Dec 1st, 2011
Despite the fact that we have embassy in Tehran, much less formal relations of any kind in over 3 decades, candidate Bachmann has declared that she will close said embassy. So there...
Her team is doing its best to spin this as an incidence of misreporting, stipulating that Rep. Bachmann was speaking in a "hypothetical" way. The problem with that is we now have the exact quote. While discussin England's decision to pull out its diplomatic team following recent student violence dirtected at their embassy, Bachmann said, "That’s exactly what I would do [if I were president]. We wouldn’t have an embassy in Iran. I wouldn’t allow that to be there."
Coverage of this very amazing gaffe is HERE, HERE and HERE.
Note to the GOP... Jon Huntsman is a very intelligent man and actually knows some stuff. Just sayin'.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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Don't those [brackets] mean that whoever wrote down the quote inserted words that Bachmann did not actually say? She never said "the US embassy in Iran would be closed if I were president", but all the media is taking that story, taking that quote out of context, and running with it. Since she was talking about the British embassy in Iran, and if Britain would be doing the right thing by closing it down, wouldn't the correct usage of those brackets be: "That’s exactly what I would do [if I were in charge of Britain]. We wouldn’t have an embassy in Iran. I wouldn’t allow that to be there." It makes a lot more sense that way. I am not a Bachmann supporter, but I often get a kick out of how certain media types go out of their way to try to find a "gaffe", even if one doesn't exist.
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