Michele Bachmann Wants To Be Just Like Newt Gingrich After Congress

Republican presidential candidates Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speak at the end of the Iowa GOP/Fox News Debate at the CY Stephens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 11... Republican presidential candidates Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speak at the end of the Iowa GOP/Fox News Debate at the CY Stephens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) MORE LESS
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) knows you’ll miss her when she retires from Congress, so she plans on sticking around, just like Newt Gingrich has.

Bachmann told the Washington Post that she has looked to the “great example” set by Gingrich after his time as a lawmaker. She will look for a cable news deal, a role at a think tank, and maybe write a couple books.

Gingrich seemed to think this could be challenging.

“I have no idea what the ‘next’ Newt Gingrich would even sound like, so who knows if she can do that?” Gingrich told the Post. “I know I’m having a hard enough time figuring out what this Newt Gingrich should sound like.”

Bachmann has talked to conservatives like Meghan McCain, Rick Santorum and Tony Perkins trying to feel out where she should head next. Actor Jon Voight, who is a friend of Bachmann’s, apparently spoke with Fox News about a place for Bachmann there.

H/t Mediaite

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  1. She wants to marry a peroxide fembot and spend the next 20 years pimping herself out to keep the tiffany’s flowing?

  2. Oh so you want to continue in your already good job of making even a bigger fool of yourself than you already have, just like good Old Newt has huh? Why does this sound like a desperate woman begging Fox to give her a show of her own?

  3. Avatar for wwss wwss says:

    Well she’s already got the fembot …

  4. She wants a divorce? Marcus will finally be free to marry the man of his dreams!

  5. “a role at a think tank”
    Thanks Jebus that that dipshit isn’t on our team.

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