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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPierce: Please, Baby Jesus, Let This Happen
I must admit, not my first reaction.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a14533493/michele-bachmann-senate-run-minnesota/
Please, Baby Jesus, Let This Happen
Michele Bachmann eyes a run for Senate.
By Charles P. Pierce
Jan 2, 2018
(Optional Musical Accompaniment To This Post)
We are not yet two full days into 2018. That said, I cannot believe that baby Jesus is enough of my amigo as to begin the year in such a wonderful way. From CNN:
Bachmann, who was a member of Congress representing Minnesota until 2015, told "The Jim Bakker Show" in an interview that aired last week 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."
American politics has been a poorer place since the last winner of the Iowa Straw Poll took her participation ribbon and went home. And its good to see that her unique gift for political analysis remains as sharp as ever.
Bachmann has been accused of employing gay conversion therapy at her Counseling Care clinics over the years, and the clinics have been hit with health inspector violations in 2005, 2009 and 2017, according to NBC News. In her interview with Bakker, she referenced the clinics, claiming that false allegations had left her clinics nearly bankrupt twice. "My husband and I aren't money people," Bachmann said, suggesting that political candidates are now even larger targets for "frivolous lawsuits
If you're a billionaire, you can maybe defend yourself," she said, later adding, "If you're trying to go against the tide in DC, if you're trying to stand for biblical principles in DC and you stick your head up out of the hole ... the blades come whirring and they try to chop you off."
The question is, Am I being called to do this now? I dont know.
The question is, Am I being called to do this now? I dont know.
I talked to my amigo, baby Jesus. He subcontracted the job to me.
Run, Michele, run.
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Pierce: Please, Baby Jesus, Let This Happen (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jan 2018
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Blue Owl
(50,256 posts)1. Hmm, I recall this same sentiment
that folks (myself included) thought when trump announced his bid for the presidency.
And look where it got us...
babylonsister
(171,032 posts)2. VERY good point. nt
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,543 posts)3. Yep!