Pic Of The Moment: Michele Bachmann Announces She Will Not Seek Re-election In 2014

[EarlG]

BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann Says She Will Not Run for Re-Election in 2014

Michele Bachmann to leave Congress, insisting departure has nothing to do with ongoing ethics investigation

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[Botany]

1. Very rough quote

"We followed all of the rules and regulations as far as I know." M. Bachmann 5/28/13

[Yavin4]

13. "as far as I know." And that aint far with Michelle.

[caledesi]

40. Never mind ethics, is it legal? Thanks Earl. nt

[caseymoz]

41. Ah, taking advantage of her ignorance.

Sly. The "I'm-as-dumb-as-a-hay-bale defense." Sorry, Michelle, if we let you go for that, we'd have to pardon every Republican crook who ever honed their ignorance with such care. That would give your entire party a Get-outta-jail-free-cause-my-brain-is-like-raisin card. It sends the wrong message. We don't want to give Republicans incentives for getting dumber.

[tanyev]

2. Look for her Core of Conviction sequel, Criminal Conviction, hitting bookstores Fall 2014!

[Downwinder]

3. About time they started prosecuting these Welfare Queens.

[Buzz Clik]

4. Nice pearls. Is Michelle really an autumn? That orange seems harsh with her skin tone.

[LynneSin]

5. Am I the only one humming 'Ding Dong the Witch is dead'

[BrotherIvan]

6. Seems to be a recurrent theme

I lean toward "Tramp the Dirt Down".

Why did this just brighten my day?

[libodem]

33. You can sing it anytime

Sure have missed seeing you around. We had your stapler bronzed and we wipe the tear stains off, on a regular basis.

[caseymoz]

42. No, I'm singing the lament:

"Cover Your Ding-dongs, the Witch isn't Dead Yet."

[Kalidurga]

69. LOL

I was going to do an OP with that title.

[DinahMoeHum]

7. Sorry, I don't buy it. She may run for Senator in 2014.

She's Zombie Pig enough to try to unseat Al Franken.

[nolabear]

32. I would PAY to see those debates.

It would be like an SNL sketch.

[Wabbajack_]

71. No one does that

If she was running for the Senate she'd be announcing that, not her retirement from the House.

She'd get killed anyway so why worry?

[Chipper Chat]

8. I think I smell........

the Heritage Foundation calling.

[AnotherWyoDemocrat]

9. I am disappointed

...I think she would be an easy defeat in 2014!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Waiting for her announcement about her new job with Faux Nooz...

[Coyotl]

58. Exactly, now comes the big payoff, perfectly legal and all that!

Be a shill for a few years, get a few million in return.

[EC]

11. Looks like the Party

asked her to leave since she likely would have lost the seat. They want to put in someone who will win in the very gerrymandered district?

[Garion_55]

12. why she is leaving....

[Myrina]

14. She's pullin' a Palin!

"I quit! Now stop investigating me an' stuff!"

[busterbrown]

15. And your telling me there is no Liberal Media?

This is a magnificent sole who has been persecuted by the press every since she pointed out to that
loud mouth that Congress is full of Commies.. And What about that Glorious husband of hers? How is he going to survive knowing that Michele will be around the house all day. What a drag............Queen!

[tosh]

16. 3737!!!!!

[longship]

37. What is 3737?

I have no idea. And is that really printed on her clothes?

[joeglow3]

47. Search youtube for "37 clerks"

First thing I thought of when I saw the picture.

[longship]

48. Bandwidth limited here. Better description please.

Thanks.

[joeglow3]

49. Here is the script

VERONICA
Bye
(to DANTE)
That was Snowball.

DANTE
Why do you call him that?

VERONICA
Sylvan made it up. It's a blow job
thing.

DANTE
What do you mean?

VERONICA
After he gets a blow job, he likes
to have the cum spit back into his
mouth while kissing. It's called
snowballing.

DANTE
He requested this?

VERONICA
He gets off on it.

24.


DANTE
Sylvan can be talked into anything.

VERONICA
Why do you say that?

DANTE
Like you said-she snowballed him.

VERONICA
Sylvan? No; I snowballed him.

DANTE
Yeah, right.

VERONICA
I'm serious...

A moment of silence as DANTE'S chuckles fade to comprehension.

DANTE
You sucked that guy's dick?

VERONICA
Yeah. How do you think I know he
liked...

DANTE
(panicky)
But...but you said you only had sex
with three guys! You never mentioned
him!

VERONICA
That's because I never had sex with
him!

DANTE
You sucked his dick!

VERONICA
We went out a few times. We didn't
have sex, but we fooled around.

DANTE
(massive panic attack)
Oh my God! Why did you tell me you
only slept with three guys?

VERONICA
Because I did only sleep with three
guys! That doesn't mean I didn't
just go with people.

25.


DANTE
Oh my God-I feel so nauseous...

VERONICA
I'm sorry, Dante. I thought you
understood.

DANTE
I did understand! I understand that
you slept with three different
guys, and that's all you said.

VERONICA
Please calm down.

DANTE
How many?

VERONICA
Dante...

DANTE
How many dicks have you sucked?!

VERONICA
Let it go...

DANTE
HOW MANY?

VERONICA
All right! Shut up a second and
I'll tell you! Jesus! I didn't
freak like this when you told me
how many girls you fucked.

DANTE
This is different. This is important.
How many?!

She counts silently, using fingers as marks. DANTE waits on
a customer in the interim. VERONICA stops counting.

DANTE
Well...?

VERONICA
(half-mumbled)
Something like thirty-six.

DANTE
WHAT? SOMETHING LIKE THIRTY-SIX?

26.


VERONICA
Lower your voice!

DANTE
What the hell is that anyway,
"something like thirty-six?" Does
that include me?

VERONICA
Um. Thirty-seven.

DANTE
I'M THIRTY-SEVEN?

VERONICA
(walking away)
I'm going to class.

DANTE
Thirty-seven?!
(to CUSTOMER)
My girlfriend sucked thirty-seven
dicks!

CUSTOMER
In a row?

[longship]

50. Thanks. Almost too much information, isn't it?

Much appreciated.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

57. ....

[B Stieg]

17. "Go on, take the money and run"

Hoo, Hoo, Hoo

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. Some mornings when I get my coffee and turn on my computer

I discover there is actually some good news. This is one of those mornings. I'm sure the GOPers will come up with some other loon to replace her, but this is a good day for Minnesota. She was embarrassing the hell out of us.

I do regret, just a bit, that Jim Graves won't have the chance to kick her scrawny ass in the 2014 election - I was looking forward to that. But I suspect ol' Crazy Eyes knew she'd get her ass kicked this time.

Yay!

[Scurrilous]

19. Alas...

[another_liberal]

20. If you don't want to lose your phone privileges . . .

"OK, number 3737, wrap it up and get back to cleaning those toilets, if you don't want to lose your phone privileges again."

[SCVDem]

21. I can hear Bill Maher weeping!

[SoapBox]

22. Good Bye and Good Riddance Asshole.

...PLEASE, do let the door hit you on the way out.

[Hubert Flottz]

23. Here's her song until about the year 2055...

**************** *************** **************** *************** *************

[Iwillnevergiveup]

24. Still 18 long months left

before she's gone, and I can only hope the ethics investigation doesn't run out of steam during that time. Ideally, she'll be found guilty of plenty of wrongdoing and leave before her term is up.

[SoapBox]

27. Yup...

Lots of potential damage that she and her Cult of Terrorist TeaPukers can help to inflict on America...let's keep those fingers crossed that she will lay-low because of the investigation.

[Flashmann]

35. found guilty of plenty of wrongdoing and leave before her term is up.

In HANDCUFFS!!!

[lark]

25. Goodbye, so long, farewell

That's the song that keeps running thru my head over this excellent news.

Oh, she's definitely not an autumn, that color looks so bad on her. (snark)

[TeamPooka]

26. There's nothing like an ethics investigation to make you want to spend more time with your family.

[Cleita]

28. Stephanie Miller and Mooks having a ball this morning

playing show tunes and disco all morning.

[nolabear]

31. Was that hysterical or what? "Mem'ries...all alone in the moonlight..."

[Sheepshank]

29. Investigation + running away from the Gay permitted by law in MN = leaving office

she is moving out of Minnesota to a state when they will really really really hate her husband..

[MADem]

30. Ha! Divine intervention, perhaps....

I wonder who's taking bets on how long that marriage will last once they actually start living together!!!

[totodeinhere]

34. Of course it's good news to get rid of her, but I would have preferred that she be defeated for

reelection rather than this. This might actually be bad news for the Democrats' efforts to retake the House in 2014. She represents a conservative district and another Republican might be able to hold that seat.

[Ganja Ninja]

36. Oh if only we really were getting rid of her.

Her crazy ass will be on the TV from now until hell freezes over.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

38. Reaction from Andy Borowitz

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The average I.Q. of a member of the House of Representatives is expected to rise sharply in 2015, experts said today.

The experts, who indicated that they were “cautiously optimistic” about the development, said that the gains were most likely to be made in the Midwest.

The expected rise in I.Q. could mean that the average congressperson would have a greater grasp of basic concepts in math and science, including the law of evolution, as well as addition and subtraction.


The last time a branch of the federal government experienced such a significant increase in average I.Q., experts said, was the executive branch in 2009.

[Turbineguy]

39. Bloomberg article characterizes it as "out-Foxing democrats"

http://go.bloomberg.com/political-capital/2013-05-29/bachmann-out-foxing-democrats/

OK, so she gets on Fox news. How desperate for low-brow entertainment does one have to be?

[durbin]

43. Love that Orange dress, Michele ! n/t

[nikto]

44. Already, Clairol and all the major Makeup Stocks are down sharply.

[VA_Jill]

45. Bottom line.....

she knew she was going to lose, and lose BAD, in 2014. The only problem is, what batsh!t crazy GOTPer is going to run for her seat?

[calimary]

46. Did you see Andy Borowitz's take on this? ROFL!!!!!

Actually, it's one of those things where you could realistically say "gee, that'd be funny if it weren't true..."

Enjoy!

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/05/congress-average-iq-expected-to-rise-in-2014.html?mbid=nl_Borowitz%20%28130%29

[durbin]

51. Sam Seder has 7 minuted of his show on this today.

Here's the link.

[calimary]

54. Welcome to DU, durbin!

Glad you're here! That was pretty damn funny! Thanks for adding it in here!

[muntrv]

52. Is that a prison suit?

[freshwest]

53. Story says she's moving out of MN to escape Gawd's judgement ~ But it's SATIRE:

Michele Bachmann threatened to leave Minnesota today if the state goes ahead with its plans to legalize gay marriage.

May 13, 2013

In an interview with a local television station, the conservative firebrand said she believes God will destroy Minneapolis once the legislation is enacted, and wants to be far away when the reckoning happens...

"I have a friend from Eden Prairie who's already packed everything she owns into her car and is driving out to Montana as we speak. These are very scary times. I don't want my family to be the last ones out..."

"I don't know what it will be, Bruce," she said. "It could be an earthquake. It could be a volcano. It could be some sort of flesh eating virus. All I know is that God does not let homosexuality go unpunished, and Minneapolis is next in line for his wrath.

It breaks my heart to think that the Democrats are willing to play politics with the lives of so many Minnesotans. And I hate to leave so many of my constituents behind, but I urge them - please, please - follow my example and get your loved ones to safety before it's too late."

LOL! I've met religious RWNJs who think just like this. So you better watch out, Oregon:

http://dailycurrant.com/2013/05/13/bachmann-threatens-to-leave-minnesota-over-marriage-equality/

[tarheelsunc]

64. If you didn't put the Daily Currant link, or "SATIRE" in the topic...

there's absolutely no way anyone could have known that wasn't a real article. It sounds just like something she would say.

[freshwest]

65. Yup. And as I said, I've met people who think that kinda thing. It sure could have been her!

There's a profitable media industry feeding folks this stuff.

[warrprayer]

55. A.P. Leaker?

wonder if that has anything to do with it...

[Cha]

56. If bachmann's lips are moving she's lying.

thanks EarlG!

[pacalo]

59. I love the pearls.

[stlsaxman]

60. Maybe not, Michele, but the investigation into the AP leaks may have "impacted"

your decision, huh?

[tavalon]

61. Wow, seriously?

Actually, orange is a good color for her.

[DissidentVoice]

62. Don't worry...

There will still be enough batshit crazies on the far right to provide plenty of headaches for us.

[tarheelsunc]

63. This isn't really a good thing for us.

She'd probably lose if she ran for reelection due to everything that's around her now. But her district is fairly red and if they put another conservative in, he or she will have a much better chance of beating the Democratic candidate.

[CheapShotArtist]

66. IDK what to make of this

because on the one hand, she won't be in Congress starting shit and wasting time anymore, but whichever 'Thug that runs against Jim Graves in 2014 will probably have an easier chance at winning.

[merrily]

67. Michelle, her husband, her 123 children. Reality Show Time!

[tofuandbeer]

68. This is FANTASTIC news!

But I fear she will continue her crusade in another forum.
Sick person that she is.

[OldRedneck]

70. Somewhere in Minnesota . . .

. . . a village is celebrating the return of its idiot.

[Wabbajack_]

72. This is bad news (yes, you read right, read on)

She's weak and unpopular, she almost lost in most republican seat in the state.

Out chances of winning the seat which were decent just went way down.

[Conium]

73. Will Texas Gov. Rick Perry be next?

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he will announce in June whether he will seek re-election to a fourth as Governor of Texas in the 2014 election.
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