Not this again.
If it weren't for Republican Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, the talking heads at MSNBC would have a lot of dead air to fill. But, in this edition of Bachmann Derangement Syndrome, "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" host David Shuster recycled material used on March 27 by his MSNBC colleagues "Hardball" host Chris Matthews and "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann.
On Shuster's March 30 "Hypocrisy Watch" segment, a segment that finds a rather high-percentage of conservatives guilty of hypocrisy, the "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" host reused an interview Bachmann conducted on Minnesota radio station WWTC - where she urged listeners to remain vigilant President Barack Obama's cap-and-trade plan. She used the words "armed and dangerous," a selection of words that has raised the dander of the MSNBC hosts, who have alleged she has done something illegal.
"Armed and dangerous and we need to fight back," Shuster said. "First of all, I hope the Secret Service is listening, because when a member of Congress urges an armed revolution against something the President of the United States is doing, that's a threat and it encourages threats."
Perhaps Shuster missed the March 24 Minneapolis Star-Tribune, which a spokesman explained the congresswoman was speaking metaphorically and Shuster and gang at MSNBC actually thought she was making serious call-to-arms. But, even if they didn't, why let that get in the way of a chance to take a few shots at a conservative Republican?
"Now, I'm sure Congresswoman Bachmann will insist she's been misconstrued, and she doesn't always mean what she says," Shuster continued. "After all, when she said some of her colleagues in the House were un-American, she then denied saying it, despite the existence of that little thing called videotape."
The part Shuster found hypocritical - earlier this year Bachmann urged Obama to "foster an environment with the Middle East that promotes peace and understanding" for the good of the United States and Israel. However, it's not clear that if Bachmann had made a call for war in the Middle East, Shuster would have absolved her of her hypocrisy.
"In any case, Congresswoman, when you speak of peace and understanding one day and armed revolutions the next, that's hypocrisy and it's wrong," Shuster proclaimed, as music played in the background that similarly theatrical in nature to Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World Segment." "And any lawmaker who encourages an armed fight against a president of the United States - that is way, way over the line."
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