I’ve always thought that religious values were all about forgiveness. So it should make news when a conservative, religious candidate like Michelle Bachmann doesn’t live up to her own stated moral values. Let me set the stage. Michelle Bachmann was doing an interview on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace when he asked her the question (in the context of the discussion–it didnt’ just come out of nowhere) that is quite honestly on a lot of people’s minds: “are you a flake?”
Bachmann was probably surprised to get such a difficult question on Fox News and apparently typical Fox viewers were outraged that a journalist would actually ask a candidate for the highest public office a serious question that is on a lot of people’s minds. Later, Fox News made Chris Wallace apologize for doing his job as a journalist:
But apparently Michelle Bachmann doesn’t forgive and forget, especially if your name is Chris Wallace:
How’s that for modeling forgiveness and religious values?
