Michele Bachmann Calls Vin Weber's 'Sex Appeal' Remark 'Good News' (AUDIO)

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was asked on Thursday for her reaction to news that a top adviser to rival GOP contender Tim Pawlenty said she has "a little sex appeal."

"Well listen, I'm 55 years old, I've given birth to five kids and I've raised 23 foster kids. So, that sounds like good news to me," Bachmann told conservative radio host Scott Hennen when asked for her take on the matter.

Pawlenty adviser Vin Weber issued an apology after telling The Hill in an interview, "She's got hometown appeal, she's got ideological appeal, and, I hate to say it, but she's got a little sex appeal too." Weber made the remarks in predicting Bachmann will be tough to beat in the Iowa caucuses and the upcoming Ames straw poll next month.

Weber told "The Fix" blog at the Washington Post that Bachmann called him after he made the comments. "She said she knows I've always bent over backwards to say good things about her and that she took my comments as complimentary," he said in an email. "We have been and remain good friends."

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[hsspringman]

04:35 AM on 08/07/2011

Michele has about as much sex appeal as week old road kill in Florida.

[Drogo]

02:22 PM on 07/11/2011

She has boobs...that means she has more sex appeal than T.Paw. Still doesn't mean I'll come within a mile of voting for her.....

[chriss0114]

01:29 PM on 07/11/2011

"...and I've raised 23 foster kids" and LIE through my teeth!

If I had my nephew over for a week, does that mean I get to say I "raised" him?

[geo999]

12:25 PM on 07/11/2011

Hey mods, I get it.
It's ok here to post vile personal comments about Bachman.
However, rejoinders will not be allowed.

No one will ever accuse you of running a level playing field.

[LaoShur]

11:50 AM on 07/11/2011

That's exactly what I'm looking for in a leader...sex appeal. Along with an average intellect, superstitious beliefs and intolerance.

[Down in FL]

01:17 PM on 07/11/2011

Don't forget the vacant smile.

[tgd]

02:10 PM on 07/11/2011

...and vacant eyes.

[Gilmarien]

10:15 AM on 07/11/2011

She hasn't "raised" 23 foster kids. She's given them temporary help and shelter, for varying durations, and has received monetary compensation for doing so. I suppose god told her to do this!

[donia1970]

12:47 PM on 07/11/2011

...you know what they say about "assuming"....

[chriss0114]

01:31 PM on 07/11/2011

or Hubby for whom she is biblically obedient--there was 'socialist' money to be had like their farm subsidies and medicare

[BestFunnyBlog]

09:26 AM on 07/11/2011

Bachmann has a sex appeal.. to other women.. oh, the irony!!

[Ed C Atlanta]

06:18 AM on 07/11/2011

Why does she cling to the lie that she raised 23 foster kids, when none of these kids stayed in her home for more than a few months?,,Is there no end to the lies spouted by the repugnant party?

[Rose Trinity]

12:51 AM on 07/11/2011

She has the sex appeal of a cadaver!

[feed the enemy]

12:40 AM on 07/11/2011

Marcus is the exception, but that is not her fault.

[Chubbster]

11:32 PM on 07/10/2011

Confusing sex appeal with necrophilia.

[WorkhelpWorkhelp]

01:10 AM on 07/11/2011

Yow! ha !

Yes...it's old...not shiny. Takes expensive clothes to shore it all up now. No, MB, yer not. Nope, no, no...oh no..no, no, no, no.......not in any way, "shape or form."

[Mr Crabs]

11:29 PM on 07/10/2011

Kristi Noem's got a bright and shiny career ahead of her if Bachmann has sex appeal.

[jamuelle]

11:06 PM on 07/10/2011

Doesn't this whole thing go against this Marriage Vow she just signed? Somehow? Even if it isn't, something is just so wrong about this whole exchange. Yuck.

[WorkhelpWorkhelp]

01:12 AM on 07/11/2011

Deson't matter what the topic is, like religion, if you're a politician you use whatever's available to touch the monkeys.

[Pizza Guy]

10:25 PM on 07/10/2011

Michele Bachmann is a liar. She has NOT "raised 23 kids". She was only contracted (allowed) to have a maximum of three foster children in her home at any one time. She housed foster children for a grand total of six years. The longest time any one child stayed with her was one year.

This is typical Bachman. Take a true statement "I was a temporary foster parent to 23 children" and a turn it in to an exaggerated lie -- "I raised 23 kids".

[Mr Crabs]

11:26 PM on 07/10/2011

So it's more like she raised* 23 kids.

[YOKEL13]

11:50 PM on 07/10/2011

When in doubt, take credit.

[cloudynights]

08:52 PM on 07/10/2011

She is rather attractive..in a kinda Boo Radley sort of way.

[WorkhelpWorkhelp]

01:13 AM on 07/11/2011

She turns into a wet rat in seconds tho'.

[Slybuck]

08:29 AM on 07/11/2011

I agree, it's just her mind that is ugly...


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