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As author of the 2005 book The Republican War on Science, I’ve watched recent developments in the presidential race with fascination.
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Tag: Michele Bachmann
Karl Rove: Sarah Palin will run
The shiny mettle that used to be Karl Rove is a bit tarnished these days, what with his grand failure of 2006. Anything he says any more is suspect. But he is one thing and that is resilient – and persistent. But his judgement? Hmm. So w…
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: How homosexuality is destroying the English-speaking world
Cultural anthropologists have observed that a language and culture are keenly intertwined – language being a centrepiece and primary medium of culture – and that as one decays, so too does the other. With this in mind, I come with a warning: ***homosexuality is eroding English-speaking civilizations*** Don’t say another word before you learn about […]
Michele Bachmann can’t help but lie. It’s in her genes.
Whenever I read some journo reprimanding progs to take Bachmann seriously, I sit back and wait for a new lie from her lips. It only takes days. Here’s the latest juicy whopper. She can’t help it.Bachmann told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday”…
Continue readingBack away slowly, Canada…
Potential next President of the USA: CrazyEyes, come on down! Yes. It’s true. And amidst the squirming-like-a-toad insanity that’s been holding the collective USian brain in its grip lately, it could happen… a lot more easily than we probably think. Saner people are already making a mad dash for the exits, raising the Batshit Index […]
LeDaro: Michele Bachmann about to eat Ronald Reagan
Bachmann looks at a cake commemorating the 100th birthday of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington in February 2011. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rick Perry and the United States of Jebeesus
Glory Hallybubbah !!! The Lord has spoken. Just as I prophesied the other day, he has directed his cowboy servant Rick Perry to become God’s President. And kick the heathen negro out of the White House.And all Canadians need to know about him…
Continue readingImpolitical: Sunday drive-by blogging
1. Here’s your what-kind-of-democracy-is-this-we’re-living-in item of the day: “Barring the media bad move by PC candidate.” The Tory candidate in Lambton-Kent Middlesex, Monte McNaughton, barred the media from a town hall meeting the other night. Wher…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Bachmann Voted “Most Crazy” in Straw Poll
Unsurprisingly, God-bothering lunatic Michele Bachmann emerged triumphant in today’s Ames, Iowa straw poll winning 28.6 percent of the nearly 17,000 votes cast, narrowly edging out libertarian Ron Paul by 152 votes. Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty finished a distant third … Continue reading →
Behind the Scenes of Michele Bachmann’s Newsweek’s cover photo shoot
I know I’m having a little too much fun with Michele Bachmann lately but c’mon she’s a joke generator. This one’s more about Marcus, her ambiguously straight husband. And yes Marcus, Newsweek did get the ‘money shot’.Behind the Scenes of Michele Bachma…
Continue readingIs the Newsweek cover photo (and story title) of Michele Bachmann sexist?
That’s the charge being laid by conservative bloggers and NOW about this week’s cover photo of Michele Bachmann, which depicts her as she so often appears with wide eyes. I obviously don’t think so, having blogged about it here and at Let Freedom Rain. It’s an actual photo – not . . . → Read More: Is the Newsweek cover photo (and story title) of Michele Bachmann sexist?
Continue readingMichele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann makes cover of Newsweek. Wingnuts not pleased.
Have to admit this week’s cover of Newsweek featuring a crazed-looking Michele Bachmann is not exactly flattering. But it is an accurate portrait. The cover features Bachmann looking like, well, Bachmann. And it goes along nicely with the accompanying story title: “The Queen of Rage”.
But ever so sensitive rightbloggers – such . . . → Read More: Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann makes cover of Newsweek. Wingnuts not pleased.
Continue readingMichele Bachmann: gay marriage will lead to ‘poligamy and group marriage’
This is what it has come to for the Republican party. This person is a leading contender for the 2012 presidential election. It just keeps getting crazier. 2012 may not be the end of the world but it will be one of the most entertaining, at least in t…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Voters Strongly Oppose Michele Bachmann’s Proposal to Abolish the EPA
Building on an idea that seems to have originated with Newt Gingrich, Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has spent the past few weeks calling for the Environmental Protection Agency to be abolished. In the June 13th GOP debate, Bachmann said she w…
Continue readingLatest Bachmann gaffe: praises serial killer John Wayne Gacy instead of actor John Wayne
Oops. Another day. Another Michele Bachmann historical gaffe. This one involves her praise of Waterloo IA, where she mistakenly told a blogger, ““John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the kind of spirit that I have, too.”Problem is, wrong Jo…
Continue readingLeDaro: Michele Bachmann: What Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter have in common?
Some interesting quotes from the presidential candidate Michele Bachmann.”I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter. And I’m not blaming this on President Obama; …
Continue readingMatt Taibbi gathers intelligence on Michele Bachmann’s Holy War
Though not as colourful as his takedown of Paul Ryan nor as revelatory as his expose of modern journalists, Matt Taibbi still provides plenty of juice on god-heavy presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann. A must read.A taste.Bachmann’s story, to hear her…
Continue readingLeDaro: Michele Bachmann: She talks to God regularly
How come only republicans have direct line to God?Interesting commentary by Keith Olbermann.Click for video.
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