# Michelle Bachman (R, Batshit) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 17, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292 "2009-02-17T17:29:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/41 "2009-02-18T00:17:36Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I object. I think the correct form is “Michelle Bachman (Batshit, Minn-6)”. Miche **l** e Bachma **nn**. One l, two n’s. Alternate spelling: [Jean Schmidt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Schmidt). ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/42 "2009-02-18T00:20:58Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > It’s still hilarious, and sad, and pathetic that ACORN has become a voodoo word on the right - evoke it and nutjobs will back away in horror while making the sign of the cross - when the organization didn’t do anything wrong at all. In fact, they did everything they should have done. They cross-checked the information handed in to them, then reported the inaccuracies/falsehoods that were found, just as the law requires (considering that it’s against the law to throw away voter registrations). They CROSS-CHECKED the information for inaccuracies and falsehoods, then REPORTED those problems, and fired the lazy field workers who turned them in. They did everything right, within the law and common decency, and yet they were vilified and are still being vilified, because Republicans are fucking asshole scum who lie and lie and lie and don’t give a shit whether innocent and good-hearted organizations who do good work are tarred and feathered and ruined in the process. And the ones who know the truth but don’t speak up for ACORN are even scummier assholes. I don’t defend it, but you’re complaining about a grain of sand while lying on the beach. Mudraking, and throwing shit around for political effect is hardly a Republican phenomenom. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/43 "2009-02-18T00:21:49Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > So, I see nothing particularly abnormal or “batshit” about these particular lies and exagerations. Hmmmmm… I’m going to agree with you here. It is perfectly normal and not “batshit” to hear lies and exaggerations coming out of the mouths of Republicans. The goal of Republicans is to make Democrats look bad, not to govern the country or act as a loyal opposition. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/44 "2009-02-18T00:24:11Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > I don’t defend it, but you’re complaining about a grain of sand while lying on the beach. It’s more like I’m complaining about someone who takes their dog to the beach, and lets them take a huge steaming dump next to me, then when I complain, says “everyone does it” ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/45 "2009-02-18T00:32:22Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Hmmmmm… I’m going to agree with you here. > > It is perfectly normal and not “batshit” to hear lies and exaggerations coming out of the mouths of Republicans. The goal of Republicans is to make Democrats look bad, not to govern the country or act as a loyal opposition. Now **that’s** batshit! The selective perception totally amazes me. I’ve been coming to the conclusion that politics is really a genius scam. Republicans and Democrats are like sports fans who see everything through the lens of their respective affinity. It’s that way by design to keep us in contention and distracted from the fact that everyone in Washington is a dishonest corrupt bastard fucking over his constituents. They all suck. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/46 "2009-02-18T00:33:23Z")
If you think only one side sucks or sucks significantly less than you’re batshit, too. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/47 "2009-02-18T00:45:41Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > Now **that’s** batshit! The selective perception totally amazes me. I’ve been coming to the conclusion that politics is really a genius scam. Republicans and Democrats are like sports fans who see everything through the lens of their respective affinity. It’s that way by design to keep us in contention and distracted from the fact that everyone in Washington is a dishonest corrupt bastard fucking over his constituents. > > They all suck. And that’s horseshit. You could stack up all the lies, exaggerations, mistruths, and bullshit spread by the left about W and it wouldn’t stack _half_ as high as the tower of slander and vomit about Clinton piled up by Richard Mellon Scaife _alone_. That’s not even counting the rest of your cadre of liars and blowhards. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/48 "2009-02-18T00:48:17Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > If you think only one side sucks or sucks significantly less than you’re batshit, too. Oh, they both suck – but they don’t suck equally. The Dems are a Hoover floor model and the Pubs an industrial dredge pump. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/49 "2009-02-18T00:49:52Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > That’s just the same cite twice. Sorry, [here’s](http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2513/) the other one. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/50 "2009-02-18T00:59:11Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > I don’t defend it, but you’re complaining about a grain of sand while lying on the beach. Mudraking, and throwing shit around for political effect is hardly a Republican phenomenom. I’d like to know what good-hearted Republican-oriented community service organization is loathed and has been vilified by the left, to the point where its very name is synonymous with corruption and feted fecal matter among liberals. I can wait all century. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/51 "2009-02-18T01:02:51Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > I know I’m the only conservative left here. I kind of feel like Will Smith in “I Am Legend…” Theatrical release, or original ending? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/52 "2009-02-18T01:09:35Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > And, if there is justice in the world no Democrat posting here may ever complain about a stupid name a Republican calls a Democratic President. By my calculations Republicans need to say “Obamalama,” or “Obamination” 9,337, 432 times to make for all the “Shrubs” and “Repugnicans” over the last 8 years. Never seen “Repugnican” before this moment, and I’ve been following politics on this board and elsewhere. Certainly it’s not like “the Democrat party,” a deliberate rhetorical branding by Republican party operatives. Or at least it’s not as well known. And you know what a “shrub” is, as a unit of derisive measurement? 1/10 of a Slick Willie. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/53 "2009-02-18T01:51:14Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > Theatrical release, or original ending? \*\*Scylla? \*\*Theatrical. No question. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/54 "2009-02-18T01:54:21Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > I know I’m the only conservative left here. What are **Shodan** , **Sam Stone** , **Mr. Moto** , **xtisme** , **ivylass** , **IdahoMauleMan** , **Carol Stream** , **Starving Artist** , and **LonesomePolecat** , chopped liver? \*Note: list not extensive, just off the top of my head, and does include a couple of complete nutcases. But they’re conservative nutcases. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/55 "2009-02-18T02:49:19Z")
> [@black\_rabbit](#): > > And that’s horseshit. > > You could stack up all the lies, exaggerations, mistruths, and bullshit spread by the left about W and it wouldn’t stack _half_ as high as the tower of slander and vomit about Clinton piled up by Richard Mellon Scaife _alone_. > > That’s not even counting the rest of your cadre of liars and blowhards. You’re kidding me, right? Farenheit 911, W, the forged papers on CBS. Dan Rather was in on it. You guys got all of Hollywood **and** all three networks. We got Rush Limbaugh on **AM** radio, and Fox News. You have every celebrity hot babe in the world, every actress, and all the College chicks. You got the faculty of every College on the planet. We got Ann Coulter and Mickey Rourke, and the guys at the VFW. Don’t even give me that whiny shit, your media disinformation empire spans the entire mediaverse. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/56 "2009-02-18T02:51:29Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Oh, they both suck – but they don’t suck equally. The Dems are a Hoover floor model and the Pubs an industrial dredge pump. Yeah sure. We didn’t have the guts to put 8 billion dollars for a bullet train between DisneyLand and Las Vegas into the first TARP. Could we have gotten away with that? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/57 "2009-02-18T02:52:39Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I’d like to know what good-hearted Republican-oriented community service organization is loathed and has been vilified by the left, to the point where its very name is synonymous with corruption and feted fecal matter among liberals. Christianity > [@](#): > > I can wait all century. Well, now that you don’t have to, can I have your taco? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/58 "2009-02-18T02:54:54Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > What are **Shodan** , **Sam Stone** , **Mr. Moto** , **xtisme** , **ivylass** , **IdahoMauleMan** , **Carol Stream** , **Starving Artist** , and **LonesomePolecat** , chopped liver? > > \*Note: list not extensive, just off the top of my head, and does include a couple of complete nutcases. But they’re conservative nutcases. They’re not here right now, are they? They’re like the guys at the end of the movie in the fortress in Vermont. I’m in NYC fighting liberal vampires with just my dog. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/59 "2009-02-18T03:01:17Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > They’re not here right now, are they? They’re like the guys at the end of the movie in the fortress in Vermont. > > I’m in NYC fighting liberal vampires with just my dog. Poor **Scylla**! Hijacking a thread all by himself! What guts he must have. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292/60 "2009-02-18T03:06:18Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I’d like to know what good-hearted Republican-oriented community service organization is loathed and has been vilified by the left, to the point where its very name is synonymous with corruption and feted fecal matter among liberals. > [@Scylla](#): > > Christianity Liar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachman-r-batshit/486292.md?page=4)