Anderson Cooper digs into Michele Bachmann’s past statements about gays and lesbians and her newfound ability to ignore those statements.
As Anderson points out, what was at one time a defining issue for her – to the point she authored a Minnesota state constitutional amendment banning marriage equality – she now can only say that she is “running for the Presidency of the United States” and not interested in “light, frivolous matters” or “fringe or side issues.”
When a politician has spoken so very much on a subject, how do they suddenly decide the subject isn’t worth discussing?