Michele Bachmann: A one-term president? Seriously?

[nmbluesky]

If tea party favorite Michele Bachmann runs for president in 2012 and wins, she reveals she wouldn't necessarily vie for a second term.
"I'm a principled reformer, and my goal is to see the country turn around," the Minnesota congresswoman on Friday told the Des Moines Register. "I'm also committed to being a one-term president if that's what it takes in order to turn things around, because this is not about a personal ambition. It's about getting our financial house in order and to become respected again in the world on an international scale."
Bachmann's statement is one step further into the one-term camp than her earlier suggestion that whoever challenges Barack Obama should be prepared to serve just four years in office.
No presidential candidate in modern history has pledged to be a one-term president, though some have toyed with the idea.
In 2008, the campaign for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) floated the possibility McCain would offer himself up as a one-term candidate. Age 72 at the time, he faced criticism that he was too old to serve eight years in office. But McCain never made the pledge.
Should Bachmann run as a proclaimed one-termer, it would be a novel way to appeal to voters, making a vote for her appear to be less of a long-term commitment.
The congresswoman is spending today and tomorrow in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa as she prepares an expected June exploratory campaign rollout.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110411/ts_yblog_theticket/michele-bachmann-a-one-term-president

[Brickbat]

1. It's crazy like a fox.

Because once that term is up, OH LOOK, THINGS HAVEN'T TURNED AROUND YET THE WAY YOU ALL WANT IT TO, SO I GUESS I BETTER STAY ON. What a load of garbage.

[polichick]

2. Oh yeah, having a complete nutjob in the WH will do wonders...

...for restoring our respect around the world.

This woman is so delusional she doesn't even realize the whole world thinks she's fucking nutz!

[AsahinaKimi]

3. She wouldn't have to run for a second term...

The country and indeed, half the world would be destroyed by then.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Her idea of turning the country around: Minnesota with Gulf of Mexico frontage

Don't get your hopes up too high, moran.

[KamaAina]

5. I'd rather have Palin

at least she'd quit after two and a half years. :P

[louis-t]

6. I think these people know what will happen after 4 years of them.

The teabagger governors are saying things like this. Rick Snyder said he "knew there would be a recall if" he went ahead with his plans. Their agenda is so extreme, they know they'll be thrown out on their asses after 1 term, if not before. It doesn't matter to them. They are total ideologues. They don't care if they are fired, impeached, or recalled, as long as they accomplish their extremist goals. They hate this country and everything it stands for, but if they can destroy it they will have accomplished their goals. It is a sickness, being a republican.

[Canuckistanian]

9. Scott Walker of WI is a prime example

He hasn't budged an INCH despite overwhelming public opinion against him.

He knows he's a one-termer, and that was the plan from day one.

His reward will be coming. He knows that.

[missheidi]

7. She's 1/2 quitting already n/t

[and-justice-for-all]

8. She wouldn't make it past the debates....

her ass would be handed to her because she is a dumb as a table.