# Michele Bachman halts Presidential campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390 "2012-01-04T17:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/1 "2012-01-04T17:00:15Z")
[An action that surprises absolutely nobody](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16416324). Bachman is batshit crazy thinking she could be a candidate, much less get elected. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/2 "2012-01-04T17:07:40Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [An action that surprises absolutely nobody](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16416324). > > Bachman is batshit crazy thinking she could be a candidate, much less get elected. Yes, but her entertainment value kept it interesting. With her, Perry, Trump and Palin gone, the only real entertainment left is Newt and Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/3 "2012-01-04T17:22:09Z")
I think Santorum will continue to be interesting. If the Perry and Bachmann supporters go to Santorum (which is more likely than them going to Romney) he could manage to drag out the nomination process quite a while. Romney has been stuck at 25% since the beginning of the campaign; with the crazy Tea Party conservative candidates narrowing down Santorum’s share of the votes will only rise (until Romney’s PAC comes down hard on him, probably in SC/FL). ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/4 "2012-01-04T17:35:30Z")
> [@](#): > > “I am a Christian, as is my husband. I became a Christian when I was 16 years old. I gave my heart to Jesus Christ,” Bachmann told CBS’ Bob Schieffer. "Since that time, I’ve been a person of prayer. And so when I pray, I pray believing that God will speak to me and give me an answer to that prayer. > > “That’s what a calling is,” continued the Tea Party favorite. “ **If I pray, a calling means that I feel like I have a sense from God**.” > > Bachmann says she asked God about running for political office. > > “Did God tell you He wanted you to run for the Minnesota State Senate, or something like that?” Schieffer asked. > > “I prayed about that, as well,” Bachmann said. “And that’s really what that means. **It means that I have a sense of assurance about the direction I think that God is speaking into my heart that I should go.** ” (Bolding mine.) [CBS News interview - June 2011](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/26/ftn/main20074482.shtml) > [@](#): > > “ **Last night, the people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice** , and so I have decided to stand aside,” she said at a hastily-arranged news conference here. “I have no regrets,” she added. “None whatsoever. We never compromised our principles.” (Bolding mine.) [Michele Bachmann - 04 January 2012](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57352112-503544/michele-bachmann-drops-out-of-gop-race/?tag=stack) > [@](#): > > **[John Kinsella](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113474/)**: Is this heaven? > **[Ray Kinsella](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000126/)**: It’s Iowa. > **[John Kinsella](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113474/)**: Iowa? I could have sworn this was heaven. > [_John starts to walk away_] > **[Ray Kinsella](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000126/)**: Is there a heaven? > **[John Kinsella](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113474/)**: Oh yeah. It’s the place where dreams come true. > [_Ray looks around, seeing his wife playing with their daughter on the porch_] > **[Ray Kinsella](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000126/)**: Maybe this is heaven. [_Field of Dreams_, 1989](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097351/quotes?qt=qt0314987) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/5 "2012-01-04T18:44:10Z")
People should know when they are defeated. ---
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/6 "2012-01-04T18:46:28Z")
Sad that we’re in 2012 and a woman still has no real say in getting elected, unless she is the wife of someone, or hand picked for the token VP. Women need to find a strong candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/7 "2012-01-04T18:54:08Z")
> [@AndyLee](#): > > Sad that we’re in 2012 and a woman still has no real say in getting elected, unless she is the wife of someone, or hand picked for the token VP. > > Women need to find a strong candidate. It’s only a matter of time. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/8 "2012-01-04T19:15:02Z")
> [@AndyLee](#): > > Women need to find a strong candidate. One of the things we learned in 2008 was that women are going to vote on the issues, not on gender. And it’ll happen sooner or later. I’ve gone on the SDMB record as predicting it for 2016, mostly because nobody has any idea what’ll happen in 2016 and on the off chance I’m right, it’ll look brilliant. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/9 "2012-01-04T19:24:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > One of the things we learned in 2008 was that women are going to vote on the issues, not on gender. And it’ll happen sooner or later. I’ve gone on the SDMB record as predicting it for 2016, mostly because nobody has any idea what’ll happen in 2016 and on the off chance I’m right, it’ll look brilliant. 😛 Hillary running and winning in 2016 is not much of a stretch, although she’ll be, what, 70 years old? Granted, there’s plenty of time for some other female candidate to emerge. In news that is slightly surprising, Rick Perry has not dropped out. Looks like he’s headed to South Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/10 "2012-01-04T19:24:29Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > One of the things we learned in 2008 was that women are going to vote on the issues, not on gender. And it’ll happen sooner or later. I’ve gone on the SDMB record as predicting it for 2016, mostly because nobody has any idea what’ll happen in 2016 and on the off chance I’m right, it’ll look brilliant. 😛 Warren in '16! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/11 "2012-01-04T19:28:27Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Hillary running and winning in 2016 is not much of a stretch, although she’ll be, what, 70 years old? Granted, there’s plenty of time for some other female candidate to emerge. I said the next president will be Bev Perdue, who was elected governor of North Carolina in 2008. I don’t think Clinton is going to run in 2016. > [@](#): > > In news that is slightly surprising, Rick Perry has not dropped out. Looks like he’s headed to South Carolina. I can see why he thinks he’d do better there, but I’m not sure why he thinks it’ll matter. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/12 "2012-01-04T19:32:49Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Warren in '16! Hear, hear! She would very easily have my vote. I don’t think Hillary lost because of her gender, she lost because she could not bring herself to recant her vote to authorize Bush’s war of choice. Take Iraq out of the 2008 equation, and Hillary very likely wins the White House. Bachmann didn’t lose because of her gender, she lost because of her vapid performance in the debates. There is more to running for president than calling the incumbent names, which is about all Michele was capable of. ---
**Author:** ![Clu-Me-In](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/13 "2012-01-04T19:35:52Z")
You’re right… Michelle Obama in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/14 "2012-01-04T19:35:55Z")
> [@AndyLee](#): > > Sad that we’re in 2012 and a woman still has no real say in getting elected, unless she is the wife of someone, or hand picked for the token VP. > > Women need to find a strong candidate. I’m not sure that Michele Bachman is a woman. I’m honestly not sure she’s a carbon-based lifeform, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/15 "2012-01-04T19:40:53Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > In news that is slightly surprising, Rick Perry has not dropped out. Looks like he’s headed to South Carolina. > [@Marley23](#): > > I can see why he thinks he’d do better there, but I’m not sure why he thinks it’ll matter. The man’s a dunce. The writing on the wall is not enough for him; he needs to be slapped in the face with it like a big smelly fish. Did he back off the reassessment of his campaign after Bachmann dropped out? Perhaps he believes her demise will benefit him. Like I said: dunce. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/16 "2012-01-04T19:45:16Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > The man’s a dunce. The writing on the wall is not enough for him; he needs to be slapped in the face with it like a big smelly fish. The problem with the writing on the wall is that you have to read it. That’s not Rick Perry’s thing. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/17 "2012-01-04T19:45:49Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > I’m not sure that Michele Bachman is a woman. > > I’m honestly not sure she’s a carbon-based lifeform, for that matter. Between her and Marcus I’m sure they have enough estrogen to make one woman. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/18 "2012-01-04T21:56:29Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > The man’s a dunce. The writing on the wall is not enough for him; he needs to be slapped in the face with it like a big smelly fish. > > Did he back off the reassessment of his campaign after Bachmann dropped out? Perhaps he believes her demise will benefit him. Like I said: dunce. Like Marley said, I can also see why he thinks he’ll do better there. He probably will do better in the Southern states. But, also like Marley said, I can’t see that it will matter. Maybe he thinks Bachmann will endorse him and he can pick up her 3 votes. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/19 "2012-01-04T22:03:49Z")
So the Batshit Bachmann comes to some kind of sense. Has anyone ever asked her that if a god (especially Yahweh) wanted to endorse a candidate, it would never be a woman? 😃 Women like her, O’Donnell, Pelosi should never get the spotlight. They ruin it for women qualified for a government position. Elect me, and I’d make sure that anyone who voted for Bachmann for anything would lose the right to vote and the kids go to child services. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390/20 "2012-01-04T22:08:40Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Warren in '16! I would become an illegal immigrant casting an illegal vote (thus helping to rationalize all those vapid Republican fears) if it could be for her. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachman-halts-presidential-campaign/608390.md?page=2)