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Michelle Bachman 's Exit

By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Wed May 29, 2013 at 10:30:25 AM EST
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Michelle Bachman is not running for reelection. I can't think of any reason to care. I've never devoted even a single brain cell to thinking about her. Sounds like it's time for her to retreat into the obscurity from which she came. Unless she gets indicted, she's now less than a footnote in the history of national affairs.

If anyone wants to discuss her, here's a thread to do so.

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    Michelle Bachman 's Exit | 27 comments (27 topical)

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    She used to work at the IRS (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by jbindc on Wed May 29, 2013 at 10:37:25 AM EST
    I hear they may have an opening soon.  Maybe she can apply?  <snark>

    Or maybe open up a... (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by kdog on Wed May 29, 2013 at 11:16:11 AM EST
    501c scam shop?  

    Whatever god tells her to do...lol.

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    Unfortunately, I doubt she will (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by MO Blue on Wed May 29, 2013 at 10:55:19 AM EST
    retreat into obscurity. It seems all the Looney Tunes become media experts after they leave office and we never see the last of them. Also quoting David Atkins:

    Normally one would be inclined to blow Bachmann off as a joke, a fortunate passing virus of outrageousness that has fortunately run its course.

    But that isn't the case. The Republican Party has been overtaken by an army of Bachmann clones just as crazy as she is.
    She is in All Kinds of Ethics Issues.... (5.00 / 2) (#5)
    by ScottW714 on Wed May 29, 2013 at 11:42:27 AM EST
    ...with her Presidential Campaign Fund.

    The Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint was filed Tuesday by Peter Waldron, a widely known evangelist enlisted by the Bachmann campaign for outreach to Christian conservatives. The filing follows his allegations last week that the Bachmann campaign has withheld payments to staffers who refused to sign confidentiality agreements.

    Waldron, formerly Bachmann's national field coordinator, is accusing the campaign of improperly dipping into money from MichelePAC to pay longtime fundraising consultant Guy Short for presidential campaign work he performed in the critical final weeks ahead of Iowa's caucuses last year.
    This Dadler comic (5.00 / 2) (#8)
    by Dadler on Wed May 29, 2013 at 12:48:07 PM EST
    Reminds me of Michelle. (link)

    That one I get! (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by kdog on Wed May 29, 2013 at 12:58:09 PM EST
    Maybe thats what the staffer confidentiality agreement is all about;)

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    This one kinda.... (5.00 / 2) (#11)
    by Dadler on Wed May 29, 2013 at 01:14:05 PM EST
    ...reminds me of her, too. (link)

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    And just because I like you... (none / 0) (#12)
    by Dadler on Wed May 29, 2013 at 01:19:44 PM EST
    ...and have about a hundred of these things already in the vault. And sorry, J, if this one is mildly OT, but not really. I'll kick in another thirty bucks by friday. ;-) (link)

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    Daily Kos has a fun "greatest hits" .... (none / 0) (#4)
    by magster on Wed May 29, 2013 at 11:36:54 AM EST
    ... story on its front page. She is a nutter.

    A nutter that enough people voted for (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by Anne on Wed May 29, 2013 at 12:43:08 PM EST
    to elect her to public office...that's the part I will never understand.

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    Haven't you heard... (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by kdog on Wed May 29, 2013 at 12:44:57 PM EST
    "the other nutter was worse" and/or "the third party candidate can't win"...that's how all these nutters get elected.

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    There'll (none / 0) (#14)
    by lentinel on Wed May 29, 2013 at 02:01:29 PM EST
    be another round of that in 2016 when the dems put up a moderate conservative or a real lemon (like Biden) and we will be told that the other nutter is worse...

    see ya in 2024.

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    And that's our dilemna, (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by cal1942 on Wed May 29, 2013 at 01:33:32 PM EST
    a public that's maybe every bit as screwy as the boatload of lunatic candidates offered up by today's GOP.

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    Pretty conservative district (none / 0) (#10)
    by jbindc on Wed May 29, 2013 at 01:11:49 PM EST
    Gonna be hard to pickup for the Dems, although not impossible.

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    Is she a nutter (none / 0) (#19)
    by TeresaInPa on Thu May 30, 2013 at 07:04:24 AM EST
    or pandering to nutters?  I have never been sure.  Either way, her not running makes it easy for the republicans to retain that seat.  Pity, if she had run she could have been beat.

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    Definitely a nutter. (5.00 / 1) (#21)
    by Angel on Thu May 30, 2013 at 09:01:39 AM EST


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    It (none / 0) (#15)
    by lentinel on Wed May 29, 2013 at 02:12:07 PM EST
    seems a fitting comment on Michelle that Jeralyn misspelled her last name in announcing the exit. :)

    I can't think of anyone who will miss her except the late night comedians - and the Huffington Post which loves to report her every verbal excrescence on their front page.

    Well, (none / 0) (#18)
    by desertswine on Wed May 29, 2013 at 10:58:02 PM EST
    they'll still have Louie Gohmert and SIDEBOOBS!!

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    They (none / 0) (#20)
    by lentinel on Thu May 30, 2013 at 07:54:47 AM EST
    were never, shall we say, high class, but since AOL took over, it has really plunged into the sewer.

    Some good reporting also - to be fair - from the likes of Taibbi...
    but mixed with pure dreck.

    P.U.

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    Michelle Bachman proved that ... (none / 0) (#16)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Wed May 29, 2013 at 02:16:58 PM EST
    "Yeah, the king of nothing and the queen of rage --
    We're the pile of confusion atop a glittering stage.
    You know we never did anything to make ourselves feel proud.
    You know we never did anything, so let's play it loud."
    -- The Eurythmics (Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart), "The King and Queen of America," We Too Are One (1989)

    ... beauty is indeed only skin deep, while ugly cuts right to the bone. Good riddance to a self-absorbed wingbat of no lasting consequence -- and a big ol' St. Louis Toodle-Oo to Miss Thing's boy toy Marcus, too.

    Beware of pretty faces that (none / 0) (#17)
    by brodie on Wed May 29, 2013 at 04:22:29 PM EST
    you find:  a pretty face can hide an evil mi-ind ...

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    The REAL reason she retired (none / 0) (#22)
    by jbindc on Thu May 30, 2013 at 10:21:23 AM EST
    "God wants me to earn 7 figures for a lobbying firm"

    How Luck of Her... (none / 0) (#23)
    by ScottW714 on Thu May 30, 2013 at 01:59:25 PM EST
    ...that her need/love of money coincides with god's plan for her to make a whole lot of it.

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    I hope you read the link (none / 0) (#24)
    by jbindc on Thu May 30, 2013 at 02:04:11 PM EST
    It's from The Onion.

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    Funny... (none / 0) (#25)
    by ScottW714 on Fri May 31, 2013 at 09:16:16 AM EST
    ...I read the first paragraph right before leaving last night and figured it was some right wing story.

    When did you get a sense of humor that twisted, you got me.

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    Someone sent it to me (none / 0) (#26)
    by jbindc on Fri May 31, 2013 at 09:52:06 AM EST
    But I read it on my own also.

    I have a great sense of humor.

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    Noted (none / 0) (#28)
    by ScottW714 on Mon Jun 03, 2013 at 10:38:30 AM EST


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