Cross-posted at TPM and Street Prophets.
Michelle Bachmann -- the wingnut member of congress from Minnesota who has called for an investigation into which members of Congress are "unAmerican" and who declared Obama "unAmerican" -- truly is batsh*t crazy. Here's evidence on top of what she gave us on Hardball. Below you'll find photos of Bachman hiding in the shrubbery to spy on participants at a gay rights rally.
I'm pretty sure this redefines "pathetic," "ridiculous" and even "insane." There's more, however, much more...
It seems that as a Minnesota state senator Bachmann tried to circumvent the Senate committee process and force a floor vote on an amendment to end domestic partnerships and ban civil unions and same-sex marriage -- and she pulled her stunt while the gay rights advocates were demonstrating outside. Her version of "in your face," I guess. It appears, however, that even Minnesota's Senate Republicans thought it was a dumb idea, because her move was overwhelmingly defeated.
After her attempt went down in flames, Bachmann crawled outside and hid in the bushes to spy on the rally until a photographer zeroed in on her and she scurried back to her hole in the wall.
Here's the site with more photos and explanation.
Shortly after arriving in Congress, Bachmann told a St. Cloud Times reporter that theUS government had agreed to a secret plan to turn half of Iraq over to Iran: "There is already agreement made," said Bachmann. "They are going to get half of Iraq, and that is going to be a terrorist safe haven zone where they can go ahead and bring about more attacks in the Middle East, and come against the United States."
She also has some pretty strange friends and supporters:
Bachmann was quick to try to distance herself from ex-con campaign contributor Frank Vennes Jr. when his alleged involvement in the multibillion-dollar Tom Petters financial fraud scandal became public recently. But she showed little hesitation in showering praise on the convicted money-launderer and cocaine-and-gun trafficker a year ago in her letter of recommendation to grant Vennes-who, along with his wife, is among the most generous individual donors to Bachmann's campaigns-a presidential pardon.
She said his pardon would be "good for society."
Lest we forget, she's also the one who said we don't need environmental regulations to "save the planet" because Jesus already has. No wonder her constituents refer to her as "Crazy Shelly."
I know what you're thinking: crazy lady hiding in the bushes and stalking citizens -- Halloween stunt, right? Nope. Sorry. Just a flaw in our democratic processes. Lets hope we can all sleep tonight.