“I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending." Bachmann suggesting that the 2011 East Coast earthquake and hurricane was a message from God.
"Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too" Bachmann, getting her John Waynes mixed up after launching her presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa, where she grew up. Movie star John Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa, three hours away. The John Wayne that Waterloo was home to is John Wayne Gacy, a notorious serial killer.
"I will tell you that I had a mother last night come up to me here in Tampa, Florida, after the debate. She told me that her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection, and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter." Bachmann on the HPV vaccine.
"Why should I go and do something like that? But the Lord says, 'Be submissive wives; you are to be submissive to your husbands." Bachmann, recalling in a 2006 speech at a Megachurch in Minneapolis that pursuing tax law wasn't her choice, but she did so at the urging of her husband because she was certain God was speaking through him
"I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out: Are they pro-America or anti-America?" Bachmann, calling for a new McCarthyism
"I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under another, then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence." Bachmann, on the 1976 Swine Flu outbreak that happened when Gerald Ford, a Republican, was president.
"Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." "If we took away the minimum wage -- if conceivably it was gone -- we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level." "…The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States. ... I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly -- men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country." Bachmann botching American history while speaking at an Iowa event in January 2011. John Quincy Adams was not one of the Founding Fathers, although he was opposed to slavery. In fact, both Washington and Jefferson owned slaves.
And what’s with her husband? What a powder-puff he is! So we know Michele isn’t running with all cylinders. Now Michele’s saying that Hillary Clinton’s right-hand woman at the State Department, Huma Abedin, has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Say WHAT? For Michele Bachmann to accuse a loyal public servant of being a shadow operative stinks as McCarthyism at its worst. Especially for going after Abedin in particular, as she is married to ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner of Weinergate fame. Say whatever you will about her husband, but their interfaith marriage is a symbol of hope for the future. SHAME on Bachmann, and shame on the fools who elected her.
PS: Kudos to John McCain for coming to Abedin’s defense. It turns out that even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
