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Related: About this forumCrazy Michele blabs again! "Americans 'aren’t ready' for a female president"
Its been a while since Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann said anything truly outrageous, and thats a shame because 2014 is going to be her last year as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (unless we can convince her otherwise!), which means our time with her is in all likelihood running out.
What a relief, then, to find that Bachmanns still got it. During an interview last week with the conservative pundit Cal Thomas the guy who once said at CPAC that Rachel Maddow was a good argument for contraception the 2012 GOP presidential candidate said that Americans arent ready for a woman president.
Her reasoning was admirably simple: Unlike President Barack Obama, who twice benefited from the cachet about having an African-American president because of guilt, a woman president would have no such advantage because People dont hold guilt for a woman.
What a relief, then, to find that Bachmanns still got it. During an interview last week with the conservative pundit Cal Thomas the guy who once said at CPAC that Rachel Maddow was a good argument for contraception the 2012 GOP presidential candidate said that Americans arent ready for a woman president.
Her reasoning was admirably simple: Unlike President Barack Obama, who twice benefited from the cachet about having an African-American president because of guilt, a woman president would have no such advantage because People dont hold guilt for a woman.
She goes on to give her "valuable" advise on how to deal with a Hillary Clinton candidacy, citing (of course) Benghazi and, strangely, calling her the "godmother of Obamacare."
Ah, how we all will miss Michele!
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Crazy Michele blabs again! "Americans 'aren’t ready' for a female president" (Original Post)
NastyRiffraff
Feb 2014
OP
Well, then why did she run? The fact that this women has been elected repeatedly to
Dark n Stormy Knight
Feb 2014
#3
We're just never going to be ready for her to be President. Warren? I'm more than ready.
marble falls
Feb 2014
#5
MADem
(135,425 posts)1. What? Because they didn't elect HER?
I think a lot of women hold "guilt" that they have to be "associated" with MB solely by virtue of sharing the same gender!
bemildred
(90,061 posts)2. Not ready for her, for sure. nt
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)3. Well, then why did she run? The fact that this women has been elected repeatedly to
public office is a sad commentary on the electorate.
CTyankee
(63,882 posts)9. I think she's making excuses for not succeeding in the repub primary...
she's in a party of friggin' sexists...what did you expect, Michele?
Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)4. Hey Ms Crazyeyes,
How are those ethics investigations going for ya and hubby, huh? Your own staff is testifying against you. Guess your goose is cooked.... Too bad, so sad. Buh-by
marble falls
(56,974 posts)5. We're just never going to be ready for her to be President. Warren? I'm more than ready.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)6. Of course they are, because it's the "end times"!
Arkana
(24,347 posts)7. Then why did you bother running in 2012, Michele?
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)11. That's when she found out.
Beacool
(30,247 posts)8. We'll find out in 2016 if the country is ready for a woman president.
What the country will never be ready for is total RW loons like Michele.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)10. I quit listening to this wench years ago
And we all know she's batshit crazy.