Michele Bachmann: I'm the "hombre-ette" to stand for you

Updated 2:14 p.m. Eastern Time

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann said Thursday that she is the "hombre-ette" to represent voters in Washington.

Appearing in Columbia, South Carolina, Bachmann cast herself as "one little fighter."

"We need one strong hombre or hombre-ette, and I'm the hombre-ette to go and stand for you in Washington DC," Bachmann said. Earlier, when Bachmann referenced that she would be a woman in the White House if elected, a cheer went up from the audience.

Hombre is the Spanish word for man. The Spanish word for woman is mujer.

Earlier in her remarks, Bachmann called President Obama's comment that he could not guarantee that Social Security checks would have gone out if Congress did not act to raise the debt ceiling "disrespectful." She said he had met people who have cancelled internet and satellite TV service because they were worried they wouldn't get their checks in the wake of the president's statement.

Bachmann, who opposed raising the debt limit, also suggested Mr. Obama used members of the military "for his own political purposes" by not guaranteeing that they would be paid in the event that the debt limit is not raised.

Bachmann said she would have prioritized paying members of the military and paying out Social Security checks if the U.S. exceeded its borrowing authority. Had that happened, the United States would not have been able to pay more than 40 percent of its obligations, a situation that most economists predicted would have caused worldwide economic catastrophe.

Bachmann described herself as "a lone voice in the wilderness of Washington" on the debt limit fight. She complained that while letting members of the military and seniors "fry" with warnings they might not get their expected payment, the administration was "busy calling up big businesses, big big banks behind closed doors" to assure them "they were going to get their check."

Bachmann made the comments at the first of two campaign stops Thursday in South Carolina, a key early voting state.

"South Carolina is the key to winning the south, and it's the key to winning the presidency in 2012," she told a cheering crowd. 

Campaigning in the state yesterday, Bachmann vowed that as president she would reduce the price of gas, which now averages more than $3.50 nationally. She did not explain how she would do so.

"The day that the president became president gasoline was $1.79 a gallon. Look at what it is today," she said. "Under President Bachmann, you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again. That will happen."

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Michele Bachmann on the campaign trail

[dmeyer40]

Thanks for the Spanish lesson pendejo.

[expatriate2]

I can see a Palin - Bachmann ticket. Four boobs on two boobs.

[Progress4U]

Just keep talk'n Michele...keep on talking...I'm love'n it!!!!

[AVRWEBGUY]

Hombre-ette? Is she coming out now? I guess she is going to be needing some heavy prayer sessions in her husbands clinic...

[Hala_c]

It suits her big cajones well.

[Weazerdogg]

Its about time we passed a law that political cantidates be held accountable for the promises they make. You make a promise, get elected, and that promise doesn't happen, your kicked out and thrown in jail. I know, pretty rough, but how else are we going to get these lying sacks of ... to wake up and stop throwing out lies and exaggerations to win jobs? Thats what they're doing, all this posturing is basically a job interview. If you lied to get your job and it was found out, would you get to keep it?

[drbsmithmd]

We don't need an Hombre-ette. We don't need empty promises you can't keep(gas). We don't need anybody who can't check basic facts before opening their mouth(Elvis and John Wayne). Put them all together they spell" WE don't need Bachmann." She is a crackpot. Someone that stupid could say something to a foreign leader that she hadn't bothered to check and "bang"; BIG PROBLEMS !!!!!

[syslmod]

Ask her about her DOMINIONISM beliefs.

[eiddam]

The Republicans are throwing Bachmann and Perry to take our attention off the one they really intend , mild mannered Ron Paul who think the same thoughts as they. Under still waters sometimes a raging river.

[AOCGUY]

Could the GOP PLEASE find someone who doesnt want to be described as a cartoon character? These people are trying to get elected to what is arguably the most powerful position in the world and instead of describing grwon-up solutions to very complex issues they keep coming up with these stupid sound bites.

[whosaid1]

AOCGUY: Look, I'm no big fan of Bachmann....but I am a conservative and will vote for whomever is the Republican "winner". But, regarding your comment....yeah she has said some "goofy" things but....no worse than "our" President's "polished promises"...that he repeatedly fails to deliver on...he is incompetent....and my guess is that she would be as "good" as he is.....

[LadyGoodmann]

I've finally figured out why I'm so severely underemployed and barely treading water while morons like Bachman are voted into office: I'm not STUPID enough to be a politician! Holy CRAP, I feel so much better now! Seriously, though, I think if these illiterate, myopic, uninformed, sanctimonious right wingnuts were medicated, I could come off of mine.