Bachmann Quits

[MachZer0]

Before we engage on this quest, let's be sure we agree on what constitutes intolerance.

Any thoughts?

Better to stick to the topic at hand.

 

[Received]

Better to stick to the topic at hand.

lol

You seriously make me smile, Machster. Something tells me you at least like good beer.

 

[JCSr]

lol

You seriously make me smile, Machster. Something tells me you at least like good beer.

Bauchmann is the epitome of intolerance.

 

[Received]

Bauchmann is the epitome of intolerance.

Funny intolerance. The Poe'd out sort of intolerance you'd expect only on the best Internet forum.

 

[JCSr]

Funny intolerance. The Poe'd out sort of intolerance you'd expect only on the best Internet forum.

It is a bittersweet loss. I will miss the humor associated with her outrageous comments while not missing the horror of knowing she had a position of power.

What Praying said.

 

[MachZer0]

Bauchmann is the epitome of intolerance.

There's a difference between simply being intolerant and claiming to be tolerant while actually being intolerant.

 

[JCSr]

There's a difference between simply being intolerant and claiming to be tolerant while actually being intolerant.

Do try to follow your own advice and stick to the topic at hand

 

[Rion]

Nope.

Tea Party gets a bump after being targeted by IRS | Fox News

Between this and Church Lady leaving, it's looking good.

 

[Savior2006]

Michele Bachmann retiring under fire - Alex Isenstadt and Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com

Is the Tea Party running out of steam?

Good. The fewer Teapublicans in Congress the better.

 

[DaisyDay]

My understanding is that the Honorable U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann will not run for re-election in 2014 as the representative for Minnesota's sixth congressional district.

Her decision does not equate "Backmann Quits" as the title of this thread suggests.

She's quitting Congress, but she is serving out her term.

 

[jayem]

Maybe she'll move to Switzerland. Doesn't she have dual citizenship? It's a beautiful country and in many ways more civilized than the US. Kinda odd though, that someone so opposed to ACA, would seek citizenship in a place where health insurance is compulsory and benefits and premiums are regulated by the government.

 

[MachZer0]

Maybe she'll move to Switzerland. Doesn't she have dual citizenship? It's a beautiful country and in many ways more civilized than the US. Kinda odd though, that someone so opposed to ACA, would seek citizenship in a place where health insurance is compulsory and benefits and premiums are regulated by the government.

She never sought such citizenship

 

[GarfieldJL]

All this topic thread has demonstrated is how hyper partisan some left-wingers on this board are.


Mrs. Bachmann said her decision was driven by her sense that if eight years was the maximum time in office for a president, perhaps the same limit should apply to a House member.

"Rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign," she said in the video.
Michele Bachmann Won't Seek Re-Election in 2014 - WSJ.com

If we take her at her word, then she believes that crogress should have term limits, and she's actually practicing what she is preaching...

 

[variant]

I'll miss her.

She could make the argument for the hard right religious folks being vapid and out of touch better than I ever could dream to do.

 

[variant]

All this topic thread has demonstrated is how hyper partisan some left-wingers on this board are.


Mrs. Bachmann said her decision was driven by her sense that if eight years was the maximum time in office for a president, perhaps the same limit should apply to a House member.

"Rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign," she said in the video.
Michele Bachmann Won't Seek Re-Election in 2014 - WSJ.com

If we take her at her word, then she believes that crogress should have term limits, and she's actually practicing what she is preaching...

We're just not as willfully naive as you are.

 

[Savior2006]

All this topic thread has demonstrated is how hyper partisan some left-wingers on this board are.

There goes the irony meter.

 

[MagicSabbath]

Mrs. Bachmann said her decision was driven by her sense that if eight years was the maximum time in office for a president, perhaps the same limit should apply to a House member.

I think term limits for the Legislature and the Judiciary are long overdue.
So perhaps if this is the real reasoning behind her retirement then it'll catch on.
As it is in America term limits can only be imposed if those who the electorate hope to impose term limits on, the legislature, vote by a 2/3rds majority to amend the Constitution to that end.

I don't see that happening in this century.

 

[Received]

All this topic thread has demonstrated is how hyper partisan some left-wingers on this board are.


Mrs. Bachmann said her decision was driven by her sense that if eight years was the maximum time in office for a president, perhaps the same limit should apply to a House member.

"Rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign," she said in the video.
Michele Bachmann Won't Seek Re-Election in 2014 - WSJ.com

If we take her at her word, then she believes that crogress should have term limits, and she's actually practicing what she is preaching...

We know it's totally unheard of, especially in politics, when people do something for one reason then dress it up as another, usually more noble, one.

 

[Loudmouth]

This is the hardest hit to political comedy since Georg Bush Jr. left office.

 

[DaisyDay]

She never sought such citizenship

Yet she had it (dual with the USA) for many, many years, if she doesn't have it still.

All this topic thread has demonstrated is how hyper partisan some left-wingers on this board are.

Lols. If we were that hyper-partisan, we would have made 17 threads on her campaign being investigated. Did you know it was a pastor who blew the whistle (well, one whistle) on her?

Mrs. Bachmann said her decision was driven by her sense that if eight years was the maximum time in office for a president, perhaps the same limit should apply to a House member.

"Rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign," she said in the video.

Michele Bachmann Won't Seek Re-Election in 2014 - WSJ.com

If we take her at her word, then she believes that crogress should have term limits, and she's actually practicing what she is preaching...

It's possible that she convinced herself that that is the reason and not because of the investigations and the unlikelihood of reelection.