and I thought Sarah Palin was frightening

[moonwise]

Meet Michele Bachmann!

An excerpt from the article:

Bachmann later condemned those who had made Holocaust references at the rally. But even a cursory glance at her career reveals that this rising star has long trafficked in some extreme positions. In October last year Bachmann called some of her fellow congressmen anti-American. She has said Obama holds socialist views. She has attacked global warming by saying that carbon dioxide emissions are a natural part of the atmosphere. "Carbon dioxide is not a harmful gas, it is a harmless gas," she said. She has fed into fears of a violent backlash against Obama by saying that "having a revolution every now and then is a good thing". She has spoken of "gangster government" in a speech viewed more than two million times on the internet. She has dubbed Obama's plans to increase AmeriCorps – a government volunteer service group – as a plan to forcibly indoctrinate young people. "I believe there is a very strong chance that we will see young people put into mandatory service... there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people," she told an interviewer. Her language in opposing healthcare reform has been bloodcurdling. At a recent event in Colorado she told her audience: "What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn't pass." She is also extremely socially conservative, strongly opposing abortion and gay marriage, and deeply religious. She has described herself as a "fool for Christ".

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[irenak.livejournal.com]

::waves hello as latecomer::

Michele Bachmann has been pretty infamous since her remarks last year about putting together committees to determine who is or isn't a Genuine American(TM), all the while completely unaware that this had been tried before before by some guy called McCarthy. When she was called out for those remarks, she blamed the whole thing on Chris Matthews, saying he had "tricked" her into saying them. So, yeah, a wingnut AND a liar.

Sadly, there's not much chance of her getting kicked out of office. Her district is deep, deep red and unless someone gets around to gerrymandering it again, there she will likely stay. Though, considering what happened in NY-23, there might be a silver lining here: far right candidates simply can't win in a moderate district, no matter how many teabaggers get their panties in a twist. So, while we can't get rid of them, it's only select areas which will consistently vote for an extremist without ever seeking out other options.