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Bachmann says the 'Lord had Called Me' to Run for President to criticize Obamacare

Michele Bachmann yesterday sat down(link is external) with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network, two days before delivering the commencement address at Regent University (formerly CBN University), where she reiterated her claim that God called her to run for president(link is external). Bachmann, who ended her campaign following a sixth place finish in the Iowa Caucus with just 5% of the vote(link is external), told Brody that her purpose in the race was to drive the push to repeal the health care reform law, and also agreed with Brody’s analysis that she ran an “impeccable” and “mistake-free campaign.” “We were extremely careful,” Bachmann said, “and we were almost mistake free, but for those two points, Elvis Presley’s birthday and John Wayne’s birthplace.” Many might beg to differ, as she misplaced the first battle of the Revolutionary War(link is external), said the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation(link is external), called John Quincy Adams a Founding Father(link is external) to back up her claim that the Founders actually opposed slavery(link is external) and linked the Swine Flu to Democratic presidents(link is external), among(link is external) countless(link is external) others(link is external).