http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-helfenbein/analyzing-the-first-iowa-_b_884668.html

It would be so great if she wins the nom.

My only concern is that she has a LOONGG history of confidently asserting falsehoods as fact without anyone but The Daily Show calling her on it. I could see the average person succumbing to this.

6/26/2011 2:07:36 PM

Sarah Palin 2.0

6/26/2011 2:10:34 PM

Pretty much every politician does this, why is she an exception?

6/26/2011 2:12:11 PM

^ because she has a tendency to pretend she never said something and ignore it, or never get called on it.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/sc-dc-0627-michele-bachmann-20110626,0,7255963.story?track=rss

Quote :

"As for the farm, she said it belonged to her father-in-law. "It's not my husband and my farm," Bachmann said. "And my husband and I have never gotten a penny of money from the farm." As the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday, however, in financial disclosure forms, Bachmann reported receiving between $32,503 and $105,000 in income from the farm, at minimum, between 2006 and 2009. "

(more at the link)

Perhaps she doesn't realize what the word "benefit" means? First of all, there's nothing wrong in using grants that they legitimately deserve to help counsel people, so i don't see why she's running from this. Secondly, she's very blatantly lying about this.

6/26/2011 4:40:50 PM

if you really want to be entertained read about her start with the charter school and her rise through religious law school. many lols will be had.

6/26/2011 5:25:49 PM

Quote :

"An examination of her record and finances showed that a counseling clinic run by her husband received nearly $30,000 from the state of Minnesota in the last five years, with part of the money coming from the federal government.... "First of all," she said, "the money that went to the clinic was actually training money for employees. The clinic did not get the money. And my husband and I did not get the money either. That's mental health training money that went to employees.""

Is she fucking retarded? She doesn't think having her employees trained for free benefits her?

6/26/2011 5:43:38 PM

Quote :

"because she has a tendency to pretend she never said something and ignore it, or never get called on it."

distinction without a difference

6/26/2011 6:23:09 PM

Its an old website, so this doesn't have her latest gems:

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/republicans/a/michele-bachmann-quotes.htm

Quote :

"1. "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under another, then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence." -Rep. Michele Bachmann, on the 1976 Swine Flu outbreak that happened when Gerald Ford, a Republican, was president, April 28, 2009 2. "I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out: Are they pro-America or anti-America?" -Rep. Michelle Bachmann, calling for a new McCarthyism, Oct. 2008"

6/26/2011 7:36:16 PM

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michele-bachmanns-holy-war-20110622?print=true

She is batshit!

6/30/2011 2:01:32 PM

you know, if obama wasnt such an arrogrant prick / do-nothing douche, people like this would get zero traction.

sure she wont be it, but just her existence alone is enough to indicate that obama's chance for re-election is absurd.

5 piece nugget 2012 "a finger-licking good america"

6/30/2011 2:07:39 PM

Will you promise to never post again should Obama win re-election?

When you constantly post something as an inevitability like you have, I think it's only fair we all have retribution if you're proven false.

6/30/2011 3:02:40 PM

That's some crazy spin.

Behold the terrible candidates the GOP will muster! Obama has no chance!

6/30/2011 3:07:05 PM

ok youre right.

the president is incredibly popular and the country is doing some amazing things right now.

i for one enjoy waking up everyday and not having a care in the world!

THINGS ARE TERRIFIC! SO MUCH SO IN FACT EVERYONE I TALK TO IS JUST AS HAPPY AS ME!

6/30/2011 3:12:41 PM

Will you promise to never post again should Obama win re-election?

When you constantly post something as an inevitability like you have, I think it's only fair we all have retribution if you're proven false.

6/30/2011 3:14:07 PM

Yep, I said all of that.

You however, said this:

Quote :

"just her existence alone is enough to indicate that obama's chance for re-election is absurd."

Which is insane.

6/30/2011 3:15:16 PM

ill take that bet.

it wont even be close; a landslide, you might say.

6/30/2011 3:16:45 PM

dont get me wrong, im not defending any of these tards; i simply despise obama.

and i dont think im in the minority here; youre making this problem more complicated than it is.

i think most people hope its not some crazyass running against him, because voters are only going to see "not obama."

i really think attitudes are that way now and will only continue to get worse.

but i really will quit posting. ill be so mad i dont know if i can take all the knob-slobbing that will be going on here afterwards.

if im right i reserve the right to say "i toldja so." fair enough?

[Edited on June 30, 2011 at 3:23 PM. Reason : ,]

6/30/2011 3:22:44 PM

With candidates like this polling strong, the only thing President Obama really has to worry about is a left-wing third party candidate coming out of nowhere to divide his base.

This woman scares me. Between her and Palin back in 2008, I'm just about ready to turn in my Republican Party card.

6/30/2011 3:23:06 PM

OK...do you want to list off any reasons for which this would be nullified? Like if the republican candidate becomes pregnant through immaculate conception during the election and drops out? You know, for the record...

of course you would get to say I told you so...to the victor go the...whatever

[Edited on June 30, 2011 at 3:24 PM. Reason : s]

6/30/2011 3:23:57 PM

who exactly is his base?

i know some pretty hardcore liberal democrats and theyre more disgusted with him than i am.

its not like i was ever deluded that he would be my ideal president, but at least my hopes and dreams regarding him werent stomped on (like them and so many others).



[Edited on June 30, 2011 at 3:28 PM. Reason : etc]

[Edited on June 30, 2011 at 3:29 PM. Reason : n]

6/30/2011 3:26:34 PM

She's vowed to destroy the EPA. Fuck her.

6/30/2011 3:59:31 PM

Quote :

"She's vowed to destroy the EPA"

Yeah, who needs solar energy anyway.

6/30/2011 4:01:33 PM

Quote :

"She's vowed to destroy the EPA. Fuck her."

I suppose it's poetic that a Republican dismantle the creation of a previous Republican.

6/30/2011 4:34:38 PM

Obscene is more like it...

6/30/2011 4:38:35 PM

Honest question, yowilly.

If Bachmann got the nomination and you had to choose between Obama and her, whom would you choose?

6/30/2011 5:02:16 PM

obviously i would choose bachmann.

what was the point of even asking me that?

6/30/2011 5:22:47 PM

Probably to illustrate what a huge ignoramus it makes you

6/30/2011 5:28:06 PM

having to justify myself on TWW soapbox is a laughable concept.

especially to you, of all people, known mostly for trolling and ludicrous self-righteousness.

ive said i dont like her, aside from the occasional fap, but again ill reiterate the fact that youd better pray she doesnt win the nomination.

because whoever runs against obama will win.

its fact

http://teamcoco.com/video/michele-bachman-history-channel

[Edited on June 30, 2011 at 5:47 PM. Reason : video]

6/30/2011 5:37:47 PM

Quote :

"having to justify myself on TWW soapbox is a laughable concept."

I'm laughing, but probably not in the way you had in mind.

6/30/2011 6:01:10 PM

Quote :

"especially to you, of all people, known mostly for trolling and ludicrous self-righteousness. ive said i dont like her, aside from the occasional fap, but again ill reiterate the fact that youd better pray she doesnt win the nomination. because whoever runs against obama will win. its fact"

Just because other people (you) are clueless as fuck doesn't mean that I'm *self*-righteous. I shut my mouth unless I've gathered evidence and thought carefully about the topic. If that makes me self-righteous then fine, but I'm not *proud* about it. It's literally the lowest possible bar to get over. If you think I'm proud for reading a variety of sources of information and thinking about what I read then your intellectual standards are pathetic.

To some extent the accelerationist in me loves Bachmann. It'd be fun to see her deny her base the subsidies her family has engorged itself upon.

[Edited on June 30, 2011 at 6:03 PM. Reason : .]

6/30/2011 6:02:55 PM

well i didnt realize any thread involving bachmann was such serious business.

i was simply asserting that obama loses in every possible scenario.

mcdanger your track record here speaks for itself; there really isnt anything i have to say other than:

if youre really such the gumshoe that you claim to be you wouldnt have even responded to me as you would have "researched" my stance regarding bachmann in the chit-chat parody thread.

otherwise youre simply a slightly more potty-mouthed version of God so feel free to go on a Google-powered stampede in the name of... well yourself, and i hope it makes you feel better.

anyway, i guess ill the other bachmann thread since this is obviously bat country.



[Edited on June 30, 2011 at 6:15 PM. Reason : etc]

6/30/2011 6:11:46 PM

Can someone please get this fuck the hell out of TSB?

6/30/2011 6:13:01 PM

agreed. any bachmann thread needs to go to chit-chat.

of course there already is one so this should probably be locked.

6/30/2011 6:16:09 PM

Quote :

"mcdanger your track record here speaks for itself; there really isnt anything i have to say other than: if youre really such the gumshoe that you claim to be you wouldnt have even responded to me as you would have "researched" my stance regarding bachmann in the chit-chat parody thread."

Hmm yes the opinions of y0willy as expressed in chit chat are high on my reading queue

6/30/2011 6:17:13 PM

just sayin

6/30/2011 6:23:57 PM

GOP field is weak, hell, Obama might win Texas and the Senate seat in Texas might go dem (make up for a couple loses). GOP has no one that can beat even a weak Obama....just like with W.....dems had no one strong enough to defeat him even though he wasnt really liked all that much. The key is state by state, and Obama is looking good in many of the key states now, whoever the GOP nominates, doesnt have much room for error, loose Texas and it is over.

She is a nutbag and tea party favorite. She has the very consersavative tea party behind her, she can forget women and independents...which she will need to win. It could be an Obama slaughter if she gets it.

[Edited on July 3, 2011 at 5:10 PM. Reason : w]

7/3/2011 5:07:06 PM

Part of me would like to see her get the nod and get her ass kicked so hard that Walter Mondale feels sorry for her. Apparently the GOP still doesn't get it and needs yet more thrashing.

and yowillyo, your bet also encompasses any potential future screennames you might register or use?

7/3/2011 5:25:19 PM

Quote :

"GOP field is weak, hell, Obama might win Texas and the Senate seat in Texas might go dem (make up for a couple loses). GOP has no one that can beat even a weak Obama....just like with W.....dems had no one strong enough to defeat him even though he wasnt really liked all that much. The key is state by state, and Obama is looking good in many of the key states now, whoever the GOP nominates, doesnt have much room for error, loose Texas and it is over."

Obama win Texas? Good one. Hell, Rick Perry might even enter the race....

Bachmann is no Palin. She talks out of her ass a lot, but she is reasonably intelligent. Our VP, who we never hear about anymore, has the same problem, hell so did Gore.

7/3/2011 10:32:09 PM

As far as politician go, Bachmann is one of the least intelligent... i'm not sure how you where you are seeing intelligence there.

7/3/2011 10:44:14 PM

^ because we're comparing her to Sarah Palin

and that's a REALLY fucking low bar

[Edited on July 3, 2011 at 11:04 PM. Reason : .]

7/3/2011 11:03:57 PM

I, for one, would welcome a Bachmann-Palin ticket. It would be like watching a real life episode of Rizzoli and Isles. Bachmann can be the no-nonsense partner who tells it like it is and who isn't afraid to play the wild-card, while Palin can be the brutally honest cunt who can't keep a boyfriend because they're all too intimidated by her being a single mom with good looks, snarky wit, and her career-first ambition. The two can go from precinct to precinct, swaying over constituents with their lovable charm and fine knowledge of American history while simultaneously uncovering radical, left-wing, liberal plots funded by Bill Ayers and the lame-stream "gotcha" media aimed at destroying honest, old-fashioned, free-market American values. In every episode, a quote by Ronald Reagan will appear in the first scene, giving the viewer an idea of what the theme of the show will be, and the viewer will be treated to moments of the characters personal life that highlight their strong Christian up-bringing and unwavering dedication to preserving conservative morals.


It would be a hit.

7/3/2011 11:14:10 PM

i have a feeling y0willy0 is going to end up being quite disappointed

7/3/2011 11:19:18 PM

nah you guys can have the soapbox if obama wins. i dont understand why everyones on my ass because im confident he wont.

my parting words regarding his reelection would be "you cant polish a turd."

thats all i have to say about that.

[Edited on July 3, 2011 at 11:29 PM. Reason : eek]

7/3/2011 11:21:39 PM

yeah, things are unbelievably shitty right now. an untrained hedgehog could beat Obama. What a fuckup he is, right!?!

[Edited on July 3, 2011 at 11:37 PM. Reason : and fuck soapbox, you can fucking have it. this place is awful.]

7/3/2011 11:37:04 PM

I figured this lady would be the hero of the teabaggers on tdub......

7/4/2011 2:05:31 PM

no they prefer to get teabagged

and she lacks the necessary equipment

7/5/2011 5:50:34 AM

hey that joke was funny on rachel maddow what, 8 months ago? neat.

7/5/2011 7:27:37 AM

Quote :

"because she has a tendency to pretend she never said something and ignore it, or never get called on it."

And that's different from Obama how... I can recall several instances where he said "Don't tell me what I said" and the press never called him on it

7/5/2011 7:57:43 AM

You live in a massively delusional world if you think bachmann's special combination of mendacity and idiocy is in the same region as any other politician.

7/5/2011 8:12:25 AM

Quote :

"You live in a massively delusional world if you think bachmann's special combination of mendacity and idiocy is in the same region as [b]different from[b] any other politician."

7/5/2011 8:19:49 AM