# If Michelle Bachman wins the nomination... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927 "2011-07-22T01:15:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/1 "2011-07-22T01:15:32Z")
…God help me, I’m writing in Alfred E. Neuman. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/2 "2011-07-22T01:41:43Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > If Michelle Bachman wins the nomination… It will mean the Republican Party has conceded the election. During its convention. Especially if she beats Palin for the nomination (though I doubt Palin will bother to actually run.) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/3 "2011-07-22T01:45:47Z")
Bachmann will be the nominee of whatever the Tea Party morphs into. The GOP will nominate somebody “electable” like Romney, and the Tea Partiers will go apeshit and bolt the party. Don’t know what it will be called, but there is going to be a batshit third party in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/4 "2011-07-22T01:55:04Z")
Oh, I feel a migraine coming on … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/5 "2011-07-23T06:43:23Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > It will mean the Republican Party has conceded the election. During its convention. > > Especially if she beats Palin for the nomination (though I doubt Palin will bother to actually run.) Very true. I’m glad I made my Mom promise to vote for Palin if she ran. The freshman Republican class in congress wants serious change, but that term was already taken. Seems they will continue to vote “no” on anything and everything, just to make the incumbent democrat look like he made no progress. Spite in it’s purest form. The class that was supposed to make huge changes, will be remembered as the class that could only say no. Great job guys, thanks for fixing everything. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/6 "2011-07-23T08:01:02Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > Very true. I’m glad I made my Mom promise to vote for Palin if she ran. > > The freshman Republican class in congress wants serious change, but that term was already taken. > Seems they will continue to vote “no” on anything and everything, just to make the incumbent democrat look like he made no progress. Spite in it’s purest form. > > The class that was supposed to make huge changes, will be remembered as the class that could only say no. Great job guys, thanks for fixing everything. The party of ‘no’. I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/7 "2011-07-23T10:46:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Don’t know what it will be called, but there is going to be a batshit third party in 2012. [Batshitthirdparty.org](http://Batshitthirdparty.org) is still available 😛 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/8 "2011-07-23T11:24:42Z")
the guano party? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/9 "2011-07-23T17:08:57Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > …God help me, I’m writing in Alfred E. Neuman. But vote counters will (successfully) make the argument that they are one and the same. Please don’t do this… vote instead for Bing Crosby. Or Francisco Pizarro. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/10 "2011-07-23T18:20:19Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > But vote counters will (successfully) make the argument that they are one and the same. Please don’t do this… vote instead for Bing Crosby. Or Francisco Pizarro. Or Francisco Franco, who, despite being (still) dead, would be a more viable candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/11 "2011-07-23T19:41:57Z")
I am so excited about the idea of a Bachman general election campaign I’m almost willing to send a donation. It would be so entertaining. Also, I think the odds of Obama getting elected unanimously are not very good, but if there was a way to make that happen, this would be it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/12 "2011-07-23T23:47:34Z")
> **[Female voters will reject Michele Bachmann as the submissive wife.](https://slate.com/human-interest/2011/07/michele-bachmann-claims-to-be-submissive-to-her-husband.html)** > > This Politico profile of Marcus Bachmann, the husband of presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, isn't exactly a puff piece, but I feel there are many... Bachmann is submissive to her husband. She said he told her to go to law school and then become a tax atty. Her husband was speaking through god. Why not just run him? He is the one who makes the decisions. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-michelle-bachman-wins-the-nomination/589927/13 "2011-07-24T02:00:12Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > [Michele Bachmann claims to be submissive to her husband.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2011/07/05/michele_bachmann_claims_to_be_submissive_to_her_husband_.html) > Bachmann is submissive to her husband. She said he told her to go to law school and then become a tax atty. Her husband was speaking through god. > Why not just run him? He is the one who makes the decisions. And as a bonus you can get the country re-decorated. Og knows you could use some fabulousness.