Michele Bachmann isn't very funny

Michele Bachmann said: “I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here‘?’’ She now claims that she was joking. I have to admit I don’t think it is much of a joke. The reason it is not much of a joke because there are folks involved in Republican politics who have said things very much like this, and meant them. These folks are members of The New Apostolic Reformation, and have linked world events (like the Japanese Earthquake or the 9/11 attacks) to domestic politics. They also claim to have been given this information through their direct connections to God. They have a 50 state ‘prayer warrior’ network, which they are using to try to take over government. They are a lot of things, like scary and wrong, but they aren’t really all that funny. The idea that God is punishing us for trying to give everyone health care could be funny, except someone actually believes it. So Bachmann’s latest slip up isn’t funny and isn’t unimportant. It might not even be a slip up. In any event, you’ll have to excuse me if I don’t laugh.