Coffee with a Leftist - Is Michele Bachmann a Demon?

            It’s Thursday which means that my Denver Post YourHub supplement has arrived.  I see there is another article from Jack Van Ens.  My blood pressure rises as I read his comments.  If Jack was having coffee with me this morning, I think that I would have to tell him the following.

          Thanks, Jack, for your YourHub article, “Michele Bachmann’s dangerous distortion,” where you point out US Representative Bachmann’s “blatant error of how the Constitution’s shapers regarded slavery . . .”   I’m glad that you pointed out to us how she has blasphemed against the Bible (1 Timothy 4:7) with her comments.  I’m grateful that you told us of this great atrocity committed by this evil Tea Party conservative. 

    Jack, you tell me that Bachmann “dupes voters,” “manipulate’s the electorate’s emotions,”  and “looks them in the eye, speaks with a stirring command of the English language.”  That sounds like she must be casting a spell over those country bumpkins known as conservatives.   It’s good that you are warning me to be suspicious of the likes of Bachmann and Sarah Palin whom you called a “phony populist.” Jack, you’ve convinced me that they must be witches intent on bringing back slavery and bringing our country to a terrible fate such as having a $14 trillion debt!   The horror!     

   I think that some people would call you a misogynist who fears strong women, and some people might say that you are trying to demonize those who have viewpoints that differ from your own.  But, I’m glad that you are sounding the alarm about these evil, horrid, tea-drinking women.     

     I know that some people would be more worried about blatant errors from US Representative Nancy Pelosi when she said, “ Every month that we don’t have an economic recovery package, 500 million Americans lose their job.”   Some people would claim they were duped by Nancy Pelosi for declaring that unemployment benefits “injects demand into the economy.”   And other people would be suspicious when Nancy Pelosi said, “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”   But we have nothing to fear from such a saintly progressive.   It is those wicked women on the right who must be demons or at least be demonized.