[from a Bachmann campaign poster at her HQ]
Michelle Bachmann: Biblically Qualified to be President of the United States
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Your book has this to say:
1 Timothy 2:12 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
"Biblically Qualified"?
Hmmm, those fingernails look more like something you'd expect to find on a cheap crack whore and not on a "biblically qualified", wholesome, conservative Republican woman.
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Same thing on the pic posted above by Percy Q. Shunn: pretty whory fingernails.
In other words..."This woman is not qualified to be President of the United States".
WHY CAN'T SOME REAL ALL-AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE WOMEN RUN?!!! GEEZ! INSTEAD WE GET "SHELLY THE NUT" & "SARAH THE DITZ"!
I wanna see NORMAL women flock to Politics!
Biblically qualified? Maybe. But she's definitely not qualified by any MEANINGFUL criteria. She thinks gas prices can be controlled by the president, she doesn't check her facts before using them, she thinks swine flu is caused by Democrats, and she has no grasp of history. Add to that that she has absolutely no experience, an abrasive personality, and is batshit insane and you'll know why she only got 5% of the vote in her own home state.
That's funny, I thought Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution forbids any kind of religious test for public office. I guess she didn't get the memo.
Something else she didn't get the memo on: The bible prohibits a woman having power over a man.
First of all, she dropped out, secondly, doesn't the Bible say something about woman not usurping authority over a man?
Actually there was a female judge (AKA: leader) in the old testament. That's not saying the Bible is without misogynistic parts, but there are ways to defend a woman being a leader with the Bible.
Not being a fundie, I have the luxury of not having to reconcile these opposing views in the Bible.
Also, not being a fundie, I'm glad to see Bachmann go.
Its funny that all three candidates that claimed "god told me to run" (Bachmann, Perry, Cain) are also all pretty much done in their campaigns or have already quit. Either God picked a bunch or losers oooooooooor maybe they are lying sacks that tried to use religion for political gain.
@Swede
"Biblical citation, please!"
Mark 14, 12-14 (New Batshit Translation)
And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 13 And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him, 14 and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, "Blessed is the woman who bears the name of the Maker of Funny Pretzel Things, for we are out of Matzoh and require that which has no leavening!"
Clearly He was referring to Bachmann, who herself lacks leavening.
@ SpukiKitty:
WHY CAN'T SOME REAL ALL-AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE WOMEN RUN?!!!
Because whenever a woman who's not in lockstep with the looney right does run (e.g., Geraldine Ferraro), she gets smeared from here to doomsday.
I guess god wasn't paying attention.
Ever notice that when one of these bible thumpers does something successfully it is by the grace of god but when they flame and out and fail like Michelle Bachmann it doesn't seem to come up that maybe god thinks Michelle Bachmann is a cunt?
Funny, none of the male candidates has found it necessary to promote any kind of "biblical qualification". For the males this seems to be a given.
What an insult to herself and to all women that Michelle Bachmann more or less shouts out "despite me being a female and therefore an inherently unworthy, second class human being who has no business being in a leadership role, enough bible thumpers think it's ok for me to go ahead anyway".
Fuck her.
I wonder if she will be consistent and now say "God told me to stop my campaign".
Why do I think she won't be doing that?
I'm trying to work out why God told her to run, because surely he knew what the outcome would be. Maybe he was trying to teach her a lesson about arrogance.
Or, more probably, she was just lying.
How did it ever get to this stage in America? In 1800 the candidates were Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who, whatever their beliefs, were at least educated, literate people. In 1912 one of the candidates was Eugene V. Debs, a full-blown revolutionary socialist. Now, the candidates are unbelievably reactionary and incredibly self-serving career politicians who seem proud of their ignorance and who act like they're living in a Christian theocracy.
Lol, and if someone's campaign poster said "Koranically qualified to be president" or "qualified to be president by the Vedas", there would be an enormous outcry. Fundies would march in the streets. Fox would be in a tizzy. But this-nothing. Yup, Christians are oh-so persecuted!
A statement which is utterly meaningless, as the Bible and the office of President of the United States have nothing to do with each other (other than the swearing-in ceremony, which could be done with another text if a non-Christian was elected).
I read this as "Michelle Obama" at first, and was wondering why something pro-Michelle was here.
Biblically qualified obviously means fuckall, considering she quit.
Which, when you think about it, sounds absolutely right.
Although I dunno about the fingernails. I think they're probably her best feature. Which also says everything.
Maybe she's referring to the Delusional Fundie Gasbag's Annotated Bible. That's the one where white, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, American Jesus rode to church on a dinosaur and had an AK-47 strapped to his back as Toby Keith songs blared to announce his arrival.
Article 6 of the United States Constitution bimbo, read it.
Who votes for imbecilic shit like that bitch?
No she's not.
She's a woman, she should be subordinate to men, and therefor is not biblically qualified.
Actually she's not secularly qualified either. She should just give back the millions she got from the gov't in farming subsidies (Since she says she doesn't believe in that.) Then go away and never bother sane people again.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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