Michele Bachman's Migraines- Presidential Disqualifier or Sexism?

[PiKA2001]

She doesn't have a life-threatening illness. She is not experiencing the lead poisoning that Andrew Jackson was suffering from the un-removed bullets in his body. She has not suffered a heart attack as Eisenhower had in the year before he ran for reelection. She is not even prone to a reoccurring psychological malady, like depression as Abraham Lincoln was. Moreover, women in their forties and fifties are often in better health than men of the same age. Is there a reason President Barack Obama, a decades-long cigarette smoker, has not been required to submit to a chest x-ray or lung scan?

As an individual who has had chronic migraines for the past fifteen years, I can attest to the fact that that they are three things: painful, inconvenient, and controllable. As the medical doctor for the House of Representatives explained yesterday, migraines "have known trigger factors" (e.g., wine and chocolate) and those can be avoided.

Simply put, this is a manufactured issue and a sexist attack to stop Bachmann's surging poll momentum. Let's face it: in most polls, she is running either just ahead or just behind Mitt Romney. What better way for one of her GOP opponents (this story broke in the Daily Caller, a Republican online news site, meaning this smear was likely done by a Republican, not a Democrat) to undermine her growing support among religious conservatives and those aligned with the Tea Party movement. After all, questioning John McCain's health and senility helped the Democrats win in 2008.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lara-m..._b_906126.html

I'm not a Bachmann supporter, in fact I hope she doesn't get close to getting the GOP nomination but I still think people making her migraines a big deal is ridiculous. Oh well, I guess we'll just all sit back and watch her get steamrolled over like Palin and Clinton did. Got forbid we ever have a President that menstruates.

[knight_shadow]

It'll stop being an issue when she releases the long-form medical records.

Seriously, though, migraines suck but they're hardly a disqualifying factor when it comes to doing a job. They need to leave this woman alone.

[AOII Angel]

I can't stand Bachmann, but I'm so sick of hearing about her migraines and her "anti-Catholic" church. Seriously, has anyone ever heard of Martin Luther? I don't know if it's sexism. More women than men have migraines so I suppose a man with migraines would get the same shit. I probably have worse migraines than she does, but I wouldn't think that precludes her from holding the top office in the country. They make good medicine for that these days. Maybe 20 years ago it would have been a bigger problem.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

They need to leave this woman alone.

I believe they wouldn't be bothering her so much if she wasn't a woman. With more women having migraines than men, as far as many are concerned, that adds to the emotional and irrational gender stereotype. Men who have migraines have that awesome testosterone and masculinity to buffer it all.

It's bad enough if a chick becomes president--with their hormones and crying and stuff--don't let one with migraines become president. Then there will be bipartisan bickering, wars, dirty politics, and an economic crisis. Oh...wait....

[agzg]

It's not her migraines that disqualify her for the presidency, it's her batshit crazy.

[Leslie Anne]

Originally Posted by agzg

It's not her migraines that disqualify her for the presidency, it's her batshit crazy.

^^^ This.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by agzg

It's not her migraines that disqualify her for the presidency, it's her batshit crazy.

Originally Posted by agzg

Husband whose clinic prays away the gay and accepts Medicaid would be a good starting point.

Then we can talk about her time with the IRS. Why does the Tea Party love her so much?

I believe the speculation is that Pawlenty's campaign is responsible as he has several people working for him who used to work for Bachmann.

She should NEVER EVER BE PRESIDENT OF ANYTHING including the local PTA, or Justin Bieber's fan club, but the migraine thing is unrelated.

[33girl]

Since neither Kennedy's philandering nor his migraines were questioned when he ran for the presidency in 1960

No, people just thought he was going to make us all pay taxes to the Vatican.

And yeah, there are things that disqualify her before even getting to the migraines. That this writer would think it's the only thing just shows her jackassitivity.

[Ghostwriter]

Originally Posted by agzg

It's not her migraines that disqualify her for the presidency, it's her batshit crazy.

We conservatives think all the liberals are batshit crazy.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

We conservatives think all the liberals are batshit crazy.

You're all crazy. Happy now?

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

We conservatives think all the liberals are batshit crazy.

First, I don't believe you speak for all conservatives. So, good for you Captain Generalization.

Second, please explain to me why the current bastardization of the Tea Party loves Michele Bachmann so much especially given her and her husband's history. Please.

Please tell me why a woman who says her husband makes all her important decisions is so awesome. A vote for her is basically a vote for her husband, but without her husband having to run on his own merits. Tell me why that's so awesome.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by agzg

Please tell me why a woman who says her husband makes all her important decisions is so awesome.

1. Men are the head of the household.
2. Women came from Adam's rib.
3. Pandora opened that box.
4. Men are physically stronger.
5. Men are mentally stronger.
6. Women are too emotional.
7. Women are too PMStional.
8. Men make decisions, women make babies.
9. Behind every strong woman is a man who humps her ass.
10. Girls have a peee-nis, boys have a va-giii-na. Not really. See, women are frivolous liars.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

1. Men are the head of the household.
2. Women came from Adam's rib.
3. Pandora opened that box.
4. Men are physically stronger.
5. Men are mentally stronger.
6. Women are too emotional.
7. Women are too PMStional.
8. Men make decisions, women make babies.
9. Behind every strong woman is a man who humps her ass.
10. Girls have a peee-nis, boys have a va-giii-na. Not really. See, women are frivolous liars.

Don't forget their periods attract bears....BEARS! They can smell the menstruation.

[AnotherKD]

Originally Posted by Ghostwriter

We conservatives think some of the liberals are batshit crazy. We also think that some of the conservatives are batshit crazy.

As a conservative myself, I fixed your post for you.

I absolutely cannot stand this lady. Nor can I stand anyone else who makes up "facts" out of thin air every other day.

[AnchorAlum]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

As a conservative myself, I fixed your post for you.

I absolutely cannot stand this lady. Nor can I stand anyone else who makes up "facts" out of thin air every other day.

This!