Michele Bachmann gets no laughs from Jay Leno

[irishpatrick]

*After Bachmann came on stage to Walking on Sunshine, Leno dispensed with chit-chat and quickly asked Bachmann about her attacks on Texas governor Rick Perry’s support for the HPV vaccine. “Is that bad? it’s a vaccine to prevent to prevent cervical cancer,” asked Leno.

“Well I think so,” replied Bachmann. “The concern is that there are potentially side effects that can come with something like that. But it gives a false sense of assurance to a young woman when she has that, that if she’s sexually active that she doesn’t have to worry about sexually transmitted diseases.”*

guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2011/sep/17/michele-bachmann-jay-leno-tonight

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I fear that if Bachman represents the best (or even close) that the GOP has, Obama will easily be re-elected.

She was duped into thinking the questions would be softball ones like the left always get, yet despite that, she should have been ready with real answers to real questions. She failed miserably and it just makes the GOP field look all the weaker. IMO

I have no idea why a GOP candidate would want to go on a leftie’s late night show with such a small audience—there is NO upside. If she did well, the media would say nothing and only a few million would see it anyway. If she does poorly (as she did), then it gets sent across the net by the media and many, many millions find out about it–huge mistake.

 

[Ahimsa]

Jay Leno is pretty middle-of-the-road. Hardly a “leftie”.

 

[Whitacre_Girl]

She should have known better than to go on one of those shows. They are nothing but a den of vipers.

 

[SamH]

So HPV and cancer are supposed to be funny?

Maybe she should have worn sunglasses and played the sax (badly).

 

[irishpatrick]

Jay Leno is pretty middle-of-the-road. Hardly a “leftie”.

I used to think that Leno was a middle of the road guy, but his deceitful assault on Bachman reveals his left leanings. During the pre-sho prep Bachman was given a completely different series of questions she’d be asked…Leno (on his own) changed that. I believe Leno is just another Hollywood liberal.

 

[irishpatrick]

She should have known better than to go on one of those shows. They are nothing but a den of vipers.

I agree—there really is not upside for a person on the right to go on such shows.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

She should have known better than to go on one of those shows.

If she should have known better regarding Jay Leno’s show, what does that say about her knowing any better when it comes to dealing with important matters?

 

[irishpatrick]

If she should have known better regarding Jay Leno’s show, what does that say about her knowing any better when it comes to dealing with important matters?

I agree, and exactly correct. A person who cannot judge that there is no upside by doing a certain thing, then that shows they do not have particularly good judgement. As I am sure you know, I want to see Obama lose next year, but there is little chance of that if Republicans make such poor decisions. I could understand going on Leno’s show or any other liberal show, if the candidate is desperate for exposure (hmmm, with that thought, maybe she is).

 

[agnes_therese]

I used to think that Leno was a middle of the road guy, but his deceitful assault on Bachman reveals his left leanings. During the pre-sho prep Bachman was given a completely different series of questions she’d be asked…Leno (on his own) changed that. I believe Leno is just another Hollywood liberal.

Source? There’s nothing about different questions in the article cited.

 

[irishpatrick]

Source? There’s nothing about different questions in the article cited.

It was reported on the news this morning—I think it was ABC News broadcast on AM Radio.

 

[Jim_Dandy]

I believe Leno is just another Hollywood liberal.

Yep. Leno is just another Hollywood anti-Catholic liberal. And Bachmann is not presidential material. (But neither is Obama.)

 

[irishpatrick]

Yep. Leno is just another Hollywood anti-Catholic liberal. And Bachmann is not presidential material. (But neither is Obama.)

It looks like you are correct on both major points.

 

[Rascalking]

Leno is still reeling from the Conan/Tonight show debacle that happened last year. He lost all his “Hollywood Cred” by appearing to seem too corporate during that incident. The best way to gain back professional respect in Hollywood? Bash a conservative.

Leno is no fool. He knows how to play the game.

I say that as a hardcore conservative whose late night alleginace goes to :: gasp :: Bill Maher.

 

[_Abyssinia]

Rick Perry has admitted the HPV vaccine mandate (with an opt out) was a mistake, what more can he do.

 

[Charlotte408]

Michele Bachmann gets no laughs from Jay Leno

That’s alright Jay hasn’t gotten any laughs from me in a long time. :ehh:

except at the expense of his chin that is

 

[Wolseley]

Bachmann, IMHO, is not presidential material, nor do I think that she’ll get the nomination, so I wouldn’t start putting creases in your Obama Youth uniforms just yet.

As for the other, Jay who?

 

[irishpatrick]

Bachmann, IMHO, is not presidential material, nor do I think that she’ll get the nomination, so I wouldn’t start putting creases in your Obama Youth uniforms just yet.

As for the other, Jay who?

I agree, she showed herself as not being Presidential material. However, it is not like the GOP has a ton of great candidates. Romney is burdened with a lot and so is Perry. No clear cut good candidate in this race. So far.

 

[Rence]

I used to think that Leno was a middle of the road guy, but his deceitful assault on Bachman reveals his left leanings. During the pre-sho prep Bachman was given a completely different series of questions she’d be asked…Leno (on his own) changed that. I believe Leno is just another Hollywood liberal.

If Bachman stood by what she said at the last CNN tea party/republican debate, it would/should not matter if Leno asked about her views on his show. Nothing on the show should have revealed anything different. Bachman has been speaking out about Perry and the HPV vaccine publicly for some time. The Leno show shouldn’t have revealed anything different unless Bachman changes her mind, which she hasn’t. So I can’t understand how people are coming down on Leno about it. Her claims are her claims, it doesn’t matter whose show she’s on.

 

[OrdinaryMelkite]

If Bachman stood by what she said at the last CNN tea party/republican debate, it would/should not matter if Leno asked about her views on his show. Nothing on the show should have revealed anything different. Bachman has been speaking out about Perry and the HPV vaccine publicly for some time. The Leno show shouldn’t have revealed anything different unless Bachman changes her mind, which she hasn’t. So I can’t understand how people are coming down on Leno about it. Her claims are her claims, it doesn’t matter whose show she’s on.

Read the rest of the thread, please. Apparently Bachmann did not think that she was going to get asked those questions in the pre-show prep. Leno is most certainly a liberal, and he showed that he was “out to get her” during the interview. It was classic “gotcha”-type questions. People are criticizing (rightfully) him and also criticizing (rightfully) her-----she should have known better than to go on to Leno’s show.

 

[Rence]

Read the rest of the thread, please. Apparently Bachmann did not think that she was going to get asked those questions in the pre-show prep. Leno is most certainly a liberal, and he showed that he was “out to get her” during the interview. It was classic “gotcha”-type questions. People are criticizing (rightfully) him and also criticizing (rightfully) her-----she should have known better than to go on to Leno’s show.

Yeah I did read the thread. While Leno was apparently supposed to ask her other questions, again, the same questions about the vaccine drama shouldn’t have made a difference.