# Michelle Bachmann is my new hero! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937 "2009-12-12T00:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/21 "2009-12-12T01:27:25Z")
Whoooooosh… ---
**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:** [December 12, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/22 "2009-12-12T01:27:59Z")
Okay, now that I’ve read it, I’m with **The Hamster King**. ETA: And, evidently, with **Saintly Loser** , as well. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/23 "2009-12-12T01:37:15Z")
Dudes. That wasn’t written by Michelle Bachman. That was written by John McQuaid. Humor. It is a…difficult concept. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/24 "2009-12-12T01:39:55Z")
Did an ex-Onion staff member write that? It’s clearly parody if you read the article. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/25 "2009-12-12T01:40:01Z")
Exactly. If you do a google search for this Bachmann quote, you only get the OP link, no additional news sources. And, the author clearly says from the gitgo; “with apologies to Sarah Palin and her ghostwriter”, indicating the parody. Though, I would like Bachmann to encounter Schroedinger’s cat. In a dark alley with RA Wilson for a play by play. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/26 "2009-12-12T02:02:35Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’m going to read the link in the OP, but first, let me get this off my chest:I thought that there couldn’t _be_ a fraction of a quantum. 😕 That’s it, we should make her walk the Planck! ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/27 "2009-12-12T02:07:10Z")
[Fractional quantum Hall effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_quantum_Hall_effect) [Lasers simulate magnetic field in a BEC](http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/41154): > [@](#): > > Physicists in the US have become the first to use laser light to make neutral, ultracold atoms behave like charged particles in a magnetic field – even though the atoms have no charge. The set-up could be used as a “quantum simulator” to gain a better understanding of how electrons in solid materials respond to magnetic fields. In particular, it could shed further light on the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE), which could someday be exploited in quantum computers. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/28 "2009-12-12T02:11:51Z")
> [@elelle](#): > > Though, I would like Bachmann to encounter Schroedinger’s cat. In a dark alley with RA Wilson for a play by play. A million times yes. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/29 "2009-12-12T02:29:56Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > That’s it, we should make her walk the Planck! Whatever we may think of her, it takes alkynes to make a world. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/30 "2009-12-12T02:58:27Z")
Steve, Hon, how long have you been waiting for that excellent post? Think it may be the best specific wittiest. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/31 "2009-12-12T03:48:27Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > Why do people have to affix a “-gate” suffix to every goddamn thing? THANK YOU! I am so glad that I’m not the only one who is supremely bugged by the extremely annoying and hackneyed habit of untalented writers, politicians, ordinary knuckle-draggers and, well…, everybody. Look, it might have been almost acceptable (though not quite) the first few times it was applied to Watergate-style government cover-ups 20 or 30 years ago (e.g. “Iran-gate” or “Contra-gate”), but when it started getting slapped onto absolutely every sort of controversy imaginable (boxers or briefs? UNDERWEAR-GATE!!!11) it became really lame, really quickly. Let it go, ye creatively-challenged mothafuckas. Grow a new idea, for once. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/32 "2009-12-12T13:57:53Z")
Mark my words, in a couple of years a reporter is going to unironically refer to Watergate as Watergategate. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/33 "2009-12-12T15:19:09Z")
[Fun Facts to Know and Tell:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Carlson) > [@](#): > > (Fox anchor Gretchen) Carlson was raised in Anoka, Minnesota, and graduated from Anoka-Hennepin School District 11’s Anoka High School, in 1984, as valedictorian. One of her childhood nannies was Michele Bachmann, the future Republican congresswoman. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/34 "2009-12-12T15:28:58Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Whatever we may think of her, it takes alkynes to make a world. Awww, let’s all pi bond and sing kumbaya. (sorry) I know it’s just a parody but I’m sure we can all agree that subatomic physics is somewhat creepy and unAmerican. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/35 "2009-12-12T15:29:04Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > Why do people have to affix a “-gate” suffix to every goddamn thing? I’m starting to think we need an inquiry into the whole affixagate thing. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/36 "2009-12-12T16:48:19Z")
The people of Minnesota have elected her twice. She is nuts. What does that say about them? They deserve the pitting. She can not help what she is. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/37 "2009-12-12T17:05:03Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > The people of Minnesota have elected her twice. She is nuts. What does that say about them? They deserve the pitting. She can not help what she is. LOL it’s always funny when people absolve someone of responsibility and replace that responsibility somewhere else as though those people are somehow supposed to be more self-aware and personally responsible. Most people, likely you included are merely playing out their programming. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/38 "2009-12-12T17:16:16Z")
Ahhhh. I understand now. Oh, and Sarah Palin is a tool! ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/39 "2009-12-12T18:06:57Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > LOL it’s always funny when people absolve someone of responsibility and replace that responsibility somewhere else as though those people are somehow supposed to be more self-aware and personally responsible. You know, one of those people you’re defending, Minnesotans, threw a **TOMATO** at Sarah Palin just last week. Buncha disrespectful rebels and anarchists. We should lock up the lot of em! ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937/40 "2009-12-12T18:10:47Z")
I find it funny that mswas started a Sarah Palin thread without intending to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-bachmann-is-my-new-hero/520937.md?page=3)