MICHELE BACHMANN ISN’T RUNNING FOR CONGRESS NEXT YEAR. THANK THE JESUS.
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“ Any party that would be associated with this national embarrasment ought to be shutdown. ”
— Cenk Uygur on Michele Bachmann
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pantslessprogressive:
In honor of Michele Bachmann’s eventual disappearance into the abyss of political irrelevancy, I’m bringing back some of the best oldies from Rep. Bachmann. Below, a post from March 2011 (after she announced her presidential exploratory committee).
pantslessprogressive:
On the early days of America:
The Founding Fathers ‘worked tirelessly until slavery was no more’. [source]
On the first European settlers and Native Americans: ‘It didn’t matter the color of their skin, it didn’t matter their language, it didn’t matter their economic status… once you got here, we were all the same.’ [source]
Bachmann praises New Hampshire for the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which were fought in Massachusetts. [source]
Bachmann wants to reduce the federal government to ‘its original size’. [source]
On the Obama Administration:
Channels McCarthy, wants to investigate then-Senator Obama and other members of Congress to “find out if they are pro-America or anti-America.” [source]
Obama runs a ‘gangster government’. [source]
Obamacare is the ‘crown jewel of socialism’. [source]
President Obama’s trip to India ‘cost $200 million a day’. [source]
Speaker Pelosi spent $100,000 on alcohol during military flights. [source]
ACORN is a ‘paid partner’ of the Census Bureau. [source]
On legislation:
Bachmann equates gay people with pedophiles while discussing hate crime legislation: ‘But who would be protected? A pedophile, someone who considers themselves gay, someone who considers themselves transgender, someone who considers themselves a cross-dresser? That is who is protected.’ [source]
Bachmann proposes $4.5 billion in cuts to veterans benefits and freezing VA health care spending (she later backed off the plan) [source; source]
Bachmann says Wisconsin Republicans are like Abraham Lincoln fighting the Confederacy and Ronald Reagan pushing the Soviet Union. [source]
On a fellow member of Congress:
Bachmann thinks Rep. Keith Ellison, our first Muslim congressman, consorts with terrorists. [source]
On Libya:
Bachmann believes the Libyan rebels could be made up of Hamas, Hezbollah and al Qaeda. [source]
On her children:
her daughter Elisa was ‘born to be the perfect wife’.
on her daughter Caroline: ‘King Henry had his six wives, and if our Caroline had been one of them, I think she would have been called Caroline the Vibrant’.
her son Harrison is a ‘female fantasy treasure’. [source]
Quotes:
‘I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970’s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democratic president Jimmy Carter. And I’m not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.’ [source]
‘Normalization [of homosexality] through desensitization. Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of “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.’ [source]
‘We will not stop until we repeal a President and put a president in the position of the White House who will repeal [Obamacare].’ [source]
‘I’ll tell you one thing, if I was ever to run for president of the United States, I think the first thing I would do in the first debate is offer my birth certificate so we can get that off the table.’ [source]
‘We will talk a little bit about what has transpired in the last 18 months and would we count what has transpired into turning our country into a nation of slaves.’ [source]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liq90rERsE1qzr73ro1_r1_500.jpg)
reagan-was-a-horrible-president:
In honor of Michele Bachmann’s eventual disappearance into the abyss of political irrelevancy, I’m bringing back some of the best oldies from Rep. Bachmann. Below, a post from March 2011 (after she announced her presidential exploratory committee).
On the early days of America:
- The Founding Fathers ‘worked tirelessly until slavery was no more’. [source]
- On the first European settlers and Native Americans: ‘It didn’t matter the color of their skin, it didn’t matter their language, it didn’t matter their economic status… once you got here, we were all the same.’ [source]
- Bachmann praises New Hampshire for the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which were fought in Massachusetts. [source]
- Bachmann wants to reduce the federal government to ‘its original size’. [source]
On the Obama Administration:
- Channels McCarthy, wants to investigate then-Senator Obama and other members of Congress to “find out if they are pro-America or anti-America.” [source]
- Obama runs a ‘gangster government’. [source]
- Obamacare is the ‘crown jewel of socialism’. [source]
- President Obama’s trip to India ‘cost $200 million a day’. [source]
- Speaker Pelosi spent $100,000 on alcohol during military flights. [source]
- ACORN is a ‘paid partner’ of the Census Bureau. [source]
On legislation:
- Bachmann equates gay people with pedophiles while discussing hate crime legislation: ‘But who would be protected? A pedophile, someone who considers themselves gay, someone who considers themselves transgender, someone who considers themselves a cross-dresser? That is who is protected.’ [source]
- Bachmann proposes $4.5 billion in cuts to veterans benefits and freezing VA health care spending (she later backed off the plan) [source; source]
- Bachmann says Wisconsin Republicans are like Abraham Lincoln fighting the Confederacy and Ronald Reagan pushing the Soviet Union. [source]
On a fellow member of Congress:
- Bachmann thinks Rep. Keith Ellison, our first Muslim congressman, consorts with terrorists. [source]
On Libya:
- Bachmann believes the Libyan rebels could be made up of Hamas, Hezbollah and al Qaeda. [source]
On her children:
- her daughter Elisa was ‘born to be the perfect wife’.
- on her daughter Caroline: ‘King Henry had his six wives, and if our Caroline had been one of them, I think she would have been called Caroline the Vibrant’.
- her son Harrison is a ‘female fantasy treasure’. [source]
Quotes:
- ‘I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970’s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democratic president Jimmy Carter. And I’m not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.’ [source]
- ‘Normalization [of homosexality] through desensitization. Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of “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.’ [source]
- ‘We will not stop until we repeal a President and put a president in the position of the White House who will repeal [Obamacare].’ [source]
- ‘I’ll tell you one thing, if I was ever to run for president of the United States, I think the first thing I would do in the first debate is offer my birth certificate so we can get that off the table.’ [source]
- ‘We will talk a little bit about what has transpired in the last 18 months and would we count what has transpired into turning our country into a nation of slaves.’ [source]
(Source: pantslessprogressive)
Bachmann to drop out this morning, “doesn’t see a way forward”
While she remained confident last night, it sounds like the Tea Party stalwart could be ready to let realism set in. On top of canceling a trip to South Carolina, Michele Bachmann has a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. EST (which we’ll cover), but The National Journal got a bit of a preview this morning: A campaign spokesperson says Bachmann “doesn’t see a way forward in her campaign for the GOP nomination for president and will make an announcement to that effect this morning.”
He stopped short of saying she’d be dropping out, but there are certainly lines to read between here.Update: The National Journal is now saying that Bachmann will suspend her campaign. Wow, that was fast. (Photo via Gage Skidmore on Flickr) source
(Source: shortformblog)
“ The Tea Party does not present a viable alternative for a reasonable, stable American future; if its pious adherents such as Michele Bachman or Rand Paul ever came to power, we would face a world of grinding poverty and gross inequity. ”
— Jonathan Wallace
(Source: spectacle.org)
The DNC releases a tough video highlighting inappropriate cheering during the Republican presidential debates and notes none of the candidates said anything.
(Source: liberalsarecool)
