"Ben Franklin is watching me and expecting me to repeal ObamaCare"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Not an EXACT quote, but she HAD to bring the "founding fathers" into it. She HAD to.

[arbusto_baboso]

1. Does she have ANY CLUE what Franklin did in his spare time?

Does she not know about his involvement in the Hellfire Club and all the orgies?

[hobbit709]

2. More know-nothing blithering from an idiot.

If she had actually READ anything of Franklin's, she would shut up.

[WI_DEM]

3. I don't see how these clowns think they can speak for the founding fathers

and Ben Franklin! hey, Bachmann do you know what he liked to do in his spare time? Not exactly your family values type of founding father!

[unblock]

4. "go fly a kite" is the obvious retort....

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Maybe it was really Ben Franklin and not God that told her to run for President.

[hobbit709]

6. He was reported to have had a wicked sense of humor.

[Ikonoklast]

11. And a sharp eye for the ladies.

Little known fact about Benjamin Franklin: He invented the bi-focal Doggy Sunglasses.

[SomethingFishy]

7. If Ben Franklin knew her

he'd have tied her to his kite.

[FarLeftFist]

8. Ah yes, Franklin, a student of the Enlightenment, speaker of 6 languages, who hung out in France...

And was also a Liberal.

[rug]

9. "If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun."

1749 Almanack.

[The Genealogist]

10. Maybe she meant the Ben Franklin dime store/craft store chain?

The big wigs over at Ben Franklin HQ are strong-arming her on this one.