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I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been here ever since.

Michele Bachmann

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Michele Bachmann
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 6
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Michele Marie Bachmann
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Spending comes just as natural to liberals in Minnesota and the Minnesota legislature as bashing decency comes to the editorial board of our major metropolitan newspapers.
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While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.
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I don't want the United States to be in a global economy where our economic future is bound to that of Zimbabwe. We can't necessarily trust the decisions that are being made financially in other countries.
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Carbon dioxide is natural, it is not harmful, it is a part of Earth's lifecycle. And yet we're being told that we have to reduce this natural substance, reduce the American standard of living, to create an arbitrary reduction in something that is naturally occurring in Earth.
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The Tea Party is an organic, spontaneous movement that rose up in opposition to to the Pelosi-Reid-Obama agenda.
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You should get to keep every dollar that you earn. That's your money. That's not the government's money.
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This is a very serious matter, because it is our children who are the prize for this community, they are specifically targeting our children.
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We're running out of rich people in this country.
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They can get married. They can marry a man if they're a woman. Or they can marry a woman if they're a man.
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The No. 1 thing that I care about is the fact that I did my job by the children because that has a legacy that will far outlive me. Because it won't only be them, it will be how they impact their children and the next generation.
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Let's not do that. Let's love people. Let's care about people. Let's repeal it now while we can.
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Without a doubt, absolutely, a woman will be a president, and probably sooner rather than later. I am excited about that, and if what I did serves as a steppingstone for another woman down the course, I am very grateful to have had that chance.
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And I took a walk and I just went to prayer and I said Lord, what would you have me do in the Minnesota state senate? And just through prayer I knew that I was to introduce the marriage amendment in Minnesota.
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I'm not a fool and I won't be taken for a ride. I will stand up for my self but at the same time I don't presume the worst and I don't see people coming at me with negativity. Until they do.
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John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved.
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Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich supported the Wall Street bailout.
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A woman (Terri Schiavo) was healthy. There was brain damage, there was no question. But from a health point of view, she was not terminally ill.
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I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.
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We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe in. That's what we need for our nominee, whether it is me or whether it is someone else.
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I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.
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