I love when Eric Alterman really gets his back into flaying a story into shreds, like the idea that the ridiculousness that is Michelle Bachmann would be a viable candidate for president. Even for the Republican Party of 2011, filled as it is with morons, and ignoramuses, Bachmann is an extreme long shot.
This is one of those articles that I’d post the entire thing if I could, there are so many quality zingers. Instead, just click through and read it yourself. You’ll laugh out loud. At least I did. Ok, maybe I’m weird. Don’t answer that. Anyway…
Michele Bachmann is “reportedly” ready to form a presidential exploratory committee in early June. Shame on me (and this website) for paying the slightest bit of attention to this foolish and ridiculous spectacle, but here we are.
It’s a challenge to decide what, exactly, is silliest about this story. First is the generic issue, independent of Bachmann. “Ready to form a presidential exploratory committee?” What the hell does that amount to? Imagine, sitting down at a restaurant, calling the waiter over, and explaining that you may be ready, at some future point, to form an “exploratory committee” to discuss what you might like to order for dinner. My guess is you might get a bottle of Perrier poured on your head.
OK, now let’s assume for the sake of argument, some actual content to this announcement. Let’s say Bachmann actually does, one day, form a presidential exploratory committee and even runs for the Republican nomination for president. After all, she has recently made multiple visits to key states like Iowa and New Hampshire and has been telling people that she will be filling out the necessary forms to be included in the party debates, which begin May 2 at the Reagan Library in California.
Bachmann has about as much chance of actually getting the nomination as Lindsay Lohan. Does anyone in the world, even Bachmann herself, sincerely believe that this would be anything other than an exercise in vanity and self-delusion?
(click here to continue reading Michele Bachmann’s Could-Be 2012 Presidential Run Not Worthy of Serious Coverage – The Daily Beast.)