do anytime to make the tea party look bad, just wait!
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 1:46amI hope she is as crazy as she looks. You would have to be to want the job she is after…..
Report Post »Capt.Retired
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 2:05amI remember Hillary’s eyes OMG !!!
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:20amPicture if you will Pelosi, Hillary and Bachmann…which face wins hands down! Bachmann of course.
Liberals won‘t admit it but Bachmann’s face is better looking than any of the DEMs…envision Patty Murry if you will. LOL
Report Post »OFP
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:21amNewsweek was at one time a fine publication and now it is nothing but a gossip propaganda rag for the far left. The evidence of its unimportance is the size of current issues. Soon they can print the whole thing on a toilet paper sheet, which is where it belongs. The demonization of white conservative women by the DEMS is despicable and should be offensive to all women, including the National Organization for (Liberal) Women.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:25amThis is an example of a keyboard cowboy who knows nothing about Christians other than what he has been taught to say. The depth of his or her study of the Chrisstin is one inch deep and one inch wide.
portisallen, apparently you love debt, love the fact that we are jobless, love the fact that our homes are worthless, love to hate people you don’t understand…I know you love Obama and his great works of progress. Obama jousts with the windmill everyday and wins not, but you love it when he blames others for his failings, right?
Report Post »DeannaRae
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:35amFemiphobes = fear of strong conservative women.
Report Post »terriergal
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 11:24am@realindependent everyone knows that fallacies are the window to the IQ.
Report Post »tankyjo
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:07pmLamestream media is nothing but zombies.
Report Post »pschlentz
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:22pmI read their material, that they call ‘news’ and absolutely laugh; there must be a lot of stupid Americans out there if they believe the hog-wash they‘re dishin’ out! They are an embarassment to Our Country and it‘s Founding Father’s. They don’t even deserve the Freedom that they so flippantly abuse!! UNBELIEVABLE and SHAMEFUL!!!!!
Report Post »ThomasUSA
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:06pmPeople’s eyes are opening up to just how deceptive,lying, manipulative, amoral, etc etc.. the mainstream media is… and it is only a reflection of the socialist/ progressive/ communist left. Pound Sand News Week. There is no better measure of “crazy” than how you psychotic idiots behave.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:50pmWell I should hope so! I mean there was a time when the Media was very careful with their propaganda. Today it’s blatant in your face and downright wicked.
Report Post »DIOS BENDIGA AMERICA ... JESUCRISTO ES EL SEÑOR!
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:37pmWonder why they potrayed Palin with such flattery? I think they are really scared of Bachman. However, I would not vote for either as President, it is instresting to see how the other half of humanity thinks.
Report Post »TXWildfire
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:06pmShe has my vote.
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:38pmMine too! At least she doesn’t want to destry the country.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:57pmI love those eyes. She has the eyes of an enraged patriot. I identify completely!
Report Post »JazzGuy
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:33pmAlso mine! And it’s true: The “redcoats” of the English Army in the 1770′s
Report Post »called the American Revolutionaries “terrorists” then, too.
YepImaConservative
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:27pm>ROSE-ELLEN. Lmafao… another Osama supporter/apologist. I thought SEAL Team 6 capped you in the azz or at least the leg… standing in front of and protecting Osama.
Report Post »Steve
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:16amYepImaConservative
her time is coming
Report Post »KD
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:06pmI figure if they hate her that much, she is probably the one to vote for.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 1:40am@rose ellen
Report Post »“….it’s all we have to show for it-mainstreaming the word terrorist.[and trillions spent ]”
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Boy, media matters must be paying according to how many talking points you get into each post tonight.
I understand the frustration with the trillions spent, after all, look at the trillions lost today in the stock market, (and everyone needs to know that that’s so Soros or his buds could make their trillions betting against the country on the downgrade! Yep, look at the trillions spent on the wars and all we have to show is hard drives with details of future attacks on us, No more well co-ordinated major attacks on our homeland, and the safety for our kids to carry on their protests and near riots in major cities in the last few weeks without being afraid of airplanes coming crashing down on them, Improved security so we’re catching many attacks before they happen, AND WE STILL HAVE THE FREEDOM FOR IDIOTS TO SPOUT OFF, WITHOUT FEAR OF IMPRISONMENT UNLESS THEY MAKE REAL, CREDIBLE THREATS, (And then, if they’re against Tea Partiers, Geo W, coservatives, certain talk show hosts, or military, they’re lauded for it!) Thank you, Lord, and thank you American Military for that freedom!
LoisLane1951
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:04pmShe shouldn’t give interviews to publications such as Newsweek.
Report Post »Marginalize them. Leave them out of the discourse. They are going to bend her words anyway.
I’d love to see all conservative candidates completely ignore the mainstream media.
It would drive them crazy.
RandyA50
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:03pmBachmann Is slandered and made to look like a zealot by the liberal loons and a magizine thats name should be changed to newsweak!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:23pmBachmann looks like an insane zealot, cause she is an insane zealot.
NHwinter
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:36pmYes, Encinom, a mother of 5 and foster mother of 20+ children is really insane and full of love and caring for so many. Now she cares about America and wants to save it before all you truly crazy liberal/socialist succeed in your Jhah against the greatest Republic in the world. Your comments fall into the looney bin category.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:37pmNewsweak has a circulation of “who cares” and can be found in the crappers of all DEMOCRAT senators, housemembers, and in Barry’s outhouse.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:55pm@13th – that must be some outhouse for they are all full of crap.
Report Post »Spock
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 7:07pmENCINOM….I bet that you have a picture of Odumbo in your mother’s basement along with a b1ackrubberdick that you suck on to sleep at night..Pleasant dreams moron.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 2:00amThe story may be a hatchet job, I haven’t read it, but I don’t really she looks any crazier than usual in the picture. The one on the home page of this website accompanying another Bachmann story looks much scarier.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on August 9, 2011 at 9:16amZealot?Is that the acceptable word for -anti-muslim- genocidal- american- chirstian [in name only] terrorist [albeit with 21stc technology]? She’s the mirror image of the media images of freedom fighting muslims.Or does her look and her headaches point to organic brain disorder?.
Report Post »slvrserfr
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:03pmThis is coming from an unflattering media magazine that was bought by the Washington Post – for $1. I would disregard anything that this liberally biased, socialist loving, conservative bashing magazine expresses.
Report Post »HD Veteran
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:11pmGreat point.
Here is a link
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10882203/1/washington-post-sold-newsweek-for-1.html
Total value of Newsweek = – 47 million (minus)
Liberals: follow the link and question your sources.
Report Post »An Uncle Sam
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 11:35pmId give a dollar for a decent roll of TP. I wouldnt give a dollar for Nooseweak. It gives you a nasty rash, as well as heartburn and a headache,
Report Post »Lowgo1981
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:03pmThat’s an awesome cover! I like Bachmann and if that were me, I would run out and have a field day with it! Why not? This would be a great time to go out on a full assault against that trash rag. Start poking fun of it and degrade Newsweek into Star and National Enquirer status. Then state the obvious, they are in bed with the Obama administration. You cannot change the minds of the ignorant with with words alone, but you can fire-up our base.
Report Post »1LarryG1
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:03pmNewsweek is worthless even in an outhouse.
Report Post »jdawg
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:01pmDon’t forget Newsweek once labeled Obama “god of all things.”
http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-spokane/newsweek-magazine-cover-derides-michele-bachmann-as-queen-of-rage
Report Post »fatsomann
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:01pmWonder if they would have the courage to do a cover on Barak Obama – THE GREAT DIVIDER?
The longer our country’s financial crisis the more people are going to listen to the conservatives. She is a huge threat to the progressives and they are gunning for her.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:08pmThey should do a cover with the Stock market arrows plunging, unemployment arrows rising and Barrack in the middle of a war zone scene with title:
“Baracalypse Now”
Way in the background a small figure of Jimmy Carter smiling with a bubble caption “I’m no longer the worst President in US History!”
Report Post »Slobaphobe
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 8:59pm@capitalismrocks: I love the smell of landslide victory in 2012.
Report Post »TraceyM
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:59pmAnd it begins, this is what they did to Palin too, discredit, mock and be little any female running for the White House. Wait until SNL comes out with all their new sketches.
Report Post »AzSage
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:59pmI’ll tell you who looks crazy………. Nancy Polosi.
that woman scares the hell out of me, her and Hillary, oh and Boxer too.
Report Post »NC1
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:11pmSomebody should prop Pelosi up next to a heat source and watch her face melt off.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:19pmMaybe your just allergic to plastic and valve stems. (He! He! He!)
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:35pmDon’t forget Fienstein and Jackson-Lee
Report Post »TXVET48
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:46pmPelosi, Hillary might make a man reconsider his orientation.
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:58pmJust what one would expect from mainstream media!!!
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 5:24pmExactly! The same magazine would publish a flattering (hard to believe I know) photo of Nancy Pelosi air brushed and glamourized. It is their goal to make conservative women, who are usually quite attractive, look bad and liberal women, who are usually rather unattractive, look good. They hope that will sway the opinions of those Americans who are really shallow.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:56pmIt’s her own fault for agreeing to an interview with a communist propaganda machine.
Report Post »gotta light
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:06pmNo one needs to guess whats going on at Newsweek…
It’s easy to see exactly what Tina Brown is up to…. She apparently jealous of Bachmann’s appearance over her own… And honestly I can’t blame her …. Tina goes woof!
Hey bud gotta light?
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:07pmDo you REALLY believe what these libertard media prints put out? DO YOU REALLY?
After everything Americans have found out about the New York Times, Newsweek and the others, DO YOU ACTUALLY STILL BELIEVE ANYTHING THEY SAY?
Then, maybe you are a dumb American, as most Democrats think you are.
I wouldn’t read, pick up, pay, or take for free, any of those periodicals.
I ONLY READ NEWS-MAX AND I ONLY WATCH FOX NEWS.
I learned over 3 years ago that once a liar, always a liar, unless they repent. So far, none of them, including your beloved man-child president has repented from their lies, half-truths, and innuendos.
What is the very best way to destroy someone’s reputation, their honor, their life?
What is the very best way to destroy America?
What is the very best way to destroy America’s values and prosperity?
Tell a lie. If you tell it often enough, people will believe it to be the truth. That is why Glenn Beck always tells you to DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. BELIEVE NO ONE, THAT INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT, NEWSWEEK, TIMES, MEDIA MATTERS, AND ANY OTHER MARXIST PUBLICATION OR PERSON OUT THERE. If you hang with evil long enough, you become evil. You’d better believe it. That IS true.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:56pmWho cares what these “crazy” people think of her. Michelle may not be my first choice but she doesn’t lie every time she opens her mouth like most in our current administration do.
Report Post »code green
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:55pmWhy all the hubub bub???? Nobody reads that rag…….Let us move onward .
Report Post »NDPINDNT
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:55pmI quit buying Newsweek in the 80s. I hope they go bankrupt soon with all their left wing bias. It used to be a pretty good magazine years ago. Not anymore. This is nothing new with them.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:55pmwho still reads that fish wrapper,,,no one cares …progressive lies
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:54pmJust plain nasty. Will never buy it again.
Report Post »KD
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:52pmSo, Obama doesn’t FIRMLY believe what he believes???? Idiots. Pure and simple. The stronger a Republican is, the more the liberal press goes after him/her.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:51pmA ridiculous magazine that will be dead and buried in two years; who cares what they say.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:51pmLie… slander… lie. That is all these Nazi’s know what to do. The no that NO one will buy their spiel so they can only lie with no facts.
Report Post »jim
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 3:50pmTheir pulling out the stops to kill Michele. I’m voting for her.
Report Post »highcarry
Posted on August 8, 2011 at 4:18pmjust another politician.
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