# Bachmann announces she's running **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382 "2011-06-14T01:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/501 "2011-07-17T15:09:26Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Well, I just proved you wrong, because I’ve worked in the private market my entire life. Small and large businesses, self-employed, wage serf, you name it. I’ve never gone near a public sector job. > > The fact is, in the end the market forces people to cooperate for their own self interest. So unAmerican. We are supposed to encourage competition. That is where innovation and price competition lives. But cooperation between so called competitors is a disaster for American consumers. We have oligarchies in many fields making a disaster for American competition. As an example .our internet speed is 17th in the world. Countries with real competition have faster and faster internet speeds to lure customers. They have lower prices too because of competition. They have improved the systems too. Our providers convinced the government to allow them to add 5 bucks a customer, billions of dollars, to help maintain and improve the internet pipelines. They pocketed it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/502 "2011-07-17T15:35:11Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The fact is, in the end the market forces people to cooperate for their own self interest. Is safe drinking water in everyone’s self interest? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/503 "2011-07-17T16:35:54Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The fact is, in the end the market forces people to cooperate for their own self interest. Yes, and that cooperation is called, in some places, government: the only real recourse the many people without power have against the very few who do. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/504 "2011-07-17T22:42:39Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The fact is, in the end the market forces people to cooperate for their own self interest. Since you’ve obviously just discovered humor, I’m going to give you some advice: Less Is More. Statements like the one you made are what we call “over-the-top” and have no subtlety. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/505 "2011-07-19T03:53:13Z")
[She’s done.](http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/18/stress-related-condition-incapacitates-bachmann-heavy-pill-use-alleged/) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/506 "2011-07-19T03:55:36Z")
Well that makes for a less interesting and crazy primary season. She should run anyway. I’m pretty sure even the reanimated corpse of a goat would be more competant than The One. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/507 "2011-07-19T03:58:26Z")
Which one? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/508 "2011-07-19T03:59:06Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > [She’s done.](http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/18/stress-related-condition-incapacitates-bachmann-heavy-pill-use-alleged/) Interesting. That link is over at Fucker Carlson’s new playground, the Daily Caller, so it’s not some liberal rag trying to smear her. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/509 "2011-07-19T03:59:43Z")
_The One_. The one we all worship because he has us mind controlled. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/510 "2011-07-19T04:01:18Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > _The One_. The one we all worship because he has us mind controlled. You mean Glenn Beck, then. I agree. That would be even worse. But he’s not running. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/511 "2011-07-19T04:05:01Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Interesting. That link is over at Fucker Carlson’s new playground, the Daily Caller, so it’s not some liberal rag trying to smear her. Do you think they’re making it up? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/512 "2011-07-19T04:26:36Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > [She’s done.](http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/18/stress-related-condition-incapacitates-bachmann-heavy-pill-use-alleged/) Clearly, God is smiting her for her sins. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/513 "2011-07-19T04:29:39Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > Do you think they’re making it up? Well, just because it’s not some liberal rag trying to smear her, doesn’t mean it’s not some Chamber-of-Commerce rag trying to smear her. It’s possible it’s a set-up to get the front-running tea partier off the train so Mittens, the darling of the business wing, can get a clear shot. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/514 "2011-07-19T05:05:46Z")
Glad your filter’s working Jay. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/515 "2011-07-19T06:48:56Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > _The One_. The one we all worship because he has us mind controlled. The Hypno-Toad is running? Awesome! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/516 "2011-07-19T10:31:57Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > [She’s done.](http://dailycaller.com/2011/07/18/stress-related-condition-incapacitates-bachmann-heavy-pill-use-alleged/) Only if the story pans out. Was she admitted to the hospitals listed in the story, or to any hospital at the identified dates? Does she get migraines? How often? Does she in fact carry meds for them? If Carlson’s anonymous sources are lying to him this is a non-story. If they are telling the truth then she has to start answering a lot of medical questions. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/517 "2011-07-19T11:53:37Z")
Yeah, it remains to be seen if the “liberal” media will jump all over Bachmann popping pills the way they ought to. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/518 "2011-07-19T12:12:39Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > _The One_. The one we all worship because he has us mind controlled. Ah yes. I remember that moment during Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention where we all together decided that truly he was the Messiah, the Chosen One who would lead us all from the neocon darkness into the light of liberalnessitude. In fact, [here’s a dramatic reconstruction of what happened](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veSMbnbdNro). It’s just how I remember it… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Altruist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@The\_Altruist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Altruist)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/519 "2011-07-19T19:39:19Z")
[http://www.thealtruistonline.com/2011/07/july-2011-michelle-bachmann/](http://www.thealtruistonline.com/2011/07/july-2011-michelle-bachmann/) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/520 "2011-07-19T19:52:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Which one? That one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382.md?page=27)