You CAN'T Be Serious About Michele Bachmann

The media is all over the fact that Bachmann won the Ames, Iowa Straw Poll yesterday, edging out Ron Paul by a mere 152 votes.  It would have been surprising if she didn't win this podunk political version of a bingo game given that Bachmann is an Iowa native.  Even more telling, Bachmann handed out 6,000 $30 Straw Poll tickets, representing roughly 38% of the meager 16,000 votes cast.  This hollow event is likely an indication of the number of people in Ames that are bored of watching the corn grow rather than a serious barometer of the true percent of the population who would actually vote for Bachmann.

The truth of the matter is that Bachmann has a background and an IQ that is suited quite well to be a teacher of special education students.  Her "J.D." law degree is from the former Christian law school at Oral Roberts University, which eventually lost its accreditation from the American Bar Association and had to close in 1986.  It generously donated its law library material to the Pat Robertson University.  While at ORU, Bachmann worked as a research assistant to help a "professor" there publish a book which argues that the United States was founded as a Christian theocracy and should be become one again. 

Given this academic/intellectual basis for Bachmann's political beliefs, it's hard to take her seriously when she claims to support a Government based on the Constitution.  Her entire political and educational indoctrination completely demolishes the primary Constitutional principle requiring the unmitigated separation of Church and State.  I highly doubt that she is intelligent enough to understand this incongruity in her political platform as do I highly doubt that she knows what "incongruous" even means.  In short, her political beliefs are just as empty and absurd as her law degree.

I mentioned on Wednesday that I probably wouldn't post anything until Tuesday unless I saw something that pissed me off.  Well, I happened to see part of an interview of Bachmann by David Gregory on NBC this morning.  He was directly and pointedly attempting to get her to answer a blunt question about her position on homosexuality.   Bachmann uncomfortably managed to avoid giving a direct answer, but it was quite apparent what those beliefs are when she stated that she believed that "marriage is between a man and a woman."  She twice completely avoided a direct question as to whether or not she would appoint a gay or lesbian person to her Administration. Gregory loses my respect for not demanding a direct answer on the question.  The failure to hold politicians accountable is a major problem in our system and is one of the reasons our system is collapsing.  Contrary to her claim, Bachmann's political postions in truth substantially deviates from her claims of supporting civil liberties and the restoration of the Bill of Rights. 

Quite frankly, I hope Bachmann becomes little more than an irritation after a couple of primaries.  The interview with Gregory reminded me a little of the Katie Couric interview of Sarah Palin, in which Palin pretty much sunk the McCain campaign.  I'm still waiting to see video footage of Putin sticking his head over the State of Alaska.  In fact, I might go as far as to say that Bachmann is really nothing more than Sarah Palin without the hunting rifle and camo clothing...

Please watch, listen and learn about what Ron Paul has to say and WHY he says what he says.