Michele Bachmann, once mocked for $2 gas claim, points out something [photo]

In 2011, when Michele Bachmann was running for the GOP presidential nomination, she promised $2 a gallon gas. An article in Time referred to the idea that gas could ever return to $2 a gallon as “fantasy,” because #SCIENCE!

https://twitter.com/bryanrwalsh/status/104232156385124352

The Time article said that if the U.S. saw sub-$2 a gallon gasoline “economic end times may be at hand.”

Uh-oh:

$2 gas, anyone? pic.twitter.com/JM2ibeP4mE

— Michele Bachmann (@MicheleBachmann) January 2, 2015

So it could happen after all?

Boom! “@MicheleBachmann: $2 gas, anyone? pic.twitter.com/rvZySbgvWx”

— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) January 2, 2015

Now this is funny. 😉 RT @ChrisLoesch: Boom! “@MicheleBachmann: $2 gas, anyone? pic.twitter.com/pUNb0e3N1M”

— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) January 2, 2015

Heh.

Many thanked Obama, even though according to the Time article it could portend “economic end times”:

https://twitter.com/kyjl89/status/551075013110267904

#ThanksObama RT @MicheleBachmann: $2 gas, anyone? pic.twitter.com/0ktswIy69o

— Zeddy (@Zeddary) January 2, 2015

https://twitter.com/TUSK81/status/551062605247561728
https://twitter.com/Jeevesmeister/status/551059746145701888

.@MicheleBachmann Thanks Obama!

— War on Christmas Valor Stealer (@WindingDot) January 2, 2015

@MicheleBachmann Thanks, Obama!

— Josh Riggs (@joshriggs) January 2, 2015