Yeah I don't think that this is a comparison that is going to fly with most people.
After all Bachmann is currently polling in last place and just had her state co-chair in Iowa jump ship. And then she lied about why he did it:
“Kent Sorensonpersonally told me he was offered a large sum of money to go to work for the Paul campaign. Kent campaigned with us earlier this afternoon and went immediately afterward to a Ron Paul event and announced he is changing teams. Kent said to me yesterday that ‘everyone sells out in Iowa, why shouldn’t I,’ then he told me he would stay with our campaign. The Ron Paul campaign has to answer for its actions,” Bachmann said in a statement.
Sorenson denied receiving any money following the announcement at a Paul rally in Des Moines. Sorensen said the race in Iowa has come down to a two man contest between Paul and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, and he didn’t want Romney to win.
“The fact is there is a clear top tier in the race for the Republican nomination for president, both here in Iowa and nationally. Ron Paul is easily the most conservative of this group,” Sorenson said in a statement. “The truth is it was an excruciatingly difficult decision for me to decide between supporting Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul at the beginning of this campaign.”
Somehow this makes her look more like a rusty old has been, more than an "Iron Lady."
One cannot help remembering that a certain other female political has been once compared herself to Thatcher, and in fact threatened to attempt a meeting with her in England.
How did that turn out again?
Oh yeah:
"Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts."
Yes who could forget that? And, who would want to?
Aren't there any OTHER famous female historic figures these losers can compare themselves to?
You know ones that are more fitting? Like, I don't know Imelda Marcos? Or Elizabeth Bathory? Eva Braun perhaps?
I'm just saying.
K that's like comparing a Dem to Jesus. It's just wrong.
ReplyDeleteIf Bachmann only knew how Europeans are appalled by the idiocy and theocratic quackery that goes on in our backward country.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing exceptional about our "real" American hillbillies!
If guns are needed to stop socialists from creating a permanent welfare state, then I am okay with that.
ReplyDeleteDONT TREAD ON ME aholes.
I'm no Thatcher fan, but you have to give her credit as being extremely tough and smart. I guess with her presently unable to slap these pathetic excuses for female leaders into reality, Palin and Bachmann are free to use her name however they want.
ReplyDeleteAh, anon, you're one of those "don't tread on me aholes." thanks for signing your name.
ReplyDeleteIron lady is a terrible nickname. it connotates someone who has no compassion, no humanity, and no love for anyone put themself.
ReplyDelete7:21 am. With your guns you are on your way to creating a fascist state. There is no way that providing universal health care equates "a permanent welfare state." In your ignorance you are aiding and abetting the far right in this country that would lead us down the path of 1920's and 1930's Germany.
ReplyDeleteWow, now we have the Bachman trolls. Being from MN I can assure you they are just as scary as Sara's flying monkey's and if you notice they actually make threatening comments. There are people in MN who bypass the 6th District when they drive because you never know what kind of day they are having up there and they do carry weapons and use them indiscriminately on each other - the rest of us are just collateral damage. Bad water in Stearns county - and inbreeding too many years.
ReplyDeleteHUGE FAIL!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/rick-perry-valiantly-attempts-to-answer-question-about-supreme-court-sodomy-case-he-knows-nothing-about/
Lawrence never fails us:
ReplyDeleteLawrence O’Donnell Compares GOP Candidates To Porn Producers
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/lawrence-odonnell-compares-gop-candidates-to-porn-producers/
In today's Washington, Thatcher would surely be the target of neocon venom;
ReplyDelete"Despite her support for Israel, and though she rejected the stridently pro-PLO stance of some members of her government, she believed Israel needed to trade land for peace, wishing in her memoirs that the “Israeli emphasis on the human rights of the Russian refuseniks was matched by proper appreciation of the plight of the landless and stateless Palestinians.” She also condemned Israel’s bombing of Osirak, Saddam Hussein’s nuclear reactor, in 1981. “[The Osirak attack] represents a grave breach of international law,” she said in an interview with London’s Jewish Chronicle in 1981. Israel’s bombing of another country could lead to “international anarchy.”
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/12/was-thatcher-an-anti-semite.html
When you don't have a real clue I guess all a person can do is use the zeal of her followers and her own bloated ego to "soldier on" as if it matters to the bigger scheme of things. It's a form of obsession, a mania that's propped on willful denial of the facts. I'd feel sorry for her if she was worthy of my pity, but she's not. She has such utter disdain for intelligence, fairness and the art of true compromise that the best I can do is pity her remaining staff.
ReplyDeleteThe numbers tell the story...
ReplyDeletehttp://garystlawrence.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/the-numbers-dont-lie-ms-bachmann/
Narcissistic Personality Disorder + Talking to Jeezus = Not knowing when to call it quits
ReplyDeleteI love watching the republicans fall like dominoes after they bashed Obama on a daily basis. Bachmann join the losers of your party like Cain, Perry, Trump, Newt, Palin, Santorum, Huckabee, and the rest.
ReplyDeletePoor Marcus.....no first lady for him
ReplyDeleteAnd he just spent all that money on new pumps and matching purse for the inauguration.
There is still hope for her campaign if she can schedule one more corn dog eating contest.
ReplyDeleteRWNJ ignorant militia secessionist paranoid delusion on display in the 2nd aisle 7:21.
ReplyDeleteThis has actually been a terrible stain on this nation that she has managed to make it this far.
ReplyDeleteShe was doomed from the beginning. Her supporters only the most despicable, closed minded homophobes an uneducated heads in the sand conservatives.
She didn't even have a comprehendable message. Nearly everything she said was in error or an outright lie.
This week RP has been in the dog house for paling around with a man of the cloth that called for the death of gays. Yet, Bachmann has been doing the same thing. Taking support from even more terrible groups.
It's time for America to reject this kind of behavior and beliefs and stand up to people like Bachmann. They don't deserve respect and they sure as heck don't deserve to be elected to office.
Palin 2.0 was never designed to leave the confines of her district, let alone be on the national stage. She bought and passed out most of the 4,000 tickets this summer that mainly went to people looking for a tent with air-conditioning and deep-fried butter. Nothing more.
ReplyDeletePoor P-Rick, he's done gone and embarrassed Texas in a big way...
ReplyDeleteIt’s been a long 12 months for Rick Perry. The Texas governor started 2011 in triumph, at the peak of his political power, with a high gloss on his boots and a national audience of conservatives eager for just the tale he was telling.
He ends the year treading water. His boots — “Freedom” and “Liberty” — might as well be named “Oops” and “Dang.” Even if he pulls out of this, it’s been embarrassing for him and for his home state.
He took the family name out into the world and made a hash of it.
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-people/rick-perry/rick-perrys-political-fortunes-fell-2011/
Since Shelley doesn't have much of a 'penis' at home, she goes for the BIG GUNS to compensate:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/michele-bachmann-guns_n_1174974.html?ref=politics
Isn't it time yet for her and hubby to take their last remaining spade and retreat to their back yard and play dig-a-hole-to-china ??? SOMETHING that is at at or below their intellect level... Even sister momma monkey and the goon squad have a higher IQ than this thing...Geezzzz....
ReplyDeleteWhat scares me about this woman, along with the rest of the GOP contenders, is that they all have the same agenda. It is the one that the Bush Administration put in place and sent the economy crashing down around us.
ReplyDeleteThink about it. I'm surprised that this is not being brought up more often. I haven't been able to find anything that they are saying that they would do differently. In fact, they seem to be fixated on doubling down on it. Their plan has already been proven not to work, but it's as if the nation and the media have just agreed not to bring that up. I can see why Fox News and Republicans don't want to mention it, but why aren't Democrats and reliable news media screaming about it?!!!
What a joke this all has been.
ReplyDeleteWhat a group of almost cartoon-like crappy self serving people who have milked the system for every benefit to themselves.
Palin. an international nitemare. God has forsaken her. Time for the plug to be pulled on that one.
Cain. a horny joke, who couldn't believe his luck till it all ran out.
Perry. a embarassing and very stupid Texan with a giant ego spending money on himself while preaching economy for everyone else.
And the last three standing.
Romney, Paul, and Gingrich. Disgusting.
This morning NPR played her claiming Ronald Reagan was a conservative. I don't think she knows what that word means.
ReplyDeleteIt also doesn't say much for her that she lost not just one major player in her campaign crew yesterday, but two. Enos is apparently not working for any other campaign, and he didn't get paid to leave, either.
Can you picture Thatcher as subservient to men? I can't. That Bachmann is and thinks it's a good thing makes her completely unfit for the Presidency.
Oh Ricky, you are so fucked:
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Bachmann reminds me of a female Jim Jones.
ReplyDeleteMargaret Thatcher?!?!? "The Iron Lady?!?" LMAO!! Hardly!! More like "the tin foil hat lady."
ReplyDeleteblechmann is toast, thankfully. I would only hope that the people in MN 6 have gotten to know her better during of the primary and send her and her wife packing.
"Crazy Eyes" Bachmann is HATED at "Peeing4Palin"! Now that she has stolen ANOTHER thing from Dirty they are enraged!
ReplyDelete"Crazy Eyes" is going to end up with a "surveyors" symbol on her face!
The sad thing is that aside from Mittens not one of them will win the nomination. They'd be better suited finding someone who at least speaks to the moderate right, take your beating and focus in the House and Senate. People are fed up with Boner and his ilk. But they take their marching orders from the Koch's and Fox and the Koch's are fascists and Fox will promote anyone who can get views and clicks. They don't give a rat's ass about this country, it's all about money, power and ratings.
ReplyDeleteThat even ONE person (other than her deluded self) even considered this woman as "presidential" is a testament to the utter gullibility of the average American mind.
ReplyDeleteGryphen-- if you want to chat up JESSICA BEEHIVE, she will be on Tom Anderson's show this evening. I'm not doing an advert for him, but if you want to let your readers know, you can fill in the details.
ReplyDeleteLOL "...if guns are needed to stop socialists..."
ReplyDeleteROFL
"Anonymous"
I see your understanding of social programs is exceeded only by your bravery.
"Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts."
ReplyDeleteThat quote is a favorite of mine. Lady Thatcher's office didn't beat around the bush.
Happy New Year Sarah, we won't forget you.
One thing about Bachmann that never changes, she always says "unined states".
ReplyDeleteShe's seriously dillusional for not quitting sooner. She's toast and dosen't know it yet, just like Dirty Wig.
I'm surprised she didn't make up a more involved lie than money. Face it, Shele, your ship has sunk, and just like Marcus, your staff isn't going down with it.
Take a cue from Dirty Wig, when in doubt, quit.
"Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteIf guns are needed to stop socialists from creating a permanent welfare state, then I am okay with that.
DONT TREAD ON ME aholes.
7:21 AM"
Don't worry. I wouldn't want to contaminate my feet on such a violent, paranoid, ignorant POS.
Please. Margaret Thatcher did immense damage to the UK. I despise her infinitely more than I despise Sarah Palin who is a national joke nobody has to pretend to respect just because she lost her marbles since she never had any to begin with. Compared to the massive destructive bitch that was Thatcher, Palin is but a short-lived flea.
ReplyDeleteTypical Wingnut response to moments of lucidity from a supporter's fall-out - say hideous, horrible things with as little diplomacy as possible against them.
ReplyDeleteTo say the guy sold-out like any other Iowan - she's insulting every Iowan booster.
I know she's sore, but what a bitch.
LL Cool J was not a supporter of Palin, but he had no public opinion of her, until FOX tried to fit an old interview of him in on a hatchet job for a failed Palin Heartland Show. He tweeted a rightful question of placing his interview and Sarah and Fox snarked on his career.
He's got a paying gig on Law & Order L.A. Sarah, and a new album out. How are you doing?