Michele Bachmann is notorious for making outrageous statements and for her ultra-conservative stances. Her therapist husband made news by running a clinic that offers "reparative therapy," the controversial attempt to change gay people to straight.
Maybe she represents an ultra-conservative congressional district, and maybe she's not out of step with them. But consider these two takes on Minnesota.
Bachman claims that "I will tell you, as I have been home in my district, in the sixth
district of Minnesota, there isn't a weekend that hasn't gone by that
someone says to me, 'Michelle, what in the world are you all waiting for
in Congress? Why aren't you impeaching the president?'"
Now gibe that with the fact that Minnesota's legislature and governor have just become the 12th state to enact a law allowing same-sex marriage in their state.
Although the two statements arise from different issues, somehow I just don't think the same folks would be supporting both positions. So, either Michele is out of step or else her district is out of step with the rest of the state, which is quite possible.
Ralph
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