Michele Bachmann Granted Swiss Citizenship WTF??

[Generic Other]

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has been granted citizenship in Switzerland.

Becky Rogness, a spokeswoman for the conservative congresswoman, said in a statement, "Congresswoman Bachmann's husband is of Swiss descent so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they got married in 1978." She added, "However, recently some of their children wanted to exercise their eligibility for dual-citizenship so they went through the process as a family."

Bachmann herself discussed the news with a Swiss television station. The former presidential contender said "it's tough to find a place not to like in Switzerland" and laughed off a question on whether she would run for office given that it appears she is eligible to do so in the European country.

For Bachmann, a vocal critic of President Barack Obama's health care reform law, the move comes with a twist of irony. Switzerland has nearly universal health care and mandates that its citizens purchase coverage. Bachmann herself has repeatedly taken issue with the individual mandate included in Obama's law.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/michele-bachmann-swiss-citizenship_n_1502784.html?ncid=webmail1

[emulatorloo]

2. If I was Bachmann's child, I'd want to move to Switzerland too.

[aquart]

3. Universal health care makes any country attractive.

How many in Congress have dual citizenship?

[KansDem]

4. Maybe the holes in her head reminded the Swiss of the holes in their cheese...

...and citizenship was inevitable.

[jberryhill]

5. They need more cuckoos for the clocks

[BillStein]

6. I just assumed

it was because her money has lived there for years

[JustAnotherGen]

7. How can the

Democratic candidate use this against her?

[DJ13]

8. Maybe its a tax dodge now that she is (in)famous among the far right?

The $'s will probably be rolling in now.

[FSogol]

9. She knows what effect Romney will have on the US?

[lastlib]

10. If the Swiss will take her, I'll buy her ticket

[librechik]

11. that's where she's going for the Rapture--high mountains closer to man in sky

what else?

[Capt. Obvious]

12. She can openly hate on Muslims there

Maybe that had a lot to do with it

[mojitojoe]

13. One of the birther claims is that Obama isn't eligible to be president because of dual citizenship..

...so I guess that means that Bachmann isn't eligible for the White House either.

[jwirr]

14. I wonder if she knows that Europe is much more liberal than anything here in the USA? Even MN.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. The Swiss are proud to have her model for the Cuckoo in a new line of Swiss cuckoo clocks

A little Bachmann figurine coming out of the clock every hour saying "cuckoo, cuckoo" should be a big seller.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. They heard the ticking in her head and thought she was one of their watches

Thanks, folks. I'll be here all week.

[OriginalGeek]

23. :thumbs_up:

I liked it.

[2pooped2pop]

17. how long does it take and when did she apply?

I'm thinking this is so her swiss bank accounts will not be disclosed if she is a citizen. She saw what happened to Mitt.

What it is not, is an actual desire as a family to have Swiss citizenship imo.

[treestar]

18. This should invalidate her status as natural born citizen

The birthers and other wing nuts want Obama disqualified for far less (going to a school in Indonesia, having an Indonesian stepfather, having a Kenyan father). Actually becoming a citizen of a foreign nation as an adult? That's unnatural baby!

[Bozita]

19. Tweety's covering this story NOW (midway through his show)

[malaise]

20. Can she remain in the House of Representatives? n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Oh, I hope not, my dear malaise!

[malaise]

24. Thanks

I hope she's packing as I type

[BumRushDaShow]

22. This should be looped 24/7

side by side with videos of her nonsensical verbal vomit about being "anti-America".