Bachmann’s Prayers Answered: ‘I’ve Had That Calling’ To Run For President

[RandySF]

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) appears to be inching ever closer to a run for president -- and as she has now said in her latest public statements, her prayers on the subject have now yielded a calling from God himself.

In an interview with Iowa Public Television, broadcast on Friday:

Henderson: You recently referenced your Christian faith. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, when he announced he would not run, said that he just didn't feel called to do that. Have you had that sort of calling to run for president?

Bachmann: Well, every decision that I make I pray about as does my husband and I can tell you, yes, I've had that calling and that tugging on my heart that this is the right thing to do and because it's such a momentous decision, not only for myself, my husband and our 28 children, it is a momentous decision what ideas will I bring to bear? What are the resources that I have to marshal in terms of people, assets, the message and also the finances, the amount of time this will take, what this will mean for the nation. Am I the right person for the job? Every decision and every endeavor my husband and I have made we think it through, we're not rash people. We make a plan because we want to succeed, we don't want to fail and so we've been very deliberative in this process and that's why we're now coming to the culmination and next month, as I announced last night, I'll make that decision right here in Waterloo and the world will know.


http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/bachmanns-prayers-answered-ive-had-that-calling-to-run-for-president.php?ref=fpb

[piratefish08]

1. Michelle - if you are running, then MY prayers have been answered as well!

Where are you Sarah? You gonna sit back and take this??

[Scuba]

7. Cat Fight!

[gratuitous]

9. Yep, a lot of people have been praying about this

And I didn't think God could love me that much. Hilarity to ensue.

[LuckyLib]

14. Mine as well. I want a Space Cadet ticket -- Palin/Bachmann.

[Warpy]

15. Not me. They rigged Stupid in, remember

and they'd be likely to rig in these two vapid females in the full knowledge that they'd be great at preening in front of the cameras but leave the actual running of the country to the plutocrats.

[hifiguy]

2. Hearing voices in your head is a leading indicator

of schizoid disorders.

Admitting that you listen to them pretty much eliminates all doubt that someone is seriously mentally ill.

Bachmann should be locked up behind secure walls and heavily medicated on a regular basis.

[Wind Dancer]

26. Exactly!

In 2011, there are medications and treatment for those who hear voices.

She is simply using God as a marketing tool.

[rgbecker]

3. Bachmann vs. Palin for GOP nod......God Save Us.

[Shagbark Hickory]

4. Well I guess if God says to do it, then do it.

I guess God is a tea party patriot then.

[Marrah_G]

24. I read that wrong the first time

"I guess God is a tea party idiot then."

I was giggling rather loudly at my desk :)

[KansDem]

5. ‘I’ve Had That Calling’

Are you sure it wasn't a wrong number?

[Scuba]

6. What a trickster that God is...

...telling both Bachmann and Santorum to run, hiding dinosaur bones, etc.

[Blue Owl]

8. Thank you Jesus

Thank you Jesus

[meegbear]

10. What God wants, God gets. God help us all.

[Angry Dragon]

11. Pawlenty has already said that god chose him to run

Are they talking to the same god or are there other gods out there
trying to take over the USA??

I think this is a major question that these people need to answer

[Gidney N Cloyd]

12. If God calls her but she still doesn't get nominated, what happens?

[yellowcanine]

13. I thought I heard GAWD calling me once, but it turned out to be the after effects of a three bean

salad.:evilgrin:

[Contrary1]

21. Yeah, that rolling thunder thing fools me every time too. n/t

[Stevenmarc]

16. Who said God doesn't have a sense of humor after all

He created the platypus and Bachmann

[spanone]

17. today on the chuck & whoever show they called her a serious contender cause she's in congress

bwahahahahahahaaaa

run michelle, run

[MineralMan]

18. Wait a sec...Sorry Michele, wrong number.

I was calling Michelle Obama and hit the wrong speed dial. Never mind.

[Me.]

19. Meanwhile, Jesus Wept

[Blue-Jay]

20. When she loses, does that mean that God was wrong?

[Urban Prairie]

22. "Am I the right person for the job?"

This sociopathic and narcisstic ditz actually believes that she should even contemplate running for POTUS?

And that "God" will somehow tell her if she should?!?

Crazy-eyes Bachmann announcing her "momentous" decision in Waterloo, IA is so ironically appropriate.

She really IS Napoleonically looney.


"What ideas will I bring to bear?"

I cringe to think what they might be, based on her being a piece...er, um...I mean her "body of work"...heh!!





:crazy: :silly: :dunce:

[Marrah_G]

23. 28 children????? WTF?

[snooper2]

25. I had to look that up...I knew they were fundie breeders...

but 28!


She married Marcus Bachmann in 1978.<18> They have five children (Lucas, Harrison, Elisa, Caroline, and Sophia), and have also provided foster care for 23 other children.<19><20>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Bachman

[Marrah_G]

28. I wonder if those 23 foster kids are still part of their family

If so, then I take back my "wtf". She is still a loon though :)

[LiberalAndProud]

27. Remarkable.

It occurs to me that God's "calling" almost always coincides with one's own deepest desires.

[Marrah_G]

29. funny that

[RainDog]

30. who does god love more - Palin or Bachman? in either case, it will be...

[get the red out]

31. It's ok, there's medication for that

Times have changed, the voices don't have to linger.

[Skidmore]

32. On GMA this morning she told Stephanopolous that she didn't know if she

were going to run and then two minutes later said she would be making an announcement in Waterloo, IA (which, sez she, is "conveniently her birthplace") in a couple of weeks. To which Steph immediately got a Duh! expression on his face and pointed out to her that means she's running and she immediately went into deer in the headlight stare with a stupid grin on her face. Imagine this woman keeping national security secrets.