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Watch: Michele Bachmann's husband calls gay people "barbarians" in need of discipline
By Ray RahmanJune 29th, 2011, 10:00 pmComments (27)
It's not clear if Island of Dr. Moreau escapee Michele Bachmann really thinks she has a shot at winning her presidential campaign — I mean, has anyone ever been elected to the White House straight from the House of Representatives? And how did she even win her Minnesota district in the first place? — but her chances are only getting slimmer by the second. The last thing she needs is for her husband to put her chances in the negative slims by being a moron, but, surprise, he already did just that — a year ago.
ThinkProgress dug up audio of Marcus Bachmann addressing parents at his gay-curing Minnesota counseling center, giving us a clearer idea of what conversation at the Bachmann dinner table must be like:
We have to understand: barbarians need to be educated. They need to be disciplined. Just because someone feels it or thinks it doesn’t mean that we are supposed to go down that road. That’s what is called the sinful nature. We have a responsibility as parents and as authority figures not to encourage such thoughts and feelings from moving into the action steps.
What a charming First Husband he will be, thinks nobody. Listen to the man in action in the clip below.
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Commentarium (27 Comments)
The opening line of the article is brilliant Ray.
Wow! This could keep her from becoming president, right?
Oh, wait. Our current community-organizer-in-chief is good buds with a racist, profane pastor and a terrorist/murderer.
Golly, I guess Bachmann does has a chance. Odumbo lowered the bar so low that the Unabomber would have a shot.
No amount of asshatness on your part will cover for the unforgivable cruelty of conversion "therapy".
I live within an elaborate construct of false equivalencies and logical fallacies. If I was semi-educated and didn't hate dictionaries I would know what this means. Please excuse my troll-like comments as they do not represent a human who possesses even the most rudimentary intellect. In the meantime, please enjoy my history lesson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RCH1nQ1u4I
Been spanked so bad, you're pretending to be a woman? How pathetic.
What you're not getting is this: there is exactly one of you. There are many of us. You like to pretend there's only one "Jock Sniffer" because it helps sustain the fantasy you call your existence. You like to post under a host of different names to further this fantasy as well, which never ceases to amuse everyone who makes fun of you -- it couldn't be more obvious when you respond to your own posts.
What you're not getting is this: as long as you continue to troll here, we're going to continue to make fun of you and enjoy the hell out of it, Publius. Get used to it.
Counseling gays WHO VOLUNTEER FOR THE COUNSELING doesn't even register when compared to the leader of the free world embracing a terrorist.
Perspective is your friend. The world does not revolve around the 4% of the population who are friends of Dorothy.
BTW, junior -- I have three degrees and eleven years of college. Your sassiness with a skip and a *SNAP* falls woefully short.
Counseling gays WHO VOLUNTEER FOR THE COUNSELING doesn't even register when compared to the leader of the free world embracing a terrorist.
Perspective is your friend. The world does not revolve around the 4% of the population who are friends of Dorothy.
BTW, junior -- I have three degrees and eleven years of college. Your sassiness with a skip and a *SNAP* falls woefully short.
I hope those student loans are at a low interest rate. I've never encountered someone so "educated" with so little to show for it. Unless you count those mountains of froth at the corners of your mouth.
It's so cute when you pretend to be more than one person. On the other hand, at least you're not pretending to be someone else.
"What you're not getting is this: as long as you continue to troll here, we're going to continue to make fun of you and enjoy the hell out of it, Publius. Get used to it."
Get used to it? I count on it. The only way to educate the truly stupid is to be in your face, jock sniffer.
Hate is irrational. Why would Publius be concerned about what irrational people think?
More intelligent debate, fewer jock sniffers.
You must be schizophrenic.
How'd you guess?
What the fuck's been going on around here? Can't a guy take a vacation?
Well, hell, Bachmann. Just cause your cronies can't come up with a candidate who seems sane doesn't mean you have to start foaming at the mouth.
But you're right; Obama's "good buds" put the bar much lower than the Bush administrations lies ever did. Once again, you completely convince me.
People like this make me want to throw up.
Who's stopping you?
Publius. I've got his dick in my mouth.
Michelle Bachmann's husband- an anti-gay? What a fucking surprise!!
Is it just me, does this guy sound gay? It would fit the profile.
Sorry, make that closeted gay.
Marcus Bachmann texts pictures of his junk to teen-age boys in three, two, one . . . .
Such a relief that the most brazen skeletons in her closet are coming out now, before too many people begin taking her seriously.
"has anyone ever been elected to the White House straight from the House of Representatives?" James Garfield, elected in 1880, came close. He was elected to the House several times, including in 1878. However, at the time he ran for President, he was serving as a Senator, having been appointed in 1879 to fill a vacant seat.
I would like to hear less about Ms. Bachmann's stance on social issues, and more about her ideas for jobs programs. Whether people are working is more important than what they are doing in bed.
right. as soon as I heard his voice my gaydar went off. here we go again...
Further to Stew Deeus's point about Garfield, the only other sitting Representatives who were even nominated was Henry Clay in 1824 (he was the Speaker of the House). William Jennings Bryan's House term ended in 1895, and he was not in elected office the next year when he was nominated for President. John Anderson, of course, ran a third-party race in 1980.
Sitting Reps have in the last 50 years have twice been nominated to serve as Vice President, though neither won -- William Miller in '64, Geraldine Ferraro in '84.
One interesting question is whether Bachmann can simultaneously run for re-election to her House seat. Some states let you do that -- Texas, Connecticut, North Carolina and Delaware are the ones I can think of, as Bentsen, Lieberman, Edwards and Biden did when they were VP nominees. I don't know if Minnesota does.
Dag nbaibt good stuff you whippersnappers!