A Message from God to Washington

Published in Le Devoir
(Canada) on 30 August 2011
by Agence Reuters (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Alisha Karmali. Edited by Alyssa Goulding.
Hurricane Irene and the earthquake that struck the eastern United States last week are warnings from God to change Washington’s politics, according to Michele Bachmann, a candidate for the Republican Party in the 2012 presidential election.

Hurricane Irene began to move up the east coast this past weekend, where it caused flooding and power outages and 21 deaths. Meanwhile, in Florida on Saturday, Bachmann said that the storm was an “act of God” to which the federal government should pay close attention. The candidate from Minnesota, known for her virulent attacks against Democratic President Barack Obama, noted that a magnitude 5.8 quake had rocked Washington and the coast on Tuesday.

“Washington, D.C., you’d think by now they’d get the message: An earthquake, a hurricane. Are you listening? The American people have done everything they possible can, now it’s time for an act of God and we’re getting it,” she said and raised a few laughs from the audience.

“Obviously she was saying it in jest,” said Alice Stewart, a spokesperson for Bachmann’s campaign. Bachmann is the favorite candidate of the tea party and other conservative groups, but recent Republican polls show that Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the moderate Mitt Romney, supported by a wing of the Republican Party closer to the business community, are both far ahead of Bachmann.


Miami — L'ouragan Irene et le tremblement de terre qui a secoué l'est des États-Unis la semaine dernière sont un avertissement par lequel Dieu a intimé à Washington de changer de politique, a déclaré Michele Bachmann, candidate à l'investiture républicaine pour l'élection présidentielle 2012.

Alors qu'Irene commençait ce week-end à remonter la côte Est, où il devait provoquer inondations et coupures de courant à grande échelle et faire 21 morts, Michele Bachmann a déclaré samedi à Poinciana (Floride) que la tempête était un «acte de Dieu» dont l'État fédéral devait faire le plus grand cas. L'élue du Minnesota, qui s'est fait connaître par de virulentes attaques contre le président démocrate Barack Obama et le rôle dévolu à l'État fédéral, a noté qu'un séisme de magnitude 5,8 avait déjà ébranlé Washington et la côte ouest mardi. «Washington, DC, vous devriez maintenant avoir reçu le message. Un tremblement de terre, un ouragan. Vous êtes là? Le peuple américain a fait tout ce qu'il a pu, c'est maintenant l'heure d'un acte de Dieu et nous sommes en train de le recevoir», a-t-elle dit en suscitant quelques rires dans le public. «Bien entendu, elle disait cela pour plaisanter», a déclaré Alice Stewart, porte-parole de son équipe de campagne. Michele Bachmann est la favorite du mouvement Tea Party et d'autres groupes conservateurs, mais des sondages républicains récents montrent qu'elle est largement devancée par le gouverneur du Texas, Rick Perry, et le modéré Mitt Romney, qu'appuie l'aile du Parti républicain proche des milieux d'affaires.
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