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Bachmann asked whether wives should be submissive
Associated Press ^ | August 11, 2011

Posted on 08/11/2011 8:19:39 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

AMES, Iowa (AP) -- The Bible tells wives to be submissive to their husbands. If she were president, would that apply to Michele Bachmann?

In Thursday's Republican debate in Iowa, the Minnesota congresswoman was asked if she would be submissive to her husband.

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KEYWORDS: 2012debates; christians; ia2012; iowadebate; women
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To: Tucker39; Huck

York is not real bright.


21 posted on 08/11/2011 8:42:44 PM PDT by SUSSA
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To: Republican Wildcat

Your comment, suggesting that the press removes the context, assumes that the press knows the context. The press does not know the context. The press has absorbed the aroma of the recollection of the context as fed to them by their religiously ignorant parents, who were too embarrassed to give their children an actual religious education.


22 posted on 08/11/2011 8:43:00 PM PDT by JOHN ADAMS
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That was a snarky sexist question. She handled it well and the audience did not like it..Part of me wished she would have smacked York down like Newt did to Chris Wallace.


23 posted on 08/11/2011 8:45:52 PM PDT by celtic gal
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To: Republican Wildcat

“it seems the press and left in general always remove this from its context”

That’s because they’re either atheist or New Age wackadoodles and lack the conceptual framework to comprehend, much less explain, 23-33.


24 posted on 08/11/2011 8:46:55 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: OrioleFan

“I’ve had it with Fox News. What a bunch of low-life establishment clowns they are.”
I agree with you, but it’s amazing how many lefties think “Faux News” is a den of the extreme right;)


25 posted on 08/11/2011 8:50:12 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Safrguns
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Brother ... you're on the RIGHT track ...


How about Michelle reply with ...


1) Media Babe ... I'll answer your question, "IF" you first tell me "IF" it was proper for Bill Clinton to have Monica Lewisnsky kneeling before him in "SUBMISSION" like a School Girl at a Roman Catholic confession ?


2) Media Guy ... I'll answer your question, "IF" you first tell me "IF" it was proper for Barney Frank to have Congressional Pages kneeling before him in "SUBMISSION" like a School Boy at a Roman Catholic confession ?



I think that you get my drift ... Suffice it to say that the MSM Dogs should be tarred and feathered ... and that's AFTER they've apologized ...

for what they did to Sarah Palin and family ...

(grrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)




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26 posted on 08/11/2011 8:51:00 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I would have liked to have seen her take apart the moderator’s question... she should have seen that question coming, and she should have been better prepared for it.

I would have advised something like....

“Submitting to my husband means that if he didn’t want me to run, then I wouldn’t be here...

But Submitting to my husband does NOT mean subjecting my responsibility to him if I win.

I would represent the American people if elected president.
My husband understands that responsibility and would respect it. The premise of your question suggests otherwise, and is offensive.”


27 posted on 08/11/2011 8:59:31 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Frank_2001

From now on I get my news from the internet where I can filter out the minor issues like whether Congresswoman will submit to her husband. I have found myself watching CNBC Squawk Box in the morning for no other reason than it has Rick Santelli on. He took apart the muni bond queen Meredith Whitney yesterday when she said the Tea Party was a bunch of angry out-of-work white males.


28 posted on 08/11/2011 8:59:34 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15.)
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To: mardi59
In my everyday world I am known as an aggressive, decisive, I don't take sheet from nobody B-word.

And that is who I am in those situations. My husband knows me as submissive to his final word.

This is the thing about husbands and wives. My husband makes and is responsible for, those hard emotional decisions that I, as a woman do not want make.

Yes, I know they are right, but my heart leads me elsewhere. In saying this, perhaps, I should submit, that, we should scrutinize the husband of women candidates.

Presidents listen to their wives, and their husbands, after all.

29 posted on 08/11/2011 9:01:42 PM PDT by KittenClaws (A closed mouth gathers no foot.)
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To: Safrguns

Being a tax attorney she is savvy enough to know that when uncertain, to say less rather than more.


30 posted on 08/11/2011 9:02:03 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: Republican Wildcat

Of course you’re right, but, no one has any interest in representing the truth in context. People are willfully ignorant.


31 posted on 08/11/2011 9:02:32 PM PDT by Lost Highway (I don't know what the world may need but a V8 engines a good start for me)
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To: ClearCase_guy
But Fox was disgusting.

They blew this one, big time. They concentrated on gotcha questions, as Newt pointed out early on, and starting fights between candidates. I would liked to have seen the candidates refuse to answer them, especially the one Byron York Asked of Bachman. That is the same stuff they did about Kennedy and the Pope.

Then they tried to get Herman Cain and Mitt Romney to fight over religion. Bachman and Pawlenty didn't seem to need encouragement. To be fair though, Pawlenty started that rumble but I wish Bachman had ignored him.

32 posted on 08/11/2011 9:03:38 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Her answer about submission = respect was wrong.

Sounded good... but it was wrong.


33 posted on 08/11/2011 9:05:53 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: KittenClaws
Yes, I know they are right, but my heart leads me elsewhere. In saying this, perhaps, I should submit, that, we should scrutinize the husband of women candidates.

You just KNOW that hubby Bachmann's efforts (whether well guided or not, and I know too little about his method to say) to usher willing people out of the homosexual life style will get the lime light. It may well be worth it to force this issue out in the open.

34 posted on 08/11/2011 9:05:58 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: Safrguns

It answered one undefined term with another one. I wouldn’t say it was so much wrong as unilluminating.


35 posted on 08/11/2011 9:07:06 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Would it not be for accurate to say that the Bible tells CHRISTIAN wives to be submissive to their husbands. Since that Pauline letter was written to the church and not to the general public. One could argue that the NT does not address marriage between two non-believers. They’re issue is their sin and having not yet truly dealing with who Christ was.


36 posted on 08/11/2011 9:08:04 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule
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To: ClearCase_guy
The panel was an embarrassment. I never understand why Fox News has a reputation as a conservative outlet. It’s not. I consider it anti-conservative and pro-Left.

Exactly. Fox is about as conservative as Mike Bloomberg. False friends, big time.
37 posted on 08/11/2011 9:14:32 PM PDT by Antoninus (Nothing that offends God can possibly be a legitimate right.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I consider it anti-conservative and pro-Left.

You should try FBN.

38 posted on 08/11/2011 9:16:44 PM PDT by mlocher (Is it time to cash in before I am taxed out?)
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To: Patton@Bastogne
like a School Boy at a Roman Catholic confession ?

Can you lay off the Catholics, please? Cheap shots don't win you any points.
39 posted on 08/11/2011 9:17:33 PM PDT by Antoninus (Nothing that offends God can possibly be a legitimate right.)
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To: KittenClaws

I would like to know more about Mr Bachmann. He will be scrutinized just as Todd Palin was.


40 posted on 08/11/2011 9:21:22 PM PDT by mardi59
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