Tue May 8, 2012, 09:22 PM
Michele Bachmann claims Swiss citizenshipLast edited Tue May 8, 2012, 09:25 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)
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Author | Time | Post |
 Michele Bachmann claims Swiss citizenship (Original post) |
tuvor | May 2012 | OP |
| notadmblnd | May 2012 | #1 | |
| pnwmom | May 2012 | #2 | |
| marble falls | May 2012 | #41 | |
| RandySF | May 2012 | #3 | |
| Skinner | May 2012 | #4 | |
| Angry Dragon | May 2012 | #5 | |
| Lucinda | May 2012 | #6 | |
| Nihil | May 2012 | #39 | |
| musical_soul | May 2012 | #7 | |
| madokie | May 2012 | #10 | |
| hay rick | May 2012 | #28 | |
| madokie | May 2012 | #37 | |
| truthisfreedom | May 2012 | #8 | |
| Botany | May 2012 | #9 | |
| Canuckistanian | May 2012 | #11 | |
| Blue Owl | May 2012 | #18 | |
| customerserviceguy | May 2012 | #23 | |
| sarisataka | May 2012 | #55 | |
| SailorBill | May 2012 | #67 | |
| sarisataka | May 2012 | #68 | |
| Bigredhunk | May 2012 | #12 | |
| jberryhill | May 2012 | #13 | |
| glinda | May 2012 | #24 | |
| edcantor | May 2012 | #61 | |
| Enrique | May 2012 | #14 | |
| Gregorian | May 2012 | #15 | |
| deacon | May 2012 | #16 | |
| justabob | May 2012 | #17 | |
| dflprincess | May 2012 | #19 | |
| CK_John | May 2012 | #20 | |
| Smilo | May 2012 | #21 | |
| TheMightyFavog | May 2012 | #27 | |
| DavidDvorkin | May 2012 | #31 | |
| David__77 | May 2012 | #32 | |
| mwooldri | May 2012 | #38 | |
| obamanut2012 | May 2012 | #43 | |
| Daniel537 | May 2012 | #49 | |
| mwooldri | May 2012 | #69 | |
| obamanut2012 | May 2012 | #42 | |
| Daniel537 | May 2012 | #47 | |
| marmar | May 2012 | #22 | |
| glinda | May 2012 | #25 | |
| K8-EEE | May 2012 | #26 | |
| Roland99 | May 2012 | #54 | |
| Lydia Leftcoast | May 2012 | #29 | |
| suffragette | May 2012 | #35 | |
| Lydia Leftcoast | May 2012 | #46 | |
| nanabugg | May 2012 | #30 | |
| qb | May 2012 | #33 | |
| Kalidurga | May 2012 | #34 | |
| Quantess | May 2012 | #36 | |
| pampango | May 2012 | #40 | |
| Blue_Tires | May 2012 | #57 | |
| harun | May 2012 | #58 | |
| Javaman | May 2012 | #44 | |
| LibertyLover | May 2012 | #48 | |
| mahatmakanejeeves | May 2012 | #45 | |
| santamargarita | May 2012 | #50 | |
| Domingo Tavella | May 2012 | #51 | |
| CTyankee | May 2012 | #63 | |
| fascisthunter | May 2012 | #52 | |
| sofa king | May 2012 | #53 | |
| Blue_Tires | May 2012 | #56 | |
| harun | May 2012 | #59 | |
| jberryhill | May 2012 | #66 | |
| LeftishBrit | May 2012 | #60 | |
| sarcasmo | May 2012 | #62 | |
| KamaAina | May 2012 | #64 | |
| meow2u3 | May 2012 | #65 |
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:23 PM
notadmblnd (17,097 posts)
1. Let's see the Swiss put up with her bat-shit crazyness
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:24 PM
2. This isn't an Onion piece? How weird. n/t
Response to pnwmom (Reply #2)
Wed May 9, 2012, 08:26 AM
41. I thought Onion piece, too at the first glance.
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:27 PM
Skinner (57,360 posts)
4. This is strange.
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I don't get it.
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Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:31 PM
5. Now she can go over there and watch Willard's money
Response to Angry Dragon (Reply #5)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:33 PM
Lucinda (16,738 posts)
6. Hmmm....could there be a connection. Extra banking protection and citizenship?
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Response to Lucinda (Reply #6)
Wed May 9, 2012, 07:30 AM
Nihil (11,227 posts)
39. Suspect that you're right with that.
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Not just making the paper trail far more obscure but also being able
to claim a whole host of "protections" for any financial irregularities being investigated ... 
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Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:33 PM
7. Does this mean she'll never be able to run for President again?
Response to musical_soul (Reply #7)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:43 PM
madokie (36,533 posts)
10. I thought she gave us many hours of enjoyment listening to her batshitcrazieness
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Please don't tell me she won't be here to do that anymore. Now I'm sad
OT: could it be my spell check is broken as it didn't flag batshitcrazieness, |
Response to madokie (Reply #10)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:58 PM
hay rick (3,482 posts)
28. Your spell check works.
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:43 PM
Botany (36,027 posts)
9. This has to be a put on
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Why would somebody running for the US Congress become a citizen of
another country? 
"The Minnesota lady is bat shit crazy too." New Swiss Yodel |
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:44 PM
Canuckistanian (42,177 posts)
11. Can't wait for the photoshops of THIS
Response to Blue Owl (Reply #18)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:32 PM
23. I don't think Minnesota is going to miss her! n/t
Response to customerserviceguy (Reply #23)
Wed May 9, 2012, 12:55 PM
sarisataka (2,156 posts)
55. I can give her a lift to the airport
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Response to SailorBill (Reply #67)
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:46 PM
sarisataka (2,156 posts)
68. Ain't that the truth
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Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:52 PM
Bigredhunk (242 posts)
12. No Talking Points On This One?
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:52 PM
13. A broken cuckoo clock is never right
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:57 PM
Gregorian (19,601 posts)
15. Do these kinds of people really not see themselves for what they are?
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:01 PM
16. Newt can run her campaign from his office on the moon. n/t
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:02 PM
17. when is she going to announce her resignation?
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:07 PM
dflprincess (19,516 posts)
19. Minnesota's gain is Switzerland's loss n/t
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:10 PM
20. I hope this forces her out of the House. Wonder if they are getting ready to bolt
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:16 PM
21. Can she still be a congresswoman when holding Swiss citizenship?
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Response to Smilo (Reply #21)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:55 PM
TheMightyFavog (13,232 posts)
27. Yeah, I thought US law stated that it was illegal to hold dual citizenship...
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Maybe she'll have to renounce her US Citizenship...
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Response to TheMightyFavog (Reply #27)
Wed May 9, 2012, 12:04 AM
DavidDvorkin (12,068 posts)
31. I think that was changed some years ago.
Response to TheMightyFavog (Reply #27)
Wed May 9, 2012, 12:29 AM
David__77 (14,106 posts)
32. No, there is no demand that politicians are loyal only to the United States.
Response to TheMightyFavog (Reply #27)
Wed May 9, 2012, 07:20 AM
38. Dual citizenship is perfectly legal under US law.
Response to mwooldri (Reply #38)
Wed May 9, 2012, 08:35 AM
obamanut2012 (9,971 posts)
43. My friend with US-British citizenship uses both his passports
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And has never had any problem with it whatsoever, and also hold a rather high US security clearance. He's been told on both sides of the pond this is fine, and he also voted in all the British elections.
I just texted my friend with US-Irish, and she does the same thing. |
Response to mwooldri (Reply #38)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:32 AM
49. The passport thing is definitely not true.
Response to TheMightyFavog (Reply #27)
Wed May 9, 2012, 08:32 AM
obamanut2012 (9,971 posts)
42. Dual citizenship is perfectly legal
Response to obamanut2012 (Reply #42)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:30 AM
47. The US recognizes dual citizenship from all countries.
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:28 PM
marmar (60,741 posts)
22. She's hot for Roger Federer.
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:43 PM
glinda (12,069 posts)
25. Has anyone broken the bad news to the Swiss yet?
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:52 PM
K8-EEE (15,667 posts)
26. But but but they have a HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE!
Response to K8-EEE (Reply #26)
Wed May 9, 2012, 12:32 PM
Roland99 (36,469 posts)
54. not for long...wait til she runs and works to dismantle that
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Tue May 8, 2012, 11:31 PM
29. There's nothing about this on the Minneapolis Star-Tribune website,
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Response to Lydia Leftcoast (Reply #29)
Wed May 9, 2012, 02:52 AM
suffragette (7,395 posts)
35. There's a tv interview and her staffers have confirmed it
Response to suffragette (Reply #35)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:27 AM
46. Her CHILDREN wanted to exercise that option?!!
Response to Kalidurga (Reply #34)
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:43 AM
36. But I doubt Switzerland wants her!
No, I'm sure they would be welcoming...at first, at least. But after a few months of her antics they'd be hoping she moved back to the US. |
Response to Quantess (Reply #36)
Wed May 9, 2012, 07:32 AM
pampango (13,980 posts)
40. The Swiss have a far-right party that would surely welcome her.
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The Swiss People's Party is a national conservative and right-wing populist political party which focuses on issues such as euroscepticism and opposition to immigration.
In its foreign policy the SVP opposes increased involvement of Switzerland in intergovernmental and especially supranational organisations, including the UN, EEA, EU, Schengen and Dublin treaties, and closer ties with NATO. The SVP supports supply-side economics. Thus it is a proponent of lower taxes and is against deficit spending. In terms of the environment, transportation and energy policy the SVP opposes governmental measures for environmental protection. In social welfare policy the SVP rejects expansion of the welfare state, and stands for a conservative society. It opposes the public financing of maternity leave and nursery schools. The SVP is sceptical toward governmental support of an equalisation of both genders... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_People's_Party Those all sound like positions that Bachmann has already publicly supported, so the Swiss far-right should welcome her with open arms. |
Response to pampango (Reply #40)
Wed May 9, 2012, 01:07 PM
57. Does she even speak one of the officially recognized Swiss languages?
Response to Blue_Tires (Reply #57)
Wed May 9, 2012, 01:23 PM
58. She speaks the Universal Language of Politics: BS
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 08:55 AM
Javaman (40,599 posts)
44. Why does she hate america?
Response to Javaman (Reply #44)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:31 AM
LibertyLover (4,127 posts)
48. Actually one of the men who invented the modern right-wing fundamentalists
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:20 AM
45. "... they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
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Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:54 AM
santamargarita (2,685 posts)
50. Don't let the doorknob hit you in the ass leaving the US!
Response to Domingo Tavella (Reply #51)
Wed May 9, 2012, 03:12 PM
CTyankee (34,997 posts)
63. Limbaugh wouldn't fit in any of the Paris Opera's seats. The French are skinny,
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 12:22 PM
fascisthunter (28,604 posts)
52. does this have anything to do with Swiss Banks?
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 01:04 PM
56. damn...the Swiss will let anyone into their country, won't they?
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 01:24 PM
59. I wonder if they are eligable to use the Swiss Health Care system now.
Response to harun (Reply #59)
Wed May 9, 2012, 03:30 PM
66. The Swiss system works more like Obamacare...
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 01:31 PM
LeftishBrit (29,611 posts)
60. Is this serious?
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 03:06 PM
sarcasmo (13,550 posts)
62. Does this make her swiss bank account legal?
Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 03:23 PM
64. Run, Michele, run!
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Yodel-li-li-hey-hoo!
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Response to tuvor (Original post)
Wed May 9, 2012, 03:25 PM
meow2u3 (13,852 posts)
65. Bachman's brain is Swiss cheese
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All full of holes, appearing larger than it really is.
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