# Batshit crazy Michele Bachmann strikes again! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 18, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497 "2008-10-18T05:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/61 "2008-10-20T06:29:11Z")
> **[Bachmann's Call For Witch Hunt Brings Her GOP Primary Opponent Back Into The...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bachmanns-call-for-witch_n_135973)** > > Bachmann's Call For Witch Hunt Brings Her GOP Primary Opponent Back Into The Race > [@](#): > > Bachmann’s recent remarks, that the media should perform a witch hunt to determine which members of Congress are “pro-America or anti-America,” have so incensed her primary opponent, Aubrey Immelman, that he has decided to jump into the race as a write in candidate. > > Declaring himself to be an "alternative for disillusioned Republicans I’d say that the chances of the district going blue have just gone up. With another republican splitting the vote Elwyn just might win. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/62 "2008-10-20T07:03:51Z")
hopehopehope But you are giving far too much credit to my neighbors, those Dittoheads who can state without any irony whatsoever that Ann Coulter speaks the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/63 "2008-10-20T08:52:33Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I just contributed to his campaign. But did you clap? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/64 "2008-10-20T17:07:48Z")
And now I can’t “Tinky and the Brain, brain, brain, brain…” outta my head. Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/65 "2008-10-20T22:50:59Z")
[http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/10/20/3955/update\_fallout\_from\_bachmanns\_interview\_prompts\_more\_funds\_for\_her\_foe\_a\_censure\_call\_and\_a\_new\_write-in\_opponent](http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/10/20/3955/update_fallout_from_bachmanns_interview_prompts_more_funds_for_her_foe_a_censure_call_and_a_new_write-in_opponent) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/66 "2008-10-20T22:54:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Bachmann is in full damage control, and has appeared on several local TV stations to soften some of the criticism. But the damage may already be done. Ex-MN Trans. Sec. Elwyn Tinklenberg (D) has raised over $700K off the comments (more than he raised in the entire 3rdQ) in just the past two days. [http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotline/hr\_20081020\_3062.php](http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotline/hr_20081020_3062.php) > [@](#): > > National Democrats, sensing a chance to win more House seats than they previously thought possible, are borrowing and spending millions of dollars to challenge Republicans once considered solid bets for re-election next month. > > The party plans to spend $1 million against GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who recently said Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama ‘‘may have anti-American views.’’ President Bush carried her district by 15 percentage points over John Kerry in 2004. [http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-House-Campaign.html?\_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-House-Campaign.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/67 "2008-10-20T23:28:31Z")
We need to take a moment to underline Ms Bachmann’s positive qualities. She has a long-standing concern for kindness to animals, for instance. It is not widely reported but she recently succeeded in a quiet effort to find and adopt over one hundred Dalmation puppies. There are reliable reports that she was heartbroken by their sudden disappearance. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/68 "2008-10-20T23:52:15Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > We need to take a moment to underline Ms Bachmann’s positive qualities. She has a long-standing concern for kindness to animals, for instance. It is not widely reported but she recently succeeded in a quiet effort to find and adopt over one hundred Dalmation puppies. There are reliable reports that she was heartbroken by their sudden disappearance. This information brings a tear to my eye and a state of profound joy to my heart. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/69 "2008-10-21T01:39:37Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > We need to take a moment to underline Ms Bachmann’s positive qualities. She has a long-standing concern for kindness to animals, for instance. It is not widely reported but she recently succeeded in a quiet effort to find and adopt over one hundred Dalmation puppies. There are reliable reports that she was heartbroken by their sudden disappearance. “American views, American views If you haven’t got them, you’re Muslims or Jews…” ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/70 "2008-10-21T08:04:24Z")
Wow, she’s really hot. Clearly mad as a brick, but hot. Or maybe I’m just sleep-deprived… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/71 "2008-10-21T08:17:08Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Wow, she’s really hot. Clearly mad as a brick, but hot. > > Or maybe I’m just sleep-deprived… Never stick your dick in the crazy. Says the man who learned the hard way. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/72 "2008-10-21T12:51:32Z")
And she has a nice new coat to wear for campaigning. Black and white looks so good on her. 😃 Part of her damage control is to say that her comments are being taken out of context. What context?! The context of a venom spewing, hate mongering, biased cable TV show hosted by assholes? Well perhaps, but they’re still her comments and I’m glad people are seeing her in her true light. I didn’t like her when she fought a nasty race against Wetterling in the last election, and nothing she has done in the ensuing years has changed that opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/73 "2008-10-21T13:08:46Z")
“Taken out of context?” Is she aware that the whole thing was on live telvision and is available for viewing on youtube? ---
**Author:** ![Finally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@Finally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finally)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/74 "2008-10-21T13:09:41Z")
Elwyn Tinklenberg It’s killing me. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/75 "2008-10-21T13:26:49Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > “Taken out of context?” Is she aware that the whole thing was on live telvision and is available for viewing on youtube? These people seem to think that if you deny something, even if it happened on live national TV, it didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/76 "2008-10-21T13:51:58Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Says the man who learned the hard way. Did it take long and did you finally develop a stiff upper lip? ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/77 "2008-10-21T13:53:56Z")
> [@Finally](#): > > Elwyn Tinklenberg > > It’s killing me. Hey, be nice. He was actually a decent Commissioner of Transportation, unlike his successor, Carol Molnau. She’s the one appointed by Pathetic-Excuse-for-a-Governor Pawlenty as a part-time Commissioner of Transportation and part-time Lt. Governor. Good way to show you care. She’s the one who was ousted by the Legislature from the transportation position. Granted, it was a politically motivated action, but so was the appointment. Hmph.. giggle. Elwyn Tinklenberg… Damnit, you’ve got me chuckling over it now, and I’m used to the name. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/78 "2008-10-21T14:13:53Z")
El Tinko has now reached $810,000 since Batshit Bachmann tickled her tonsils with her toenails. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/79 "2008-10-21T14:18:39Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > Cynthia McKinney and Michele Bachmann in 2008! Alphabetically, it should be Bachann and McKinney. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497/80 "2008-10-21T14:27:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Never stick your dick in the crazy. > > Says the man who learned the hard way. You nailed Michele Bachmann!?! You are a braver man then I. \😃 Between her and Norm Coleman, I want to thank my good neighbors to the north for making me feel better about my own batshit-crazy Congress critter. I still fear for my country, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batshit-crazy-michele-bachmann-strikes-again/468497.md?page=5)