# The Congresswoman with the crazy eyes, part II, crazy in the head **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420 "2011-05-01T23:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/1 "2011-05-01T23:36:16Z")
[Michele Bachmann compares Taxes and Debt to the Holocaust](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bachmann_holocaust). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/2 "2011-05-01T23:46:57Z")
This is an interesting quote from her speech: > [@](#): > > “I tell you this story because I think in our day and time, there is no analogy to that horrific action,” she said, referring to the Holocaust. “But only to say, we are seeing eclipsed in front of our eyes a similar death and a similar taking away. It is this disenfranchisement that I think we have to answer to.” Anytime you follow a statement with “but”, there’s a problem with it. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/3 "2011-05-02T00:05:26Z")
I guess the Boston Massacre of 1770 was not a good enough example for her to use. Even that would be a silly comparison to make. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/4 "2011-05-02T00:18:18Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > This is an interesting quote from her speech: Isn’t “eclipsed in front of our eyes” exactly what you want to happen to “a similar death and a similar taking away”? Not only is she offensive, but she can’t even be coherent in the process. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/5 "2011-05-02T00:32:10Z")
“There’s no analogy, except in these ways they’re analogous.” BTW, IMO this isn’t special enough that it needed a whole new thread instead of being added to the long-running “…Crazy Eyes” thread. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/6 "2011-05-02T00:44:23Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I guess the Boston Massacre of 1770 was not a good enough example for her to use. Even that would be a silly comparison to make. You mean the New Hampshire massacre. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/7 "2011-05-02T00:58:09Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > BTW IMO this isn’t special enough that it needed a whole new thread instead of being added to the long-running “…Crazy Eyes” thread. Tough shit. I didn’t want to dredge that one up and add it to what, Page 8? 28? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/8 "2011-05-02T01:12:38Z")
She was talking about Lexington and Concord during the Revolutionary war, but mentioned they were in new Hampshire. Her explanation was that she used Obama’s teleprompter and promised to never use it again. How does that make sense even to a tea bagger? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/9 "2011-05-02T03:28:58Z")
So when is she going to provide the birth certificate to prove she wasn’t born in Canada, 'ay? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/10 "2011-05-02T14:56:57Z")
For that matter, when is she going to prove that she was BORN, not engineered in a Petri dish by a Nobel-for-chemistry scientist’s undergraduate lab assistant? ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Eel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/977dab/32.png) [@Old\_Eel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Eel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/11 "2011-05-02T15:58:16Z")
She’s as clever as she is beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/12 "2011-05-02T16:39:09Z")
I think you guys are missing the real story, which is that Bachmann’s mom is responsible for the holocaust (which strangely, is only the second worst think she’s responsible for). ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/13 "2011-05-02T19:40:37Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I think you guys are missing the real story, which is that Bachmann’s mom is responsible for the holocaust (which strangely, is only the second worst think she’s responsible for). Yeah, the worst goes without saying. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/14 "2011-05-02T20:31:10Z")
Do you know who ELSE’s second worst thing they’re responsible for was the Holocaust? ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/15 "2011-05-02T20:50:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > So when is she going to provide the birth certificate to prove she wasn’t born in Canada, 'ay? This is exactly the kind of loose talk that will harm US relations with Canada. Please refrain from such libel against Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/16 "2011-05-02T20:59:51Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > This is exactly the kind of loose talk that will harm US relations with Canada. Please refrain from such libel against Canada. You’re only saying that because you won’t take her back.\* - Hypothetically assuming that she was born in Canada and not created in a petri dish. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/17 "2011-05-02T21:09:54Z")
If she were to be expelled from the USA, would any civilized country accept her? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/18 "2011-05-02T21:19:51Z")
Define “civilized”. For instance, I am told that Canada has quite a few paved roads. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/19 "2011-05-02T21:21:01Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > This is exactly the kind of loose talk that will harm US relations with Canada. Please refrain from such libel against Canada. Yeah, right. Whatcha gonna do about it, beaver boy! ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/20 "2011-05-02T21:52:39Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > [Michele Bachmann compares Taxes and Debt to the Holocaust](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bachmann_holocaust). Her comments were fairly stupid IMHO because it’s best to avoid comparing any aspect of anything to the Holocaust (lest idiots like many of those who have already posted to this thread get their panties in a twist). But the actual point she was making has some merit IMHO. All she was saying is that we are at a time in history when people may later look back and ask “why didn’t you do anything to stop it?” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420.md?page=2)