This likely takes the award for the saddest and most pathetic move by a state legislator last week. Late last week there was a big gay rights rally in St. Paul, outside the state capitol. While that was going on State Sen. Michele Bachmann (a candidate for the US House seat that Mark Kennedy is vacating to run for the US Senate) tried to force a floor vote on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. After that move failed, Bachmann left the building and proceeded to take up a position - HIDING IN THE BUSHES - from which she could peer out at the rally.
It's hard to know where to even start with this. I mean, not knowing that much about her I do wonder why a State Senator has bodyguards (as apparently she does; they were standing around her as she hid from view). But the bigger point is - how weak and pointless are you has a human being, much less as a political advocate, if you are not willing to confront those whose basic political rights you are so eager to take away? But if you want a sad laugh at what politics has come to - or at least what one loathsome politician has come to - here are some photos of her pathetic action.
Posted by armand at April 10, 2005 11:55 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics