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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: txradioguy on May 29, 2013, 06:30:46 AM
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Congresswoman Michele Bachmann says she will not run for re-election in 2014, ending her tenure as the representative from Minnesota's sixth congressional district after four terms.
In a video released on her website early Wednesday, the Tea Party favorite says that, in her opinion, if presidents can only serve eight years that length of time is sufficient for her to serve in Congress.
Bachmann claims her decision was not influenced by concerns that she would not be re-elected, or by recent inquiries into her 2012 presidential campaign.
In January, a former Bachmann aide filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, claiming Bachmann made improper payments to an Iowa state senator who was the state chairman of her 2012 presidential run. The aide, Peter Waldron, also accused Bachmann of other FEC violations.
Bachmann says she considered not running again for her House seat in 2012 after her failed presidential bid, but felt another Republican candidate would not have enough time to adequately prepare for the race.
"I will continue to work overtime for the next 18 months in Congress defending the same constitutional conservative values we have worked so hard on together," Bachmann says in the video.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/29/rep-michele-bachmann-says-will-not-run-for-re-election-in-2014/
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wonder whats up? I bet the little monkies are going to be soooo happy today :lmao:
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wonder whats up? I bet the little monkies are going to be soooo happy today :lmao:
Yup I can hear the sounds of grave dancing already.
I'm going to take her at her word that she's term limiting herself.
I'm hoping that she is gonna take the time to organize behind the scenes for another POTUS run.
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Yup I can hear the sounds of grave dancing already.
I'm going to take her at her word that she's term limiting herself.
I'm hoping that she is gonna take the time to organize behind the scenes for another POTUS run.
Maybe a run at Al Franken in the Senate?
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Maybe a run at Al Franken in the Senate?
That would work too.
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That's what I was thinking too. That she has other aspirations. What about Gov? Their current Dem. Gov's term is up next year.
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I'm hoping that she is gonna take the time to organize behind the scenes for another POTUS run.
Me too. The only one worth a shiite to do so last time.