Michele Bachmann

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Wednesday explained that she had worked as an “insurgent” with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) after graduating from law school to “understand the enemy from the inside” and “defeat the tax code.” “Well, it’s been a hundred years now that we’ve had the current United States tax code,” the Minnesota Republican told a crowd of tea party members in Washington, D.C. “Don’t you think a century of oppression is enough?” “I also want you to know that in my former...Read Full Story

The Best of Bachmann“If you hate me after what I say,Can't put it off any longer,I just gotta’ tell you anyway,Bye bye baby, baby good-bye” -  Crewe/Gaudio"I'm not a deep thinker on all this. I wish I was, I wish I was more knowledgeable." - Michele BachmannMany years ago, little baby Michele sallied forth from Mama Bachmann’s most private of lady parts (deepest apologies for the technical medical jargon), was poked by her pediatrician, and for the first of manifold and multifarious moments...Read Full Story

Dear Mrs. Vera, How will we ever do without Michele Bachmann in Congress? Does her time there really need to end? Fondest regards…  and PS: you are my favorite Autumn! I can totally see you in this pale persimmon silk blouse with cream-colored Peter Pan collar under a pale, not too minty green/nut-brown pin-striped pencil skirt business suit ensemble, and I’m thinking: Jimmy Choos for you, I am! Mrs. Marcia Fosterton-Pacman, Sweetloafer, MN Mrs. Vera Newman, San Francisco, California...Read Full Story

After last week’s mourn-a-thon following Tea Party doyenne Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) wee hours video bailing on the 2014 election follies, we Fifth Estate scribblers, along with cartoonists and late night comedy writers, wondered who we would have fun harpooning and lampooning next. It would be hard to beat the legendary lesbo-phobe Minnesota gadfly, who conveniently was on a Congressional junket to Russia The Cold War is long over, but a nostalgic visit to the cellars of the Lubyanka...Read Full Story

Today, I did something I do every so often. I made a comment on a conservative site. This isn't always possible, as many of them are strictly moderated and do not tolerate dissent. NewsBusters, the site I visited, does allow comments. They are moderated, but much less strictly than, say, FreeRepublic, where I've never successfully posted something. My visit was strictly curiosity to see what they were belly aching about today, after I ran a piece on them the day before. The one item that...Read Full Story