"Mad" Miles
08-18-2011, 03:00 PM
AlterNet (https://www.alternet.org/) / By Frank Schaeffer (https://www.alternet.org/authors/9553/)
Michele Bachmann Was Inspired By My Dad and His Christian Reconstructionist Friends -- Here's Why That's Terrifying (https://www.alternet.org/story/151960/)
Bachmann's radical right-wing influences include the most extremist figures in the history of the religious right.
August 9, 2011 |
https://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1295851240_screenshot20110123at10.40.06pm.png_640x437_310x220 <small>Photo Credit: AFP</small>
As presidential candidate Michele Bachmann chews up scenery in the GOP primaries, the mainstream media is finally digging into her extremist beliefs in a serious way. In a profile published earlier this week, the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza talked about Bachmann's radical right-wing influences, which include the most extremist figures in the history of the religious right movement.
One of these was my evangelical leader father, Francis Schaeffer. Bachmann says in the New Yorker article (https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/15/110815fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all) that she got into politics because she watched a film series I directed called “How Should We Then Live,” written by and featuring my dad.
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https://www.alternet.org/story/151960/
Michele Bachmann Was Inspired By My Dad and His Christian Reconstructionist Friends -- Here's Why That's Terrifying (https://www.alternet.org/story/151960/)
Bachmann's radical right-wing influences include the most extremist figures in the history of the religious right.
August 9, 2011 |
https://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1295851240_screenshot20110123at10.40.06pm.png_640x437_310x220 <small>Photo Credit: AFP</small>
As presidential candidate Michele Bachmann chews up scenery in the GOP primaries, the mainstream media is finally digging into her extremist beliefs in a serious way. In a profile published earlier this week, the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza talked about Bachmann's radical right-wing influences, which include the most extremist figures in the history of the religious right movement.
One of these was my evangelical leader father, Francis Schaeffer. Bachmann says in the New Yorker article (https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/15/110815fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all) that she got into politics because she watched a film series I directed called “How Should We Then Live,” written by and featuring my dad.
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https://www.alternet.org/story/151960/