Will the lamestream media EVER question Obowma’s drug use? Who’s to say Obowma is over his drug use? Can we see some of Obowma’s medical records, past and present?

You’re in denial if you don’t think this should impact people’s votes. It will.

mountainaires on July 20, 2011 at 8:25 AM

I’ve never said that this shouldn’t impact people’s vote. I’m merely challenging stupid comments.

Bachmann’s migraines are incapacitating

Exhibit A

This is a game-changer, whether or not you want to face reality.

Michelle Bachmann is NOT going to win a general election anyway, so why waste your time defending her? You’re too close; you think it’s personal. It’s not.

Bachmann is a strong woman, and I admire her courage. But she is the WORST candidate the GOP could choose, so I hope for Republicans’ sake, people will let this campaign fail on its own merits, because FAIL IT WILL, whether you like it or not.

Bachmann’s migraines are incapacitating; will her stress be lower in the White House? Get real; the sources are sources close to her, anonymous or not. Mocking these people as not credible is actually quite pathetic, since THESE are the people Bachmann has surrounding her, which doesn’t say much for her own campaign!

Strong cites:

a former aide says.
three people who have worked closely with Bachmann
an adviser to Bachmann who was involved in her 2010 congressional campaign.
The former aide says …
the adviser says.

You’re in denial if you don’t think this should impact people’s votes. It will.

It’s time to back your words with action

Mason on July 19, 2011 at 11:39 PM

What words do I need to back? I’ve merely attacked stupidity in this thread.

I have.

What do your donations have to do with your stupidity on this thread?

He’s a TOOL who is probably working for Romney.

Aslans Girl on July 19, 2011 at 5:09 PM

Got any proof of this or are you just making an accusation based on hatred for Mitt.

Believe it or not, there are other Republican contenders who would like to take down Bachmann…

Mason on July 19, 2011 at 11:06 PM

Now you’re repeating your asinine sarcasm.

BTW, I noticed that your tone changed at about the time that the gin bottle comes down from the cupboard east of the Rockies. I’m guessing you live within 100 miles of the Atlantic ocean. That event comes much later where I live, but I think it’s about time. Cheers!

I stand shoulder to shoulder with you, Blink, in defense of the Congresswoman.

Mason on July 19, 2011 at 7:46 PM

I’m not defending the Congresswoman. I’m defending common sense.

I admit that I was wrong about her.

You might want to avoid making definitive statements when you don’t know what you’re talking about.

She is in sterling health…

Who made this statement? Do you actually think that asinine sarcasm supports your argument in any way?

Mason, you based on a comment on nothing and then doubled down when I called you on it.

As it happens, Bachmann is now claiming that you’re dead wrong. Maybe she’s lying.

blink on July 19, 2011 at 7:06 PM

Certainly not. She couldn’t be lying. I’ll take her statement of denial as definitive and I’ll chastise anyone that tries to examine this more fully.

I’m concerned for you however. Are you feeling better? Unwarranted credulousness is another symptom of migraine and while I would not diagnose that without seeing you your postings here lead one to wonder.

But back to Bachmann. I’ll sic my dog and teenage sons on any naysayers that allege that Ms. Bachmann is absent from public view for long periods of time and requires others to monitor her medication. Bushwa, I say! I stand shoulder to shoulder with you, Blink, in defense of the Congresswoman. I admit that I was wrong about her. She is in sterling health and all rumors to the contrary are plots by people hoping she will be nominated so they can spring evidence of this in the general election. You know they’ll stoop to that. We must embargo all information about Ms. Bachmann until after the election just to be on the safe side. She’s fine really, she’s fine.

As it happens, Bachmann is now claiming that you’re dead wrong. Maybe she’s lying.

The sort that the Congresswoman appears to have.

Mason on July 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM

Based on what?

Best to you and to poster Susanboo who seems to have concluded that I am a man and a jealous one at that.

The only thing I’ve concluded is that you aren’t very bright.

blink on July 19, 2011 at 6:10 PM

Blinkster, Winkster, I’m surprised at your cutting comment. Suffering from migraine are we? I know that it can adversely affect even normally sane and congenial people so I’ll take no offense.

The sort that the Congresswoman appears to have.

Mason on July 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM

Based on what?

Best to you and to poster Susanboo who seems to have concluded that I am a man and a jealous one at that.

The only thing I’ve concluded is that you aren’t very bright.

Percy Harvin missed a game with playoff implications because of a migraine.

hawksruleva on July 19, 2011 at 5:04 PM

Yeah, it certainly makes sense to compare a football player’s physical ability to push himself to play an NFL game with playoff implications to a President’s ability to preside over a crisis.

Maybe we shouldn’t let migraine sufferers have children because if they have a severe headache, then they would be unable to call for an ambulance if their children were hurt.

MadisonConservative on July 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Got any proof of your accusation!?
Unless, you can prove it, its bulls*tt.
Conservative Samizdat on July 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM

Hum, lets see, what have unnamed, unknown sources delivered in the past, the resent past?

Palin: Africa was a continent hoax.

“an unnamed McCain campaign figure as saying that Sarah Palin did not know that Africa was a continent.
“Who would say such a thing? On Monday the answer popped up on a blog and popped out of the mouth of David Shuster, an MSNBC anchor. “Turns out it was Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, who has come forward today to identify himself as the source of the leaks,” Mr. Shuster said.”

Trouble is, Martin Eisenstadt doesn’t exist. His blog does, but it’s a put-on. The think tank where he is a senior fellow — the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy — is just a Web site. The TV clips of him on YouTube are fakes.
And the claim of credit for the Africa anecdote is just the latest ruse by Eisenstadt, who turns out to be a very elaborate hoax that has been going on for months.”

And then there’s the desperate hangers on!

James Joyner:  An AP story on this matter says, “The hoax was limited to the identity of the source in the story about Palin — not the story itself. While Palin has denied that she mistook Africa for a country, the veracity of that report was not put in question by the revelation that Eisenstadt is a phony.”

Get that? Just because the person who made the claim admitted it was a hoax doesn’t mean its not true!
And then there’s the Lovestine institute hoax.

If “severe” the answer is yes except perhaps for a statistically insignificant group of outliers.

Mason on July 19, 2011 at 3:16 PM

Oh please. Migraine suffering is evenly distributed along a linear scale. Your definitive statement is nonsense.

blink on July 19, 2011 at 3:48 PM

The word “severe” is the crux of this. I don’t deny that there are many levels of effect, incapacity and illness under the rubric, migraine. I’m commenting on the impact of “severe” migraine only. Perhaps the meaning of severe isn’t clear. If so, I’m talking about super, duper, secret squirrel, Jim Dandy, BOHICA, Mama!, Lord come take me home migraine. The sort that the Congresswoman appears to have.

Best to you and to poster Susanboo who seems to have concluded that I am a man and a jealous one at that.

Signing off I’d like to serenade you with an appropriate anthem from the immortal Ms. Peggy Lee:

I can wash out 44 pairs of socks and have ‘em hangin out on the line
I can starch & iron 2 dozens shirts ‘fore you can count from 1 to 9
I can scoop up a great big dipper full of lard from the drippins can
Throw it in the skillet, go out & do my shopping, be back before it melts in the pan
‘Cause I’m a woman! W-O-M-A-N, I’ll say it again

I can rub & scrub this old house til it’s shinin like a dime
Feed the baby, grease the car, & powder my face at the same time
Get all dressed up, go out and swing til 4 a.m. and then
Lay down at 5, jump up at 6, and start all over again
‘Cause I’m a woman! W-O-M-A-N, I’ll say it again

If you come to me sickly you know I’m gonna make you well
If you come to me all hexed up you know I’m gonna break the spell
If you come to me hungry you know I’m gonna fill you full of grits
If it’s lovin you’re likin, I’ll kiss you and give you the shiverin’ fits
‘Cause I’m a woman! W-O-M-A-N, I’ll say it again

I can stretch! a green black dollar bill from here to kindom come!
I can play the numbers pay the bills and still end up with some!
I got a twenty-dollar gold piece says there ain’t nothing I can’t do
I can make a dress out of a feed bag and I can make a man out of you
‘Cause I’m a woman! W-O-M-A-N, I’ll say it again
‘Cause I’m a woman! W-O-M-A-N, and that’s all.

SarahW on July 19, 2011 at 5:13 PM

SarahW, woman, of the group of, its my body and get the hell out of my private life thinks that another woman should be advertizing her health records for everyone to see.

Now, maybe Sarah is not pro abortion, but she does fit the mold, female. I think before we take her credibly, I would like to see a list of her donations as well as her registration card. I also think she should make it a public record for everyone to see who she has voted for in the last say decade.

Govtrack.us says Michele Bachmann missed 206 (5%) of 4,130 roll call votes since Jan 4, 2007.

For comparision, Gabrielle Giffords missed 669 (16%) of 4,130 roll call votes since Jan 4, 2007.

And Barack Obama missed 314 (24%) of 1,300 roll call votes since Jan 6, 2005.

If her migraines were as bad as you fear, we wouldn’t need unnamed sources to come forward! We’d already know because there would be that little thing called evidence with her missing work. Ed points out that she has not. If she starts missing events (besides one campaign event for another candidate in ’10) or work due to headaches, then I’ll worry.

-Aslan’s Girl