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Beacool

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31. Michelle never fails to make us grateful that she will soon leave the House.
Fri Feb 21, 2014, 09:27 AM
Feb 2014

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.

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Michelle - you won't be missed. Marie Marie Feb 2014 #1
Oh, I thought she was going to prison WhiteTara Feb 2014 #5
Sadly, Bachmann doesn't have Palin's gift for extemporaneous bullshit. maddiemom Feb 2014 #40
Wasn't she already supposed to be gone? Loaded Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #41
Not until November CatholicEdHead Feb 2014 #43
Emmer is far from a shoe-in RandallBurns Apr 2014 #59
Open mouth...insert foot...and prove without a shadow of a doubt you are racist! VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #2
She has better manners, but as dummies they are neck and neck. QuestForSense Feb 2014 #7
AGREED! VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #9
They could call it Doc Holliday Feb 2014 #47
Thats funny America is ready for a women president... Historic NY Feb 2014 #3
Yeah, like thats why BatShitCrazy failed to get the nomination... Thor_MN Feb 2014 #4
Oh...Shut the Fuck Up... SoapBox Feb 2014 #6
Hillary will get more white votes than Obama bluestateguy Feb 2014 #8
+1 JoePhilly Apr 2014 #61
That would be true if there was the same advantage of generic Democrat vs generic Republican as karynnj Apr 2014 #71
They're "teeing it up." jaysunb Feb 2014 #10
"I'll break a tree root up in her shrimp..." DRoseDARs Feb 2014 #11
Not The Onion...yet again... Lucky Luciano Feb 2014 #12
if you've heard that Lee Atwater speech where he says the N-word three times alp227 Feb 2014 #13
When historians write of racism in the 21st century, Bachamann JoePhilly Feb 2014 #30
Oh is she still around? Fearless Feb 2014 #14
Yeah and being interviewed by that Neanderthal fossil Cal Thomas. yellowcanine Apr 2014 #80
Not a very well preserved fossil I will say. Fearless Apr 2014 #82
And the least accurate political pundit. yellowcanine Apr 2014 #84
Undoubtedly he still thinks Romney will pull out a win in Ohio. Fearless Apr 2014 #85
He and Karl Rove. yellowcanine Apr 2014 #87
Wool Hale Den.... Grassy Knoll Feb 2014 #15
Bachmann? What wave to victory did she ride in 2012? Zambero Feb 2014 #16
Still hoping to catch a wave ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2014 #24
Beat me to using tsunami! Agree totally...a zombie tsunami... Theyletmeeatcake2 Feb 2014 #26
Racist ball of crazy. And, apparently, too stupid to realize AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #17
With Michele Bachmann, area51 Feb 2014 #18
That's right crazy, (and I use the term loosely) lady. bearssoapbox Feb 2014 #19
The first person out of the 2012 clown car is giving the GOP advice? jmowreader Feb 2014 #20
Message to Michele Bachmann: There isn't enough crazy in the US to elect you to anything outside davidpdx Feb 2014 #21
See, this is the problem with their heads and the way they think... glowing Feb 2014 #22
speaking of which i'd like Bachmann Crazy in Overdrive to explain how Keith Ellison alp227 Feb 2014 #42
"White guilt" = "Black blame." truthisfreedom Feb 2014 #23
I guess even with the help of a tsunami of stupid Bachmann couldn't get there! Theyletmeeatcake2 Feb 2014 #25
This? liberal N proud Feb 2014 #27
Always liked that picture......not sure why....... 7962 Feb 2014 #29
It's a classic! trusty elf Feb 2014 #32
Ah, Michele has figured out why her presidential campaign didn't go anywhere. tanyev Feb 2014 #28
Michelle never fails to make us grateful that she will soon leave the House. Beacool Feb 2014 #31
Whenever anyone says Benghazi, here's what you say: aquart Feb 2014 #33
Genius. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #56
Bachmann is an idiot Gothmog Feb 2014 #34
Bachmann needs to spend the rest of her life in a padded cell. Arkana Feb 2014 #35
Therefore, Clinton *can*. Orsino Feb 2014 #36
Bachmann ... in an interview with columnist Cal Thomas..." Christian Taliban Alert! yellowcanine Feb 2014 #37
Michelle couldn't ride a corndog into a Iowa caucus victory....nt Evasporque Feb 2014 #38
Bachmann's just bitter that her campaign imploded catbyte Feb 2014 #39
+1000 Tom Ripley Apr 2014 #65
Sooo sick of Bachmann... hue Feb 2014 #44
I voted for Obama TNNurse Feb 2014 #45
women like this crazy individual heaven05 Feb 2014 #46
I'm torn about Hillary getting the nomination, at least in terms of the right wing response yurbud Feb 2014 #48
We're ready for a woman president. Iggo Feb 2014 #49
Bachman and her ilk just don't get it Politicub Feb 2014 #50
Is she trying to find an excuse for not winning the Presidency? SummerSnow Feb 2014 #51
What, did she think she was going to hypnotize us for votes? SummerSnow Feb 2014 #52
No, she thought that dressing like Sky Admiral would inspire us Arkana Apr 2014 #89
She openly admits that "Benghazi" is ALL THEY HAVE!!!! arcane1 Feb 2014 #53
K & R. If best they have is Benghazi, its down the tubes for the GOP. Thinkingabout Feb 2014 #54
along with Adelson & Kochsucker billion$, Citizens United & new SCOTUS ruling wordpix Apr 2014 #66
If HRC does run I'm betting she gets more votes in Iowa than Bachman did in all the states she ran rpannier Feb 2014 #55
BEST NEWS if true>>"Bachmann announced in 2013 that she is retiring from Congress after her current Sunlei Feb 2014 #57
I wish Mrs. Clinton was running for Texas Gov. NOW---she would win hands down!! Sunlei Feb 2014 #58
In Texas folks either love or hate her TBF Apr 2014 #60
What's the difference between Michele Bachmann and the Panama Canal? mac56 Apr 2014 #62
+1000. (nt) Paladin Apr 2014 #63
niiiiice... wordpix Apr 2014 #67
That was my same experience in NJ. Beacool Apr 2014 #75
hey, where ya been Bea? I made something for you; dionysus Apr 2014 #77
Ohhhh, that went beyond bankie. Beacool Apr 2014 #78
and no one hammered away Jeneral2885 Apr 2014 #64
Imbecilic gopt'er kokobell616 Apr 2014 #68
Maybe she could ride a tide of male guilt. Lars28 Apr 2014 #69
You rode in on a wave of idiocy.. sendero Apr 2014 #70
I thought she couldn't get more stupid, bitchkitty Apr 2014 #72
Wait a minute... bitchkitty Apr 2014 #73
And it doesn't appear that Bachmann can surf the uber-white waves of Teabag stupidity. (nt) Paladin Apr 2014 #74
Bachmann is absolutely correct... brooklynite Apr 2014 #76
For somebody born in Iowa and who lived in MN hollowdweller Apr 2014 #79
Whoa, just had a thought. Do Michelle Bachmann and Cal Thomas have a "thing" for each other? yellowcanine Apr 2014 #81
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2014 #83
She'll just ride a wave of male guilt, right Michelle? MellowDem Apr 2014 #86
No one correct her. Arkana Apr 2014 #88
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