Michele Bachmann is "in".

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Siince it's essentially a joke site with truth, inuendo & falsehoods mixed together it has little value. Wikiality states itself: "Wikiality is a community site that anyone can contribute....." and in that linked page we find: " Bachmann, Harrison; Unfortunately we have received the sad news that Harrison was recently kidnapped, brainwashed, and force to gay marry some dude. He is now a hardcore libural and terrorist agent. Michele was heartbroken and she was forced to disown him" which is not factual.
Of course it's not factual. It's obvious political satire. Duh! :rolleyes:

However, like most good satire, it's based in "factual" biographical elements and the political philosophies of the target. A lot of it is pretty hilarious, but interestingly, some of it's not nearly as hilarious or far-fetched as what pops out of Michele's mouth on a daily basis. In fact, she creates so much absurdity and "good material" all on her own as I previously pointed out, one hardly needs to embellish it to get a laugh.

How sad that you're utterly lacking a sense of humor and see no "value" in it.

By making remarks like this regarding a persons gender,combined with a Wikiality link, negates any possibility that you ever had any intent that this thread would be anything other than a series of assaults or truthful.
Don't you think "assaults" is a bit over the top? :rolleyes: I presented plenty of "truth" and "factual" background on the subject here, here and here, for examples, much more than most people present in these discussions by far. Are you suggesting I have to approach the subject of Ms. Bachmann and her misguided quixotic run for the presidency with absolute seriousness? Because I don't, I can't, nor do I see it written anywhere that I should. Too bad if you have no sense of humor or don't like my point of view. That's your problem.

If there's a clear lack of honesty then it lacks integrity and is truly useless and belongs in Fiction.
No, it belongs in political satire, a common, time-honored vehicle for revealing certain truths and foolishness.

Are you a Bachmann devotee? Do you have something serious and substantive about her you wanted to contribute to the thread? Your personal animosity toward me and following me around to take poorly aimed shots at me is pointless and tiresome. I had hoped you would stop doing that. Regardless, I think you'd be a happier person if you pulled that giant stick out of your ass. And please don't preach to me about "integrity". :rolleyes:



p.s. Thanks for bumping the link again. Maybe some more people will read it now. It really is hilarious. :biggrin2:
 
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Let's try this:
"Making remarks like this regarding a persons gender,combined with a Wikiality link, indicates that you never had any intent that this thread would be anything other than a series of assaults or that it would be a truthful thread".


Negates the possibilty that there was intent at an honest, truthful dialogue, seeking instead random attacks whether true (fact based)or not.

If there's a clear lack of honesty then it lacks integrity and is truly useless and belongs in Fiction.

I think Maxcock has already given sufficient reply on all points, but I would add this: You quoted my and Max's remarks on Anne Coulter to support your case. My remark suggesting that her blond hair color is artificial rather than natural was meant as factual. Max's remark in reply casting doubt on whether she was female or even human by nature, by contrast, was not meant as factual. Moreover, I find it incredible that any person without a serious impairment of intellect or of social competence could have taken it that way. Yet you cite these remarks, or at least Max's, as showing a "lack of honesty" and a disregard of truth. This allegation makes no sense unless you take Max's statement to have been meant as factual. So either (1) you really do believe that the statement was meant as factual, or (2) you do not believe that it was so meant, but you treat it as if it were anyway, in order to be able to call him untruthful and dishonest. Neither option seems to me to make you come off very well. On (1), you are incapable of recognizing blatant satirical intent; on (2), you are the one who is dishonest (or more accurately, disingenuous) here.
 

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Oppose Representative Bachmann and you are opposing the will of God!

"And I went across the street and I took a walk and I just went to prayer and I said, 'Lord, what would you have me do in the Minnesota state senate?' And just through prayer I knew that I was to introduce the marriage amendment in Minnesota."

--Michele Bachmann, Pella, Iowa, April 11, 2011 (recording)
 

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Oppose Representative Bachmann and you are opposing the will of God!

"And I went across the street and I took a walk and I just went to prayer and I said, 'Lord, what would you have me do in the Minnesota state senate?' And just through prayer I knew that I was to introduce the marriage amendment in Minnesota."

--Michele Bachmann, Pella, Iowa, April 11, 2011 (recording)
They have medication for people who hear voices.
 

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They have medication for people who hear voices.

Well, she doesn't say that she heard a voice: she says that she JUST KNEW. And we all know from the presidential administration of 2001–2009 how well things work when a political leader has the power to JUST KNOW things without need of evidence.
 

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I think we remember the last time that someone thought that God wanted him to be president. :rolleyes:

has kinda . . . sorta . . . maybe . . . . announced her intention to run for president in 2012, apparently as a result of being "called by God", which she had previously set as her deciding criterion...
 

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That actually sounds pretty reasonable to me. In Japan, people are forced to go through some form of examination to go professional in many things, including to play games like Go. That way, when it gets to the high level you're dealing with those who really know what they're talking about. Go professional - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If our electoral process was somewhat similar, it would probably eliminate the Bachmanns, Trumps, Rangels, Edwards' and even the Palins of our time and also provide a stage where people can really discuss issues openly like they do on Intelligence Squared. But whether or not the masses could get into something like that would be a different story... we all know how they would rather prefer a nice set of tits wrapped in an American flag and a crucifix on the screen sometimes.

There would not be very many to choose from if that were in place.
 

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I think we remember the last time that someone thought that God wanted him to be president. :rolleyes:
I think he said that God wanted him to run for the presidency, which is not the same thing. God might want the likes of Bachmann, Palin, and Trump to run for the presidency merely to provide material for late-night comics.
 

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I already addressed candidate testing standards in my response to joytoyboy, but reluctantly, and much as it pains me esteemed Bear, I must also disagree with you on legally requiring people to register or requiring them to vote. Not that any of these propositions might realistically come to pass, but imagine what could happen if they did. Who do you think would design the candidate "litmus test", a scary proposition to my mind. And if you think the electorate is 'intellectually challenged' and ill-informed now, imagine who might be elected if the rest of the celebrity obsessed ignorant fools, who have no interest in politics whatsoever, were forced to the polls. Justin Bieber? Snooki? :boggled:

Again, I think the answer lies in a better informed, better educated, more discriminating electorate, one that values civic service and respects candidates who seek office for altruistic reasons or out of a sense of civic duty -- voters who will elect smart people because they have a good idea how to fix things and run things, not cast their votes for dumbass bubbas who remind them of themselves. And we need a responsible news media that adheres to basic journalistic standards and holds public figures accountable when they go off the rails. How we achieve that, how we educate and inform a manipulated deliberately dumbed down public, how we hold corporate media to account when the folks pulling the strings, who created the status quo, like it exactly as is, . . . . . ay, there's the rub.

Ideas?

If you were born in this country arn't you eligable. The primary's
are suppsed to weed out the substandard canditates. That's why
we have primary's, right.
 

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^ I don't see how things can go anywhere but 'pear-shaped'. The system and the current course we're on is unsustainable any way you look at it, unless 90-95% of the population will be satisfied being controlled and forced into indentured servitude to their corporate masters, until such time as there's no more make-believe money to suck out of them for short-term profits and paste to bogus shareholder balance sheets, and the survivors wake up in some post-apocalyptic poisonous landscape wondering what happened to their satellite feed, wondering why there's no more Wonder bread, and fighting for survival. If you can see any other more optimistic outcomes, I'd love to hear them.

On a macro level this seems to me increasingly like the only possible way to turn the tide, or at the very least serious, sustained, widespread civil disobedience, consumer revolts, and standup protesting in the streets, in corporate boardrooms, and the halls of government a la Wisconsin, a la Tunisia, a la Egypt. Even it that happened, the chances of it being successful against the "entrenched interests" would be a long shot, to say the least. Of course it would require people to first of all become aware, turn off the teevee, get off the comfy couch, get organized, and stick their necks out. I'm not holding my breath that even the first thing on that list will happen, so we're back to the same spot. On a micro level I'm inclined to just withdraw myself as far from "civilization" as possible, be self-sufficient as possible, and try to ride out the gathering storm.

Canada or South America would be a likely place to ride out the storm.
Just a suggestion.
 

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I want her to get elected just to finally topple the house of cards that is the US Government.

Then again I kind of want chaos and destruction.
 

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That question has already been answered in the thread, as if it needs to be.




p.s. I wish to god people would learn to use the quote button, and not include text in my quote box I didn't say. :rolleyes:

Nice thread Max this is going to go down in L.P.S.G. hall of fame.
 

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With all due respect, Cal, I distinctly remember him saying that he thought God wanted him to be president.

Apparently, five justices of the Supreme Court discerned the same desire coming from the Almighty.

I think he said that God wanted him to run for the presidency, which is not the same thing. God might want the likes of Bachmann, Palin, and Trump to run for the presidency merely to provide material for late-night comics.
 

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With all due respect, Cal, I distinctly remember him saying that he thought God wanted him to be president.

Well, a Google search leads to a number sources that cite a book by Stephen Mansfield called The Faith of George W. Bush, according to which an associate of Bush named James Robison said that Bush said to him over the phone, "I've heard the call. I believe God wants me to run for President," and another associate named Richard Land said that Bush said to him, "I believe that God wants me to be president, but if that doesn't happen, it's OK" (Stephen Waldman in Slate, 13 September 2004). Bush may have said both, or neither: we have only the testimony of these two associates, assuming that Mansfield correctly recorded what they said to him. But the two versions seem to be on an equal footing.
 

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. . . an associate of Bush named James Robison said that Bush said to him over the phone, "I've heard the call. I believe God wants me to run for President," and another associate named Richard Land said that Bush said to him, "I believe that God wants me to be president, . . . .
Is Karl Rove God?




* also wondering if God wanted Katherine Harris and the Supreme Court to steal the election for GWB *
 
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