Bachmann the Prophet

"I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending." -- Michelle Bachmann

Yes. Hurricane Irene, which killed several people and will cause more government spending to repair some of the damages, was God trying to tell Washington to reduce spending.

Because this is how it works: the all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good creator of all things has a message he wants to tell our politicians. But He has severe communication issues. Instead of literally telling the politicians to stop spending, the best He can do to deliver that message is use naturally occurring events to kill random people on the same coast as Washington DC, then tell Michelle Bachmann to explain the secret message to us.

Another possibility: God is using Michelle Bachmann's words as a message to warn us not to vote for her.