Michele Bachmann 'I Radically Abandoned Myself To Jesus'

[Agorism]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/michele-bachmann-jesus-christ_n_986229.html

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Michele Bachmann on Wednesday told Christian students at Liberty University in Virginia "don't settle" for easy personal and political choices in life.

During a half-hour address to some 10,000 students at Liberty's weekly campus-wide convocation, she briefly tied a message mostly about personal values and responsibility to an appeal to reject President Barack Obama's agenda, including his health care reforms.

She made no mention of her GOP primary rivals in a talk laced with Scripture that took on the tone of a sermon.

Badly trailing front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney and struggling in national polls, Bachmann sought a breakout moment with her base of support – Christian conservatives.

Liberty's chancellor, Jerry Falwell Jr., said Bachmann won a recent student straw poll over the GOP field, largely because of her evangelical roots.

Bachmann evoked a few standing ovations and an occasional amen in speaking of her conversion to Christianity and how she would set her alarm for 5 a.m. as a teen so she could wake and read the Bible.

"Even though I hadn't been a drinker, even though I never did drugs, ... even though I hadn't been chasing around, it didn't matter. I was a sinner," she said. "I radically abandoned myself to Jesus Christ."

She called the issue of abortion "the watershed issue of our time," noting that she had five children of her own and that she and her husband, Marcus, who joined her onstage had taken in 23 foster children. She used it to pivot into a broadside against Obama's health care reforms.

"Obamacare is the first time in the history of our nation that we have taxpayer-subsidized abortions," she said. "When it comes to Obamacare – and I have been involved in this fight for some time now – I will tell you, unless we repeal (it) in 2012, we will have socialized medicine for the United States' future."

And the applause lines kept coming.

The leader of the House's Tea Party Caucus said conservatives have to stand against federal takeovers of U.S. industries, including the automotive, banking and insurance industries the government bailed out during the recession.

"And we can't settle when it comes to America standing up for our greatest ally in the world, Israel," Bachmann said.

The conservative congresswoman also signaled that she plans to be "the comeback kid" in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Former president Bill Clinton earned the same label after making a comeback in the wake of controversy to finish in second place in the 1992 New Hampshire primary.

The "don't settle" theme has become the dominant message of Bachmann's campaign in recent days. She hit it hard in appearances in Iowa on Monday.

 

[dannno]

From the title it sounds like she is admitting to having an affair with an illegal immigrant.

 

[FrankRep]

+1 Michele Bachmann

 

[bunklocoempire]

'I Radically Abandoned Myself To Jesus'

That'd be great if it were true.

"And we can't settle when it comes to America standing up for our greatest ally in the world, Israel," Bachmann said.

Like I said, her abandoning herself would be great if it were true.




Bunkloco

 

[specsaregood]

"Obamacare is the first time in the history of our nation that we have taxpayer-subsidized abortions," she said. "When it comes to Obamacare – and I have been involved in this fight for some time now – I will tell you, unless we repeal (it) in 2012, we will have socialized medicine for the United States' future."

"And we can't settle when it comes to America standing up for our greatest ally in the world, Israel," Bachmann said.

Bachmann's greatest ally in the world is an abortion provider and she supports us taxpayers funding abortions. good to know

 

[Esoteric]

Michele and I aren't too dissimilar.. except I abandoned myself FROM Jesus to Reason.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Bachmann's greatest ally in the world is an abortion provider and she supports us taxpayers funding abortions. good to know

Nice. Not only that, but they are a people who hate Christianity with a passion. Ugh... modern evangelicals are so backward...

 

[samforpaul]

May God bless you, Michele. Hopefully you'll do great service - in the House supporting Ron Paul.

 

[Workethic]

She better not win. lol.

 

[kah13176]

She called the issue of abortion "the watershed issue of our time"

Several thousand abortions per year versus several million casualties of US intervention?

 

[COpatriot]

Nice. Not only that, but they are a people who hate Christianity with a passion. Ugh... modern evangelicals are so backward...

Yup. People like her worship the Israelis who in turn look at them the way a dog looks at a ceiling fan because most of them think she's a complete freak, which she is. But they don't care. They laugh at that ignorance straight to the bank with all the money and weapons we throw at them free of charge. They're supposedly biblegod's "chosen people" who he likes to send to hell because they completely reject biblejesus and half of the damn bible. And I agree with the emboldened statement 100%.

 

[Jtorsella]

from the title it sounds like she is admitting to having an affair with an illegal immigrant.

bwahahahahaha +rep!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kotin]

well soon you're going to "Radically Abandon" your Presidential Campaign.

 

[fisharmor]

Wow, Michelle, what a brazenly untrinitarian statement.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/michele-bachmann-jesus-christ_n_986229.html

No arguing with her there.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Michele and I aren't too dissimilar.. except I abandoned myself FROM Jesus to Reason.

You act as if reason is a religion. You also act as if it is apart from religion. It's weird, I know. But religious people can be reasonable, too. What a concept!

 

[jeremiahj13]

I'm religious; and Ron Paul is religious, read his "Statement of Faith" on his campaign website..

Pawned...

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

We've had socialized medicine for years, Michele. herpaderpa derp

 

[samforpaul]

Several thousand abortions per year versus several million casualties of US intervention?

"several million casualties of US intervention" I am very dismayed myself at the casualties that are happening overseas, however, several million??? Please share your figures and where they come from. I'm not wanting to quarrel, but the figures I hear on abortion are 4,000 a day in the US. This has been a common figure used from those in the Pro-life movement. Again, I'm not trying to pick a fight, but I would like to know how you came up with the several million figure.

 

[scrosnoe]

heavy sigh here -- love the way we are reaching out to Michele Bachmann supporters here and welcoming them to the Ron Paul Forums as their second choice until they are ready to help us elect another believer in the race....