Michele Bachmann's Son Joins "Re-Education Camp"(AmeriCorp)

[Me.]

Michele Bachmann's Son Joins "Re-Education Camp"(AmeriCorp)

“The Star Tribune confirms what the blog Dump Bachmann has been reporting for weeks: Rep. Michele Bachmann's son Harrison has joined Teach For America, part of what the Minnesota Republican considers a dreaded government re-education camp program called AmeriCorps.

Back in April, Rep. Bachmann warned of the expansion of the program, designed to get young people involved in community service:

I believe when it's all said and done, this service that -- I believe that there's a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concern is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go and work in some of these politically correct forums. It's very concerning. It appears that there's a philosophical agenda behind all of this, and especially if young people are mandated to go into this.

She added, "As a parent, I would have a very, very difficult time seeing my children do this."

Star Tribune columnist Jon Tevlin writes that "when Bachmann issued her screed, her son might have already been accepted, and certainly would have applied. Ouch."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/12/michele-bachmanns-son-joi_n_257498.html

[billyoc]

1. Don't worry, Congresswoman, the service is voluntary. It's the gay marriage that's mandatory.

:smoke:

[Me.]

2. When I First Read The Headline

I was speculating that her son must be gay and she had sent him to be 're-educated'.

[NickB79]

4. Mr. Bachmann could take care of that

He's a professional de-gayer, er, I mean, therapist.

[Me.]

6. Seriously?

[NickB79]

7. It appears so.

http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2007/08/marcus-bachmanns-clinics-make.html

[Me.]

8. A Match Made In Heaven

Those 2 sad sacks make a perfect couple

[Contrary1]

3. Guess she's in for "a very, very difficult time".

That deserves a trio:

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[kevinbgoode]

13. She needs to resign to spend more time with her family

Clearly she failed to properly indoctrinate her child into the wingnut lifestyle.

[EC]

5. I wonder if she'll

disown him...repugs are good at that...

[grace0418]

10. Either that or she'll accept it in his case only. Much the way the Cheney's accept that

their daughter is gay and wants certain rights that they would deny all other GLBT.

[UTUSN]

9. K&R #5 n/t

[Me.]

11. Merci

[kevinbgoode]

12. Oh Michele...it's your church's "re-education" camps for gays

that you'd like to see being made "mandatory." So let's not pretend you don't love the idea of "re-education" camps - why, those go back to the days of your "I'm a Christian" faith's "mission" to force-convert Native American children and African slaves to the white supremacist "faith."

[Me.]

14. Yep