Foregone conclusion, really.

We will make " Bachmann" a no term president!

And we're all self-employed
Its the work that we avoid
We love to work at nothing all day...

..but who will she endorse? Santorum is certainly the most religiously conservative. He may also draw Perry supporters when Perry drops out (another foregone conclusion).

Good question, Mustang.

We've got Romney, Santorum, Gingrich, and Paul. (I've intentionally left Huntsman off, as his balloon never got off the ground.)

We'll see if those who fancy themselves insurgents really are insurgents.

- the road to socialism

Wasn't that a Bob Hope and Bing Crosby movie?

The one where the black Muslim Socialist turned out to be a moderate centrist?

No more chick candidates for Corky to hate on. Ron Paul may be close enough for Corky's taste.

I am totally shocked, dontcha know!

*sarc*

a moderate centrist?

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

i guess she didn't suck enough corn dogs.

Overbite can't belief his Palin-clone fantasy MILF would leave him in the lurch this way.

Just another quitter, eh?

moderate centrist?

Because he likes to kill brown people like W did?

DING! DONG! The witch is Dead!

Too bad. I thought her husband would've made an interesting First Dude.

Finally. We hate good looking women. -The Lefty Pot-bellied Males

Overbite can't belief his Palin-clone fantasy MILF...

Nice one!...only Michelle didn't fuck a black guy while she was in college so she'll never measure up to our beloved Sara.

only Michelle didn't fuck a black guy while she was in college

You don't know that. We only know she didn't publicize that she did.

"a moderate centrist?

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

#9 | Posted by justanoversight"

What's funny? He compromises and/or gives in to the GOP at every turn, he doesn't hesitate to project military power abroad, he uses the Patriot (sic) Act, kept Guantanamo open, renewed the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, etc. etc. etc. Just like he said he would do when running, he is governing as a moderate centrist. Just because you can't stand him doesn't mean he is something he is not.

We hate good looking women. -The Lefty Pot-bellied Males

#15 | POSTED BY WISGOD AT 2012-01-04 11:44 AM

You think Santorum call peel off some of the fantasy butt-pirate vote?

Is Santorum really campaigning on making contraceptives illegal even for married couples?

Is he really?

"We hate good looking women.....
#15 | Posted by wisgod"

That's what passes for a good looking woman in your part of the world? No wonder you pay so much attention to the Packers.

It will be interesting to see the American people's choices narrowed down to big government types such as Obama, Romney, Newt and Santorum or small government types such as Ron Paul.

for effect.

That's what passes for a good looking woman in your part of the world? No wonder you pay so much attention to the Packers.

#21 | Posted by mOntecOre

At least I don't piss on my shoes....

>He compromises and/or gives in to the GOP at every turn
Name one compromise

>he doesn't hesitate to project military power abroad
Like by pulling out of Iraq?

>he uses the Patriot (sic) Act
So

>kept Guantanamo open
A campaign promise unfulfilled made by a naive candidate

>renewed the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy
You mean Obeezy's Wall St. pals or the trial lawyers?

Just because Paddy O'Bamma has fucked the libtards doesn't mean he's a moderate or governing as a centrist. He'd actually have to do some governing to start with.

SANTORIUM, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!! You Republicans have got to be kidding....

"small government types such as Ron Paul."

Paul's finished. If he can't win a caucus he's not going to win a primary.

"Finally. We hate good looking women. -The Lefty Pot-bellied Males"

Michelle Bachmann is a good looking woman? Wow. Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you go with that. (I don't think Palin is hot either.) Washington, DC: Hollywood for ugly people.
+++++

Forget it, Montecore. You'll never convince those who think Obama is some sort of radical leftie. Just shows me they don't really understand what "radical" and "left" mean.

">He compromises and/or gives in to the GOP at every turn
Name one compromise [THE SO-CALLED "GRAND BARGAIN." (Google it.)]

>he doesn't hesitate to project military power abroad
Like by pulling out of Iraq? [ON BUSH'S TIMETABLE.]

>he uses the Patriot (sic) Act
So [THAT'S A RIGHT-WING DOMESTIC SPYING TOOL, YOU TOOL.]

>kept Guantanamo open
A campaign promise unfulfilled made by a naive candidate [AND A MODERATE/RIGHT POSITION, TOOL.]

>renewed the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy
You mean Obeezy's Wall St. pals or the trial lawyers? [ARE YOU TRYING TO CLAIM THIS IS A LEFTIST POSITION? YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON.]

Just because Paddy O'Bamma has fucked the libtards doesn't mean he's a moderate or governing as a centrist. He'd actually have to do some governing to start with.

#25 | Posted by justanoversight

So who will be next to quit? Newt I hope. I just hate that guy. I will especially love to hear Bill Clinton interviewed and asked about Newt's FAILED run for teh presidency. I hope Newt watches Bill laugh at him.

">kept Guantanamo open"

When left with no other choice by Congress.

I guess "god" didn't want her in the WH after all.. Heh.

"So who will be next to quit? Newt I hope. "

Nah. Newt should stay in as long as he's willing to bash Romney.

Michelle Bachmann is a good looking woman? Wow. Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you go with that. (I don't think Palin is hot either.)
#28 | Posted by pragmatist

LOL. A Ployester Pantsuit Man!

Most of the tea party candidates will fail because they are now just seen as far right leaning republicans in verbal disguise. None of the tea party idiots separated themselves from the republicans when it came time for voting so they are seen as republicans.

They lost a huge opportunity because they failed to recognize the people wanted conservative but separation from the republican party and the tea party representatives didn't perform.

34--Is that a reference to Hillary Clinton? Nope, don't find her attractive either. You left off the quip, the most important part of my post.

I think Michelle Bachmann has looked good at some points, but I would not, generally speaking, call her an attractive woman. Beauty, eye, beholder.

Now if Scarlet Johanssen ran for office...

Munchkins

Ding dong the Bitch is dead. The Nazi Bitch? The right-wing Bitch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Bitch is dead.

Wake up GOP, rub your cocks, give your man head.
Wake up, the Wicked Bitch is dead.

She's gone where the Losers go,
Fox News - Fox News - Fox News.
Hey Ho, open your legs and show us where your real talents lie.

Ding Dong' Ingenue, suck it high, suck it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Bitch is dead!

It will be interesting to see the American people's choices narrowed down to big government types such as Obama, Romney,

dirk, I just edited yor comment to cut to the chase. After Romney was ridiculed over Iowa, the RNC got out the word and he won it. Santorum is done after NH and Newt after Florida. Paul ain't goin' nowhere and lacks the balls to run as an independent, so he's about as potent as Huckabee.

Now if Scarlet Johanssen ran for office...

#36 | Posted by pragmatist

(making sign to protect myself from evil)

Never, ever, ever invoke the name SJ on a Bachman thread. How dare you?

SJ = god given assiliciousness of the highest order
MB = old, stupid and nazified wingnut ridiculousness

The one where the black progressive turned out to be Bush with a different skin tone?

#6 | POSTED BY CORKY AT 2012-01-04 11:38 AM | REPLY | FLAG:

Fixed your spelling and grammar.

if hard right politics were a 10 and socialism was -10 what everyone is calling the middle is somewhere between 5 and 6. There is no way the US is even close to having any left values. Obama is more to the right then most past Republican Presidents. All this socialism shit is just a way to attack the black guy without saying the real reason why.

All this socialism shit is just a way to attack the black guy without saying the real reason why.

#42 | Posted by THomewood at 2012-01-04 12:30 PM

#41 | Posted by soheifox at 2012-01-04 12:20 PM | Reply | Flag: The Pants-Pissing Left... those who would rather have a rwinger than a centrist if their fantasy of a pure Leftist in office isn't happening.

40--Well, you understand my point then. : )

#38 | Posted by northguy3

Well you might be on to something there.

But not sure about Newt stopping after FL. Depends on money.

"The one where the black progressive turned out to be Bush with a different skin tone?"

When did Obama suggest privatizing Social Security? That was Bush's most important ideological goal and Obama doesn't share it. To pretend Obama is a continutation of Bush is nonsense, too many progressive bills like HCR, Dodd/Frank, Lilly Ledbetter to even pretend such nonsense. He had to finish Bush's stupid war, that gives the ammunition for such accusations but he had little choice in the matter.....Pottery Barn Rule and all.

So now Santorum is the second-craziest in the race, behind only Perry. We humorists will miss Michelle as we miss Herman.We'll have an extreme right winger against a mild right winger in fall. A bird with two right wings cannot fly. herm

All the comments are cute, but this is pretty game changing. If Perry and Bachmann go, that's a lot of votes that have to go somewhere and not likely to Romney.

Another Rethuglican whose ignorance is an international embarrasment to the USA bites the dust. We should all take comfort that she's much better than the Taliban.

Bachmann: God Wants Me to Run.

Oh yeah? Well there is a little boy that lives in my mouth, Mrs. Torrance.

"Oh yeah? Well there is a little boy that lives in my mouth"

#51 | POSTED BY AUNTIESOCIAL

I was not aware that you are a priest.

...always with the Catholic jokes...

All the comments are cute, but this is pretty game changing. If Perry and Bachmann go, that's a lot of votes that have to go somewhere and not likely to Romney.

#49 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT AT 2012-01-04 12:53 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

Nailed it! When it comes down to the final and Obama and Romney are the only big government choices and Paul is the only small government choice what is it going to be? Of course I like Paul however a lot of others who don't like Romneys big government positions are going to have to decide. Should be interesting as I believe Romney and Paul will be the last ones standing and only Paul favors smaller government?

To pretend Obama is a continutation of Bush is nonsense

#47 | Posted by danni at 2012-01-04 12:49 PM

Low-hanging fruit. So to speak.

Ahhhh Batshit, we hardly got to know thee.

Bachmann in March: God Wants Me to Run.

Bachmann today: God Made a Fool Out of Me.

47--Danni, how do you explain NDAA? Just to pick one thing. I think calling him Bush 3 is a bit extreme, but there are some points to be found in the accusation.

small government types such as Ron Paul.

#22 | POSTED BY DIRK AT 2012-01-04 11:48 AM | REPLY | FLAG:

I have a bridge to sell you.

small government types such as Ron Paul.

#22 | POSTED BY DIRK AT 2012-01-04 11:48 AM | REPLY | FLAG:
I have a bridge to sell you.

#60 | POSTED BY 726 AT 2012-01-04 02:13 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

Normally I would have taken a look at your business plan regarding the bridge however since Obama decided to break the law and fuck the bond holders on the GM Deal I'll keep my money invested in guns and ammunition;)

I'm waiting for the Bachmann/Palin Lesbian twosome video soon to be released, titled "Presidential Pussy We Ain't".

I'd buy that for a dollar.

#58 | Posted by rcade

"I never had speaking relations with that woman.... Mrs. Bachmann!" - Gawd

Thank God, and don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.

P.S. Take Newt with you.

Bachmann in March: God Wants Me to Run.

Bachmann today: God Made a Fool Out of Me.

#58 | Posted by rcade at 2012-01-04 01:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

Bachmann today: God Wants Me to Run away

FTFY

Late night comedians everywhere are in mourning.

#44 | POSTED BY CORKY AT 2012-01-04 12:36 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

No, I'm the thinking left, and you're the brainless shithead left. That's the difference between us. I voted for Nader. It's pieces of shit like you who are fine with a Republican in office so long as there's a "D" after his name.

#69 | POSTED BY SOHEIFOX

Nader. Might as well vote for Mickey Mouse. Though, I digress. I'll probably end up voting for Gary Johnson on the Independent ticket - aka Donald Duck.

"Bachmann Quits Presidential Race"

So?

"Bachmann Quits Presidential Race"

Uh, more like "Presidential Race Quits Bachmann."

An still the religious GOP freak show continues.......

Women these religious freaks will take away your right to choose....

The Iowa freak show just ended....more to come...

- I voted for Nader

GW appreciamates yore support!

GW appreciamates yore support!

#74 | POSTED BY CORKY AT 2012-01-04 09:28 PM | REPLY | FLAG

Does that platitude help you sleep better at night or something? Fact is Obama didn't do damned near anything different than Bush did or McCain would have, his history made this clear, and yet you voted for him anyway. But then I don't think you're progressive at all, you're a Democrat. They could run a yellow dog and you'd vote for it so long as there was a D after the name; without even the qualifier that the person who invented the term had.

"I said then what I now repeat, namely, that when the Democratic party of Kentucky, in convention assembled, sees fit in its wisdom to nominate a yaller dog for the governorship of this great state, I will support him â€" but lower than that ye shall not drag me!"

Is Santorum really campaigning on making contraceptives illegal even for married couples?

Is he really?

#20 | Posted by oldwhiskeysour at 2012-01-04 11:48 AM | Reply | Flag:

Worried his wife will come home pregnant . . . . ..

And he will have to pay for it

Na. Santorum wants every couple to have a dead baby to bring home for their kids to play with like he did. How sick is that? Very.

Is Santorum really campaigning on making contraceptives illegal even for married couples?
Is he really?

#20 | POSTED BY OLDWHISKEYSOUR

Yes, yes he is.

Spud made a thread on it.

"Is Santorum really campaigning on making contraceptives illegal even for married couples?
Is he really?"

That's what he says.

He thinks birth control will lower the population and destroy the Social Security Trust Fund.

Which I think is a very strange position for a Republican ~ since we all know that getting rid of Social Security is on their Top 10 list of things to do.

Santorum may look like a "shiny face Christian" on the surface but I don't think you'd want to scratch too deep and see what's underneath ~ that is if you like to sleep well at night.

Bachmann and Cain have "suspended", not "quit", thus "keeps" the majority of donations.

Bachmann and Cain have "suspended", not "quit", thus "keeps" the majority of donations.

Good point.

The campaign of Herman "the GOP's Black Friend" Cain was never anything more than an extended book tour and by "Suspending" his campaign he gets to keep the PAC money rolling in possibly to buy bulk orders of his book. A time honored technique developed by Gingrich in the 80's and perfected Sarah "Grifter-grrl" Palin in the 2008 cycle and beyond.

Bachmann is a dyed-in-the-wool True Believer however and she actually thought she stood a real chance the poor little idiot.

There's something about her position that she's never properly appreciated.

Spud to Bachmann:

Here's a clue, lady. When religious fundie wingnuts get together to chose a leader they will ALWAYS chose a guy over a chick because of the patriarchal nature of fundamentalist religious thought. Ergo vagina clown car family and the vast majority of Iowa fundies voted for Santorum over Bachmann despite the fact that they both herp the same religious derp. Basically, if you are a woman and you're trying to achieve a leadership position within that hierarchy you may as well be a black Jewish homosexual applying to be leader of the KKK.

When religious fundie wingnuts get together to chose a leader they will ALWAYS chose a guy over a chick because of the patriarchal nature of fundamentalist religious thought. -- #81 | Posted by dethspud

...and this distinguishes them from the Democratic Party how?

...and this distinguishes them from the Democratic Party how?

When Obama won the nomination in 2008 it was an upset because Hillary had long been perceived to be the obvious candidate.

The GOP have never had a competitive female candiate for POTUS.

Democrats had a woman nominee for Veep in Geraldine Ferarro long before Ms Palin came along.

Oh yeah and...

Out of 435 members of the House, just 17 are Republican women. Of 99 sitting senators, just four are Republican women.

Of course, there are fewer Republicans than Democrats of either gender in the two houses. But even on a percentage basis, Republicans suffer a gender gap. Twenty-two percent of House Democrats are women, but only 9.5 percent of House Republicans are. In the Senate, nearly 23 percent of the Democrats are women, but only 10 percent of the Republicans are.

In a way I'm sad.

It would have been interesting to have Marcus as First Lady.

"Worried his wife will come home pregnant . . . . ..

"And he will have to pay for it"

When Obama won the nomination in 2008 it was an upset because Hillary had long been perceived to be the obvious candidate.

She was the obvious candidate b/c she was the most qualified. The Dem establishment went as far as disenfranchising primary voters in two states to keep her from getting the nomination. Mitch McConnell's admission that defeating Obama is more important to him than solving the country's problems is appalling, but no worse than what the Dem party already did by saddling us with Obama when the country needed a competent executive.

Both sides *are* bad. -- #83 | Posted by dethspud

Yes, and religion has nothing to do with it.

It would have been interesting to have Marcus as First Lady.

Just as an aside, did you happen to catch Bachmann's concession speech?

Marcus Bachmann is "the best campaigner" in the family, wife Michele said in a speech thanking supporters after the Iowa caucuses, but he wasn't exactly campaigning while the rest of the team was out stirring up support on Main Street in Des Moines. No, "he was out buying doggie sunglasses for our dog, Boomer,"

Surely by now the woman has to realize that most of the rest of the civilized world is aware that she's married a gay guy and that that optics problem is one of the many reasons she will never be POTUS but for the love of Mike WTF did she think she doing proffering up that tidbit?

That lady is loonie tunes w/ very limited political instincts.

Be Well.

Yes, and religion has nothing to do with it.

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Yer kidding, right?

The things that make the GOP unsupportable are in the main things associated with their theocratic tendencies.

Anti-woman laws redefining rape and defunding health services.

Anti-gay rhetoric ramping up the homophobia and violence.

Anti-abortion rhetoric and laws that imperil lives.

Anti-science laws like bans on stem cell research and denial of fundamental and widely accepted scientific principles.

Over 90% of the political positions that make the GOP unfit to lead stem directly from their selling their souls to the fundies back in Reagan's day.

That you can't see this clearly or even at all seem remarkable to Spud.

False equivalence is false and pretty farking stupid to boot.

Be Well.

Over 90% of the political positions that make the GOP unfit to lead stem directly from their selling their souls to the fundies back in Reagan's day.--#88 | Posted by dethspud

No argument there. My point was that secularism hasn't saved the Dems from sexism.

Your antiquated notions of what drives women voters are a prime example. If the administration doesn't figure out by November that waving the abortion rights flag isn't going to bring women back to the party, Obama's gone.

Your antiquated notions of what drives women voters are a prime example. If the administration doesn't figure out by November that waving the abortion rights flag isn't going to bring women back to the party, Obama's gone.

There are good historical reasons why the Dems win the lady vote more often than not.

Those reasons have not abated in the last few years, indeed they have grown larger.

Basically Obama got voted in with the youth vote and the lady vote in 2008.

Dems got smoked in 2010 when the youth and lady vote enthusiasm gap allowed a revitalized and angry group of old white people to vote in the Teatards.

So yeah, he needs both this time around as well.

And he will likely get them.

Hopefully people have figured out what a huge fuck up voting the teatards into power was.

But with the way the corporate MSM deals in false dichotomies and false equivalences and lies of omission and with corporations pouring huge money into anonymous superpacs anything is possible.

One things for sure the American middle class will not survive even 4 years of nonsense like the Ryan budget proposal.

We shall see.

Be Well.

There are good historical reasons why the Dems win the lady vote more often than not.

Breaks down to party approach. The RNC tends to be more business based that tends to take a "bottom line view of things" and that attracts men.

The DNC tends to be more emotional based and that tends to attract female voters.

This is not sexist for the record. Men are more logic thought based and females are more emotional thought based. That tends to be why mothers are more nurturing and fathers more distant.

Shame shame shame..Who will pray over your gay childred now and turn the straight.. Shame on you republicans shame shame,she was the only one with a plan..