Did Michelle Bachmann have her “oops” moment?

In light of the British Foreign Ministry pulling all U.K. nationals out of the British embassy in Tehran after students stormed the building in protest, GOP presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann told a crowd in Waverly, Iowa, today that she would close the U.S. embassy in Iran.

One small, tiny note: The U.S. hasn’t had an embassy in Tehran since 1980. Following the Iranian Hostage Crisis, where 52 Americans were held for 444 days, the United States cut all diplomatic ties...

STUDENT: One of my main concerns is government support for the LGBT community. So my question is what would you do to protect GSAs in high school and support the LGBT community.

BACHMANN: Well, No. 1, all of us as Americans have the same rights. The same civil rights. And so that’s really what government’s role is, to protect our civil rights. There shouldn’t be any special rights or special set of criteria based upon people’s preferences. We all have the same civil rights.

STUDENT: Then, why can’t same-sex couples get married?

BACHMANN: They can get married, but they abide by the same law as everyone else. They can marry a man if they’re a woman. Or they can marry a woman if they’re a man.

STUDENT: Why can’t a man marry a man?

BACHMANN: Because that’s not the law of the land.

STUDENT: So heterosexual couples have a privilege.

BACHMANN: No, they have the same opportunity under the law. There is no right to same-sex marriage.

STUDENT: So you won’t support the LGBT community?

BACHMANN: No, I said that there are no special rights for people based upon your sex practices. There’s no special rights based upon what you do in your sex life. You’re an American citizen first and foremost and that’s it.

Dumber than a sack of hammers...

Curt

I love this woman. Her recent marginalization in the primaries is really sad – we're being deprived of some of the best entertainment America has to offer the world.

I love this woman. Her recent marginalization in the primaries is really sad

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Sounds like climbers.

That is so not true, ooh look quartzite.

To all you genius out there, name 15 countries in the world that don't have a U.S. Embassy or consulate without going to Google.

What you're asking for is basically trivia. Iran is a different story though. We closed our embassy there after Iranian militants stormed it and held Americans hostage for over a year. This was a bit before my time, but even I knew this.

Maybe you should read all the question in the post instead of just one. I'm pretty sure we have Foreign Service Members in Iran. I say this because a friend of mine had his passport renewed there last year or so.

Again, to lazy to Google this, but I am guessing we have foreign service member via another country's SOFA.

Maybe you should read all the question in the post instead of just one. I'm pretty sure we have Foreign Service Members in Iran. I say this because a friend of mine had his passport renewed there last year or so.

Again, to lazy to Google this, but I am guessing we have foreign service member via another country's SOFA.

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To all you genius out there, name 15 countries in the world that don't have a U.S. Embassy or consulate without going to Google.

Right, guangzhou's point would be valid for just about any other country, but not Iran. Someone from Bachmann's generation should definitely know this. As a congresswoman she should definitely, definitely, definitely know this. Bachmann truly is an idiot. The term "willful ignorance" comes to mind...

A lot happens politically in 20, 30, and 40 years. Not knowing that Iran doesn't have an Embassy today doesn't surprise me. I bet most people who posted here didn't know until they read it in the news blurp, on twitter or facebook, and had to read about why.

Before my generation, but the American Embassy was overrun in Vietnam and the American Embassy in Serbia was overrun in the last decade, can't remember exactly when, but we have embassies there today.

Cheers

A lot happens politically in 20, 30, and 40 years. Not knowing that Iran doesn't have an Embassy today doesn't surprise me. I bet most people who posted here didn't know until they read it in the news blurp, on twitter or facebook, and had to read about why.

Before my generation, but the American Embassy was overrun in Vietnam and the American Embassy in Serbia was overrun in the last decade, can't remember exactly when, but we have embassies there today.

Cheers

You would be mistaken.

I love this woman. Her recent marginalization in the primaries is really sad – we're being deprived of some of the best entertainment America has to offer the world.

To all you genius out there, name 15 countries in the world that don't have a U.S. Embassy or consulate without going to Google.

I am also pretty sure we have consulate type personnel in Iran to offer the services needed via another country's embassy or consulate. Most likely a European country is giving us a room to run operations out of. (Guess I could Google for a warden's message list, but not that important to me) Just because we don't have official ties doesn't mean we don't offer service via a back door, it just means we don't have a SOFA within that country.

I'm certain I can't name 15 countries that don't have a US embassy, but if you had asked me to name one, I for damn sure would have said Iran.