# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/441 "2011-12-06T19:12:16Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > 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. They won’t take Detroit back…why would they take Bachmann? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/442 "2011-12-06T19:17:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, message boards, where we are just a matrix of smartass electrons. I prersonally find it relaxing to conduct a conversation without the interference of my overpowering personal magnetism. I will agree with you, but only given that we know that magnetism can also be a repelling force… ---
**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 6, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/443 "2011-12-06T22:14:09Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > It’s nice to hear that someone else gets frustrated by this. > > Ann Coulter, however, plays games by dressing sexy when the talk is supposed to be serious. But I figure that’s how she gets so many men to agree with her. They are just looking at where her little skirt meets her thighs and saying “Sure Ann, yeah, your right. Cross your legs again.” > > I’m guilty of the frustrating stuff as much as everybody else. Perhaps everyone should dress in burqas (men included) so we stop doing this to each other. Myself, I avoid the problem by not watching “news” on television. ---
**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 6, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/444 "2011-12-06T22:15:24Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > … Coulter is “Anne of the Green Goebbels…” > [@elucidator](#): > > I am totally stealing that line. 😕 I always thought you _wrote_ it… ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/445 "2011-12-07T02:33:14Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > . . . I’m guilty of the frustrating stuff as much as everybody else. Perhaps everyone should dress in burqas (men included) so we stop doing this to each other. How about Mao jackets? They have the advantage of being utilitarian. Lots of pockets! When burqas come with pockets, I might be interested… > [@elucidator](#): > > I am totally stealing that line. I wish to goodness I could remember where I stole it. Might have been Rachel Maddow. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/446 "2012-03-08T15:09:38Z")
So - apparently we’re only a short hop away from a one (or maybe two) child policy: [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/07/bachmann-health-care-dictator-could-force-one-child-policy/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/07/bachmann-health-care-dictator-could-force-one-child-policy/) Now, she did say it was unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/447 "2012-03-08T15:13:09Z")
- whew - When I saw that, I thought it was going to be a bill to \*force \*every couple to have a child… ---
**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:** [March 8, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/448 "2012-03-08T17:45:40Z")
Poe’s Law in action: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LFB6LQ1-WKU/hqdefault.jpg ""Michele Bachmann": a BLR Soundbite") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFB6LQ1-WKU) ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/449 "2012-03-08T19:29:02Z")
> [@](#): > > **originally posted by crazy eyes** > “Going with that logic, according to our own Health and Human Services Secretary, it isn’t far-fetched to think that the President of the United States could say ‘we need to save health care expenses — the federal government will only pay for one baby to be born in the hospital per family, or two babies to be born per family.’ That could happen. We think it couldn’t?” Soooo…now she’s in favor of the federal government covering more of your health care? ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/450 "2012-03-08T19:41:28Z")
> [@](#): > > I have it on good authority that blowjobs were actually invented in the '70s. Ask Starving Artist, he knows Well clearly someone wasn’t performing their task adequately or we’d merely have to ask Artist, surely? Edit: > [@](#): > > How do you know they were innocent? They were probably gay, tree hugging, unionist with a penchant for man made global warming and evolution. Or possibly they read something other than Rand or the Bible! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/451 "2012-03-09T03:10:03Z")
Ya know, I had just been thinking that Michele Bachmann had been quiet lately. _Too_ quiet. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/452 "2012-03-09T05:15:29Z")
I know what all those words mean, but they don’t make a lick of sense when they’re in that order. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/453 "2012-05-09T20:17:19Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Ya know, I had just been thinking that Michele Bachmann had been quiet lately. _Too_ quiet. She has found a new way to demonstrate her deep love for this country. [Michele Bachmann becomes a Swiss citizen](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/michele-bachmann-becomes-swiss-citizen-054706406.html) ---
**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 9, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/454 "2012-05-09T20:24:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > She has found a new way to demonstrate her deep love for this country. > > [Michele Bachmann becomes a Swiss citizen](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/michele-bachmann-becomes-swiss-citizen-054706406.html) I can only hope her next opponent can manage to spin this into Bachmann’s plan to bail out on America before the prophecised Apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/455 "2012-05-10T02:29:40Z")
But is she pro-Swiss or anti-Swiss? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/456 "2012-05-10T02:32:37Z")
And you thought the clocks were cuckoo! Thank you, thank you, tip the veal… ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/457 "2012-05-10T07:32:31Z")
Another reason to hate those chocolate swilling, watch-making, Alphorn bonging, atom-smashing, UN conspiring, avalanche-blasting, passport-issuing… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/458 "2012-05-10T08:03:06Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Another reason to hate those chocolate swilling, watch-making, Alphorn bonging, atom-smashing, UN conspiring, avalanche-blasting, passport-issuing… …fondue-eating neutrality monkeys? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/459 "2012-05-10T13:48:26Z")
A sitting Congressperson and former Presidential candidate is applying for citizenship in a foreign country??!!!?? That must be unprecedented. Imagine the Faux News Fauxtrage Firestorm if John Kerry or John Edwards or any of the Clintons had done this. The word “traitor” would be used frequently. Also, the US doesn’t recognize dual citizenship. Lastly, isn’t Swiss citizenship really hard to get? I’ve heard it takes years, even for established long-term residents. I guess all you have to do is be married to a Swiss-descended gay guy - much easier than I’d heard. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/460 "2012-05-10T14:35:44Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > Lastly, isn’t Swiss citizenship really hard to get? I’ve heard it takes years, even for established long-term residents. I guess all you have to do is be married to a Swiss-descended gay guy - much easier than I’d heard. Apparently having Swiss parents confers citizenship on their children whatever the places of birth. Marcus Bachmann was born to first-generation Swiss immigrants, so I suppose he automatically qualified; and [at least according to Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_nationality_law), someone married to a Swiss citizen for at least six years qualifies for citizenship whether or not she resides in Switzerland. This also requires “close ties to Switzerland”, which I find dubious for Bachmann, but there ya go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420.md?page=24)