Michelle Bachmann

[Riot]

Hey, she at least deserves her own thread, for the remaining few weeks of her political campaign for President.

You know all that government money her family farm took? The government money her husbands clinic took for employee training? That she lied about and denied?

Guess what, NBC is reporting tonight there is even more:

By Michael Isikoff
National investigative correspondent
NBC News

While Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., has forcefully denounced the Medicaid program for swelling the "welfare rolls," the mental health clinic run by her husband has been collecting annual Medicaid payments totaling over $137,000 for the treatment of patients since 2005, according to new figures obtained by NBC News.

A health clinic run by the husband of presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann has been collecting annual Medicaid payments totaling over $137,000 since 2005, according to new figures obtained by NBC News.

The previously unreported payments are on top of the $24,000 in federal and state funds that Bachmann & Associates, the clinic founded by Marcus Bachmann, a clinical therapist, received in recent years under a state grant to train its employees, state records show. The figures were provided to NBC News in response to a Freedom of Information request.

The clinic, based in Lake Elmo, Minn., describes itself on its website as offering "quality Christian counseling" for a large number of mental health problems ranging from "anger management" to addictions and eating disorders.

The $161,000 in payments from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to her husband's clinic appear to contradict some of Michelle Bachmann's public accounts this week when she was first asked about the extent to which her family has benefited from government aid. Contacted this afternoon, Alice Stewart, a spokeswoman for Bachmann, said the congresswoman was doing campaign events and was not immediately available for comment.

Questions about the Bachmann family's receipt of government funds arose this week after a Los Angeles Times story reported that a family farm in which Michelle Bachmann is a partner had received nearly $260,000 in federal farm subsidies.

More to the story at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43570552...decision_2012/

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...iowa-poll.html

A clinic owned by GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, is being accused of telling homosexuals that they can "pray away the gay."

Andrew Ramirez was a patient at Bachmann & Associates, a Christian counseling clinic in Lake Elmo, Minn., in 2004. He claims he was told by one of the clinic's counselors that if he read the Bible and prayed to God, he "would no longer be gay," according to ABC News.

Ramirez told the Nation that the therapist tried to "cure" him of his homosexuality. “He basically said being gay was not an acceptable lifestyle in God’s eyes,” and offered the assistance of an ex-lesbian as a mentor, Ramirez said.

Undercover video at Bachmann's clinic taped by gay rights advocates reportedly showing therapists engaged in treatment similar to what Ramirez claims will be shown on "Nightline" on Monday, ABC says.

Bachmann is no stranger to anti-gay rhetoric. Her strategist-husband last year said homosexuals were barbarians who needed to be disciplined.

"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," Marcus Bachmann said as a guest on the Christian-based "Point of View" radio talk show on May 12, 2010.

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...tatements.html


interesting that she acknowledges she can get things wrong, but refuses to recognize when that happens.
i agree with one of the people who commented-can't they get a woman to run for pres that's knowledgable, not just pretty?

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...tatements.html


interesting that she acknowledges she can get things wrong, but refuses to recognize when that happens.
i agree with one of the people who commented-can't they get a woman to run for pres that's knowledgable, not just pretty?

I think many of us said that once she enters the race, the public scrutiny of her radical beliefs would expose her for what she is...a mean spirited, homophobic, far right wing nut. Obviously we can add hypocrite to that. She has appeal to folks who think the way she does and unfortunately there are quite a few but the Republican Party will soundly reject her.

[dino]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

I think many of us said that once she enters the race, the public scrutiny of her radical beliefs would expose her for what she is...a mean spirited, homophobic, far right wing nut. Obviously we can add hypocrite to that. She has appeal to folks who think the way she does and unfortunately there are quite a few but the Republican Party will soundly reject her.

Radical beliefs? We have a racist socialist FAR left winger in office and you are complaining about her. I wouldn't vote for her because if there is one thing our current Bozo has proven to me is we need someone that has experience running a business or at least a state.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by dino

Radical beliefs? We have a racist socialist FAR left winger in office and you are complaining about her. I wouldn't vote for her because if there is one thing our current Bozo has proven to me is we need someone that has experience running a business or at least a state.

Our current President is FAR from being a FAR left winger.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by dino

Radical beliefs? We have a racist socialist FAR left winger in office and you are complaining about her. I wouldn't vote for her because if there is one thing our current Bozo has proven to me is we need someone that has experience running a business or at least a state.

lol
far left?
obama has done as other dem presidents before hime-move to the middle. his continuation of many bush policies also indicates he's far from left wing. his first two years in office left many dems very unhappy with him, and his lack of true change-which is what he ran on.
when you attempt to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. i don't think many are happy with him at all-but many still think he's better than an alternative.

[lord007]

Originally Posted by dino

Radical beliefs? We have a racist socialist FAR left winger in office and you are complaining about her. I wouldn't vote for her because if there is one thing our current Bozo has proven to me is we need someone that has experience running a business or at least a state.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/wash...tatements.html


interesting that she acknowledges she can get things wrong, but refuses to recognize when that happens.
i agree with one of the people who commented-can't they get a woman to run for pres that's knowledgable, not just pretty?

No doubt that she is pretty. You need that in the age of TV. Nobody wants look at someone grotesque. But yeah, of course you have to be knowledgeable too. It will be easier for people to advise her and evolve her platform than it would be to get better looking.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by joeydb

No doubt that she is pretty. You need that in the age of TV. Nobody wants look at someone grotesque. But yeah, of course you have to be knowledgeable too. It will be easier for people to advise her and evolve her platform than it would be to get better looking.

she's repulsive.


I wouldnt touch her with a ten foot poll.

palin, on the other hand...

[dino]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

she's repulsive.


I wouldnt touch her with a ten foot poll.

palin, on the other hand...

If she's repulsive then I'll take repulsive all day.

[clyde]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

she's repulsive.


I wouldnt touch her with a ten foot poll.

palin, on the other hand...

She looks like a converted man.



Do you think Riot is a converted man?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by joeydb

No doubt that she is pretty. You need that in the age of TV. Nobody wants look at someone grotesque. But yeah, of course you have to be knowledgeable too. It will be easier for people to advise her and evolve her platform than it would be to get better looking.

i dont care what the president of the us looks like. that has nothing to do with being qualified at all. what a preposterous statement.