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Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann told supporters God was sending a message to Washington politicians through the earthquake and hurricane that pummeled the East Coast this weekend, according to a report in the St. Petersburg Times.

The hurricane killed more than 26 people, including at least two children.

While giving a speech about the merits of small government and tea party activism, Bachmann said:

“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.”

Tropical Storm Irene has killed 37 people, and authorities warn that flooding could continue for up to three days in northern US states.

More than five million people remain without power, while Vermont is reeling from its worst floods in many decades.

Insurance claims could top $7bn (£4.3bn), the Consumer Federation of America estimated.

The brunt of Irene's impact was felt by towns and suburbs from North Carolina to Vermont.

Driving rains and flood tides damaged homes and cut power to more than three million people in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York alone.

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“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 … They know the government is on a morbid obesity diet and we’ve got to rein in spending,” Ms Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman and Republican presidential candidate, said at a campaign appearance in Florida on Sunday.

A spokeswoman for Ms Bachmann, a devout Christian, did not immediately respond to a query from the Financial Times but she told Talking Points Memo, a news blog, that the comments were clearly meant “in jest”.

liberty1 wrote:It was a joke folks

Oh, a joke! 40 dead, billions of dollars in property damage, millions of people still without electricity, state of emergency in 13 states. Hi-larious! By that standard, the tsunami in Japan must have been a real laff riot

liberty1 wrote:I assume you're just trying to start something.

Bachmann is the joke. One day she'll look back and recognize that Newsweek photo was a compliment in comparison to the whack job she really is

I just can't wait for her to be the GOP nominee. Bachmann 2012

liberty1 wrote:So you're both back tracking.

Haha, you wish. Using natural disasters as the premise for a "joke" is seldom a good idea for a late-night comedian, and never for a politician. As a "joke" it's senseless and appalling; as a non-joke message to her wingnut religious constituency, it's the worst form of pandering.

No. She made the same sort of boneheaded comments that Robertson et al made after Katrina. Moronic then, moronic now. As is anyone gullible enough to swallow her koolaid and defend her