All statements involving Michele Bachmann
"Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimer's" were it not for "overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators."
Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor."
"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."
Says Newt Gingrich "made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who were in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."
"After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true."
Says Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, "put into place socialized medicine."
In 1993, Newt Gingrich "first advocated for the individual mandate in health care. And as recently as May of this year, he was still advocating" for it.
Says Newt Gingrich "has said that we should make the 11 million illegal workers that are in this country legal."
Says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "if he has a nuclear weapon he will use it to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. He will use it against the United States of America."
Says Apple CEO Steve Jobs told President Obama that the company moved factories to China because it needed 30,000 engineers.
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."
"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."
President Obama’s uncle and aunt "are illegal aliens ... who've been allowed to stay in this country."
"Obamacare is so flat-out unpopular, that even the Obama administration chose to reject part of Obamacare last Friday, when they tried to throw out the CLASS Act, which is the long-term care function."
"We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic."
"When we got the income tax in 1913, the top rate was 7 percent. By 1980, the top rate was 70 percent."
Says Rick Perry increased spending in Texas by more than 50 percent.
Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president.
"These 15 political appointees (on the IPAB) will make all the major health care decisions for over 300 million Americans."
"Our government right now. . . (is) spending 40 percent more than what we take in."
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