Michelle Bachmann calls judges 'black-robed masters' in Iowa

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Politico

DES MOINES – Ripping judges as “black-robed masters,” Michele Bachmann praised conservative Iowans on Wednesday for sacking three members of the state Supreme after they legalized gay marriage.

Bachmann, speaking to a group of home school advocates, credited conservatives with sending a “shot across the bow” to judges throughout the country.

“You said enough is enough and sent them packing, and I’m very proud of what you’ve done,” she said, repeatedly calling judges “black-robed masters.” “It’s very rare that a judge does not go back to office.”

Iowans ousted the judges last fall – in what in other years would have been a routine retention election – after the April 2009 Iowa Supreme Court ruling that made Iowa the first state in the Midwest to sanction same-sex marriage. About 54 percent voted "No," booting Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and Justices David Baker and Michael Streit after a massive campaign against them led by Bob Vander Plaats and the Iowa For Freedom group. . .

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I wouldn't normally post her ravings but she really pisses me off with this one on so many levels on a day we lost one of the most compassionate fighters for human rights.

Also, the imagery is just about what you would expect from the increasingly threatening GOP. Way to go; why not add "jack booted thugs," Michelle? Maybe because you are all for judicial decisions when they go the way of your Koch-type wealthy allies?