Michele Bachmann eyeing run for Franken's Senate seat

[PatrickforO]

Source: CNN

Bachmann, who was a member of Congress representing Minnesota until 2015, told "The Jim Bakker Show" that she's mulling over whether she should run. Franken announced he would leave the Senate following accusations that he had groped several women, and his final day as a senator is Tuesday.

"I've had people contact me and urge me to run for that Senate seat," Bachmann said. "The only reason I would run is for the ability to take these principles into the United States Senate," she said, later adding, "The question is should it be me? Should it be now? But there's also a price you pay. And the price is bigger than ever because the swamp is so toxic."

"We're trying to be wise," Bachmann continued, suggesting that Franken was dropped by Democrats because the party wants to be able to hurl false accusations against Republicans in coming elections.

"I'm not saying that he didn't do some bad boy things. I think he did. But he didn't do what Harvey Weinstein did. ... But the Democrat party, they even admit they threw Al Franken under the bus because they wanted to look pure," she said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/02/politics/michele-bachmann-franken-senate-seat/index.html

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So, there you have it. Let's hope the people in Minnesota vote for the Dem appointee instead of Bachmann.

[spiderpig]

1. You have got to be kidding me.

On the other hand - bring it, Crazy Eyes. The Democrats could run a tree stump and win.,

[Yavin4]

9. Do not be so sure.

Never underestimate any Republican candidate. Never.

[volstork]

23. Yep You-know-who

taught us that...

[LenaBaby61]

29. Never underestimate any Republican candidate. Never.

Especially when thuglicans control almost every aspect of the vote all across this country, from collecting votes to uh "counting" them. Who the hell trusts tReasonous tRump, beauguard, the DHS, the GOP and sleazy, law-breaking Kris Kobach? Who'd have thought what would happen in PA., WI., MI., would happen as far as Dem voter-purging and Dem missing-votes etc. was concerned?

And, who knows what role the ruskies will have in our 2018 and 2020 elections (That's if we have a GE in 2020).

[rurallib]

42. don't forget that they also control most of the media

and their Russian vanguard is still on the job

[LenaBaby61]

48. "Don't forget that they also control most of the media ...

and their Russian vanguard is still on the job."

Yep, I hear you. Friends who continue to tell me that 2018 will be a blue wave seem to forget that "they" run everything. Then they say that if enough of us get out to vote, that they can't possibly deal with our overwhelming numbers. I tell them hey, all thuglicans have to do is find a way to make most of those overwhelming voters votes "GO MISSING," adjust for cheating windage. They also tell me that I'm being too negative. Positivity is a great to have, but little has changed since 2016's GE (GOP-lead voter-suppression efforts, voter ID expansion, gerrymandering) across the country has it? NOPE. Very little, and 2018 is HERE, and this fall's mid-term elections months away.

[rurallib]

50. wish I could rec your post

[Old Vet]

31. Never again Yavin4, You are correct...................

[rtracey]

11. ugggg

How many fucking republicans are in office now?.... never under estimate the bullshit of a right winged cretin.

[dembotoz]

2. Bachmann or bakker.. question..which piece of shit attracts more flies????

Scientific inquiry here

[PatrickforO]

3. I'd say Bakker, just at first blush.

He's all set to usher in the apocalypse.

[PatSeg]

4. God help the people of Minnesota

They didn't vote for Franken to leave the Senate.

And its pretty sad when even a dingbat like Bachmann knows that the attacks on Franken were bogus.

[Still Blue in PDX]

36. What you said! nt

[getagrip_already]

5. I'm pretty sre...

God (if there is one) wouldn't talk to Michelle Bachman. Yell at her maybe, but not talk.

If she is waiting for God to tell her to run, she better not be hanging around open fields in a thunderstorm.

[Maggiemayhem]

41. Pretty sure a supreme being would smite the likes of her

[turbinetree]

6. From the window of an ass and speaking in ass tongues, we have this

""We're trying to be wise," Bachmann continued, suggesting that Franken was dropped by Democrats because the party wants to be able to hurl false accusations against Republicans in coming elections. "

"I'm not saying that he didn't do some bad boy things. I think he did. But he didn't do what Harvey Weinstein did. ... But the Democrat party, they even admit they threw Al Franken under the bus because they wanted to look pure," she said."



Earth to Bachmann........................your fucking leader is a sexual predator, what do you have to say about that fact?
Your former wanna be senator from Alabama "Moore" was a accused pedophile and your saying "We're trying to be Wise"....................here try on this ........

Yep, the tin foil hat is still on, she has no understanding of principles, none, zilch, nada.....................

Yepper, and now, let's go back to this moment Bachmann


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-shuster/new-details-in-fbi-crimin_b_3381810.html



Go back to Iowa.........................

[MuseRider]

44. "some bad boy things"??

Oh why can't some people grow the fuck up? We just cannot suffer this fool and her idiot husband again.

[Submariner]

7. Ahhhh.......Brings back warm memories of the good ole days

[leftieNanner]

18. LOL

Glad I didn't have any covfefe in my mouth! That picture of Michelle and the "corn dog"! OMG So Presidential!

Thanks for the laugh.

[VWolf]

60. Don't forget "jackpotfishypoopypants"

[onetexan]

8. EWW

EWWWWWWW..........

[rtracey]

10. hmmm

I thought she was going to jail?, plus, I am not counting out Frankin not to clear his name and run again.

[Marie Marie]

40. Yes. I thought she was in legal trouble while she was a Rep.

I always wondered whatever happened to these allegations. On never mind - she is a Republican.

[Gothmog]

12. She is the perfect candidate for Bannon to support

[SansACause]

13. She might win.

In some ways, that would be a just desert for the railroading of Franken.

[doc03]

14. Hate saying it but I agree nt

[PatrickforO]

16. Aargh!

I'm mad at Gillibrand, for sure, but the privilege of saying 'I told you so!' to her after Bachmann takes the seat very much pales in comparison to what we the people will lose by giving up a Franken for a Bachmann.

[GatoGordo]

15. Best news of the day

She is despised here in Minnesota. Very polarizing. Sarah Palin light... An easy win for any Democrat.

[BlueStater]

17. If Minnesota ends up with Senator Bachmann, we can all thank Kirsten Gillibrand for that.

[rzemanfl]

19. +1 n/t.

[LakeArenal]

21. Absolutely.

If they wind up with any Republican..

I wish Al would run again and beat the (I want to say pants but I don't want to get in trouble) bajeezus out of anyone..

[IronLionZion]

26. So she's helping to elect more women to office

[Wwcd]

28. And every single one who lined up beside her

Will be interesting to see who emerges as a spoiler to the Dem Candidate.

[eissa]

32. Al's seat was safe until 2020

Thanks to Kirsten, we now have to add another challenge onto an already long list of seats to defend.

And it goes without saying that an electorate that chose trump, and almost elected a child molestor to the Senate, could very easily elect a psychopathic nutjob to replace one of the best Senators our party had.

[yurbud]

56. Democrats reflexively throw anyone overboard the Republicans criticize.

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[packman]

20. Waiting for God to speak to her

But God put her on "ignore"

[jpak]

22. Michele!

[SeaDoo77]

24. Michele - Bat Guano Isn't Selling Like It Used To

And you are lucky you weren't thrown in prison for your last campaign....

[Norbert]

25. Unless there is a Russian occupation of Minnesota...

there is no way she will win.

Hell, the last time she ran as an incumbent for her congressional seat she won by just over 1%.

If she indeed runs it will be the biggest gift the far right gives to the Democratic Party.

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Abusing people's intelligence is no improvement!

She's bat bat bat bat Sh*t crazy! Yes, four bats!! The Grand Slam of bats!

[marble falls]

30. I hope she does. We'll be able to hold it easily. Everybody knows what a whacko she is.

[eissa]

33. Didn't we say the same thing about a trump nomination?

Hope he wins the primaries, Hillary will easily beat him!

[marble falls]

34. Hillary's being robbed is what will fire up the election. A lot of people didn't vote for Hillary...

because they thought they could afford a protest vote because who'd elect Trump. It won't happen again. Plus Bachmann is crazier than Trump.

[LenaBaby61]

35. Didn't we say the same thing about a trump nomination?

He won, but really didn't win.

The 2016 GE was gerrymandered, voter-suppressed by the GOP who also very possibly helped to throw some states to tRump (PA., MI., WI.), and the ruskies played their part in installing fatso into the Oval Office.

What happened in 2016's GE was NOT normal. I see very little change as far as making all votes count and fair leading into 2018 unfortunately.

[LanternWaste]

61. Compare the MN Senate polling data to the US Presidential polling data

Compare the MN Senate polling data to the US Presidential polling data.

One of these things is not like the other.

[keithbvadu2]

37. Back when she was running for Prez, Enzyte Bob would have been her running mate.

Back when she was running for Prez, Enzyte Bob would have been her running mate.
.

[avebury]

38. And if Bachmann, by any chance actually wins that seat,

Democrats wil have only themselves to blame. After Senator Franken announced that he would be resignation there have been no more allegations made against him. He was the subject of a diry political hit job instituted by the Republicans and the Democrats fell for it. We put a pretty safe Democratic seat at risk which is really stupid.


I would like to see a total change in leadership with the old leadership being replaced by smarter, more astute people who will be much better at playing the political game.

[PatrickforO]

43. Good point. No allegations after he announced his resignation.

The Dem powers that be should have issued a resounding 'Fuck You' to the right wing for the spurious accusations, and then gone forward full speed ahead with supporting me too.

[zeusdogmom]

39. My MN relatives love her

So do many of their friends and neighbors. Faux News, Rush, and Hannity are major influencers.

Family visits are painful. And sometimes quite short.

Minnesota is not a a hard core blue state. Great pockets of deep, deep, unyielding red.

The Dem congress critters screwed up in a major way forcing Franken out. The Repugs were pretty quiet about the whole thing - just let the Dems step in it, sadly cheered on by many on this site.

[dflprincess]

52. Just curious, what part of the state do your relatives live in?

Bachmann running statewide doesn't worry me - she'd get pulverized in the metro area & Duluth and would probably be our best bet for holding on to Franken's seat.

[SkatmanRoth]

45. Michele Bachmann is a good loser for the Republicans to nominate

The will give an eloquent and inspiring concession speech on election night.

[Honeycombe8]

46. As the radio king of stories would say: "And now, you have the rest of the story."

The REASON for the conservatives aiming the Democratic bomb at Franken. They want that seat. Rich justice to them...to replace one of the most effective Democratic senators with a Repub.

I don't think she'd stand a chance, unless........Russia.

[MosheFeingold]

47. Well, that's a hopeful sign

She's easily the weakest of the horses they could put up.

Unless we get Roy Moore to move states.

[Lulu KC]

49. Thanks, Kirsten n/t

[Nac Mac Feegle]

51. Has anyone heard any updates on th rumor

That the guano industry was filing suit against her (and Palin??) because they were giving batshit a bad name?

[Judi Lynn]

53. The guano industry should win, no question about it.

[krispos42]

54. Well, I'm sure she'll be a much better senator than Al

She's a woman, so she'll be totally awesome on women's rights. And she's very well informed, much more so than Al, and able to carry on in-depth conversations about a variety of complex topics and to see the underlying themes and causes, as well as how they relate in both obvious and indirect ways.

Man, I sure am glad that other senators from other states ganged up on Al and forced him to resign so we can get this PRECIOUS GEM of an elected representative! Whoa boy, did Gillibrand really strike a blow for woman by standing up to that woman-hating Al Franken.

[scarletwoman]

55. I would rec your post a thousand times if I could.

This, especially:

Whoa boy, did Gillibrand really strike a blow for woman by standing up to that woman-hating Al Franken.

[Orange Free State]

57. She was in a heavily packed House District....

....and that’s why she stayed in office. I would be interested to see how she polls statewide. I do miss the days when we had Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, and Christine O’Donnell all at the same time. Never a dull moment, one of the three said something ridiculous and BSC every day....

[mwooldri]

58. Michelle Bachmann is right about Al Franken.

The Democratic Party threw him under the bus. Aided by right wing media.

[truthisfreedom]

59. Well we'll just bring back Jim Graves

and put the final nail in her coffin.

[Toorich]

62. I talked to God...

just last week. She said "nope."