Meet Michele Bachmann's step-sister who is openly gay... and an Obama fan

The Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 7/16/11 | Mark Duell

[ruralvoter]

Michele Bachmann must have had an interesting chat with her openly lesbian stepsister when she came out.

The Minnesota Republican, whose anti-gay remarks have got the political world talking, will have had some explaining to do to Helen LaFave.

A video of Ms LaFave talking positively about Democrat Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009 with her long-term partner Nia Wronski has emerged.

[ruralvoter]

Video of step-sister included in article.

[shibumi]

Oh, hum.

[muawiyah]

Remarkably politicians with gay relatives are all quite willing to talk about the problem AS A PROBLEM, and do so publicly.

That's probably because they got tired of getting hit on by sis or bro or aunty or uncle all the time.

[tet68]

Wow, I’m gobsmacked, her step sister disagrees with her.
OMG Onoe, when has that ever happened before!!!

[Tax-chick]

So what? Everyone has some loser relations. My brother-in-law ... *shudder*.

[Genoa]

One or two oddballs in every family.

[Havisham]

Hahaha - so?

[doggieboy]

Must we?

[rawhide]

Michele Bachmann's openly lesbian stepsister Helen LaFave

[Huskrrrr]

Let me guess....she's the underachiever of the family.

[Ditter]

Well so what? I am sure Michelle wishes she would change but she won’t. A non issue for me.

[babygene]

I don’t know... My mind is, I guess, closed to there even being such a thing as a lesbian. Or a queer... They’ve had bad experiences with the opposite sex I guess, and are really mixed up.

A dog or pony would probably look good to these poor people too.

[freekitty]

No thanks. Not interested.

[GraceG]

What is it with Gay people siding with authoritarian socialist regimes, don’t they realize that in a central planned government that their rights to snog others of their gender can and will be taken away in such regimes just as quickly as everyone else’s rights? They should have learned this after the night of the long knives....

[afraidfortherepublic]

One of these lesbians is really named “Wronski”? You’ve got to be kidding.

[montag813]

I am so sick of politicians having to “explain” and adjust their “gay” relatives, instead of the other way around. Bachmann owes this woman NOTHING.

[ruralvoter]

To everyone on this thread. I am not a troll. Don’t shoot the messenger please. Michelle Bachmann is being palinized constantly and we have to know their attacks on her in order to defend her. It is your choice to be aware or not.

[Zakeet]

Shades of Billy Carter, Roger Clinton, Donald Nixon, Sam Houston Johnson, Neil Bush, and numerous Kennedy's.

[Disambiguator]

Guilty.