Bachmann walks back from her "light brigade" charge

By Hart Van Denburg Thu., Dec. 17 2009 at 7:30 AM

Categories: Michele Bachmann

We told you the other day that Michele Bachmann, evidently in ignorance, invoked one of the biggest military blunders in history while whipping teabaggers to a froth the other day in Washington, D.C.

"It's the charge of the light brigade!" she shouted, as her followers roared in approval.

Oh no, she didn't say that, did she?

"The Charge Of The Light Brigade" was a poem written by Lord Tennyson to commemorate a moment in the 1854 Crimean War, when British officers misdirected more than 600 troops into an area known as the Valley of Death to face 25,000 Russians. There were hundreds of casualties, the British officers were disgraced, and the Russians won the day.

MinnPost's Washington correspondent caught up with Bachmann later to ask her why she chose her words at the rally.

"Oh, what did I say this time?" she replied. "I hope that your historical analysis is not true and reflective of today's events."

Maybe she should stick to "lovable little fuzz ball" next time.

Here's the "light brigade" video:

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You referenced "teabaggers", but I think they are properly referred to as the tea party or tea partiers. Tea-bagging refers to something altogether different..so I'm told.
Uh, actually, the British won the Battle of Balaclava, despite the disastrous charge. The poor bloody infantry and the Heavy Brigade carried the day.
"From the hate responses here, she might get herself into serious trouble from hate mongers" Stop using "hate" to mean "disagreement"...it makes you sound like an idiot. Making fun of someone's misplaced values and ignorance of adolescent parlance does not "hate" make.
MinnesotaGuy says: "What ever happened to Minnesota Nice?" What exactly is "Minnesota Nice" about Michele Bachmann. The only people she wants to help for Christmas is the fat cat health insurance companies. She doesn't give a damn about the millions of Americans who've had to take it in the shorts by them over the years.
Let's see. The "Charge of the Light Brigade" was a small group, led by incompetents with bad information, and they were told "it's not theirs to wonder why" (i.e., don't ask questions)... Nope, sounds like she nailed it with this analogy!
Now, teabagger, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the teabaggers that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
And just because the african-american community has a few people who use the "N" word doesn't make it right for others to use it. You should tell your mother what the other meaning is for her safety. From the hate responses here, she might get herself into serious trouble from hate mongers.
wasn't the name "teabaggers" self-applied? Just because they found out after the fact that it meant something else doesn't mean that its somehow exclusively a leftist pejorative used to denigrate them now. Hell, my mom still calls herself a teabagger and has no idea the about the balls-in-mouth connotation.
What ever happened to Minnesota Nice? Is it not the Christmas / Holiday season? Why are you both filled with so much hate? As soon as someone has a different thought than your group think then you want to attack them? How pitiful.
If they don't want to be called Teabaggers I would suggest they stop teabagging. Seems pretty simple to me.
I think it's fair to say that the only people that don't call these twits "teabaggers" are themselves and Fox News.
Why must you use the aweful language "TeaBaggers"? It is very offensive and shows your ignorance, intolerance, stupidity and hatred. Hart Van Denburg must be one big bigot?
That's a Wikpedia image you used, "evidently in ignorance" of how Creative Commons works. The link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade.jpg