tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post8789518192568798297..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: Michele Bachmann: non-partisan Republican?Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-91654716218763100682011-06-30T10:36:16.593-04:002011-06-30T10:36:16.593-04:00It's just another example of the media celebra...It's just another example of the media celebrating stupidity. They think Ms. Bachmann possess some amount of charisma. In truth, she and Sarah Palin are living proof you don't have to be blonde to be labeled an airhead.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-87302192360693816772011-06-29T08:13:41.923-04:002011-06-29T08:13:41.923-04:00Perhaps we should institute higher standards and q...Perhaps we should institute higher standards and qualifications for public office then. If nothing else, it would "thin the herd" of the morons who have no place running the government. In my view, anyone who runs their mouth off without making sure that what they say is true and factual should not be in <i>any</i> position of power or authority, be it public or private sector.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-65268787190784725162011-06-28T22:04:56.140-04:002011-06-28T22:04:56.140-04:00Yeah, you and fifty million other guys have pounce...Yeah, you and fifty million other guys have pounced on that gaffe. Ideology aside, if we imposed zero tolerance for factual error as a qualification for office, we'd be without a government. But to corroborate your point about John Wayne, while he was a reactionary by the standards of his time, he once debated Ronald Reagan on the subject of the Panama Canal treaty, Reagan not wanting the US to give it up. From what I've read, Wayne won that debate, and Bachmann would probably have been on the other side.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-81378691611853082532011-06-28T13:52:05.705-04:002011-06-28T13:52:05.705-04:00I was watching a bit of her speech from Waterloo. ...I was watching a bit of her speech from Waterloo. I found the part where she says she wants to live in "John Wayne's America" to be interesting. She mentions that she, like John Wayne, came from Waterloo, Iowa. The interesting part is that the only John Wayne associated with Waterloo was John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer of boys and young men. It left me a bit confused as well, because I'm not sure anyone in their right mind would want to live in <i>that</i> John Wayne's America.<br /><br />John Wayne, the actor (real name Marion Mitchell Morrison) was born in <i>Winterset</i>, Iowa, but moved to Palmdale, CA when he was about 3 years old. Considering that all three of his wives were of Mexican descent, I'm not sure John Wayne would want to live in Michelle Bachman's America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-31588703321009804892011-06-27T14:18:45.396-04:002011-06-27T14:18:45.396-04:00She claims the teabaggers are composed of "di...She claims the teabaggers are composed of "disgruntled Americans" from across the spectrum, yet uses every public chance she has to disparage the left. The woman is every bit as stupid and venomous as Sarah Palin.<br /><br />Right-wing dirtclods may make lots of noise about how their women are "more attractive"(at least by their subjective standards), but it's brains, not beauty that solves problems and I don't see an ounce of intelligence coming from the right in the least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com