What do the red states lead in?

AIDS Rate
1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arkansas

Gonorrhea Rate.
1. Mississippi
2. South Carolina
3. Louisiana
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
http://www.avert.org/stdstatisticusa.htm

Divorce rate
1. Nevada
2. Arkansas
3. Alabama
4. Wyoming
5. Idaho
6. West Virginia
7. Kentucky
8. Tenesee
9. Florida
10. Mississippi
http://www.statemaster.com/graph/lif_div_rat-lifestyle-divorce-rate#source

Abortion rate top 10—All Red States
1. Idaho
2. Kentucky
3. Mississippi
4. South Dakota
5. West Virginia
6. Utah
7. Missouri
8. Indiana
9. Arkansas
10. South Carolina
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?cat=10&ind=465
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=465&cat=10⊂=111&yr=60&typ=1&o=a&sort=n

Teen pregnancy rates:
1. Mississippi
2. Texas
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. New Mexico
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/12/USTPstats.pdf

They lead in child abuse rates.

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm05/figure3_2.htm

Domestic Violence

http://www.silentwitness.net/states/us_map.htm#state

They lead in high school dropout rate.

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002114.pdf

They also lead in receiving Federal Assistance.

http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/datasets/federal-assistance-by-state-fy-2000-/versions/1

Kind of strange don't ya think?

Minnesota 6th district Wacko representative

I do not agree with bringing politics into the church. What happened to The separation of church and state is a legal and political principle derived from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ."

Pastor Mac Hammond still loves Michele Bachmann
By Andy Birkey 8/21/08 9:12 AM


Pastor Mac Hammond of the Living Word Christian Center, a Brooklyn Park mega-church, gave Rep. Michele Bachmann a campaign donation of $2,100 this campaign cycle. The controversy generated by his support for Bachmann's first run for Congress doesn't seem to have scared off the prosperity pastor.

In October 2006, Hammond invited Bachmann to speak at his church — a speech that generated a degree of embarrassment for both Hammond and Bachmann.

Hammond endured complaints from watchdog groups for endorsing Bachmann from the pulpit, telling his congregation, "I can tell you personally that I'm going to vote for Michele Bachmann, because I've come to know her, what she stands for, and I want her to share her testimony with you tonight."

The problem: Pastors can't endorse candidates in church and Hammond didn't even live in Bachmann's district. He still doesn't.

Bachmann's "I am a fool for Christ" speech continues to inspire liberal bloggers' lampooning.

News of Hammond's endorsement generated a number of tips to the Minnesota Independent (then Minnesota Monitor) about some of the church's questionable financial dealings.

Rep. Bachmann breeding hate

Americans have had enough of the fear mongering hate propagated by members of the Conservative party. Comments such as Bachmann's, McCain's, and Palin's are threatening to unravel 40 years of civil rights movements and CAN NOT be tolerated. Michelle Bachmann spews the venom that divides our country. What happened to "give us your poor huddled masses" and the "melting pot" and "one nation under god...." It is vile hate filled trash and the most Un-American agenda and rhetoric I have ever heard.

Sign the petition to tell Congress Bachmann needs to be censured http://www.censurebachmann.com/
And support Bachmann's opponent - Bachmann needs out NOW http://www.actblue.com/page/nonewmccarthy

Also remember, Bachman blamed "Blacks and minorities for the financial crisis" during Congressional hearing in September. This McCarthyism hate breeding needs to stop.

Bachmann's comments spur opponent's fundraising spurt

By JEANNINE AQUINO , Star Tribune
Last update: October 19, 2008 - 7:04 AM

A spokesman for DFLer Elwyn Tinklenberg's congressional campaign said a "fire" had been lit after his opponent criticized Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

John Wodele said Saturday night that 9,000 people nationwide have donated roughly $450,000 in the 24 hours since Rep. Michele Bachmann told Chris Matthews of MSNBC that Obama "may have anti-American views."

"Momentum has been going our way, but her appearance and what she said on "Hardball" just sort of accelerated this fire that has been lit under our campaign already," Wodele said.

The campaign had received 600 e-mails as of 3 p.m. Saturday after her appearance, he said.

The Republican's comments came in a 13-minute interview during which she asserted that Obama has a close connection to 1960s radical William Ayers, a theme of recent remarks by GOP presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin.

Later, when asked by Matthews whether she believes that Obama may have anti-American views, Bachmann replied, "Absolutely. I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views."

Tinklenberg, on the website "Daily Kos," said the past few hours have been "nothing short of astounding."

"Since Congresswoman Michele Bachmann appeared on MSNBC's "Hardball" earlier tonight, there's been a deluge of support unlike anything we have seen ... our phones haven't stopped ringing," he wrote.

And she is up for re-election this year

Go Tinklenberg!

Minn.'s Bachmann Says Obama 'May' Be Anti-American

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ―

Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann said in a TV interview Friday that she's concerned Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama "may have anti-American views."

In an interview on the MSNBC program "Hardball," host Chris Matthews asked Bachmann, currently running for reelection in Minnesota's 6th District, if she thinks Obama may have anti-American views. Her response: "Absolutely. I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views."

Bachmann said she based her suspicions on Obama's past associations with his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and 1960's-era radical Bill Ayers. In so doing, she echoed similar criticisms by Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin -- although they have stopped short of outright suggesting that Obama is anti-American.

Palin told CBS News on Friday, "I know Obama loves America."

Nick Kimball, Minnesota spokesman for the Obama campaign, called Bachmann's criticisms "scare tactics and false attacks" and said Republicans are using them in order to distract voters from discussions of the economy.

During the TV interview, Bachmann also singled out a comment that Obama's wife, Michelle, made earlier in the year in which she remarked that "for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country."

"And so these are very anti-American views," Bachmann said on the show.

Matthews also asked Bachmann, "How many people in Congress of the United States do you believe are anti-American?"

Bachmann replied, "I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America?"

Michelle Marston, spokeswoman for Bachmann's reelection campaign, said it's "perfectly legitimate for the American people to want to know how all this informs his policy positions and what direction an Obama Administration would want to lead the nation."

Minnesota Democratic Party Chairman Brian Melendez said Bachmann was playing with fire.

"The last politician who used that term that carelessly was Joe McCarthy, and Michele Bachmann seems anxious to step into his shoes," Melendez said.

A day earlier at a debate in St. Cloud with her Democratic opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg, Bachmann spoke kindly of Obama.

"If the presidency would somehow go to Barack Obama, I would welcome him to the 6th District as well," Bachmann said after the debate. "As a matter of fact, I would put my hand on his shoulder and give him a kiss if he wanted to" -- a reference to when Bachmann gained notoriety for grabbing President Bush's shoulder after his 2007 State of the Union address and holding on until he kissed her.

http://wcco.com/local/bachmann.anti.american.2.843355.html