Our dear leader is in the Twin Cities today, appearing at a fundraiser for one Michelle Bachmann. She's a state legislator who is running for Congress in Minnesota's sixth district, a district currently represented by the vile Mark Kennedy.
Michelle Bachmann is of the extreme right wing and is best known in Minnesota for her hysteria over gay marriage, which she attempts to ban each legislative session. See
http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/ for the gory details. Her campaign reports today that Bush's visit has raised over half a million dollars for the Bachmann campaign.
In the other corner we have Patty Wetterling. For those not in the know, Patty came to prominence sixteen years ago when her young son Jacob disappeared in a stranger abduction. No trace of Jacob has ever been found. Patty became a nationally known child safety advocate, and everyone my age (I'm a few years younger than her son Jacob) who grew up in Minnesota has clear memories of Patty visiting our schools to talk to us about safety. She has sky high approval and name recognition ratings and when she ran against Mark Kennedy in 2004, she gave him a run for his money in this conservative district.
Patty is an excellent candidate and Michelle Bachmann is a hatemongering shrew. Please consider visiting http://www.pattywetterling.com and making a donation to offset today's Bush dog and pony show.