Bachmann: Woman Among Spineless Men

Turning Reagan’s famous phrase, “Trust, but verify,” on its head,
most modern congressmen—including the consistently disappointing John
McCain—have adopted a “Don’t Trust, Don’t Verify” philosophy when it
comes to potentially controversial topics. Bachmann should be credited
as one of the few willing to take the road less travelled and stand her
ground on this and many other hot-button political issues. Why does it
take a woman to show the men how to do their jobs? If what she is
claiming is so demonstrably false, why can’t one of these congressional
seat-fillers show the evidence to back up their claims, rather than
simply trying to dismiss Bachmann with a wave of their magical (and
limp-wristed) hand?

One of the few to actually respond to Bachmann, albeit ineffectively,
was fellow Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison. Ellison has the
distinction of being one of only two (professing) Muslim congressmen,
gaining infamy years ago by swearing into office on a Koran instead of a
Bible. Ellison’s response to Bachmann deliberately added words to a
State Department letter in order to water down the force of Bachmann’s
argument. Bachmann’s response, which was apparently read only by her own
staff, doesn’t allow Ellison’s wordplay to stand. However, political
correctness demands that Bachmann must be wrong, so facts really have
nothing to do with the “truth” of the situation.

What is distressing about this whole affair is not the fact that the
Muslim Brotherhood may be gaining access to American government thanks
to the State Department. Let’s face it; this has been happening for
years, well before Hillary Clinton took charge. What is really
disturbing is that 530 congressmen out of 535 are unwilling to
investigate the claims. What this means is that the Republican majority
in the House (not to mention the whole of Republican senators) is, in
reality, meaningless.

This is a presidential election year and conservatives are foaming at
the mouth and doing everything they can to get rid of Obama, meanwhile
the vast majority of Republican congressmen are unmoved by documented
claims that people with connections to a known terrorist organization
are receiving high-level access and security clearance. Apparently Obama
isn’t the only threat to America. Conservatives should be putting just
as much effort into vacating 530 chairs in Congress as they have been
putting into replacing Obama. It will matter little to have removed
Obama from office without also removing every other congressman who
values political correctness over political truth