Politics

[Black Irish]

Buster, I'm assuming that's a "not sure if serious" GIF. I'm mostly joking, but not entirely.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Deal.

Obama is done running for elections I could care less of what people think of him now. Ryan however ever is on my list of the top 2 people I do not want to be president, Rand (not to be confused with Ron) Paul being the other.

I could go through a phone book and list more than 250 million people who would be higher on that list.

 

[DSully1995]

Chicago whats your beef with Rand? hes definately not the same as his dad (legendary) but he cant be that bad, Todd Akin, Bachmann?

 

[chicago51]

Chicago whats your beef with Rand? hes definately not the same as his dad (legendary) but he cant be that bad, Todd Akin, Bachmann?

Okay Michelle Bachmann tops them all.

I'll bet 100,000,000 vbucks (or all in if I gamble like crap and have less than that) Michelle Bachmann does not retain win her house seat in 2014. She only won by 1% in 2012. Democrats have a strategy to try to take back the House despite the gerrymandering. Bachmann's seat is one of the top target's they think they realistically can get. Democrats will not win the House in 2014 but Bachmann will lose her seat.

Here is my crazy test. If you are more conservative than Ronald Reagen to me you are nuts. Republicans like to put Reagan on a pedistal. Yet today there are so many nuts like Bachmann, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, and others that would call Reagan a liberal today. It was Reagen that worked with Democrat controlled Congress to actually raise the Fica tax to strengthen social security he had no intention of getting rid of entitlement programs. It was Reagen that thought assault weapons should not be civilian owned.

I still consider Reagen a conservative and disagree with a lot of his policies. The fact though that some of these Tea Party folks make Reagen look almost liberal shows just how they have drifted as a party.

 

[Irish Houstonian]

Deal.

Obama is done running for elections I could care less of what people think of him now...

It's a sad commentary when the Left-wing doesn't care if America likes its President.

Now that he's "done running" and all...

 

[Downinthebend]

It's a sad commentary when the Left-wing doesn't care if America likes its President.

Now that he's "done running" and all...

Its a sad commentary when the left doesn't care that their president killed alot of children in other countries simply because hes not running for another election.

Now, if you are more authoritarian than Ron Paul I'd have a hard chance voting for you. one of my problems with Rand Paul is that he isn't as socially liberal (Read: free) as Ron. Imo, I'd like Justin Amash to run for president.

 

[Buster Bluth]

I'll bet 100,000,000 vbucks (or all in if a gamble like crap and have less than that) Michelle Bachmann does retain win her house seat in 2014.

DEAL!!

 

[chicago51]

DEAL!!

Crap I made I typo lol. Refer to the context of my full post. Bachman will lose her seat.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Bachmann is totally nuts. How people vote for her is beyond me.

 

[tadman95]

I guess I should vote now huh?! Don't anybody tell me until after I vote.

 

[tadman95]

Bachmann is totally nuts. How people vote for her is beyond me.

Your intentional understatement is admirable.

 

[Black Irish]

Okay Michelle Bachmann tops them all.

I'll bet 100,000,000 vbucks (or all in if I gamble like crap and have less than that) Michelle Bachmann does not retain win her house seat in 2014. She only won by 1% in 2012. Democrats have a strategy to try to take back the House despite the gerrymandering. Bachmann's seat is one of the top target's they think they realistically can get. Democrats will not win the House in 2014 but Bachmann will lose her seat.

Here is my crazy test. If you are more conservative than Ronald Reagen to me you are nuts. Republicans like to put Reagan on a pedistal. Yet today there are so many nuts like Bachmann, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, and others that would call Reagan a liberal today. It was Reagen that worked with Democrat controlled Congress to actually raise the Fica tax to strengthen social security he had no intention of getting rid of entitlement programs. It was Reagen that thought assault weapons should not be civilian owned.

I still consider Reagen a conservative and disagree with a lot of his policies. The fact though that some of these Tea Party folks make Reagen look almost liberal shows just how they have drifted as a party.

Just because you disagree with a person's politics doesn't make that person "nuts." I may not care for the politics of the Left, but I don't think someone is crazy just because they subscribe to progressive ideas. Sure, there are some unhinged types out there, but it smacks of intellectual laziness and arrogance to just say "I don't agree with you, therefore you are a lunatic."

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

I think Michelle Bachmann is nuts, not because of politics, but because of the insanely crazy things that come out of her mouth.

 

[phgreek]

I don't pay much attention to her...well I haven't since the Primary.

I don't recall her claiming the law of gravity a hoax, or spewing a "Matirx" theory...so what did she say that makes her certifiable to someone apolitical.

 

[woolybug25]

Just because you disagree with a person's politics doesn't make that person "nuts." I may not care for the politics of the Left, but I don't think someone is crazy just because they subscribe to progressive ideas. Sure, there are some unhinged types out there, but it smacks of intellectual laziness and arrogance to just say "I don't agree with you, therefore you are a lunatic."

I am pretty sure people thinking Bachmann is nuts has nothing to do with her politics. How can you justify these as being sane comments?

"I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending." –Rep. Michele Bachmann, suggesting at a presidential campaign event in Florida that the 2011 East Coast earthquake and hurricane was a message from God (Aug. 2011)

"I will tell you that I had a mother last night come up to me here in Tampa, Florida, after the debate. She told me that her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection, and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter." –Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), on the HPV vaccine, Fox News interview, Sept. 12, 2011

"Why should I go and do something like that? But the Lord says, 'Be submissive wives; you are to be submissive to your husbands." -Rep. Michele Bachmann, recalling in a 2006 speech at a Megachurch in Minneapolis that pursuing tax law wasn't her choice, but she did so at the urging of her husband because she was certain God was speaking through him

"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

"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

"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." -Rep. Michelle Bachmann, April, 2009

"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." -Michele Bachmann, Jan. 2005

"And what a bizarre time we're in, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it."

"[Gay marriage] is probably the biggest issue that will impact our state and our nation in the last, at least, thirty years. I am not understating that."

"But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States."

"It is a brand new, billion-dollar high speed train that is going to go from Disneyland up to Las Vegas...Harry Reid, the Senator from Nevada, was behind this measure, and it makes us wonder, is he more interested in making sure kids start gambling at younger ages?"

"The President of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day."

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.”

"Not all cultures are equal"

"A woman (Terry Schiavo) was healthy. There was brain damage, there was no question. But from a health point of view, she was not terminally ill"


The funniest thing is that she doesn't hold a candle to the crazy that is Christine O'Donnell.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

I am pretty sure people thinking Bachmann is nuts has nothing to do with her politics. How can you justify these as being sane comments?

"I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending." –Rep. Michele Bachmann, suggesting at a presidential campaign event in Florida that the 2011 East Coast earthquake and hurricane was a message from God (Aug. 2011)

"I will tell you that I had a mother last night come up to me here in Tampa, Florida, after the debate. She told me that her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection, and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter." –Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), on the HPV vaccine, Fox News interview, Sept. 12, 2011

"Why should I go and do something like that? But the Lord says, 'Be submissive wives; you are to be submissive to your husbands." -Rep. Michele Bachmann, recalling in a 2006 speech at a Megachurch in Minneapolis that pursuing tax law wasn't her choice, but she did so at the urging of her husband because she was certain God was speaking through him

"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

"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

"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." -Rep. Michelle Bachmann, April, 2009

"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." -Michele Bachmann, Jan. 2005

"And what a bizarre time we're in, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it."

"[Gay marriage] is probably the biggest issue that will impact our state and our nation in the last, at least, thirty years. I am not understating that."

"But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States."

"It is a brand new, billion-dollar high speed train that is going to go from Disneyland up to Las Vegas...Harry Reid, the Senator from Nevada, was behind this measure, and it makes us wonder, is he more interested in making sure kids start gambling at younger ages?"

"The President of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day."

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.”

"Not all cultures are equal"

"A woman (Terry Schiavo) was healthy. There was brain damage, there was no question. But from a health point of view, she was not terminally ill"


The funniest thing is that she doesn't hold a candle to the crazy that is Christine O'Donnell.

Thank you Woolybug!

 

[GoIrish41]

Ah, Wooly beat me to it. Maybe from the same place on About.com -- the Craziest Michele Bachmann quotes ever:

''And what a bizarre time we're in, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it.''
—Michele Bachmann, March 2004

''That's why people need to continue to go to the town halls, continue to melt the phone lines of their liberal members of Congress, and let them know, under no certain circumstances will I give the government control over my body and my health care decisions.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), a pro-lifer who completely missed the irony of using the same slogan as the pro-choice movement in arguing against health care reform

''The President of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann, grossly exaggerating the expense of Obama's trip, which cost a fraction of that ($200 million is more than the entire war in Afghanistan costs per day), Nov. 3, 2010

''I'm very concerned about the international moves they're making, particularly ... moving the United States off the dollar and onto a global currency, like Russia and China are calling for.''
—Rep. Michele Bachman, making false claims that the Obama administration was considering ''abandoning the dollar for a multinational currency,'' March 2009

''Before we get started, let's all say 'Happy Birthday' to Elvis Presley today.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), while campaigning for president in South Carolina on what was actually the anniversary of Elvis's death, Aug. 16, 2011 (Elvis was born on January 8)

''(Gay marriage) is probably the biggest issue that will impact our state and our nation in the last, at least, thirty years. I am not understating that.''
—Michele Bachmann, March 2004

''It's under the guise of -- quote -- volunteerism. But it's not volunteers at all. It's paying people to do work on behalf of government.... I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically correct forums.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann, on expanding the AmeriCorps program. Ironically, her son, Harrison, joined Teach for America, which is a member of the AmeriCorps program. (Aug. 2009)

''We now have a total Gangster Government. They don't even pretend anymore. It's total in-your-face cronyism.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann on the government bailout of GM, June 2009

''We need to have profound compassion for the people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life, and sexual identity disorders. This is a very real issue. It's not funny, it's sad. Any of you who have members of your family that are in the lifestyle-we have a member of our family that is. This is not funny. It's a very sad life. It's part of Satan, I think, to say this is gay. It's anything but gay. Because if you're involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it's bondage. Personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement. And that's why this is so dangerous.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) at 2004 National Education Leadership Conference

''There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design.''
—Michele Bachmann, Oct. 2006

''It's your state that fired the shot that was heard around the world! You are the state of Lexington and Concord, you started the battle for liberty right here in your backyard.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann, muddling her American history while speaking in New Hampshire by mistakenly declaring it the birthplace of the American Revolution (the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the shot heard round the world took place in Massachusetts), March 12, 2011

''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

''I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending.''
—Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, suggesting that the 2011 East Coast earthquake and hurricane was a message from God

''Not all cultures are equal.''
—Michele Bachmann, Nov. 2005

''Why should I go and do something like that? But the Lord says, 'Be submissive wives; you are to be submissive to your husbands.''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), recalling in a 2006 speech at a Megachurch in Minneapolis that pursuing tax law wasn't her choice, but she did so at the urging of her husband because she was certain God was speaking through him

''I think there is a point where you say enough is enough to government intrusion. ...Does the federal government really need to know our phone numbers?''
—Rep. Michele Bachmann, on the threat posed by the U.S. Census, June 2009

''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.''
—Michele Bachmann, Jan. 2005

 

[GoIrish41]

Maybe it is unfair to call her crazy. It is completely fair, though, to call her stupid.

 

[Buster Bluth]

"Not all cultures are equal"

This isn't crazy.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

I could pull up just as many dumb@ss, crazy quotes from prominent Democrats (obama, biden, pelosi, durbin, on and on), but it wouldn't matter. It'd turn into a never ending pissing match.

I'd just summarize by saying if you don't like 'em, vote 'em out.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Politics aside, Bachmann is sexy.

 

[woolybug25]

This isn't crazy.

Maybe not crazy, but certainly a very offensive opinion. Would you really want a politician representing you to have that opinion, that certain cultures are more important than others?

 

[Booslum31]

I could pull up just as many dumb@ss, crazy quotes from prominent Democrats (obama, biden, pelosi, durbin, on and on), but it wouldn't matter. It'd turn into a never ending pissing match.

I'd just summarize by saying if you don't like 'em, vote 'em out.

You would need to have a pretty good memory because the press did nothing to remember the liberal gaffs along the way. I like Bachmann. I liked Bush. The problem is that they were dumb...or should I say they were deficient in Emotional Intelligence. I'd rather have dumb and right than smart and wrong. I did try to vote some folks out that I didn't like. I guess enough people didn't feel the way I did. LOL.

 

[connor_in]

Didn't know where else to put this:

 

[GoIrish41]

You would need to have a pretty good memory because the press did nothing to remember the liberal gaffs along the way. I like Bachmann. I liked Bush. The problem is that they were dumb...or should I say they were deficient in Emotional Intelligence. I'd rather have dumb and right than smart and wrong. I did try to vote some folks out that I didn't like. I guess enough people didn't feel the way I did. LOL.

Bush and Buchmann are dumb and wrong.

 

[Booslum31]

Bush and Buchmann are dumb and wrong.

No...Just dumb.

 

[Black Irish]

I could pull up just as many dumb@ss, crazy quotes from prominent Democrats (obama, biden, pelosi, durbin, on and on), but it wouldn't matter. It'd turn into a never ending pissing match.

I'd just summarize by saying if you don't like 'em, vote 'em out.

2nd that. As a lifelong Delaware resident, I can attest to the long history of Joe Biden saying dumb, outlandish, and just plain wrong things. People accept them as "gaffes" because Biden is a dutiful liberal Democrat. If he was a fundamentalist Christian, he'd have been chased out of politics years ago.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Just because you disagree with a person's politics doesn't make that person "nuts." I may not care for the politics of the Left, but I don't think someone is crazy just because they subscribe to progressive ideas. Sure, there are some unhinged types out there, but it smacks of intellectual laziness and arrogance to just say "I don't agree with you, therefore you are a lunatic."

A lot of republicans are very reasonable and thoughtful. Michele Bachmann is neither reasonable nor thoughtful.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Maybe not crazy, but certainly a very offensive opinion. Would you really want a politician representing you to have that opinion, that certain cultures are more important than others?

Definitely. Any secular culture is superior to a religious one. A culture that inherently denies freedom to women is inferior 100% of the time. I would also welcome a politician who finally stood up and said that the "ghetto" culture was disgusting, too.

 

[woolybug25]

Definitely. Any secular culture is superior to a religious one. A culture that inherently denies freedom to women is inferior 100% of the time. I would also welcome a politician who finally stood up and said that the "ghetto" culture was disgusting, too.

I see why someone would want to believe this Buster, but I fundamentally disagree with you. It's not leaderships role to decide which cultures are more important or valid. Leaders like Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini did just that. Leaders are suppose to represent everyone in a democracy, not just those that deem important. One day you are happy that they are disenfranchising a group of people that you don't like, the next day you could be that group.

I truly believe that there is good in all people and culture is just the life they are in. Government should never have the role of being the judge and jury for who's life is more meritable.