Maxim Editor Compares 'Crazy' Bachmann to Hitler, Hussein, Bin Laden
Michele Bachmann has been all over the news lately because this week's Newsweek magazine cover features a sexist and unflattering photograph of the presidential candidate, sparking outrage and questions about bias against conservative women. But on last night's broadcast of The Joy Behar show on HLN, her guests took the attacks on Bachmann to a whole new level.
After a three-minute segment about the Newsweek controversy, in which all three guests mocked the Tea Party favorite and three term House member, Behar then focused the discussion on rapper Kanye West's recent comments comparing himself to Hitler.
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After airing the clip in which Kanye said 'I walk down the street, and people look at me like I`m (EXPLETIVE DELETED) insane, like I'm Hitler' Behar asked her panelists 'Why is it always Hitler?... Why not Osama Bin Laden? Why not Saddam Hussein?' Panelist Joe Levy, the editor-in-chief of Maxim magazine chimed in with 'Why not Michele Bachmann? Why not 'People look at me like I`ve got crazy eyes, like I'm Michele Bachmann'?'
No refutation from the panelists. Only laughter.
Earlier in the broadcast, Levy and fellow guests, comedienne Judy Gold and celebrity publicist Howard Bragman, made fun of Bachmann calling her eyes and her statements 'crazy.' Gold even suggested that Newsweek called Bachmann the 'Queen of Rage' because 'she hasn`t been laid since she got married,' a veiled reference to the rumors that Bachmann's husband Marcus, a doctor, is gay. Rather than ignore the tired joke, Behar indulged Gold:
BEHAR: Well, you know, we don`t - we don`t really know the truth of that, so -
GOLD: I do.
BEHAR: How do you know?
GOLD: I`m gay and I just know. If you think I get it -
BEHAR: You have gaydar from her husband?
GOLD: I have gaydar, let me tell you something. That is the face of someone praying the gay away. That is what they look like for praying the gay away.
But the panelists weren't finished bashing Bachmann. Behar admitted she thought the picture 'creepy' and then asked her panel, '… do you think they're trying to deliberately make her look crazy?' Levy agreed that Newsweek's choice of photo was deliberate, but added 'Or they could just go with publishing some of her statements, which would also make her look crazy.'
What's more, after Behar asked if the crazy eyes were a 'genetic defect,' Bragman compared the photo to scenes from a famous movie about… aliens. 'Look towards the light. It looks like Close Encounters to me… it really did,' Bragman said.
But Levy was quick to dismiss any outrage from those who might be offended by Bachmann's photo, namely her supporters. 'Oh look, I mean this - this whole thing with Bachmann is upsetting people whose idea of a quiet Sunday afternoon is drawing a Hitler mustache on the picture of Obama,' he said.
Behar's response? 'Right. Right.'
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I guess this means that they
Submitted by rbosque on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 2:00pm.
I guess this means that they love Bachmann since the left loves Hitler, Hussein and Bin Laden
These IDIOTS...
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 10:27am.
are so busy Kissing King Barry's Butt........ that they can't see how incredibly STUPID and BIASED they have become.
Yes, Mr. West, and you earned it
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 2:18pm.
Act alike and ass, and people will perceive you to be an ass.
Kanye
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 2:25pm.
is a gay fish. NSFW
According to South Park, yes!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 11:23pm.
Maxim? Isnt that Playboy for those who dont like nude pics? Yeah, that makes sense-gee, now I can read their crappy liberal articles without feeling guilty! And Joyless Blowhard-really?
Much nicer picture of Bachmann.
Submitted by MightyMouth on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 2:31pm.
Of course the Maxim Editor is a total moron and a 'victim' of Godwins law!
I thought Maxim was a feminine hygiene product - a douche bag.
Submitted by daveposh on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 2:36pm.
I thought Maxim was a feminine hygiene product - a douche bag.
Noone bothered to ask the
Submitted by ant on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 2:39pm.
Noone bothered to ask the editor of Maxim magazine if they print only the worst pictures they can find, or do they make an effort to present their pictorials in a most pleasing light, like a normal person would.
A talk show host, a
Submitted by Edhenry on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 2:45pm.
A talk show host, a comedienne and a publicist...
You all fill in the rest
This particular talk show host, comedienne, and publicist---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 4:12pm.
walk into a bar, and are assaulted.
Not because they are in the WRONG part of town, but because THEY are in the wrong part of town.
MD
crazy
Submitted by grammajane on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 3:12pm.
So the craziest, uneducated and arrogant panel are accusing Bachman as being crazy? Maybe they should listen/watch themselves and decide who is really crazy and in the case of Joy, who is uglier. She calls herself a host and comic. Neither of which are anywhere near the truth.
If I had..
Submitted by GeneralAl on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 3:36pm.
If I had dog with a face that resembled Behar's, I shave his butt, paint a face on it, and walk the dog backwards!
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
R - E - S - P - E - C - T
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 3:22pm.
Maxim - Now there is a magazine that respects women!
/sarcasm off
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Example #234,984 of complete and utter liberal hypocrisy
Submitted by lesterwink23 on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 3:35pm.
For a group of people who are usually such champions for gay rights, these morons on the left sure do seem to enjoy trotting out this completely ludicrous notion about Bachmann's husband. So much for all that talk about the dangers of anti-gay bullying and lack of tolerance that we were all subjected to after the Rutgers student suicide last year. I'm sure they would be doing the exact same thing if she was a Democrat.
The stuff about Bachmann being as crazy as Hitler and the rest doesn't even deserve a response.
Consider the Source--their Opinion on Anyone is Worthless..
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 3:37pm.
unless you are a liberal!
I always compare Marxist Democrats to
Submitted by Bodini on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 4:37pm.
I always compare Marxist Democrats to Hitler, Stalin, Chairman Mao, Idi Amin, and other mass murderers because of their propensity to snuff out life in the name of population/abortion/birth control.
We are the ones we've been waiting for
Submitted by b-dob on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 5:37pm.
These are the intellectual elites? These are the adults in the room? These are the people who are going to save the country? No, these are the childish buffoons who vote for Obama with their noses in the air, but couldn't bring a single cogent fact or idea to the table in actual debate. Yes, this is how we know we're winning...
disenfranchisement
Submitted by ctophfranko on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 5:49pm.
Can we please not allow people who look to softcore porn rags for their political bearings vote? I mean really Maxim? I'd take this as a compliment if I were Bachmann. Oh somebody who edits Maxim thinks I'm Hitler? Thank you?
I think the answer is yes
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 9:35pm.
Softcore, hardcore...it doesn't matter to Democrats. Isn't Larry Flynt their Minister of Propaganda & Women's Empowerment?
Liberals engaged in collabortative fable.
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 5:59pm.
I don't know Bachmann's specifics except that he owns a Christian counseling agency that spans two sites and a couple dozen employees. Their counseling covers the standard gamut: addiction, depression, marriage, you name it. And has been said many times before, they offer "reparative" therapy to gays if requested.
So libs have turned this semi-rare case that defies their worldview, into some characteristic of Bachmann. First of all they have to wonder what is his problem that he thinks different, and probably from a Christian perspective, into the fight that they have with the "ex-gay" counseling centers, and then once they've allowed Bachmann, who has done 2 or 3 cases in his entire career, for somebody who has a mission in this area, then they can focus on the "obsession". And from there they convince themselves that if he's that obsessed about turning men straight, that he's probably dealing with some inner demons. And voila, he's gay.
Of course this is nothing that new. For years, the liberals have suggested that anybody who has a problem with homosexuality is a closeted gay who fears their own sexuality or punishment from God.
As for his "face", is there a "gay look" or isn't there? Am I supposed to judge somebody's sexuality by how they look or shouldn't I? In standard lib fashion, it appears that it's reserved for gays like Gold to make judgments on appearances.
I'm not going to say he looks beyond question, but as far as I can see, he's an aging, overweight Nordic, and he looks like an aging, overweight Nordic.
no logic needed in libtard universe
Submitted by neutron on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 7:16pm.
The 14% of America that read Maxime, NewsWeak, the NYCrimes, etc and watches No View, LSM "news" are also the 14% that KNOW without a doubt that BushHitler and CountDracCheney engineered the 9/11 attacks on America.
So, to collect money from these rabid libtards, they publish feces like what just splashed on the pages for the libtards to eat up. (and conservatives to complain about so that they get more "traffic.")
"Ignore them and starve the jerks" -- (paraphrased) Ann Coulter
Given that it is still a long way to November 2012, I expect a steady escalation of the vitriol to where in October 2012, Bachmann, Palin, Perry, well, anyone who is not a flaming libtard Dimocrite, will be blasted as having already killed 6Million minorities and gays, already revoked the citizenship of all legal immigrants since 1960, and has tried to disenfranchise all (D) registered voters. Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! will be the sung refrain.
Hyperbole, "Democrap" is your middle name.
Skanky, Skanky, Skanky = Behar!
Submitted by billwhit1357 on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 5:11am.
What does someone expect to come out of this Skanks, Behars, show? Intelligence? Please! Only the Mentally Challenged would watch Behar or anyone on her idiotic show!
At the Zoo with Donkey-Face Behar & Obese Lesbian Skank
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 6:38am.
Joy Behar? I wouldn't piss on here if she was on fire. Fat, mouthy, imbecilic.
Judy Gold is a comedian? Really? She's not funny except to look at and imagine her going down on Rosie O'Donnell.
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Sheer Volume
Submitted by PaleHorse on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 7:04am.
It's funny that the Newsbusters cry sexism as soon as anyone they perceive to be on the left mocks a woman [e.g Bill Maher], but any time there's a post about "liberal" women the Newsbusters immediately head for the sand box. The hypocrisy is astounding. So it's sexism when someone makes fun of Bachmann, but it's fair game when you make immature comments about Joy Behar or Meghan McCain? You have to love that logic.
The fact, PaleHorse, that you make no---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 9:41pm.
distinction between insulting conservative women as a matter of course action and the attendant return insults then made at the liberal pigs who fired the first shot, leaves you zero credibility when it comes to making a charge of hypocrisy.
Heading for the sand box?
No.
It is properly termed 'returning fire'.
Putz.
MD
And it's sad that you still
Submitted by NC Cop on Fri, 08/12/2011 - 9:46pm.
And it's sad that you still don't get it. And probably never will.