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On Thursday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) announced she would be forming a presidential exploratory committee in June. Even though this is merely an announcement of an announcement, we’d be remiss if we discounted the possibility that the Minnesota Congresswoman could run for President.
In honor of this possibility, I compiled a list of Rep. Bachmann’s most… interesting statements from the past few years.
Michele Bachmann: The Greatest Hits
On the early days of America:
The Founding Fathers ‘worked tirelessly until slavery was no more’. [source]
On the first European settlers and Native Americans: ‘It didn’t matter the color of their skin, it didn’t matter their language, it didn’t matter their economic status… once you got here, we were all the same.’ [source]
Bachmann praises New Hampshire for the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which were fought in Massachusetts. [source]
Bachmann wants to reduce the federal government to ‘its original size’. [source]
On the Obama Administration:
Obama runs a ‘gangster government’. [source]
Obamacare is the ‘crown jewel of socialism’. [source]
President Obama’s trip to India ‘cost $200 million a day’. [source]
Speaker Pelosi spent $100,000 on alcohol during military flights. [source]
ACORN is a ‘paid partner’ of the Census Bureau. [source]
On legislation:
Bachmann equates gay people with pedophiles while discussing hate crime legislation: ‘But who would be protected? A pedophile, someone who considers themselves gay, someone who considers themselves transgender, someone who considers themselves a cross-dresser? That is who is protected.’ [source]
Bachmann proposes $4.5 billion in cuts to veterans benefits and freezing VA health care spending (she later backed off the plan) [source; source]
Bachmann says Wisconsin Republicans are like Abraham Lincoln fighting the Confederacy and Ronald Reagan pushing the Soviet Union. [source]
On a fellow member of Congress:
Bachmann thinks Rep. Keith Ellison, our first Muslim congressman, consorts with terrorists. [source]
On Libya:
Bachmann believes the Libyan rebels could be made up of Hamas, Hezbollah and al Qaeda. [source]
Quotes:
‘I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970’s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democratic president Jimmy Carter. And I’m not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.’ [source]
‘Normalization [of homosexality] through desensitization. Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of “Lion King” for instance, and a teacher might say, “Do you know that the music for this movie was written by a gay man?” The message is: I’m better at what I do, because I’m gay.’ [source]
‘We will not stop until we repeal a President and put a president in the position of the White House who will repeal [Obamacare].’ [source]
‘I’ll tell you one thing, if I was ever to run for president of the United States, I think the first thing I would do in the first debate is offer my birth certificate so we can get that off the table.’ [source]
On her children:
her daughter Elisa was ‘born to be the perfect wife’.
on her daughter Caroline: ‘King Henry had his six wives, and if our Caroline had been one of them, I think she would have been called Caroline the Vibrant’.
her son Harrison is a ‘female fantasy treasure’. [source]
‘We will talk a little bit about what has transpired in the last 18 months and would we count what has transpired into turning our country into a nation of slaves.’ [source]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liq90rERsE1qzr73ro1_r1_1280.jpg)
On Thursday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) announced she would be forming a presidential exploratory committee in June. Even though this is merely an announcement of an announcement, we’d be remiss if we discounted the possibility that the Minnesota Congresswoman could run for President.
In honor of this possibility, I compiled a list of Rep. Bachmann’s most… interesting statements from the past few years.
Michele Bachmann: The Greatest Hits
On the early days of America:
The Founding Fathers ‘worked tirelessly until slavery was no more’. [source]
On the first European settlers and Native Americans: ‘It didn’t matter the color of their skin, it didn’t matter their language, it didn’t matter their economic status… once you got here, we were all the same.’ [source]
Bachmann praises New Hampshire for the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which were fought in Massachusetts. [source]
Bachmann wants to reduce the federal government to ‘its original size’. [source]
On the Obama Administration:Obama runs a ‘gangster government’. [source]
Obamacare is the ‘crown jewel of socialism’. [source]
President Obama’s trip to India ‘cost $200 million a day’. [source]
Speaker Pelosi spent $100,000 on alcohol during military flights. [source]
ACORN is a ‘paid partner’ of the Census Bureau. [source]
On legislation:Bachmann equates gay people with pedophiles while discussing hate crime legislation: ‘But who would be protected? A pedophile, someone who considers themselves gay, someone who considers themselves transgender, someone who considers themselves a cross-dresser? That is who is protected.’ [source]
Bachmann proposes $4.5 billion in cuts to veterans benefits and freezing VA health care spending (she later backed off the plan) [source; source]
Bachmann says Wisconsin Republicans are like Abraham Lincoln fighting the Confederacy and Ronald Reagan pushing the Soviet Union. [source]
On a fellow member of Congress:Bachmann thinks Rep. Keith Ellison, our first Muslim congressman, consorts with terrorists. [source]
On Libya:Bachmann believes the Libyan rebels could be made up of Hamas, Hezbollah and al Qaeda. [source]
Quotes:‘I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970’s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democratic president Jimmy Carter. And I’m not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it’s an interesting coincidence.’ [source]
‘Normalization [of homosexality] through desensitization. Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of “Lion King” for instance, and a teacher might say, “Do you know that the music for this movie was written by a gay man?” The message is: I’m better at what I do, because I’m gay.’ [source]
‘We will not stop until we repeal a President and put a president in the position of the White House who will repeal [Obamacare].’ [source]
‘I’ll tell you one thing, if I was ever to run for president of the United States, I think the first thing I would do in the first debate is offer my birth certificate so we can get that off the table.’ [source]
On her children:
- her daughter Elisa was ‘born to be the perfect wife’.
- on her daughter Caroline: ‘King Henry had his six wives, and if our Caroline had been one of them, I think she would have been called Caroline the Vibrant’.
- her son Harrison is a ‘female fantasy treasure’. [source]
‘We will talk a little bit about what has transpired in the last 18 months and would we count what has transpired into turning our country into a nation of slaves.’ [source]
I listened to this album on heavy rotation when I was 9.
Who knew it’d actually/still be relevant to my life 12 years later?
"I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love."
Conor Oberst
(Source: quote-book)
Thank God for my amazing friends.
1Seriously. I got myself into a situation today where I forgot to do something pretty important and then when I remembered, it was too late and one of my best friends literally saved the day. While I was just sitting there on the couch crying, he took the phone out of my hand and called people until the problem was solved. I am the most grateful and appreciative, words can’t even express. And I was just saying to one of my other friends today how anxious I was to move to DC and meet new people. I think this was God’s way of telling me to appreciate what I have, because He has truly put some wonderful people in my life. I love them so much.
Also, I have been the most irresponsible since I got back from Spring Break. I have got to get back on my game.
(Source: cantstopspring)
Why would you toast to these people. Don’t toast to these people. Toast to the people who are NOT assholes, scumbags, jerk offs, and douchebags.
"Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
Mother Teresa
(Source: thesearepeopleyouknow)
