Michelle Bachmann Says Hurricane is Punishment from God for Politicians Not Listening to the American People

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For those who are hoping that GOP Presidential hopeful Michelle Bachmann makes it to the White House, you might want to listen to her words carefully.  During a recent appearance in Florida, Bachmann made the suggestion that the recent hurricanes and earthquakes on the East Coast are God's punishment for politicians who are not listening to the American people. 

According to the St. Petersburg Times, Bachmann said this: 

"I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending."

Bachmann is the founder of the Tea Party Caucus and the winner of a straw poll in Iowa earlier this month.   Bachmann has also implied that African American families were better off under slavery than they are right now: 

"Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household* than was an African American baby born after the election of the USA’s first African-American President."