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TlalocW

(15,379 posts)
1. Was she actually trying to take credit for the gas prices?
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 10:04 PM
Jan 2015

Or was she trying to make some other point or what?

TlalocW

JohnnyRingo

(18,623 posts)
5. I guess she really did
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:16 PM
Jan 2015
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/michele-bachmann-takes-credit-on-twitter-for-americas-low-gas-prices/

<img width="800" height="430" src="" class="attachment-800x430 wp-post-image" alt="Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-MN (Twitter.com)">


Bachmann was referring to a campaign promise from her failed run at the presidency in which she vowed to bring gas prices back down under two dollars per gallon.

JohnnyRingo

(18,623 posts)
4. LOL
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:12 PM
Jan 2015

Anytime someone can get a jab at Bachmann, I'm in. She's just sooo easy.

I've never seen a public figure who is a caricature in so many ways.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
12. There's a dude from Texas named Gohmert you should check out ...
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 05:07 PM
Jan 2015

if you're looking for caricatures. (But I agree, Bachmann is right up there!)

oftheforest

(45 posts)
7. It takes a special kind of ego to take credit for falling gas prices....
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:26 PM
Jan 2015

however, maybe it was just her job to update the price on the sign...

which she did..


after 2 tries. Maybe?

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
8. Thx, Ms. Bachmann, for discovering America, the New World, and curing cancer (she's working on it
Sun Jan 4, 2015, 11:36 PM
Jan 2015

as I type), and thanks, Ms. Bachmann, for giving us President Sarah Palin back in 2008, and thanks Ms. B, for solving world hunger, and stopping the ice caps from melting. THANKS!!1!

Bucky

(53,986 posts)
9. President Sarah Palin...
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 03:57 PM
Jan 2015
IRON SKY!!





and IRON SKY 2 is coming in 2016!!



Sorry, you mentioned President Palin... and I got excited about dinosaurs all over again.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
10. Man I laughed my ass off when I saw "President Palin" in Iron Sky...
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 04:22 PM
Jan 2015

Is that pic with Hitler on the T-Rex from Iron Sky 2? If so.. I'm in!!!

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