Michele Bachmann

Photos Of Me As Donald Trump, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian...

...Amy Winehouse, Lindsay Lohan, Snooki, Johnny Depp, Susan Boyle, John Galliano, Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Lady Gaga... Virtually everyone who's ever lived. They're all linked here to bring you back to the time before I was dressed as Angelina Jolie, Clint Eastwood ... More >>

Tea Party Nut Wants To Recall John McCain Because He Doesn't Think Huma Abedin Is A Terrorist

As you may have heard, failed GOP presidential candidate/Minnesota Congresswoman/fagala-phobic madwoman Michele Bachmann has launched a McCarthy-esque witch hunt into several Muslim employees of the federal government whom she decided could potentially be working as spies for Islamist terrorist grou ... More >>

Newt Gingrich Defends Michele Bachmann's Terrorist Witch-Hunt Into Huma Abedin

Call us crazy (read: rational), but we're gonna go ahead and assume that Hillary Clinton aide/wife of former Congressman Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin, isn't a Muslim Brotherhood operative who's infiltrated the highest levels of government -- including marrying a once-powerful New York congressman -- ... More >>

John McCain Understands Nothing Says 'I'm in the Muslim Brotherhood!' Like Marrying a Jew

If you are one of those Democrats or Republicans who, regardless of party, actually liked John McCain once upon a time, and who found that -- until he picked Sarah Palin as his running mate -- he was the kind of fellow inclined to put country before party on important matters, take note. That John ... More >>

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Did Anyone Else Cry During Kristen Wiig's SNL Farewell Last Night?

Rumors have been circulating for some time that Kristen Wiig was considering her seventh year as an Saturday Night Live castmember to be her last. And, in the last sketch of the season finale on Saturday night, she confirmed those rumors with one of the best (and emotional) send-offs in the show's h ... More >>

Ten Gays Who Could Beat The Crap Out Of Manny Pacquiao

As we reported in a previous post, Filipino boxer/congressman/Roman Catholic Manny Pacquiao doesn't agree with President Barack Obama (and the majority of Americans) that gay people should have the right to get married. Not only doesn't Pacquiao agree with Obama, he cites a passage in the bible that ... More >>

Six Songs Michele Bachmann Could Have Signed Off With That Weren't Train's Beejers-And-Burning Man Ode "Hey, Soul Sister"

After a dismal showing at yesterday's Iowa caucuses, one-time Republican Presidential front-runner and "interesting person" Michele Bachmann announced today that she was ending her campaign to be sworn in as Commander-in-Chief next January. Once the brief press conference disseminating the news ende ... More >>

My "Year In Review": NYC Became Fun City Again!

In my breathlessly enchanting cover story looking back at 2011, I decide that New York became "Fun City" again thanks to the double-dipping economic crisis that had everyone taking the stick out of their asses and riding it to the streets for protest marches, bonding experiences, and general camarad ... More >>

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Ron Paul to Jay Leno: Michele Bachmann 'Hates' Muslims

​Last night, Ron Paul was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno promoting his new romantic comedy Unfair Trade, in which he plays a Libertarian Congressman who won't settle for anyone less than Ayn Rand (played by Katherine Heigl). He's also running for president, so Leno decided to ask him some q ... More >>

The Roots' Walk-On Music For Michele Bachmann Was Ha-Ha Funny, But...

Monday night the Republican Presidential candidate and frequent source/target of Photoshop japery Michele Bachmann appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in an effort to promote both her autobiography and her appearance at last night's Presidential debate. As a rebuke to the Minnesota congresswoma ... More >>

Presidential Campaign Stores: Who's Got the Best Crap?

With the New Hampshire primary less than two months away, candidates are taking to the airwaves with commercials and televised debates to get their messages out. They have been honing their talking points and refining their images to make you, the voter, comfortable enough to buy what they're sellin ... More >>

Let's Play The Republican Presidential Debate Drinking Game!

​Tonight marks yet another Republican presidential debate, and podium enthusiasts across the country will be glued to their TV screens when the candidates take the stage. The CBS/National Journal/Pennzoil/Burger King/Papa John's/AMC Loews/Comcast/Olive Garden/Mercedes/StarKist/Beef 'O' Brady's ... More >>

Rob Delaney, Plaintiff in Kardashian Suit: "I'm Against Frivolous Lawsuits, Of Course"

Music News In an interview with MTV News, comedian Rob Delaney defends his lawsuit against newly-divorced Kim Kardashian (plus Ryan Seacrest, E!, and Comcast): "I'm against frivolous lawsuits, of course, so it took something deadly serious for me to come out of the woodwork and mount this case," he ... More >>

Mitt Romney: "I'm Running for Office, for Pete's Sake! I Can't Have Illegals!"

It was a strange debate last night, even by the standards of this year's crop of Republican primary candidates. Michelle Bachmann (who looked disarmingly like a post Jedi Princess Leia) promised to build a "double fence" along the length of the United States/Mexico border; Herman Cain slipped into h ... More >>

Kathy Griffin On Paula Abdul, Michele Bachmann, and Anderson Cooper!

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Kathy Griffin On Pizza With Cher And Showdowns With Abdul And Bachmann!

​Chatty Kathy Griffin just called to tell me about the time she confronted Michele Bachmann on an escalator at an official government dinner. You'll spit out your Jamba juice when you hear the result. It's in this week's column, a zingy and hilarious chat with caustic Kathy, who also tells m ... More >>

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Michele Bachmann's Bright Idea

From the toxic right, a surprisingly healthy notion?

This Week in the Voice: Bachmann's Bright Idea, Eataly's New Beer Garden

​This week in the Voice, out today: Nick Pinto explains how federal efficiency standards are phasing out old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs in favor of those coiled energy-efficient ones -- thing is, those are full of crazy toxic stuff. And one of the only big-name politicians to fight the ... More >>

We Would Like to Make a Motion to Institute 'Tweet That You Have Had HPV Day'

​HPV: Have you heard of it? You probably have, because in the last few days and weeks it's been talked about a lot -- often incorrectly -- by people like Michele Bachmann and, most recently, tweeted about by Ayelet Waldman, wife of novelist Michael Chabon. In Bachmann's case, she's using HPV v ... More >>

Michele Bachmann's Book Cover Revealed; We Make It Steve Buscemi-y

​Michele Bachmann has had quite a week! Besides being on the cover of this week's Voice (where we reveal that we actually agree with her campaign against fluorescent light bulbs!) and causing a ruckus about HPV during national debates, and generally just staying in the news, as she is wont to ... More >>

Dumbass Bachmann Wishes Elvis A Happy Birthday On His Death's Anniversary

You may have heard that today is the anniversary of the death of the King, Elvis Presley. Surely everyone in the country got the memo in velvet. But Republican Presidential wannabe Michele Bachmann insisted on marching to her own warped drum once again and perversely wishing Elvis a happy birthd ... More >>

Michele Bachmann Thinks Questions on Gay Families Aren't "What People are Concerned About," David Gregory Commits Act of Journalism!

In this week's Village Voice cover story, we take a long look at why the choice for gays and lesbians to marry (or not) is important. When recent Iowa Straw Poll winner Michele Bachmann stepped into the ring at Meet the Press yesterday, it was a doozy in terms of holding the presidential hopeful acc ... More >>

The Vagina Myth: Where Did It Start?

myvaginamaybeuglybutithasanicepersonality.info​ I'm not talking about the story going around that they exist. I have it on very good authority that they actually do! I'm referring to the famed and oft repeated tale that vaginas always...um, er, how can I delicately put this....um, er....

Vote Republican Any Chance You Get!

​Do it this November and especially next November. It will prove to be the most delightful thing you could possibly do to amp up your excitement level. Think of all the fun we'll have in the concentration camps! Oh, sure, that kind of lockup sounds vaguely unappealing, but there's definitel ... More >>

Stage Collapse at Indiana State Fair; Bachmann Wins Straw Poll; Suicide Attack in Afghanistan

​A concert stage collapsed last night at the Indiana State Fair, killing four and injuring 40. After a performance by singer Sara Bareilles, winds "between 60 and 70 mph" knocked over rigging and collapsed the structure to the ground. Attendees reported that "Spectators grabbed parts of their ... More >>

Holy Crap, it's the Ames Straw Poll!

Frontrunner Michele Bachmann has her eyes on the prize.​Today, in Ames, Iowa, the race for the Republican presidential candidacy begins its gestation. Candidates, pundits and voters flock to the campus of Iowa State University to, according to the Los Angeles Times, "mingle, eat barbecue and h ... More >>

Here's What Steve Buscemi Would Look Like With Michele Bachmann Eyes

​Much has been made of the recent Newsweek cover featuring Michele Bachmann. Some consider it sexist; others have seen it simply as another opportunity to mock the Minnesota representative (see: every commenter on here, basically). We noticed today that our friends at BuzzFeed had created a fo ... More >>

Michele Bachmann's Newsweek Cover is Out!

​We have obtained a very high-resolution copy of Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann's upcoming Newsweek cover. As you can see, the resolution is so high we had to crop out a lot of the image. The issue, which hits newsstands this week, features a profile on Bachmann titled, "The Queen o ... More >>

Marcus Bachmann Denies Anti-Gay Tactics

​ It's not surprising considering all the backlash, but Republican hopeful Michele Bachmann's husband, Marcus, is now insisting that he isn't as anti-gay as he seems. A recent report showed how a counselor at the Bachmanns' clinic urged a client to cure away his gayness through prayer, but Ma ... More >>

Michele Bachmann Thinks Being Homosexual is "Part of Satan"

Jeremy Hooper has identified the money shot audio of Michele Bachmann's 2004 speech at the 2004 National Education Leadership Conference in Minneapolis. Although she insists she's not "bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgendered," Bachmann goes on ... More >>

Michele Bachmann's Husband Is Even Worse Than She Is

​Republican hopeful Michele Bachmann isn't exactly a beacon of illumination on the gay rights issue. In fact, if Obama hasn't "evolved" yet on gay marriage, she hasn't even gone beyond the paleolithic stage. But her husband makes her look like a Nobel prize winner by comparison.

Michele Bachmann Mixes Up Iowa's John Wayne, Compares Herself to Serial Killer

In what's sure to be a year-and-a-half of high-profile, overanalyzed gaffes, Michele Bachmann, one of the down home candidates attempting to drive the Republican clown car, doesn't really know that much about American pop culture or geography, shouting out Waterloo, Iowa's John Wayne -- "that's the ... More >>

Matt Taibbi on Michele Bachmann in Rolling Stone: Not Quite Plagiarism; PBS Hacked Again

​Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone wrote another of his highly entertaining, polarizing, acerbic, hyperbolic and metaphor-laden magazine features, online now, this time about Minnesota politician and presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, who Taibbi, right out of the gate, calls "almost certainly t ... More >>

Rightbloggers Herald the Rise of Our Next President, Michele Bachmann. (Or Some Guy Who Isn't Running.)

In the future, everyone will be a serious Republican Presidential candidate for 15 minutes. We're close to that now. Last Monday several GOP contenders for the big job debated in New Hampshire, and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's relatively lulu-free performance appears to have pushed he ... More >>

Michele Bachmann "Glittered" By Gay Rights Activist at RightOnline Conference

Newt Gingrich. Tim Pawlenty. Now Michele Bachmann, at a conservative conference in Minneapolis today. Next: Rick Santorum? [TPM] [@_rosiegray]

Free MetroCards; Gil Scott-Heron Dead at 62; Brooklyn Boy Mauled By Pit Bull

​Free MetroCards at Prospect Park and the Red Hook Park baseball fields today! Free shitty single rides, that is. Call me when someone will pay for my monthly unlimited. Oh, and a bunch of subway lines will be all messed up this weekend. [Gothamist] Spoken-word artist, poet, and musician Gil Scot ... More >>

Women Building Bridge Over Media Gender Gap; NY Times Quotes Anonymous Commenter

​At the beginning of 2011, the writer and reader Anne Hays published a much-discussed open letter to The New Yorker, decrying the lack of female voices in recent issues and demanding a refund should the gender imbalance not at least move toward righting itself. In the weeks since, the women's ... More >>

In Tucson Shooting Fallout, Rightbloggers Find a New Public Enemy #1: Paul Krugman

If you've quit paying attention to the Tucson shooting case, first of all, congratulations. Here is what you've missed: The nearly-assassinated Democratic Congresswoman is getting better, and the public discussion of her shooting is getting worse. There's just too much nonsense being circulated to ... More >>

Rightbloggers Comfort the Real Victims of the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting: Themselves

After Saturday's shootings in Arizona -- which left Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords badly wounded and six people dead -- rightbloggers were swift to condemn... any possible criticism of themselves. You can understand their defensiveness. Back during the 2010 campaign, Sarah Palin had en ... More >>

Does Target Have an Anti-Gay Agenda, or Are They Just Stupid?

​The new NYC Target is open for business, much to the pleasure of many a New Yorker who no longer has to transfer boroughs for their cheap bulk items. But perhaps we should not be so fast to be smug with our "getting a good deal" and "shopping somewhere other than the much-maligned Wal-Mart" f ... More >>

Tea Partiers Drop N Bombs, Anti-gay Slur, and Spit on Democratic Lawmakers at Capitol Hill Protest

cj brenchley​Members of the Congressional Black Caucus leaving a speech on health care by the President yesterday were met by tea party protesters chanting "Kill the bill, nigger." The incident has been confirmed by Congressmen John Lewis (D-Ga), Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo), Andre Carson (D-In), an ... More >>

Today's Battle of Political Outrages: Sarah Palin's Hat vs. Chuck Schumer's Bitch

​Which of the today's internet political shrieks wins the battle of Depressing Indicator of Our Discourse of the Day -- Sarah Palin's un-McCain hat, or the continuing uproar over Chuck Schumer saying "bitch" on a plane? The answer may surprise you!

Tea Partiers Invade Congress

​Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who has famously called for "armed and dangerous" protests against the Democratic government (which she fears will create "re-education camps for young people"), is presently leading thousands of supporters to yell at Congress from its lawn. She refers to this ... More >>

Carrie Prejean at Values Voters: God Has "Bigger Crown for Me in Heaven" Than Trump Does

​The Values Voters Summit -- held in liberal D.C. rather than in Branson, Missouri, for some reason -- kicked off this morning, and has already heard from former Miss California Carrie Prejean, whose remarks are characterized by a sympathetic Dakota Voice: "She said she was raised by parents w ... More >>

Big Conservative Event to Take Place on Rosh Hashanah

​Last week venerable conservative Norman Podhoretz wondered why Jews in America were "misguidedly loyal" to liberalism, when conservatism was so welcoming to the Chosen People. This led to endless debates and a pleasing irony: the arch-conservative Family Research Council, which also likes to ... More >>

Voice's Michael Musto, Dan Savage on Keith Olbermann

Anti-gay-marriage Miss California Carrie Prejean is suing her former pageant employers for discrimination and other high crimes and misdemeanors. Among the parties named in her filing are Keith Olbermann and Michael Musto, because they were mean to her on TV, so naturally Olbermann had Musto on th ... More >>

Quick Hits

Minnesota GOP Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann says Obama's expansion of the AmeriCorps volunteer program establishes "re-education camps." ObamaHitler y'all! Defacements of Wikipedia pages are usually just crudely funny, but the altered Wiki page on Welsh village Gilfach Goch is a work of comic ar ... More >>