You thought Newt Gingrich's campaign got off to a bad start

This is actually one of the worst starts I can imagine. Isn't today her official big announcement? I can't stop laughing.

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What did I say? Never apologize, never admit you were wrong, never retreat....The spin begins.

The official explanation is that John Wayne's parents lived briefly in Waterloo and that is what she referred to. Riiiight.
Right: She's right.

Reginald - actually it's "briefly lived."

That means I'm from about 12 different cities across the country.

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She thinks she's Gacey? Completely explains me skeeving out when it appears she is staring into my soul when she is on the floor of the house when I watch C-SPAN.

Updated On: 6/27/11 at 07:12 PM

Michele Bachmann Refuses To Answer Question About How Some Of Her "Facts" Are Completely Made Up BS!Fast forward to the 3:50 mark. Its painful to watch. Bob Schieffer had to ask her 3 or 4 times and never got an answer from her.I almost feel embarrassed for her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZWhJGAI34

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Updated On: 6/27/11 at 07:30 PM

Michelle Bachman knows she won't be the next president - the whole thing is a scary charade. What she really wants is to be the next superstar of the right, she wants Sarah Palin's sash and tiara and she's going to get it.

And I really hate the phrase "we, the people"...non-conservatives are citizens too, you cretinous witch.

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Y'know, I firmly believe that people will have to make their own decisions about that.

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Oh I disagree, Jay. I think that Bachman is so isolated from reality that she thinks she will not only get the nomination, but win.

When the GOP didn't give her the committee chair she wanted after taking the majority she went on the attack rallying her supporters against the GOP and caused an even greater rift in the party.

The party responded very quietly so as not to fan the flames, which Bachman interpreted as a victory. I think she believes the Repubs are afraid of her influence, and will come to support her.

While I'm delighted she'll inevitably pull a Palin and become a laughingstock, I'm also concerned. You never know how things will turn out.

Recall in 2006 when murmurs of Obama winning the nomination started.
"An African American will never be president", "He has no experience", "He's too young and naive in the ways of Washington".

The one thing I have learned is that despite all the prognostications, predictions, and polls what ends up actually
transpiring is usually something that no one even thought of.

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In 1976 Ronald Reagan ran for the Republican nomination. He was a laughingstock. He would NEVER win the nomination,much less the presidency.

In 1980, CIA director George Bush ran for the nomination- even Republicans said he had NO Chance.

I think she is the front-runner right now and- as Taz points out- you NEVER KNOW what could happen.

Updated On: 6/28/11 at 12:46 PM

Frankly, I think she has more of a chance than Palin. Say what you will about Bachman but she is more serious about the job than Sarah the quitter.



Bill Maher said it best!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Ek5d9O0eE

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She was on GMA this morning pulling more of the same crap. George Snuffleupagus was asking her about some of her more nonsensical pronouncements, such as her notion that the founding fathers worked tirelessly to end slavery.

When he pointed out that most of them were in fact slave owners, she countered with John Quincy Adams--who was, in fact, anti-slavery but was a child when all the founding was going on.

But did she back down? Nosireebob!

The transcript is excruciating

Updated On: 6/28/11 at 01:35 PM

But this is going to be the campaign, people: "The press attacks her over every little thing." Here is Republican Information Bureau Fox "News" ripping into George Stephanopoulous for daring to hint that the media might be checking into her statements:

Savaging Bachmann