The Bachmann Amendment

Posted on 04/01/2009 at 1:56 pm by Bob Cesca

Michele Bachmann (who is looking increasingly Joker-ish) is sponsoring a constitutional amendment banning something that doesn’t exist.

Bachmann’s proposed constitutional amendment states: “The President may not enter into a treaty or other international agreement that would provide for the United States to adopt as legal tender in the United States a currency issued by an entity other than the United States.”

And there are 30-plus Republican co-sponsors of the amendment. The amendment that bans something that’s not even happening. Up next: Bachmann sponsors an amendment granting full voting rights to the voices in her head.

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  • Lexaburn

    Yeah, she’s pretty much a Palin-style imbecile. She got a little recognition last year for saying something really, really stupid, so she’s going to milk it for all its worth like the little dunderheaded primadonna that she is.Bachmann is not as…vivacious as Palin, however. She’s quite stiff and as entertaining as a dim blue light.

  • http://nanotyrnns.blogspot.com/ Nanotyrannus

    Again, we are seeing their utter fear that the same tactics and presidential powers they championed for eight years may be used to do things they oppose.Suddenly the authoritarian bootlickers have found a new pair of boots in power that they find less than lickable.Elections have consequences. On your knees, assholes.

  • http://www.gravesdig.blogspot.com David

    This is a perfect example of how they dominated all political news mediums for decades… they will go to great lengths to keep their talking points going. This is akin to a trial attorney saying something completely erroneous only to have it stricken from the record… the jury still heard it.

  • http://freeforallpolitics.multiply.com/ Cody

    1) I agree that Bachmann is batshit crazy.2) The global currency issue got absolutely no traction at the G20.3) You know I’m a raving partisan liberal and stand with you side by side on nearly every topic.But Bob, I can’t point to (and likewise promote) all the excellent posts you have if the information is incorrect, since China did in fact propose a world currency.To say “doesn’t exist” isn’t entirely accurate.China Calls For Global Currency To Replace Dollar

  • eve

    Can someone please sponsor a constitutional amendment to ban batshit crazies from congress?

  • bjritz

    Cody, this doesn’t say anything about changing domestic currency:

    And in recent days, the Chinese government has raised concerns about U.S. government borrowing, even raising the idea of a global currency to replace the dollar as international finance’s default trading option. Mr. Obama will meet Chinese President Hu Jintao Wednesday, too.

    Teh U.S. and most foreign countries use other countries currencies for trading now and this has no effect on their internal currency usage. To establish an international default currency would have little effect on our dollar other than the way current exchange rates and exchange rates spreads are used. (IMO)

  • http://nicki2377.blogspot.com Nicki

    Apparently, she doesn’t understand that the President can agree to a treaty but it will not be ratified and official until approved by a supermajority Senate.

  • D. C.

    Cody, we the American people have this unreasonable expectation that our representatives in Congress should actually understand the issues about which they are offering up legislation. The fact that she doesn’t actually understand what China was proposing or how it would impact the US domestically (answer: not at all) demonstrates that she isn’t fit to hold the office she’s currently in. Thinking that China’s proposal would force us to abandon the dollar would be like her going to see the movie Twilight and then offering up an amendment to ban vampires.All right scratch that. She’s all ready nutty enough to believe Harry Potter promotes “real” witchcraft. Maybe she also thinks vampires are real, too.Now granted, she represents a district so red that the GOP could nominate one of Rush Limbaugh’s hemorrhoids and it would win, so it’s not likely that her continued stupidity will cost her her seat.

  • bibimimi

    Michele Bachmann should be quietly removed from office, taken to an undisclosed location, medicated to the gills, and be kept away from anything sharp, shiny or electronic. She could pass the time watching cartoons and rolling pennies.

  • MelodyMaker

    Seriously.An Amendment.Amending the Constitution of the United States of America to… what? halt all foreign trade? really?I have coworkers and friends that live in this loon’s CD6. I’m kind enough to not ask them if they voted for her.apologies to loons, maybe. c’mon. Those birds are freaky too, and dangerous.