Oh, That Explains It: Michele Bachmann Is Blind

[meegbear]

"In case you were wondering, this is what Michele Bachmann looked like during the State of the Union address." We were! And look: It’s that same vacant, devil-tranced stare she exhibited in her speech last night. We’ve figured it out. Not only is this person blind to history and other facts, she is also literally blind.

For a comparison, here is Bachmann next to a wax figure of Helen Keller. Just look at the eyes and pose; try to ignore the fact that the wax figure looks more intelligent and stately. And human.



Yeah, we’ve been making fun of a blind person this whole time. Still, she deserves it.

http://wonkette.com/436241/oh-that-explains-it-michele-bachmann-is-blind

[Cleita]

1. If you are going to compare her to Helen Keller even

in jest, Helen was an accomplished and intellectual person in spite of her disabilities.

[JuniperLea]

3. Yep...

And Bachmann doesn't even know American history to the degree that most of us did by third grade!

I wonder if anyone bothered to tell her that our founding fathers were white, British, and slave owners?

[deutsey]

15. She was also a (GASP!) socialist.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kenneth-c-davis/helen-keller-socialist-an_b_209599.html

[JVS]

2. One comment and one question.

Comment: OMFG she looks deranged as all hell! It's like in the movies when someone is about to snap and start killing people.

Question: the ribbon she's wearing, what's that about?

[Brickbat]

5. Members of Congress wore them to honor the victims of the Tucson shooting.

[JuniperLea]

6. I bet she wouldn't even hurt a fly...

[louis-t]

12. "WHO DUSSN'T WUNT TO WEAR DE R-R-R-IBBON?"

Sorry, my favorite Seinfeld quote.

[Coyote_Bandit]

4. I'm visually impaired

Unrec.

Bachmann may be deserving of your ridicule for her "vacant, devil-tranced stare" but blind people ought not be ridiculed for their physical limitations. Nor should they be compared to Bachmann.

[Skidmore]

7. I didn't bother to unrec...I went straight to

"alert."

This is an incredibly bad OP, not funny, in bad taste, and bigoted.

[Coyote_Bandit]

8. I did that too n/t

[Book Lover]

14. As did I (nm)

[Electric Monk]

9. Totally batshit nuts, clearly. Blind? There's evidence to contradict that. nt

[JSK]

10. Don't insult Helen Keller

By even putting her picture next to that bubble-brained lunatic.

Helen Keller was a pacifist, a socialist, and a founding member of the ACLU.

[Kennah]

11. Bachmann is dumb ...

... and unfortunately she can speak.

[Lint Head]

13. If she would just pray maybe she would be helium -ed.

She is a balloon head after all.

[AsahinaKimi]

16. IBTL

[opihimoimoi]

17. She is impaired and disordered....semi lucid even...

[LeftinOH]

18. The wax Helen Keller is far less creepy than Bachmann. Keller was a lot smarter, too. n/t

[TK421]

19. The wax Helen Keller is a lot smarter n/t

[kenny blankenship]

20. Possibly early onset Graves Disease?

I still favor the "Crazy Eyes" theory. She looks crazy because she's actually nuts. Sometimes things are just what they appear to be.

[damntexdem]

21. Not visually blind, just mentally.

Helen Keller looks much more intelligent, certainly not as vacant as Michelle looks.