New Book About Michele Bachmann

The new book, Bachmannistan: Behind The Lines, is a “tell-all book” about Michele Bachmann. It goes into the allegations for which she is currently under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and exposes illegal and ‘un-Christian’ behavior in her presidential campaign. It is written by John Gilmore – who says he has met Bachmann “a handful of times” – and Peter Waldron, who worked on her presidential campaign.

Looking at the reviews on the book’s amazon.com page, it is immediately apparent that it is divisive, and not even along party lines. Some conservatives liked it, citing the “Christian” tone and revelations about Bachmann’s campaign personnel, while others disliked reading about her obvious failings as a candidate. Liberals and progressives, probably (like me) hoping to learn more about the ethics violations and why on earth she thought she could become president, are put off by the myriad of snarky put-downs of us, Democrats and the “liberal media.” It is fascinating that, even as the authors are revealing the corruption of their own party, they must get in attacks on those who they see as their foes. It will definitely make an impact on their sales when liberals and progressives realize that quips like this are peppered throughout the book:

“She drives liberals crazy but she’s no more an outlier than the pathetic Sheila Jackson Lee; less, actually, I would argue. Yet Jackson Lee gets a pass from the media because she’s a Democrat.”

“In the intellectually flaccid world of liberal ideas…”

“… Minnesota had not yet disgraced itself by electing Al Franken as senator.”

“The future always looks like the past, only worse, for progressives.”

“… no matter how low President Obama had set the bar for the office.”

“… she offered herself to America as a leader, when in fact she possessed no such skills. The same can be said of any number of democratic candidates but, somehow, they are better actors, thus getting away with it. Nothing else explains the success of the very unaccomplished Hillary Clinton.”