Josh Voorhees at Slate wants you to know that “Bachmann says Irene, Earthquake were messages from God.” Never one to miss a scoop, The Huffington Post relates that “Michele Bachmann says Hurricane Irene and Earthquake were divine messages to Washington.” Reuters adds, “Bachmann: Irene is God’s message to Washington.” The Boston Globe also got in on the action with, “Bachmann: Irene was political message from God.”  I can’t wait to see what Newsweek does with this angle. Maybe they can run a  cover story calling her the “Queen of Plagues.”

The Globe story includes a photo of Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., at a Baptist church in Florida, and continues by pointing out that this “comment about Irene is only the latest of Bachmann’s religious views likely to draw scrutiny.”