Author Topic: Exclusive: President Michele Bachmann? (Read 4225 times)

240 is Back · « **on:** January 05, 2011, 08:24:09 AM »

Exclusive: President Michele Bachmann?
Source: ABC News

Forget the fervent chatter speculating that Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann is considering launching a campaign to challenge Sen. Amy Klobuchar for the Minnesota U.S. Senate seat in the next national election cycle. Think bigger.

ABC News has learned that Bachmann, R-Minn., also is seriously weighing whether to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.

~snip~

Although aides in Bachmann's congressional office said she has received frequent encouragement from supporters to challenge President Obama next year, they would not confirm quite yet that she officially was throwing her hat into the ring.

However, Bachmann's senior staff did admit the Minnesotan is not ruling out a presidential campaign. "Nothing is off the table," Bachmann chief of staff Andy Parrish told ABC News when asked whether the Iowa trip signaled Bachmann's intent to run for president. "The congresswoman is excited about her first trip to Iowa this year."

240 is Back · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2011, 08:29:57 AM »

HONESTLY - i'd love to see her run.

She gets beat up cause she does say some crazy things. investigate congressmen for unamericanism? lol

But in terms of experience and BRAIN POWER... She destroys Palin and steals that base. She's very competent and would not be a confused puppet ala Palin.

Hedgehog · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2011, 08:33:42 AM »

Not another one...

List of people you've been touting as possible Presidents to be:

Bobby Jindal
John Thune
Santa Claus
Ron Paul
Mike Huckabee
Newt Gingrich
Donald Trump
Rocco Siffredi

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2011, 08:41:22 AM »

I like her more than Palin.

240 is Back · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2011, 08:42:24 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on January 05, 2011, 08:41:22 AM

I like her more than Palin.

me too, by a mile. She's SMART. Granted, neurotic and nutty at time - but she does believe in the constitution. 2 years ago, palin was balming man for global warming, opening up the borders, and singing the praises of TARP. SHe's a seasonal tea partier

Bachmann has been consistent all along!

Skeletor · « **Reply #5 on:** January 05, 2011, 09:01:59 AM »

Quote from: Hedgehog on January 05, 2011, 08:33:42 AM

Not another one...

List of people you've been touting as possible Presidents to be:

Bobby Jindal
John Thune
Santa Claus
Ron Paul
Mike Huckabee
Newt Gingrich
Donald Trump
Rocco Siffredi

Now that's a good idea.

Of course in rl, Paul would be the more prudent choice.

Dos Equis · « **Reply #6 on:** January 05, 2011, 11:34:41 AM »

Quote from: Hedgehog on January 05, 2011, 08:33:42 AM

Not another one...

List of people you've been touting as possible Presidents to be:

Bobby Jindal
John Thune
Santa Claus
Ron Paul
Mike Huckabee
Newt Gingrich
Donald Trump
Rocco Siffredi

Bob Barr

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #7 on:** January 05, 2011, 11:42:30 AM »

Religious nuts like Barr don't get elected to POTUS.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #8 on:** January 05, 2011, 11:45:30 AM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on January 05, 2011, 11:42:30 AM

Religious nuts like Barr don't get elected to POTUS.

No according to 240 who claims to have voted for him.

Skeletor · « **Reply #9 on:** January 05, 2011, 11:51:53 AM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on January 05, 2011, 11:42:30 AM

Religious nuts like Barr don't get elected to POTUS.

I thought this was a prerequisite for pretty much any career politician.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #10 on:** January 05, 2011, 11:53:58 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on January 05, 2011, 11:45:30 AM

No according to 240 who claims to have voted for him.

It takes more than 240s vote to secure POTUS office.

Straw Man · « **Reply #11 on:** January 05, 2011, 11:54:43 AM »

Bachmann can give Palin a run for her money in the stupid/incoherent comment category.

Here's a recent gem:

Bachmann: Tax Cuts Don’t Really Cause Deficits

December 11th, 2010

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the Tea Party mega-star, has emerged in the past few days as a leading opponent of the Obama-GOP tax cuts compromise from the right. And in the process, she is elaborating on the common theme among conservatives that tax cuts should not be paid for in terms of their effect on the deficits. Or as she puts it, cutting taxes shouldn’t be defined as part of a deficit, and only spending should be viewed through this lens.

“I don’t agree with that definition,” Bachmann told Meredith Viera on the Today Show. “When people keep their own money, that’s considered a deficit to government, but it’s not a deficit to your pocket or mine, so I think it’s important that people can keep their money.”

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #12 on:** January 05, 2011, 12:04:56 PM »

Why is that dumb?

BTW - she was a Federal Tax Lawyer for the IRS.

Straw Man · « **Reply #13 on:** January 05, 2011, 12:14:51 PM »

Quote from: 333386 on January 05, 2011, 12:04:56 PM

Why is that dumb?

BTW - she was a Federal Tax Lawyer for the IRS.

there are plenty of dumb ass lawyers in this country

you should know that

btw - here's the Year in Crazy

I forgot how much stupid shit she said and did last year

I know pointing out that she's crazier than a shit house rat will only endear her more to the TBaggers on GetBig but what the heck it's too funny to pass up

http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/12/michele_bachman_174.php

Straw Man · « **Reply #14 on:** January 05, 2011, 12:31:08 PM »

Quote from: 333386 on January 05, 2011, 12:04:56 PM

Why is that dumb?

BTW - she was a Federal Tax Lawyer for the IRS.

she's made the same incoherent and just flat out wrong statement more than once.

It's just how you "frame it"

If you put a "crazy/stupid" frame around it and you're a retarded Tbagger then it makes sense

And in an exchange with John Roberts on CNN:

BACHMANN: And remember it's a deficit to government but it's not a deficit to people who get to keep their money. So it's how you frame it. I don't think letting people keep their own money should be considered a deficit.

ROBERTS: But it is, though, because it adds to the federal deficit.

BACHMANN: No, you're right about that, John, that it is to the government, but remember what we could also be doing right now: Cutting back on spending. We've had the biggest increase in spending in the last two years that anyone can remember in modern times. We can also cut back spending to that level and that's not on the table right now.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #15 on:** January 05, 2011, 12:32:47 PM »

Quote from: Straw Man on January 05, 2011, 12:14:51 PM

there are plenty of dumb ass lawyers in this country

you should know that

btw - here's the Year in Crazy

KAPOWW!

Someone bring him the smelling salts.

Straw Man · « **Reply #16 on:** January 05, 2011, 12:35:39 PM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on January 05, 2011, 12:32:47 PM

KAPOWW!

Someone bring him the smelling salts.

I wasn't necessarily referring to 333

I'm sure he's met more than a few lawyers who are dumb as a box of rocks

Bachmann gives Palin a serious run for that weird combo of crazy/stupid with a liberal does of jesus freak as well

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #17 on:** January 05, 2011, 12:42:19 PM »

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on January 05, 2011, 12:32:47 PM

KAPOWW!

Someone bring him the smelling salts.

What do you do for a living again bro?

Benny B · « **Reply #18 on:** January 05, 2011, 04:50:14 PM »

I'll take this ticket in any fashion or form that I can get it!

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #19 on:** January 05, 2011, 04:59:53 PM »

She is more qualified than bama.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #20 on:** January 05, 2011, 05:49:22 PM »

Quote from: 333386 on January 05, 2011, 12:42:19 PM

What do you do for a living again bro?

As if you don't know.

One thing for sure, it isn't a courier for a debt collection agency.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #21 on:** January 05, 2011, 05:56:31 PM »

Funny, I just handled a trial in court tonight with witnesses, evidence , exhibits, etc.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #22 on:** January 05, 2011, 06:04:54 PM »

And yet found time to post on Getbig nonstop?

Yeah right.... I can understand having no life and posting all day long while sitting at home waiting for mommy to make your sandwich for lunch, but yet taking time out of REAL LIFE, like when you are away from a regular PC, to post on the internet with the usual whining and crying? Pathetic. Must have been a long subway ride for you to defend that speeding ticket.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #23 on:** January 05, 2011, 06:07:16 PM »

I post from a blackberry often. Trial lasted about 2 hours. Involved a contractor dispute over backcharges, unauthorized work, theft, etc.

I think I won. Judge said I will have a decision in a few weeks.

LurkerNoMore · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2011, 06:22:26 PM »

Quote from: 333386 on January 05, 2011, 06:07:16 PM

I post from a blackberry often.

Interupting real life so you can post on an internet fitness board? Pathetic.