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	Comments on: Michele Bachmann for President? Perhaps it is time to remind the country of Bathroomgate.	</title>
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		By: thenekkidtruth (TNT)		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501814</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thenekkidtruth (TNT)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reactionary much?  And she wants us to give her the trigger to what army?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reactionary much?  And she wants us to give her the trigger to what army?</p>
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		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501813</link>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;As a matter of fact, everyone who wants a socilaist style government is free to leave this constitution God created Republic and join your utopia on the other side of the world. You are free to leave.&lt;/em&gt;
We don&#039;t need to leave your nation. You&#039;re the only commenter on this page who lives in the Capitalist Paradise Of Somalia.

&lt;em&gt;As a matter of fact, I order all socilaist to leave the US by dawn. If only i had that power...&lt;/em&gt;
now you&#039;re confused...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>As a matter of fact, everyone who wants a socilaist style government is free to leave this constitution God created Republic and join your utopia on the other side of the world. You are free to leave.</em><br />
We don&#8217;t need to leave your nation. You&#8217;re the only commenter on this page who lives in the Capitalist Paradise Of Somalia.</p>
<p><em>As a matter of fact, I order all socilaist to leave the US by dawn. If only i had that power&#8230;</em><br />
now you&#8217;re confused&#8230;</p>
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		By: MadScientist		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501812</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MadScientist]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately that all makes Bachmann a prime candidate for president - like Dubbyah she&#039;d simply be the puppet of the next Cheney and also the puppet of the Religious Right. As for politics - why the hell are people still voting for the goons in the GOP? Those morons will happily force a standoff on the budget just to get &#039;their&#039; way - of course, that means getting a favorable outcome for their lobbyists and corporate masters.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately that all makes Bachmann a prime candidate for president &#8211; like Dubbyah she&#8217;d simply be the puppet of the next Cheney and also the puppet of the Religious Right. As for politics &#8211; why the hell are people still voting for the goons in the GOP? Those morons will happily force a standoff on the budget just to get &#8216;their&#8217; way &#8211; of course, that means getting a favorable outcome for their lobbyists and corporate masters.</p>
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		By: Coryat		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501811</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coryat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a Brit I have to say that everything Higginbottom said is true, even the bits that contradict other bits that he said.

my uncle was waiting for a heart transplant on the NHS. Thus far he&#039;s been waiting 497 months. Apparently part of the problem is that the evil socialist overlords of the NHS insist on treating everyone in a strict chronological order. This has meant that I&#039;ve had to witness no fewer than six dead people be dug up and given new hearts whilst my poor uncle has had to wait. Also, before I had my throat operation (which was carried out by Dr of the People&#039;s Republic of Socialist Britain Fido von DoubleThink) I had to sign a loyalty pledge to socialised medicine.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Brit I have to say that everything Higginbottom said is true, even the bits that contradict other bits that he said.</p>
<p>my uncle was waiting for a heart transplant on the NHS. Thus far he&#8217;s been waiting 497 months. Apparently part of the problem is that the evil socialist overlords of the NHS insist on treating everyone in a strict chronological order. This has meant that I&#8217;ve had to witness no fewer than six dead people be dug up and given new hearts whilst my poor uncle has had to wait. Also, before I had my throat operation (which was carried out by Dr of the People&#8217;s Republic of Socialist Britain Fido von DoubleThink) I had to sign a loyalty pledge to socialised medicine.</p>
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		By: Stephanie Z		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501810</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Z]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Phillip. I was going to note that being a conservative isn&#039;t a talent, but you&#039;re right. It&#039;s better to be kind.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Phillip. I was going to note that being a conservative isn&#8217;t a talent, but you&#8217;re right. It&#8217;s better to be kind.</p>
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		By: Phillip IV		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501809</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phillip IV]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Martin C @ #32:

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Could it be that you yearn for my intelliegnce?&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The huge incidence of spelling errors in claims like this is in my opinion the single and only evidence for the existence of God. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

That isn&#039;t a spelling error - the trait that conservatives of the Hugginbottomous ilk possess in lieu of intelligence is actually and correctly spelled &#039;intelliegnce&#039;. The similarity to &#039;intelligence&#039; was a small concession made to help them deal with their feelings of inadequacy - but in order not to go too far, the pronunciation was kept as &#039;ignorance&#039;.  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Martin C @ #32:</p>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;Could it be that you yearn for my intelliegnce?&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The huge incidence of spelling errors in claims like this is in my opinion the single and only evidence for the existence of God. </p></blockquote>
<p>That isn&#8217;t a spelling error &#8211; the trait that conservatives of the Hugginbottomous ilk possess in lieu of intelligence is actually and correctly spelled &#8216;intelliegnce&#8217;. The similarity to &#8216;intelligence&#8217; was a small concession made to help them deal with their feelings of inadequacy &#8211; but in order not to go too far, the pronunciation was kept as &#8216;ignorance&#8217;.  </p>
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		By: Martin C		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501808</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin C]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Could it be that you yearn for my intelliegnce?&quot;

The huge incidence of spelling errors in claims like this is in my opinion the single and only evidence for the existence of God. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Could it be that you yearn for my intelliegnce?&#8221;</p>
<p>The huge incidence of spelling errors in claims like this is in my opinion the single and only evidence for the existence of God. </p>
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		By: Webstertiums		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501807</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Webstertiums]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi Greg. I&#039;m the person who wrote that description of the public meeting with Bachmann that you quote from throughout this piece. It was on April 9, 2005. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This meeting was held just following the week where the then Senator was discovered to be hiding in the bushes at the state capitol, apparently spying on a gay rights rally (if I recall correctly, she claimed she was not in, but near, the bushes because she had supposedly broken a heel on her shoe). &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As to the public meeting on the 9th, all 4 members of my family were there. You got most of the story right. Couple of small corrections: the restroom has 3 stalls and a counter with 2 sinks, so there is a little room in there, certainly enough for 3 people at once. The women did not really follow Bachmann in. One accompanied her in, because Bachmann would not answer her questions at the meeting or earlier, at the Senator&#039;s office. The second woman joined them a second or two later. Neither was identified as GLBT during the meeting. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bachmann tells multiple versions of this story. At first she claimed that she was locked in, but when I pointed out in a newspaper rebuttal that there is no lock on that door, just a pneumatic hinge, she then claimed she was blocked in. Anyway, the day of the public meeting, she filed a police report that falsely portrayed the manner in which she was treated at the meeting and falsely accused the two women of assaulting her. Filing a false police report is illegal, but it was simply dismissed and nothing else happened that I was ever aware of. I find it telling that the Republican rep who was with her would not back up her story.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you would like to have original documents regarding this, I think I have several stored here somewhere on my backup drives.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Greg. I&#8217;m the person who wrote that description of the public meeting with Bachmann that you quote from throughout this piece. It was on April 9, 2005. </p>
<p>This meeting was held just following the week where the then Senator was discovered to be hiding in the bushes at the state capitol, apparently spying on a gay rights rally (if I recall correctly, she claimed she was not in, but near, the bushes because she had supposedly broken a heel on her shoe). </p>
<p>As to the public meeting on the 9th, all 4 members of my family were there. You got most of the story right. Couple of small corrections: the restroom has 3 stalls and a counter with 2 sinks, so there is a little room in there, certainly enough for 3 people at once. The women did not really follow Bachmann in. One accompanied her in, because Bachmann would not answer her questions at the meeting or earlier, at the Senator&#8217;s office. The second woman joined them a second or two later. Neither was identified as GLBT during the meeting. </p>
<p>Bachmann tells multiple versions of this story. At first she claimed that she was locked in, but when I pointed out in a newspaper rebuttal that there is no lock on that door, just a pneumatic hinge, she then claimed she was blocked in. Anyway, the day of the public meeting, she filed a police report that falsely portrayed the manner in which she was treated at the meeting and falsely accused the two women of assaulting her. Filing a false police report is illegal, but it was simply dismissed and nothing else happened that I was ever aware of. I find it telling that the Republican rep who was with her would not back up her story.</p>
<p>If you would like to have original documents regarding this, I think I have several stored here somewhere on my backup drives.</p>
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		By: Warren		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501806</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Yes, there is a connection between this lady and our state bird.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And, one presumes,the Canadian dollar coin.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>&#8220;Yes, there is a connection between this lady and our state bird.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>And, one presumes,the Canadian dollar coin.</p>
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		By: Calli Arcale		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/05/michele-bachmann-for-president/#comment-501805</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calli Arcale]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have to agree with Pete.  Gavia immer is a fine, noble bird, and it does not deserve to be maligned by association with Bachmann.  *ptui*

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to agree with Pete.  Gavia immer is a fine, noble bird, and it does not deserve to be maligned by association with Bachmann.  *ptui*</p>
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