Michele Bachmann: Hillary can’t ride wave of white ‘guilt’ into office like Obama did

[Galraedia]

Source: Raw Story

Former presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said in an interview with TriCities.com columnist Cal Thomas that the United States won’t elect former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton president in 2016 because the country “isn’t ready for a woman president.”

According to Bachmann, the tide of white “guilt” that President Barack Obama rode into office will not be matched by a similar feelings for the former First Lady.

Bachmann announced in 2013 that she is retiring from Congress after her current term, but she did not hesitate to offer Republicans advice about how to defeat Clinton, should she decide to run. The GOP, she said, needs to keep hammering away at the 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Clinton, Bachmann said, was aware of “deteriorating conditions” on the ground in Benghazi, but chose to do nothing.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/20/michele-bachmann-hillary-cant-ride-wave-of-white-guilt-into-office-like-obama-did/

[Marie Marie]

1. Michelle - you won't be missed.

Especially since she is likely to hired by Fox News once she is out of office.

[WhiteTara]

5. Oh, I thought she was going to prison

for election fraud. She hasn't been released from the investigation.

[maddiemom]

40. Sadly, Bachmann doesn't have Palin's gift for extemporaneous bullshit.

The stupid things Michelle says SOUND stupid at the time she says them. It always takes a few minutes (and hopefully a transcript) to unravel just how stupid Sarah's remarks inevitably are.

[Loaded Liberal Dem]

41. Wasn't she already supposed to be gone?

[CatholicEdHead]

43. Not until November

and her expected replacement, Tom Emmer is no better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Emmer

http://emmerforcongress.com/index.cfm

He only lost to Mark Dayton for MN Governor by a couple thousand votes to protect MN from the Teabag election of 2010.

[RandallBurns]

59. Emmer is far from a shoe-in

Bachmann barely held onto her seat in the last election.

This time the Republican may be running against Jim Read, a Harvard Ph.D., Political Science Professor and former Eagle Scout

Read's site is http://www.jimreadforcongress.com

Read's level of personal accomplishment is light years beyond any other candidate.

[VanillaRhapsody]

2. Open mouth...insert foot...and prove without a shadow of a doubt you are racist!

I cannot tell who is dumber...her or Louis Gohmert!

[QuestForSense]

7. She has better manners, but as dummies they are neck and neck.

[VanillaRhapsody]

9. AGREED!

They should remake Dumb and Dumber...

[Doc Holliday]

47. They could call it

"Dim and Dimmer."

or maybe "Crazy Bitches." Buck Cherry can provide the show's theme song....

[Historic NY]

3. Thats funny America is ready for a women president...

no Michelle they weren't ready for a women like you, with no brains.

[Thor_MN]

4. Yeah, like thats why BatShitCrazy failed to get the nomination...

I can't wait for her to be gone. She is an embarrassment.

[SoapBox]

6. Oh...Shut the Fuck Up...

Idiot.

[bluestateguy]

8. Hillary will get more white votes than Obama

Like 45%, and hold his same percentages with blacks, Asians and Hispanics.

[JoePhilly]

61. +1

[karynnj]

71. That would be true if there was the same advantage of generic Democrat vs generic Republican as

in 2012.

It is true that EVERY Democrat has received somewhere near 90% of the black vote and large majorities of Asian, Hispanic and Jewish voters. Look at percents for Gore and Kerry. One thing that was very different in 2008, was not the percent, but the absolute number of black voters. There were many who never voted before.

I agree that Obama likely lost some votes due to racism, but estimates of that tend to be pretty low. One study found some by identifying some Southern places where Obama in 2008 (a great D year) got fewer votes than Kerry in a bad year for Democrats - this is striking given the overall differences in the years and that Kerry was not a Southern favorite - to say the least.

Another thing that should help Hillary is that there will be another 4 years of young voters. I saw a study that indicated that Kerry would have won if instead of the 2004 electorate, he had the 2008 electorate. That cohort of new young voters went very Democratic. The increase for 2012 was likely very helpful in 2012.

[jaysunb]

10. They're "teeing it up."

Setting the crazies up with their talking points.

FORE !!!

[DRoseDARs]

11. "I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp..."

[Lucky Luciano]

12. Not The Onion...yet again...

[alp227]

13. if you've heard that Lee Atwater speech where he says the N-word three times

to illustrate the evolution of right wing racist rhetoric you can add "white guilt" to the dictionary of the way right wingers dog-whistle "n-word, n-word, n-word" to the bigot base.

[JoePhilly]

30. When historians write of racism in the 21st century, Bachamann

and many of the current GOP elected officials will be quoted with regularity.

[Fearless]

14. Oh is she still around?

[yellowcanine]

80. Yeah and being interviewed by that Neanderthal fossil Cal Thomas.

I had no idea he still had a platform for spewing liquid stinkburgers.

[Fearless]

82. Not a very well preserved fossil I will say.

[yellowcanine]

84. And the least accurate political pundit.

A study at Hamilton College indicated Thomas as the least accurate prognosticator among 26 notable pundits.[4]

Hard to believe he is worse than Toe Sucker Morris, but there it is.

[Fearless]

85. Undoubtedly he still thinks Romney will pull out a win in Ohio.

[yellowcanine]

87. He and Karl Rove.

[Grassy Knoll]

15. Wool Hale Den....

Erm votun re pubic and.

[Zambero]

16. Bachmann? What wave to victory did she ride in 2012?

She tried the stupid wave. Not quite good enough.
She tried the delusional wave. Still fell short.
She tried the conspiracy wave. No dice.

All those kowtowing crowds are out there, but there were are just not enough stupid, delusional, or paranoid people to get herself nominated for national office.

Still, Bachmann in an expert at not catching waves. if there ever was one. I'm sure Hillary is deeply "worried" by these "astute" comments.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. Still hoping to catch a wave ...

... of spewn invective.

With Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh providing the tsunami.

[Theyletmeeatcake2]

26. Beat me to using tsunami! Agree totally...a zombie tsunami...

[AtheistCrusader]

17. Racist ball of crazy. And, apparently, too stupid to realize

she's over-stayed her welcome in the spotlight.

[area51]

18. With Michele Bachmann,

it's all about the crazy.

[bearssoapbox]

19. That's right crazy, (and I use the term loosely) lady.

"The GOP, she said, needs to keep hammering away at the 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya."

It's exactly what they need to do.

Because for the sake of the country, we need to vote out the the likes of you and the other right wing nut, teabagger idiots....for the sake of the country.

Keeping on harping about Benghazi will make it that much easier o do.

BTW you nutcase. Thanks for quitting. Couldn't be soon enough.

[jmowreader]

20. The first person out of the 2012 clown car is giving the GOP advice?

Dear GOP: if you would like to not see Hillary whoop your candidate's ass worse than Reagan whooped Mondale in 1984, I recommend you send Michele Bachmann to Benghazi and leave her there.

[davidpdx]

21. Message to Michele Bachmann: There isn't enough crazy in the US to elect you to anything outside

your district.

I think the US is ready for a woman president. Whether it will be Hilary Clinton or not, who knows. South Korea is MUCH more conservative than the US and elected a woman president in 2012. Of course Bachmann is too batshit to realize that.

[glowing]

22. See, this is the problem with their heads and the way they think...

They actually can't believe that we would vote for President Obama because we wanted to vote for him. Yeah, the historical election of our first African American Pres was cool as all hell... but he pulled out of the pack because he was against the Iraq War and gave a speech against it when it was extremely unpopular to go agaisnt Bush in any context (shit, I had to lower my head and watch what I said and to whom I said it to down in FL). That was one of the biggest issues, along with all the illegal shit like torture, Gitmo prison, warantless wiretaps, the Patriot Act, NDAA.. these were really big issues at that time.

The economy in free fall sort of over took these other issues (still incredibly important issues). AND of course, as soon as he was inaugurated, the fake-assed TeaParty was created. Basically, the Republicans were in so much trouble, they let the crazies out of the closet and now they have actual power in the House and Senate and a handful are taking this country down because these crazies were lied to forever. Grew up with lies and ingnorance. AND now they have actual seats of power and they are burning the country down. They are doing a horrible job in the states. Look at NC, WI, OH, PA, FL, TX, LA, MS, SC.. All these Southern states are in near ruins. Those in charge have no care or desire to serve the people they represent or any desire to make things better for "all" of its state's residents; they care about theirselves first, family, cronies, and their wealthy friends. They don't care for the poor, homeless, jobs, environment, education of the masses (other than what types of money they can launder out of the public till with their charter school scams)... They are the worst things that have been allowed to exist AND for some damned reason, people keep electing them.

[alp227]

42. speaking of which i'd like Bachmann Crazy in Overdrive to explain how Keith Ellison

a fellow member of Congress from Minnesota, got elected in a majority white district. Keith acknowledged that in a recent appearance on Thom Hartmann:

[truthisfreedom]

23. "White guilt" = "Black blame."

Racist to the core, and bizarrely enough, sexist against her own. What America is not ready for, Michele, is a racist sexist batshit crazy lady who has a sham marriage and is a non-functioning fake congresswoman.

[Theyletmeeatcake2]

25. I guess even with the help of a tsunami of stupid Bachmann couldn't get there!

[liberal N proud]

27. This?

[7962]

29. Always liked that picture......not sure why.......

It sure does pop up on DU a LOT!!!

[trusty elf]

32. It's a classic!

[IMG][/IMG]

[tanyev]

28. Ah, Michele has figured out why her presidential campaign didn't go anywhere.

The country just isn't ready for a woman president.....yeah, that's the ticket.

[Beacool]

31. Michelle never fails to make us grateful that she will soon leave the House.

The one nugget of truth in her statement is that Hillary will confront sexism. She's confronting it right now and has confronted it since she became a public figure in AR back in the late 70s.

Sexism is the one area where there seems to be bipartisan agreement. It's obviously not just Hillary, most women in the public arena get smacked with a barrage of asinine remarks about their looks (hair, age, clothing, etc.). If they are a mother they also question their ability to be a good one. When was the last time that someone asked a male candidate if running for office impeded with their ability to be a good father?

So yes, Michelle is a nut job, but sooner or later every squirrel finds an acorn.

[aquart]

33. Whenever anyone says Benghazi, here's what you say:

YES! We must investigate the utter failure of privatized security! Snowden! The Navy yard! Benghazi! So expensive and so useless! Make Hillary testify how she begged for more money to pay for privatized mercenaries when Marines used to be better and cheaper. Would we have had to cut vet benefits if we weren't paying for costly privatized security?

They get quiet and disappear.

[AtheistCrusader]

56. Genius.

Thank you, I will use the hell out of that. Excellent framing. (Worthy of a talking point OP.)

[Gothmog]

34. Bachmann is an idiot

The US is ready for a female president. We just want someone who is smart

[Arkana]

35. Bachmann needs to spend the rest of her life in a padded cell.

She's clearly mentally ill and needs medication.

[Orsino]

36. Therefore, Clinton *can*.

I would have said no, but Bachmann is always wrong, without exception.

[yellowcanine]

37. Bachmann ... in an interview with columnist Cal Thomas..." Christian Taliban Alert!

Cal Thomas is an unrepentant Christian Taliban Founding Father.

"Thomas was vice president of the Moral Majority from 1980 to 1985." Says it all, doesn't it?

And all of that direct access to GAWD doesn't seem to have helped him as a political prognosticator.

A study at Hamilton College indicated Thomas as the least accurate prognosticator among 26 notable pundits.[4]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Thomas

[Evasporque]

38. Michelle couldn't ride a corndog into a Iowa caucus victory....nt

[catbyte]

39. Bachmann's just bitter that her campaign imploded

Sorry, Michele. America isn't ready for a bat shit crazy Armageddon wishing religious bagger nut like YOU to be President. I fervently hope America never will be.

[Tom Ripley]

65. +1000

[hue]

44. Sooo sick of Bachmann...

[TNNurse]

45. I voted for Obama

Not because he was black. Because I liked what he said. Because McCain and Romney are both unsuitable ( that was the most polite word I could think to use) in so many ways. Would I ever vote for a Republican for President? Well, I have voted in every election since 1968 and I have not voted for a Republican, yet. So I doubt it.

I did not vote for him because he was black, I would not vote for a woman if I thought she was unsuitable, unless her opposition was another Republican, sexist, racist, phony Christian idiot.

[heaven05]

46. women like this crazy individual

are who keep misogyny going, because she "knows her place" as the religionists and male teabaggers have taught her. Until the 45% of women who voted for romney QUIT voting against their own interests there will be no major cultural changes in racism, misogyny and homophobia in this country. Period. She is one of many responsible for the "deteriorating conditions" in this country.

[yurbud]

48. I'm torn about Hillary getting the nomination, at least in terms of the right wing response

On the one hand, I'd like to see all the time they spend on this bile go to waste when someone else gets the Democratic nomination.

On the other, I'd like to see the bile even more impotent than it was the first time around with the Clintons.

[Iggo]

49. We're ready for a woman president.

We just don't want another stupid president.

Got it, Stupid?

[Politicub]

50. Bachman and her ilk just don't get it

The blindness that afflicts her and everyone else in the GOP will be the undoing of republicans.

[SummerSnow]

51. Is she trying to find an excuse for not winning the Presidency?

[SummerSnow]

52. What, did she think she was going to hypnotize us for votes?

[Arkana]

89. No, she thought that dressing like Sky Admiral would inspire us

to follow her.

[arcane1]

53. She openly admits that "Benghazi" is ALL THEY HAVE!!!!

[Thinkingabout]

54. K & R. If best they have is Benghazi, its down the tubes for the GOP.

Can you imagine Hillary having to debate Michelle?

[wordpix]

66. along with Adelson & Kochsucker billion$, Citizens United & new SCOTUS ruling

you make a great point but don't rule out the billion$ the puppeteer repukes will throw to get their favorite clown puppet dancing on stage in the WH

[rpannier]

55. If HRC does run I'm betting she gets more votes in Iowa than Bachman did in all the states she ran

[Sunlei]

57. BEST NEWS if true>>"Bachmann announced in 2013 that she is retiring from Congress after her current

[Sunlei]

58. I wish Mrs. Clinton was running for Texas Gov. NOW---she would win hands down!!

or any state she is needed for 2014 congress position.

I'd give her my Texas home so she could run from that address!

[TBF]

60. In Texas folks either love or hate her

obviously it's the deep red that hate her. When I was working on Obama's primary in 2008 the Latino vote was with Hillary all the way - in fact in my county south of Houston she beat Obama in that primary despite our door to door efforts. She has already met with Julian Castro and if she runs I do think she'd be the popular dem down here again and she'd especially have a lot of support from San Antonio.

[mac56]

62. What's the difference between Michele Bachmann and the Panama Canal?

The Panama Canal is a busy ditch...

[Paladin]

63. +1000. (nt)

[wordpix]

67. niiiiice...

[Beacool]

75. That was my same experience in NJ.

She had the Latino, Indian and Asian vote. In TX she has roots because she started going there in the early 70s while still in law school. She went one summer to register people to vote in the Latino community. Bill trailed along to be with her. Both Clintons are viewed positively by the majority of Latin voters (with the exception of the older Cuban crowd, which tend to vote Republican).

[dionysus]

77. hey, where ya been Bea? I made something for you;

[Beacool]

78. Ohhhh, that went beyond bankie.

It's a beautiful throw. The bear is a nice bonus.

Thank you, sweets. You are always so kind to me.

[Jeneral2885]

64. and no one hammered away

at the 3000 plus dead during 9/11 under GWB?

[kokobell616]

68. Imbecilic gopt'er

The constant need for ludicrous interviews from former republican presidential hopefuls has gotten way out of hand. That bachmann was a front runner in the gop primary is a testament to how low they have gone to scrape out a turd of salvation. Clinton is perhaps a leading candidate for Democrats in 2016. Time will tell. For now the 2014 elections are in need of discussion. The rantings of right-wing has-been politicians is a distraction not worthy of limited space.

[Lars28]

69. Maybe she could ride a tide of male guilt.

Hmm. That sounds kinda...off-color or something.

[sendero]

70. You rode in on a wave of idiocy..

... so I don't see why not.

[bitchkitty]

72. I thought she couldn't get more stupid,

but I was wrong. She's out-Bachmanned herself.

[bitchkitty]

73. Wait a minute...

if the country isn't ready for a woman President, why did God tell her to run?

That God, he's a real card - always fucking with people!

[Paladin]

74. And it doesn't appear that Bachmann can surf the uber-white waves of Teabag stupidity. (nt)

[brooklynite]

76. Bachmann is absolutely correct...

Instead, Hillary will use incredible popularity and experience to ride into office.

[hollowdweller]

79. For somebody born in Iowa and who lived in MN

She sure speaks racist well.

You'd think she was from Alabama or something.

[yellowcanine]

81. Whoa, just had a thought. Do Michelle Bachmann and Cal Thomas have a "thing" for each other?

Apologizing in advance for the nasty mind image.

[MellowDem]

86. She'll just ride a wave of male guilt, right Michelle?

[Arkana]

88. No one correct her.

The longer Michele Bachmann and her ilk cling to the absurd notion that white people voted for Obama out of "white guilt", the longer they will continue to lose Presidential elections. No one correct her.