# The Congresswoman with the crazy eyes. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 11, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471 "2009-06-11T18:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/1 "2009-06-11T18:18:01Z")
Surprisingly, a search of the Pit over the last month does not return one hit for Bachmann. True, her calling for a commie witch hunt on Capital Hill was a bit more than 4 months ago and her views on the effects of gay marriage have been out there forever. They are still comical even today. Here are a few quotes: > [@](#): > > “Any of you who have members of your family that are in the lifestyle—we have a member of our family that is. This is not funny. It’s a very sad life. It’s part of Satan, I think, to say this is gay. It’s anything but gay. “ > [@](#): > > “This new legal enforcement of a new status—homosexuality, lesbianism, bringing it into the mainstream, if you will, giving it a legitimacy if you will, that will impact not only the gay community, but every man, woman and child, particularly the schools. Because the first thing that will occur, once the legalization occurs, is that if this curriculum is not being taught already, it will be mandated, it must be taught in the schools. You cannot get out of it. Why? If you would not teach this, it would be considered discriminatory.” I, myself, got a 69 in my gay curriculum class. How about how Obamas policies are causing babies of color to abort. > [@](#): > > The Obama budget changes this Dornan amendment, as my colleague Mrs. Schmidt has said, to the Financial Services’ appropriations bill, so the publicly funded abortions will, once again, be available in the District of Columbia. Right here where we stand this evening, this is the District of Columbia. So now, once again, President Obama is expanding abortion. Instead of making it rare, instead of making it safer, this is making more abortions, particularly for pre-born babies of color." But why today? Why has Michele-- may God flay her flesh with the shards of broken crockery teenaged fast food employees should be paying for\*\*\*\*\* for bringing so much shame on such a glorious name-- done for me lately? [Why accuse Obama and GM of a vast retarded conspiracy, what do you think she did?](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/10/740839/-More-delusional-paranoia-from-Bachmann) > [@](#): > > We now have an imperial presidency where the President has appointed various czars reporting directly to him. And now he is reaching into the confines of private businesses and overnight rendering them virtually worthless–unless, unless they have a special tug, a political tie to a local Democrat Congressman. Is that what we’ve come to? Only this dealership owner isn’t really that Democratic. In fact he’s donated way over $50,000 to Republican causes-- including $6700 to Bachmann herself. Stupid or crazy? I say a little from column A and a little from column B. * * * > [@](#): > > Many teenagers that come in should be paying the employer because of broken dishes or whatever occurs during that period of time. But you know what? After six months, that teenager is going to be a fabulous employee and is going to go on a trajectory where he’s going to be making so much money, we’ll be borrowing money from him. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/2 "2009-06-11T18:26:57Z")
Heh…I knew who this was going to be about before I even moused over it. Guess ya don’t have to be psychic where Bachmann’s concerned… ---
**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:** [June 11, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/3 "2009-06-11T18:33:04Z")
I’m somewhat resentful I never got my heterosexual training when I was in school. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/4 "2009-06-11T18:45:58Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m somewhat resentful I never got my heterosexual training when I was in school. You never played dodgeball? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/5 "2009-06-11T18:50:17Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > You never played dodgeball? Dodgeball isn’t homosexual _or_ heterosexual. It’s protectyoursexuals. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/6 "2009-06-11T18:52:09Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > You never played dodgeball? I always considered that my sadomasochistic training. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/7 "2009-06-11T19:02:53Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I, myself, got a 69 in my gay curriculum class. A D+, eh? You _are_ a Big Girl! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/8 "2009-06-11T19:11:36Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > A D+, eh? You _are_ a Big Girl! 😉 If I was the teacher, a 69 in that class would be an A+. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/9 "2009-06-11T19:15:28Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > If I was the teacher, a 69 in that class would be an A+. She messed up, though; she did it with a guy. It was _gay_ curriculum class. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/10 "2009-06-11T19:23:35Z")
I love this website: [http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/](http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/) I wondered what I was going to do now that Bushisms are irrelevant. This is comedy gold! ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/11 "2009-06-11T19:33:34Z")
[Salon.com](http://Salon.com) also has a nice collection of Bachmann articles & blog posts: [http://dir.salon.com/topics/michele\_bachmann/](http://dir.salon.com/topics/michele_bachmann/) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/12 "2009-06-11T19:41:38Z")
Minnesota’s 6th congressional district! Have you no shame! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/13 "2009-06-11T21:01:25Z")
If you go over to Free Republic, they want her to run on a join ticket with Sarah Palin in 2012! She makes Palin look like Eleanor freaking Roosevelt! ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/14 "2009-06-11T22:25:59Z")
Minnesota politics are severly bi-polar. I just don’t get how is it in the same state you get Michele Bachman and Keith Ellison? Norm Coleman and Paul Wellstone(and Al Franken)? Jesse Ventura and, well, Jesse Ventura? Seriously, wtf? ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/15 "2009-06-11T23:04:30Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > Minnesota politics are severly bi-polar. I just don’t get how is it in the same state you get Michele Bachman and Keith Ellison? Norm Coleman and Paul Wellstone(and Al Franken)? Jesse Ventura and, well, Jesse Ventura? Seriously, wtf? Make that tri-polar. We pick them from the left, the right and the crazy. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/16 "2009-06-11T23:31:30Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Surprisingly, a search of the Pit over the last month does not return one hit for Bachmann. There must have been a mistake. Try running a search for “batshit” ETA : **jayjay** , you owe me a keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/17 "2009-06-11T23:39:50Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > Minnesota politics are severly bi-polar. I just don’t get how is it in the same state you get Michele Bachman and Keith Ellison? Norm Coleman and Paul Wellstone(and Al Franken)? Jesse Ventura and, well, Jesse Ventura? Seriously, wtf? The sixth district goes up into some areas of the state that have always been shockingly racist and almost openly anti-semitic. It’s Bizarro Land in that area. But of course, the Dems HAD to run a guy against her with an extremely gay sounding name. Should have changed his name to ‘Max Power’ for the campaign. He’d have likely won. But hey, you gotta like the “no minimum wage” thing. After all, if we’d just go back to the 19th century idea of sending off children for years of unpaid apprenticeships before they earned the right to claim a shiny nickel per hour for their labor, we’d be at 100% employment in this country. Right? :dubious: I wonder if we can pull the same trick on her and not pay her for her work in Congress on the basis that it costs a lot of money to clean up after the crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/18 "2009-06-12T09:31:14Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Minnesota’s 6th congressional district! Have you no shame! Sadly we do have shame; and we call her Bat-shit Crazy Bachman. (My added shame is that so many others living near me actually vote for her.) **tds1273** , I still prefer Ventura over the piece of shit we have right now - good ol’ “I don’t care who it fucks over, I won’t increase taxes for _any_ reason” Pawlenty. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/19 "2009-06-12T14:02:05Z")
Now there’s a cohesive, well thought out, practical and-- most importantly-- feasible economic plan. First, do away with minimum wage so that employers can eliminate unemployment by paying their workers whatever they want. Because, as any right thinking person knows, unemployment is caused by workers who want to get paid too much money. Once MN can get all of the unemployed working for under 6 dollars an hour, why just THINK of all that extra cash Minnestotians will have to spend-- driving up the economy even more! Then, with everyone working at whatever level, it would be so much easier for employees to pay employers for work supplies. Having employees pay employers builds character and you know what a good character will get you-- MORE MONEY! So much more money your employer will be borrowing money from YOU! AND THEN, what with employers paying employees so little plus charging them supplies plus plus **PLUS** borrowing money from their employees will keep the rich rich and our beloved country will be able to maintain it’s high levels of richosity. Plus, plus, plus, plus, win-win-win-- it’ll shut down in it’s tracks the Obama plan to get rid of the dollar. You know, that’s why that GM dealership guy donated money to Bachmann. It wasn’t a donation at all. It was a loan. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/20 "2009-06-12T15:47:56Z")
> [@Mycroft\_H](#): > > **tds1273** , I still prefer Ventura over the piece of shit we have right now - good ol’ “I don’t care who it fucks over, I won’t increase taxes for _any_ reason” Pawlenty. Hey I think I’d be right there with you. Actually, from what I’ve seen of Ventura on the cable news shows, especially over about the last year, he seems like someone I’d be fairly happy to have in office. I purposely excluded Pawlenty as he comes across as so milquetoast that just forgetting him seemed to fit; plus it is just funner to riff on the Ventura thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471.md?page=2)