At Bachmann's Newsweek Shoot

INDIANA: State GOP Rep Busted In Craigslist Gay Hooker Scandal

Six-term GOP Indiana state Rep. Phillip Hinkle, a noted anti-gay Christian activist who forced the state to offer an "In God We Trust" license plate, has been accused of hiring a male prostitute from Craigslist's M4M section. Local newspapers have been provided with emails between Hinkle and the alleged hooker.

The emails, sent from Hinkle's publicly listed personal address, ask the young man for "a couple hours of your time tonight" and offer him cash up front, with a tip of up to $50 or $60 "for a really good time." The email exchange is in response to the Craigslist posting in which the young man -- who lists his age as 20 in the ad but says he is 18 years old -- says, "I need a sugga daddy." The young man told The Star that they met, but that he tried to leave after the man told him he was a state lawmaker. He said the lawmaker at first told him he could not leave, grabbed him in the rear, exposed himself to the young man and then later gave him an iPad, BlackBerry cellphone and $100 cash to keep quiet. When contacted by The Star about the emails, Hinkle, a Republican who represents portions of Pike and Wayne townships, did not contest the emails but said, "I am aware of a shakedown taking place." Asked what he meant by shakedown, Hinkle would not elaborate. He directed further questions to his attorney.

Hinkle is married to a woman and has children. He recently voted in favor of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions. According to VoteSmart.org, he also supports a long list of Christianist political goals.



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Ladybird Bachmann, The Silver Fox

From a profile of Ladybird and Crazy Eyes in The New Yorker:

Marcus Bachmann plopped down on the seat next to me, in the back of the plane. He pointed at my laptop and asked if he could take a look. “All I want to know is what they’re saying about me,” he said. “Newsweek came up with the word ‘silver fox.’ Tell me what ‘silver fox’ means.” “Do you want me to tell you honestly?” I asked. “Oh, don’t tell me it’s something gay!” he said. “Because I’ve been called that before.” Marcus is a psychologist who runs a clinic that employs people Michele described in 2006 as “Biblical world-view counsellors,” who “reach out and try to bring the medicine of the Gospel to come and heal people.” I explained that “silver fox” probably had more to do with the color of his hair. “O.K., I can handle that,” he said. Tera, the assistant, assured him that it was a positive term. “It’s better than Porky Pig,” Marcus said, with a laugh.

A Message From Michele & Ladybird

Crazy Eyes: Leave Ladybird Alone!

Crazy Eyes Dodges "Ex-Gay" Questions

Again, Bachmann refuses to answer questions about her husband's "ex-gay" torture clinic, which she co-owns.

$10K Reward For Proof That Ladybird Bachmann Has Had Sex With A Man

The website Pure Film Creative is offering a fat reward to any man who can provide "verifiable proof" of having had sex with Marcus Bachmann.

PFC will award $10,000.00 (ten thousand US dollars and zero cents) to any man who has solid, verifiable proof that he has had sex with Marcus Bachmann. We’ll consider another arrangement if you were just propositioned.

The above-linked article is actually quite amusing. Anyway, stand by the cries of "witch hunt!" from the wingnuts.

HomoQuotable - Dan Savage

"Gay people who point out how fruity Bachmann is aren't saying there's something wrong with being fruity, or with being gay, or with guys who look, speak, walk, or dance the way Bachmann does. A lot of us look, speak, walk, and dance that way. And we don't think there's anything wrong with us for looking, speaking, walking, or dancing that way. I've never met a gay man who objected to Modern Family's Cam, who looks, speaks, walks, and dances the Bachmann way. And we certainly don't think there's anything wrong with being gay. But Marcus Bachmann sure does. He thinks there's a whole lot wrong with being gay. And when we point out that this same Marcus Bachmann acts like a huge homo—like a huge, messy, married, dishonest, closeted version Cam—we're not mocking the fruits. We're hoisting that pansy with his own hateful petard." - Dan Savage, writing for Slog.

Marcus Bachmann, Therapizer

Another winner from JMG reader Sean Chapin.

MSNBC Plays Entire "Doctored' Tape By Ladybird Marcus Bachmann

HomoQuotable - Marcus Bachmann

"I was talking in reference to children. Nothing, nothing to do with homosexuality. That's not my mindset. That's not my belief system. That's not the way I would talk. I think the strongest myth is the myth that I have ever called a homosexual a barbarian. We don't have an agenda or a philosophy of trying to change someone." - Ladybird Marcus Bachmann, claiming that the audio tape in which he calls gays "barbarians" was doctored.

The Michele Bachmann Song

This is fantastic. "The Drive-By Christian Broadcasting Network School of Law for Fundamentalist Government Infiltration."

The Bachmanns - Islands In The Stream

Actually, it's Jennifer Saunders. Eerie, huh?

(Tipped by JMG reader Derrick)