# 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:** 21
**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:** [September 30, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/401 "2011-09-30T15:59:40Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > You know Bachmanns crazy shit isn’t really making front page news anymore. Why is that? > > Even before she announced she was running for president her stupid quotes would get highlighted and passed around, so I don’t think it’s due to fading prospects there. … It’s pretty simple, really. With Perry now in the race, the marketplace is glutted with both crazy AND stupid. Her value is depressed. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/402 "2011-11-07T21:56:02Z")
I saw an article that reminded me of this thread today and thought it would fit in. So, as we all know, Bachmann is way behind in the polls, and as she’s wont to do, her response is to keep digging. But this time she’s taking an interesting [tack](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/192143-bachmann-calls-unnamed-gop-rivals-frugal-socialists): > [@](#): > > "Too many Republicans, they also aspire to be ‘frugal socialists,’ " Bachmann said, vowing to eradicate socialism throughout the U.S. government if elected president. > > But asked by a reporter which Republicans she was invoking, the Minnesota lawmaker demurred. > > “That’s part of the puzzle that you figure out when I give a speech,” she said with a sly smile. Now there’s a winning strategy…tar your own party with the same brush you’ve been using for years to tar your opponents. Sounds like a sensible plan to me! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/403 "2011-11-07T22:15:34Z")
I’ll bet she has a list of socialists. And she plans a circular firing squad. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/404 "2011-11-07T22:19:52Z")
This just in: according to Bachmann, Reagan was a commie. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/405 "2011-11-07T23:56:17Z")
Bachmann is a Communist. She is fond of quoting Lenin. According to [This article,](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/192143-bachmann-calls-unnamed-gop-rivals-frugal-socialists) Bachman said “If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat”, referring to what she wants to do with social programs. Although Bachmann may have been thinking of II Thessalonians 3:10, I’m sure that as a secret communist plant, she was \*\*well aware \*\*that Lenin was also fond of the phrase, “He who does not work shall not eat”. In fact, he viewed this as > [@](#): > > a necessary principle under socialism, the preliminary phase of the evolution towards communist society. The phrase appears in his 1917 work, The State and Revolution. according to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_does_not_work,_neither_shall_he_eat) She’s a commie, spouting Communist dogma wherever she goes. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/406 "2011-11-13T15:25:32Z")
From last nights GOP debate: [Bachmann: The ACLU Is Running The CIA Under Obama.](http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/11/bachmann-aclu-running-cia-under-obama) WTF? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/407 "2011-11-13T16:43:39Z")
George Soros has broken his ties to the Illuminati? ---
**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:** [November 13, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/408 "2011-11-13T17:15:05Z")
> [@](#): > > “[Obama] is allowing the ACLU to run the CIA” Bachmann asserted. “We have decided we are going to lose the war on terror under Obama.” Did she just accuse the president of treason? ---
**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:** [November 13, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/409 "2011-11-13T17:23:21Z")
She also talked about “modernizing” Tri-Care, which is the military health care system. No specifics, of course. When the moderator pressed her, she said that Tri-Care and others are “75 years old” and need to be modernized. I’m pretty sure that Tri-Care became the default program in the 90s. It’s a completely computerized system, and it pays its bills promptly. She’s a moron. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/410 "2011-11-13T17:25:58Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Did she just accuse the president of treason? She’s accusing him of being a liberal lawyer, so… yes. In her tiny brain, he’s committing treason. Surely you remember when she suggested that the media investigate liberal members of Congress for anti-American beliefs. Which is doubly crazy, because she also believes the media is controlled by some kind of liberal conspiracy. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/411 "2011-11-13T17:28:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > She also talked about “modernizing” Tri-Care, which is the military health care system. No specifics, of course. When the moderator pressed her, she said that Tri-Care and others are “75 years old” and need to be modernized. I’m pretty sure that Tri-Care became the default program in the 90s. It’s a completely computerized system, and it pays its bills promptly. She’s a moron. But I’m sure there’s a corporate donor that would love to privatize the system and get paid a few billion dollars to run a system that’s already up and running. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/412 "2011-11-13T17:31:33Z")
She also thinks that in order to cut social programs, we should look to [China](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/12/michele-bachmann-us-china-socialist_n_1090688.html?ref=politics) for guidance. There really is no shortage of crazy in this woman. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/413 "2011-11-13T17:33:48Z")
She said that as part of saying that Waterboarding was perfectly ok. What, we shouldn’t torture people? Huntsman and Paul were the only ones to disagree with the use of Waterboarding. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/414 "2011-11-13T17:42:03Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > She said that as part of saying that Waterboarding was perfectly ok. And yokels in the audience clapped and cheered. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/415 "2011-11-13T19:14:43Z")
[http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/11/13/367236/bachmann-iraq-pay-us-back/](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/11/13/367236/bachmann-iraq-pay-us-back/) **Bachmann Wants Iraqis To Pay ‘Several Million Dollars Per Life’ For Every American Who Died In Iraq** That’s right. Iraq owes us money for what we did for them. The ungrateful slobs! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/416 "2011-11-13T21:09:07Z")
She is a strong representative of the Repub party.There are apparently many who think like her. She has been running for months as a special request from god. She is crazy to the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/417 "2011-11-13T21:47:36Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > That’s right. Iraq owes us money for what we did for them. The ungrateful slobs! Doesn’t she know you’re supposed to ask for the Danegeld _before_ you send the boys in ? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/418 "2011-11-13T22:27:46Z")
So how much money should Iraq ask for to compensate them for the (very roughly since no one knows the true number) 150,000 of their citizens killed in this war? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/419 "2011-11-13T22:43:04Z")
And the dog doesn’t bark. Ms Bachmann, as noted, says that Obama is not a true friend of Israel. Last night, Perry and Romney both said that aid to Israel was subject to review and revision. Frankly, I am very surprised, both that they said it and the seeming lack of any sort of outraged response. Perry more than Romney, is the creature of the evangelical right, which is dominated by a pro-Israel sentiment that brooks no deviation, whatsoever. I have no idea what happened to bring this about. But nobody seems to be screaming their heads off, and that’s even more suprising. Maybe nobody is listening, any more? ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/420 "2011-11-13T22:58:03Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > She is a strong representative of the Repub party.There are apparently many who think like her. She has been running for months as a special request from god. She is crazy to the rest of us. She’s only polling at [three percent](http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx), just ahead of Ron Paul. I don’t think the Republicans see her as a strong representative. She IS crazy, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420.md?page=22)