The Supernatural: What Lies Ahead For Bachmann?

I listened to MPR interviewing Congressperson-elect Michele Bachmann today.

Very interesting; it triggered my psychic powers. It was her happy tone, mostly--the fact that she is the only incoming freshman Republican in the House didn't seem to get her down at all...some of her repetitive comments about fighting to lower taxes means that she's putting her ass on display in the window, so that big money anti-tax contributors know it's available. And this jump-started my ESP...

I see... a vision... yes, it's becoming clearer, clearer now... it's in the near future...Bachmann's in her new office on the Hill...I see great big wheel-barrows full of cash contributions coming into her office, great big piles of money coming in from anti-tax lobbyists, in response to her mindless repetition of the "I'm going to fight to lower your taxes" mantra...There aren't that many "no new taxes"/Taxpayer's Bill Of Rights champions left on the Hill now--so a lot of the big money that was going to go to those guys who were just thrown out of office, is going to be directed towards Michele's re-election fundraising... She's wallowing in the cash, spread out all over the floor... throwing up great fistfuls into the air...

And I see a man... an angry old man... yes, it's James Dobson... he's calling Michele... he's telling her what she's going to do next week... she's nodding her head... she's saying that it's an honor and a privilege to speak with him... now I'm seeing... the very same vision! Over and over again...Ah, I understand now--it's happening every week, that same conversation with Dobson, every week of her term, for the rest of her political career...

Does anyone in the audience have a question for the Amazing Prendini, while he's on this psychic roll? Ah, a woman from the audience has written down a question, let's see if I can read it without opening it (holds envelope to his head, closes his eyes)

"Isn't it true that Michele will be largely marginalized in the new Democratic Congress, and okay, so she won, but she won't be able to do much harm with her nutty wedge issue stuff?"

Heh-heh. It's clear that the person who wrote this doesn't live in the 6th District. Let's see (puts his hands to his temples, concentrates) I see... I see... a newly empowered Michele Bachmann, for the next two years...A rising star in the Republican Party, for there are few conservatives for conservatives to support... She has a lot of charisma, and defeated a liberal handily despite an anti-war, Democratic tsunami that tossed out other "no-new-taxes" Republicans all over the country and especially here in our state... I see her becoming a hero to conservatives all around the country, pushing conservative plans and initiatives which have absolutely no chance of getting through, thus endearing her to conservatives in Minnesota--and nationally--as their only real hope...and I see her evangelical base building, as she continues to push theocratic wedge issues... she's getting stronger...stronger... I see her getting stronger because I see her not really giving a shit what happens to the people of the 6th district...her goal is beyond...far beyond...

The vision fades...