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Diogenes

2011-10-24 01:43:52 PM

Sadly, all of this could have been avoided. It saddens this team to see a dedicated patriot - a person so desperately needed in the White House - sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos.

Somehow, I suspect that Bachmann is pretentious and ego driven herself, too. Call it a hunch.

St_Francis_P

2011-10-24 01:54:29 PM

Diogenes: Sadly, all of this could have been avoided. It saddens this team to see a dedicated patriot - a person so desperately needed in the White House - sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos.

Somehow, I suspect that Bachmann is pretentious and ego driven herself, too. Call it a hunch.

I'm willing to entertain the idea that she's just sort of crazy.

cretinbob

2011-10-24 01:55:33 PM

And not a fark was given that day

vernonFL

2011-10-24 02:01:17 PM

members of Team-NH remained committed to Congressman Bachmann, often at peril to their own personal and professional reputations within New Hampshire.

I would hope that anyone who supports Bachmann risks damaging their personal and professional reputations.

Diogenes

2011-10-24 02:12:04 PM

vernonFL: members of Team-NH remained committed to Congressman Bachmann, often at peril to their own personal and professional reputations within New Hampshire.

I would hope that anyone who supports Bachmann risks damaging their personal and professional reputations.

Too true. The fact they didn't realize this until recently makes me think the whole lot of them are a bit "off."

Peter von Nostrand

2011-10-24 02:16:07 PM

Diogenes: vernonFL: members of Team-NH remained committed to Congressman Bachmann, often at peril to their own personal and professional reputations within New Hampshire.

I would hope that anyone who supports Bachmann risks damaging their personal and professional reputations.

Too true. The fact they didn't realize this until recently makes me think the whole lot of them are a bit "off."

If you come to the realization that supporting a certain candidate is possibly harmful to your personal and professional reputation, you my want to re-examine that candidate

Vodka Zombie

2011-10-24 02:20:03 PM

Dear Team New Hampshire,

While is can be lots of fun working for a complete lunatic, do keep in mind that Ms. Bachmann's eccentric and capricious nature will most likely lead to you being angered at some point. Moreover, if you are worried about your personal reputations in your communities, Ms. Bachmann kindly suggests that you put a brown paper Freedom Sack over your heads when going door to door.

Sincerely,
A Dedicated Patriot

RexTalionis

2011-10-24 02:26:11 PM

I think it's less the fact that the National Team was cruel and more to do with the Michelle Bachmann having not paid the New Hampshire staffers their paychecks in a while.

Lost Thought 00

2011-10-24 02:29:01 PM

She's still a candidate? I thought she dropped out once that black man stole her crazy thunder.

FuturePastNow

2011-10-24 02:33:22 PM

Diogenes: Sadly, all of this could have been avoided. It saddens this team to see a dedicated patriot - a person so desperately needed in the White House - sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos.

Somehow, I suspect that Bachmann is pretentious and ego driven herself, too. Call it a hunch.

Something tells me that "wall" they've built around her is to keep as many people from seeing the crazy as possible.

apoptotic

2011-10-24 02:38:12 PM

RexTalionis: I think it's less the fact that the National Team was cruel and more to do with the Michelle Bachmann having not paid the New Hampshire staffers their paychecks in a while.

And then the statement from some rep on the the national team, upon hearing of the NH team's mass exodus, that it couldn't be true because they didn't even have a team in NH. I'm sure that made the NH staffers feel really special.

IrateShadow

2011-10-24 02:39:33 PM

RexTalionis: I think it's less the fact that the National Team was cruel and more to do with the Michelle Bachmann having not paid the New Hampshire staffers their paychecks in a while.

Political candidates run out on their bills all the time. There was even a story abound here recently about Bill Clinton still owing campaign debts. Any staffer that willingly forgoes a paycheck and expects to be repaid letter is an idiot.

Diogenes

2011-10-24 02:39:33 PM

FuturePastNow: Diogenes: Sadly, all of this could have been avoided. It saddens this team to see a dedicated patriot - a person so desperately needed in the White House - sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos.

Somehow, I suspect that Bachmann is pretentious and ego driven herself, too. Call it a hunch.

Something tells me that "wall" they've built around her is to keep as many people from seeing the crazy as possible.

People have been murmuring as much. She's afraid of people. She doesn't do the mingle and handshake thing other candidates do.

Mr. Coffee Nerves

2011-10-24 02:41:46 PM

"So, it says here on your resume that you worked for Republican candidates every year except 2011 -- where it says you worked in 'alternative entertainment?'"

"Yeah, I spent that year doing really hard German gay scat porn movies. Every day I was made airtight by Hermann Goering look-a-likes only broken up by hundreds of angry East Germans blasting out last night's wienerschnitzel and bratwurst all over me to the tune of an oompah band doing bad David Hasselhoff covers."

"WHAT? Are you serious?"

"No, I actually worked for Michele Bachmann, but man, try putting THAT on a resume."

Philip Francis Queeg

2011-10-24 02:42:33 PM

Diogenes: FuturePastNow: Diogenes: Sadly, all of this could have been avoided. It saddens this team to see a dedicated patriot - a person so desperately needed in the White House - sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos.

Somehow, I suspect that Bachmann is pretentious and ego driven herself, too. Call it a hunch.

Something tells me that "wall" they've built around her is to keep as many people from seeing the crazy as possible.

People have been murmuring as much. She's afraid of people. She doesn't do the mingle and handshake thing other candidates do.

Well, if you had survived a terrify incident like this one, you'd be afraid too.

Senator Bachmann retired to the restroom and residents began moving toward the exit. Less than a moment later, piercing screams were heard from the ladies' washroom. "Help!!!! HEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!" With everyone's attention riveted on the door, Senator Bachmann emerged in a crouching run, crying, "I was being held against my will!" Two women were seen standing behind her, one tall and elderly, the other young and petite, both unassuming and bewildered. (new window)

Dan the Schman

2011-10-24 02:42:46 PM

FuturePastNow: Diogenes: Sadly, all of this could have been avoided. It saddens this team to see a dedicated patriot - a person so desperately needed in the White House - sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos.

Somehow, I suspect that Bachmann is pretentious and ego driven herself, too. Call it a hunch.

Something tells me that "wall" they've built around her is to keep as many people from seeing the crazy as possible.

Too bad her eyes are like crazy beams that can penetrate even the densest materials known to man.

RevLovejoy

2011-10-24 02:54:23 PM

From TFA: Michele Bachmann's New Hampshire campaign team has now publicly confirmed via press release that they have quite en masse.

To spawn their new careers in porn, no doubt?

Car_Ramrod

2011-10-24 02:54:41 PM

Diogenes: Sadly, all of this could have been avoided. It saddens this team to see a dedicated patriot - a person so desperately needed in the White House - sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos.

Somehow, I suspect that Bachmann is pretentious and ego driven herself, too. Call it a hunch.

HAHAHAHAHA.

monoski

2011-10-24 02:58:28 PM

That was Marcus sneaking up behind them...

Local Man

2011-10-24 03:15:22 PM

Well, at least they'll have jobs in Alabama...

/VE for no reason

what_now

2011-10-24 03:15:50 PM

TEAM NEW HAMPSHIRE!!!

FloydA

2011-10-24 03:21:51 PM

the opposite of charity is justice

2011-10-24 03:23:10 PM

You mean to tell me a republican candidate for national office was only using the New Hampshire workers for political gain, was dismissive of their concerns and only wanted them to follow national campaign orders, even asked them to work for free while the national team kept getting paid? That the extent of their caring about NH was over the (gasp!) primary??

Shocked I tells ya! Shocked!

palelizard

2011-10-24 03:33:57 PM

It constantly amazes me the Joker is able to hire more goons.

coeyagi

2011-10-24 03:43:58 PM

Michelle "Smuckers" Bachmann - With a candidacy like that (capable of destroying the reputations of its workers), it has to be good™

draypresct

2011-10-24 03:52:20 PM

FTA:

Michele Bachmann's New Hampshire campaign team has now publicly confirmed via press release that they have quite en masse.

Should I assume Kleefeld's fact-checking is as good as his editing?

verbaltoxin

2011-10-24 03:57:32 PM

Bachmann is done. So are Santorum, Cain, Huntsman and Paul. They are running zombie campaigns to present the illusion of competitiveness, because the GOP decided to FUBAR their chances at the White House by having all the candidates announce and begin running 13 months too early. It's going to come down to Tea Party favorite Gov. Perry vs. moderate Romney. Mitt Romney will win the nomination too, because GOP primaries are winner-take-all races, and Romney will court more independents in both the primary and the general elections. Then he will lose to Obama.

Book it. Done.

coeyagi

2011-10-24 04:02:04 PM

verbaltoxin: Bachmann is done. So are Santorum, Cain, Huntsman and Paul. They are running zombie campaigns to present the illusion of competitiveness, because the GOP decided to FUBAR their chances at the White House by having all the candidates announce and begin running 13 months too early. It's going to come down to Tea Party favorite Gov. Perry vs. moderate Romney. Mitt Romney will win the nomination too, because GOP primaries are winner-take-all races, and Romney will court more independents in both the primary and the general elections. Then he will lose to Obama.

Book it. Done.

I would be inclined to agree. But why not kick a retard when she's down to send a message to clown town that if you hate the browns while wearing righteous crowns it makes us non-Downs frown?

verbaltoxin

2011-10-24 04:04:22 PM

coeyagi: verbaltoxin: Bachmann is done. So are Santorum, Cain, Huntsman and Paul. They are running zombie campaigns to present the illusion of competitiveness, because the GOP decided to FUBAR their chances at the White House by having all the candidates announce and begin running 13 months too early. It's going to come down to Tea Party favorite Gov. Perry vs. moderate Romney. Mitt Romney will win the nomination too, because GOP primaries are winner-take-all races, and Romney will court more independents in both the primary and the general elections. Then he will lose to Obama.

Book it. Done.

I would be inclined to agree. But why not kick a retard when she's down to send a message to clown town that if you hate the browns while wearing righteous crowns it makes us non-Downs frown?

My hope is that this failed Presidential run somehow puts her Congressional seat in danger. It's a long shot considering she has the very conservative St. Cloud area in her district, but perhaps this has been embarrassing enough that the people living there are willing to give someone else a go.

coeyagi

2011-10-24 04:06:34 PM

verbaltoxin: coeyagi: verbaltoxin: Bachmann is done. So are Santorum, Cain, Huntsman and Paul. They are running zombie campaigns to present the illusion of competitiveness, because the GOP decided to FUBAR their chances at the White House by having all the candidates announce and begin running 13 months too early. It's going to come down to Tea Party favorite Gov. Perry vs. moderate Romney. Mitt Romney will win the nomination too, because GOP primaries are winner-take-all races, and Romney will court more independents in both the primary and the general elections. Then he will lose to Obama.

Book it. Done.

I would be inclined to agree. But why not kick a retard when she's down to send a message to clown town that if you hate the browns while wearing righteous crowns it makes us non-Downs frown?

My hope is that this failed Presidential run somehow puts her Congressional seat in danger. It's a long shot considering she has the very conservative St. Cloud area in her district, but perhaps this has been embarrassing enough that the people living there are willing to give someone else a go.

Not likely. If they are that conservative, they'll just victimize her and say it was the liberal media attacking her like the good Rush Limbaugh foot soldiers we know they are.

biglot

2011-10-24 04:09:13 PM

Note to voters: desperately needed in the White House, a person sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos. Yes! And a tailor-made prescription, at that.

Meanwhile, backdoor Bachmann telegraphing her old man, they' not the only ones with mixed emo--o--tions ...

kbronsito

2011-10-24 04:10:53 PM

St_Francis_P: Diogenes: Sadly, all of this could have been avoided. It saddens this team to see a dedicated patriot - a person so desperately needed in the White House - sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos.

Somehow, I suspect that Bachmann is pretentious and ego driven herself, too. Call it a hunch.

I'm willing to entertain the idea that she's just sort of crazy.

someone that crazy has to be amazing in bed and yet that talent is completely wasted on her husband.

sprawl15

2011-10-24 04:22:42 PM

verbaltoxin: Book it. Done.

Uh, Perry fell out of the campaign a long time ago, saying he's still the big competition to Romney is soooooo two months ago.

impaler

2011-10-24 04:24:53 PM

I just hope her campaign doesn't end until she has a public crazy meltdown.

Sock Ruh Tease

2011-10-24 04:33:28 PM

verbaltoxin: Bachmann is done. So are Santorum, Cain, Huntsman and Paul. They are running zombie campaigns to present the illusion of competitiveness, because the GOP decided to FUBAR their chances at the White House by having all the candidates announce and begin running 13 months too early. It's going to come down to Tea Party favorite Gov. Perry vs. moderate Romney. Mitt Romney will win the nomination too, because GOP primaries are winner-take-all races, and Romney will court more independents in both the primary and the general elections. Then he will lose to Obama.

Book it. Done.

Willard "I can't have illegals, I'm running for President for Pete's sake" Romney ensured moderates during the last debate that he isn't presidential material.

sprag

2011-10-24 04:33:54 PM

impaler: I just hope her campaign doesn't end until she has a public crazy meltdown.

Well, she's got the "public crazy" part down. 2 out of 3!

coeyagi

2011-10-24 04:34:47 PM

sprawl15: verbaltoxin: Book it. Done.

Uh, Perry fell out of the campaign a long time ago, saying he's still the big competition to Romney is soooooo two months ago.

No, he didn't. It is a two-way race for the tea tard vote. Cain has a higher rate of retard statements as of late, so Perry could resurge once Cain is thoroughly excoriated some more. Some dumbass has to get this percentage of retards because Romney isn't budging.

Sock Ruh Tease

2011-10-24 04:35:47 PM

verbaltoxin: Bachmann is done. So are Santorum, Cain, Huntsman and Paul. They are running zombie campaigns to present the illusion of competitiveness, because the GOP decided to FUBAR their chances at the White House by having all the candidates announce and begin running 13 months too early. It's going to come down to Tea Party favorite Gov. Perry vs. moderate Romney. Mitt Romney will win the nomination too, because GOP primaries are winner-take-all races, and Romney will court more independents in both the primary and the general elections. Then he will lose to Obama.

Book it. Done.

Also, you forgot Sir Blowjob - but he was always irrelevant.

sprawl15

2011-10-24 04:43:17 PM

coeyagi: Cain has a higher rate of retard statements as of late, so Perry could resurge once Cain is thoroughly excoriated some more.

Not with his debate performance. Every time Perry opens his mouth he says something that even teabaggers think is retarded rambling. It doesn't help that he keeps swinging at Romney, who keeps pointing out that Perry was a Democrat who worked on Al Gore's campaign. Perry's had all of his major platforms pulled out from under him and hasn't managed a single positive thing since the campaign started.

Unless you count youtube videos of "was he before the...no, for the social security before he was for the social security?"

HellRaisingHoosier

2011-10-24 05:05:13 PM

Now are we talking about the crazy lady with the gay husband or the crazy lady who quits things half-way?

Hard to remember all these retards.

Sofa King Smart

2011-10-24 05:07:44 PM

Bad Lip Reading (new window)

dumbobruni

2011-10-24 05:08:19 PM

I still hope Bachmann sticks around for the Nevada and Iowa primaries. this field needs to remain as crowded and derpy as possible.

everytime a teabagger candidate goes full derp, Obama raises a few million dollars.

dumbobruni

2011-10-24 05:09:04 PM

HellRaisingHoosier: Now are we talking about the crazy lady with the gay husband or the crazy lady who quits things half-way?

Hard to remember all these retards.

both?

Knight of the Woeful Countenance

2011-10-24 05:14:02 PM

I'm secretly hoping Jon Huntsman's gamble of avoiding the derp in the last Republican debate to concentrate on NH will reward him. But I doubt it.

Gyrfalcon

2011-10-24 05:16:10 PM

cretinbob: And not a fark was given that day

Or indeed a bit of surprise was felt.

trotsky

2011-10-24 05:48:28 PM

coeyagi: verbaltoxin: coeyagi: verbaltoxin: Bachmann is done. So are Santorum, Cain, Huntsman and Paul. They are running zombie campaigns to present the illusion of competitiveness, because the GOP decided to FUBAR their chances at the White House by having all the candidates announce and begin running 13 months too early. It's going to come down to Tea Party favorite Gov. Perry vs. moderate Romney. Mitt Romney will win the nomination too, because GOP primaries are winner-take-all races, and Romney will court more independents in both the primary and the general elections. Then he will lose to Obama.

Book it. Done.

I would be inclined to agree. But why not kick a retard when she's down to send a message to clown town that if you hate the browns while wearing righteous crowns it makes us non-Downs frown?

My hope is that this failed Presidential run somehow puts her Congressional seat in danger. It's a long shot considering she has the very conservative St. Cloud area in her district, but perhaps this has been embarrassing enough that the people living there are willing to give someone else a go.

Not likely. If they are that conservative, they'll just victimize her and say it was the liberal media attacking her like the good Rush Limbaugh foot soldiers we know they are.

Actually I've heard that there is much dissatisfaction with her in her district. To the point that rumors are beginning to start of a potential primary challenge (R, of course). I find this very interesting. There has to to a limit to the derp as well, even with her district.

Zerochance

2011-10-24 06:22:21 PM

impaler: I just hope her campaign doesn't end until she has a public crazy meltdown.

I very much believe that's here he's headed. To paraphrase 300, she's a brawler, not a warrior. She is losing the fight so she's flailing wildly hoping something connects.

She has no discipline. Her statements keep getting crazier and crazier which I think it's awesome.

I think she's headed for a public meltdown so embarrassing that even her nimrod constituents can't justify voting for her any longer. People this archaic and out of touch have no business makin decisions that influence our lives.

quizzical

2011-10-24 06:35:02 PM

Does this mean the cake was lie?

Britney Spear's Speculum

2011-10-24 06:45:18 PM

impaler: I just hope her campaign doesn't end until she has a public crazy meltdown.or blows her congressional reelection chances

I'd love to see her just disappear. I'm tired of these "good-looking" crazy GOP women getting a ton of unsolicited and unearned coverage.

Arachnophobe

2011-10-24 06:52:15 PM

kbronsito: St_Francis_P: Diogenes: Sadly, all of this could have been avoided. It saddens this team to see a dedicated patriot - a person so desperately needed in the White House - sequestered behind a wall of pretense, guarded by political operatives consumed by their own egos.

Somehow, I suspect that Bachmann is pretentious and ego driven herself, too. Call it a hunch.

I'm willing to entertain the idea that she's just sort of crazy.

someone that crazy has to be amazing in bed and yet that talent is completely wasted on her husband.

You gotta give him this much: He's following the "Don't stick your dick in crazy" rule to the letter.

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