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Bachmann: When I Think of Leaving Washington, I Look At My 5 Kids, 23 Foster Kids
Eric Kleefeld | October 14, 2009, 6:13PM
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Appearing today on the Glenn Beck show, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was asked a very blunt question: Does she ever think she would be better off if she just got out of Washington?
"Well sometimes you think that. But then I'd have to look at my five kids, our 23 foster kids that we raised, and realize I have to hand the baton of freedom off to them," said Bachmann. "I have to look at myself in the mirror and ask myself: Did I do everything I could possibly do to make sure our country stays free, under our Declaration of Independence and the Constitution."
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CT Voter
October 14, 2009 6:22 PM
Eric? Just curious: do you get hazard pay, or time and a half, for when you report on Michelle Bachmann?
You've certainly earned it.
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SchrodingersCat
October 14, 2009 6:34 PM in reply to CT Voter
I would think it would earn him an extra day off or something. Ya know, some quiet time to try and reorient his brain back to understanding "non-crazy" speak.
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Ann Arbor
October 14, 2009 6:30 PM
5 kids and 23 foster kids? No wonder she's crazy.
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CVille Dem
October 14, 2009 6:43 PM in reply to Ann Arbor
I feel sorry for the children! Can you imagine a more dysfunctional mother?
And for Eric --> hazardous duty pay!
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SantaMonica
October 14, 2009 6:43 PM in reply to Ann Arbor
yeah, and what about the kids themselves?
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tiowally
October 14, 2009 7:58 PM in reply to SantaMonica
One of her sons, Harrison, joined Teach For America, which is a member of AmeriCorps, which Bachmann has described as running “re-education camps for young people.“ The Serve America Act, which she voted against, supports programs such as TFA. What does all of this mean? Evidently, the BachLoon probably hates at least one of her kids as much as she hates, well, everything else.
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btbradley86
October 14, 2009 7:21 PM in reply to Ann Arbor
OH NO!!! Its been Bachman running the "indoctrination camp"! So, now we have a minimum of 28 children in this country that have been "indoctrinated" with the Bachman Crazy Platform. DAMN YOU ACORN!!!!
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JEP07
October 15, 2009 8:28 AM in reply to btbradley86
Wanna bet more'n one of em' would love to publish their memoirs?
"Dearest Mommy" or something like that?
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mcc
October 14, 2009 6:45 PM
"Well sometimes you think that. But then I'd have to look at my five kids, our 23 foster kids that we raised, and realize I have to hand the baton of freedom off to them"
...Michelle, you have to be at least 25 years of age to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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CVille Dem
October 14, 2009 6:45 PM
No one can take care of 28 children. What is the matter with this crazy woman? How much money did she get for the foster children?
She is one sick fucker!
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Cy Guy
October 14, 2009 7:57 PM in reply to CVille Dem
She didn't necessarily foster the 23 kids for very long. Often foster child arrangements are only a matter of weeks or months. If she cared for two at a time for an average of six months each, that's only six years with an extra two kids on top of her own five.
That said, if I am making an accurate assumption, Bachman would be exaggerating to say she "raised" the foster kids, but that would hardly be unexpected for her. Of course there were probably a few that she maintained an ongoing relationship with, but I doubt it's more than a handful of them.
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jeaton
October 14, 2009 7:10 PM
She could make one helluva reality show deal!
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Bushie
October 14, 2009 8:02 PM in reply to jeaton
Hey; you stole my Avatar! Copyright infringement. Oh, right. Yours is prettier anyway.
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Winston Smith
October 14, 2009 7:11 PM
Take that baton of "freedom" and shove it up your ass.
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artgurrl
October 14, 2009 7:28 PM
Those 28 kids are going to make some therapists incredibly rich. Way to contribute to the economy Michelle!
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shooter242
October 14, 2009 7:56 PM in reply to artgurrl
It's more likely that those kids will grow up to be taxpayers rather than tax takers. They'll go to good schools, respect achievement, and take the straight and narrow.
If nothing else she's done more on a personal level to help those that need it, than most of her colleagues. I should think that alone would set her apart. If she were a Democrat we'd have seen a bazillion stories about what a humanitarian she is. But, BDS has gripped the left. Again.
Tsk.
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jenesq
October 14, 2009 8:49 PM in reply to shooter242
I respect foster parents a great deal. It is a difficult and often thankless job caring for children in extremely troubled situations. However, that is no excuse for being a fringe lunatic liar like she is.
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Matt Jones
October 14, 2009 9:00 PM in reply to shooter242
Yeah, because having a parent whose sole contribution to society has been to work for the government is a great way to demonstrate being a "taxpayer". I'll agree that they'll all be more likely to rise to positions of power, either in government or the private sector, as they've doubtless already learned the key corporate virtue: tell whatever lie needed to help yourself at the moment. Jus' like Mama taught them!
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Kuyleh
October 14, 2009 9:33 PM in reply to shooter242
Ya know, maybe Shooter is one of her kids. They have the same level of delusion...
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artgurrl
October 21, 2009 10:38 PM in reply to shooter242
BDS? Seriously, this woman has ODS: Obama derangement syndrome. She also has BLS: Bullshit and Lying Syndrome where nothing that comes out of that woman's mouth makes any logical or rational sense. Get out of your clausterphobic conservative bubble and wake up.
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psyclone
October 14, 2009 7:53 PM
I'm so lucky that I only have to clean out a cat box every day instead of watch Glenn Beck's shitty show.
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SkippyFlipjack
October 14, 2009 8:02 PM
She's really, truly insane. She thinks tilting at windmills is more important than spending time with her kids. She wants to ignore her kids for the privilege of being able to hand the same windmills -- still standing, unaffected -- on to those same neglected kids.
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USgreentech
October 14, 2009 8:42 PM
She should resign.
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Bullsmith
October 14, 2009 8:56 PM
You'd think raising 28 children would be demanding, but woman's country comes first. Family Values, also.
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11A7E
October 15, 2009 12:28 AM
It sounds like Bachmann's gotten into Rush Limbaugh's medicine cabinet again.
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RectoNoVerso
October 15, 2009 2:07 AM
US Rep is certainly the best paying job she ever had and will ever get.
http://rectonoverso.wordpress.com/
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Bad Wolf
October 15, 2009 7:38 AM
Of course she can't get out of Congress - if she leaves she might lose her free health care for her and her platoon of kids.
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fsudirectory
October 15, 2009 7:47 AM
Could it be that she runs a kissing business with her 28 kids and attempted to get a housing loan from ACORN to support the expansion, but they refused?
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delia
October 15, 2009 8:21 AM
fsudirectory - did you watch South Park last nigh?
do you know what i am saying?
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fsudirectory
October 15, 2009 9:29 AM in reply to delia
Bachmann could make a pretty good bottom bitch. She sticks to the script
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Hidden Oak
October 15, 2009 10:12 AM
Sign of the apocalypse: Somebody hit that five times.
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