From now until the election, Dump Bachmann will be presenting a series of trading cards called "Bachmann and Pals" featuring some of Bachmann's associates. Click on the trading card to make it bigger for downloading:
In a November 20, 2006 Star Tribune article titled " Bringing a touch of haute to the U.S. House ", Kim Ode quoted Michele Bachmann describing the fashion help she gets from Marcus:
Shopping help comes from another quarter, as well. Before Vice President Dick Cheney's visit this past summer, Bachmann 's husband, Marcus, hit the stores - "he's got a good sense of style" - and came home with "a sleek, simple hourglass dress with a yoke collar in winter white." He even bought a matching coat and shoes. "I just slipped it on."
But Truth Wins Out readers offered their own observations:
he’s a flamer. No doubt in my mind he’s gay.
gaydar goes *PINGGGG!!!*
Wow. Glass closet doors are not a wise idea… He’s FAHHHHBULOUS!!!!
Come out, Mary!!
Okay, I say he is as queer as a three dollar bill…no doubt about that! I mean look at the way he walks…he’s practically sashaying his way down the hall!
I didn’t know Michelle was gay married! No wonder batsh!t Bachmann hates teh gay.
And no wonder she is such a control freak trying like hell to keep EVERY thing in control cause she knows she can’t touch THAT!
Wow! I’ll bet she keeps this “Dorothy” hidden as much as possible. GUUURRRRRLLLL!!!!!!!!!
As my Minnesota relatives would say, “UFF-DA!” Which translates to “OMG, what a fucking flamer!” This may explain in part why the Minneapolis airport was so popular with Sen. “Wide Stance” Craig. I just can’t wait until this “open secret” in DC gets out!
Good lord, he looks like a fem Benny Hill.
Oh my! Who should really wear the pants in this family? Nothing he could do or say would outshine that walk down the hall. The only thing missing was “ruby slipers”.
Yesterday, we laughed and laughed at a candid video of Dr. Marcus Bachmann, husband of Michele, and the funny thing about the video didn’t even have to be stated, but simply was understood by writers and commenters alike! If the joke had a name, though, it would be “Mary.”
Bachmann and Associates, Inc., a counseling center that receives state funds and is owned by Rep. Michele Bachmann and her husband, Dr. Marcus Bachmann, uses counseling methods steeped in fundamentalist Christianity, raising questions about its use of taxpayer money.
Founded in 2003, Bachmann’s clinic has taken in nearly $30,000 in state funds since 2007. Dr. Bachmann has said publicly that God heals people at his clinic and that Jesus Christ is the “Almighty Counselor.”
“We are distinctly a Christian counseling agency here in the Twin Cities,” he told KKMS radio in 2008. “We have 27 Christian counselors, Christ-centered, very strong in our understanding of who the Almighty Counselor is, and as we rely on God’s word and the Almighty Counselor, we have the opportunity to change people’s lives.”
He continued, “God heals people and if we give opportunity, if we are a willing vessel and we go according to what God’s word is, it works.”
Have yet to hear of an official gubernatorial endorsement from the Bachmann camp. Howvever, Michele Bachmann's husband Marcus may have tipped his hand (click on photo below).
...which raises the question: how will this affect Michele Bachmann's personal income stream?
One of the key influences on Michele's political career has been her husband, Marcus Bachmann. Marcus acted as Michele's political advisor during her first run for Congress and was one of her go-to guys on an issue that launched her national political profile: pernicious and unrepentant gayness.
In a City Pages profile of Bachmann that appeared in 2006, the paper reported an account of a Marcus Bachmann presentation at Grace Church in Eden Prairie. Marcus' presentation was entitled "The Truth About The Homosexual Agenda." Marcus argued that homosexuality was "a choice" and introduced the assembled to three former homosexuals who had decided not to make that choice, anymore.
This quickly led to speculation that "reparative therapy" (or "de-gaying" patients) was one of the therapeutic treatments offered at Marcus' extensive Christian counseling practice. That's often asserted, but Marcus has never confirmed it. (And Marcus declined to answer City Pages questions about his "Truth About the Homosexual Agenda" seminar.) If you look at Marcus' Bachmann and Associates web page, therapy is offered for many different sorts of problems--but "reparative" therapy for sexual orientation is not listed.
Which is just as well, because this week the American Psychological Association declared that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients they can become straight through therapy or other treatments. (We were directed to this article by DB commenter Lady. Thanks, Lady!)
Instead (of telling gay clients that they can become straight via therapy), the APA urged therapists to consider multiple options — that could range from celibacy to switching churches — for helping clients whose sexual orientation and religious faith conflict.
It's a very interesting article. The report the APA relied on (based on two years of research) concluded that no solid evidence exists that therapists can reliably "de-gay" their patients. It also points out that "some research suggests...efforts to produce change could be harmful, inducing depression and suicidal tendencies."
Here's a YouTube video from Ken Avidor of Marcus Bachmann in action, glad-handing supporters, circa 2006.
