bachbush.jpgWhile some expect U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann to embarrass herself, she had some help at the Republican state convention in Rochester this weekend. Former White House adviser Karl Rove headlined the convention, and he recounted a humorous exchange during Bachmann’s 2006 fund-raiser with President Bush.

“Take off those stupid pink gloves,” Rove recalled Bush saying.

Bachmann, of course, is no stranger to wearing pink or donning gloves for fashion’s sake. Consider the outfit she picked out for her fund-raiser with Bush just before her election in 2006. From The Star Tribune:

Clad in a pale pink suit jacket and matching knee-length skirt, Bachmann sported not only a pearl necklace, but also pink heels and pale pink wrist-length gloves with scalloped edges and a rhinestone bracelet. Asked about the gloves, Bachmann smiled broadly and said, “The president’s coming. We want to look our best.”

It doesn’t sound like Bush thought she looked “her best.”