As OP I welcome the discussion of the 2012 presidential race in terms of issues, dynamics, the electorate, and particularly in terms of other potential candidates -- Republican, Teabag, Democrat, or otherwise -- who might present a challenge to the president. In fact, I kinda thought (and sorta hoped) it might open up this wider discussion. However, let's not abandon the star of the thread entirely, Ms. Michele Marie Bachmann.
[btw, here's some trivia for ya: Did you know she was once Fox & Friends co-host (and Miss Minnesota '89) Gretchen Carlson's babysitter? I kid you not.]
So without further ado and as I promised, the Bachman policy statements:
Here are some classics. Enjoy. :biggrin2:
Some of my personal faves from the linked list. (I know, so hard to choose):
LOLOLOLOL! :lmao:
[btw, here's some trivia for ya: Did you know she was once Fox & Friends co-host (and Miss Minnesota '89) Gretchen Carlson's babysitter? I kid you not.]
So without further ado and as I promised, the Bachman policy statements:
Please, there's never a dearth of good material with Michele. The only question is who'll get to play her on SNL.She (Sara Benincasa) hasn't got such good material as she had when she did her Sarah Palin act, but she uses almost the same accent.
Here are some classics. Enjoy. :biggrin2:
Some of my personal faves from the linked list. (I know, so hard to choose):
1. ''(Gay marriage) is probably the biggest issue that will impact our state and our nation in the last, at least, thirty years. I am not understating that.
2. “During the last 100 days we have seen an orgy. It would make any local smorgasbord embarrassed … The government spent its wad by April 26".
4. ''I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back".
5. ''Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas."
9. ''[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said she has even said she is trying to save the planet. We all know that someone did that 2,000 years ago."
15. ''And what a bizarre time we're in, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it."
18. ''If we took away the minimum wage — if conceivably it was gone — we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level."
21. ''There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design."
22. ''I don't know where they're going to get all this money because we're running out of rich people in this country."
23. ''This is an earthquake issue. This will change our state forever. Because the immediate consequence, if gay marriage goes through, is that K-12 little children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal, natural and perhaps they should try it."
27. “Lady Liberty and Sarah Palin are lit by the same torch."
16. ''Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man!''??? (To the former Republican National Committee Chairman -- a straightlaced African American. Please imagine her saying this in her Minnesooohtn accent.)
28. “The big thing we are working on now is the global warming hoax. Its all voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax
31. “I just take the Bible for what it is, I guess, and recognize that I am not a scientist, not trained to be a scientist. I'm not a deep thinker on all of this. I wish I was. I wish I was more knowledgeable, but I'm not a scientist."
Bonus quote, not on the list:2. “During the last 100 days we have seen an orgy. It would make any local smorgasbord embarrassed … The government spent its wad by April 26".
4. ''I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back".
5. ''Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas."
9. ''[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said she has even said she is trying to save the planet. We all know that someone did that 2,000 years ago."
15. ''And what a bizarre time we're in, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it."
18. ''If we took away the minimum wage — if conceivably it was gone — we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level."
21. ''There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design."
22. ''I don't know where they're going to get all this money because we're running out of rich people in this country."
23. ''This is an earthquake issue. This will change our state forever. Because the immediate consequence, if gay marriage goes through, is that K-12 little children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal, natural and perhaps they should try it."
27. “Lady Liberty and Sarah Palin are lit by the same torch."
16. ''Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man!''??? (To the former Republican National Committee Chairman -- a straightlaced African American. Please imagine her saying this in her Minnesooohtn accent.)
28. “The big thing we are working on now is the global warming hoax. Its all voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax
31. “I just take the Bible for what it is, I guess, and recognize that I am not a scientist, not trained to be a scientist. I'm not a deep thinker on all of this. I wish I was. I wish I was more knowledgeable, but I'm not a scientist."
"That's why people need to continue to go to the town halls, continue to melt the phone lines of their liberal members of Congress, and let them know, under no certain circumstances will I give the government control over my body and my health care decisions." -- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), a pro-lifer who completely missed the irony of using the same slogan as the pro-choice movement in arguing against health care reform.
And who can forget this classic history lesson:
NASHUA, N.H. – U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota stood before New Hampshire Republicans with a tea bag clutched in her hand Saturday, but her grasp on Revolutionary War geography wasn't quite as tight. Before headlining a GOP fundraiser, the possible presidential hopeful told a group of students and conservative activists in Manchester, "You're the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord." But those first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired in Massachusetts,* not New Hampshire.
"So I misplaced the battles Concord and Lexington by saying they were in New Hampshire," Bachmann posted on her Facebook page later."It was my mistake, Massachusetts is where they happened. New Hampshire is where they are still proud of it!"
* Coincidentally, Boston is also in Massachusetts, where the Boston Tea Party occurred, from which the Superpatriot, "we're-better-Americans-because-we-know-our-history-and-the-Constitution-better-than-you" Tea Partiers derive their name. Lawd, the irony! Lawd, the stupidity!!!"So I misplaced the battles Concord and Lexington by saying they were in New Hampshire," Bachmann posted on her Facebook page later."It was my mistake, Massachusetts is where they happened. New Hampshire is where they are still proud of it!"
LOLOLOLOL! :lmao:
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