ch: Conservative ‘Values’

Michele Bachmann: Not a Fan of Medicine

Via MN Publius, here’s Republican candidate for the US House (MN – 6th District) Michele Bachmann commenting on Terri Schiavo:

“I woulda voted in favor of protecting the life of Terri Schiavo. She was a woman who was healthy…and ah, she had brain damage, she there was brain damage there was no question, but from a health point of view she was not terminally ill.”

By the way, as noted when an autopsy (medicine!) was performed, Schiavo “had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind” and that “she was blind, because the “vision centers of her brain were dead.” Also, her “brain weighed 615 grams, roughly half of the expected weight of a human brain. This damage was irreversible, and no amount of therapy or treatment would have regenerated the massive loss of neurons.”

And yes, this person wants to be a US Congresswoman.