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Michele Bachmann vs. the 8-Year-Old
By czap | The Upshot – 15 hrs ago

GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann learned that protesters often come in adorable packages. A video captures the Minnesota congresswoman greeting 8-year-old Elijah and his mom at a signing event for Bachmann's book, "Core of Conviction: My Story," in South Carolina.

The candidate, who is an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage, met her match with the soft-spoken, pint-sized activist. The video shows Bachmann leaning in to listen closely as the youngster whispers, "My mommy's gay, but she doesn't need fixing."

Bachmann bolts back up and manages a "bye bye" as mother and son walk away.

This isn't the first time that Bachmann has faced challenges to her stand on gay rights from the younger set. Last week, Bachmann was questioned by a teen about her opposition to gay marriage.

You can watch the video of Bachmann and 8-year-old Elijah in the video above.

good for him

yes, IM sure we could make plenty of political policies based upon the ideas from 8 year olds of what needs 'fixing',,,,,


on the upside: its sweet when children dont think their parents have any flaws,,,,part of growing up is learning the humanity in even our parents which means they are indeed less 'perfect' than we once thought

You REALLY need to get over this gay issue you have.
The boy LOVES his mother, he doesn't see her as broken
like haters do.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to get ideas about the world from children,. They are innocent, have no agenda and are able to see things
from a different perspective than stuffy, old, stuck in their
ways grownups.

An 8 year old child knows more about love an acceptance than most adults.

Did you watch the vid? Loved the look on Ms Buttwomans face....like somebody smacked her with a dose of F$%K YOU!

Even if the child was "coaxed" by mom, I think the feeling was genuine.

So the kid's mother used him as a political prop? That's simply disgusting. Kids shouldn't be used that way, the poor kid probably didn't even understand what was going on. Say what you will about Michelle Bachman, she hasn't used any of her five children or 23 foster children as political props.

Watch the vid, read the post. Assumptions are ONLY my take on "possibilities".... nothing says it is the case, but even if it were, Ms Buttwoman doesn't care what voters think or say, but maybe a child she would ACTUALLY listen to...as she did 8-year-old Elijah.

It's obvious that that mother coached her son. The poor kid was so shy and embarrassed to say that. That amounts to emotional abuse from his mother.

Not so "obvious", but your opinion.

The mother tells him "you got something you want to say". Nothing indicates she made him say it, or told him to. He may have only been repeating something he's heard "others" say, and it worked for him.

Your "assumptions" are not based on any fact.

Okay and neither are yours. And neither are the kids that his "mother doesn't need to be fixed".

It's my impression from having kids: the way he was hiding his face and mumbling and the prompting from his mother all adds up to her coaching him into saying it in my mind.

I've raised 3 kids, 4 foster kids, 1 adopted, and 3 or 4 others in roomate and partnered relationships. I know a little something about kids!

They talk VERY well at voicing their opinions around people they know, NOT SO MUCH with strangers....as they were raised!

I stated my addition as an "assumption", which you did NOT!
You speak to me as tho I have no knowledge of children...I DO!
You proclaim a knowledge it appears to me that you lack.

Believe as you will, that is your right, but base your replies on FACTS please, or state them as your "own opinion" in the future.

I refuse to say what I might wish to say from respect to Mingle and my "enjoyed" time here.

READ MY MIND...you proclaim yourself capable

I don't believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster or the theory of Atlantis.

Guess we know where you stand on Buddahism but you did actually make a valid point in that statement

Gay people do not need fixing . . . that is my opinion.

yes, I did point out how sweet it is when children still think their parents can do no wrong,,,,


politics and love are not the same issue,,,

I doubt an 8 year old has any clue what 'gay' even is. AFter all even young teens dont understand 'sex' well enough to legally consent to it....

and that is your opinion too, which I respect

I doubt any law will be passed to 'fix' gay people,(just as we cant pass laws to 'fix' anyone else who consentually engages in risky behaviors),

as they are adults and can engage in whatever activity they wish so the whole subject is usually just about different opinions

Clue or not...

I noticed that the mother had to prompt him twice and 'push' him a bit.

Wonder what he will think about this when he 'surfs' his own 'history'...

In college? (or perhaps just before he has a job interview)...