# Ha ha ha ha ha HA HA HA ha ha! \[Michele Bachman for President\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558 "2011-01-06T01:17:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/41 "2011-01-06T19:02:34Z")
She just wants attention. If talking about a presidential run gets her in the headlines, she’ll play along. Expect a similar announcement any day from Snooki. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/42 "2011-01-06T19:54:10Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Edited thread title for clarity. Aw, now it doesn’t look so much like Woody Woodpecker is posting a pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/43 "2011-01-06T19:56:25Z")
[\*\*Rep. Bachmann lands post on intelligence committee \*\* Position will bolster Tea Party favorite’s security credentials ahead of possible White House](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40946997/ns/politics-capitol_hill/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/44 "2011-01-06T20:06:00Z")
“It’s a trap!” - Admiral Akbar The Intelligence Committe is loads of prestige, but not much air time. The first rule of Intel Club is you can’t talk about what goes on in Intel Club. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/45 "2011-01-06T20:12:49Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > She sees the dough Palin’s making and wants a piece of the pie. She wants a book deal and the speaking fees. I accidentally read this as “book deal and **spanking** fees.” which I really didn’t want to think about. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/46 "2011-01-06T20:36:00Z")
But is probably more true than you want to know. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/47 "2011-01-06T21:04:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > The Intelligence Committe is loads of prestige, but not much air time. The first rule of Intel Club is you can’t talk about what goes on in Intel Club. Yeah, but running around with a smug look on your face, chirping “I’ve got a secret and I’m not telling, neener neener” can do wonders for your credibility. Look what it did for Christine O’Donnell. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/48 "2011-01-06T21:11:03Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > She sees the dough Palin’s making and wants a piece of the pie. She wants a book deal and the speaking fees. She is working on a book, but the crayon keeps breaking and anyway she is having a hard time coloring in the lines. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/49 "2011-01-06T22:15:55Z")
She wants a reality show, like Palin. It’s just that no producer is able to find reality anywhere near her. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/50 "2011-01-06T22:21:36Z")
She’ll do a reality show about here presence on the Intelligence committee. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/51 "2011-01-06T22:23:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, its true, he wasn’t a major star like Vern Gagne, but still… And Jesse Ventura never killed anybody with his bare hands – not even in a movie. But Verne did it, for real. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/52 "2011-01-06T22:29:08Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > Expect a similar announcement any day from Snooki. Situation/Snooki 2012 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/53 "2011-01-06T22:46:58Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > And Jesse Ventura never killed anybody with his bare hands – not even in a movie. But Verne did it, for real. Aw, c’mon, since when is a grizzly bear a person? And Jesse was a Navy SEAL. (He hardly ever talks about it. Every other breath, maybe.) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/54 "2011-01-06T22:58:37Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Aw, c’mon, since when is a grizzly bear a person? I have no idea at all what you are talking about here? > [@elucidator](#): > > And Jesse was a Navy SEAL. (He hardly ever talks about it. Every other breath, maybe.) No he wasn’t. The Navy SEAL unit wasn’t even formed until years after Jesse was out of the military. Confronted on that, he then claimed to be a Naval UDT member, but refuses to produce his DD-214 to prove it. He either changes the subject or claims the question is an attack on military veterans. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/55 "2011-01-07T01:07:54Z")
Bachmann is yesterday’s leftovers. Make way for [Allen West](http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/03/allen-west-sharia/)! > [@](#): > > West said that, although he has not spoken with all of the new members, he hoped that Congress would focus on the “infiltration of the Sharia practice into all of our operating systems in our country as well as across Western civilization.” He explained that targeting Sharia should be part of America’s “national security strategy” and that a response to Sharia would somehow include “tailor[ing]” American “security systems, our political systems, economic systems, our cultural and educational systems, so that we can thwart this”: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/56 "2011-01-07T01:15:06Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Have you not heard of [Jesse Ventura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Ventura)? Or is he not major enough for you? The second thing. 😛 ---
**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:** [January 7, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/57 "2011-01-07T01:41:01Z")
The high profile of crazies like this is a giant gift to the standard-issue useless moderate politicians who will tend to look good by comparison. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/58 "2011-01-07T01:44:57Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Oh I hope she does run. And wins. It doesn’t matter at all anymore, not even slightly. All politicians at this point are Mayor Quimby when Hollywood comes to town when it comes to our malevolent corporate overlords anyway, we might as well have some hysterical Romanesque theatre in our government before it all falls apart anyway. It’s not like anyone is going to save us from ourselves, so let’s just hasten the march towards Corporate Oligarchy so that we can get it over with and watch it implode. Then we can start over. Or, as I would say, anything that gets us closer to Jacobin revolution sooner is worth considering. Maybe considering and rejecting, but considering. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/59 "2011-01-07T01:48:13Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Bachmann is yesterday’s leftovers. Make way for [Allen West](http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/03/allen-west-sharia/)! Is West a member of the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, or the Rent is Too Damn High Party? ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558/60 "2011-01-07T02:00:21Z")
Bachmann is going to be on the Intelligence committee? I give it about 90 days before she says something classified to a reporter. And then comes all the dittoheads characterizing any criticism of that action as misogyny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-michele-bachman-for-president/566558.md?page=4)