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RNC Chairman Steele mirrors Bachmann: God chose me

By Andy Birkey | 01.08.10 | 3:17 pm

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he has the job he does because God “placed” him there. His statement mirrors those of fellow Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann, who has asserted several times that she went into politics because God…

President Michele Bachmann? Only if God says so

By Andy Birkey | 08.16.09 | 7:50 pm

michele-bachmannRep. Michele Bachmann told hard-right news service World Net Daily that she would run for president if “the Lord” called her to run. Bachmann, one of the most high-profile and controversial…

Religious right watch: Health care reform is against God’s design

By Andy Birkey | 08.07.09 | 9:36 am

The religious right is ramping up its campaign against health care reform, even joining with the “tea party” movement to encourage conservative Christians to swamp town hall meetings. Minnesota’s religious right leaders say that the health care reform package is against God’s plan for health care and that Christians should go to community forums and “read them the riot act.”

Echoes of Bachmann: Coleman says God wants him to serve

By Paul Schmelzer | 02.09.09 | 9:25 am

It worked for Rep. Michele Bachmann. In 2006, the Stillwater Republican told worshipers at her church that “Twenty-two months ago, [God] called me to run for United States Congress.” She was elected — and then re-elected. On Friday, former Sen. Norm Coleman made similar statements about his own calling to be back in the Senate.

Video: Burris’ backing from God recalls Bachmann’s, Palin’s

By Chris Steller | 01.07.09 | 3:42 pm

“We are hoping and praying that they will not be able to deny what the Lord has ordained,” Roland Burris said before his fateful trip to Washington. Now that Democrats in the U.S. Senate appear ready to…