# Michele Bachmann Not To Run For Reelection **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 29, 2013, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613 "2013-05-29T09:11:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/21 "2013-05-29T16:40:04Z")
> [@CJJ](#): > > My guess is like many in the GOP, she’s wised up to the grift and decided she can squeeze more money out of a wider base by ranting on Fox or publishing over-promoted books. Sarah Palin showed her the way. Yep. What’s the point of being a congressman when you can make a lot more money a lot more easily in the conservative media-industrial complex? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/22 "2013-05-29T16:53:34Z")
“And this decision had nothing to do with Marcus’s arrest for lewd behavior at the Conoco truck stop over in Forest Lake last weekend, either…” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/23 "2013-05-29T16:58:56Z")
She isn’t running for re-election because she almost lost last time and things looked even worse for her this time. If the seat goes to a more sane Republican, that’s a tiny improvement but still one worth applauding. She is the queen of batshit crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/24 "2013-05-29T17:24:16Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I think she should consider a career in professional wrestling > M BACH…THE MVP of WTF !!! Wait, you want uncontrollable batshit crazy little her in a wrestling environment? Where Marcus can be surrounded by a bevy of athletic underdressed men… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/25 "2013-05-29T18:24:39Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Back in 2012, she was practically an Iowan. Maybe she’ll go back there… A few weeks ago didn’t she say she was leaving Minnesota because she was afraid to live in a state were same-sex marriage is legal? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/26 "2013-05-29T19:00:31Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > A few weeks ago didn’t she say she was leaving Minnesota because she was afraid to live in a state were same-sex marriage is legal? That was an article in the Daily Currant, which is a satire site like the Onion. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/27 "2013-05-29T19:05:32Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > … the Daily Currant, which is a satire site like the Onion. … only never remotely funny, so everyone thinks they’re on the up-and-up. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/28 "2013-05-29T19:12:32Z")
> [@CJJ](#): > > This is probably right, and probably fair. Her campaign was pretty rinky-dink, so it wouldn’t surprise me that any illegalities were the result of incompetence rather than criminality. No, I think there was probably criminality involved. I just don’t think Bachmann was brought in on it. I think some political crooks just chose Bachmann to be their front because she’s a charismatic dimwit who could get elected and would do what she was told without asking questions. So the guys in the back room ran things, collected whatever money a Congressional office can gather, told Bachmann how to vote, and saw no reason to cut her in on their action. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/29 "2013-05-29T19:36:56Z")
Oh, don’t go all 1950’s “She’s a woman, it had to be a man doing it” bullshit on us. Michelle Bachmann is not being controlled by other people for their own gain. She’s doing her own damned thing and she is responsible for her campaign and her decisions. ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/30 "2013-05-29T20:37:48Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Yep. What’s the point of being a congressman when you can make a lot more money a lot more easily in the conservative media-industrial complex? Exactly. [According to a credible news agency,](http://www.theonion.com/articles/michele-bachmann-god-wants-me-to-earn-7-figures-fo,32618/) God actually called on her to make 7 figures. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/31 "2013-05-29T23:37:34Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Oh, don’t go all 1950’s “She’s a woman, it had to be a man doing it” bullshit on us. How about “She’s a nincompoop, it had to be a sharp operator doing it”? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/32 "2013-05-30T08:40:26Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Oh, don’t go all 1950’s “She’s a woman, it had to be a man doing it” bullshit on us. > > Michelle Bachmann is not being controlled by other people for their own gain. She’s doing her own damned thing and she is responsible for her campaign and her decisions. It’s not a sexism thing. I just have a hard time believing any organization can exist and function with Michele Bachmann as the brains of the outfit. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/33 "2013-05-30T08:52:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It’s not a sexism thing. I just have a hard time believing any organization can exist and function with Michele Bachmann as the brains of the outfit. This is one of the nicest compliments anyone has ever given Michele Bachmann, perhaps unsurprisingly. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/34 "2013-05-30T09:14:40Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > This is one of the nicest compliments anyone has ever given Michele Bachmann, perhaps unsurprisingly. 😃 If so, it was unintentional. I’ve known a lot of criminals and trust me, saying somebody is too dumb to be a criminal is no compliment. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/35 "2013-05-30T09:48:58Z")
Haha I just mean that, most things said about Michelle Bachmann are far, far meaner. So, what you said was tantamount to a great compliment 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/36 "2013-05-30T14:19:09Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Haha I just mean that, most things said about Michelle Bachmann are far, far meaner. So, what you said was tantamount to a great compliment 🙂 We won’t have Michele (leave off the last L for loony) Bachmann (add an N for nutty) to kick around anymore. And remember, and this is important, it had **NOTHING WHATSOEVER** to do with all the investigations swirling around her. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/37 "2013-05-30T20:08:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > She’ll write a book and get hired by Fox as one of their political “experts”; probably already has deals in hand for both. That is what I thought when I heard. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/38 "2013-05-30T23:45:55Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I’m sorry, but there are no wonderful people in the sixth district of Minnesota. They sent her to congress 4 times?!?! She didn’t get 100% of the vote. I didn’t vote for her, and I am wonderful. I was just out numbered. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/39 "2013-05-31T01:19:36Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/us/politics/michele-bachmann-wont-seek-re-election-next-year.html?ref=politics&\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/us/politics/michele-bachmann-wont-seek-re-election-next-year.html?ref=politics&_r=0) > > I’m mildly surprised but I can’t say I’m displeased. I can say I’m displeased. Considering her margin of victory in 2012, I figured her 2014 run to be the most likely scenario for flipping the district blue (even if only for a single session). ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613/40 "2013-05-31T01:46:29Z")
I’ll take a 100% chance of no more Michelle Bachman even if it means we don’t flip the seat than a 50% chance of flipping the seat or her getting another term. The woman makes the country worse just by existing, this is great news. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-not-to-run-for-reelection/659613.md?page=3)