Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:08:24 am
Forget everything you thought you knew about Michele Bachmann. Forget her claim that census data could be used to put people in concentration camps. Forget her crazy claim that Planned Parenthood is setting up "sex clinics" in schools, with free abortions for 13-year old girls. Forget her fanatical fundamentalism, and her bizarre claim ...

Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:48:17 am
Despite the numerous scientists and medical professionals who've publicly let Michele Bachmann know that the HPV vaccine has been extensively studied and is not dangerous (beyond the small risks associated with all vaccines), Bachmann is still pushing her false claim that the vaccine "ravages" children: Michele Bachmann: HPV Vaccine 'Ravages' ...

Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:21:57 pm
Unfortunately, it's no longer shocking to hear Republican presidential candidates enthusiastically endorse the use of torture to gain information from terror suspects. At Saturday's debate, the audience erupted in applause each time a candidate promised to waterboard the hell out of Al Qaeda. After that spectacle, Sen. John McCain was moved ...

Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 10:31:41 am
Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul are complaining that CBS News deliberately snubbed them during last night's debate: The Bachmann campaign went so far as to release an email that they said spokeswoman Alice Stewart had “inadvertently received” from CBS earlier in the day. In the email string, CBS News’ political analyst ...

Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:10:27 am
In Des Moines at a forum organized by the extreme right wing Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, the Republican candidates are enthusiastically trying to portray themselves as the most misogynistic, repressive assholes in America. Their strategy to "rebuild America" starts with controlling women's uteruses: Abortion Takes Center Stage at Iowa ...

Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 6:48:41 pm
Yes, he really did say this, and he apparently really does mean it: Cain Proposes Electrified Border Fence. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Saturday that part of his immigration policy would be to build an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to ...

Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 7:16:28 pm
I mean, come on, God. You've told Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, and who knows who else to run for the GOP presidential nomination. Now you're encouraging Herman Cain too? Take a chill pill, deity! They can't all win, You know. Ever think of that? Cain: God Told Me To Run. ...

Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:24:37 pm
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Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:53:08 pm
www.blogherenow.net Republican leaders have become fond of denying well-supported facts in the last few years, including such well-confirmed phenomena as (at least partly human-induced) climate change, the proven safety of vaccines, and of course evolutionary theory. What seems to be guiding them, at least unconsciously, is (roughly) the following form of ...

Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 10:48:51 am
Michele Bachmann is still hammering away at Rick Perry's mandated HPV vaccinations, with another new video that sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom. If you listen carefully to what Bachmann is saying (and we all know how painful that can be), she's actually making two arguments: 1) that Rick ...

Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:43:44 am
TIME Magazine's Healthland blog tears apart Michele Bachmann's loony anti-vaccination nonsense: Vaccination Causes ‘Mental Retardation’? Fact-Checking Michele Bachmann’s Claim. Perhaps more disturbing are comments Bachmann made Tuesday morning about the safety of the HPV vaccine itself — and what they revealed about her utter misunderstanding of the science. Talking with Matt ...

Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:14:50 am
Ron Paul's "let 'em die" health plan wasn't the only appalling moment in last night's debate. Not by a long shot. Here we see the audience booing Ron Paul for saying "the whole Muslim world" was not responsible for 9/11. (Preceded by the usual "they hate our American exceptionalism" incantations from ...

Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:58:36 pm
Religious right pseudo-historian David Barton is connected to at least four of the current GOP presidential candidates; Michele Bachmann has brought him to Washington DC to hold seminars for conservative politicians, and Barton was one of the sponsors of Rick Perry's "The Response" prayer rally. Here's David Barton last year in ...

Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:25:37 am
The topics of creationism and evolution are always popular among the American media, of all types, and for good reason as the American population is split over their acceptance of modern science. Thus conflict of opinion arises when discussing these issues and this draws attention, as we've ...

Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:48:59 pm
The latest Fox News poll contains bad news for Romney, Bachmann, and Palin. Rick Perry has the religious right solidly on his side, more than any GOP candidate in a long time. Perry receives the support of 26 percent of GOP primary voters in the new poll. That’s up from 13 ...

Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:16:39 pm
Lord, the day is at hand. We are in the last days. You are a Jehovah God. We know that the times are in your hands. And we give them to you...The day is at hand, Lord, when your return will come nigh. Nothing is more important than bringing sheep ...

Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:40:10 pm
Since Michele Bachmann claims she was just funnin' with the audience when she said Hurricane Irene was a pro-Tea Party message from God, here's a clip of the statement; you decide. Video

Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:28:06 am
I've never seen such a crop of loud, obnoxious God-botherers as the GOP candidates for President. The religious right hasn't just made a resurgence -- they've staged a takeover. Now Michele "Crazy Eyes" Bachmann is telling her audience that hurricanes and earthquakes are messages from on high, God's endearing way of ...

Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:31:48 pm
The new Gallup poll out today shows that among teabaggers (hey, Andrew Breitbart himself said he was "proud to be a teabagger"), Rick Perry's strong, uncompromising Neanderthal message is really resonating: Tea Party Supporters Backing Perry for GOP Nomination. PRINCETON, NJ -- Rick Perry's candidacy has attracted strong initial support ...

Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 1:24:04 pm
Here's a good piece by Frank Schaeffer, who has a former insider's perspective on the extreme religious ideology followed by Michele and Marcus Bachmann: Are Michele Bachmann's Views About 'Christian Submission' Even More Extreme Than She's Letting On? The issue of wifely submission is at the heart of the entire ...

Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:00:11 pm
Here's a good piece by Dana Goldstein on the Republican Party's shift toward the anti-government, anti-education agenda epitomized by Michele Bachmann: The GOP'S New War on Schools. Bachmann stands at the forefront of the GOP's shifting allegiances on education. Like many female elected officials before her, she first got involved ...

Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:23:56 am
We've been noticing this disturbing development on the right wing for quite a while, and today the New York Times has a piece on the Republican Party's deranged attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency. Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota wants to padlock the E.P.A.’s doors, as does former Speaker Newt ...

Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 11:43:27 am
On Face the Nation today, religious fanatic Michele Bachmann was asked about her statement that "wives should be submissive to their husbands," and completely got away with dodging the question, as usual. (CBS News)  AMES, Iowa - Appearing on "Face the Nation" Sunday, Rep. Michele Bachmann stood by her comment ...

Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 10:32:23 am
Following the Iowa straw poll, one of the climate change denying creationist Republican candidates dropped out this morning -- leaving only six other creationists and eight climate change deniers in the GOP race: Pawlenty Drops Out. The final straw poll results: [Item List]

Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:07:43 pm
The big winners of the Iowa straw poll: religious fanatic Michele Bachmann, followed closely in second place by religious fanatic "libertarian" Ron Paul. I'm shocked that Ron Paul's followers didn't succeed in stacking this poll; they must be slipping. I don't think Bachmann or Paul realize yet that Mitt Romney is ...