Michele Bachmann's Nails Show Up For GOP Debate (PHOTOS)

Michele Bachmann has had her blunders and not just in the political department. We've lamented her Tammy Faye Bakker-length false lashes, her penchant for backless sandals with tights and a particularly egregious pair of sunglasses.

But at last night's GOP debate it was Bachmann's fake nails that stole the show.

Paired with her severely styled hair, curious dangly hoop earrings and a white military-inspired jacket (that, admittedly, we really liked) were Bachmann's famous fake nails, extending what seems like inches from the tip of her fingers for all the world to see.

As previously discussed, the Republican candidate's hard, glossy, squared-off acrylic nails are a prominent feature of her look, visible from a great distance and audibly clacking against the podium.

And at last night's debate, Bachmann's nails were back with a vengeance. So distracting were they, even to Bachmann herself, that the candidate forgot where Libya is.

We'll give you a hint, Michele: it's far away, but we bet they can still see your nails from there.

Scroll down for more pics of last night's debate.

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Comments

[Tralfaz Jetson]

08:35 PM on 10/23/2011

Fake nails is such a gross look. I got them done once, and my husband and I decided right away that they needed to go. Just like we think Michelle needs to.

[walk6miles]

10:41 AM on 10/22/2011

Wayne Newton's endorsement and fake nails....yeah, that's what it is all about...way to go Michele. Let's see: China wants to call in our "we-owe-you a kazillion dollars on our country credit card debt" and where will Michele be? At the nail salon. Uh ohhhhhh!

[PrunellaC]

10:29 PM on 10/20/2011

Is it just me, or does Bachmann look like Barbra Streisand circa Funny Girl?

[bls2058]

09:30 PM on 10/20/2011

Are you kidding me! This is the most sexist article I've seen in awhile. You can always count on Huffington Post, to take us back 50 years!

[unique]

08:13 PM on 10/20/2011

I thought the outfit was really nice.
She stood out with all the men in suits.
Her nails also look nice.
I think she and all the other Tea Partyers
need to stop trying to convert all of us to
their religion, what ever it may be.
We all need to think for ourselves and do
what is best for us. Government needs to
get out of the bedroom and peoples personal
lives.

[missmaizeybelle]

05:16 PM on 10/20/2011

If only HP would spend as much time on the idiocy of this woman and not her fake claws.

[renoir]

05:27 PM on 10/23/2011

They do... over on the politics page. This is the fashion page. Don't like the content? Don't click here.

[AKansasComment]

04:16 PM on 10/20/2011

I agree her nails are ugly. I don't like fake nails in fake French style, anyway.

[henryWhatsis]

01:08 PM on 10/20/2011

Are we supposed to salute?

[patriciacaldwell]

06:34 PM on 10/21/2011

Maybe, but I agree with Jon Stewart. It might be a straitjacket.

[Raquel Bennett]

12:01 PM on 10/20/2011

I'm not a fan, but I think she looks nice. Though, her nails are not the typical professional length for those of us based in the north east.

[sski74]

11:21 AM on 10/20/2011

Retract those claws, girl. Yikes.

[LolitaP]

09:59 PM on 10/19/2011

I was saying "Such hyperbole!" Also her nails are not "inches long". Couldn't let that go.

[LolitaP]

09:57 PM on 10/19/2011

Such hyperbol!. Such detailed coverage! Now where is the detailed coverage for the guys???

[wyndchas78]

09:21 PM on 10/19/2011

This is news why? So some stuck up woman has her nails and hair done. BLAH. Just more frivolous spending. Now if she suddenly shows up dressed like Abby from NCIS and started screaming and throwing tantrums....that would be news. Hilarious news.

[patriciacaldwell]

06:39 PM on 10/21/2011

News would be made if she spoke coherently and told the truth about her family finances. I trust Abby more that Bachmann any day, and Abby's only a TV character.

[l78lancer]

08:23 PM on 10/19/2011

Why is this news?

[raviandsonia]

07:38 PM on 10/19/2011

I can see Iowa from my house.
And that's pretty much it.
Can't see anything else.