Michele Bachmann, Swiss Ms.

[LongTimeListener]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/226317-rep-bachmann-becomes-swiss-citizen

By virtue of her husband's background, she was eligible to receive dual citizenship in the land of gay marriage and a health insurance mandate. She is eligible to run for office but says, "As you can see, there is a lot of competition behind me that I would have to run against, and it would be very stiff, because they’re very good."

Personally, I think she's doing it to convert her currency.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Personally, I think she's doing it to convert her currency.

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

 

[JR]

This is the country that gave women the vote in 1971. Seriously, 1971

I worked there at the time and it was bizarro world.

"Kinder, Kirche und Kuche" (children, church and kitchen) pretty much summed up the anti-women vote

If Bachmann spoke German she'd have a heyday there.

Tea Party Uber Alles.

 

[derwood]

Michele Bachman: Presidential candidate to alien in 90 days.

 

[sgreenwell]

Obscure procedural question - Would she be able to hold office in the USA and Switzerland at the same time?

 

[Ben_Hecht]

And won't be missed for one single, solitary minute -- other than as a vehicle for meaningful comic relief.

 

[HanSenSE]

Personally, I think she's doing it to convert her currency.

Her money is sinful?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I'm still waiting on Rush to move to Costa Rica.

 

[LanceyHoward]

Obscure procedural question - Would she be able to hold office in the USA and Switzerland at the same time?

Holding political office in another country is one of the few ways you can involuntarily lose your US citizenship.

 

[Azrael]

Switzerland: The Real America

 

[Mizzougrad96]

But on a lighter note, the president will support Bachmann's husband's second marriage.

 

[heyabbott]

Frau Bachmann

 

[Ace]

America: Love it or like Switzerland better

 

[BadgerBeer]

Obscure procedural question - Would she be able to hold office in the USA and Switzerland at the same time?

Holding political office in another country is one of the few ways you can involuntarily lose your US citizenship.

Is Mark the President of Switzterland? This would explain why he is being discriminated against.

 

[LongTimeListener]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76175.html

Nope. A day after holding the press conference, she asks the Swiss to cancel the citizenship.

Probably just wanted Alps-based anchor babies.

Damn, she would have been a fun presidential candidate.