Greatest hits of Representative Michele Bachmann

By Pablo Fanque
All This Is That National Affairs Editor

Now that she has partnered up with Ex-Governor Palin, Rep. Bachmann's stock seems to be rising.  Palin-Bachmann bumper stickers have appeared.  People are speculating about this dream team: double trouble! 

One of the most interesting facts I've recently learned about Michele is that she and her husband own a mental health practice employing 42 people in Sillwater, Minnesota.  Judging from some of her public pronouncements, it's probably a safe bet that she's not eating into the profits by over-using their services. . .

It seems like a good time to roll out some of our favorite Bachmann quotes from the last few years...

“one L, two Ns” - MB on how to spell her name correctly

"Little children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal and natural and perhaps they should try it."  - Interview with Jan Markell, Olive Tree Ministries.

“And what a bizarre time we’re in, Jan, when a judge will say to little children that you can’t say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it.” — Senator Michele Bachmann, appearing as guest on radio program “Prophetic Views Behind The News”, hosted by Jan Markell, KKMS 980-AM, March 6, 2004.


"Literally, if we took away the minimum wage—if conceivably it was gone—we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level." —Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, Jobs, Energy and Community Development Committee, testifying against SF 3, a bill to raise the MN minimum wage and advocating the elimination of the minimum wage


“It’s part of Satan I think to say that this is “gay.” It’s anything but gay.” — Senator Michele Bachmann, speaking at EdWatch National Education Conference, November 6, 2004.



“If you’re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it’s bondage. It is personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement.” — Senator Michele Bachmann, speaking at EdWatch National Education Conference, November 6, 2004.





"The marriage initiative is 'not a Republican-Democrat issue'."
--Senator Michele Bachmann, Star Tribune, November 10, 2005



"Democrats need to fear losing their seat."
--Senator Michele Bachmann, Pioneer Press, November 11, 2005



"I had high heels on and I just couldn't stand anymore. I was not in the bushes."
--Sen Michele Bachmann, Strib, April 13, 2005



"He kissed me in Minnesota, too" - Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Strib January 24, 2007



"Help!!!! HEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!! I was being held against my will!"
-- Sen Michele Bachmann, Women's Restroom in Scandia, Minnesota, April 9, 2005



"This is a ticking time bomb and there is a very real threat that an Activist Judge Strike down DOMA this year"  -- Sen Michele Bachmann, Interview with Jan Markell, Olive Tree Ministries.



"I never wanted to amend the constitution."
-- Sen Michele Bachmann, Calling in to Tom Barnard, May 12, 2005.



"Is there no longer freedom of speech in this chamber, Mr. President?....Mr. President...MR. PRESIDENT?....You can turn my microphone off now." - Michele Bachmann, May 16, 2004, Last day of 2004 Session.



"Many teenagers that come in should be paying the employer because of broken dishes or whatever occurs during that period of time. But you know what? After six months, that teenager is going to be a fabulous employee and is going to go on a trajectory where he's going to be making so much money, we'll be borrowing money from him." —Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, explaining why teenagers should pay employers for the privilege of working instead of receiving minimum wage.



"If we allow businesses to be prosperous and accrue capital, they’ll be giving their employees more than they can even begin to imagine. But when we continue to tie cement blocks on businesses (like the minimum wage) and constrain them, they can actually do less than their employees."
—Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, testifying against SF 3, a bill to raise the MN minimum wage and explaining why it actually keeps wages and benefits lower.



"I was wondering, if most employers are already doing this anyway, isn’t minimum wage really just superfluous? Why do we even have one?" —Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, Jobs, Energy and Community Development Committee, testifying against SF 3, a bill to raise the MN minimum wage, and advocating the elimination of the minimum wage altogether.



"If raising the minimum wage to $7.00 an hour is a good idea, that why dont we just raise it to $20.00 an hour, that must be even better." —Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, Jobs, Energy and Community Development Committee, testifying against SF 3, a bill to raise the MN minimum wage.



"I look at the Scripture and I read it and I take it for what it is. I give more credence in the Scripture as being kind of a timeless word of God to mankind, and I take it for what it is. And I don't think I give as much credence to my own mind, because I see myself as being very limited and very flawed, and lacking in knowledge, and wisdom and understanding. So, I just take the Bible for what it is, I guess, and recognize that I am not a scientist, not trained to be a scientist. I'm not a deep thinker on all of this. I wish I was. I wish I was more knowledgeable, but I'm not a scientist." - Michele Bachmann interviewing with Todd Fiel at KKMS as quoted in the Stillwater Gazette, September 29, 2003.



"Something that I think sometimes people don’t like to hear is that secular people can be sometimes even more dogmatic in beliefs than people who are not secular. ... In some ways, to believe in evolution is almost like a following; a cult following — if you don’t believe in evolution, you’re considered completely backward. That seems to me very indicative of bias as well." - Michele Bachmann quoted in the Stillwater Gazette, September 29, 2003.



"No one that I know disagrees with natural selection — that you can take various breeds of dogs ... breed them, you get different kinds of dogs," she said. "It's just a fact of life. ... Where there's controversy is (at the question) 'Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat, which became a donkey, which became a human being?' There’s a real lack of evidence from change from actual species to a different type of species. That's where it's difficult to prove." - Michele Bachmann quoted in the Stillwater Gazette, September 29, 2003.
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