Originally Posted By tiggertoo My only concern is that a district willing to re-elect her to multiple terms in the past given her crazy-talk may not produce a much better alternative. Granted, David Mayhew explicates the advantages of incumbency with respect to re-election campaigns (which will not be present in the 2014). Nevertheless, the district's populace doesn't seem to be very rational.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Her leaving congress proves she was right about one thing: God does answer prayers!
Originally Posted By oc_dean If I could (Wizard of Oz) drop a house on anyone I want - I can think of Ann Coulter, Fox News, Sarah Palin .. AND ... Michele Backman! Nastiest piece of shhhhh.......... !
Originally Posted By Labuda "I wonder if they'll now release Marcus from whatever isolation chamber they've had him locked up in since summer of 2012?" That depends on if they've run out of scantily clad hot 20-something boys to feed him...
Originally Posted By mawnck >>if you haven't googled Michele (one L) lately you should.<< Shouldn't you be telling that to Marcus? I'm going to Hell, aren't I.
Originally Posted By SuperDry "WASHINGTON—Saying that it’s the Lord’s will, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced on her website Wednesday that she has decided not to seek reelection in 2014 because God wants her to earn millions of dollars working for a high-powered lobbying firm. ..." <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/michele-bachmann-god-wants-me-to-earn-7-figures-fo,32618/" target="_blank">http://www.theonion.com/articl...o,32618/</a>
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>Bachmann said that as much as it hurts her to leave Congress, it would hurt her more to disappoint God.<< Whatever our creator in the universe is - She already disappointed "it" by being a delusional, hateful, ignorant, bigoted bitc.... !
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance OC you need to learn to express your true emotions! Stop hiding them!
Originally Posted By oc_dean Maybe I'm having a "red" day, today. .. You know, since the color wheel and I are "one" with each other. ;O)
Originally Posted By oc_dean Here's a question for LPers Would you mind offering a paragraph to describe who Michelle Bachmann is? Over a 10 year period - I've caught many statements from her, about her .. from a few cable news networks. Some of things I caught - were so unbelievable, I've forgotten some of them. But what's not forgettable - is how much of a liar she is. And incredibly bigoted/hateful to gays - and denies it. Thus, making her a liar. Anyone care to add a paragraph to summarize her??
Originally Posted By tiggertoo I understand and appreciate the excitement that she is leaving. Like oc_dean, only two women (Palin and Coulter) curl my tongue more---although Blackburn is quickly rising. Nevertheless, I'm also a realist. I'm not convinced we will get anyone better given the history of the district. They elected this crackpot to four terms! We might get a Cruz, which to me would be much worse. Bachmann has already largely been sidelined as a joke. She isn’t taken seriously anymore outside her district. She is harmless. I will hold hope for someone better, and this is, of course, the first requisite step. But I’m not so optimistic. Sorry for being a couple raindrops on the parade.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Would you mind offering a paragraph to describe who Michelle Bachmann is?<< She's a Congresswoman (lower House, here in the States) from the state of Minnesota. And the rest, you kind of know. There's nothing particularly special about her - she's managed to vault herself to national attention through outlandish, mind-numbingly stupid statements. It's one thing, for example, to oppose gay marriage. It's quite another to say the Founding Fathers handled slavery really well in the Constitution or that Terri Schiavo was a perfectly healthy woman who was removed from life support. But every country and every party has their crazy, right? Well I think what's kept Bachmann in the spotlight is the utter unwillingness of her party to disassociate themselves from her. She actually ran for President in the Republican primary last year. In fact, she *won* an Iowa straw poll. To many of us, she symbolizes just how extreme the Republican party can be. Not all Republicans are like her, of course, but they all tolerate her. The party has become a place where someone who is equal parts ignorant, bigoted, dishonest, and McCarthyite can not only survive, but flourish.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Thanks ecdc .. I hope at least a few other LPers wouldn't mind dropping a paragraph about her as well. >>McCarthyite<< That's, more or less, what I gathered about her. I watched a lot of CNN and MSBNC from 1998 to 2009 while still living in the states. And the amount of stupidity out of her .. was so overwhelming ... one tends to forget. There's so many things she has said that the likes of CNN & MSNBC correspondents have covered. It's just one big mind-numbing mix of crap about her. Recently, my partner asked me who is Michele (ONE L Bachmann ... and I said, Can I spare you from knowing? So, he pulled up a video. And in this particular one .. she brought up marriage equality - and referred to gays as "A Lifestyle". Like it's a choice. And as the video went on ... she denies any wrong doing - with her views of gay people. She's either a huge liar .. or one of the most delusional, state of denial types to ever walk this Earth.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Check out who she's married to, Dean. Delusional and state of denial don't even begin to cover it. "The party has become a place where someone who is equal parts ignorant, bigoted, dishonest, and McCarthyite can not only survive, but flourish." See also Cruz, Ted.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Bachmann is a politician from Minnesota who turned a well-televised smooch with GW Bush into a career. She appeals to simple-minded people in a simple-minded district who like their answers black and white. That type of district is a rarity in Minnesota but common in SW Missouri where I live now. Most can't stand the fact that I am "moderate". To them, that means I stand for nothing. They can understand "Moonbat Liberals", they can understand "Wingnut Conservatives". But they have a hard time with this crap in the middle. They don't do well with shades of gray...
