It seems that Michele Bachmann has
settled on her strategy for dealing with past statements that would scare the bejeebus out of normal, thinking Americans:
Rep. Michele Bachmann was grilled by the hosts of several Sunday morning talk shows about her views on gay and lesbian Americans. When pressed about her past statements about LGBT issues, she repeated “I am running for the presidency of the United States,” several times in lieu of answering the question. “I’m not anyone’s judge.”
And there you have it. Don't deny, don't explain, just ignore (to name just a few) her past comments about gays:
If you’re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it’s bondage. It is personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement.
... or her bold plan to fight against health care reform:
What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass. We will do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn’t pass.
... or her deep thoughts on war after visiting Iraq:
I turned to my colleagues and said there’s a commonality with the Mall of America, in that it’s on that proportion.
Act like it never happened, chant, "I'm running for the presidency of the United States" and pretend that you're not full of Fruit Loops. The teabaggers will think she's swell, the media will call her mavericky and the rest of us will pull out our hair. On the bright side, the "rest of us" includes the Republican establishment.
Go, Michele!