# 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:** 5
**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:** [July 2, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/81 "2009-07-02T16:24:33Z")
I was away from the board for a while. Did I miss the internet romance, short engagement, estranged marraige and ugly divorce? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/82 "2009-07-02T16:31:29Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I was away from the board for a while. Did I miss the internet romance, short engagement, estranged marraige and ugly divorce? I will admit I had the same question… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/83 "2009-07-02T17:00:29Z")
Darned if I know. All of a sudden, some guy is giving me a load of shit. Haven’t a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/84 "2009-07-03T03:14:32Z")
Get on the gubernatorial bandwagon, people. [http://draftbachmann.com/](http://draftbachmann.com/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/85 "2009-07-03T03:20:59Z")
Well, you know, we kinda ought to give that one to Norm, don’t ya think? He’s had kinda rough year, don’t think he’s got another joib lined up. I mean, assuming there aren’t any indictments, or anything. So, ya know, let Norm be governor for a while, he can’t hurt much. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/86 "2009-07-03T03:29:27Z")
I can’t believe the Republicans would nominate Bachmann for Governor. they’d have a better chance to win nominating rectal cancer. If Bachmann somehow becomes the Republican nominee I’ll run as an Independent. What the hell, I’m a Minnesostan and I’m old enough. I’ll have to cop to a drug history, a lack of qualifications and a foul mouth, but I’ve got the perect idea for a slogan – “Diogenes the Cynic for Governor…the alternative is Bachmann.” I’ll win in a landslide. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/87 "2009-07-03T04:46:35Z")
Doesn’t Nostradamus say something about The Beast arising out of Roseville? The Twenty-seveneth Calypso, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/88 "2009-07-03T05:44:08Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I can’t believe the Republicans would nominate Bachmann for Governor. Looks like some of them are already [pushing back](http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/02/bachmann/index.html) about her census position. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/89 "2009-07-25T19:52:25Z")
Bachmann doesn’t want healthcare reform because then her 28 children might have to wait longer to see a doctor. > [@](#): > > [“Any mother,” Bachmann said, would do whatever it takes to get “the high-quality health care that her child needs… As a mother of five biological children and as a foster mother to 23 children, there is nothing more important to me than to make sure that my children have high-quality health care when they need health care.”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/24/bachmann-other-gop-mother_n_244348.html) P.S.[The Wonkette](http://wonkette.com/211978/michele-bachmanns-baby-farm/) estimates that all that bear love has netted her 1.2 million tax-free dollars. All of which _her_ kids deserved, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/90 "2009-07-25T20:03:22Z")
23 foster kids isn’t enough! Of course liberals will accuse her of using children for political gain but they don’t understand, she just has so much love to give. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/91 "2009-07-25T21:12:17Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > 23 foster kids isn’t enough! Of course liberals will accuse her of using children for political gain but they don’t understand, she just has so much love to give. And so many subsidies to take! I’m guessing she claims her kids go to the Mayo clinic, but in reality she gives them expired aspirin out of the dumpster behind the Walgreen’s. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/92 "2009-07-25T21:29:10Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > And so many subsidies to take! I’m guessing she claims her kids go to the Mayo clinic, but in reality she gives them expired aspirin out of the dumpster behind the Walgreen’s. _Liar! Slanderer!!!_ Her children get the absolute BEST medicine possible. All courtesy of free samples from the Pharmaceutical Lobby. Where do you _think_ she gets all that crazy from? ---
**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:** [July 25, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/93 "2009-07-25T21:34:29Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > _Liar! Slanderer!!!_ > > Her children get the absolute BEST medicine possible. All courtesy of free samples from the Pharmaceutical Lobby. > > Where do you _think_ she gets all that crazy from? Where do YOU think the Pharmaceutical Lobby gets all its free samples? Duh… from the dumpsters behind Walgreens. They ship all the pills to china, where slaves paint them bright colors with lead paint. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/94 "2009-07-26T01:27:37Z")
Actually, **Boyo Jim** , that _would_ explain a lot… ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/95 "2009-07-26T02:07:51Z")
IME, foster care kids get… state funded Medical Assistance. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/96 "2009-07-27T16:36:37Z")
And this just in… [http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/bachmann-the-obama-administration-plans-to-turn-us-into-castros-cuba-with-health-care-plan.php?ref=fpblg](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/bachmann-the-obama-administration-plans-to-turn-us-into-castros-cuba-with-health-care-plan.php?ref=fpblg) > [@](#): > > “What the Obama administration will do with health care is make us like Havana in 1959, when Castro came in,” said Bachmann. “In other words, no private health insurance company will be able to write another health insurance policy once the government takeover comes into place.” Ride 'em and spank 'em, crazy lady! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/97 "2009-07-27T17:02:18Z")
I’ve noticed that one can append “human sacrifice… dogs and cats, living together… _mass hysteria_!” to most statements made by Rep. Bachmann, without changing the tenor one whit. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/98 "2009-07-28T01:48:41Z")
[Bachmann’s Latest Hit!](http://www.novaroma.org/nr/Magna_Mater_Project) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/99 "2009-07-28T02:27:52Z")
Uh, **BG**? Uh, er, well, about that linky-dink… ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471/100 "2009-07-28T02:33:16Z")
On the other hand, if she’s busy rebuilding ancient Roman temples, she probably won’t be able to run for governor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes/499471.md?page=6)