Bachmann: Dems Are Sabotaging Me Because I Might Become President

geofu54

September 4, 2009 1:52 PM

It's not funny at all anymore. Seriously.

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lousgirl84

September 4, 2009 2:14 PM in reply to geofu54

Maybe it isn't but I laughed out loud when I read the headline.

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Docb

September 4, 2009 3:52 PM in reply to lousgirl84

Excellent ticket--bachman and palin--crawdads in a barrel --trying to get to the top of the ticket! Limpbow by women...LOL!

She is believing her own thoughts like palin believed her press!

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henk

September 4, 2009 3:57 PM in reply to geofu54

Being from Minnesota and working with quite a few of her constituents my initial reaction to Michelle's zaniness was not very positive. We had to deal with her before she made the National stage, but now the nuttier she gets the more I like it. I think that she's loosing people. All she really has left is her wingnut base. They are a lot smaller group then the media would have you believe.

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geofu54

September 4, 2009 7:38 PM in reply to henk

I know what you are saying. And no, I am not worried about her chances regarding presidency, that just won't happen. I guess I've just had enough -- I'm just so sick and tired of all the nutjob nonsense those wingnuts keep spouting day in day out about critical issues. I dare say, all opinions are not equal -- all those pieces of wingnuts crap do not deserve equal attention, equal airtime. Quite frankly, Bachmann should be flat-out ignored by the media. And yet she keeps getting what she doesn't deserve AND in some way or other derails debates of important issues (no real, serious policy discussion/analysis/reporting in the media). And god you can see that attention whore LOVES that. My expectation about the MSM was already set so low, I though it couldn't get lower. Still, it sickens me.

Sorry for ranting.

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JNagarya

September 5, 2009 8:45 PM in reply to geofu54

I'm more sick and tired with the media giving this lunacy exposure than I am of it being spouted in the first instance.

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Hussein Stemper

September 4, 2009 1:54 PM

Michele -- God wants you to run! I heard Him myself! Trust me! Get a Q Tip to clean out your ear and you'll hear it yourself!

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CT Voter

September 4, 2009 1:56 PM in reply to Hussein Stemper

I heard him urge her on, as well.

Run, run, run, baby!

And here's a hint about appearing on television: don't ever ever blink during an interview. Blinking makes you look like a Democrat.

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saguaro

September 4, 2009 2:13 PM in reply to CT Voter

@hussein: I heard it too, that too when not having had daily dose of Vodka and TPM.

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TheraP

September 4, 2009 3:16 PM in reply to CT Voter

My first thought as well!

Yes, Michelle.... listen real hard for that still small voice.

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jeffgee

September 4, 2009 2:23 PM in reply to Hussein Stemper

Stick it in real deep until you hear a POP!

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JNagarya

September 5, 2009 8:48 PM in reply to Hussein Stemper

Not so!

"God" talks to me. And "He" just told me just minutes ago that he DOESN'T talk to that loon.

("He" didn't answer my question as to why "God" only talks to people in the Middle East, and in the southern US.)

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Obama1st

September 4, 2009 2:07 PM

Michelle...God says you are my future and savior, you must in 2012 and every year after that run for President until you win!

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BluGrass

September 4, 2009 2:12 PM

I speak for every Democrat in the country: We really, really, truly want Michele Bachmann to be the GOP Presidential nominee. You have no idea how much we want that. Unless Sarah Palin wants to be the nominee, in which case we'd be in favor of co-Nominees. And we really want David Vitter and Mark Sanford to be in that ticket too, just to show how balanced we are!

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TaraV

September 4, 2009 2:25 PM in reply to BluGrass

Speak for yourself. I, for one, am tired of the crazies. I long for real debate and legitmate oppisition. I'm sick to death of watching the country tear itself apart over these insane wingers and their destroy Obama at any cost routine. It's not good for the country. Join the debate, present your conservative solutions to our joint problems. Quit making sh*t up and fanning the flames.

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BluGrass

September 4, 2009 2:34 PM in reply to TaraV

Hey, ouch, I'm on your side! But if you're actually anticipating a reasoned, principled discourse with the Republican Party of 2009, then I think you're waiting in vain. Democrats have made proposal after proposal, and all they've been met with is either vile ad hominem attacks or hypocritical distortions.

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prouddem

September 4, 2009 3:29 PM in reply to BluGrass

Once again, to paraphrase Sgt. Hulka, "lighten up TaraV".

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markg8

September 4, 2009 2:34 PM in reply to BluGrass

I think they all ought to run. And to decide the nomination I think they should have a nationally televised mud wrestling event.

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BigBadBama

September 4, 2009 2:59 PM in reply to markg8

No. A knife fight. Definitely a knife fight.

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Mr.E.

September 4, 2009 3:38 PM in reply to markg8

They should all run, then they should all lock themselves in somewhere, with all the delegates and agree to pray to God to provide them with their next leader, AND agree not to come out until they reach consensus.

That way, they'll either go the way of the Donner Party, or they'll actually listen to what God has to say, and we still win, 'cuz I'm pretty sure Jesus would be a progressive Democrat. You know, care for the poor, the elderly, the sick, renounce wealth, do unto others, stuff like that.

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gharlane

September 6, 2009 1:57 AM in reply to Mr.E.

That's actually brilliant, although of course there's no chance it would play out that way.

But it does give one a droll vision of the Republican primary rhetoric of, oh, late 2011:

MB: God told me to run!

SP: No, God told me to run!

MS: No, Gold told me to run! In a prayer meeting at the C Street House!

And so it would go. After the first round, it gets more interesting.

What would happen after the primaries are over would be anyone's guess.

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ADad

September 4, 2009 2:35 PM in reply to BluGrass

It would be cool if Bachmann and Palin mud-wrestled for the GOP nomination.

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BluGrass

September 4, 2009 2:44 PM in reply to ADad

Don't be sexist!
Throw Newt Gingrich and Tom DeLay in there to wrestle for a position too.

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ljdramone

September 4, 2009 3:40 PM in reply to BluGrass

Okay, here's the deal.

Bachmann, Palin, Delay, and Gingrich. Nominee to be decided by a fight to the finish in a mud pit. Allowable weapons are knives and motorcycle chains.

Four Candidates Enter -- One Candidate Leaves!

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dustbunny44

September 4, 2009 3:53 PM in reply to BluGrass

That's the bumper sticker:
Palin Bachmann in 2012
Thinking is hard to do right.

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Hank Scorpio

September 4, 2009 4:22 PM in reply to dustbunny44

Or:
"Palin/Bachmann 2012 - 2 Airheads Are Better Than 1!"

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Schmed

September 4, 2009 4:32 PM in reply to Hank Scorpio

You're misunderestimating them. Both of them may have overestimated their general appeal, but I really doubt that either of them is really stupid. Cunning, conniving, and vicious, and self centered perhaps, but not stupid.

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JNagarya

September 5, 2009 8:54 PM in reply to Schmed

One can always tell when a Republican't has national ambitions: s/he drops "Crazy" acid then talks to the media.

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ADad

September 5, 2009 12:21 AM in reply to BluGrass

Excellent idea. Bachmann and Palin tag-team against Gingrich and DeLay. To be fair, everyone has to wear a thong,

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Indie Tarheel

September 5, 2009 11:05 PM in reply to ADad

God will get you for that.

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NuttyProf

September 4, 2009 3:32 PM in reply to BluGrass

If she runs and wins (the Christian/wing nut faction is very highly motivated in terms of GOTV) I will blame every single one of you!

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JNagarya

September 5, 2009 8:51 PM in reply to BluGrass

Palin/Bachman 2012!

Bachman/Palin 2012!

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lousgirl84

September 4, 2009 2:16 PM

This might be a bit off point here, but where are the "normal" republicans? Why isn't anyone out there willing to come forward and denounce all this craziness?

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TaraV

September 4, 2009 2:21 PM in reply to lousgirl84

Not off topic at all. I've wondered the same thing. Of course, the list of non-crazies is growing shorter and shorter every day.

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Karl the Marxist

September 4, 2009 2:26 PM in reply to TaraV

Now, now, Mr. Miller keeps assuring us that these guys are just a fringe.

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Alex39

September 4, 2009 2:22 PM in reply to lousgirl84

Hee hee. LMAO.

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BluGrass

September 4, 2009 2:22 PM in reply to lousgirl84

Starting with Nixon's "southern strategy," the party decided to pander to the lunatic, racist, least educated fringe of the voters, and to sacrifice the 'moderate' votes of the north-east. It's been a straight-line descent into gutter mobs since then. No more Chaffee's. No more Rockefellers. Now it's 'Rule By Bubba'.

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midnight rambler

September 4, 2009 2:30 PM in reply to lousgirl84

It's not just that they went away, but they converted as well. A lot of the conservatives currently in the Senate have always been conservative, but 10 or 15 years ago only a few (like Jesse Helms) would have actively promoted freeper-type blatant lies like the death panel stuff. Plus they didn't filibuster every piece of legislation. Now we've got people like Grassley, who used to be a "mainstream conservative", pulling that crap.

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mikedrevguy

September 4, 2009 3:46 PM in reply to lousgirl84

there are a few (granted they've been Gonzoles and Ridge) who've tried to swim to the less crazed/foaming - but then the Sith Lord does the Jedi mind-trick and plays puppet master - and reels them back into the fold.

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Frankly_my_dear

September 4, 2009 4:36 PM in reply to lousgirl84

This might be a bit off point here, but where are the "normal" republicans? Why isn't anyone out there willing to come forward and denounce all this craziness?

There are no more "normal" Republicans. Most of the moderate, sane Republicans left the party in 2006, the rest in 2008. "Normal" Republicans are now known as "Blue Dog Democrats" (at least that what they call themselves; I call them "Vichy Democrats").

Basically the Republican Party no longer has a right-wing fringe. The Republican Party is all right-wing fringe. No one who is both sane and has any shred of self-respect is willing to self-identify as a Republican at this point.

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JNagarya

September 5, 2009 9:01 PM in reply to Frankly_my_dear

There are a few sane Republican's in the party: the two from Maine.

But I wonder how much longer they can hold themselves out as being Republicans.

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Schmed

September 4, 2009 4:39 PM in reply to lousgirl84

What does the smart parent do when his/her toddler is having an epic meltdown tantrum? She/he steps back slightly out of sight, lets them flail about, and burn themselves out. Then when the kid's a whimpering, sobbering, exhausted little lump all curled up in a ball, the smart parent calmly walks back onto the scene, takes Junior by the hand and whisper gently, "c'mon darling, time to go home." The tot is now amazingly compliant and obedient.

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cwnidog

September 4, 2009 5:36 PM in reply to lousgirl84

This might be a bit off point here, but where are the "normal" republicans? Why isn't anyone out there willing to come forward and denounce all this craziness?

Why, you'll find a "normal" Republican denouncing the whackjobs behind every Dodo on Mauritius.

Actually, I think they're totally cowed by the right-wing crazies. Unfortunately, I believe the same is true for many Democrats, which is why the Republicans still set the agenda.

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markg8

September 4, 2009 8:09 PM in reply to lousgirl84

Name one.

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JNagarya

September 5, 2009 8:57 PM in reply to lousgirl84

Because they fear being accurately seen for what they are: willing associates of asylum escapees who are concerned with gaining power by any means possible.

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erichayes

September 4, 2009 2:16 PM

Statements such as this are precisely why I got one of those spill protector thingies for my keyboard.

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The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

September 4, 2009 2:17 PM

Sounds familiar. Kind of like Obama stating the "odds of him getting elected are lower than for "conventional" candidates. http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/obama_i_have_less_chance_of_ge.php or
"New York. Gov. David Paterson infuriated Team Obama Friday by suggesting on a radio show that the president would be the next "victim" of a racially biased news media" http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/08/24/team-obama-furious-gov-paterson-saying-obamas-next-victim-list-racist-me

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CT Voter

September 4, 2009 2:22 PM in reply to The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

Totally. The similarity between Michele Bachmann and Barack Obama is so great that it's stunning no one has ever pointed it out. Until you. Congratulations.

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The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

September 4, 2009 2:34 PM in reply to CT Voter

Thanks for the condescension CT Voter. You wear it well. The comparison was on the idea of "others", the other party, the other candidate, affecting whether one gets elected or not. Michele Bachman is not the only politician to express this.

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CT Voter

September 4, 2009 2:39 PM in reply to The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

You're welcome.

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Stiggs

September 4, 2009 3:02 PM in reply to The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

I think the issue here is that you are equating a widely accepted and broadly focused statement (the idea presented in his statement was a fairly strong piece of Clinton's campaign) with Bachmann's loony and paranoid statement.

Democrats don't want her to become president because they want the first female president to be one of their own? How about democrats don't want her to become president because she's a republican. Or because she's bat shit crazy.

Her statement would rank better on the laugh test if it weren't so ironic. She's a member of a party which is dominated by old white males and with a strong history of bigotry but it's those misogynistic dems that are blocking her because she's a woman. Right.

And whoever suggested that the other candidate wouldn't affect the outcome of an election? That's kind of like saying the other boxer has no influence on the outcome of the fight.

You're weird.

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The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

September 4, 2009 5:34 PM in reply to Stiggs

OOOh, I liked your response because you bring up an interesting point. You say she thinks "Democrats don't want her to become president because they want the first female president to be one of their own? How about democrats don't want her to become president because she's a republican. Or because she's bat shit crazy." I will accept that if you will accept "The reason that Republicans didn't want Obama to become president wasn't because Obama was bi-racial. How about Republicans didn't want Obama because he's a democrat. Or because they don't like his politics."

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Stiggs

September 4, 2009 6:28 PM in reply to The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

I would accept that if the arguments being made against Obama pertained to him being a democrat or things that were real. The fact that so many of Obama's critics cling to claims which are demonstrably false (he's a secret muslim, he hates white people, he isn't really an american, he wants to kill old people, he's going to take away everybody's guns, he's trying to indoctrinate our children with a socialist agenda, etc.) is indicative of a willful ignorance on the part of those repeating these charges.

The claims stink of sour grapes and beg the question - what is the source of this dislike and mistrust which can't be openly discussed? To overlook the racism issue would be self-delusional but to stop there would also be foolish.

I think a significant factor is the right's disillusionment with the GOP. The Bush years did a lot to drive people away from the republican party, however years of vilifying the left prevents many of those people from embracing democrats. In order to deal with the cognitive dissonance of not voting for the party which has proven to be the better steward of our country, they create fantasy scenarios to justify their choices.

A strongly supportive piece of evidence for this theory is how the birther / tenther / tea party movements built on the foundations laid by the 9/11 truth movement. People who believe that Bush and company killed 3,000 americans in order to consolidate power needed reasons to not vote for Obama and the far-fetched conspiratorial theories abounded.

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Linda in Maryland

September 4, 2009 3:06 PM in reply to The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

Well the problem with your response is that you sound as if Michelle is sane and making a comment in the same context as President Obama. While I care about the mentally ill, I really don't want anyone this far gone anywhere near my representative government, in any capacity. That is the difference I see between this woman and Obama-insane and dumb versus sane and intelligent.

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CT Voter

September 4, 2009 3:19 PM in reply to The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

And I stand by my snotty and sarcastic response. You did a poor job of explaining why Obama, making a comment that voters might prefer a more "conventional" candidate, is similar to Michelle Bachmann talking about how Democrats are doing everything they can to prevent her from running for president. Where is the similarity? Obama was referring to himself as the "other". As an African American candidate named Barack Hussein Obama, that seems like a pretty good description. Michelle Bachman was making an absurd statement detached from reality about how the opposition political party is trying to sabotage her.

What's the similarity here?

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Overreach THIS!

September 5, 2009 4:51 AM in reply to The Reluctant Conspiracy Theorist

Oh, you!

It's LOOOOOOPY Time, boys and girls!

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jeffgee

September 4, 2009 2:22 PM

We're all scared. Bachmann being elected President would be a sure sign that our country has completely lost its collective mind.

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Apphouse50

September 4, 2009 2:48 PM in reply to jeffgee

They must be laughing their asses off at us in Europe, Asia, South America, and the galaxy.

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Schmed

September 4, 2009 4:43 PM in reply to Apphouse50

No, they aren't. They all understand that every toolbox has a few loose screws.

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prouddem

September 4, 2009 3:32 PM in reply to jeffgee

Take a breath Jeff Gee.

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Nowukkers

September 4, 2009 2:25 PM

God told me that Michele should run with Sarah Palin as a running mate, or was it Michael Palin, or was it Sarah Vaughan (no she's dead), or Sarah Michelle Gellar? Anyway, run Michele run!!

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Antineocon

September 4, 2009 2:29 PM

As I was having my morning conference 'call' with 'dad', he told me to put together all the comments I could find about Michelle and put them into a book to create the funniest book since his book, The Bible.

We laughed, he sneezed, and the planet had another earthquake.

When we string together statements made by Repugnicans, we have all the fodder we need and Michele is almost the funniest House Rep. since Newt.

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JJNelson

September 4, 2009 2:35 PM

Michele Bachman, PLEASE run for President!

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AhTrini1

September 4, 2009 2:41 PM

D-E-L-U-SI-O-N-A-L!

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Apphouse50

September 4, 2009 2:45 PM

I actually am ashamed of the thoughts this woman provokes in me.

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erichayes

September 4, 2009 3:00 PM in reply to Apphouse50

Take some potassium nitrate and try to steer your thoughts to things like sunsets and crunchy apples.

"This too shall pass."

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ohyeathatsright

September 4, 2009 2:56 PM

Wow. Look at the rock on her finger! That rock could pay for the healthcare of her entire district.

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AhTrini1

September 4, 2009 2:57 PM

I know she is purposely ignoring the fact that most of her party did NOT vote for the Palin the Pathological in a hypocritical a.k.a. republican primary. She was chosen cynical gender choice default to Hillary Clinton. Bwoy, that's a reputation that you can run on....

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BigBadBama

September 4, 2009 2:57 PM

I don't fear her becoming President. My new home in Italy will offer several challenges and adventures as I watch the US implode.

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ejg3

September 4, 2009 3:02 PM

If she run's third party I'd suggest the Minnesota state bird as the party symbol. It's the loon.

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tmccarthy0

September 4, 2009 3:09 PM

Hahahahaha, she sure does think a great deal of herself....

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draftedin68

September 4, 2009 3:13 PM

.

It got worse, much worse...

What she said following the sentence quoted above was:

"But the thing is, the people in our country, they don't care who the voice is, they just want someone, they want to know that someone is speaking out for them against what will certainly bring about the destruction of our great country if we continue to go down the Obama path. "

I just ran that sentence through my Handy-Dandy English-BIRD translator (BIRD = Bigots In Republican Disguise) and the translation came out as:

"Holy Christ-on-a-cracker! America! Wake UP! Don't you realize we just elected a NI66ER as President? Quick! Someone get a rope!"

.

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AhTrini1

September 4, 2009 3:31 PM in reply to draftedin68

!!!!!!!!Rolling on the floor laughing my Balck arse off!!!!!!!!

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AhTrini1

September 4, 2009 3:31 PM in reply to AhTrini1

Oooops,
!!!!!!!!Rolling on the floor laughing my Black arse off!!!!!!!!

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jsdc007

September 4, 2009 3:24 PM

Where's Michael Jackson's doctor when you need him? Lady seriously needs a large drum of meds.

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witty1

September 4, 2009 3:25 PM

ridiculous people make me feel a lot less shameful about being ridiculous - they make it look so easy!

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Kuyleh

September 4, 2009 3:34 PM

Please, oh please run. That would guarantee the Repubs lose again.

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prouddem

September 4, 2009 3:35 PM

Michele Bachman, at the end of the day, is a media whore. She knows that she is not in the field of presidential candidates. Sarah Palin, in fact, stands in her way.

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UTMark

September 4, 2009 3:35 PM

A legend in her own (deluded) mind.

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AhTrini1

September 4, 2009 3:43 PM in reply to UTMark

LMAO

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LFC

September 4, 2009 3:45 PM

Hey, Michelle. Bob McDonnell in Virginia says that as a working woman, you are "detrimental" to the family. Also, if you're using contraception, you are "illogical".

But hey, it's the Dems that want to keep a good woman down.

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GTFOOH

September 4, 2009 3:47 PM

Ladies, pardon my french, but this chick has flipped her freakin lid!

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Overreach THIS!

September 5, 2009 4:45 AM in reply to GTFOOH

I spend a lot of time in France, and your syntax sounds pretty accurate to me.

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Thucydides Junior

September 4, 2009 3:49 PM

Run, Michelle Forrest, Run!

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mikedrevguy

September 4, 2009 3:51 PM

Again, not for the first time and certainly not the last - ignorance is the current commodity of the fundamental right. keep in the darkness - they actually fear the good news found in Isaiah - a people walking in darkness will see a great light - - - - -

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notsnot

September 4, 2009 3:54 PM

Is it just me or does she have that "Look Mommy, I dressed myself!" look in that picture?

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Schmed

September 4, 2009 4:48 PM in reply to notsnot

More like, "Mommy, I peed myself again!"

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JNagarya

September 5, 2009 9:24 PM in reply to Schmed

"Honestly, 'God' showed me, and it was THIS LONG!"

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chimpale

September 4, 2009 4:16 PM

Bachmann: Dems Are Sabotaging Me Because I Might Become President

Oh, you saw through us. You're right Michele. We're afraid you might become president, because that's a distinct possibility and ... Hey, look at that! A monkey just flew out of my butt!

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lapdogs

September 4, 2009 4:25 PM

Keep dreaming lady! Keep dreaming - literally!

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Hank Scorpio

September 4, 2009 4:29 PM

"Bachmann: Dems Are Sabotaging Me Because I Might Become President"

Actually, it's the words that come out of her mouth that are sabotaging her. The words that come out of her mouth are things that have been told to her by God. Ergo, God is a Democrat?!?!

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Elizabeth2

September 4, 2009 4:39 PM

Last week sometime I had a moment of insight and glimpsed what may attract people to the Bachmans and Palins of the world. They really believe themselves and nothing, nothing stops them or slows them down. It's tantalizingly easy ... if you don't like something it's wrong; if you do like something, it's good and true. You don't have to engage in any introspection or heavy thinking to figure out what is what. And they never, ever, ever lose their (ill-placed) self-confidence. To some people, "certainty" is a very attractive quality - part of GWB's success. And these women are surely certain, in a way that Rush and Bill and Glenn can't even match. They say the things the say because that's their job and they like saying those things, but you do get the feeling that in random moments they know it's a lot of slanted bulls**t. These ladies BELIEVE - and they are certain - and they are spunky - and they never give up. ----------- My ability to see it died out about a nanosecond later and all that combination of traits started giving me the usual sick chills. But I think they do make some people -- perhaps people who feel powerless and defeated (and who don't believe in using their brains!)-- feel a lot better about themselves. Personally, however, I still keep waiting for Allen Funt and "Candid Camera" to pop out, with the audience laughing their head off because we really believed for a moment that these people could be elected public officials.

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BluGrass

September 4, 2009 4:48 PM

Somebody please git th' laser pointer an' shine it around on the floor to distract that Michele. It'll keep her busy fer an hour or so.

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kunda311

September 4, 2009 4:52 PM

Michelle's doing a great job not spilling the beans on her becoming Queen of Earth one day. It's true - God showed her in a dream, a friend of a friend told me. So you see, when she talks about being President she's just being coy but she can't hide her excitement - 'cause she knows she's going to rule it all in the end.

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LFC

September 4, 2009 4:53 PM

Jon Stewart showed a great clip with her on Hannity. Here's the back and forth:

Hannity: I have no doubt they’ll keep attacking you, ’cause you’re so effective.
Bachmann: Thank you, we’re going to fight for our freedom.

Hannity: Absolutely. Against tyranny.

Stewart: Yes. Tyranny.

If you want to see an absolute classic by Stewart, you can watch the whole piece at the Daily Show website. It's a beautiful synopsis of the frothing right. Bachman comes in around 2:45.

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StrangeTikiGod

September 4, 2009 4:56 PM

Sweetheart, we're not afraid you're gonna be president...we're afraid your fragile little mind is gonna snap for good one day, and you'll walk into the House chamber wearing a C4 girdle to "save" us all from the "menaces" the voices in your head tell you about.

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plaidsportcoat

September 4, 2009 5:13 PM

We're going in!

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zb

September 4, 2009 5:34 PM

So, a not completely rhetorical question. How, exactly, does god call people like Bachmann?

I'm thinking the snark along the lines of skype. But, I presume that there's some other mechanism. What do people like her report as "God telling them to run for congress?" Is it a feeling of "rightness" when you think about the issue? Or are there signs? like campaign fliers appearing on your car?

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Overreach THIS!

September 5, 2009 4:48 AM in reply to zb

Oh, it's an ugly thing! First, he invites them to a visitation, right, and what screwball, bible-thumping beauty queen's gonna say no, right?

Then, he plies them with demon rum! It's a terrible thing to watch, really!

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JNagarya

September 5, 2009 9:23 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!

"God" appears on a cloud in the living room of the person to whom "He" is going to speak.

That person asks, "Who are YOU!?"

"He" answers, "Why, I'm 'God'! Doncha know 'Me'!?"*
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*Echoes of Al Jolson down on one knee singing "Mammy".
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The person then says, "PROVE it!"

So "God" shows his passport.

But, that not being good enough, the person demands, "Where's your birth certificae -- and I mean the LONG form!?"

"God" performs a miracle then and there, making up a long form birth certificate, and hands it to the person.

"OK, you are an American citizen," the person responds, "Now tell me who's conspiring against me."

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Overreach THIS!

September 6, 2009 8:04 AM in reply to JNagarya

I stand corrected! Yes, that's exactly it!

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Terry Carroll

September 4, 2009 5:58 PM

The Republican primary campaign is going to be a marvel. With the party distilling down to its deepest-shit crazy, the race to the bottom is going to require an Alvin to follow it.

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we r all husseins

September 4, 2009 7:08 PM

All I'll say is this: In America any citizen (natural born, original birth certificate required now apparently) can become president. But that doesn't mean some people should be allow anywhere near the nuclear missile launch codes.

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Leftflank

September 5, 2009 12:57 AM

God may have told her to run, but it was for the border. Sarah also got the call, how do you think she got hooked on the crunchy tacos anyway?

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JNagarya

September 7, 2009 6:37 PM in reply to Leftflank

"God" is well know as being a knee-slapping practical joker. If "He" told her to run, "He" probably foresees her falling on her face.

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MarkOfOhio

September 5, 2009 7:28 AM

Count me among those who laughed out loud at the headline. Liberals are terrified of Bachmann! Now I've heard everything. What a loon.

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slinkypomo

September 5, 2009 8:13 AM

ROTFL, if that Wench ever becomes President, I wont be able to flee the country fast enough!

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davidfarrar

September 5, 2009 9:34 AM

How can she run? She ain't even been to a Tea Party yet?

ex animo
davidfarrar

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wial

September 5, 2009 9:44 AM

The center left (e.g. the mainstream blogosphere like here) needs to debate the greens and the true left (e.g. Z Magazine authors). Conservatives, blue dogs, neoliberals, neocons, and their creation the birthers have nothing whatsoever useful to say and should be ushered firmly from the stage of history.

To be sure they can be quite entertaining when they're not actively destroying things.

Palin/Bachman 2010!

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