Minnesota District 6 Voters: Morons

Last election, where Michele Bachmann was elected to Minnesota's U.S. House District 6 seat, pretty much left me appalled. But to re-elect the biggest nut-job in Minnesota politics? Against a moderate, well-liked El Tinklenberg who has demonstrated success at getting the taxpayer's job done at a couple of positions, both elected and appointed?

That's completely nuts.

One can only draw one conclusion when a district elects a woman who hides in the bushes at rallies, places a lip-lock on the president upon meeting him and repeatedly shoots herself in the foot by making completely false or inflammatory statements -- amongst the many, many crazy, bigoted, racist, and just plain stupid additional things she has said and done.

That one conclusion can only be that too many of the district 6 voters are complete, utter, mindless, uninformed, raving, idiots.

For example, several 6th district supporters claimed they voted for Bachmann because of her "Christian" morals -- as if her opponent, Tinklenberg, a minister himself were not Christian. With that kind "thinking" (or lack thereof), they can't be anything other than plain stupid.

A commenter on the Star Tribune web site (who appears to be named Lisa and live in Savage) describes the situation well:

I don't know what ever happened to the Republican party I used to support. Oh wait... yes I do. The party I used to support did not embrace far-right evangelicals trying to impose their specious religious beliefs upon the rest of us. THAT party lauded higher education. THAT party was fiscally conservative. THAT party embraced reason and logic. Now you all seem to rejoice in your lack of education, celebrate your lack of heart and hold up your fear tactics and warmongering as virtues. I was a registered Republican from 1988 to 2000. George W. Bush drove me away from the party and I remain a proud anti-Republican - voting against the party of theocracy, hatred and fear at every opportunity.