# Michele Bachmann says "I don't do political speech" during debate. Crowd breaks out in laughter. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 31, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-says-i-dont-do-political-speech-during-debate-crowd-breaks-out-in-laughter/639436 "2012-10-31T14:28:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-says-i-dont-do-political-speech-during-debate-crowd-breaks-out-in-laughter/639436/21 "2012-10-31T18:22:49Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Dude, I \*can’t \*vote for or against her (much as I’d love to) anyway - like **stpauler** , I’m in Ellison’s district. So holding me responsible for the 6th District’s decision is nonsensical. You’re plenty close enough to go pick up a couple of vanloads of Bachmann supporters and drop them off in the woods somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-says-i-dont-do-political-speech-during-debate-crowd-breaks-out-in-laughter/639436/22 "2012-10-31T18:25:12Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > You’re plenty close enough to go pick up a couple of vanloads of Bachmann supporters and drop them off in the woods somewhere. That district is mostly “the woods somewhere”. I think it’d be more proactive to drop them in the heart of the city so they could see a little more diversity beyond Scandinavian vs German descent. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-says-i-dont-do-political-speech-during-debate-crowd-breaks-out-in-laughter/639436/23 "2012-10-31T18:30:17Z")
\*\*stpauler \*\*- ha! And so true. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-says-i-dont-do-political-speech-during-debate-crowd-breaks-out-in-laughter/639436/24 "2012-10-31T19:04:01Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Dude, I \*can’t \*vote for or against her (much as I’d love to) anyway - like **stpauler** , I’m in Ellison’s district. So holding me responsible for the 6th District’s decision is nonsensical. Sorry - I amended my original thought in post #11, when I was told that she does not represent All of y’all. So you’re off the hook. … For now… ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-says-i-dont-do-political-speech-during-debate-crowd-breaks-out-in-laughter/639436/25 "2012-10-31T22:25:25Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Sorry - I amended my original thought in post #11, when I was told that she does not represent All of y’all. > > So you’re off the hook. … For now… I think she’s smarter than that. There was some talk about her running against Klobuchar this election, but she doesn’t poll well beyond her “every farm along the freeway hosts a pro-life billboard” district. Really, what that district needs is a pro-life blue dog Dem to run. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michele-bachmann-says-i-dont-do-political-speech-during-debate-crowd-breaks-out-in-laughter/639436.md?page=1)