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Spoken like someone who has not read it herself and just spouts the GOThuglican party line. Anything to say 'no' whether you understand it or not.

Maybe Ms. Bachmann should go back to school and learn to read faster

Like some other Republican, this one has gotten too many free rides due to her good looks. Sorry, but it is painfully obvious in this case-every time she speaks, it's like some little over-protected child throwing out observations from her time in some fantasy-land.

This is not meant to be a gender thing. Ensign had it the same way, as did John Edwards; at least Bachman doesn't use her "freebies" to hurt her or others' families. Let's give her that.

Bachmann is right.

If you give the public enough time to read, review, analyze and fully digest this steaming yet polished turd, the public will end up with indigestion and likely be sick, as well.

Honestly, if the hippies are proud of the healthcare Frankenstein monster bill they're sewing together, why not give the public ample time to fully analyze it? What are they afraid of?

I'll tell you why... because sunshine is the best disinfectant, especially when it comes to bills coming out of the Congress. They know this thing will not survive scrutiny.

Electoral Bloodbath... coming to a Democrat district near you in 2010

She needs 90 days? Must be a slow reader.

Not so much as the republican party is embarrassed by Bachmann's ignorant demagogic tin foil hat rhetoric.

Even if House Dems are embarrassed by their health care bill, it's nothing compared to the national embarrassment she causes on a daily basis.

And HUMANITY is embarrassed by Michelle "fruit-loop" Bachmann. If only this silly little creature could see herself as thinking human beings do ... she'd be devastated!

90 days? OMG that means every congressperson would have to read about 12 – 15 pages per day...how can they possibly keep that pace up? Bachman is a proven joke....

How much time do republicans need to read the health care reform proposal. 2 months ago we heard the same excuse from republicans, and some democrats. I think House and Senate members just like hearing themselves talk. Read this "Term Limits". Wake up and get to work instead of working on your next vote on increasing your benefits package, and salary increases. We owe you what you have offered our seniors on social security...zero $$$.

It is an embarassment of cosmic proportions that the Republican party has done everything in its power to derail national health insurance, in the interests of the health insurance industry, since the Truman administration. How long Ms. Bachman, is enough time for your party and the GOP Wingnut Army to manufacture complete falsehoods about a health bill and impede its progress?

She needs more time to read the bill. After all, knuckle dragging neanderthals from within the GOP need extra time for crafting ammendments meant to stop the bill............

Michele is one crazy person. Does anything that comes out of her mouth makes sense? One thing for sure, she probably has accepted lot of money from the big insurance companies!!! People like her should be put in rooms with padded walls.

What medication is she taking (or should be taking)? Talk about embarassing! If she were towing the Republican party drivel, I would understand, but this person is almost a danger to herself and others! She is in real need of psychiatric help, regardless of party affiliation. Where is the party leadership? The scary thing is ...she believes all the junk she says!

How can she criticise the bill before she has even read it? Incredibly moronic, but then angain, if it's coming out of Michelle Bachmann's mouth, then you know it is garbage.

Why is the Democrapic congress so scared that people might actually read the bill? Oh, because they might realize just how screwed we will be as the Democraps make us into the Nanny State who depend on them for everything and don't have to work for anything at all?

Three months to allow the "reading impaired" Republicans time to review the bill. I hope the bill contains a lot of nice pretty pictures as well!!

Ha-ha-ha-ha! That Michelle Bachmann is one of the most brilliant social satirists ever! Twice as funny as Colbert!
What? She's SERIOUS?
In that case, call the men in the white coats with the butterfly nets.

This again......this crazy fool is at it again........whats your plan Michele?

Of course Obama and the democrats don't want people to be able to read their bill because they know the people will reject it. Obama is a total disgrace. He has done nothing right, has no accomplishments and, in fact, is making everything from the economy to foreign policy far worse than before he took office. The only one happy with Obama is Jimmy Carter because Obama has taken over the mantle of Worst President Ever from Jimmy.

And let me tell you, she knows a thing or two about EMBARRASSMENT!

Republican legislators – stall – take money from insurance (REPEAT)
Republican legislators – stall – take money from insurance (REPEAT)
Republican legislators – stall – take money from insurance (REPEAT)
Republican legislators – stall – take money from insurance (REPEAT)
Republican legislators – stall – take money from insurance (REPEAT)

I'm getting sick just thinking about it

No, they are not, but the GOP should be embarrassed by er looney comments

If this health care bill is so great as Obama and Pelsoi would like us to believe, than a waiting period for all to read this bill thoroughly should not be a problem. That is unless they're trying to hide something within the bill, like for example the taxing or jailing of those who refuse to sign up for health care.

Bachman, considering the number of times you've been caught in outright lies, you need to shut your trap.

The Republicans have not spent one day looking or discussing any plans. Their only talk is to stop any and all plans put forward. They want to drag out for as long as possible so that it will fail.

The Republicans had eight years and during that time; no one came forward with a plan that would be of benefit to the working class.

Bachman, you are evil and should not be representing people; your only goal is to be re-elected but that may not happen. We will hold all politicains accountable for their deeds or mis-deeds.

It is not congress' fault that you and your staff can't pull together and read this bill Mrs. Bachmann. Maybe if you had been paying attention to the bill from the start, then it would be easier to grasp.
I don't know about anybody else, but if my representative procrastinated something this big, I'd be ashamed of them, and looking for someone more astute and intellectual to represent me!

This woman is such a psycho. She'd be the last place I'd go for advice or relevant information. Duct tape has many purposes and I'd like to be the one to place it over her mouth.

Perhaps we should have a little pity on Ms. Bachman as it seems quite obvious that the poor woman has literacy problems.

This stupity deserves no comment.

Ms. Pelosi is a woman of her words; remember when her and her best neighbor Mr. Reid were going to get the troops out of Iraq once the Hypocrats took leadershio of Congress?

I am in complete agreement with Bachmann on this issue. It makes absolutely no sense to commit to a TRILLION dollar path and make a decision on a bill for in three days. I spent longer to decide on buying my home than these people want to spend TRILLIONS!

This Health Care bill may very well be the answer that millions are looking for; Or perhaps it's a complete disaster. Don't we owe it to ourselves to really know what it contains? Is the Bill so badly written that it cannot withstand scrutiny? Or is power and greed your only motivation?

As A Minnesota voter I am embarrassed about Michelle Bachman. I can proudly and honestly say I did not vote for her but it embarrasses me to think that some of my fellow Minnesotans actually did. She constantly keeps Minnesota in the news in a bad way. She is about as big of a right winged nut job as you can be without being locked up in an institution. She should be removed from her position as congresswoman.

Whatever. This doesn't matter. In 2009, all it takes is for a document to be online for a few minutes and people can download it, copy/paste it or otherwise save it on their own computers.

Whether in pdf, pure text, or even some protected, undownloadable format, 3 days is PLENTY of time for enough copies to be created to recirculate the bill indefinitely after its taken down.

Lots of attacks on the Representative's character.

Three days, of course, doesn't really mean one can study the bill for three straight days. It means one has three days to study the bill as much as one can. When I was in college, I'd say I could handle about 14 hours straight of study – tops – and those last few hours were not at "peak efficiency"...

Say that a citizen – you – wanted to really study this bill in order to form a reasonable judgement. Non-partisan, intelligent, jusgement. In reality, we're talking about maybe a good 10 hours of study, then break, then another 10 hours of study.

20 hours of study, for a piece of legislation which overhauls the healthcare of the United States, at a Federal level. Still sound like a reasonable time frame?

Tell Michelle Bachmann she is too stupid for anyone to give her time for anything doesn't she even understand that. She is an IDIOT!!!!!!

SHE'S BACH!!!!!! And she is telling us that the REPUBLI-CAN'Ts did not have enough time to READ the BILL??

SHE QUOTES: "This really needs to be about bettering the health care system, not giving 'a win' to the president, because health care shouldn't be about President Obama. It shouldn't be about him. It should be about us. It should be about the country."

DUH!!! What does REFORM mean??? If BUSH passed a health care reform bill, would it have been a WIN for BUSH? Clinton? Health Care shouldn't be about President Obama?? It should be about the COUNTRY? The 47,000,000 without insurance??? Ahh, Duh!!!!

Yes, she's BACH!!!! And took STUPID pills right before she surfaced!!!

Three months is a little (or a lot) extreme, but how ignorant are these liberals. The woman asks for some time for the tax payers (that’s you dummy) to review a trillion dollar bill and people call her an idiot. Maybe those people should concentrate on the term "trillion", I don’t think they comprehend size of the term.

If you say "my insurance is good" or "I like my insurance plan just fine" you are merely playing a waiting game that you should have realized you will lose. Rates will continue to go up while coverage decreases. Skyrocketing rates coupled with rising co-pays while at the same time the actual amount of coverage decreases means you will eventually be sacrificed for the corporate bottom line. Or you will be dropped if you have the audacity to get sick and try to have the health insurance corporation pay for your illness.

If Republicans pretended that the legislation would have impact on their health care I would bet three days would be more than enough to review it. Now do you see why they are so threatened by Obama trying to do so much. "Hey being a member of Congress was supposed to be fun not work!"

Why does the right wing keep making an issue of reading the bills and how many pages they are? We just had a President who insisted on having one page summaries of the most complex issues and look where that got us.

If they want to read the bills then its about time they started reading them. They've had 6 months to read everything and years before that to talk about it. What comes out in the final bill will not contain anything that isn't in the bills that came out of the committees.

Once again Democrats will have their focus in the wrong place.

Why are you hurling insults at Michelle Bachman? What did she do?

Is she out of line for her request? Shouldn't Pelosi post the final bill for 72 hours? Is that too much to ask?

Democrats...always blaming someone else for their own inefficiencies. Oh, by the way, I know you are aware of this but it must be repeated...even if every Republican voted against the bill that would not stop it from being passed.

Grow up Democrats and take some personal responsibility.

Who would take anything Michelle Bachman says seriously?

Sarah Palin is NOT the dumbest politician in America today. Michelle Bachman is. And wouldn't you figure, Palin quotes Bachman all the time...

Bachman is such an idiot. How she ever got elected is beyond me. And how she ever managed it in Minnesota, a blue state is a mystery. I guess her district must be populated with dimwits..

This woman is CRAZY!

Thank you Michelle Bachman. Keep fighting for the people and common sense, almost none of the Democrats will.
Three days is not enough, but better than none like we got on the stimulus and cap and trade and Tarp.
I've seen 2 polls where between 60 and 70% of voters think the time should really be 2 weeks for the bills to be posted before there is a vote.
Pelosi and Democrats out of touch with voters.
Voters have changed since Obama was elected. Millions more now want to read the bills after the Tarp and stimulus bills were passed without even many in congress reading them. Voters have learned not to trust congress or Obama. They want to read the bills for themselves and have a chance to let their congress people know what they think.

Michelle Bachmann is out of her mind and does not deserve to be working for the government. This woman is dangerously unstable and is not fit to be in any position of power. Please lock her up in a mental institution before she does any real damage. Anyone who actually supports this woman belongs in the mental house too.

Thats because all Democrates and Obama are LIERS.

IMPEACH OBAMA for MISLEADERSHIP and MISUSE OF FUNDS.

This woman Bachman is "Certifiably Insane",it's impossible to take her seriously.

In the mean time, what EXACTLY is the Republican plan ? NOBODY know because IT DOESN'T EXIST !!! When you're on the payroll from the insurance companies, you do their bidding obviously. What is Bachmans idea to remedy this problem of healthcare ? NONE, NADA, ZIP, NOTHING !!!

Bachman is an embarrasement to the Republicans. She's great for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Democratic leadership is so weak they control both houses and can't get it done. And if you think Pelosi would give anyone 72 hours to read the bill your dreaming. The only thing she is truthful about is she wants the biggest gas gusling plane possible to ferry her back & forth to SF every other weekend.

If Michele Bachmann can't read a ONE piece of legislation in three (3) days, she does not need to be in Congress.

Bachmann recently showed that she doesn't read legislation she has already decided she's against: standing on the House Floor, she declared that a provision in the House health care bill which requires that children's medical privacy be protected by public schools, means that even parents would have no right to know about any treatment their child received during school hours. (See youtube.com for the video of her floor speech).

She is an anti-public education, narrow-minded fundamentalist, right-wing fanatic who's hell-bent on denying health insurance to Americans who aren't fortunate to be as wealthy as she is. So much for her "Christian" values.

Can't we Republicans find a more credible spokesperson than this nut job woman???

Whatever she says gets lost in her repeated outlandish claims/statements. She's a major liability and one of the reasons that the Republican party continues its downward trend amongst swing voters.

Will we ever get the message??????????

Michelle Bachmann is the smartest woman in congress and the second smartest woman in politics!!! The public option is radioactive with the American people because they know it will hurt insurance company profits because people will like it better than their private insurance!!! Nonprofit collectives will help private insurance companies because they'll take the really sick people and poor people!!! Write your congressman and senator to vote NO SOCIALISM!!! NO PUBLIC OPTION!!!!

More then three days is ok to ask for. But three months is absolutely PATHETIC to request. It should only take FIVE at the most, that way you could spend two days working from home, like most republicans (aka Sarah).

One week is MORE then enough. Asking for three months is a BLATANT and SORRY excuse, which is no more then a STALL and AVOID tactic. Republicans will continue to kill 45k people a year, no matter how long they are given to read the bill. So give them a week and move on, with or with out them. They have had their chance!

She sound exactly like a 1930s Repubs when it consern the general population all for them and none for the rest of us.

Michelle Bachmann is the greatest disappointment that has ever been elected to office. The stupidity that spews from her mouth is uncomprehensible. She is everything that is wrong with our government.

how can they be embarrassed, they have admitted not even reading it!! They don't want americans to read it either (they won't upload to internet). Libs, can you at least question the possibility of Obama being a huge fraud. He is!

This whole thing is an embarassment – from the Dems to the Republicans. Quit, go home and let someone in there who will actually do what they are paid for.

Bachman needs to be water boarded. what an idiot. or at least duct tape her vile mouth

They are embarrassed by YOU, Rep. Bachmann, and you aren't even a member of their party. They're just embarrassed that they have to be sitting in the same chamber as you and listen to your drivel.

She has had months to access the plans that circulated through Congress, and she complains that she is being given a deadline? Where has she been, except out demonizing any plan that does not give more back to the private insureres than they already get? She should know what is in the bills IF SHE BOTHERED TO TAKE THE TIME TO REALLY STUDY THEM!!!

The arrogance of Bachman and the other do-nothing members of the GOP astonishes me. They are doing everything to destroy this country so they can just score cheap political points. They truly do not care. Its amazing.

why give them 3 days? 3 days or 300 days, they won't vote for the bill, ever.

Ok, post for 3 days, then vote and pass the bill. We've been waiting....
tick tock. Health care reform is long overdue.

Heh, and most Americans are embarrassed by Ms. Bachmann.

Dems can complain about Bachman all day, they still have rancid folk like Pelosi and Grayson ruining their party.

You who are bashing Bachman are shooting the messenger. She in your mind may be wacko but her point is right on. This is important stuff. Once enacted as law it is difficlut to change.. I for one want the bill read and understood before my representatives vote on it. Let me ask you....do you sign contracts without first reading them. Same here. Get a grip

Bachman, YOU LIE!!

All rational Dems and Repubs are embarrassed by all the outright stupid things this un-professional Congress member blurts out at any moment. She has become and continues to be the joke that just keeps on giving for the Democratic Party. Of course the hate radio, Fox media / tea-bagger mob will claim it's the ficticiuos "liberal" media's fault.
The Dems may be afraid the Repubs will reign her in, but I doubt anybody can help her, except for increasing her meds maybe?

Three months??? How slow does she read?????

Obama promised 5 days for the Tax Payers to read and comment on bills before he signed them,now they want to rush another bill through,with out letting the public read and comment on it? What are they hiding now, more bonuses?more pork? what are the Democrats afraid of?

Why bother, she can't read nor comprehend simple statements? It would take her a year to get through the table of contents.

It turns out that in eight states, plus the District of Columbia, getting beaten up by your spouse is a pre-existing condition.
Under the cold logic of the insurance industry, it makes perfect sense: If you are in a marriage with someone who has beaten you in the past, you're more likely to get beaten again than the average person and are therefore more expensive to insure.
In human terms, it's a second punishment for a victim of domestic violence.
In 2006, Democrats tried to end the practice. An amendment introduced by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), now a member of leadership, split the Health Education Labor & Pensions Committee 10-10. The tie meant that the measure failed.
All ten no votes were Republicans, including Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), a member of the "Gang of Six" on the Finance Committee who are hashing out a bipartisan bill.

This is NOT about giving the President a win. As far as I can see the President is committing politcal suicide with this. Every other Presiden that attempted healthcare reform dropped it like hot potatoe. Too much pressure from BOTH political Parties, the pharmaceutical and insurance companies. This is the type of issue that can destroy a President's chances at re-election. So no it's not about the President Bachmann, it is about the people of this country. RethugliKlans have done nothing but LIE, MISINFORM, and OBSTRUCT the passage of this reform. They are more concerned about their pockets and $$$contributions than what the country needs. They've been nothing but an obstacle to the country, with not one IOTA of a positive contribution towards the passage of this reform. Keep the drama, and the sermon for someone who hasn't seen the GOP sink to an all time low when it comes to civic responsibility towards this country.

After Al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 Americans, on Sept 11, we went to war and spent hundreds of billions of dollars ensuring that this would not happen again. Yet every two months, that many people die because of our failure to provide universal insurance — and yet many members of Congress want us to do nothing?

Too bad that Ms. Bachman and all the other Flat Earth Repubs are such slow readers. I'm sure the AMA, Pharmas, and especially the Med Insurance monopolies will take their time and explain everything they want her to know.

It is really pointless to discuss whether the Repubs have the time to read any legislation. If it comes from the Dems, they just vote NO. It does not make any difference abouit what the bill actually says.

3 days is enough.......enough already....... OK you Republicans wouldn't pass a Health Care Plan unless it was YOUR LIVES that depended on it.......but since it is the lives of so many less fortunate americans you could care less........you don't want this to pass under President Obama because you Republicans had 8 years to try and do something and you did NOTHING.........so stop the road blocks and shut up this kind of action on your part is only driving the voting people of this country further away from your Party.......

You goose stepping Democrats never cease to amaze me. You criticize the Republicans for not coming up with an option for health care (you would never know if they had one, CNN and the like would never publicize it) and meanwhile the Dems once again try to cram a bill down the publics throat without giving anyone time to actually read the bill. But rather than focus on that issue, you people just continue to point the finger and keep your blinders on. I am all for a public option as well but it needs to be a responsible bill, not one simply to give Father Obama a victory in Congress. Oh yea, according to the current administration they estimate that within 3 years of the bill passing most employers will cease to offer health insurance. Guess we all get stuck with the government run health care except the rich, thanks DEMOCRATS!

Are there any Republicans with the onions to stand up to the rightwing fringe of their party? If not, the Palins and Bachmanns will destroy the GOP while the rest of us cheer.

Americans all, hear this and know

You have knelt to oil (the illegal war in iraq)

You have knelt to the landowners...... (Housng market bubble bursts and everyone gets paid but you)

AND

you WILL kneel to the Insurance Industry

you WILL kneel to the insurance money machine

Public option is as un-American as Free-ing slaves.

You WILL pay into our coffers.

lol... I just get creeped out by this witch.

Rep. Bachmann is sadly the embarassment with her tranparent delay and obstructive nonsense while Americans needlessly suffer without health care.

The bill has long been posted on-line for reading, even with an audio version. There is simply no confidence in Bachmann and her Party of No to be honest about it.

My xGOP will shamelessly stop at nothing to maintain an unacceptable status quo for their greedy corporate interests. The majority of Americans need and support these health-care reforms with a public option.

No, Ms. Bachmann, YOU are the embarrassment... to our state, our nation, and every sane American, conservative or liberal. Please return to whatever planet you came from.

She is right on....these clown Democrats dont even know whats in their bill, they are an embarasment just like the head clown Obama.

I'm embarrassed that this surviving brain donor represents any voters in our country.

Can someone Please put this person in The Best Mental Health Institute...........Pronto

The mere look into the eyes of this lady scares the creep out of me! Look close and you will see what I mean; especially when she is angry which is most of the time...LOL!

Palin / Bachman 2012! Just for the sheer entertainment alone.

So many of the responses here opposing Michelle Bachman and the republicans are just mean spirited and ugly. This is why liberals on the far left get a bad name just as the conservatives on the far right do the same thing. People, having more time to read and understand this bill is smart. I would agree that many Democrats are nervous about passing a bill this year because they know it could be a death sentence for there upcoming campaigns.

Thats ok Missy Bachman, after the bill passes you can get one of the orderlies at the Home For the Hopelessly Bewildered to read it to you. This lady is proof that there needs to be some sort of mental ability testing for anyone wanting to enter public office.

The Republicans are not going to vote for this bill, so why delay the vote?

They all have insurance and don't care about anybody else.

Did you ever notice the big mouth pieces against helath care reform are Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck. All are multi millionares with the best health care money can buy. Yet, many of thier followers are living pay check to pay chcek and have no insurance. How ironic!

If you think for a second she cares if the american public has a chance to read the bill (they won't anyhow) you are crazy. This is all about political positioning. This lady is insane. Oh and calling dems kool aid drinkers ... lol ... thats funny

Does Bachmann think we are all stupid? You can read what each committee has worked on right now by going to their websites, furthermore finance committee's healthcare debate was broadcast LIVE on CSPAN for 2 weeks (from 9:00am to sometimes well past midnight), it's now archived so you can watch that too. So the argument that people need more time to read the bill is utterly lame. People have had ample time to read-up ... they are just too lazy to do so.

Like you can read, idiot.

You GOPswouldn't pass it no matter what it said. This is yet another one of your thousands of excuses.

you could try going to the website and downloading it like the rest of us. you could also try buying your own health care along with the rest of us if you're so self-righteous about "socialism."

Michelle Bachman is correct when she says that she and her like do not have the time to read the bill. Michelle Bachman, whose conceptual ability is persistently on display to the world, obviously needs at least six months to read a bill of this length. Of course, even with that amount of time, she won't begin to understand how any reform in health care is needed in this country. But it's not as if the likes of Michelle Bachman care about anything except defeating the Democrats.

A quick review:
Minnesota electing Bachmann...Bad???
Minnesota electing Franken. Good???

How about if we just let Minnesota figure it out!

Bachman is the one who should be embarrassed. She is out and out nuts.

Boy, u demwitocrats are such a nice bunch. Ya'll are the Party of HATE, just read this board.

And Bachmann's health care reform proposal is where? Oh that's right, she doesn't have one...

Senators, representatives, republican, democrat, whatever comes out of Minnesota is scary.

Bachman is a complete freakshow!

Bachmann, Jesse, Al Franken. Must be a Minnesota thing

Why does the news media keep giving this nut case a platform. Just quit reporting on everything that comes out of her mouth.

What's funny is there are people who listened to her campaign and then voted her in.WOW

It is so obvious that the republicans are doing everything they can to drag their feet on Health care reform and more importantly Public Option.
I started doing the math as to why insurance co. are fighting this so hard. There are 7,000 employess at my job on avg. they pay $550 a month on ins. (thats incliuding the $300 employer contribution.) that comes out to $3.85 Million a month. The ins. co. spends on avg. $800,000 a month on ins. claims. That equals $3.05 million a month profit. Which rolls into a $36.6 million profit for the year.
Public Option would generate more han enough money to sustain itself as well as create a huge surplus. It is impossible for it not to. The ins. co. know this. They don't want to share the wealth.

There was an Obama pledge during the election to post ALL bills for at least 24 hours. That lasted about one day. Now there's a pledge for a three day period, which will also be ignored. If people have been trying to do this since Teddy Roosevelt, why can't the public be given enough time to read and absorb this and then communicate with their representatives and make their wiishes known? If the price tag is $1 trillion, it's more inportant to get it right than rush to give Obama something to check off on the next SNL skit.

Bachman is a loon. Who in the world elected this nut?

The matter isn't whether or not one party or the other can read it in so many days. The problem is that the public will not have enough of a chance to view the bill and contact their representatives to let them know how they feel about it.

That is the difference between the parties...one thinks that their opinion is sufficient enough for their followers and the other actually listens to what their followers have to say. Right now the are saying they want to read the bill!

Besides, this isn't easy reading here. I would encourage you to read the current bill and see if you can understand every sentence of every paragraph without a little research. I have.

Want to know what's embarrassing? That the modern day republicans are so retarded that they can't read a bill in three days.

I'm no Nancy Pelosi fan, but seriously, this Bachmann is a 100% underachieving, un-patriotic and certified insane idiot! You get paid to read, DO IT OR QUIT (Like Sarah).

Reading these posts, I need to ask, how is it the Republican's fault?

The Democrats control, the House, the Senate, and the White House.

Uh, no Ms. Bachmann, the Dems are worried that the Repbs are too stupid to realize what needs to be done.....like actually paying attention to what the people need in the way of health care.

Palin / Bachmann 2012

Newt….Rush…..Palin….Bachmann….it's like human evolution in reverse.

I love you idiot democrats on this message board. I realize that most of you are kool-aid drinkers that cannot read, therefore you do not care if this bill is posted.

I get a kick out of Alex's post that 72 hours should be enough time to read a bill unless you are a Republican. Ha Ha. Too bad that the average completed grade level of a Republican is 4 grades higher then a Democrat. Not to mention the difference in common sense and earning potential.

Alex, I am impressed that you could even turn on a computer.

WHAT? You mean I gotta do work?....this is MADNESS!!!

If the healthcare bill was so great, how come it has not been passed? The Dems are in control you know.

Bachman will insult anyone just to make a comment. I think most people could read the bill in 72 hours, even some of the House Republicans.

We are not embarrassed by the bill you MORON. We just know that republicans aren't able to read adequately. So it matters not HOW LONG you are given, you will never get through the big words. If we wait for the retards (aka Republicans) to read it, it will take 50 years to ever get it done. Why else do you think this subject has been on going for over fifty years?

Pass it with out republicans, they don't have the intelligence to understand, read or vote on the matter.

BACHMANN BE GONE!! If they gave you a month, are you even CAPABLE of reading it? You have done nothing to contribute the to this health care bill, nothing that would actually help the American people and you have added nothing but rancor and poison to the overall debate. YOU, Ma'am are the embarrassment here!

I just don't understand democrats... all she is stating is that it is not enough time for THE AMERICAN PEOPLE to read and obviously the lazy democrats who don't read the bill anyway. Get over your high and mighty socialist views and get a clue about what is happening here in our country! You Morons all expect everything to be just HANDED to you!

Healthcare in Mass. is bankrupting the state! LOL! You seem to forget it was pushed by Romney (a republican) BUT it was approved by the very liberal state house! LOL (although I am not really LOLing)

Newt....Rush.....Palin....Bachman....it's like human evolution in reverse.

Wasn't it the republicans that wanted the insurance lobbyist to see the bill. Why the 90 day wait.. Seems to me it is a stall, pure and simple. Maybe if it were read, people would be in favor of it. I think the republicans are afraid that it may contain something that is beneficial for the American people instead of the insurance companies!! Could be makes one wonder! Besides Bachmann is an out and out idiot.

She just wants us to die quickly and quietly...

WHY is CNN even covering this vile woman? She is ignorant, divisive, hateful.

45,000 Americans DIE every year from lack of healthcare.

IF 45,000 Americans were dying every year from a terrorist attack, you can bet, the Republicans would be rioting in the streets and wanting to nuke the Middle-east!

However, 45,000 Americans die every year from lack of healthcare and the Republicans do NOTHING but obstruct, and deny healthcare for Americans who need it!

The bill isn't supposed to be enacted for until 2013, why is that. With 4 years before it starts why not another 30 days to allow people to read it?

If anyone knows "embarrassment", it'd be Michelle Bachmann – she's the walking, talking definition of the word.

...And furthermore, let me explain to you what all the rush is about: it's about trying to get this thing passed BEFORE we lose our majority in Congress in 2010. Look at the difficulty we're having with the majority. Can you imagine the President trying to get this done with the RethugliKlans having a bigger vote in Congress?? Fuggetaboutit!

And we're all embarrassed that a majority in ANY district put that woman in Congress-TWICE.

In the meantime, can we please read, see, or hear, something from the repugs on health care. ANYTHING.

When a congressperson complains that they don't have time to read the final bill, they are lying, lying, and lying. When a bill is introduced in Congress, the bill has line numbers for every line. When there is an amendment made, those parts deleted are crossed out, but left on, and the additions are highlighted. So all someone has to do if they want to know what the final bill says, is to read the change. That is if, and only if, they have been reading the bill all along. What these liars are saying is they have to read the entire bill in those finally three days, and that is a lie, unless of course, they were to lazy to read the bill when it was first introduced.

I seriously like to know does Minnesotians have any common sense to have elected this brainless politician. This woman just talks and talks and talks and none of it makes sense!

Stop talking, Michelle. Thanks.

Fully agree!
1. The Blue Dogs reject the bill. Last time I checked they were democrats.

2. The far left Dems rejected the Baucus bill. Last time I checked Baucus is a democrat.

3. The Dems own the Senate, the House, and the White House. Embarassed? OK ! Incapable? More like it!

Yes. Nancy Pelosi should know better. Only 72 hours, that's three days to look at a bill. She should realize that republicans can't read that fast. And combined with their attention deficits, when it comes to any other ideas but their own, probably complicates matters. Republicans were given numerous chances to help shape and develop a Health Care bill but refused to participate or cooperate in any fashion whatsoever. Bottom line, they only care about the lobbyists and big business. The average American citizen can take a long walk off a short pier, as far as they are concerned!

Our inexperienced and inept leadership between Pelosi and the Constant Campaigner have consistently been an embarrassment domestically and internationally. You know its glaringly sad when French President Sarkozy has to correct our President – pathetic.

One other comment. What does it matter how much time they have to read it? Many admitted that they didn't read the other bills and still said they would vote no. When you've already made up your mind, what's the point in delaying the vote?

Michelle Bachmann...you need look no further than the source.

Michelle Bachman should be put in a mental institute. She goes on Hard Ball and gets embarrassed. Then she LIES about how she not watching the show before and didn't know what it would be about.

who cares what this squawking mad-eyed moonbat idiot says about anything? Bachmann is an embarrassment to Minnesota and to America.

I'm glad she's not my rep. "Oh boohoo. My job is too tuff. And I can't read a children's book in 3 days, much less a bill!"

What in the world are you getting paid for Michelle?

I can't stand this lady!

House Republican should be embarrass by Bachmann. I don't know why people keep voting for her. This is the most ignorant woman in Washington.

What's the big deal about giving congress and the public a few months to analyze the bill?
If it's so urgent, why does it not take affect until after the next presidential election? I think anyone with the capacity to think for themselves can figure that out...

House Republicans are embarrassed by Bachmann. After debating health care for 40 years, let's debate for another 40 years so the proposed bill can received "due consideration". There can be no one more cynical, or mentally insane, than Michelle Bachmann who is the health insurance lobby's prostitute in Congress. No other country on the planet has a system so unfairly rigged in favor of insurance companies and against patients, than the U.S.

Instead, the Minnesota Republican suggested that a minimum of three months is a more appropriate time to consider the final version of health care reform legislation in the House.

THREE DAY IS MORE THEN ENOUGH. YOU REPUBICANS HAD 8 YEARS TO GET THIS RIGHT AND NOW YOU WANT THREE MORE MONTHS. ALLL THE GOP WANT IS TO MAKE SURE PRESIDENT OBAMA DON'T HAVE A BILL BY THIS YEAR BECASUE THREE MONTHS WILL GO INTO NEXT YEARS. ALL THE GOP IS THINKING ABOUT IS 2010 AND HOW TO KEEP THE PRESIDENT FROM DOING HIS JOB IN 2009.

Republicans should be embarrassed that she is requesting 90 days to read a bill. I'd be embarrassed to be getting paid to read bills if I couldn't do it in 3. No wonder these morons never get anything done!

More Republican rhetoric !
Michelle Bachman is just spouting so she can be noticed!
Let's take Healthcare away from all the senators and Congressmen/women and see how they like living with-out health-care. Can we get a vote on that?

it is very sad. congresswoman can't read. she may need to go back to elementry school and learn how to read. this woman is sick...

Thank you CNN, your attempt at high ratings by covering her does nothing but help the Democratic party.

Thank you so much.

90 days??? Thats another three months, sounds like a stall tactic to me. What she should have done was to use the 90 days she spent trashing the bill this summer, to actually read the bill.

DITTO! GOP just want more time to scare the other people they forget to scare.

This woman is an embarrassment to all women, just put her in the same nut case category with her buddy Palin. Every time she opens her mouth there is absolutely nothing of substance she has to say.

What's new? Democrats are an embarassment to America!

If there are Congressmen/women who cannot read this bill in three days, they need to resign and go back to school. WE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH.

All of the Repubs, especially Bachman should havbe their healthcare taken away from them. Maybe then after they have filed bankruptcy after being unable to pay medical bills they will realized how insane they are for stalling healthcare reform. I hope they can never afford the "Brain Surgery" they are in need of.

Why not make suggestions to make the bill better and offer something to the public rather than criticize?
I've always felt there was something good that came out of a two-party system. I'm not so sure now. all the politics that keeps things form getting done is way out of hand.

Halloween is not even here yet ,and this Bachman is riding on on a BROOM of SCARY, what is going on with this HAUNTED MIND.She is an embarrassment to the state of MINNESOTA , and must be IGNORED. Every time she OPENS that MOUTH of hers , IT IS SPOOKY. She is not to be SALVAGED, she has gone from WORSE to WORSER to the MOST WORSE.

Obama's health care plan sounds very familar to us Massachusetts residents. It's essentially what we already have here. Now if Obama could somehow make it so our system works better, it'd be a good thing. The thing I find funny about this is the Republicans accuse his plan of being too liberal. Funny thing is who proposed the Mass. health connector? It's a former Mass. governor that Republicans know all too well by now, his name was Mitt Romney. Talk about hippo-critical. lol

I'm confused, is 72 hours too short a period of time for a republican to do a little reading?

Well, why is this such a shock? She can't read so either she's got to find somebody to read it to her (maybe her kids) or she's just leraning to read herslef and she hopes she'll get it in 3 months. It just couldn't possibly be because she wants to DERAIL health care reform, could it?

Of course the "Health Reform" is really just political gamesmanship. What does anyone expect? Obama did not get the job because of his long list of accomplishments. He didn't get the job because of his novel solutions to all of America's problems. He didn't get the job because he did so well in the debates. He got the job because of political gamesmanship and that's what he does. His debates weren't against his opponent John McCain...they were against the previous administration. To understand what we got you need look no further than how he got there.

The embarassing thing about it is that the lobbyists have made sure that it involves a big payout to insurance companies and contains no real reform. Nice job, congress critters. Maybe we'll see actual reform when the entire system collapses in the next 20 years or so. Have a nice day!

90 days??? Thats another three months, sounds like a stall tactic to me. What she should have done was to use the 90 days she spent trashing the bill this summer, to actually read the bill.

She should not receive any health care until she gets the bill read.

a question please......just WHAT really are the GOP faithful afraid of?

With such limited numbers that conspiracy theorists occupy a good portion of what's left of the Republican base, it's a wonder why any self-respecting person would identify themselves as such.

Bachman is a newb.

If this bill is so bad and in danger of backfiring on the Dems, the rethugs should be shouting from the rooftops encouraging the Dems to pass it. If it passes and turns out to be the dog crazy bachmann and her nutty cronies claim it is, it would mean sure victories for the rethugs in 2010/12. Why would she discourage that?

Why do Democrats hate strong, independent, self-made, and opinionated women?

and GOP is embarrased by their whole party and platform

Michelle Bachmann: Another attractive, yet very creepy conservative that got elected on her looks alone.

When will the conservatives learn not to vote in people they think they can have a beer with, or wouldn't mind being seen with? Sheesh!

What are we paying her salary for if she is incapable of doing the job? Minnesota deserves better than Michelle.

There are approximately 50 to 200 words per page. That is, it really is about 200 pages of text spread out over 1000 pages. This is about a 4-5 hour read plus another 4-5 hours to think about parts, plus another 24 hours of research to understand what particular sentences actually mean.

I think 5 days is better than 72 hours.

Bachmann is right. Pelosi, and Reid, are fighting like heck to keep any bill they produce from being put up on the web for all to see for at least a couple of days. Why is that? Only reason I can think of is that don't want anyone to see it, comment on it, analyze it, before they try to push it through.

They know that this bill is garbage.
Why not start over and come up with something better that doesn't need to be "rammed" through congress.

Who knows "embarrassment" better than Bachmann?
It's hard to believe this woman respresents anything, except "dressed-up" insanity!!! WHEWWWWWW!!!

What did she say???
Why do we have to listen to this stupid, irrelevant, ignorant woman?
Is there room in the next flight to space for one more to Mars?

I would be highly surprised if Bachmann is even able to read the funny pages, let alone a piece of legislation. Even if she could read, she's too busy spewing verbal diarrhea to find time to read it.

The only thing more embarrassing than Michelle Bachman herself is the fact the CNN keeps "reporting" on this nut job, giving her a forum for every outlandish thing that she can think of.

Yes...you see that's the difference between LIBS and REPS. LIBS can't understand why REPS do what they do. REPS act like they understand why LIBS do what they do and spread it like gospel.

While you must assume that Democrats are embarrassed of the health care bill, most Americans are embarrassed of Republicans representing Americans. With good cause.

holy nutcase!

Bachmann – let me remind you of something. President Obama said the health care insurance reform bill wasn't about him way back when your fellow Rethuglican Senator, Jim Demented claimed it would be Obama's "Waterloo". Remember that? Obama said, "this isn't about me". This health care insurance reform bill is for all Americans to get better health care at a more affordable cost. Because you don't get it, doesn't mean there's something nefarious about the entire process. You are slow and a dimwit, we understand that. But this has gone on long enough and it's time to take a stand. I hope the Democrats do the right thing and pass this health care reform bill as soon as possible – with a public option, no less!!!

It is not like she has anything else to do, other than what most wingnuts do; trash the USA.

There is nothing a dem could do to embarrass themselves more than Bachmann embarrasses/disgraces the republican party every time she speaks.

The only thing wrong with the health care bill is that the republicans have made it do nothing. So yeah, it will be a bad bill, because the republicans stopped it from actually being a good bill. This way, when things in health care are even worse, the republicans can blame it on the democrats.

Thanks a lot republicans, destroy America. But that's OK, I have a good job, can't be fired, and make more than 95% of Americans. Yep, I'm a politician.

I am sure that Bachmann would like years to read it and no time to vote on it. It seems that most Republicans don't care about changing the system or helping people with medical insurance and health care issues. What have they done to advance the cause? Do they even recognize the need for changes in the system?

Has anyone ever listened the Bachmann speak? SHE is the embarrassment!

No, the republicans and their effort to not only "NOT" work against the President and this administration to get things done, but their video documented effort to work against this administration.

So how many more of Republicans are going to try to undermine healthcare reform and foreign policy? How many more Republicans are going to go overseas and tell our allies to not trust this administration and try to undermine the Presidents foreign policy?

The GOP has allowed the extreme right to take over and turn it into a sickening remnant of the party it once was. Hatred, vitriol, hypocrisy and downright anti-American behavior all wrapped up in the phony description of speaking out.

"Three days is an embarrassment," Bachmann said Tuesday at the Heritage Foundation [sic]

I don't know about you, but I could get through about 1000 pages in a week, give or take a day. So if it is going to take Bachmann three months, he should seriously consider having his IQ tested. Oh wait, that's the problem with the Republican party isn't it? They're all mentally deficient.

He's essentially wrapping himself in American Flag and declaring he's a patriot for standing up against something that America desperately needs. What a farce the GOP has become.

This is just more distortion from the Grand Obstructionist Party.

She couldn't read "The Cat in the Hat" in 72 hours.

No doubt they are embarrassed. Pelosi is embarrassment enough and her promise of draining the swamp is another fairly tale. Nothing has occurred on her watch but wasteful spending & incompetent leadership.

We thank the Almighty for not letting Bachman become a member of
the " gang of six ". She already is a different gang member of a suis generis variety and has the uncanny ability to utter all kinds of cockamamie. She is one fine heck of a venomous wench.

Dear lord, this woman should really get the microphone taken away from her once & for all....jeezus!

Three months might be unrealistic. Minimum of a week would be good though.

Considering all we've learned about how theTARP money was spent/wasted, can you imagine if the public had had a chance to read that one?

And how about making it standard procedure? Of course, cutting out the legal talk and putting it in plain English would be a requirement as well!

What is the problem? Most of these congress folks are attorneys, educated and should know how to read a bill. Further more they have staffers to assist in pulling out particular points of the bill to study. I am an RN and have read 500 pages in a day of clinical documentation. They have had MONTHS to work on the bill, but spend most of their time arguing just to win political points. The Blue Dog Dems are the worst, after that the RePugnants. The whining that these people in congress on how they cannot do their job is shameful. What a bunch of babies!

What is embarrassing is Michelle Bachmann.

Bachman is a total embarrassment we all know that all too well. How much is her heavy make up paid for by the insurance companies ?

Congresswoman Michelle Bachman is an embarrassment onto herself! She's one of the most craziest right wing nuts out there! She's a huge homophobe as well! Anyone who thinks gay americans are more a threat to the US than terrorism is off her rocker...and this woman has fallen off hers already! She should be investigated for mental illness and then removed from the Congress!

IMPEACH BACHMAN!!!!

a question please....................just WHAT are they afraid of???

Michelle Bachman is a complete psychopath.