Whenever conservative candidates demonstrate their electoral viability, sensationalistic denunciations of said conservatives as beyond the pale are sure to follow. Last weekend, Michael Smerconish declared that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has "lost a young conservative" named Ben Haney by signing the Iowa Family Leader's Marriage Vow, which suggests homosexuality is a choice. And that's not all: In 2004, at the National Education Leadership Conference, you said of the gay lifestyle: "It's a very sad life. It's part of Satan, I think, to say this is gay. It's anything but gay." Then there's your husband, Marcus, who obtained his Ph.D. by virtue of a correspondence course. He runs a mental-health clinic but, according to Politico, is not registered with any of the three state boards that certify mental health practitioners. (Minnesota is one of the few states in which you can practice mental health without a license.) Last year, when asked during a radio interview about parenting...(Read Full Post)