Does Michele Bachmann Hate Muslims?

Ron Paul tells Jay Leno that Bachmann hates Muslims, and that she wants to "go get 'em."

By Tierney Sneed

December 19, 2011 RSS Feed Print

On Friday night's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Leno asked his guest Rep. Ron Paul what he thought about the other Republicans running for president. Paul suggested that former Gov. Mitt Romney and former Speaker of House Newt Gingrich should go back to their old jobs in the Massachusetts state house and the U.S. Congress, respectively. He then said of Rep. Michele Bachmann, "She doesn't like Muslims. She hates Muslims. She wants to go get 'em," alluding to Bachmann's campaign rhetoric that she would attack Iran to stop them from possessing nuclear weapons, a policy that Paul, a libertarian isolationist, strongly opposes.

Bachmann responded to the claim, telling ABC News, "Of course I don't hate Muslims, that's an absolutely outrageous statement," while reiterating her stance on Iran. She fired back, "With all due respect to my colleague, I think Ron Paul would make a very dangerous president because he doesn't understand this threat."

[Read the U.S. News debate: Should the United States Consider Military Action to Hinder Iran's Nuclear Program?]

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One day, all people will understand the difference between Isolationist and Non-Interventionist. Until then, people will keep electing politicians who bow down to their masters in the military industrial complex who are calling the shots...

Is Ron Paul being "to the left" of Obama on foreign policy really a problem for Ron Paul... or Obama?

Since Ron Paul's foreign policy stance is based on the same principles as such founding fathers as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, what does that say about the direction our country has taken in respect to relations with other countries...

mtw999 of VA 9:04PM January 09, 2012

HUNTER of WI writes: "The perfect world Paul thinks is out there will bite us in the ass ."

Unlike the mendacious idiocracy that is now the USA I suppose? What has "bitten you in the ass" is the merger of state and corporate powers allowed to insinuate itself into the body politic by a complacent, under educated, over amused and obtuse electorate i.e, HUNTER of WI. You can grow up or keep drinking the koolaid provided by the corporate media. Good luck, you yanks are going to need it as your economy, healthcare and education systems are 'f'd and your interest-based Congress is incapable of fulfilling its fiduciary responsibility to the People. Seems to me Ron Paul may provide the balm for ass bite.

Peter 1:27AM December 21, 2011

Lets see here.

1. She lies about the IAEA report and builds fear and anger towards muslims

2. She lies about the Iran Constitution and again builds fear and anger toward muslims

3. She lies about the translation of Ahmadinejad wanting to nuke Israel and the US and builds fear and anger towards muslims

From what I have seen of her words and actions I would say that she hates muslims as well. But sadly it seems more people would rather believer her lies and attack Dr Paul even with the information just a few clicks away on the internet.

So based on her credibility when she says she doesn't hate muslims I think she is lying to herself.

Greg of CA 7:55PM December 20, 2011

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