Bachmann Defends Husband, Won't Vote for Boehner's Debt Plan

[The Straight Story]

Bachmann Defends Husband, Won't Vote for Boehner's Debt Plan

Rep. Michele Bachmann insisted Thursday that questions over her husband's counseling clinic -- which reportedly has accepted government funding and has provided so-called "reparative therapy" to turn gay people into heterosexuals -- were out-of-bounds in the context of her 2012 Republican presidential campaign.

Speaking at a National Press Club forum, the conservative Minnesota congresswoman also made it clear that she will not vote to raise the debt ceiling, and said she hasn't seen a debt-reduction proposal on Capitol Hill that would earn her vote. Her reiteration of this position came even as House Speaker John Boehner was holding a news conference on Capitol Hill to reveal that he doesn't yet have the votes pass his debt-ceiling and deficit-cutting legislation.

Although she's not supporting her own party's leadership on deficit legislation, Bachmann did praise Boehner -- making him the second man she defended during the luncheon address. Asked during the question-and-answer period of the press club forum whether she believed in reparative therapy, Bachmann sidestepped the question, saying that she was "extremely proud" of her husband, Marcus.

"I have tremendous respect and admiration for him, and we'll celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary this coming September," said the three-term congresswoman. "But I am running for the presidency of the United States. My husband is not running for the presidency, neither are my children, neither is my business, neither is our foster children."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/07/28/bachmann_defends_husband_wont_vote_for_boehners_debt_plan_110749.html

[gateley]

1. So she's not in the whip's office eating pizza? "Don't invite Michele,

we only have enough to pay for those we can pressure into caving."

[abbeyco]

2. Naw, she's snarfing out of some trough in Iowa

where she's "gone back home" during her campaign. She's not even making a pretense of going back to DC for important votes and she ought not to be paid or be getting benefits while she's out on her dog & pony show.

[karynnj]

3. Why does she use the plural (appropriately) for her kids and then incorrectly use "is" for the

foster kids. (Yeah, I know this is likely the smallest of her flaws>)

I wonder if she bothered to remember how Hillary (1992 and 1996), Teresa, and Michelle were treated in recent elections.