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FarCenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 05:37 PM
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Aboard Bachmann's 'Barbie Jet': 10 Surprising Forces Shaping Her White House Campaign
At the heart of the profile, however, is an examination of the people and experiences that have turned Bachmann into a leader of the conservative Christian movement and a viable contender for the 2012 GOP presidential field.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/aboard-michele-bachmanns-barbie-jet-2011-8?op=1

Scary shit!
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 05:42 PM
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1. Most of the citizens will be truly fucked if Bachmann won, the true beginning of
the dark ages. The hope is some country might grant refugee status to Americans.
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 05:44 PM
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2. How this crazy ass woman ever got elected to anything is beyond me
That she is a serious presidential candidate is some truly scary shit.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:00 PM
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3. And on top of that this country was crazy enough to elect Bush twice. America
often does not play with a full deck IMO. I find it an unstable and crazy place.
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bluestate10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:22 PM
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7. Get it right. Bachman was NOT elected by this country. She won twice
in a conservative Minnesota district. If not for the teabagger wave and democrats sitting at home, Tarryl Clark would have beaten Bachman last November. Democrats in Bachman's district that sat home pissed off missed a prime chance to get rid of Bachman.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:28 PM
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10. And I hope in 2012 no democrat is going to stay home and not vote. It's
got to be about the lamest thing one can do, help the others get into office by not voting.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 10:14 PM
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15. Thanks for the details on this! n/t
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:25 PM
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8. Bush was never elected.
Granted, it's sad enough that he got a shitload of votes.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:36 PM
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13. Yep! It's sad when these types get a shitload of votes. n/t
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Imajika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:05 PM
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4. Bachmann's day in the sun will fade quickly...
Perry is the new flavor of the month and will probably grab many of the bagger voters that were backing her.

I think the GOP race will be between Perry and Romney. It pits the super insane bagger block versus the moderately insane establishment block. I think Perry will win, the country is just that effed up. I'm betting Perry/Rubio versus Obama/Biden. Unfortunately, it could be close.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:16 PM
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6. I too think it unwise to underestimate Perry
Edited on Mon Aug-08-11 06:30 PM by hlthe2b
With a compliant, enabling media that might very well hide his extremism and help him to scoop up enough low information voters, he's got a chance. When combined with the "dog whistle" crowd, this could very well give him the nomination. One would hope that there are not enough frustrated and unthinking indies to actually elect him.
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Imajika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:26 PM
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9. Those indies elected Reagan...
..twice.

If the economy sucks, no matter what the reason, people tend to vote against the incumbent. We will seek to make this a "choice" election, but no matter how we try it will always end up being more a referendum on the incumbent. This why people are silly to get excited about Boehner's low ratings. They don't matter, he isn't running. The Republicans goal is simple, drag down Obama and make government look hopeless while he is in power. Yes, we would certainly win if the GOP nominated bat shit crazy Bachmann, but they won't do that. Perry is more dangerous, because he is every bit as nuts as Bachmann but doesn't look and sounds nearly as insane.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:34 PM
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12. Perry. Check this out for looking and sounding insane ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1692363
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snagglepuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:06 PM
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5. K & R. nt
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War Horse Donating Member (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 06:34 PM
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11. In a Dassault Falcon 900 - a French
Sorry, I mean FREEDOM jet...
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-11 07:03 PM
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14. Her husband and her worked on the Carter campaign?
and Rick Perry worked on Al Gore's...how is that going to work with the repub base? I'm sure since the base is all evangelicals, they'll be forgiven for their sin of working with and to elect liberals!
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