GOP Debate Answers - Pt 2/9 (Bachmann)

[breadwithstew2]

has this stupid bitch ever voted yes?????

[kiheitek100]

She keeps attacking Obama, but hasn't addressed specifically what she could do to make the economy better. Her mind is definitely in la-la-land. She's not good at persuading people that she could do a better job leading a country. The U.S. has a lot of crazy problems & she would just make it worse.

[RaabBlog]

i like how her answers are these ridiculous RARARA GO AMERICA! speeches but she never has a specific answer. i hope nodoy takes this dumb bitch seriously.

[AfroNinjaX]

As long as she doesn't start WW3 it'll be fun.

[AfroNinjaX]

I hope she wins, things would be more interesting on the international stage lol

[Seanesso]

I hope she wins, and I'm holding her to her repeal Obamacare promise. :P

[LoneRookRS1]

@Seanesso Yeah because a national health service is such a TERRIBLE thing.

[Seanesso]

@LoneRookRS1 yes it is. thanks for agreeing. :P

[danmarino1970]

Ron Paul 2012 = America's last hope. no more establishment shills.

[Vidinotes]

she's a pinhead and a lout! scum. piece of crap!

[0gods]

It is a truly sad state of affairs in the US when this is the best slate of candidates we have to choose from. Michele Bachmann's born-again Christian beliefs may give her standing in her church but they should disqualify her to hold the office of the President.

[AfroNinjaX]

@0gods The seperation of church and state is something i've come to learn over the years to be a false concept or a paradox of some sort.

[12hkelly]

CLUELESS

[gsuitter]

"I'm a former federal tax lawyer". Sounds so much better then former federal IRS prosecutor. Those people are ruthless and unforgiving regardless of guilt or innocence. And I doubt she was an exception.

"I believe in the 10th amendment, I don't see it's the role of the president to interfere with state (gay marriage) law". She won't go into your state. She'll just void your state law from Washington with a constitutional amendment. Hypocrite.

[andrewsdope]

RON PAUL

[TheNmutua]

LMAO....she's funny.

[MarkaRoxx]

Bachmann for President

[ProportionalResponse]

@MarkaRoxx Thanks, Mark, for that well thought out comment. With the 500 character limit, I'm impressed you were able to fit all that in. Would you like to expand on that, or will a simple "B 4 P" comment be a summary of your support for the various positions she holds? For God's sake, at least add in an exclamation point to express your enthusiasm!

[LoneRookRS1]

@MarkaRoxx Bachmann for Village Idiot

[pchsalumni]

Why are people so idiotic in their commentary? I think she is a brilliant woman, and an excellent candidate for the U.S. presidency. She has more experience than Obama during his campaign cycle, so that's not the question. This boils down to Republican bashing and sexism. Disappointing. Anyways, thanks for putting these clips together, and I can't wait to see her in the future.

[tacojohn9]

@pchsalumni It's youtube, a place where you can focus on the positive or the negative. Plenty of good conversations happen here if you look for them or start them. I've seen a ton of comments on this thread that aren't Republican bashing or sexist. Frankly, your condescending comment only has unsubstantiated assertions. Please give premises for your conclusions and you will see an intelligent conversation emerge.

[pchsalumni]

@tacojohn9 Condescending? Very much so. In your arrogant response however, your usage of the word unsubstantiated is that in itself. I think we can all clearly see several key examples of my completely valid statement. Sexism may not be blatantly shown, however the obvious show of Republican-bashing is easily seen. I am absolutely fine with focusing on either aspect of the video, whether it be positive or negative. However, incendiary comments and extreme cases of total disrespect undermine this

[tacojohn9]

@pchsalumni I agree that there is a ton of sexism and republican bashing on this video comments section, but I just said that there is a ton of other worthwhile commentary. You wanted to know why there is idiotic commentary, I responded that you'll get that anywhere on youtube. You said that it boils down to republican bashing and sexism. I responded that though those are on this thread, there are a lot of worthwhile comments to respond to.as well, you just have to join the discussion with us

[ProportionalResponse]

@pchsalumni Most of the people that watch my vids are liberals, and she is everything most liberals hate. Constructive arguments might be better, but look at it from a typical liberal's perspective... She said the life of a fetus is more importnat that the life of a mother whom may die. She wants an amendment to ban gay marriage. repeal DADT, and flaunts her foster kids, as if that meets a qualification for a job. Be a man or woman, those are non starters for me.

[pchsalumni]

@ProportionalResponse I am more of an Independent myself, and would even vote for Obama if the economy continues to turn around. After hearing about her foster children at least three times, I too was a bit disappointed. However, she IS still fairly new to the national spotlight, so I'm giving her time to work the kinks out. I am pro-life save in cases of rape, incest, etc. This election cycle, I am much more about fiscal responsibility than anything else, and I believe she will do a good job.

[ComradeAlpharius]

@pchsalumni

No, it boils down to her having no idea what she is talking about. She is not a brilliant woman, she is a reactionary bigot who would try to force her morality on the country if elected.

[PornStarJacqui]

@pchsalumni She's for small government, no intrusion on our lives, etc. Yet why does she want a constitutional amendment to define marriage as a man and woman? Why is this champion of SMALL GOVERNMENT wanting to get involved into the love lives of millions of Americans? Why is a religious ceremony her concern?

[pchsalumni]

@PornStarJacqui You'r leaving out the second half of her sentence which specifically states she would NOT go in to states to dictate their LGBT decisions, whatever they be. For a Republican, I think that's much better than things we have heard in the past from prior candidates.

Her involvement in the New York amendment (which I think you're most likely referencing) is a near must. Had she not addressed it, pundits from all around would be attacking her for it.

[SiriusMined]

So on the one hand, she thinks we should not be in Libya, but on the other hand, she's mad that we aren't leading the effort

[Benlucky13]

so glad i get to vote against these people in the next election...

[ProportionalResponse]

@Benlucky13 DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER!! Many states are making it harder to vote. =(

[kylejmaloney]

@ProportionalResponse yeah... for poor people

[GoblinXXX]

What I love is the panicky "Oh my god, Obamacare shifts all this money away from Medicare!" No shit, Sherlock-- Why the fuck would you need BOTH systems? One is designed to do the job of the other.

[ScottJanssen]

The DOI says endowed by our creator. It does not say god. The whole thing is intentionally written to be ambiguous. "Creator" to me is nature itself. Not any god.

[JosephW99]

She lost me when she said the 'GOD' word........no thanks

[jiffyb333]

The Tee Party is just a non political group of Americans that just want to see a positive change in America because all they are, are just independence and liberals who are sick of the liberal party... wtf?

[niriop]

Ramble and rhetoric

[mythicalhell]

It's a shame she had to bring a sky daddy into the debate. Once she did that she lost my and many more votes. Oh well.

[racrguy]

Great googly moogly, I thought I was an idiot. FOUND A BIGGER ONE!

[TKDMike58]

you REALLY think this nutjob is going to be PRESIDENT????? REALLY??? COME ON..... save your money and get a brain

[100PercentGreen]

So instead of adding to or improving "Obamacare", she wants to repeal it, totally; she's pro-life, from conception to natural death. She just might be pro-life, but she's certainly not pro-quality of life!

[DarkAngel182]

They'll tale the country back allright, right back to the 1950s!

[SpamSpamNEggs]

@DarkAngel182 LOL Please dear god bring us back to the 1950's. Much higher taxes on the rich. Much lower taxes on the poor and middle class. A corporate tax rate that was almost twice what it is now. Much less corporate welfare. A much smaller military.

None of this is on the Republican Agenda.

[DarkAngel182]

@SpamSpamNEggs LOL, OK then the 1930s! :)

[SpamSpamNEggs]

@DarkAngel182

1930's still the same is true. You will be hard pressed to find a time when the rich shouldered less of a tax burden than they do now. I'm not saying that it has never been the case, just not in US history.

The poor need more money. They buy stuff, stuff from factories owned by the rich. Then the free market works to pick the winners and losers. A soak the rich idea is the government picking winners and looses.

[nekedemus]

What the fuck is "the uninhed states"

[SpamSpamNEggs]

I so want to ask her a hard ball question.

I understand that you want to amend the constitution to ban gay marriage. My question is do you enforce the constitution and insist that all states recognize legal marriages preformed in other states, or do you disregard the constitution until you can re-make it in your image?

[calvinhobbesliker2]

I love how she says she'll "soon" be announcing her run when she just did!

[nishbrown]

Hey dumb bitch, the "A" in "EPA" does NOT stand for "America".

[calvinhobbesliker2]

@nishbrown

I don't think she ever said it did...

[nishbrown]

@calvinhobbesliker2

Ah, I stand corrected. I mistook her wording.

[Larvemannenz001]

It will kill 800,000 jobs? Well, at least it won't kill 800,000 people!!!

[gothatfunk]

she is vacuous, shallow, fake, and dishonest. those are her good points.

[IntelligentProbe]

She is scary, and comes across as a self-righteous prick.

[saxmanchiro]

She is sad. Such a pandering piece of work.

[manmadesounds]

Okay, okay you had 23 foster kids, got it...

[Orygyn]

If I lived in the US and thought that there was any chance that this woman could become president I wouldn't be posting this comment, I'd be scrambling like the wind to make my permanent travel arrangements to somewhere like Canada or the UK. If it really is possible, everyone in America with half a brain should seriously consider this advice.

[lysolbombs470]

@Orygyn

I only have a sixteenth of a brain and I'm considering it.

[MrStillmans]

America is so screwed.

[panthera50]

The USA is doomed.

[granander]

Did she actually say anything? She seemed to spend most of the time just doging questions and blaming Obama...

[kylejmaloney]

@granander good eye

[Polum824545201]

presidenananinedstates?

[pfarabee]

She's spooky... the thought of her as pres is more frightening than Palin. At least with Palin, you know she's such an idiot that she's unlikely to be able to follow through with any of her insane ideas... Bachmann, however.. *shudder*.

I mean, I'm very conservative on fiscal issues, but this lady is just nuts. Come voting time, I'm usually torn.. fiscally conservative and socially liberal... the government should keep their hands out of my pockets and their nose out of my business.

[gamper33]

A Republican opposed to same sex marriage? WOW, didn't see that one coming.

[MacMasterGuru]

THIS OR THAT-

Question: Elvis or Johnny Cash?

Bachmann: Both!

If this is any indication of her decision-making if she is elected... the entire nation is screwed.

[Winnuting]

wtf is up with the "this or that" questions?

[MacMasterGuru]

Question at 8:37 - She basically said this- "Your question deals with cases that are so uncommon that I feel it would be best to ignore them completely, and rather than answering the question, I will simply rant about pro-life and use this opportunity to tell you all about my 23 foster children once again."

[fightinglobo06]

wait. bachman says that she is 100% pro life and believes in the dignity of life from conception until death. then how can she say that homosexual couples deserve to not be treated equally? doesn't that take away their dignity?

[MacMasterGuru]

I was unaware Sarah Palin changed her name...

[TKDMike58]

a stage full of people that will NEVER be president.  ALL LOSERSSSSSS

[Venaloid]

Right, get rid of the EPA, we can live in a sewer for all it matters, right?

[iammrbeat]

Did she even actually answer any of the questions?

[TheFounderUtopia]

Is she capable of answering a question without blaming Obama for something or using her kids like slingshot ammo?

[ProportionalResponse]

@TheFounderUtopia Sure.. She simply offers up no answer. No Johnny Cash or Elvis : BOTH! Who would she pick for VP? Hey, we'll have an American Idol thing...

[TheFounderUtopia]

@ProportionalResponse

LOL. I'd actually watch that. :P

[ShellySummers]

Ow yea. Lets get rid of Dod frank and the EPA. Ow yea lets lower business tax rates. Not like they don't already pay their share already. Lower tax rate DO NOT make more jobs. GAH!!!!!!

Ow lets forget that her mom got remarried shortly after her divorce to her dad. Also she has a step sister that is gay. Guess the love she has in her life from her marriage is just to good for her sister!

The president did the right thing with handing over the reigns to the UN.

[ProportionalResponse]

@ShellySummers /watch?v=tF_xHFBDhqE  It means all of these would go bye-bye, if she got her way.

[shocker147]

@ShellySummers "Lower tax rate DO NOT make more jobs." I thought these Obama supporters were ignorant about economics, but this definitely confirms it.

[ShellySummers]

@shocker147 Ok then WHERE ARE THE JOBS!!! If lower tax rates make jobs where are they? Seriously, where are they? The rich only make jobs when people are buying. People only buy when they make money. With the lower buying power of the middle class. Do to the job losses, pay not keeping up with inflation. The middle class has been DECIMATED! Either the employers have to start paying according to inflation, the middle class has to buy more stuff, or the government has to intercede!

[damo2353]

@shocker147 Some tax cuts will create jobs, some won't. It depends on where the tax cuts are targetted. Blanket statements one way or the other are not helpful.

[MobileThinker]

also, she really needs to get over her charity boner and stop talking about her foster kids, i don't think anyone cares...

[MobileThinker]

i wanna ask her what is worse, a child who doesn't have a father or mother, or a child that has two fathers or mothers?

[MobileThinker]

also, i know this has nothing to do with the debate, but all the people in the audience look like older rich white people...

[MobileThinker]

i am gonna say something that will piss off a lot of people, but here goes. seniors do not deserve as much health care coverage as younger people. this is about the continuation of our country, how can you think that people so close to death need more care than those people who could potentially lead to a health care system where everyone is covered no matter what? yeah, it sounds horrible to say seniors shouldn't get coverage, but think about it, it truly makes sense.

[ProportionalResponse]

@MobileThinker I guess Rush was right. Liberals DO wanna kill grandma!!

[MobileThinker]

@ProportionalResponse yep, been planning on killing grandmas for the last four years. lol.

[SpamSpamNEggs]

@ProportionalResponse It's not that I want to kill grandma, it's that I see no reason to spend thousands of dollars to prolong the suffering of the withered decrepit senial old husk that used to be the vibrant and lively person I called grandma.

That money is much better invested in the future, not in a failed attempt to preserve the past.

[TheFounderUtopia]

@MobileThinker

If 90% of the population were seniors I would advocate a senior-aimed healthcare system. This is not about anything so crass as selecting those with the most value, it's about helping the most people we possibly can. Obamacare makes sense because more people will be able to benefit from it, also those who are older logically have had more time to invest in their own health insurance. Personally I think everyone would be covered by full healthcare regardless of age or history.

[MobileThinker]

@TheFounderUtopia ideally, yes, all people should be covered. and yes, i agree that if the majority of the population was older, they would logically receive the first benefits, but that isn't how our population is structured. i kinda wish presidential candidates could look at this issue without trying to bring morality into it...

[shadowswallow]

Did anyone hear about how she called the police because two lesbians "attacked" her in the bathroom after the debate? Apparently "asking questions and initiating a conversation" = "attacking."

She's a die-hard biggot.

[ProportionalResponse]

@shadowswallow I sent you a PM on this. For everyone else, it was in 2005, andit's hilarious!! Google Bachmann bathroom to find links. She was also, once upon a time, hiding in some bushes, watching a gay rights rally. Bachmann bushes will get those stories.

[DeeDemonwitch]

@shadowswallow Good grief! Was not aware of that story ~ thanks for mentioning it.

[BibleRefuter]

There were hundreds of bodies in the streats in Libya, and Obama is wrong for intervening!?

[cossintan1]

The only opinion she had that corresponded with my own was her stance on Libya. Besides that, complete rubbish. Notice how she distorts the facts and reality to fit her own view points; and how she gives indirect, ambiguous answers on some of the questions.

[lautz73]

@cossintan1 That's called politic speak. All politicians do it. That way they can later say that they said something completely different from what they actually said. they learn to talk alot and say nothing.

[DeeDemonwitch]

@lautz73 they do indeed. When I was younger I thought they were clever and I wasn't so bright because I didn't understand them. Then I realised it's not that I don't understand them, it's that they are not actually saying anything.

[jiberish001]

I like what you're doing here. But I don't think I should watch these anymore. It's not good for my blood pressure.

[TeenTwinkTween]

9:10 - Injecting god into the discussion, from the Declaration of Independence - a document which does not adjudicate jurisprudence in our government. As an attorney, she certainly doesn't know much about how the laws work in the United States. Stupid twat.

[KenpoMike2011]

Ron Paul would be the only one I would consider voting for.

[lautz73]

Life but forgets liberty.

[assgoblin2damax]

Her eyes are like an endless void of soulless retardation. Honestly, there's no life in those eyes, just an abyss of creepiness.

[VioletRice]

Stop bringing up your 23 foster children!

[shadowswallow]

@VioletRice Apparently having kids automatically makes you a better person? *headwall*

[SpamSpamNEggs]

@VioletRice I know, 23 foster children? Most parents I know are pushed to the limit with 3-4 children.  With 23, she's not running a household she is funding an orphanage.

[happilylonelygamer]

EPA = job killing machine? What, companies paid people to poison our food? 

[fruitikay]

So basically she will repeal everything Obama has thus far done...wow....

[ProportionalResponse]

@fruitikay The first thing he did was the lilly ledbeter (sp?) act. Wonder if she'd do the same.

[Mahoivlich]

She said 500 million is half a trillion? Only cousin fkn hillbillie would let her anywhere near the books.

[YourBrainOnReligion]

@Mahoivlich She did say billion.

[FreeThinkingCrusader]

thank you for doing this....I appreciate it.

[disrxt]

The $500,000 President Obama 'cut' from Medicare was money being siphoned off by insurance comnpanies under the GOPs Medicare Plus scheme to help their business friends. Her mother re-married, she was not raised by a single mother. She disowns her gay sibling and makes up lies about rest supporting her to them to tell the media.

[happilylonelygamer]

Watch theamazingatheist's video on here, it sums it up nicely. Also, "Obamacare" is actually, according to the CBO, opening UP job opportunities by having people quit their second or third job because they don't need it.

[Doubter5]

Not so much stupid as just a liar who carries the party line.

[dtm52]

Who allowed this moron to have 23 foster children? I really fell sorry for those poor kids. What a tool Bachmann is.

[Xxxfire45xxX]

I'm two minutes in and I think my brain cells just committed mass suicide.

[Swidhelm]

Her pinion . . . she doesn't complete many words, or mashes them together. Pesidenunited states :P

[TrueScar]

"ObamaCare will cost 800,000 jobs!"

Yeah, 800,000 jobs OVER 10 YEARS, you manipulative cunt. And you know why most of those jobs are going to be lost? Because people will be giving up their second and third jobs since they won't have to pay for their healthcare anymore. Gee, I wonder why you didn't mention that? Fuck you, Bachmann.

[lysolbombs470]

@TrueScar

800,000 people giving up their second or third jobs? Well damn, doesn't that mean 800,000 jobs would also open up to people who need them? lololololololbachmann

I do find it entertaining that she says "senior citizens have the most to lose with Obamacare"; Right. And think of the millions who have everything to gain from it.

[TrueScar]

@lysolbombs470

Pretty much. But of course, it's not about making America a better place. It's about doing everything they can to make sure that awful black man gets out of The White House. Hey, it's not called that because of the paint job, amirite?

[Swidhelm]

Did she say Presidenunited states at 1:30 or so?

[vacant2012]

I have a feeling this is gonna be a painful series to watch..

[Houshalter]

28 kids?!?!

[BaronesaReturns]

she is so stupid....

[curlew0609]

@BaronesaReturns If you think she's stupid, just imagine the people who voted for her.

[devchelle2]

*facepalm* she is nucking futs

[TheCurmudgen]

She is the absolutely worst choice of a human, er, I mean a presidential candidate.

[HendrixIsMyG0D]

She's so dodgey. Do they all answer like that, P.R.?

[ProportionalResponse]

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[BrotherGilburt]

Awesome. Thanks for making this. I can't wait for the rest!