Bachmann will not seek re-election

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Dude...that's just 1 frame, you know she got that whole thing down before sealing her lips around it.

Look at the way her eyes are rolling back in her head too....she's an old pro in her happy zone.

 

[TheVictors]

maybe all these years of denying science and fact finally weighed upon her and she's tired of lying.

 

[KAWDUP]

What politician have you ever known that was tired of lying?

 

[Michchamp]

What politician have you ever known that was tired of lying?

yeah, it's not that. She barely eked by her opponent in the last election, and knows with the scandals piling up, she'd be toast in 2014.

The real question is why the scandals even became scandals. Sounds like a disgruntled former staffer ratted her out, and either left politics or went to work for someone else.

I'm guessing if she was still electable the GOP would've worked with the Democrats to bury the issue, but her more "exceptional" political positions have attracted too much controversy, and served as a fundraising boon for her opponents. This made it easy for the Minnesota GOP to find a more palatable candidate to replace her.

basically... her extremism upset the delicate jerrymandered balance in national politics: she was in a safe GOP district (as most of the country is), but her idiotic positions actually made it possible for democracy to happen and a challenger to win.

I think THIS shows how things really work. He knows he has no shot at beating a palatable GOP-insider in a GOP district.

 

[KAWDUP]

yeah, it's not that. She barely eked by her opponent in the last election, and knows with the scandals piling up, she'd be toast in 2014.

The real question is why the scandals even became scandals. Sounds like a disgruntled former staffer ratted her out, and either left politics or went to work for someone else.

I'm guessing if she was still electable the GOP would've worked with the Democrats to bury the issue, but her more "exceptional" political positions have attracted too much controversy, and served as a fundraising boon for her opponents. This made it easy for the Minnesota GOP to find a more palatable candidate to replace her.

basically... her extremism upset the delicate jerrymandered balance in national politics: she was in a safe GOP district (as most of the country is), but her idiotic positions actually made it possible for democracy to happen and a challenger to win.

I think THIS shows how things really work. He knows he has no shot at beating a palatable GOP-insider in a GOP district.

I agree that she is not electable. Doesn't really even matter what part is true, and what part is the democratic machine at work. The GOP has backed off primary support.

I would also extend this statment: ". . . actually made it possible for democracy to happen and a challenger to win." to include just about any incumbent in any district in the US, unless of course where districts have been gerrymandered to make it turn completely the other way. But maybe that is another story for another thread?

 

[Michchamp]

I agree that she is not electable. Doesn't really even matter what part is true, and what part is the democratic machine at work. The GOP has backed off primary support.

I would also extend this statment: ". . . actually made it possible for democracy to happen and a challenger to win." to include just about any incumbent in any district in the US, unless of course where districts have been gerrymandered to make it turn completely the other way. But maybe that is another story for another thread?

I wouldn't argue with that statement. aside from a few of the true progressive minded aldermen the positions of the democrats in Chicago for example are indistinguishable from the mainstream GOP. They are as anti-union, anti-education, pro-business, and pro-privitisation as anywhere in the country.

the gerrymandering is intended to keep Conservative reps in office - regardless of the label democrat or republican - and minimize the impact liberal urban or minority voters have. if that were not true, there would be far more districts in urban areas than there currently are, and less rural ones. this is self-evident from looking at a map and counting the votes.

 

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Not really. I don't hang out here everyday like you

Too busy playing golf with Kid Rock?

 

[TheVictors]

Too busy playing golf with Kid Rock?

beat me to it.

 

[TheVictors]

well then you're a loser.