Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin are not the only “flakes” in the Republican party.
Remember these Republican nut-job quotes? Courtesy of:
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”Marriage is not a civil right. You’re not black.”
—Ann Coulter, arguing in front of a group of gay conservatives that the 14th Amendment only applies to African-Americans and that it does not, in fact, apply to women, LGBT people, or other minorities, Sept. 26, 2010
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”The LensCrafters of big abortion.”
—Rep. Michele Bachmann, describing Planned Parenthood, April 11, 2011 (Conan O’Brien later joked that Bachmann was the ”Costco of crazy”)
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”She’s a f**king raghead. We got a raghead in Washington; we don’t need one in South Carolina. She’s a raghead that’s ashamed of her religion trying to hide it behind being Methodist for political reasons.”
—South Carolina State Sen. Jake Knotts (R), claiming that his Republican rival in the South Carolina governor’s race, Nikki Haley, has been set up by a network of Sikhs and was programmed to run for governor by outside influences in foreign countries. (Haley is of Sikh descent, and is now a Christian.) Knotts later clarified his statement, saying he did not mean to use the F-word. (June 4, 2010))
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”When I see a 9/11 victim family on television, or whatever, I’m just like, ‘Oh shut up’ I’m so sick of them because they’re always complaining.’
—Glenn Beck, Sept. 9, 2005
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—South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, arguing that government food assistance to lower-income residents, including food stamps or free school lunches, encourages a culture of dependence, Jan 24. 2010
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—Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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”Death panels are the bureaucracies that President Obama is establishing where bureaucrats will make the decision on who gets health care and how much.”
—Michele Bachmann, Newsmax interview, Sept. 10, 2009
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”You know what, evolution is a myth. Why aren’t monkeys still evolving into humans?”
—Christine O’Donnell, during a 1998 appearance on Bill Maher’s ”Politically Incorrect”
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”As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where— where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border.”
—Sarah Palin, explaining why Alaska’s proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience, interview with CBS’s Katie Couric, Sept. 24, 2008
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”This was a war of Obama’s choosing. This is not something the United States has actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in.”
—Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, rewriting history while speaking at a Connecticut fundraiser about the war in Afghanistan, which President Bush launched following the 9/11 terrorist attacks (July 2, 2010)
- Ann Coulter: GOP Should Hide Their Candidates So Media Can’t ‘Ridicule And Demonize’ Them (mediaite.com)
- Ann Coulter Recruits Sarah Palin To Run For Senate In Arizona (mediaite.com)
- Conan Presents: The Michele Bachmann History Channel (thenewspundit.com)
- Letterman Top Ten List: Signs There’s Already Trouble At Michele Bachmann’s Campaign Headquarters (thenewspundit.com)
- Michele Bachmann Is Not Crazy… (newser.com)
- Ann Coulter’s Joke About Gay Son Falls Flat (lezgetreal.com)
- Dumb Michele Bachmann Quotes (socyberty.com)
I have to say I’m with Scalia on the orgy issue.
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