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Bachmann’s claim that Barack Obama has a ‘$1.4-billion-a-year presidency’ of ‘perks and excess’

03/18/2013
“A new book is out talking about the perks and the excess of the $1.4-billion-a-year presidency that we’re paying for. And this is a lifestyle that is one of excess. Now we find out that there are five chefs on Air Force One. There are two projectionists who operate the White House movie theater. They regularly sleep at the White House in order to be readily available in case the first family wants a really, really late show. And I don’t mean to be petty here, but can’t they just push the play button? We are also the ones who are paying for someone to walk the president’s dog, paying for someone to walk the president’s dog? Now, why are we doing that when we can’t even get a disabled veteran into the White House for a White House tour? That isn’t caring!”
— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference [ http://conservative.org/cpac/ ], March 16, 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/bachmanns-claim-that-barack-obama-has-a-14-billion-a-year-presidency/2013/03/17/bb5f3ea2-8f40-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_blog.html [with comments]


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Bachmann’s claim that 70 percent of food stamps go to ‘bureaucrats’

03/19/2013
“Here's the truth that the president won't tell you. Of every dollar that you hold in your hands, 70 cents of that dollar that's supposed to go to the poor doesn't. It actually goes to benefit the bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. — 70 cents on the dollar. That's how the president's caring works in practice. So $3 in food stamps for the needy, $7 in salaries and pensions for the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor. So with all due respect, I ask you, how does this show that our president cares about the poor?”
— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference [ http://conservative.org/cpac/ ], March 16, 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/bachmanns-claim-that-70-percent-of-food-stamps-go-to-bureaucrats/2013/03/18/3f85d042-8ff5-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_blog.html [with comments]


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CPAC 2013 - U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN)

Published on Mar 16, 2013 by The ACU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAv2zaz9N6M


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Michele Bachmann Runs Away From CNN Reporter's Questions

Published on Mar 20, 2013 by tpmtv

more at cnn.com [next below]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl-z2s2XbtM


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KTH: Bachmann dodges question on CPAC remarks

AC360
March 19th, 2013

Keeping Them Honest, CNN's Dana Bash asked Rep. Michele Bachmann to support claims she made about President Obama's "lavish" lifestyle with facts. She got zip.

This is part of what the Congresswoman said in her speech at CPAC regarding the White House budget:

A new book is out talking about the perks and excess of the $1.4 billion a year presidency that we are paying for. And this is a lifestyle that is one of excess.

Now we find out that there are five chefs on Air Force One. There are two projectionists who operate the White House movie theater.

They regularly sleep at the White House in order to be readily available in case the first family wants a really, really late show. And I don't mean to be petty here, but can't they just push the play button?

We are also the ones who are paying for someone to walk the president's dog, paying for someone to walk the president's dog?

© 2013 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/19/kth-bachmann-dodges-question-on-cpac-remarks/ [with the original of the complete AC360 segment embedded; the above YouTube of the segment, for as long as it may last, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpkrS8dby1k , with another (currently) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62J6hawfMHg ; with comments]


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