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Michele Bachmann: “I was very proud of the fact that I didn’t get anything wrong…” she said wrongly.

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Per Salon, Michele Bachmann took part in a “newsmaker interview” at Patrick Henry College, a conservative evangelical school in Virginia. Or as I like to call it, a “You still here?” interview.

When asked about the “inevitability” of gay marriage, Bachmann said,

“I won’t be deviating,” explaining that no matter what humans think, God created marriage and that is unquestionable.

Unquestionable! No doubt about it! What she believes is the truth. For everyone. Ever.

So who created marriage for atheists and people who believe differently? Oo! Oo! I know! *waving hand wildly* Pick me! People did! Mostly the two people who wanted to get married. Or people who benefited from their getting married. Those people.

Asked if any good came from feminism, Bachmann said that realizing that “women are valuable and that women should be listened to is very important.” However, she continued, “But in my opinion, that wasn’t feminism, that was Jesus Christ who did that. Because Jesus Christ did more to lift up women… We didn’t need the 1960s to tell us that, all you have to do is read Proverbs 31.”

Mmmnotsomuch Michelle, those “valuable” women pretty much lifted themselves up, and it hasn’t been easy. They’ve had a little assistance from a few very wise men who have recognized the obvious, that men and women are equals.

But if Jesus did so much to “lift up women,” what exactly has he done to get women equal pay these days? And about those reproductive rights and transvaginal ultrasounds

But perhaps her most revealing answers came when she spoke about her failed presidential bid. “I was very proud of the fact that I didn’t get anything wrong that I said during the course of the debates. I didn’t get anything wrong and that’s a huge arena,” she said.

America begs to differ:

Video- SC GOP Debate: Michele Bachmann- We Should Be Less Socialist Like China

Video- SC GOP Debate: Bachmann- Obama Is Willing To Stand With Occupy Wall Street And Not Israel

Video- Michele Bachmann Blasts Herman Cain’s ‘Devil’ 9-9-9 Plan At Republican Debate

And sometimes it’s not what Michele said that was wrong, it’s what she did that caused some murmurs and head scratching. Remember that Where oh where was Michele Bachmann? moment during the debate? If only Jesus had filled us in on her whereabouts.

Oh, and this happened: Was the debate de-Bachmann’d?

The nation should be de-Bachmann’d, and that is “unquestionable.”

god has better things to do… if there is, in fact, a god.

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Thanks Mika Brzezinski, The Women Of 1930 Salute You

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I used to give you slack over your Beaten Down Mommy routine you pander every day in your testosterone heavy parade of guests, but c’mon honey, those gams belong to a “working woman” not a Working Woman. And no, I have no problem with you being in great condition, (god bless and more power to ya), but WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT SAY TO EVERYDAY WOMEN when you’re depicted as a scantily clad cabaret chippie dancing for the amusement of the boss man instead of the the (supposed) seasoned journalist your wiki purports?

Is the submissive “So sorry, you’re so right Joe.” “news reader” really reflect the woman who did this?

I guess the money is good, and “news readers” are a dime a dozen, so you figure you have to go along to get along, but man, I’ve never seen such a contradiction of ethos wrapped up into one woman. I guess you figured out your “value”, but it’s one I wouldn’t recommend to my daughters.

In these day that we’re fighting fights that we all thought were won, having stereotypes like this pop up and be validated by the very women who should be the embodiment of the fight against them is scary and self defeating. I doubt if MB gives a crap what a crazy woman from Indiana thinks, but at least I know I’m not the only one. Reconsider Mika. Think about it. Maybe not all of JoeScars’ misogynistic offhands deserve a twitter and a blush. Try standing up, try speaking from truth and for GODSAKES stop being Den Mommy to a bunch of Hi Karate soaked frat boys.

Photo by Vanity Fair.


DISCLAIMER
- I have no problem with women being proud of their bodies, of being sexual beings, of any pride situations to health or beauty. I have HONGO problems with female submission, female oppression and even the glossing over of female servitude with the gloss of “sensitivity”. So, Bite Me.

DISCLAIMER TWO:
And I’m pissed off she’s Polish. My people are better than this.

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