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January 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Minnesota Representative gained just 5 per cent of votes in poor showing
- Bachmann was defiant after results came in and danced with husband
- Said she remains committed to fight against Obama healthcare reforms
By
Mark Duell and Thomas Durante
Last updated at 5:25 PM on 4th January 2012
Michele Bachmann has ended her run for the White House after a disastrous
sixth-place showing in Iowa early this morning that saw her campaign
collapse in the state where it began six months ago.
‘I am not motivated in this quest by vain glory or political power,’ the Minnesota Representative said. Last night the people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice and so I have decided to stand aside.’
She added that she decided to run for the presidency in March 2010 after being ‘deeply troubled by the state of our country’ when President Obama’s healthcare reforms, or ‘Obamacare’, were passed.
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Over and out: Michele Bachmann, centre, joined by husband Marcus, left, family and friends, announces that she will end her campaign for president on Wednesday in West Des Moines, Iowa
Tender moment: Mrs Bachmann kisses her husband Marcus after announcing that she will end her campaign
‘The evening that Obamacare was
passed, I believed firmly what Congress and Obama had done endangered
the very survival of the United States of America.
‘2012 is our last chance and our only chance to repeal Obamacare. It violates our fundamental liberties as Americans (and) must be stopped. I’ll fight for this country.
‘I wanted my children and all the
children of this country to live free and have even better opportunities
than our parents gave us. I decided to stand up and fight for freedom.
‘Our country is in very serious
trouble and this might be the last election to turn the nation around
before we go down the road of socialism.’
In the days leading up to the caucuses,
Mrs Bachmann deflected numerous questions about her staying power. But
after the vote, even her campaign manager suggested she might leave the
race.
Basement: Michele Bachmann, pictured with her husband Marcus, was only able to defeat Jon Huntsman
Smiles: Michele Bachmann’s put on an exuberant appearance with her supporters on Tuesday night
Asked if he could say with certainty
whether she would go forward with her candidacy, Keith Nahigian admitted on Tuesady night: ‘I
don’t know yet. It’s hard to tell, but everything is planned’.
‘2012 is our last chance and our only chance to repeal Obamacare. It violates our fundamental liberties as Americans (and) must be stopped’
Michele Bachmann
Mrs Bachmann, however, did not give up
after the results on Tuesday night, telling supporters: ‘I believe I am
that true conservative that can and who will defeat Barack Obama in
2012’.
Her rival Rick Perry cancelled his trip to
South Carolina last night. She emerged as an early favourite among the GOP field when she won the Iowa straw poll in August.
That victory was seen as a display of the Bachmann campaign’s strength as the election season went full swing.
But Mrs Bachmann’s momentum declined amid
some sleepy debate performances and she found herself upstaged by the
likes of Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich.
As
Rick Santorum and Mr Romney seesawed between first and second place,
Mrs Bachmann plummeted to the bottom tier among her Republican rivals in her
home state.
Party: Michele Bachmann still seemed to enjoy the evening and was seen dancing with her husband Marcus
In a last-ditch effort to collect
votes before the caucuses began last night, Mrs Bachmann campaigned near her
childhood home of Waterloo, Iowa, to make an appeal for support.
Shall we? Mrs Bachmann shares a dance with her husband Marcus at her Iowa caucus rally
She implored voters to ‘reclaim our country.’
Mrs Bachmann’s mother joined her on stage as the candidate spoke at a cavernous college sports arena that serves as a caucus hub.
She said: ‘Stand up, Iowa. Reclaim our country. Tonight we begin the process of taking it back.’
As Mrs Bachmann made her way around the
arena, she shook hands and talked to voters about elementary school
teachers they had in common.
She touted herself as a ‘consistent conservative’ while playing up her win in the Iowa GOP’s summer straw poll.
But as the Iowa votes were tallied, it became evident that the so-called ‘queen of rage’ may be losing her step, as rumours swirled over whether or not she would continue.
The caucus site was hardly unified.
Mrs Bachmann needed more than hometown connections to pull back into contention.
‘I feel sorry for her,’ said Randy Herod, a retired business consultant. ‘She’s real nice, but this isn’t her time.’
That statement was echoed yesterday by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who urged Mrs Bachmann to call it quits.
‘She has a lot to offer, also, but I don’t think it is her time this go-around,’ Mrs Palin told Fox News.
‘Not her time’: Sarah Palin said it was probably time for Mrs Bachmann to end her campaign and endorse someone else
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She has a cheek claiming to be a conservative, and being against socialism, she got a government grant of 250,000 for a farm she owns, then she got another 200,000 for a business her and her husband own, then she got a further 50,000 grant for staff training, now, if getting money off the taxpayer, to start business train staff, and do some farming, is not socialism, what is. She should just go the full distance, join the democrats, and become part of the left wing of the party, her beliefs in government money for all are already there, she just needs to get her person there.
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I told the very attractive lady, “If you’ll give all of your speeches and compete in all your debates in a string bikini, the White House will be yours for the taking.” She didn’t listen to me. See where it got her?
Who is the next woman for a presidential run? Sarah Palin? Also an attractive gal. “Thong, my dear. You can’t go wrong in a thong.”
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She is a pathetic zealot. She thinks you should only have medical care if you can afford it. No one can afford medical care in the US. Little else in America compares to the exorbitant cost of medical care. By the way, the whole lot of Republican candidates are pathetic. Go Obama 2012. And let’s give him a liberal congress in 2012 so he can help to fix this breaking America.
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America must be pleased, the woman is a complete nutjob.
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Arnie for president–just needs both houses of Congress to give permission for an Austrian to occupy the Whitehouse. I am not a Democratic supporter but given who is running for the Republicans I think we would be safer if O’Bama wins in 2012.
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Michelle Bachmann = Sarah Palin’s long-lost mental twin.
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So what freedom is it that she’s protecting exactly the right to die young if you don’t have medical insurance? That’s a great one and I whole heartedly agree with it given that Americans die younger than Europeans (it reduced the polution they cause when alive by reducing the time span they can polute for)
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One less Palinesque wingnut.
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She should have done this before .Wasted her time as well as our time to read her news so far .
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Thank god we won’t have to listen to her anymore. Can’t even imagine anyone taking her seriously as a candidate.
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