Tag Archives: Michele Bachmann

Family Circle announced today that the First Lady squeaked by Ann Romney in their election year cookie recipe battle.  Cindy McCain won in 2008.  Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton won both of their match-ups in previous years.

Delicious: “The holiness of the room and the holiness of the evening was greatly diminished for me, if not completely destroyed,” said Gary Sircus, who stormed out of the synagogue where he has observed the High Holidays for 25 years. “Our congregation values and embodies tolerance, compassion, respect for individual rights, intelligence, science — all of the things that I …

“President Obama is extremely wealthy. He and his wife have been wealthy for a number of years, and so I think that’s really the issue. President Obama is wealthy, what do, or — what does he understand about the common man right now? And I think what people care about is not hating someone for what their assets are — …

“Fellow Conservative, I need your immediate attention. This is so important I didn’t even take the time to format this email. The DCCC (the Democrat’s top campaign operation) just released the names of races they are targeting funds for in 2012 as part of their national ‘Red to Blue’ campaign to take back the majority in the House of Representatives. …

Rep. Michele Bachmann has joined the board of directors of the virulently anti-gay Thomas More Law Center, which has litigated against numerous LGBT rights ordinances. Here’s their crowing press release: “We are honored to have the counsel of a tough, tested, true American patriot; a person who puts her country above politics, party and political correctness. She understands and shares …

Ladybird couldn’t be in the video because he was next door at Abercrombie.

“I was reading this snotty novel called ‘Burr,’ by Gore Vidal, and read how he mocked our Founding Fathers. And as a reasonable, decent, fair-minded person who happened to be a Democrat, I thought, ‘You know what? What he’s writing about, this mocking of people that I revere, and the country that I love, and that I would lay my …

“What I find most fascinating about Michele Bachmann — and there are many, many more where she came from — is that she presents herself as a godly woman, humbly devoted to her Christian faith. I’d like to meet that god, and I’d like to understand that Christianity. [snip] I know many progressive, big-hearted Christians who rise to that challenge, …

“Her unsubstantiated charge against Abedin, a widely respected top aide to Secretary Hillary Clinton, accusing her of some sort of far-fetched connection to the Muslim Brotherhood, is extreme and dishonest. Having worked for Congressman Bachman’s campaign for president, I am fully aware that she sometimes has difficulty with her facts, but this is downright vicious and reaches the late Senator …

Not only are Bachmann’s typically nutbag claims “unwarranted and unfounded,” they were picked up by Egyptians who on Monday pelted Clinton’s motorcade with tomatoes and shoes. Good for McCain on this. UPDATE: MSNBC reports that Bachmann has responded flippantly to McCain’s statement, vowing that she “will not be silenced.”(Via Buzzfeed)

Therefore we don’t need Obamacare. Or something.(Via Think Progress)

Breitbart.com speculates: Ann’s comments came the day after Romney hung out with Sen. Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire. Other prospective women on the list would have to include Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Gov. Susana Martinez (R-NM), Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), and even former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). There is little doubt that the Romney campaign wants to reach out to …

Please baby Jeebus, let it happen.