How kids helped elect Michele Bachmann

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Kase Wickman

While Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) is well-known for her small army of foster children, it's another group of youngsters that she credits with her 2008 re-election, Mother Jones reported.

It was the nearly six dozen 12 to 19-year-old homeschooled kids who went door to door for Bachmann who helped her hold onto her House seat. The kids were members of Generation Joshua, a group that trains homeschooled kids for political organizing. For Bachmann, who sees herself as the future leader of the Republican Party, these are her would-be future constituents.

Which is why they will again be a force to be reckoned with in her presidential bid.

Bachmann is an advocate for homeschooling, and has educated her biological children that way. The national homeschooling advocacy community has given back in kind for her loud support. In addition to manpower from Generation J, spinoff group Home School Legal Defense Association PAC has donated money and manpower to Bachmann's campaigns the last three election

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/19/how-kids-helped-elect-michele-bachmann/

[Ilsa]

1. Brainwashing the youth. Goebbels would be so proud. nt

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. Conscripted child labor. All Republians should be proud.

Only a matter of time before the Repugs start creating jobs. Making soccar balls and carpets that those young fingers and eyes are so good at.

[FSogol]

2. Beware the Bachmann Youth!

:scared:

[The Straight Story]

4. I think a lot of kids were active for Obama as well

Might as well, most of them are already drinking and having sex by that age these days :rofl:

[SaveAmerica]

5. A force to be reckoned with could just mean "sane people go out and vote"

This is what makes me so mad about apathy toward voting here in America. All it takes is one small group to move just enough people to vote and you get crazy in office 3 times in a row.

[mrmpa]

6. Anyone ever see a pic of her biological kids????....eom

[Brother Buzz]

8. Yes

But what I find curious is that I've found only one family photo that included only one 'foster' child. Twenty-three kids, no photographs.

[NightWatcher]

7. were those the same kids she was farming for the state checks?