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2012 / LGBTQITSLFA Questioning Bachmann
Posted by Dan Savage on Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:29 AM
Don't ask Michele Bachmann whether gay couples with kids are families. That's not a question Bachmann is willing to answer because she's running for president and that's not an important presidential-type issue question, David Gregory. But a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and deprive kids with gay parents of the benefits and protections of having married parents? That's a presidential issue right there! Ask away! Bachmann will also answer questions about whether gay people should serve in the military—guess what? She's going to singlehandedly reinstate DADT if she's elected president.
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"Your involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle it's bondage, it is personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement..." She's so open minded on the subject. But being married to that bitch would be bondage of the fucking worst magnitude. And electing her president would be national suicide.
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I liked the sneak peak into Dan's writing/editing we got from his accidental double-post. Also, it's terrifying that Bachmann has strong support.
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I for one can't think of anyone I'd rather see on the GOP ticket that Michele Bachmann. It's about time for a referendum on visions for this country, and we want a clear one--it would be nice if the GOP would nominate someone who is not afraid to say what they REALLY think so that when they lose, they can't say, "well, if we'd nominated a REAL conservative, we would have won."
Gays For Bachmann!
Gays For Bachmann!
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hey Danny
your boy Rick came in better that expected in Iowa and with Pawlenty out moves up to third!
Pres Bachman...Pres Santorum......which does it for you?
silly question!
Danny wetdreams pumping santorum INTO Santorum.
while
Michelle just has nasty lady bits.....
your boy Rick came in better that expected in Iowa and with Pawlenty out moves up to third!
Pres Bachman...Pres Santorum......which does it for you?
silly question!
Danny wetdreams pumping santorum INTO Santorum.
while
Michelle just has nasty lady bits.....
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Hey troops. Remember all that training and changes we made to end DADT cause we realize that gay people are just as capable fighting for this country as anyone else? JK!
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Read the New Yorker piece on her and you won't wonder or laugh at anything she says. It clearly lays out her history of Christian fundamentalist indoctrination, especially the belief that all legal and governmental authorities must hew to God's word according to a literal (mis)interpretation of the Bible. She's the most frightening person running for President and that's saying a lot.
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Bachmann represents the violent convulsions of a dying point of view. In five-ten years, she and her ilk will seem as hateful and barbaric as separate drinking fountains for "colored" people.
The fact is, her way of life is under attack, not by liberals, but by the inevitable forward march of history. The desperate, bug-eyed gasping and flailing certainly isn't pretty to watch, but it's nothing to be afraid of, either.
The fact is, her way of life is under attack, not by liberals, but by the inevitable forward march of history. The desperate, bug-eyed gasping and flailing certainly isn't pretty to watch, but it's nothing to be afraid of, either.
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It's interesting that in 1992 DADT was the "liberal" option. So, hey, at least now it's the right wing option, which is progress, right?
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@17 - Why would you hope for such a horrible thing on a fellow human being?
Remember this is only the GOP in Iowa. The rest of the state allowed gay marriage so I'm still hoping they remain on the right side. Majority rules
Remember this is only the GOP in Iowa. The rest of the state allowed gay marriage so I'm still hoping they remain on the right side. Majority rules
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Here's to hoping one of her children are gay.
..Posted by AsherCapHill on August 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM
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There's only like 52 (or so including foster kids)...odds are really good!
Here's to hoping one of her children are gay.
..Posted by AsherCapHill on August 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM
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There's only like 52 (or so including foster kids)...odds are really good!
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Quit already with all these "gotcha questions" Dano!
What counts is what flavor of ice cream Bachmann prefers, although nobody in their right (or left) mind should vote for anyone who eats a hot dog or sausage without Grey Poupon, or Dijon or ketchup, for cripes sakes!
And what's all the emphasis on DADT??? You wan't every Gay in Amerika to continue supporting the aims of the American Empire??
What right does this country have to be firing off drone Hellfire missiles wherever it chooses to?
What right does this country have to keep invading any country it wishes to, yet ignores the horrendous human rights abuses in Bahrain, etc.?
Remember, Dano, "Empires are not about the efficient use of resources and the spread of happiness." (Iain Banks)
http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.21387…
What counts is what flavor of ice cream Bachmann prefers, although nobody in their right (or left) mind should vote for anyone who eats a hot dog or sausage without Grey Poupon, or Dijon or ketchup, for cripes sakes!
And what's all the emphasis on DADT??? You wan't every Gay in Amerika to continue supporting the aims of the American Empire??
What right does this country have to be firing off drone Hellfire missiles wherever it chooses to?
What right does this country have to keep invading any country it wishes to, yet ignores the horrendous human rights abuses in Bahrain, etc.?
Remember, Dano, "Empires are not about the efficient use of resources and the spread of happiness." (Iain Banks)
http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.21387…
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Danny, Santorum has been going about Iowa taking credit for the recall of the judges who approved homosexual marriage.
Are you going to let him get away with that?
Are you going to let him get away with that?
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@19 - In the New Yorker article it's clear she wants to roll back to the policy before DADT.
She and her husband follow a Christian ministry that wants to roll every thing back to before the Italian Renaissance as that was the beginning of gay hegemony. The founder of their sect had a special obsession with - guess which work of Renaissance art a severely homophobic minister would be obsessed with? - yes Michelangelo's David. It's source of all the Gays' power, it must be destroyed.
She and her husband follow a Christian ministry that wants to roll every thing back to before the Italian Renaissance as that was the beginning of gay hegemony. The founder of their sect had a special obsession with - guess which work of Renaissance art a severely homophobic minister would be obsessed with? - yes Michelangelo's David. It's source of all the Gays' power, it must be destroyed.
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Q: "So what are your concerns about the congressionally appointed super committee and current austerity measures tailspinning the country into a second Great Depression?"
A: ".....I'm running for President!"
A: ".....I'm running for President!"
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Good on Michele for avoiding that lying liberal trying to get her in a gotcha moment.
The fact is Americans don't want homosexuality and it's attendent marxism and fascism. They want freedom and strong families, not sissy oys running around the military trying to get our troops to wear women's undergarments.
Michele will stop this, and this is why the lying liberal drive by media will try with all their might to take her down.
Good luck with that!
Barack Hussein Obama, you have met your match!
The fact is Americans don't want homosexuality and it's attendent marxism and fascism. They want freedom and strong families, not sissy oys running around the military trying to get our troops to wear women's undergarments.
Michele will stop this, and this is why the lying liberal drive by media will try with all their might to take her down.
Good luck with that!
Barack Hussein Obama, you have met your match!
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Unfortunately a lot of you sound like people did before the 1st Tuesday in November, 2004, when we were so certain that Bush wouldn't be reelected that we laughed at the thought.
This is not an amusing situation. Her way of life is NOT "under attack" by the march of history. The march of recent American history has led directly to Michelle Bachmann.
This is not an amusing situation. Her way of life is NOT "under attack" by the march of history. The march of recent American history has led directly to Michelle Bachmann.
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I know this is off-topic, but please people, help me fight the fucking paid trolls commenting at the Boston Globe.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/a…
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/a…
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@28
Oh how cute, another half-wit with a malformed opinion! I read through some of your comments and while you claim to have fought in Vietnam, you present yourself as a half informed and delusory 20 year old trolling for lulz. I can only hope this is the case and you really aren't that paranoid and stupid, otherwise get your meds checked the next time you make an appointment =)
P.S. No one uses ROTFLMAO!!! anymore
Oh how cute, another half-wit with a malformed opinion! I read through some of your comments and while you claim to have fought in Vietnam, you present yourself as a half informed and delusory 20 year old trolling for lulz. I can only hope this is the case and you really aren't that paranoid and stupid, otherwise get your meds checked the next time you make an appointment =)
P.S. No one uses ROTFLMAO!!! anymore
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To clarify: The issue is so important that we should change the Constitution to prohibit recognition of marriages and families, but so petty that you shouldn't have to explain yourself?
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@29:
If anyone in 2004 was certain that a wartime president would lose a re-election, they didn't pay attention in history class.
You're right that we shouldn't sit idly by while Bachmann degrades herself and the country with her idiocy. If she somehow gets the nod from Republican party, however, she won't take a single state in the general election.
If anyone in 2004 was certain that a wartime president would lose a re-election, they didn't pay attention in history class.
You're right that we shouldn't sit idly by while Bachmann degrades herself and the country with her idiocy. If she somehow gets the nod from Republican party, however, she won't take a single state in the general election.
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@ 28- love how people lump in all these TOTALLY RANDOM things with homosexuality....like facism! Communism! Wearing women's underwear! (well, I suppose that gay women often do wear women's undies...)
But seriously, since when are these things inextricably linked with being gay? Have you never heard of a gay conservative? Should we now all assume that all conservatives are clones of each other?
Also, why does it matter whether people wear a certain type of underwear? It's UNDER THEIR CLOTHES! What happens in the bedroom is no business of the government.
But seriously, since when are these things inextricably linked with being gay? Have you never heard of a gay conservative? Should we now all assume that all conservatives are clones of each other?
Also, why does it matter whether people wear a certain type of underwear? It's UNDER THEIR CLOTHES! What happens in the bedroom is no business of the government.
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