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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichele Bachmann Announces 2016 Presidential Campaign (Daily Currant)
In a video uploaded to her website the conservative congresswoman said that God had asked her to run in order to prevent the secular left from imposing Sharia Law on America.
"I recently stopped taking a medication called Zyprexa," she explained in the video, "Two days after it cleared my system, I was visited by God while eating breakfast. The holy father told me that he had great plans for me and instructed me to wind down my career in Congress and run for president.
http://dailycurrant.com/2013/05/30/michele-bachmann-announces-2016-presidential-campaign/
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Michele Bachmann Announces 2016 Presidential Campaign (Daily Currant) (Original Post)
pokerfan
May 2013
OP
Inre republicans, its often difficult to distinguish between truth and satire.
HooptieWagon
May 2013
#5
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)1. this come from the onion?
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)2. The Daily Currant
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)3. it sounds likke a joke
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)4. You have a keen eye
The Daily Currant is an American satirical news blog that focuses on politics, technology, and entertainment.[1] A number of its satirical stories have been taken for true news reports by press and members of the public.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Currant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Currant
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)5. Inre republicans, its often difficult to distinguish between truth and satire.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)6. Yeah, Poe's Law
That's why it's so hard to parody the right-wing fundamentalists.
Poe's law, named after its author Nathan Poe, is an Internet adage reflecting the idea that without a clear indication of the author's intent, it is difficult or impossible to tell the difference between an expression of sincere extremism and a parody of extremism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law