TagsTagsYes, I'm inconsolable over the bail-out of Michele Bachmann (R-Mars). Along with Herman Cain, this means that two of the primary sources of inadvertent wingnut comedy have now "suspended their campaigns," and we're all poorer for it. As a send-off for Michele, here's her nearly interminable bye-bye speech; the best part ...
All the Republicans who said they'd gotten the go-ahead directly from God to run for President seem to be in trouble. Michele Bachmann is reportedly bailing out today, and Rick Perry may not be far behind. Since Herman Cain already dropped out, you have to wonder if God is just messing ...
Republican Party, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Divine Messages, Iowa Caucuses
A photo that succinctly sums up everything that's wrong with today's Republican Party, from Michele Bachmann's campaign headquarters: Credit: Garance Franke-Ruta
Michele Bachmann, Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Theocracy, Republican Party
OK now, this is just getting hilarious: Breaking: Michele Bachmann Iowa campaign co-chair endorses Ron Paul. News is breaking this evening that presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s Iowa campaign co-chairman Kent Sorenson has endorsed Ron Paul, one of her rivals in the Iowa caucus race. Sorenson, a state senator from Indianola, apparently ...
If I didn't know about Ron Paul's far right and neo-Confederate connections, and his history of blatantly racist newsletters, and everything else about him, I'd probably be giving him kudos right now for telling the unvarnished truth about Michele Bachmann (and most of the rest of the GOP field too, ...
Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Anti-Muslim, Frank Gaffney, Bigotry, Republican Party
It's now officially an exodus: Michele Bachmann Becomes Fifth GOP Candidate To Reject Donald Trump Debate. “We have confirmed that we are not participating,” Bachmann spokeswoman Alice Stewart told ABC News on Thursday. Bachmann has been especially aggressive in her courting of the real estate and reality television mogul, paying several ...
Republican Party, Debate, Donald Trump, Newsmax, Michele Bachmann, Birthers
Yesterday in Iowa, Michele Bachmann clarified her position on gay marriage -- she has no problem at all with gay people getting married. As long as they're marrying a person of the opposite sex. JANE SCHMIDT: One of my main concerns is government support for the LGBT community. So my question ...
Michele Bachmann, Homophobia, Gay Rights, Right Wing, Bigotry
Just to drive home the point that the Republican Party has become the anti-science bad craziness party, Michele Bachmann came out today and joined Rick Santorum in calling for creationism to be taught in public school science classes. BACHMANN: I think what you’re advocating for is censorship on the part ...
Evolution, Creationism, Michele Bachmann, Anti-Science, Bad Craziness, Intelligent Design, Fundamentalism, Establishment Clause
Forget everything you thought you knew about Michele Bachmann. Forget her claim that census data could be used to put people in concentration camps. Forget her crazy claim that Planned Parenthood is setting up "sex clinics" in schools, with free abortions for 13-year old girls. Forget her fanatical fundamentalism, and her bizarre claim ...
Michele Bachmann, Bad Craziness, Creationism, Fanaticism, Far Right, Homophobia, Anti-Science, Anti-Choice
Despite the numerous scientists and medical professionals who've publicly let Michele Bachmann know that the HPV vaccine has been extensively studied and is not dangerous (beyond the small risks associated with all vaccines), Bachmann is still pushing her false claim that the vaccine "ravages" children: Michele Bachmann: HPV Vaccine 'Ravages' ...
Michele Bachmann, Vaccines, Anti-Vaccine, Anti-Science, Republican Party
Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul are complaining that CBS News deliberately snubbed them during last night's debate: The Bachmann campaign went so far as to release an email that they said spokeswoman Alice Stewart had “inadvertently received” from CBS earlier in the day. In the email string, CBS News’ political analyst ...
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Michele Bachmann is still hammering away at Rick Perry's mandated HPV vaccinations, with another new video that sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom. If you listen carefully to what Bachmann is saying (and we all know how painful that can be), she's actually making two arguments: 1) that Rick ...
Michele Bachmann, Anti-Vaccine, Vaccines, HPV, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, Anti-Science, Family Values
TIME Magazine's Healthland blog tears apart Michele Bachmann's loony anti-vaccination nonsense: Vaccination Causes ‘Mental Retardation’? Fact-Checking Michele Bachmann’s Claim. Perhaps more disturbing are comments Bachmann made Tuesday morning about the safety of the HPV vaccine itself — and what they revealed about her utter misunderstanding of the science. Talking with Matt ...
Anti-Science, Republican Party, Bad Craziness, HPV, Vaccines, Anti-Vaccine, Michele Bachmann
Ron Paul's "let 'em die" health plan wasn't the only appalling moment in last night's debate. Not by a long shot. Here we see the audience booing Ron Paul for saying "the whole Muslim world" was not responsible for 9/11. (Preceded by the usual "they hate our American exceptionalism" incantations from ...
Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Right Wing, Tea Party, GOP, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Debate, Republican Party
The latest Fox News poll contains bad news for Romney, Bachmann, and Palin. Rick Perry has the religious right solidly on his side, more than any GOP candidate in a long time. Perry receives the support of 26 percent of GOP primary voters in the new poll. That’s up from 13 ...
Mitt Romney, Poll, Fox News, Religious Right, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Election 2012, Rick Perry
Since Michele Bachmann claims she was just funnin' with the audience when she said Hurricane Irene was a pro-Tea Party message from God, here's a clip of the statement; you decide. Video
Michele Bachmann, Republican Party, Right Wing, Far Right, Religious Right, Magical Thinking
I've never seen such a crop of loud, obnoxious God-botherers as the GOP candidates for President. The religious right hasn't just made a resurgence -- they've staged a takeover. Now Michele "Crazy Eyes" Bachmann is telling her audience that hurricanes and earthquakes are messages from on high, God's endearing way of ...
Michele Bachmann, Republican Party, Right Wing, Far Right, Religious Right, Magical Thinking
Here's a good piece by Frank Schaeffer, who has a former insider's perspective on the extreme religious ideology followed by Michele and Marcus Bachmann: Are Michele Bachmann's Views About 'Christian Submission' Even More Extreme Than She's Letting On? The issue of wifely submission is at the heart of the entire ...
Michele Bachmann, Republican Party, Right Wing, Far Right, Religious Right, Dominionism
Here's a good piece by Dana Goldstein on the Republican Party's shift toward the anti-government, anti-education agenda epitomized by Michele Bachmann: The GOP'S New War on Schools. Bachmann stands at the forefront of the GOP's shifting allegiances on education. Like many female elected officials before her, she first got involved ...
On Face the Nation today, religious fanatic Michele Bachmann was asked about her statement that "wives should be submissive to their husbands," and completely got away with dodging the question, as usual. (CBS News) AMES, Iowa - Appearing on "Face the Nation" Sunday, Rep. Michele Bachmann stood by her comment ...
Michele Bachmann, Republican Party, Right Wing, Fundamentalism, Sexism, Misogyny
Following the Iowa straw poll, one of the climate change denying creationist Republican candidates dropped out this morning -- leaving only six other creationists and eight climate change deniers in the GOP race: Pawlenty Drops Out. The final straw poll results: [Item List]
Iowa, Straw Poll, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Fundamentalism, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, Creationism, Anti-Science
The big winners of the Iowa straw poll: religious fanatic Michele Bachmann, followed closely in second place by religious fanatic "libertarian" Ron Paul. I'm shocked that Ron Paul's followers didn't succeed in stacking this poll; they must be slipping. I don't think Bachmann or Paul realize yet that Mitt Romney is ...
Iowa, Straw Poll, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Fundamentalism, Bad Craziness, Republican Party
At the bottom of the Republican Party lies a profound cynicism -- the type of cynicism that allows someone like Michele Bachmann to build a political career by denouncing the very same government services she eagerly seeks to exploit for herself: Michele Bachmann Repeatedly Sought Stimulus, EPA, Other Government Funds. ...
Michele Bachmann, Republican Party, Right Wing, Hypocrisy, Cynicism, Stimulus, EPA, Tea Party