Yeah. Aside from migraines, there are plenty of reasons why she should not be president.

I agree...she worries me more on her Tea Party status than anything else

To have migraines you need to have a brain... Does she qualify for such a diagnoses?

Is this the same lady that wants to cut benefits to our disabled veterans and eliminate the minimum wage?

Shame!

I pride myself on being Democrat, but this is just stupid. Why would any Dr. lend their comments to this ridiculous issue. She is fine, if we are just talking about migraines. That is not the issue we should be focusing on. So, drop the fluff news and stick to her politics.

*shake my head

I wouldn't mind having a president who gets a pain in the head; I mean, it would be better than the current situation where the president IS a pain in the ass

Migraines may be caused by a big build-up of hot air in the head....the side effects of this malady are the propensity to shoot one's mouth off uncontrollably, and may accentuated by a constant dribble of half-lies. Ultimately this leads to political death from carpal tunnel syndrome & possibly arthritis, due to over-reaching while tea-bagging with constituents at fund raisers and other ho' downs....but prior to this the afflicted becomes a big pain in the butt to everyone within earshot.

Perhaps it is the little alien inside her head desperately trying to get out.

Jahmekan -- Obviously, you are not familiar with migraines. They can be extremely debilitating, and the much better meds currently available still do not help everyone. As far as Bachmann is concerned, the woman is totally without a conscience. Her migraines are probably caused by a twisted brain. Heaven help us if she or anyone like her ever gets in the White House, migraines or not.

She is infinitely more qualified that Mr Obama was. Doctorate degrees, business experience, tax attorney, multiple-term congresswoman, former state legislator. You may not agree with her politics, but to say she lacks qualifications shows either a lack of knowledge of her background or a complete lack of objectivity.

It's not so much her headaches that worry me as her thoughts.

Obama's rectal cranial inversion and Biden's narcolepsy haven't been an issue so why should this?

"causes cognitive impairment"... this explains a lot

Awesome response!! I couldn't agree with you more!

Michelle is an incurable religious kook who also has migraines. Probably caused by being married to that bizarre gay person -- yikes! What a creepy duo!

Doctorate from Bible-based Coburn School of Law. Where?

As a tax attorney - From 1988 to 1993, Bachmann was a U.S. Treasury Department attorney in St. Paul, Minnesota, representing the IRS against people who underpaid or failed to pay their taxes. Now she says we are taxed too much. Really?

To her accomplishments as a multiterm congressperson- Now in her third House term, Bachmann has never had a bill or resolution she’s sponsored signed into law, and she’s never wielded a committee gavel, either at the full or subcommittee level. Bachmann’s amendments and bills have rarely been considered by any committee, even with the House under GOP control.

The most difficult part of all of this is being able to actually tell when she is cognitively impaired and when she's just being herself.

Another cause for Mrs. Bachman's migraines could very well be her inability to have an effective bowel discharge. As any parent would know, this can cause extreme pain and, if not cured, headaches to the point of them being migraines.

As a Tea Party favorite, she is, by definition, full of fecal matter.

Constant lying and deceiving creates stress and coupled with being ignorant to everything in the real world, one should get Migraines, big time.

Pretending you have a Perfect Marriage is a pile on too.

Rolled into one package, it should definitely disqualify Bachmann.

The other fringe elements of her life like the Tea Party goes too without questions.

Bruce, You've been eating too many fruit loops. Better qualified than Obama? This Loony Toon graduated from that great institute of higher learning, Winona State Univ. and than received her law degree from the famed Oral Roberts Univ, whose law school than became Regent Univ. which than became Liberty Univ, whose claim to fame is that 70% of their graduates did not pass the law board. Yes indeedy much more qualified than Columbia Univ. and a Law degree from Harvard. No less head of Harvard Law review. You nut jobs are really giving me a migraine. DUH!

Being the first female dilettante to run for the POTUS has to be stressful.

Like it was for the Wizard of Oz when TOTO exposed him for the phony he was.

I'm sure he got a migraine at that moment too. Pay no attention to the smoke and mirror show!

Bassai -- you are so witty. And your comments add so much to the conversation. Thank you.

I think her migraines are from SUPRESSING THE FACT THAT HER

CHUBBY HUBBY IS A LITTLE LIGHT IN THE LOAFERS!!!

P.S. Am I the only one who thinks he looks just like LIBERECE!?

"Pray he's not gay."

Susi-Oh: My mother suffered from migraines, but I am still not going to get suckered into attacking Michele Bachmann for some medical issue. I will use her as a punching bag for her bat sh-it crazy politics. The headaches are a very trivial issue IMHO.

Well gee Shelly, if you really believe you can "pray away the gay" then I strongly suggest you learn to "pray away the migraine".

Doesn't work?

Duh!

When we get a play-by-play of a sitting President's colonoscopy with graphics whether we want to see them or not, then Shelly's migraines are going to be an issue whether she wants them to be or not.

I understand migraines - it's hard to be 'on the ball' and be able to function clearly. Do I want that one next to the nuclear button? Uh, HELL NO.

agree with Jahmekan - there are too many other reasons this crazy lady shouldnt be president, migraines arent even close to being one of them - debilitating or not.

as a lesbian, the minute I heard her husband speak...I knew he's been praying away his own gay since he was 5.

So, here's an intersting question: if Michelle's husband is gay, and michelle is not...can someone explain to me why praying away the gay, even though it doesnt work beyond DENIAL, is a good situation for someone like Michelle (again, assuming she's not rowing the same boat as her husband)?

Think about it, how happy would you be to find out your wife or husband has been gay this whole time, fighting to keep it buried inside and completely and wholey unattracted to you this entire time beyond BEST FRIEND?

is this the world crazy straight people want to live in, where their spouse is simply pretending so as not to upset the religious nuts?

Cuz, I certainly would never want to marry some douche man to make anyone happy...and subsequently make both of us miserable. its illogical at best...horribly sad at worst.

"I can't respond to the nuclear missiles coming from Iran, I have a migraine" - President Michelle Bachmann

(Alternative Time Line 2014)

Bachmann problems, are her opinions, lack of knowledge and ideology. I'm somewhat sorry, to hear she has migraines but its mitigated by the fact that her babbling causes to me to ROTFL and I can't catch my breath and my rib cage hurts.

No doubt about it, it's sexist. BO never showed his medical records. Clinton never showed his. I'm not sure who did and who didn't, but to me it's all or none! I personally believe that Alzheimer's was affecting Reagan during his second term. My opinion. I guess we'll never really know? We know now that JFK had numerous physical ailments and FDR was wheel chair bound. If we need to screen the medical records of candidates; then, let it be ALL candidates.

Another reason for her to schedule that appointment at the vet for a labotomy.

Is she curing her headaches right now campaigning in South Carolina while the country's in the middle of a meltdown?

She has nothing to worry about, she is way too stupid and nutty to sell America anything but a load of C**P.

For those of you out there that say, "Stupidity should be painful"...

We still haven't seen any of the grades from Columbia or Harvard, or the application and/or explanation for how he got admitted (or who paid for it). There are a LOT of good universities out there. Just because someone's degrees are not from an Ivy league school doesn't mean they aren't every intelligent and educated. Conversely, there are a lot of Harvard grads who got there only because they had the right last name (and/or "sponsor").

Bruce, get back to us on that if you ever catch Obama hiding in the bushes spying on gays, will you?

To her accomplishments as a multiterm congressperson- Now in her third House term, Bachmann has never had a bill or resolution she’s sponsored signed into law, and she’s never wielded a committee gavel, either at the full or subcommittee level. Bachmann’s amendments and bills have rarely been considered by any committee, even with the House under GOP control.

Sounds exactly like Obama's resume heading into the White House. Only thing different is that Obama was an absentee for over 70 percent of the sessions congress was residing.

Back then all I heard and read that he didn't fit in to the "old ways of legislating". Now, your calling her out for exactly what Obama was and is!

Make up your mind! Poop or get off the pot!

The left side of her brain is fatally crippled.

cheetah - And that was her semi-functional good side, so sad and hopeless. Gonna have to put her down, its for her on good.

Bruce -

Conversely, there are a lot of Harvard grads who got there only because they had the right last name (and/or "sponsor").

I absolutely agree.

George W. Bush - MBA - Harvard

Maybe that 'titanium spine' is the cause of her migraines

You should be shamed

Why she was stupid long before her first migraine, and she will remain so long after today.

kaybeetoys-- someone was in the bushes spying on obama, google it.

kapokeefe,

I had to go away for a while but couldn't let your fantasy go uncorrected.

From GovTrack.us, and InfoUSA-

Barack Obama sponsored 137 bills from 4 Jan 2005 until 16 November 2008. Two became law. This figure does not include bills to which Obama contributed as cosponsor, such as the Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 or the Lugar-Nunn Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006. Nor does it include amendments to other bills, although in the Senate these are not required to be germane to the parent bill and can therefore effectively be bills in their own right. During the same time period, Obama has co-sponsored 689 bills in total; 408 of which had secured his support by the day they were originally introduced in the Senate.

That adds up to more in 3 years than Bachmann has done in 3 terms.

id like to know what obama is on, i sat a public blood test? i suspect cocaine. if bachmans personal medical issues are the publics business, so is obamas. you see is purple lips, skinny ass, bug out eyes, and radical behavior lead many americans wondering, is obama a crack head? you know obama has discussed his history of cocaine use, most cocaine users i know never stop. i know wealthy men who have been using it for over 50 years. i think a blood test is in order, we can have some republican MDs weigh in on the "serious issue". fair is fair, right libs.

The Minnesota Independant states that Bachmann has missed more votes than any member of the Minn. congressional delegation, and is 11th in missed votes of the entire House of Reps., missing 13.6% of all votes. She has more important things to do than vote for her district, apparently. Her migraines or just her running around to Tea Party meetings?

www.govtrack.us, BO missed 314 of 1,300 roll call votes or 24%. What was his problem? NEXT!!!!

A non issue, Ulysses S. Grant suffered from Migraines and was on his back resting from one when he got the word General Lee wanted to surrender,he got up, performed his duty in spite of it, and went on to perform in the White House.Ms.Bachmann has performed her duties inspite of them, something Obama and the Democrats have utterly failed to do and they have nothing at all wrong with them,unless of course, demonstrated incompetence is considered a disability, but then again, being Democrats , that is a possibility.

Bachmann's husband gets GOV., subsidies for his business of gay management to pray away the gay in people and turns gays into straight. Is this sick or what ? Also the Bachmann's get 250,000 a year in farm subsidies. " Boy they know how to MILK THE SYSTEM " I smell fraud ? Time for a investigation. Bachmann's husband is a sick a$$ weird dude.

So evidently you can get migraines by having your head up your ass 24 hours a day like she does.

You naysayers, you go right ahead and nominate Ms. Bachmann, she will gaurantee Pres. Obama's re-election. Us, Dems will thank you right now.

Did anyone else happen to notice what she said about her migraines?

"My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief."

I, for one, am glad to hear her get it out in the open so soon and so bluntly that she'll be an incompetent president no matter what.

Hockey Guy

I have NEVER seen the ugliness towards fellow Americans/humans than what a lot of you take JOY in. You know who you are!

I have seen it a lot, from the "Conservatives" every time they can. We are not making fun of her disease, we are making fun of her... And if you do not think how dangerously funny she is, they it is you who deserve our commiseration

@ follow the yellow brick road.

www.govtrack.us, BO missed 314 of 1,300 roll call votes or 24%. What was his problem? NEXT!!!!

That usually happens when you're a congressman running for president. McCain missed a lot of roll calls too but the graph shows that they happened when he was running for president twice. Same with John Kerry who missed a lot of roll calls when he ran for president. If you check the graph on Bachmann you'll see that she is missing a lot of roll calls now because she is doing a lot of campaigning.

Azrancher

she is obviously not as qualified as odumbo who managed to show up but could only vote present....the cocaine use must have destroyed his ability to form an opinion of his own.

That means GWB was on some pretty good cocaine deciding to invade 2 countries not having anything to do with terrorism, taking our country 1 step closer to a police state and putting us in a massive debt hole we may never get out of because of tax cuts and military spending.

No Party affiliations

If her migraines can be reasonably controlled then it's not an issue.

However, severe migraines can be absolutely debilitating -- if she is having severe ones that impair her functioning, then it IS a problem. The President of the United States has an extremely full and tight schedule on most days. There's no room for shutting everything down 5-10 times a month due a migraine. Imagine if -- God forbid -- our country suffers a serious attack from a foreign power.

As commander in chief of our country's military, the president needs to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year -- at a moment's notice -- to respond to an attack. We can't say "Oops, our country is under attack but...dang the bad luck...the commander of our nation's military is unavailable due to a debilitating medical condition. "

Bachman is truly the turd that just won't flush, and I never ever ever ever wanted to defend her. Put this headache crap is sexist B.S. "Egads, she has a megrem and her courses!" Last I checked the victorian era was long past. Her stupidity and bigotry will defeat her, no need to bring in the headaches.

I'd like to think she misspoke, but then again...

Is she saying she plans to be ineffective regardless of her debilitating migraines? In that case, I suppose her migraines won't alter her effectiveness (or lack thereof).

I had the same thought, that sentence makes no sense. She must have said it while experiencing a migraine! :-P

I'm going to pull a Bachmann reality twist and assume what she meant to say was:

My inability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.

...presumably because she has no respect for the office of president, which she has already indicated, and because she has problems dealing in the real world, with real people.

In a migraine moment, President Michelle Bachmann rescinds separation of church and state........ (Alternative Time Line 2013)

Eric !- You left off, she will declare herself the Supreme Priestess of the Living Lord "here on earth" Inc. And rescind all Federal Presidential elections forthwith because Jesus told her too. I'll forgive you this time, but don't ever let it happen again!

Didn't Abe Lincoln have a disease? That didn't stop him from being a pretty good president.

But then again, Lincoln wasn't clueless

ROTF! ;p

Paul F, you are certainly not qualified to make psychiatric diagnoses or you would know that a diagnosis of narcissism requires identification of type. However, I also feel certain that minor issues like being qualified will not prevent you from moving ahead. So, who has the disorder? At the very least, try to stay on topic. We are talking about Bachmann and in this case her inability to clearly making a point after stating her intention to do so. It's funny

what_the_81,

The speculation is that Abe Lincoln may have had Marfan's disorder. This is a genetic disorder of the connective tissue. He was not diagnosed with it nor was he medicated for it. It is not a disorder that took him out of action for hours or even days at a time. It is not debilitating, as migraines and the medications used to treat them are.

I remember when GWB sounded this ridiculous when he first started campaigning. And we got exactly what we deserved when we failed to take his bid seriously. He lost by a quarter of a million votes but there was still a strong enough propaganda apparatus in place, thanks to News Corp, to make sure that did not matter.

This woman is nothing to laugh at. She is not stupid. Ignorant, bigoted, deeply self-satisfied and occasionally incoherent, but not stupid. She is also a determined politician, and she is not a drama queen like Palin is. She doesn't react to or get flustered by criticism. So, pay attention to taking her down.

Paul F - Cut back on the Ritalin and increase the anti-delusion meds, if that doesn't work make another appointment.

Well if she has real migraines and just not head aches she definitely disqualified herself. Presidents undergo a lot of stress (just look at how fast they age), have to go under constant criticism, find people to the blame, lose the people around them, etc, etc... she would most likely throw a tantrum and die of a stroke.

nate - Do you realize what it costs to throw a presidential funeral? Not chump change to say the least! And the incalculable cost to loss of productivity from the national holiday and office parties thrown to celebrate the "Higher Powers" providential intercession. Just saying.

Richard - thank you. I'm glad I'm not the only person struggling to figure out what that means.

Well basically what she's saying is that she may be ineffective, but she will still be president. Or in other words, just another politician. ROFL.

@ Andrew

My inability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.

Maybe she meant "My ability to function effectively will not affect my inability to serve as commander-in-chief." Either way her statement makes about as much sense as the lifetime of Bushisms we have had to endure.

Even Obama has his stupid-beyond-belief moments.....

It was at a campaign appearance in Beaverton, Oregon, on May 9, 2008 that Obama said, "It is just wonderful to be back in Oregon. And over the last 15 months we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states; I think one left to go."

57, with "I think one left to go"??????? So how many total, Obama? 58, 59, come on, you can do it!!! Oh shoot, the teleprompter just went blank!

But it somewhat explains her batshiat craziness. I mean, it may be a tumor.

And yes, the Kindergarten Cop reference is there.

Hey, at least she's not a witch (not proven at any rate)

Batshiat? LOL

Can't spell sh*t.......bwahahahaha!

"EETS NOT A TUMA!"

Brad - Tumors can't grow in a vacuum. Now come up with an alternate diagnosis, something more believable, as for example like she's was just "Born This Way"! GaGa ew La La. Also With bat - either use @!$%#e or scat or dodo, they pass thru filters effectively, it works well for me. Just saying.

you also referenced 'Casino' by saying Batshiat

I think the evidence that she has already been impaired is fairly obvious.

Rush Limbaugh was addicted to pain killers and that hasn't stopped him from saying anything stupid.

I used to have horrible migraines but since I was put on a beta blocker (metoprolol) for a mild arrhythmia, I haven't had a single migraine. That's a "beneficial side effect" of beta blockers.

Even without the migraines and dangerous drugs having an insane person in the oval office is the last thing America needs. Make no mistake Bachmann is at least 3 cans short of a six pack.

@ TJP77 - and today he would never get away with it (along with his private on-the-side sex life).

I've been fortunate to not suffer from the sort of migraines that affect Michele Batchmann and others. I do know what they go through. Most have had to force themselves to continue to just go to work and live their lives in spite of it and it was very, very difficult. I knew one girl who couldn't make it without her migraine medication that she took in with a needle. Even then - in spite of all the ways of coping - there were times they had to lie down in a dark room for a day or so. It's horrid.

It's too bad that even in this day and age of modern science, we still haven't found a way to eliminate these migraines once and for all.

It worries me just a little, that Michele Bachmann has to take a strong drug for her migraines, I would feel a lot better if she was on crack it would probably help her become a better person with a different set of mental issues.

Please do your research on what drugs these people take before shooting off your mouth.

Dan who?

You're being too complimentary of the Republican party. "She's a nutcase, going nowhere and she's is NOT going to get the nomination." The supporters of the Republicans are genuinely stupid humans. They would elect an orangutan if it were a Republican.

Dan Quayle, you know the republican vice president that could not spell potatoes. Haha

Um, I think you mean he couldn't spell potatoe...

Flex, they already did. That orangutan was named George W. Bush. Google the two and see what comes up.

I wish you were right about Bachmann not getting the nomination. Unfortunately, she will be the GOP nominee and will win by a landslide. We have lots of people in this country that are just as crazy or more so, than Bachmann.

People get a grip, Michele Bachmann is "Manna from above", does anyone really believe she'd get elected President, now really! If it did come to pass, it would make me an atheist believe in REM's song "Its the end of the world as we know it".

I thought of Arnold in Kindergarden Cop when I read this story. The kids said to Arnold when he had a headache "Maybe you have a tumor"?? I think this crazy Bi-otch is a cancer we can hopefully pass on future misery.......

ok, now I have a migraine.

It should go without saying, but the Bachmann's make me constipated and irritable. Thanks for listening.

You are my hero.... this just made my day :)

Eleanor ran the country.

FDR being in a wheelchair is a far cry from Bachmann being totally delusional.

JFK could barely walk because of his back degrading due to steroids used to treat his Addison's disease... debilitating illness does not disqualify.... the problem is Bachman also suffers from debilitating stupidity as well.

The press down played the Addison's disease and the medicine even made JFK look like he had (what was believed then) a "healthy tan." The time he had to spend flat on his back was attributed, by some, to wounds received in WWII. In today's world, he would not get past the exploratory stage.

Does MN allow you to run for 2 offices simultaneously ? If not, then we can at least be grateful she is running and will be out of Congress. If so, then there is yet another reason why you have to question the wisdom of anything coming out of MN.

obviously it stopped you from becoming district attorney.

dirp- Have you read "An Unfinished Life" it came out a few years ago and was the first JFK biography that had full access to the recently released medical files. It goes into great detail concerning the medical problems JFK experienced. Its a good read. Anyway the book discredits the war injury theory, instead, it finds that JFK's Addison'shad advanced at that point and it was not the injury that caused the recurring back problem it was the steroids weakening the back that caused the injury. But hey if it weren't for a plane crash in Europe he would never have been president anyway.

Just what we need, a hypnotized president!

These migraines explain why Bachmann wants to be President - for the healthcare benefits. After the TeaBaggers eliminate the possibility of healthcare for the average person, the Pres will still be covered.

Mrs Bachamm is clearly presidential timber, She has a BA in Stupidity, a PHD in Divinity(her own twisted belief system), and several STD's from sleeping with her cross dressing husband. Run, Michele, Run! You apes*h*i*t, wanna be!

Who's this "we" that loves Michelle? You and..... ?

Seems to me a vast majority knows she's unfit.

Migraines have zilch to do with it.

That sounds awful. Nobody should have to endure that. Is your daughter all right now?

cyst (wrongly diagnosed initially as a tumor) in her purity gland

I know you meant to type "pituitary gland."

Of course in Bachmann's case it is the purity gland.

Bachman has the best medical care available to her as a Congressperson. On the other hand, she wants average Americans who are not members of Congress to tough it out with their medical conditions. Only the elite get best medical care available.

gsegal--you may also want to check out how much her husband is getting paid via Medicare or Medicaid and who knows there may be other govt programs that fatten his purse (and his circumference).

Cloho, yes and she has been for a dozen years with out so much as a headache of note.

Thanks for asking

Excuse me? I've suffered from migraines since I was 5 years old - I'm now in my early 50s. I have seen new treatments come and go. Cafergot (old remedy) did NOTHING for my headaches. Fiorinol never touched them. Excedrin sometimes works. Imitrex (a triptan) works usually, but not everyone can take it. I have a cousin who can't take it. Topamax (a generally good preventative) left me with unusual taste-sensations and generally scrambled thinking. Not everything can be fixed by meds or surgery. My current medical insurance WILL NOT COVER the one med that I've never had to take a second dose of. FORGET about getting "elective" surgery covered.

If they operated on Michele Bachmann's head and nothing was found inside, would that eliminate her from seeking the Presidency? Just wondering. Its not like I'm expecting anything will be found, just more out of curiosity, really.

I suspect her homophobia, misogyny and general nuttiness can be attributed to her cult, not her migraines.

Does anyone know if any other Republican contenders belong to her cult or do they all belong to different cults like her, Romney and Huntsman. Its not that I think, there is anything wrong with that, but it would provide some context as to which nut-job is more qualified. Oh never mind, what difference could it possibly make! I'm glad I can put that to rest now.

Flex 538784

You may be onto something, Backmann has been spreading her philosphy of hate for so long the bio feed back is taking it's toll. Of course she is insane [ look in her eyes you'll see it] so maybe thats the cause.

Does anyone know what MB MEANS in this statement?

My then-preteen daughter took topiramate (Topamax) for seizures for a few years until it just stopped working. Kept her artificially very skinny, looks to be the case for Bachmann, too. Some people refer to Topamax as "Dopamax", it does make a person a bit spacey. My daughter also had migraines from the time she was a toddler, was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 11.

That said, disabilities alone should not keep people from positions of power. The current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has had at least two significant seizures, he's still on the job.

Oh Bush had an excuse, a real one. He spent the first twenty years of his adult life as a coke snorting drunk,pissing brain cells every day of his life. Alcoholism causes brain damage. Sounds like a good excuse to me...

Oh I didn't mean to say launch, I meant to say lunch. How many nucular warheads did u say?

Have you heard of FDR's challenges with polio? There is a good comment about him further up the page if you would like to read it... Many presidents have had health problems, and have done fine in office.

Billie perfect be carefull you won't die healty no one does!

Taking care of yourself is not always synonymous with being healthy and without disease or problems. I take care of myself the best I can yet still suffer from several chronic issues, including migraines. I don't like the attitude that some have that we are in complete control of our health. To some extent, yes, but not entirely. We all age. We all die.

I don't like Ms. Bachmann's politics but cringe at the headline that having migraines makes her unsuitable for a job. I think it reeks of sexism. This would not even be in the news if she was not a woman.

I had a migraine this morning. I took my prescription and I am at work, same as always. I've called in sick before because of the headache, but so what, my male co-workers call in sick for hangovers so isn't that worse? I have sick time to use at my discretion, I don't need to be a martyr for "never taking a sick day".

You think any of our past presidents never had a bad day where they didn't feel 100%?

The President can have "a bad day where they [don't] feel 100%." However, the President can't just "call in sick." When the President calls in sick, it creates a Constitutional situation requiring the President to relinquish the office to the Vice President. Do you really want to put someone in office, male or female, who you KNOW will probably have to utilize that amendment ?

If so, wouldn't you be better off just electing whoever is the VP ?

I'm not familiar with Polio. Does it cause mental problems or is it just physical - i.e. can't walk?

Have you heard of FDR's challenges with polio? There is a good comment about him further up the page if you would like to read it... Many presidents have had health problems, and have done fine in office.

Many people with physical disabilities are very sharp mentally. We already know that Bachmann is not very sharp mentally.

nerd --

I'm not sure I can make the stretch to sexism. I've not (yet) seen a post where anybody cracked, "Nuclear attack? Not tonight, Muammar, I've got a headache." (Sorry, couldn't resist, but didn't even think about it until reading your post.)

I would want to know about this issue if a man was dealing with it as well.

On the other hand, as Ms. Bachmann is devoutly and loudly of a faith that preaches subservience to her husband, it may be a sexist observation -- but I think that alone should definitely disqualify her as president. Leader of the free world but not of your own household? How does that work again?

"We already know that Bachmann is not very sharp mentally."

I am amused by all the clever comments and heartened to know that Bachmann isn't fooling everyone. That's a huge relief...in fact, I think my headache is going away.

Shoot, if OTC meds don't quite take care of my migraine within a few hours, a visit to my chiropractor fixes me right up.

Gordon read the article, her migraines are not easily controlled.

Like someone said on an earlier post. (You ccouldn't make DA?)

My husband suffered for years with migraines but once he started taking a medication that was prescribed they occurred less and less, he hasn't had one for years. On the other hand a good friend's daughter has them and no medication helps her, she has tried them all.....she does have to be in a closed room with her face covered for hours on end, until they pass. So, yes that type of medical issue would have a bearing on her ability to function as president.

It's not the migraines, it's her nutty ideas that are bad for the country.

I don't usually respond, but Gordon your comment took me by surprise. As someone who has suffered from migraines for years and knows other migraine suffers I can honestly tell you that some people can't control their migraines. It doesn't matter how they watch their diets or what medicines are available. I myself suffer from them so bad, there are times nothing works - not even injections from the doctor. Some people don't even realize that there are some triggers that can't be controled. I've had neurologists tell me that some people are triggered by a change in atmospheric or berometric pressure - such as before a storm. Others can be triggered by smoke, perfumes or florescent lights.

Gordon is a nut job. HE needs to be evaluated.... by a mental health doctor!!!

riker - Maybe its just god's way, to start some evil peoples lives in hell here on earth, so they can become acclimated to the real thing in the hereafter. I've heard He's a merciful god, so be forewarned. Mrs Bachmann, hope you love your accomodations, cause eternity is forever. Repent and get a clue!

She has migraines because, she has given consideration to her own thoughts

which would give any body a headache.

Just being who she is disqualifies her.

Thinking is haaardd!

i was thinking hemorrhoids!! migraines would be relief from this wacko with all the crap spewing from her hole.