Michele Bachmann (MN GOP Senator) SCREAMS for help at constituent meeting

[Dickie Flatt]

Remember Michele Bachmann? She was the subject of a long thread that made the front page (and Top Ten Conservative Idiots) when she literally hid behind the bushes to watch an anti-hate amendment rally. You'd think she would try to avoid drawing this kind attention to herself. But then, if there's one thing Bachmann seems to be utterly incapable of doing, it's think.

Just days after cowering in the bushes to, apparently, avoid being attacked by gays, Bachmann was involved in this bizarre incident:

After the meeting, some attempted to speak further with
Bachmann and Vandeveer to emphasize the hurtful
consequences of the narrow political policies. Even
among the few conservatives in attendance, it was
commented that the Defense of Marriage Act was a
political waste of time perpetrated by Republicans
to divert attention from more pressing issues. One
retired farmer remarked, "I'm straight, but God made
gays and I don't have any problem with them. The Defense
of Marriage thing is a waste of time. They have more
important business at the legislature."

Senator Bachmann retired to the restroom and residents began
moving toward the exit. Less than a moment later, piercing
screams were heard from the ladies' washroom. "Help!!!!
HEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!" With everyone's attention riveted
on the door, Senator Bachmann emerged in a crouching run,
crying, "I was being held against my will!" Two women
were seen standing behind her, one tall and elderly,
the other young and petite, both unassuming and bewildered.

The women reported afterward they had followed the senator
into the restroom to continue to question her about
education. One had her hand on the door handle, ready to
open it, which she immediately did when Senator Bachmann
became frightened and began screaming.

Mused one bystander, "I'm guessing our Senator won't be
returning to Scandia any time soon."

Come on, Minnesota. Is this really the best we can do?

And for those who missed it when I commented in Bachmann's last thread, she certainly does seem to think the "homosexual community" is out to get her. She has called children the "prize" of the homosexual community ("they are specifically targetting our children"). She also believes that allowing gay marriage will "take away the civil right of little children to be protected in their innocence."

What a nut.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Hmm...

That does not sound at all stable or in-control, now does it?

[Fridays Child]

2. Stop in your tracks, Michele. I have a gay couple here...

...and I'm not afraid to use them.

(credit to Patricia Ireland)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. ROFLMAO! Michelle Bachmann is a real piece of work, isn't she?

Seems like she's bitten off WAAAAY more than she can chew, and she's proved again that she can't handle confrontation -- sort of like her big hero, the Chimperor. She's another arrogant Repooplican who apparently assumes everybody -- especially the "conservatives" who live out in places like Scandia -- that they believe the same Christofascist rot that she espouses. I guess not, Michelle, you silly ass. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I kinda wish I lived in her district just so I could vote against her.

[Morning Dew]

4. She's an embarrassment, for sure -

she makes kooky old Arlon Lindner look like a voice of moderation.

[WearyOne]

5. those pics of her behind the bushes were the funniest I've seen

for ages..she's sounds unhinged. Bound to burn and crash.

[rodeodance]

6. funny pics but sure is sad that is a Representative

[cry baby]

7. She should try decaffinated.

[rodeodance]

15. it is more than caffine affecting her--her soul is deep into Fundamentalis

m from what I have read about her.

[AntiCoup2K4]

8. Was she afraid that she would be "turned queer" by sharing the ladies room

...with some of those awful homosexuals? :scared:

[rodeodance]

9. Interesting article I found about her from the Mpls.StPaul city Pages

http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1264/article12984.asp

· Vol 26 · Issue 1264 · PUBLISHED 2/23/2005
URL: www.citypages.com/databank/26/1264/article12984.asp
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Somebody Say Oh Lord!

Michele Bachmann heads an all-star cast of GOP Christian flat-earthers in the Sixth District

by G.R. Anderson Jr.

If there's any Mark Dayton "legacy" worth talking about, it probably lies in the way his early political demise (and never mind his formal announcement--the buzzards had been circling since last fall, when Dayton made the instantly infamous decision to close his Washington office) shook up the state's GOP landscape and kicked 2006 campaigns into high gear some 20 months before Election Day.

The clamor to join the race for Dayton's seat has created a ripple effect on congressional and state races. Main case in point: the race brewing for the Sixth District congressional seat of Republican Mark Kennedy, who wasted no time announcing his Senate bid. Last Monday, in turn, two GOP state legislators, Rep. Jim Knoblauch and Sen. Michele Bachmann, announced their candidacies for Kennedy's seat. Knoblauch's bid was markedly low-key; he merely passed the word around the Capitol, admitting that it was a little early for his taste to start campaigning.

Bachmann, on the other hand, displayed the profound ambition that has marked her four years in office. She was joined at a press conference by supporters, fellow senators, and her husband and five children. Bachmann sounded the warning bell on Social Security, talked of "radical terrorists," and bemoaned the tyranny of taxes. And she trumpeted her two pet issues: moving away from federal funding of the education system and forcing government to embrace "the traditional definition of marriage." The Stillwater resident concluded, "I want to be a voice for the average Minnesotans who do everything right when they wake up in the morning."

A year ago, the senator from District 52--which runs from Mahtomedi to Stillwater, up to Linwood in the north--was waging a culture war on the front steps of the Capitol. She made national headlines for spearheading a proposed state ban on same-sex marriages. Nearly everyone agrees that the issue helped to derail the last session, one that was most notable for the things--the budget, the bonding bill--that didn't get done. The marriage bill itself never got a hearing on the senate floor.
....

[rodeodance]

10. there is a pic of her--good looking woman

[rodeodance]

11. "Livin' on a prayer: Michele Bachmann sets her sights on D.C." caption

under her pic. um... good grief-another wingnut in Congress!!--

[rodeodance]

12. "She's part of the Jerry Falwell moral majority," says one political obser

It was around this time that questions regarding Bachmann's résumé surfaced. She had a law degree, she said, and claimed to be a tax litigation attorney. But opponents said they could find no evidence that she had practiced law. Bachmann sets the record straight by saying she worked in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, representing the IRS against people who underpaid or didn't pay their taxes. She did this from 1988 to 1993.

....Her law degree, it emerged, is from Coburn School of Law in Tulsa, which is affiliated with Oral Roberts University. "She's part of the Jerry Falwell moral majority," says one political observer. "That's a legitimate issue if she's running for Congress." When asked about her religous beliefs mixing with her politics, Bachmann responds, "I believe in God. But that is not really relevant."

Two years later, because of redistricting, Bachmann was facing a 10-year incumbent DFLer for the seat in District 52. By ratcheting up her antiabortion rhetoric, vowing to bring more local control to classrooms, and signing a no-new-taxes pledge, Bachmann defeated Jane Krentz.

Some politics-watchers in the district, however, aren't sure that issues are driving Bachmann's success. "Voters aren't looking beneath the surface," claims Renee Murray, a Lake Elmo resident who has done some work for the DFL in District 56. "She's bright, attractive, and presents well. I'm not knocking anyone, but we've got a lot of wealthy, affluent people who are busy, and they just see an 'R' next to her name and vote for her."

[juslikagrzly]

17. Oh Geez, a Coburn connection

that man pops up every where I look :puke:

[AntiCoup2K4]

16. Wait a minute.... Isn't Jon Bon Jovi a Democrat?

Can he sue this paper for printing his lyrics under this vile woman's name?

[FreedomAngel82]

19. I think he is

I remember on Kerry's website during the election there was a video of him at a campaign rally and he sang.

[AntiCoup2K4]

13. Usually I don't like to dismiss any human being as "totally worthless"...

...but after reading that article, I'd say Bachmann comes damn close.

[rodeodance]

14. they call her a rising star in the Repug party!! Figures!!

[FreedomAngel82]

18. She's insane

What a nutcase. She's an ignorant bigot.

[Nothing Without Hope]

20. She really sounds insane. These GOP wackos aren't even good politicians

any more. If I were a neocon imperialist gay-hater, I'd be livid about her stupid carryings-on. (And if I were all of that, I would doubtless blame it on her being a woman, and therefore naturally prone to hysteria - it's in the root languange of the word after all - and wish she was out of public sight working in some man's kitchen.)

As quite the opposite, I can only hope that this awful person is voted out of office absolutely ASAP!!! And also that her insane antics are carefully documented and publicized. Next to Senator Boxer, this pathetic woman suffers badly in the contrast - so utterly unprofessional in addition to being totally wrong about just about everything.