Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
Does anyone ever wonder how much of it is actually real stupidity and whether they REALLY believe half of the garbage they spew? I sometimes wonder how much of it isn't actually pandering to their base...which is made up of a bunch of truly ignorant clowns (as opposed to the serial killer variety such as Pogo the Clown...AKA John Wayne......Gacy!)
That's a great question. In Donald Trump's case, I did wonder about that. Trump, even though he's a slickster and a quasi con man, is not stupid. So I wondered how a man, who has an obvious level of intelligence and business acumen, could be as far off the reservation as he was on the birther thing and Obama's Harvard admission. Especially since he was an Obama fan just a few years ago and he was absolutely trashing the GOP. Add to that, both he and his daughter, Ivanka, have been heavy donors to Democrats in the past, as well as Republicans. So in Trump's case, I decided that he was just playing a part, being as hyperbolic as possible, to get attention and raise the ratings for his TV show.
But in Bachmann's case, yeah, I actually think the woman is THAT flakey. Either she is incredibly ignorant or she has some sort of mental/emotional issue that causes her to say false things without thinking. Possibly like some form of Tourette syndrome? :dunno: It's not, as some here have tried to suggest, like saying there are 57 states or like me calling my dog by the name of a pet that died years ago. Michele has had SO many flubs, SO often, that one (even her fans) have to admit that the woman has some sort of problem.