In Michele Bachmann's Love Story, A Deep Irony
The Washington Post has a lengthy profile today about presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's marriage to her husband, Dr. Marcus Bachmann.
While, yes, the piece does offer a glancing discussion of Dr. Bachmann's "ex-gay" counseling services, the most illuminating excerpt may be Mrs. Bachmann's own summation of their relationship:
In her 2006 speech, to the Living Word Christian Center, Michele Bachmann...cited a more divine inspiration for their marriage.“And the Lord then led me to this man,” she said, pausing to identify Marcus in the crowd. “That my calling was to marry this man. And I tell you that, because, I hate to disappoint you, darling, but it wasn’t a big romantic surge that led us to each other. It was His word."
“At the same time,” she added, “the Lord was speaking to my husband, and He showed my husband — he was repairing a fence on the farm where he worked — and the Lord showed him in a vision that he was supposed to marry me. And my husband said: ‘I don’t want to get married. I want to wait till I’m 27. I want to see the world. I want to have a great time in life. I don’t want to marry this girl.’”
Honey, you just said a mouthful.
Honestly?!?!? How can we possibly even entertain the possibility that this religious wingnut could be president of a secular republic?!?!? People like her should be banned from public office entirely. Does no one else see the conflict of interest this creates? If nothing else, electing a woman who relies on 'visions' to make her decisions should be laughed off as totally ludicrous. What the f**k is going on here?!?!
Posted by: MT | Jul 6, 2011 11:22:21 AM
Wow. This freak really thinks she's some kind of prophet, which makes her incredibly dangerous in her position.
Posted by: Bravo | Jul 6, 2011 11:26:26 AM
He should have listened to his true inner voice and not those voices in his head.
Posted by: Jeff | Jul 6, 2011 11:26:54 AM
The more I read about these two, the creepier it gets. America is heading down a disastrous road when a woman like this is considered a viable candidate for president.
Posted by: NY2.0 | Jul 6, 2011 11:30:59 AM
Just because you hear voices in your head it doesn't mean God is talking to you. It means you're crazy. Michelle Bachmann makes that even more evident by her own admission.
This woman is very odd, daft actually. And shocking ill-informed and stupid. But her husband is the truly odd one. These two people belong together...they just don't belong in the public spotlight. And having her as a strong polling candidate in the Republican party only emphasizes just how incredibly marginal the pool of talent they have to pick from is. Michelle will continue to shoot herself in the foot until she's hobbled. And then it won't be God telling her to quit, it will be the people.
Posted by: Bart | Jul 6, 2011 11:33:47 AM
Why the liberal media are not making it their business to dig dirt on this crazy couple with 18 or more foster kids who are hugely threatening to young gay kids seeking help is beyond me.
No instead they spend their going on and on about Obama saying he is evolving in gay marriage.
What is happening here? Why is no liberal media shedding any dirt on any of the GOP candidates? If this was the other way round they would show no mercy and would not waste their time insulting a GOP president.
The GOP have just scored a victory with Weiner, where as they still have a pack of lying thieving assholes in power but the liberals are sitting on their asses writing articles about gay marriage?!
Oh dear lord.
The GOP must be pissing themselves with laughter at the stupidity of the left. Bachman 2012.
Posted by: Rowan | Jul 6, 2011 11:34:29 AM
A vision while working on a fence? Since this is Marcus Bachmann we're talking about here, can we assume that he was "fixing" that fence by drilling a hole in it a little lower than waist-high?
Posted by: bobbyjoe | Jul 6, 2011 11:37:20 AM
Yes they're the Will & Grace of the Republican Party.
http://fablog.ehrensteinland.com/2011/07/06/it-takes-two/
Posted by: David Ehrenstein | Jul 6, 2011 11:38:25 AM
she won't get the nomination.....or rather barring Bushco and the money elite doing everything they can to make sure their boy romney gets it (see perry aka Bush hand picked successor to TX doing the might enter dance to split social cons from bachman to help romney) ......expect a bullet from a R money elite snipper taking her out pre the general.
nothing ruins profits more than crazy religion and the R money elite know that
Posted by: mstrozfckslv | Jul 6, 2011 11:40:43 AM
GAYDAR on Mr. Bachmann! gaydar on Mr. Bachmann. It's only a matter of time beforresomeone finds this dude in an airport restroom trying to service sailors on their layover between flights. I would make a LAS VEGAS bet on it!
Posted by: Dan Skinner | Jul 6, 2011 11:47:18 AM
Do they only have foster children?
Posted by: anon | Jul 6, 2011 11:49:24 AM
She didn't have time to sufficiently damage the kids, as the 23 kids story is a drastic stretch of truth: "As twenty-three children came and went during a period of only eight years fostering and never more than three at a time, Michele couldn't possibly have, as she said, '“raised them, and launched them off into the world.'"
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/23/988141/-About-Bachmanns-Twenty-Three-Foster-Kids
Also note her keen manipulation of the type of kids she fostered, for profit. Sick.
Posted by: Sean Mac | Jul 6, 2011 11:52:42 AM
I just hope this couple won't move into the White House.
Posted by: Matt26 | Jul 6, 2011 11:53:54 AM
Then she gave birth to a child, a virgin birth, which was foretold by the angels. Then, she rode a donkey to Lake Minnetonka but could not stay for there was no room at the Hampton Inn, but instead had to stay at a Motel 6 outside of Minneapolis.
Posted by: Beef and Fur | Jul 6, 2011 12:32:39 PM
"I don't want to marry this girl. I want to marry that farmhand over there." And then the voice of God said, "No, Gay Marriage will destroy the sanctity of marriage. Just don't ask me why, it's one of those mystery things." And then my husband said, "Oh, OK, I want to have some fun with that farmhand over there." And then God said, "Let the Down-Low be good. But have a good cover story."
Posted by: Rob | Jul 6, 2011 12:39:45 PM
A person's religion, no matter how wacky or mainstream it is, should not DISQUALY them from public office. Hopefully, she won't be elected.
Posted by: Psdoc | Jul 6, 2011 12:56:59 PM
@BOBBYJOE, no, probably just sitting directly on the fence post.
Posted by: shane | Jul 6, 2011 12:57:15 PM
....So, the Lord is now in the match-making game?...Lordy. lordy...double lordy.
There is nothing so amusing than GOP hopefuls like this. They continue to amuse us,..who is tumbling out of the clown car next..?frankly I can't wait to see. she should have let Markie finish that fence repair at least. Honestly, folks, you can't MAKE this sh** up! Hilarious.
Note to Michelle: uh, "crazy-face" isn't good for a campaign press portfolio..but it sure is funny! Idiot.
Posted by: thom | Jul 6, 2011 1:14:50 PM
"Michele Bachmann" and "love" don't belong in the same sentence.
Posted by: Talisman | Jul 6, 2011 1:43:16 PM
the only think more cliche then us queer folks saying "her husband is totally gay" is the sad fact that it's the truth.
wait, sorry. he's not gay. he's a homosexual. he doesn't have the ORBS to be gay.
There's no way in Hell the woman could win. I look forward to the hilarious comedy of errors that will be her debates.
Posted by: Little Kiwi | Jul 6, 2011 1:49:25 PM
It sounds like some sick and twisted Psycho-Christian version of faghag gaydar.
Posted by: PSDenizen | Jul 6, 2011 2:23:37 PM
And one day, not too long after I accepted myself for who I was, the Lord said unto me: You are as I made you, and you will not hide your light under a bushel. Be true to yourself for how else can those around you learn to accept what is beautiful in mine eyes if you hide it?
Just saying...
Posted by: Matthew Lang | Jul 6, 2011 2:34:08 PM
No romance. I wonder why she was so hell bent on marrying her. I need to tweek my lesbian dar but I think it's going off anyway.
Posted by: Mike | Jul 6, 2011 2:47:23 PM
Freuidian slip.
Posted by: Mike | Jul 6, 2011 2:48:02 PM
I've been waiting for towleroad to cover Mr. Bachmann.
But have you ever linked to video & audio of him?
He's the most stereotypically effeminate gay man I've seen in public life since Liberace.
We've never seen this in US politics. It's a fascinating conundrum for the press. I hope some Ph.D. candidate is studying this and turning it into their dissertation: How does the press handle coverage of a self-denying homosexual who's the spouse of a candidate for national office?
Fasten your seat belts...
Posted by: dw | Jul 6, 2011 4:29:05 PM