(1) BACHMANN WARNED 'THE LION KING' WAS GAY PROPAGANDA: At the November 2004 EdWatch National Education Conference, Bachmann said the "normalization" of homosexuality would lead to "desensitization": "Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of 'The Lion King' for instance, and a teacher might say, 'Do you know that the music for this movie was written by a gay man?' The message is: I'm better at what I do, because I'm gay."
(2) BACHMANN CLAIMED ABOLISHING THE MINIMUM WAGE WOULD CREATE JOBS: While testifying in front of the Minnesota Senate in 2005, Bachmann said, "Literally, 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." This isn't remotely true. Even simply reducing the minimum wage would, as Paul Krugman noted, "at best do nothing for employment; more likely it would actually be contractionary."
(3) BACHMANN CLAIMED THAT SCIENTISTS ARE SUPPORTERS OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN: During a 2006 debate, Bachmann said, "There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design." This was, and is, not true.
(4) BACHMANN CLAIMED TERRI SCHIAVO WAS 'HEALTHY': Not long after Terri Schiavo died, Bachmann said she would have voted for the Palm Sunday Compromise because Schiavo "was healthy. She had brain damage — there was brain damage, there was no question. But from a health point of view, she was not terminally ill." An autopsy found that Schiavo had suffered irreversible brain damage and her brain, said the medical examiner, was "profoundly atrophied."
(5) BACHMANN LIKENED VISITING IRAQ TO VISITING MALL OF AMERICA: In 2007, Bachmann returned from a junket to Iraq and told her colleagues, "[T]here's a commonality with the Mall of America, in that it's on that proportion. There's marble everywhere. The other thing I remarked about was there is water everywhere." As ThinkProgress documented at the time, the comparison was preposterous.
(6) BACHMANN CLAIMED THAT CARBON DIOXIDE IS 'HARMLESS': In 2008, a Stanford scientist revealed "direct links" between increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and "increases in human mortality" — globally, he found that as many as "20,000 air-pollution-related deaths per year per degree Celsius may be due to this greenhouse gas." The next year, Bachmann, who is not a scientist, said that "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."
(7) BACHMANN CALLED FOR A CONGRESSIONAL WITCH HUNT: Pivoting off the news of Barack Obama's alleged relationship to former Weather Underground member William Ayers, and his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bachmann accused the candidate of having "anti-American views." She then suggested that Congressional liberals — including Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid — ought to be subject to "an exposé" by the media because of their views. "I think people would love to see like that," she told a stunned Chris Matthews.
(8) BACHMANN SUGGESTED GAY SINGER SHOULD REPENT AFTER GETTING CANCER: Bachmann saw Melissa Etheridge's cancer as a teachable moment: "Unfortunately she is now suffering from breast cancer, so keep her in your prayers," she said in November 2004. "This may be an opportunity for her now to be open to some spiritual things, now that she is suffering with that physical disease. She is a lesbian."
(9) BACHMANN BOASTED ABOUT BREAKING THE LAW: In advance of the 2010 national Census, Bachmann told The Washington Times that she would break the law by not completing the forms. "I know for my family, the only question we will be answering is how many people are in our home," she said. "We won't be answering any information beyond that, because the Constitution doesn't require any information beyond that."
(10) BACHMANN CLAIMED THAT GLENN BECK COULD SOLVE THE DEBT CRISIS: During a February trip to South Carolina, Bachmann told a South Carolina audience, "I think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt]."
You really dislike powerful women, don't you?
He is one....
Thanks bread guy. I didn't think you noticed.
Quote from: Conan71 on June 17, 2011, 09:07:27 AM
You really dislike powerful women, don't you?
You have to admit though, these are some pretty bat-smile crazy things coming out of someone's pie-hole that is now running for President. I could have cared less before then.
Crazy's crazy. Male/female doesn't matter. Palin/Bachmann/Limbaugh/Gingrich/Beck.
The difference is one or two of that smattering of loons means it and the rest do it for money.
It's anyone's choice to follow them.
I choose to look elsewhere.
She got her doctorate from ORU.
QuoteAfter graduating from high school, Bachmann spent time working on a kibbutz in Israel.[12] In 1978 she graduated from Winona State University with a B.A.. In 1986 she received a J.D. degree from Oral Roberts University, followed by an LL.M. degree in tax law from the William & Mary Law School in 1988.[13][14] She was a member of the final graduating class of the Oral Roberts University law school, and was part of a group of faculty, staff, and students who moved the ORU law school library to what is now Regent University.[15]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann)
Maybe that explains some of the rants.
Quote from: Hoss on June 17, 2011, 10:06:53 AM
You have to admit though, these are some pretty bat-smile crazy things coming out of someone's pie-hole that is now running for President. I could have cared less before then.
She's not running for President, she's just trying to make sure the Tea Party has a seat at the table with whomever becomes the nominee.
I simply find it interesting the press was so interested in Palin's emails when she doesn't have a prayer to win the nomination and now they are trying to cobble together a cat fight between Bachman and Palin.
Wonder why they didn't scrutinize President Obama near as close?
Quote from: dbacks fan on June 17, 2011, 10:14:57 AM
She got her doctorate from ORU.
Maybe that explains some of the rants.
Kathy Lee graduated from there. Shining stars are they. Shining stars.
Quote from: Conan71 on June 17, 2011, 10:16:11 AM
She's not running for President, she's just trying to make sure the Tea Party has a seat at the table with whomever becomes the nominee.
I simply find it interesting the press was so interested in Palin's emails when she doesn't have a prayer to win the nomination and now they are trying to cobble together a cat fight between Bachman and Palin.
Wonder why they didn't scrutinize President Obama near as close?
She announced her run.
Would you want to see a cat fight with Obama and McCain?
Quote from: Townsend on June 17, 2011, 10:18:02 AM
She announced her run.
Would you want to see a cat fight with Obama and McCain?
Again, she's not running. She doesn't expect to win the nomination. She's simply trying to show she's got x-amount of support and can bring a voting bloc to the table.
Quote from: Conan71 on June 17, 2011, 10:20:05 AM
Again, she's not running. She doesn't expect to win the nomination. She's simply trying to show she's got x-amount of support and can bring a voting bloc to the table.
http://www.michelebachmann.com/ (http://www.michelebachmann.com/)
Guys, you are missing the point. I'm quite well aware she's entered the race. It's not a serious candidacy, it's about keeping the Tea Party at the forefront.
Unless she's suffering from megalomania, she's looking for a #2 on the ticket or a spot in the admin. She doesn't have a chance, but she could bring votes and $$ from Tea Party supporters to a viable candidate. If she doesn't land on a ticket but endorses, she brings a good voting bloc.
Quote from: dbacks fan on June 17, 2011, 10:14:57 AM
She got her doctorate from ORU.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann)
Maybe that explains some of the rants.
I can't find any record of her passing the bar exam. I wonder what state she took the test in.
I mean I agree Conan. She's got no chance just like most that have announced so far.
But Jesus, people actually listen to her crap and believe in her.
We might as well have Sally Kern run with her. Finish loading up the crazy train and ship it off to "Shhhhdidyouhearthat?Ithinkthey'reallcomingtogetus" town.
Quote from: Conan71 on June 17, 2011, 10:32:02 AM
Guys, you are missing the point. I'm quite well aware she's entered the race. It's not a serious candidacy, it's about keeping the Tea Party at the forefront.
Unless she's suffering from megalomania, she's looking for a #2 on the ticket or a spot in the admin. She doesn't have a chance, but she could bring votes and $$ from Tea Party supporters to a viable candidate. If she doesn't land on a ticket but endorses, she brings a good voting bloc.
Don't forget the bump in speaking fees she will get from running. That's why I think Palin is flirting with running when she knows she has no shot at winning.
Quote from: swake on June 17, 2011, 11:11:20 AM
Don't forget the bump in speaking fees she will get from running. That's why I think Palin is flirting with running when she knows she has no shot at winning.
On a side note about Palin, I think Bristol doesn't want to be around mama bear. Sarah buys a house in Scottsdale, Bristol moved to LA and put her house here up for rent.
Quote from: dbacks fan on June 17, 2011, 11:28:56 AM
On a side note about Palin, I think Bristol doesn't want to be around mama bear. Sarah buys a house in Scottsdale, Bristol moved to LA and put her house here up for rent.
She's got her own career to worry about. Gotta get out of that shadow of crazy and produce her own.
Anyway, back to Bachmann.
What must be a result of multiple brain injuries, she might actually believe she's really got a chance of winning and doing what she thinks is good.
Quote from: RecycleMichael on June 17, 2011, 10:32:52 AM
I wonder what state she took the test in.
The State of Confusion
Quote from: Red Arrow on June 17, 2011, 11:58:26 AM
The State of Confusion
LOL
just kidding, I really didn't LOL
good one though
Conan,
You really view her as a powerful woman??
I read something early this morning suggesting Bachman would be a good VP pick for presumed front runner Romney. She'd bring in the tea party extremists and religious fundies while he'd appeal the the more moderate Republican establishment.
Quote from: Ed W on June 17, 2011, 04:25:41 PM
She'd bring in the tea party extremists and religious fundies while he'd appeal the the more moderate Republican establishment.
Wait...there's a difference?
I keed I keed.
Quote from: Ed W on June 17, 2011, 04:25:41 PM
I read something early this morning suggesting Bachman would be a good VP pick for presumed front runner Romney. She'd bring in the tea party extremists and religious fundies while he'd appeal the the more moderate Republican establishment.
This isn't half bad for strategy. And Conan's right, at least as far Bachman's run. She isn't in it to win, precisely . . . she's in it to raise her profile. Like I said a ways back, Bachman had the stones to jump in and grab the reigns of the Tea Party like really no other establishment figure. She bested Palin at her own game, IMO, which makes her the superior ideologue. So, yeah, she brings a major interest group with her.
Here is the anti-Bachmann crowd on display. Way to go RM, et. al.!
One person talking about Michelle Bachman does not make "a crowd". If that is all you can find, you are lame.
Quote from: RecycleMichael on June 18, 2011, 10:19:35 PM
One person talking about Michelle Bachman does not make "a crowd". If that is all you can find, you are lame.
FIFY
;D
Quote from: RecycleMichael on June 18, 2011, 10:19:35 PM
If that is all you can find, you are lame.
Then there is, let's see, YOU and others that are deathly afraid of strong, conservative women. Wee Wang syndrome? :D And this:
I even read an article talking about how she profited by being a foster parent. Who knew I was raking it in when I foster parented? How much did you profit by taking in and helping abused or neglected children?
guido...why do you think we are deathly afraid of strong conservative women? Just because we post their comments?
If that is the case, you must be afraid of black men.
See how stupid you look now?
I didn't know this thread was about you, Guido. Perhaps I missed something.
But I've said before that we aren't afraid of these conservative women. It's more a perverse fascination, a wonderment that so many ostensibly rational people would fall for their rhetoric. It's like we're all speaking English, but the words have different meanings for different people.
Does anyone really believe that the Republicans lost the last election because they weren't conservative enough? The tea bunch is dragging the party further to the right, guaranteeing that they'll lose this next presidential election too.
Quote from: Ed W on June 19, 2011, 01:27:50 PM
I didn't know this thread was about you, Guido. Perhaps I missed something.
But I've said before that we aren't afraid of these conservative women. It's more a perverse fascination, a wonderment that so many ostensibly rational people would fall for their rhetoric. It's like we're all speaking English, but the words have different meanings for different people.
Does anyone really believe that the Republicans lost the last election because they weren't conservative enough? The tea bunch is dragging the party further to the right, guaranteeing that they'll lose this next presidential election too.
Yeah, the tea party was a real drag on republicans last November. ::) And how is thread about me? Because I mentioned my foster parent history and how ridiculous the notion is that foster parent's are in it for the money as the loony left thinks? What's wrong with that? Unless you likewise believe that damnable lie.
As for your perverse fascination, it must be because you guys seem to focus on just conservative women. There are just as many, if not more, men that share/espouse those godawful conservative views. Where are the multiple threads criticizing men like Boehner, Paul Ryan, Jim Demint, Rand Paul, etc...?
Quote from: RecycleMichael on June 19, 2011, 01:21:00 PM
guido...why do you think we are deathly afraid of strong conservative women? Just because we post their comments?
If that is the case, you must be afraid of black men.
See how stupid you look now?
No, I'm, not afraid of black men. Attacks on Obama are RACIST, remember? So along those lines, you are a sexist misogynist. See how stupid you are? And thanks for the softball.
For what it's worth, I know both foster parents and someone who adopted several kids from DHS. They all have stated at one time or another it's a fantastic deal financially, so long as you don't end up with one or more hellraisers. I have no problem with this, and anyone who does is an idiot. We should make sure there are incentives for taking in kids in need over popping out your own.
I like how in guido's mind, one person's opinion should be attributed to the entirety of their political ilk. By that logic, each and every one of us is a mass murderer.
Quote from: nathanm on June 19, 2011, 02:02:16 PM
I like how in guido's mind, one person's opinion should be attributed to the entirety of their political ilk.
That sums up guido quite well.
He spends his day finding online videos of anyone who says something stupid, then claims that everybody else who has anything in common with them is also stupid.
Quote from: RecycleMichael on June 19, 2011, 03:54:53 PM
That sums up guido quite well.
He spends his day finding online videos of anyone who says something stupid, then claims that everybody else who has anything in common with them is also stupid.
Let's see, who else does this? Yeah, I remember, all you folks that bash the tea party over the conduct of one participant. Remember how the entire tea party were a bunch of gun nuts because a few came to rallies armed? And just to be clear, that leftist I called out threw something at Bachmann then spoke stupidly. You just watch, I believe we are going to see lots of this sort of activity. Just like we saw all the thugs and leftist nutjobs in Wisconsin.
Quote from: guido911 on June 19, 2011, 05:34:46 PM
And just to be clear, that leftist I called out threw something at Bachmann then spoke stupidly.
She threw glitter.
I hate that! First, the terrorists throw glitter just to distract our attention, but the next thing you know, they're throwing poofy pillows, cute stuffed animals, and bacteria-infested spitballs.
It's truly nefarious.
Quote from: Ed W on June 19, 2011, 08:29:38 PM
I hate that! First, the terrorists throw glitter just to distract our attention, but the next thing you know, they're throwing poofy pillows, cute stuffed animals, and bacteria-infested spitballs.
It's truly nefarious.
It's a natural progression...bacteria infested spitballs, then incandescent lightbulbs filled with anthrax (thanks Criminal Minds for that one), then dirty nukes....those damn dirty nukes...
Man, guido's gandhi.
You guys don't even have to bait the trail anymore.
Someone's online persona needs a (three syllable)..."seda-give?".
Quote from: guido911 on June 19, 2011, 01:41:56 PM
1. And how is thread about me? Because I mentioned my foster parent history
2.Where are the multiple threads criticizing men like Boehner, Paul Ryan, Jim Demint, Rand Paul, etc...?
1. Just got back from the vote. Once again, nobody gives a crap.
2. You are skipping threads. There have been plenty.
guido misses plenty. Most of it related to reality.
Quote from: Ed W on June 19, 2011, 08:29:38 PM
I hate that! First, the terrorists throw glitter just to distract our attention, but the next thing you know, they're throwing poofy pillows, cute stuffed animals, and bacteria-infested spitballs.
Or shoes at our president. Remember how hilarious that was? Please, keep covering for someone who probably shares the same views as you. Right? ;D
Quote from: RecycleMichael on June 19, 2011, 08:04:05 PM
She threw glitter.
So throwing objects at politicians is okay? Good to know. Please provide a list of things that I can throw that will not be overly offensive, threatening, or dangerous. Like I said above, can I throw a shoe?
But I know what you, Ed, & T are getting for Christmas this year?
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_npVuxx3medM/RxqVY0Rqw4I/AAAAAAAACPA/vTCuWaastbY/s400/GaryGlitter_GreatestHits.jpg)
Quote from: guido911 on June 20, 2011, 02:03:16 PM
So throwing objects at politicians is okay? Good to know. Please provide a list of things that I can throw that will not be overly offensive, threatening, or dangerous. Like I said above, can I throw a shoe?
But I know what you, Ed, & T are getting for Christmas this year?
Throwing a shoe at the president = bad move, even though said president turned out to be adept at dodging shoes
Throwing glitter at a fakepresidential hopeful = innocuous.
Quote from: carltonplace on June 20, 2011, 03:13:21 PM
Throwing a shoe at the president = bad move, even though said president turned out to be adept at dodging shoes
Throwing glitter at a fakepresidential hopeful = innocuous.
Everyone is looking for their Youtube moment, or possibly the opportunity to be forcibly detained and injured just enough to "earn" a financial reward for being a total jackass.
Quote from: carltonplace on June 20, 2011, 03:13:21 PM
Throwing a shoe at the president = bad move, even though said president turned out to be adept at dodging shoes
Throwing glitter at a fakepresidential hopeful = innocuous.
But the glitter had the gay all over it.
Quote from: Gaspar on June 20, 2011, 03:22:55 PM
But the glitter had the gay all over it.
heavens to mergatroid even
Bachmann says she won't have "mud-wrestling fight" with Palin
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/29/us-bachmann-idUSTRE75S6ZY20110629 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/29/us-bachmann-idUSTRE75S6ZY20110629)
Quote"They want to see two girls come together and have a mud-wrestling fight, and I'm not going to give it to them," Bachmann told voters, responding to a question about the media pitting the two women against one another.
Okay.
Quote from: Townsend on June 29, 2011, 03:36:45 PM
Bachmann says she won't have "mud-wrestling fight" with Palin
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/29/us-bachmann-idUSTRE75S6ZY20110629 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/29/us-bachmann-idUSTRE75S6ZY20110629)
Okay.
Who needs reality TV when we have this!
Quote from: Townsend on June 29, 2011, 03:36:45 PM
Bachmann says she won't have "mud-wrestling fight" with Palin
I'm all for a three-way, down and dirty mud wrestling cat fight between Bachmann, Sarah Palin, and that up-and-coming-above-her-weight fighter, Bristol Palin. Bristol will eventually make a very public, very loud break with Mama Grizzly when she realizes that she can make easy money out of it.
I'm glad that all the lefties at TNF have weighed in on Bachmann. I know now who thinks like Alec Baldwin.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/daily-caller/2011/jun/29/baldwin-takes-swipes-bachmann-twitter/
Here's Baldwin:
and again:
Now, how many TNFers know the ages of their own children, because Ogenius doesn't know the age of his own child.
QuoteWASHINGTON (AP) -- They grow up so fast. But not that fast, Mr. President.
In a news conference Wednesday, President Barack Obama twice referred to his oldest daughter, Malia, as being 13 years old.
Not quite. She's 12.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_OOPS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-06-29-18-10-51'
I expect SNL will run with a whole sketch about this gaffe. Wait, expectation erased.
My son tells everyone he is thirteen and is only twelve. I sometimes get confused.
This thread is about Michelle Bachman.
What's Alec Baldwin have to say about her?
Quote from: guido911 on June 29, 2011, 11:29:00 PM
I expect SNL will run with a whole sketch about this gaffe. Wait, expectation erased.
SNL is on their break and new episodes won't be back on for months. Didn't you know the Justin Timberlake episode was the finale?
Per forum guidelines which were recently posted again, please drop the name calling.
Quote from: CharlieSheen on June 30, 2011, 09:41:47 AM
SNL is on their break and new episodes won't be back on for months. Didn't you know the Justin Timberlake episode was the finale?
He ain't hip like dat!
She's such a faker...apparently.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2011/08/30/donors-think-michele-bachmann-is-jewish.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2011/08/30/donors-think-michele-bachmann-is-jewish.html)
Donors Think Bachmann is Jewish
QuoteFile this one under "implausible": The New York Post reports that an anonymous Romney fundraiser says the former Mass. Governor is having trouble winning Jewish support because donors mistakenly believe Michele Bachmann is Jewish. The Romney fundraiser said his campaign has been shocked to hear donors say they'd rather support the "Jewish candidate"—even though Bachmann is openly and famously an evangelical Christian. "It's a real problem," the fundraiser said. "We're working very hard in the Jewish community because of Obama's Israel problem. This was surprising."
Michelle Bachman is on NPR right now...that sound you hear is millions of liberal check books closing.
Doesn't appear to be winning them over.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/17/bachmann-gives-students-a-101-on-issues-then-gets-lectured/ (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/17/bachmann-gives-students-a-101-on-issues-then-gets-lectured/)
QuoteDes Moines, Iowa (CNN) - With the air of a college instructor, Michele Bachmann essentially gave college students a Conservative 101 on the economy, national and foreign affairs and other important issues on Thursday in Iowa. But when the Republican presidential candidate took questions, some students turned the tables on their lecturer, peppering her with tough questions.
The Minnesota congresswoman appeared at a town hall at Drake University in Des Moines. Campus Republicans sponsored the event and helped pack the room.
Not the best idea for her. Might as well send Christine O'Donnell to open the act.
I remember the good 'ole days when you would think that Newt would be the worst candidate they would put up for president.
Quote from: CharlieSheen on November 30, 2011, 04:48:57 PM
I remember the good 'ole days when you would think that Newt would be the worst candidate they would put up for president.
It just makes your largest organ crawl doesn't it?
Quote from: Townsend on November 30, 2011, 04:52:26 PM
It just makes your largest organ crawl doesn't it?
Actually my Hammond B-3 seems to stay in one spot unless we get an earthquake.
Quote from: Conan71 on November 30, 2011, 04:53:17 PM
Actually my Hammond B-3 seems to stay in one spot unless we get an earthquake.
Is it correct to say "tickling the ivories" when referring to a Hammond organ?
Quote from: Townsend on November 30, 2011, 04:43:02 PM
Doesn't appear to be winning them over.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/17/bachmann-gives-students-a-101-on-issues-then-gets-lectured/ (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/17/bachmann-gives-students-a-101-on-issues-then-gets-lectured/)
Not the best idea for her. Might as well send Christine O'Donnell to open the act.
Quote from: Hoss on November 30, 2011, 09:39:51 PM
What's it say about me when that video gives me a Chris Matthews tingle up my leg?
Michelle Bachmann at it again.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/student-questions-bachmann-gay-rights-220036387.html
After the ignorance at the beginning she starts in on the Dept of Education. And promptly shows how profoundly ignorant she really is. The Federal Dept of Education was actually started in 1867. And over the years changed dramatically to encompass and adapt to the changes in our society in that time. In 1980 it was made into a cabinet level agency. And she as well as others of the jokers and clowns club want to eliminate it. These people just can't stand the thought of anyone becoming more intelligent than they, so they want to impede if not cripple the effort to advance education in this country.
Separated at birth?
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