Michele Bachmann: The Swiss Miss
Michele Bachmann, the tea party movement's ever-grinning lady, is becoming a “Swiss Miss” — she has applied for Swiss citizenship.
Who still remembers Michele Bachmann? Right! She's the eternally smiling female face of the tea party movement, who sought the nomination to become the Republican presidential candidate earlier this year, but had to drop out when it became evident that not even the tea party movement wanted her.
Now she's back in the news again. The American online political magazine, “Politico,” has given her the rhyming appellation “Swiss Miss” because she has applied for Swiss citizenship. She confirmed this in an interview on Swiss television, explaining it as follows: Husband Swiss because husband's parents Swiss; Switzerland nice place; after visits to Switzerland, many chocolate bars in luggage; delicious!
Jeez! The poor Swiss can't get a break. First, Peer Steinbrück (when he was still Germany's Minister of Finance) threatened to send the cavalry into Switzerland over his objections to Swiss bank secrecy. And now they'll have to put up with Michele Bachmann?
But the ever-grinning “Swiss Miss” from the tea party movement assures everyone that she has no intention of running for political office in Switzerland, so at least there's some good news in this otherwise dreary world.
Who still remembers Michele Bachmann? Right! She's the eternally smiling female face of the tea party movement, who sought the nomination to become the Republican presidential candidate earlier this year, but had to drop out when it became evident that not even the tea party movement wanted her.
Now she's back in the news again. The American online political magazine, “Politico,” has given her the rhyming appellation “Swiss Miss” because she has applied for Swiss citizenship. She confirmed this in an interview on Swiss television, explaining it as follows: Husband Swiss because husband's parents Swiss; Switzerland nice place; after visits to Switzerland, many chocolate bars in luggage; delicious!
Jeez! The poor Swiss can't get a break. First, Peer Steinbrück (when he was still Germany's Minister of Finance) threatened to send the cavalry into Switzerland over his objections to Swiss bank secrecy. And now they'll have to put up with Michele Bachmann?
But the ever-grinning “Swiss Miss” from the tea party movement assures everyone that she has no intention of running for political office in Switzerland, so at least there's some good news in this otherwise dreary world.
Why wouldn’t the Swiss want the Bachmann’s? They’re fabulously wealthy — which is what you need to be to live in Switzerland. The only thing that surprises me is that they’re not aiming for Israel — Megiddo, specifically.