Michele Bachmann, as many already know, was approached by an eight-year old activist at a South Carolina book signing, and was visibly shocked — at least momentarily — when the young boy leaned in and told the GOP presidential candidate — who once one ran screaming out of a restroom and called the cops when approached by two lesbians — the this mother is a lesbian and doesn’t need “fixing.”
Bachmann’s temporary motherly persona turned into walled rage upon hearing 8-year old Elijah say, “My mommy — Miss Bachmann, my mommy’s gay but she doesn’t need fixing.”
Bachmann quickly, as you can see, says, “bye bye” to the boy and his mother.
Of course, the video went viral this week.
Today, Bachmann appeared on Glenn Beck’s show to discuss the incident.
The Huffington Post notes:
“How do you navigate in that kind of world where you’re being — I think — set up to look like a homophobe. Are you a homophobe?” Beck asked Bachmann.
“Of course not. I believe that we love all people, I love everyone. I don’t necessarily agree with them,” she replied. She added that she treated the mother and child in accordance with the Golden Rule. “Continually the agenda-driven community wants to climb up on my platform and make their issue my issue and paint me as someone that I’m not,” she said.
The Huffington Post notes that Dan Savage said it was wrong to have the child ask Bachmann the question. Frankly, I don’t disagree, but once it was done, Bachmann’s actions are her own. This is not “fruit of the poisoned tree,” this is not a scenario where we cannot touch Bachmann’s actions because we disagree with how it initiated.
So, shamelessly, Glenn Beck and Michele Bachmann attack Elijah, the eight-year old boy. Beck claims he didn’t want to say what he did, and Bachmann, who doesn’t let an interview or debate go by without touting her 23 foster care kids, says the boy was looking down at his feet. Apparently, in the Bachmann household, children as young as eight are taught public speaking skills.
Bachmann then lies and says that after the boy made his comments, the family merely walked away.
In fact, Bachmann, as you know from the above video, dismissed them.
Beck, defending Bachmann, says, “this is a recurring theme with you and they’re coming with children to attack you.”
Well, Glenn, even children know right from wrong, or in these cases, know the Right is wrong.
Beck then claims that accusing a Republican of being homophobic is a “nuclear bomb.” Seriously? Bachmann, Perry, and just about every GOP candidate has USED being anti-gay to further their conservative bona-fides.
Bachmann says that in 5000 (isn’t it supposed to be 6000?) years of recorded history, only men and women married. But, of course, we all know how bad Bachmann is at history.
Bachmann ends up calling eight-year old Elijah’s act, “shameless.” That’s shameless. He’s eight, not eighteen, or eighty.
The clip ends with Beck’s sidekick claiming we all have the same rights. Well, pal, the Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia disagreed with that line of thinking 45 years ago.
Oh, and she claims she’s not a homophobe.
And I hate pie.