The Bachmann Prey-In

Originally Published in 2004: The Bachmann Prey-In From Checks and Balances.... Sen. Michele Bachmann (R-52, Stillwater) brought a number of people on the floor of the state Senate last week while it was not in session. This is not an unusual event because legislators often bring visitors onto the floor to show them the surroundings. The difference this time is Bachmann led the people she brought into the chamber to the various desks of members of the Senate that she believed would not be voting for her Gay Marriage ban and they prayed over the desks. People viewing this thought they were witnessing a séance or an exorcism as they watched these people move about the chamber. This is not the first time Bachmann has taken non-traditional approaches in the foisting her opinion and that of her acolytes into the political arena. She rallied her supporters to storm the Senate chamber earlier in the session when the Gay Marriage ban was voted down as an amendment. Sounds rather typical of Bachmann's cult following.