Michelle Bachmann may not get my vote, but I have nothing but respect for her. She talks alot of common sense. I realize that the left doesn't like her (or Palin) because of it.
No, she actually talks very little common sense. And the left opposes her, among many other reasons, because of her un-Constitutional desire to conjoin church and State.
For example, Bachmanns introduction of religion into a state-funded charter school, in violation of the charters agreement:
But the first public firestorm of her career arose in connection with her activism in the state's fledgling charter school movement in 1993.
Bachmann and other parents started New Heights, a Stillwater K-12 charter school where Bachmann, as board director, was accused of attempting to inject her version of Christianity into the curriculum. She ended the dispute by resigning from the board amid a packed public hearing.
Stephens, a leader of an opposing group of parents, said Bachmann told a teacher she couldn't show the Disney movie "Aladdin" because it depicted magic. She said Bachmann also told a teacher not to let students make Native American dreamcatchers because they were part of a pagan religion.
"She very much had a vision, she felt it was the right vision, and she was going to ramrod it through regardless of what anyone else wanted," said Stephens, a longtime Republican who has turned independent.
Bachmann: Outsider from the start | StarTribune.com
Almost immediately, reports that the publicly funded school was dabbling in religion began trickling home to parents. Denise Stephens, the mother of a student, said a teacher banned the Disney movie Aladdin because it depicted magic. An American Indian-themed art project was nixed. And there was talk that the special board created to help guide the school, which included Bachmann, wanted to mandate prayer and a religious curriculum.
The school district started a fact-finding inquiry that confirmed evidence the curriculum involved religion, according to Stephens. At a packed public meeting, just three months after the school opened, Bachmann and four other board members resigned when presented with the parents concerns, Stephens said.
This reporting not only raises concerns about whether the charter school she was involved with was misusing state funds, it also provides a bit more color about the sort of world that Bachmann was in. What sort of school hires a teacher who bans Aladdin because it promotes witchcraft?
Are Conservatives Ignoring Bachmann’s History? | FrumForum
Bachmann either has no understanding of the Constitutional principle of the separation of church and State or contempt for the same.