Republican House candidate: 'Either way, people and stegosaurs were living at the same time'

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5. If You Thought Michele Bachmann Was Out There ...

Meet her mentor, Allen Quist. He believes dinosaurs coexisted with man, women are "genetically predisposed" to subservience—and he's running to join his protégée in Congress.
—By Tim Murphy
Mon May. 14, 2012 12:01 AM PDT

... The GOP's April nominating convention ended in a stalemate after 23 ballots, meaning the two top candidates have to spend the next three months preparing for the August primary ...

... During his time as a state representative, Quist slammed a gay counseling clinic at Mankato State University by comparing it to the Ku Klux Klan (both would be breeding grounds for evil—AIDS, in this case) and went undercover at an adult bookstore and a gay bathhouse in an effort to prove to a local newspaper reporter that they had become a "haven for anal intercourse" ...

In one memorable interview, Quist told a British reporter he believed women were "genetically predisposed" to be subservient to men ...

"Unfortunately," Carlson added, "what was bizarre in the '90s is becoming the centerpiece of this new Republican party" ...

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/allen-quist-michele-bachmann-campaign