The Theocracy of Michele Bachmann

After GOP presidential candidate and Minnesota representative Michele Bachmann won the Iowa Straw Pole, edging out Texas representative Ron Paul and causing former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty to leave the race, voters in other early primary states may be taking a closer look at her background. 

Ryan Lizza’s article, “Leap of Faith: The Making of a Republican Front Runner,” in “The New Yorker” proves a valuable tool.

As Lizza explained during a Fresh Air interview, “She comes out of a religious evangelical conservative movement that is very much concerned with developing a biblical world view and applying it to all corners of one's life.” 

Apparently, her campaign manager, Ed Rollins, has asked her to remove that Christianity from all aspects of her biography.

Using Lizza’s article as a skeleton key, here’s how Bachmann describes her qualifications on the 08/14/11 edition of “Meet the Press.”

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I'm 55 years old. I've been married 33 years. I have five children. I've raised 23 foster children.

I also am a federal tax litigation attorney.

I have a law degree and then a post-doctorate degree from William & Mary.
Law degree was from Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University where she worked with Professor John Eidsmoe on his book Christianity and the Constitution. She studied at William & Mary while her husband Marcus got a degree in counseling from Pat Roberts’ C.B.N. University (now Regent University).

I've worked for years in the United States Federal Tax Court. So I know up close and personal how devastating high taxes are on businesses and families and farmers.
She worked for the IRS for a total of four years. She took maternity leave twice during that time and left to become a stay at home mom.

But also my husband and I started a successful company. We're job creators. We get it how you have to turn a profit and, and keep a margin in line.
Bachmann and Associates is a Christian Counseling service.

So I've lived life, but also--I've also been in the state senate, where I've been very successful turning around education reform in Minnesota. I led that effort in Minnesota. I brought Republicans and Democrats and independents together. I did that.
She led the effort to overturn a Minnesota education law known as Profile of Learning, which set state education standards because she thought they were socialist.

But in Congress, I've been at the tip of the spear and a champion for what people have been calling for and that's fiscal responsibility and accountability. For the last two months, I was the leading voice in Washington against raising the debt ceiling. Now that doesn't mean default. I introduced a bill to make sure that we would not default, but also to get our spending priorities in line.
The Promise Act recommended paying the principal and interest on the debt and active service military. Although Bachmann stated several times that it was wrong for Obama to scare senior citizens about social security, the act didn’t mention them.