I watched this earlier and thought the same.
He was told what to say, and the headlines are overhyped.

Bachmann probably replied to the kid, ”Don’t worry, I can fix your mother in just a few minutes… just let me start praying and I’ll fix her right up!!”

That is horrible.  Using an 8yr old child as a political pawn.  In another video he’s probably singing the praises of our ‘dear leader’.

Exactly. Mommy most certainly does need fixing, but it’s her parenting skills that are broken, not her sexuality.

Yeah, there are better ways to get your point across than forcing kids to be a prop for a cause. Pretty gross.

Awful.

Tell her yourself, Ma’am.

If the mom did tell the kid to tell her this, at least it will hit her harder in her own heart (if she has one) than if the mother told her. Maybe she can “see the light” that her and her husband’s views on homosexuality is not only ignorant but disrespectful for those like me in the LGBT community. But she’s only at 4% now right? So we should be fine anyways.

I guess mommy likes to use her kid as a political prop. 

Will this lady take her son to speak to Obama and Biden about their stance against gay marriage?

She should tell them to stop the hate.

Elijah is correct. His mom doesn’t need fixing. Bachmann does.

When Bachmann preaches hate, she needs to face up to the reality she is directly responsibl­e for hurting children like this one, as well as children and adults who are lesbian or gay, and, entire families.

The boy’s mom may have prompted him. And she might not have. I wouldn’t automatica­lly assume anything about that.

But perhaps that’s because I distinctly recall deciding to confront a politician about something when I was that age. My parents didn’t even agree with me, but they supported me in speaking up. And I did get more than a bit shaky and shy in the actual doing.

For those incapable of even imagining that children are often quite capable of independen­t thought, critical thinking, and strong opinions: I feel very sorry for your children

It doesn’t matter if he was told what to say. Elijah is right. And as usual Michele Bachmann had a very clueless look. She had been outsmarted by an eight year old.

At least they support civil unions and don’t think being gay is an illness like the GOP idiots.

Does it annoy you when this kid owned Bachmann? I always relish seeing someone confronted by the effects of their ugliness. It’s not so easy to pass judgement on those who are in front of you.  

What a coincidence.  This kid has a gay parent and Michele has a gay husband.  Small world.

Terrible… not unlike religious zealotry, this is indoctrination and child abuse

You don’t hear Obama or Biden calling homosexuals barbarians or fleecing the government out of money to “heal” them.

Also, you should accept the bad PR, it is what comes with being on the wrong side of human rights.

She learned that from watching Ms Grifter Palin use her whole brood as props…

They haven’t made their opposition a campaign talking point to pander to teavangelicals.

Bachmann is a moron and personifies hate.  What the kid said is in response to the injury Bachmann inflicts daily and to that child’s parent.  That said, I think the kid was used inappropriately. 

I have mixed feelings too. And I AM a gay mom with a son but I would never push him to do that.

However, remember this is the south where women are trained NOT to be assertive, to always stand in the background, defer to men so I would put this in that context.

But, Yeah, she and her partner should have marched up and introduced themselves and their son together, not pushed the child to do the speaking — unless he himself really wanted to step up and just lost a little confidence at the last moment. We don’t know all the details but I don’t like manipulating children no matter who is doing it and for what purpose.

In the long run, I hope he is stronger for it and that Ms. Bachmann does have to own the consequences of her hate, bigotry and ignorance.

Bachmann needs to “fix” her gay husband.

Look how quickly Mediaite’s Republican bigots project their hate, as if the actions of one of the millions of people they hate will somehow justify their hatred.

How disgusting to use a pimp a child to do their dirty work!!

Liberals have no shame left!!

What clip were you watching? This poor kid could barely get his line out, and Bachmann all but had to drag it out of him.

I’m guessing that she did pass a little judgement on Mommy. I know I did.

What injury is that, Bill?

No, they’re busy demonizing the people who pay the bills.

This child’s mother should be ashamed of herself, but I’m sure her liberalism prevents it.  The child obviously didn’t want to do this. 

Erm, what is this “south” you speak of? I’ve lived in the southern US all my life and have never met these unassertive, standing-in-the-background, deferring-to-men women that you’re talking about. Quite the contrary.

My position on gay marriage is the same as Obama’s. 

btw, do you think it’s possible to disagree with someone and NOT hate them?  Maybe you can’t, but I sure can. 

But why is it so awful?  When Bachmann crusades against LGBT families, the people she hurts the most are the children of those families. 

In 99 cases out of 100, this would probably make me uncomfortable.  In this case, however, I think it’s entirely appropriate, considering that the people Bachmann hurts the most in her crusade against gay families are the children of those families.

I think your pimp hat is on too tight. You’re not making any sense.

Evolving to the edge of supporting it?

More believable that Joe the Plumber. 

So is part of hate calling people names?

Sorry, but folks like Palin have no problem with gays. Stop trying to make this a wedge issue when it’s not.

Yeah, typical Michelle — blaming this on the mother’s “liberalism,” as if having your kid yelling “Kill the faggots” by the Westboro Baptist Church is normal.  Nice try, Michelle. Next?

Oh, yes … it’s that crazy liberalism. Get over yourself and go for THE MESSAGE. If you refuse to think this child believes what he is saying, how about this one?? Suppose you’ll say this kid’s brainwashed? http://front.moveon.org/two-lesbians-raised-a-baby-and-this-is-what-they-got/?rc=fb.fan.2

Stop the name-calling!

You = Bachmann right now.

 http://sweetness-light.com/archive/hoffa-tea-party-sobs-biden-barbarians

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60421.html

I think you’re operating on an old stereotype of the South. Plus, there are many parts of the South.

I agree with your 3rd paragraph and that’s about it.

You’ve got some serious issues there, Tony.  Good luck working them out. 

Haha.  What injury does Bachmann cause?  Far-left sweeping generalizations are the new black!

Hmmm,  liberals have no shame … yet GOP brags that their number 1 priority is not to generate jobs, not to improve the economy, not to bring the troops home — but to unseat our President, and protect the wealty. THAT, is having no shame.

If you don’t see the difference between the two subjects then you’re too stupid to talk to.

The Republican Party is built on nothing but hate. You hate gay people, you hate black people, you hate non-Christian people, you hate immigrants, you hate poor people, you hate intelligent people. It’s not a secret or something. You build every one of your campaigns on hate.

Please please please provide us all a link backing up that the “GOP brags that their number 1 priority is not to generate jobs, not to improve the economy, not to bring the troops home”…….The only thing you ignorant liberal lemmings can do is repeat your talking points which btw are complete lies!!

So prove to us all that you are not lying and provide us with some proof!!!!

moveon.org?

I would pitty you but it would be useless….think for yourself for once!!

So, heterosexuals use THEIR children as ‘props’ for heterosexuality every single day.

Just ask the gay kids that have to endure their abuse every day of their lives, you moron.

Yep. I am so god damn tired of seeing kids used as political tools. There are 3 levels of anger:

1) The kid doesn’t have a dog in the fight and shouldn’t be used as a prop. 

2) It’s always so obvious. How dumb do you think we are? If you insist on using a kid to make your political point, at least go all Mommy Dearest and be enough of a monster to get a good performance out of him.

3) The gall of these people to think they can use their little bundle of joy to create a Hallmark moment that will melt the stony hearts of the opposing side. ‘When they see my precious little Billy defending his two mommies, NOBODY will be able to oppose gay marriage!’

If I were to ever vote conservative, it’d be the fault of people like this.

No, what the kid said is in response to ‘god damn it Billy, you’re going to do this if you love your mommies’. 

That poor boy looks like he’s going to have a lifetime of personal issues due to the bad parenting he is receiving from his horrible parents. He looked like he was scared to death of Michelle Bachmann, most likely because at home all he hears is what a monster she is, then he is forced to confront her about something he isn’t even yet capable of understanding by his rotten parents. The kid is now scarred for life.

The way to convince conservatives that gay people are just like everyone else is not to force your child into a ‘youtube’ moment with Bachmann.   The end does NOT justify the means and most people think it’s cruel to use your child as a prop.   They’re simply too young.

Funny you link to moveon.org.  Even people who agree with move on’s goals often think they do it the wrong way.  So, you are consistent.

I have two gay couples that are gay, and they are just like everyone else.  They wouldn’t use their children as props in a youtube video because they put their children’s needs first.

Simply put, this mom is not a good parent, and it has NOTHING to do with who she loves..  

Jon writes “On the one hand, the views of Michele Bachmann and her ridiculous husband are hateful, ignorant, and should disqualify her from any public office. The very notion of her being President while actively engaging in the in the alienation and disparagement of a large portion of this nation, disgraces the very office of Commander in Chief. ”

Your editor shouldn’t put you on stories covering Bachmann if you are so completely and unprofessionally biased.  

Just so you know, I’m pro-gay marriage. I get that gay people may be blinded in their hate for Bachmann, but my point is that if you can’t get past it, an reputable site wouldn’t let you cover her.

If the boys mother (gay or whatever) she’s not a very good one.  She’s pushing this little boy into a disgraceful political position that may be traumatizing the child.  Is that what Lesbians do, push little children into making political statements?

He looks like he wants to be out playing football or something, rather than furthering his Gay mother’s political dogma.

It puts gays in a good light, doesn’t it?

“I’m Security, C’mon you little bastard say what we rehearsed all night so I can get you on YouTube!”
Maybe Jon Bashad will say something like “On the one hand, the views of Michele Bachmann and her ridiculous husband are hateful, ignorant, and should disqualify her from any public office.”  on Mediaite.

Disgusting.

“TMP”

Did the point fly past you or are you just demented? Neither side should use kids as political props but this kid’s mom USED her child to take on an issue, like the author said, he cannot grasp. I have an 8 year old son. He loves his mommy and doesn’t understand sexuality.  Gross is right, JBeast27.  

Exactly!  And as it obviously annoys you when the “Grifter” Palin (funny, did you say that about Hillary Clinton?) “used her brood as props” this must also be annoying—actually even more so when a woman uses her kid as a prop to talk about sexuality to a stranger, right moses? 

Spare me. Liberals like you define “hate” as any viewpoint that disagrees with your own.

I’m sorry, hearing an 8 year old child whisper, after prodding, make a statement about the sexuality of his mother, with a camera in your face would be difficult to respond to. Don’t let your Bachmann hate cloud your mental skilz or common sense.  I’d never expect that question either because normal people don’t do that to their kids. Sick. 

No, we define it as racism, homophobia, religious bigotry, etc. You know… all the things Republicans stand for.

By letting her 8 year old child fight her battles I’d say she needs more than fixing. If she’s a lesbian how does she have a kid? You don’t make a kid bumping donuts.

I have to say it looks like she forced the kid to say it pretty despicable of the mother.

Bachmann is a clueless, bigoted moron who doesn’t have a snow ball chance in hell.

First of all, Michele Bachman’s views have been distorted.  While I don’t support gay marriage (because I don’t think “gay marriage” is really about gays getting married, but that’s a discussion for another time), I do think Bachmann has a weird obsession with gay people. Hiding behind bushes to spy on a gay rights rally is beyond weird and loopy.  But it doesn’t matter.  Once people got a good look at who she was and what she has accomplished (which is not much), they moved on to another candidate. She is polling at like 2% and has no chance of being President. 

Every presidential race has candidates that some people view as radical, even the Democrats.  And there will always be people who think ALL republicans are radicals, just like there are some republicans who think ALL dems are radicals.  Those are people who are the actual radicals and have nothing close to moderate views on anything.  But the are the minority.  You wouldn’t know that by watching TV or reading the news, but people with radical views are in fact in the minority.  Most Americans are pretty moderate in their views.

As far as this video, I think this child’s parent(s) need to be taken out back and beaten.  What is it about liberals that they view children as a tool for their political agenda? The same thing happened here.  http://youtu.be/ycD4pn-HJ4s  This poor kid is going to be all kinds of screwed up…and it will have nothing to do with his mom being a lesbian and everything to do with his mom being a cruel bitch who sees her son as nothing more than a tool for her political agenda.

This whole Republican debate is a circus, and a not very good one at that. It’s makes a mockery of the of the highest office in the land. Cain, Bachmann, and Newt are not running for this office but are enriching themselves by selling books. The only real candidates are Mitt, Paul, and Huntsman. The rest are clowns making a mockery of our country and its political dysfunction. Obama wins and the nation goes on stalled if the Democrats don’t take back the House and majority in Senate. Rock on 99…

8 year olds have such a wealth of knowledge, and maturity. That is why they can vote, drive cars, view porn, consent to sex, run for political office, enter into legal contracts, work as they please, stay out past 9:00 pm and many, many other things………NOT!…… they are children that haven’t learn their multiplication table yet. But they are and have been brainwashed (inoculated) by the homosexual, bi-sexual, pedophiles, and zoophiles liberal, progressive, socialist, Marxist, communist teachers and parents.

That child should be taken away from the “parents.”

Family Dynamics by ME

Children’s parents are their primary role model.

What boys learn from their father.

Boys learn what a man is from their father.

Boys learn to be a man from their father.

Boys learn how to relate to other males from their father.

Boys learn how to treat a woman from their father.

Boys learn how a man parents a son from their father.

If there are female siblings boys learn how a man parents their daughters from their father.

What boys learn from their mother.

Boys learn what a woman is from their mother.

Boys learn what a man is to a woman from their mother.

Boys learn how to relate to other females from their mother.

Boys learn how to treat a woman from their mother.

Boys learn how a woman parents a son from their mother.

If there are female siblings boys learn how a woman parents their daughters from their mother.

What girls learn from their mother.

Girls learn what a woman is from their mother.

Girls learn to be a woman from their mother.

Girls learn how to relate to other females from their mother.

Girls learn how to treat a man from their mother.

Girls learn how a woman parents a daughter from their mother.

If there are male siblings girls learn how a woman parents their sons from their mother.

What girls learn from their father.

Girls learn what a woman is to a man from their father.

Girls learn to be a woman to a man from their father.

Girls learn how to relate to other males from their father.

Girls learn how to treat a man from their father.

Girls learn how a woman parents a daughter from their father.

If there are male siblings girls learn how a man parents their sons from their father.

Those are some of the most important things that parents (a mother and a father) teach their children.

None of these are possible in homosexual relationships.

Of course that is in a functional family. Homosexuals couple (or more) are NOT functional in the first place.

The homosexual males (gays) are NOT psychologically men and the homosexual females (lesbians) are NOT psychologically women. Nor are the males physically females or females physically males. Each are “pretending” to be the opposite sex. This means they are very confused about their social role as well as their sexual role. That is the root of their psychosis. They choice the homosexual role, gay or lesbian role at some point in their life based on there irrational ideas. Dr. Albert Ellis Ph.D. has a long list of causes for homosexuality from his experience as a therapist yet I believe he missed a few things. One the “depressed”, self hating homosexual. They hate who they are and believe life would be better for them if they were dead. Being to cowardice to commit suicide they decide that being male or female is their problem and choose to believe they are the opposite sex. They may have a very dominate mother and weak father so the male being scared and weak takes the role of female to bring out his strength. Or believed strength.

Not all homosexual become homosexuals because of self-hate. Many become homosexual because they were sexually abused as children and learn to become homosexuals because of that sexual abuse. That is often seen when working with children, mostly boys who were sexually abused by someone in the clergy. Though they are also found to have the same problems if sexual abused by family members, friends or strangers. But most of them ARE homosexuals. Why children should not go to public restrooms by themselves. What many people do not know is that sex is a learned behavior. They believe that since they normally have sexual urges that is all there is to it but that is only the urge and does not determines how one satisfies those urges.Those are some of the most important things that parents (a mother and a father) teach their children.

None of these are possible in homosexual relationships.

Of course that is in a functional family. Homosexuals couple (or more) are NOT functional in the first place.

The homosexual males (gays) are NOT psychologically men and the homosexual females (lesbians) are NOT psychologically women. Nor are the males physically females or females physically males. Each are “pretending” to be the opposite sex. This means they are very confused about their social role as well as their sexual role. That is the root of their psychosis. They choice the homosexual role, gay or lesbian role at some point in their life based on there irrational ideas. Dr. Albert Ellis Ph.D. has a long list of causes for homosexuality from his experience as a therapist yet I believe he missed a few things. One the “depressed”, self hating homosexual. They hate who they are and believe life would be better for them if they were dead. Being to cowardice to commit suicide they decide that being male or female is their problem and choose to believe they are the opposite sex. They may have a very dominate mother and weak father so the male being scared and weak takes the role of female to bring out his strength. Or believed strength.

Not all homosexual become homosexuals because of self-hate. Many become homosexual because they were sexually abused as children and learn to become homosexuals because of that sexual abuse. That is often seen when working with children, mostly boys who were sexually abused by someone in the clergy. Though they are also found to have the same problems if sexual abused by family members, friends or strangers. But most of them ARE homosexuals. Why children should not go to public restrooms by themselves. What many people do not know is that sex is a learned behavior. They believe that since they normally have sexual urges that is all there is to it but that is only the urge and does not determines how one satisfies those urges.
None of these are possible in homosexual relationships.

Of course that is in a functional family. Homosexuals couple (or more) are NOT functional in the first place.

The homosexual males (gays) are NOT psychologically men and the homosexual females (lesbians) are NOT psychologically women. Nor are the males physically females or females physically males. Each are “pretending” to be the opposite sex. This means they are very confused about their social role as well as their sexual role. That is the root of their psychosis. They choice the homosexual role, gay or lesbian role at some point in their life based on there irrational ideas. Dr. Albert Ellis Ph.D. has a long list of causes for homosexuality from his experience as a therapist yet I believe he missed a few things. One the “depressed”, self hating homosexual. They hate who they are and believe life would be better for them if they were dead. Being to cowardice to commit suicide they decide that being male or female is their problem and choose to believe they are the opposite sex. They may have a very dominate mother and weak father so the male being scared and weak takes the role of female to bring out his strength. Or believed strength.

Not all homosexual become homosexuals because of self-hate. Many become homosexual because they were sexually abused as children and learn to become homosexuals because of that sexual abuse. That is often seen when working with children, mostly boys who were sexually abused by someone in the clergy. Though they are also found to have the same problems if sexual abused by family members, friends or strangers. But most of them ARE homosexuals. Why children should not go to public restrooms by themselves. What many people do not know is that sex is a learned behavior. They believe that since they normally have sexual urges that is all there is to it but that is only the urge and does not determines how one satisfies those urges.
Not all homosexual become homosexuals because of self-hate. Many become homosexual because they were sexually abused as children and learn to become homosexuals because of that sexual abuse. That is often seen when working with children, mostly boys who were sexually abused by someone in the clergy. Though they are also found to have the same problems if sexual abused by family members, friends or strangers. But most of them ARE homosexuals. Why children should not go to public restrooms by themselves. What many people do not know is that sex is a learned behavior. They believe that since they normally have sexual urges that is all there is to it but that is only the urge and does not determines how one satisfies those urges.

Homosexuality IS a metnal sickness and ALL homosexuals ARE mentally sick, psychotic!

I don’t agree with that, but I don’t agree with what Bershad said either about how “the views of Michelle Bachmann and her ridiculous husband are hateful, ignorant, and should disqualify her from any public office.” Jon, the woman is not a raving fascist, she just has a view which differs from yours, so how about backing off on the self-righteousness?

There’s another liberal just like Jon Bershad. Losing all rationality when it comes to one issue.

What’s with this “THE MESSAGE” bit? You sound like some kind of religious whacko.

KT, all you’re ever capable of seeing is hate.

What is his position on gay marriage? It seems he does his best to obfuscate what it actually is.

Poor Korean Trevor. Trapped in a world of negative generalities, never seeing the forest for the trees.

Yeah, Michelle Bachmann’s clueless all right. She’s probably got twice your IQ and has forgotten more than you’ll ever know. Let us know when you get elected to Congress.

Thank you. I’m happy to explain this stuff to people who can’t see the obvious.

I defy you to back up the charge that Bachmann personifies hate.

Colo Con, this seems to be a habit with a lot of liberal parents. OWS gave us several examples.

Dream on, smalld. It won’t matter who the Republicans put up, Obama will get his clock cleaned in 2012!

This was not fair to Bachmann or the terrified kid.
I believe the look on Michelle’s face was one of concern that a child would be used as a pawn like this.
Bachmann didn’t come off looking bad but my side sure did.

The mother should be ashamed.

There?  Where?  Your candidate proclaims that the founding fathers ended slavery and you question MY rationality.  It would be funny if not so sad.

My heart breaks for any kid who is brainwashed like this. No different then people who raise their kid to be a racist.

What a crappy mom. Be gay, have kids, I DON’T CARE! But don’t send your eight year-old kid up to make some kind of rehearsed political statement with a camera right up in his face. Do it yourself, lady.

I wish you rightwingers would go away and come back ‘fixed’. Hard to believe there’s still so much prejudice and bigotry in the minds of rightwingers. Don’t you know any same sex couples with or without children.? Sexuality isn’t quite as rigid as you and the worst parts of the Bible and Koran tell you. But there’s hope for you as we’re continuing to evolve. Oh, yes, but many of you don’t believe in evolution!

Making a mistake about American history is not what you originally accused Bachmann of. You called her a clueless, bigoted moron, but you have yet to establish that.

It doesn’t take much to get elected to Congress when you will lie and say whatever the masses want to hear.  Bachmann is no genius, that much is proven every time she opens her mouth.  And the reason why she’s forgotten more than normal people, is because she has no room in her brain for anything but hate.

That being said, it was wrong to use an 8 yr old child, who has no clue what sexuality is, as a political prop.  It gets done on all sides and needs to stop. 

Good for you, BFD. It’s good to see that someone you almost always disagree still keeps an open mind.

It is shameful for gay activists to exploit and manipulate a 8-year-old to advance their radical homosexual agenda.  “Gay marriage” is an oxymoron, since marriage means “a permanent union between one woman and man.”
For 5000 years, “marriage” has meant “a contract between one man and one woman”, not some other random combination of humans because it feels good. That definition of marriage is the bedrock of human society. MB’s response meant that society should not endorse gay marriage by giving it the high status of “marriage”. Ignore the perverted and false “interpretations” of her comments by gay media bloggers. She remains the most principled Constitutional Conservative on the American political stage.
 This was a  particularly moronic screed on MB’s commonsense response and instruction to clueless gay activist students. The radical left, gay media no longer even pretends to report political news but instead feeds us radical left gay propaganda.
 The argument for “gay marriage” is equally valid (and equally invalid) for 1 man-2 women and for  2 women-1 man; etc. The logical extension of allowing “gay marriage” is legalizing polygamy.

Oh, it seems you want to be taken seriously.  Her moronic intelligence was established by her “mistake” about history.  Her “fix the gays” (governmentally funded) clinic is evidence of her bigotry.  Do you really need everything spelled out for you?  It is becoming very clear why you support her; like attracts like.

Google,…. Bachman lies, on that list you will see lies against Obama and comments about gays,… but you’re right those are signs of love, not hate!

What is this “new” “stop the name calling? From you!

Yeah,… it’s not pimp like to force your “tea” child to carry a hate sign at the rallies!

Good spin. Every time a “tea” has stated, “main thing they want to do is make Obama a one termer”,… that’s really talking about jobs and economy first!

http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/216451/250/Tea-Party-group-Stop-creating-jobs

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A national Tea Party group wants business owners to stop hiring! That’s right. Tea Party Nation posted a pledge online Tuesday asking small business owners to stop creating jobs and sink our economy even further as a protest.

The organization says President Obama and the Senate want to destroy
the country’s economy so they can remake the U.S. into a socialist
country. The irony is that halting job creation would destroy our
economy.

Tea Party Nation’s call says, in part:

“I, an American small business owner, part of the class that produces
the vast majority of real, wealth producing jobs in this country,
hereby resolve that I will not hire a single person until this war
against business and my country is stopped.I hereby declare that my job
creation potential is now ceased.

Judging from your brilliant answer, It seems you DON’T want to be taken seriously. Her mistake about history makes her a moron? Does that mean everyone who’s ever made a mistake about history is automatically a moron? And because she believes that gays who want to become straight can be helped to do so makes her a bigot? Buddy, you need a good course in critical thinking. You’re an embarassment even to liberals.

After reading many of these comments I’m really appalled at how backward and bigoted the Mediaite commentariat is in actuality. This 8 year old was talking from his 8 year old heart and it sounded genuine. More to the point is the damage Bachmann and her husband have done to dozens, if not hundreds of gays who, out of ignorance have gone to them to be ‘fixed’.I understand there have been a few suicides to boot. 95% of gay males are really gay, and probably 90% of lesbians are lesbians. Don’t you people have enough life experience to know that. Man, are we in need of a change of consciousness, and with the collapse of the rightwing, it looks like that’s what we’re going to get. I think there is something to 2012 and the Mayan calendar. It’s time for a change. Thanks God!

Gay lady uses her child as a prop to show us her awesome parenting skills?

[response to comment below]  No, I guess you don’t want to be taken seriously after all.  “Does that mean everyone who’s ever made a mistake about history is automatically a moron?” 
I never said or implied that, and raising such a straw man does not
make a cogent argument.  Not knowing basic American history re slavery
& broadcasting one’s ignorance in a speech is another matter.  And
in this day & age believing that conversion therapy is legitimate,
against all evidence to the contrary, does make one a bigot (though it
has been quite a windfall for her & her hubbie tootsie). Sorry, but I’m not the one that needs the course in critical thinking my friend.  And saying that I’m an embarrassment & supporting Bachmann in the same breath is not worthy of comment.

Sorry Kid your Mom does need fixing. Any mom who tries to turn her son into a goose stepper for the gay mafia needs a lot of fixing. If she wants to turn her sex act into her identity, that is her problem. She should let her son figure it out for himself.

Somebody is seriously sick around here all right.

When are Republicans going to learn how classy and progressive it is to use your frightened little kid as a political pawn? 

those backward assholes!

if you think for a minute he wasnt told to say what he said you are little more then a child yourself. i dont care if someone is gay but this was a stupid classless act and this child was used.  thats not good parenting in anyone’s book

Mother Nature needs no promotion or props; this kid is learning Marxist Critical Pedagogy at an early age. Cute little tyke – yes your mommy does need fixing but she was abandoned by god himself and thrust into the depraved world of unflinching homosexuality said Bachmann.

I’m surprised the kid didn’t ask how he can be made gay.

Probably some electro shock and a hammer wouldn’t hurt.

The kid “owned” Bachmann because she cannot give the answer she might give an adult. Why would you need to be told this: because you talk to adults like children or because you ask 11 yr. old’s out on dates?

Yes, all heterosexuals need to be put into re-education camps and made to watch “Glee” and learn how to inject silicon into their hind ends.

yup. I agree with their cause and what the kid said but pushing him into doing it sure didn’t make it more effective, which was probably what they were hoping for. Quite the opposite.

“a permanent union between one woman and man.”

permanent? Seen the divorce rates lately? Just as higher or maybe higher among the evangelicals who oppose SSM.

For 5000 years, “marriage” has meant “a contract between one man and one woman”,

two things wrong here. 1 it’s not a logical defense. Saying slavery has been acceptable for 5000 years does nothing to support the institution.
2nd, it’s simply not historically factual. Marriage has changed and appeared in different forms  throughout history and in different cultures.

That definition of marriage is the bedrock of human society.

Since your previous statement is dead wrong, that sorta makes this one wrong as well.

MB’s response meant that society should not endorse gay marriage by giving it the high status of “marriage”.

and she’s completely wrong. There are no fact based rational arguments opposing SSM. There are no facts or reasoning to suggest granting our gay citizens equality in marriage will harm society in any way at all. There are no facts or reasoning to suggest that the institution of marriage will be harmed or diminished in any way. In fact all available evidence points to the opposite conclusion.
Gay rights and the equality of SSM is one more struggle in our history of fighting for the equality our founding documents aspire to. All the flawed logic and distortion of facts will not stop it. Christianity continues to spread lies based on their false doctrine and flawed human interpretation of a 2000 year old book. It has caused a lot of pain to innocents for generations and those who remain willfully ignorant for the sake of dogma and not free of guilt for continuing to spread lies that harm their fellow citizens. 
They will go down in history along side those who supported , slavery and segregation, and opposed interracial marriage.

It’s not as simple as a different view. It’s like saying those who opposed equal rights in the south just had a different view.
When your different view denies equality to fellow citizens and promotes lies that have harmed them for generations they are accurately described as hateful , ignorant, and unfit for public office.   

Would you mind not taking up so much space with your paranoid delusions and garbage “science”

Seems to me I recall kids carrying political signs at Tea Party rallies.

Agreed

What a disgrace!

Sorry that should have been “Indoctrinated.” CosmosDan that God of the universe doesn’t seem to like the truth. Like ALL homosexual he/ IT is mentally sick and should be put on anti-psychotic medications.

What HATE signs was that?  The ones only YOU saw.

Homosexuality IS a mental sickness and ALL homosexuals ARE mentally sick, psychotic.

You know, I’m all for gay marriage, but this video is pretty gross. How could you, as the kid’s mom, watch that and feel ok enough with it to actually publish it for the world to see? You would think it might be an awakening moment of self-awareness, “maybe we pushed little Elijah into doing something he didn’t want to do,” and they would realize they had taken it too far with their own son. Try to make it up to him by being a better mom next time, and certainly don’t create a viral video of it that’s now going to hang over his head for the rest of his life.

“that kind of filth doesn’t fly any longer”

How true. There’s a different kind of filth flying now.

I only wish that people like Bachman,  who like to throw God in the mix actually valued the truth on this and other issues, as the Bible instructs them to do. Instead they hold fast to the false dogma taught by religious leaders and want to embrace the crap science you spew out here.
That’s where the real indoctrination is taking place. People are taught what to believe, and what God’s word is on the matter based on a tradition built on falsehoods, and rather than think for themselves and truly examine the issue for the sake of learning the truth, they cling to their dogma regardless of the harm they cause innocent people.

And here you are resorting to pathetic insults. Please stick with those. They are a lot quicker to scroll past while I’m ignoring your ignorant posts.

The poor little boy may not think his mom needs fixing but thanks to her sick mind I’m afraid he probably will…sooner or later. I shudder to think what else she’s willing to make him do for the “cause.”

Holy crap, you can’t even quote a one one sentence post properly.

???
Or people that have told their children for generations that being gay is sick and perverted and an abomination to God. That’s some serious brainwashing. So effective that people will deny who they really are , and families will be torn apart.

So you are saying if Palin had the power she would not reinstate DADT? 

How do you know she was a Liberal? 

Saying that that gay people are broken and need to be fixed causes injury. It fosters hate, including self hate, and exclusion.

Heterosexuality is the tip of the iceberg. How about those christian fundamentalist wackos ?

Nothing of the sort.He’s being told what to say by his parent. Happens to every supervised child every day. When I do it, it’s usually something like “say thank you”. I wouldn’t ask a child that age to defend my sexual preferences, but now we’re just getting into a matter of personal choice.

You don’t understand what IQ means.

Wrong. Hillary never used her child as a selling point to prove dubious “family values”

I thought the problem is that the bills are not getting paid. Is there a disconnect ?

So why is  Mitch McConnell number one priority to make Obama a one term President?  His words not mine.   The #1 agenda of the GOP congress is not jobs its to follow the words of Mitch. Why else would they be standing in the way of every bill they are faced with that does not have a Republican agenda.  Why have they lost the meaning of the word compromise?

Get your head out of the sand.  If you think the GOP are up on the hill fighting for you I would like a sample of what ever you are taking.

I don’t think you know what pimp means

Learn how to use google. There are plenty of entries like these:

McConnell, Boehner blast Obama over debt talks

Stop watching Fox. You sound like an idiot when you repeat the stupid crap they say.

Bershad, you’re something. So anyone who feels homosexuality is wrong should be enjoined from public office? Y’know, in the past being gay disqualified you, and your attitude suggests we should have stayed with that rule. let gays be treated equally, and then they DEMAN to be thought of in a positive light. You’re a mere useful idiot, a product of political correctness and rampant liberalism.

Rick “…and say whatever the masses want to hear.” isn’t that what you are asking for her to do say what YOU Want to hear and not be strong enough to stand up for what SHE Believes in? Even with all the Left-Winged Libs I do not agree with 99% of the time I respect they voice their opinion and that brings me to think about what my opinion on that subject is.

Oh every part, dickhead.

YOU are psychotic.  YOUR homosexuality has damaged your little brain.

What do you think you are with a STUPID name like CosmoDan. Do you think you are from some alien planet?

YOU  are the ruler of the universe Cosmo.  What the hell is a cosmo?  some kind of s h i t eater.

You are the greatest Cos mo.  I bet even God gets his advice from you.

Report: Pedophilia more
common among ‘gays’

Research purports to reveal ‘dark side’ of homosexual culture

Posted:
April 29, 2002

1:00 a.m. Eastern

By
Jon Dougherty

© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com

Child
molestation and pedophilia occur far more commonly among homosexuals than among
heterosexuals on a per capita basis, according to a new study.

“Overwhelming
evidence supports the belief that homosexuality is a sexual deviancy often
accompanied by disorders that have dire consequences for our culture,”
wrote Steve Baldwin in, “Child Molestation and the Homosexual
Movement,” soon to be published by the Regent University Law Review.

Baldwin
is the executive director of the Council for National Policy in Washington,
D.C.

“It
is difficult to convey the dark side of the homosexual culture without
appearing harsh,” wrote Baldwin. “However, it is time to acknowledge
that homosexual behavior threatens the foundation of Western civilization – the
nuclear family.”

Though
the homosexual community and much of the media scoff at such accusations,
Baldwin – who chaired the California Assembly’s Education committee, where he
fought against support for the homosexual agenda in the state’s public schools
– says in his report that homosexual activists’ “efforts to target
children both for their own sexual pleasure and to enlarge the homosexual
movement” constitute an “unmistakable” attack on “the
family unit.”

Baldwin’s
research is substantiated in a recently completed body of work written by Dr. Judith Reisman, president of the
Institute for Media Education and author of numerous authoritative books
debunking sexual myths, including “Kinsey, Crimes &
Consequences.”

In
her thesis – also written for the Regent University Law Review – Reisman cited
psychologist Eugene Abel, whose research found that homosexuals “sexually
molest young boys with an incidence that is occurring from five times greater
than the molestation of girls. …”

Abel
also found that non-incarcerated “child molesters admitted from 23.4 to
281.7 acts per offender … whose targets were males.”

“The
rate of homosexual versus heterosexual child sexual abuse is staggering,”
said Reisman, who was the principal investigator for an $800,000 Justice
Department grant studying child pornography and violence. “Abel’s data of
150.2 boys abused per male homosexual offender finds no equal (yet) in
heterosexual violations of 19.8 girls.”

Jay
Heavener, spokesman for PFLAG –
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, counters that
federal crime data refute claims that homosexuals molest children at higher
rates than heterosexuals.

“According
to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), this claim is
false,” he told WND by e-mail. “The gay and lesbian community calls
into question any dubious research which flies in the face of our own
experience.”

And
Gary Schoener, a clinical psychologist who has been diagnosing and treating
clergy abuse for 28 years, told Salon.com, “There are far more
heterosexual cases than homosexual.”

In
terms of sheer numbers, that may be true. But in terms of numbers of children
abused per offender, homosexuals abuse with far greater frequency; and boys,
research shows, are the much-preferred target.

Baldwin
says evidence he examined disproves the assertion that child molestation is
more prevalent among heterosexuals. Both he and Reisman found that media
coverage of adult homosexual abuse of minors is also slanted.

“The
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) recently boasted that
although homosexuals are less than two percent of the population, three-fourths
of the people who decide the content of the front page of the New York Times
are homosexual,” Reisman wrote.

That
one fact is especially noteworthy, experts point out, given the recent child
sex scandals taking place within the American Catholic church.

A
survey by WorldNetDaily of recent news reports found that rarely did the media
describe priestly sexual abuse as “homosexual” or “gay”
activity – even though the worst incidents involved male-to-male contact, and a
spate of investigative reports has revealed that the Vatican is concerned about
an upsurge of homosexuals in seminary schools throughout the world.

Gay
press promotes sex with children

Baldwin
says his research not only “confirms that homosexuals molest children at a
rate vastly higher than heterosexuals,” but it found that “the
mainstream homosexual culture” even “commonly promotes sex with
children.”

“The
editorial board of the leading pedophile academic journal, Paidika, is
dominated by prominent homosexual scholars such as San Francisco State
University professor John DeCecco, who happens to edit the Journal of
Homosexuality,” Baldwin wrote.

During
his research, he also found:

The
Journal of Homosexuality recently published a special double-issue
entitled, “Male Intergenerational Intimacy,” containing many
articles portraying sex between men and minor boys as loving
relationships. One article said parents should look upon the pedophile who
loves their son “not as a rival or competitor, not as a theft of
their property, but as a partner in the boy’s upbringing, someone to be
welcomed into their home.”
In
1995 the homosexual magazine “Guide” said, “We can be proud
that the gay movement has been home to the few voices who have had the
courage to say out loud that children are naturally sexual” and
“deserve the right to sexual expression with whoever they choose.
…” The article went on to say: “Instead of fearing being labeled
pedophiles, we must proudly proclaim that sex is good, including
children’s sexuality … we must do it for the children’s sake.”

Larry
Kramer, the founder of ACT-UP, a noted homosexual activist group, wrote in
his book, “Report from the Holocaust: The Making of an AIDS
Activist”: “In those instances where children do have sex with
their homosexual elders, be they teachers or anyone else, I submit that
often, very often, the child desires the activity, and perhaps even
solicits it.”

In
a study of advertisements in the influential homosexual newspaper, The
Advocate, Reisman found ads for a “Penetrable Boy Doll … available in
three provocative positions. She also found that the number of erotic boy
images in each issue of The Advocate averaged 14.

Homosexual
newspapers and travel publications advertise prominently for countries
where boy prostitution is heavy, such as Burma, the Philippines, Sri Lanka
and Thailand.
 

Homosexuality
‘youth-oriented’?

“Research
on the homosexual lifestyle confirms it is almost exclusively a youth-oriented
culture,” Baldwin wrote. “Very few gays exhibit preference for older
men.”

“Some
admit to focus on teenage boys,” he said, “some on prepubescent boys,
and many cross over between categories.”

A
1988 study detailed in Baldwin’s report found that most pedophiles even
consider themselves to be “gay.” According to the study,
“Archives of Sexual Behavior,” some 86 percent of pedophiles
described themselves as homosexual or bisexual. Also, the study found, the
number of teenage male prostitutes who identify as homosexuals has risen from
10 percent to 60 percent in the past 15 years.

When
asked what he thought about critics who attempt to debunk his research, Baldwin
said the results speak for themselves.

“For
them to say this theory is false is to call many of the homosexual movement’s
leaders liars,” he said. “Most of my evidence comes right from the
gay community.”

“I
managed to find enough evidence that my thesis – child molestation is an
integral part of the homosexual movement – is a valid thesis,” Baldwin
told WorldNetDaily.

Other
experts have also found a distinct pattern between child sex abusers and the
incidence of homosexuality.

“How
long can psychologists be in denial about the significance of the dark side,
and ignore what it implies about the homosexual condition? And there’s a matter
of even greater concern. How long will psychologists eagerly throw open the
door to gay life for every sexually confused teenager?” writes Joseph Nicolosi,
Ph.D,
on behalf of NARTH – the National Association for Research and Therapy of
Homosexuality – a group that says it exists to “provide psychological
understanding of the cause, treatment and behavior patterns associated with
homosexuality, within the boundaries of a civil public dialogue.”

The
North American Man-Boy Love Association, or NAMBLA, is “a group that
openly promotes sex with minor boys and claims that boy-lovers respond to the
needs of the boys they love,” Baldwin said in his report.

The
group is often endorsed by “many of the homosexual movement’s most
prominent leaders,” he said.

Advocacy
moving to schools

Promotion
of the “gay and lesbian lifestyle” is increasing in the nation’s
public schools.

A
WND survey of homosexual-oriented websites found that almost every group has
some sort of program to “educate” teachers, school administrators and
other school employees about the homosexual lifestyle:

GLSEN
– the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network – bills itself as
“the largest national network of parents, students, educators and
others” specifically formed to end “discrimination based on
sexual orientation and gender identity/expression in K-12 schools. Two
recent press released boasted of the Broward County (Fla.) school board approving GLSEN-sponsored “training for teachers.”

A
student activist working with GLSEN officials has managed to “give voice” recently to “gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students” at California schools;

PFLAG
has created a national campaign called, “From Our House to the Schoolhouse,”
distributing to school officials – among other materials – a booklet entitled, “Just the Facts About Sexual
Orientation and Youth: A Primer For Principals, Educators, & School
Personnel.
[Editor's note: Readers need the Adobe PDF reader to open and read this file.]

Though
most school-related programs are sold to administrators and parents as programs
designed simply to end persecution of homosexuals and lesbians, none disclose
what Baldwin says is compelling evidence that homosexuality is harmful to
children.

“What
… does the academic literature say about the relationship between homosexuality
and child molestation? Quite a bit, actually,” he wrote, quoting data
compiled by the Family Research Institute: “Scientific studies confirm a
strong pedophilic predisposition among homosexuals.”

The
institute, after reviewing more than 19 studies and peer-reviewed reports in a
1985 “Psychological Reports” article, found that homosexuals account
for between 25 and 40 percent of all child molestation.

“But
this number is low,” Baldwin says, “due to the fact that many
reporters will not report if a child molester is a homosexual, even if he knows
that to be the case.”

Pedophilia more common among homosexuals.

Homosexual men account for 61% of new HIV infection but only 2% of population.

CDC; Report 57% of new HIV infections involve homosexual behavior.

The mistake was doing anything about HIV/AIDS. The homosexuals would all be dead by now. Instead they are still infection people.

Homosexuals shoudl NOT be allowed around children.

Why don’t YOU go away? Go jump off a bridge and onto some traffic.
So Jesus has been talking to you? It’s obvious that you are psychotic. Homosexuality IS a psychosis. Why do you think homosexuals have such a high suicide rate? They are mentally sick.

Cos mo the the queer and his gradious delusions.  ONLY Cos mo knows any thing and everyone else is wrong.  That is why Cos mo lives in his partent basement and get an allownce from his mommy.

Like the n i g g ers do.

Being a homosexual IS sick and perverted. Go lick someone butt and die from e-coli.

You’re assuming something about me with zero evidence. Not really a sign of intelligence.

I am NOT assuming anything I KNOW you are psychotic by the garbage you have wrote.    So go away Cos mo

HOLY CRAP! you can’t even type a nine letter screen name properly. That is truly sad. I won’t even bother mocking you.
Just based on principle I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Is HOLY CRAP all you know?  YOU write that in most all your posts.  Cos mo.

I don’t approve of what she did but the over the top criticism is a bit much. Seems to me I remember kids younger than this one carrying signs at Tea Party Rallies. Were you outraged then? Were you concerned about the kids being traumatized?

Save yourself some cutting and pasting. I’m not reading this trash.

Wow that is both incredibly hateful and ignorant. I sincerely hope they ban you soon for this hateful insulting garbage.

I will tell the CDC that what you think about their reports. Don’t be surprised if the cops show up with an EMT team to take you to the psychiatric ward. I know you are a famous country star that plays guitar at some dive. But you made it big now you are on YouTube. I am so impressed. You are a drunken drugged out psychotic with grandiose delusions.

I only say that when someone has really impressed me with their,…let’s kindly call them, limitations.
You’ve done it twice in a relatively short time.
If you can’t comprehend one short sentence, and then can’t properly repeat a nine letter screen name, your attempts at insults just make me pity you all the more.
Still, I’ll gladly flag your really hateful insulting posts and won’t feel bad at all if they ban you.
We have more than enough of that kind of trash on this site.

I am so scared of a tough guy like you. I hope you show them YOUR comments too. You see what you are posting show just what YOU are. They are what is called ’projections” a symptom of mental sickness.

It’s not the same thing and if you can’t see that then you have blinders on. Posing children for the camera and lying about who you are and what your doing, along with coaching the child to mouth your political rhetoric so you can make a video for YouTube is different than having a minor hold a sign.

“TMP”

That would really hurt if I had any reason at all to value your opinion. The nature of your posts give me good reasons not to.

Using your 8-year-old-boy as a political pawn is not only cowardly but, in my opinion, constitutes child abuse. What if a pro-life mother pushed her child up to a book signing table to say to pro-abortionist Hillary Clinton, “My mother doesn’t believe in killing babies”? Would that be okay?

Wish Bachmann had the mental skills to hide her lack of mental skills…but then she WOULD have the mental skills to do so…

This is just the tip of the iceberg why she is a thousand miles from the ability to be even a governor, let alone President. President of a church only! 

Look at this video of her stunning lack of mental acuity “Bachmann Says the Darndest Things”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9bvreW08X0

She repeats the myth in this video about Obama’s visit to India costing $200 million a day.

Rebuttal from FactCheck.org:
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/11/ask-factcheck-trip-to-mumbai/
“There are reports all over that Obama’s India trip will cost $200 million per day. I haven’t been able to find a credible rebuttal to this but I can’t believe it could be true.
“This story has spread rapidly among the president’s critics, but there is simply no evidence to support it. And common sense should lead anyone to doubt it. For example, the entire U.S. war effort in Afghanistan currently costs less than that — about $5.7 billion per month, according to the Congressional Research Service, or roughly $190 million per day. How could a peaceful state visit cost more than a war?”What else can you get for $200 million? Try the New Jersey Nets basketball team or possibly the Hope diamond — if only the Smithsonian were selling it.”

I agree w/ Rick Shoaf. Idiots like Joe Barton from Texas get elected all over the place. Check his intelligence:

He apologized to the Pres. of BP over the Gulf Oil Spill, the biggest environmental catastrophe in US history. And he can’t understand global warming or any of the science behind it. He’s too stupid to do so.