Bachmann: Irene is God's memorandum for US Government

MIAMI (Reuters) - For Republican presidential nominee Michele Bachmann, Hurricane Irene and last week's earthquake in the eastern America were a message from God that Washington necessitates to amend its policies.

Even as Irene was starting its raking course up the East Coast over the weekend, which killed 21 people and caused prevalent flooding and power outages, Bachmann told senior inhabitants in Poinciana, Florida, on Saturday that the hurricane was an "act of God" that Washington should notice.

The Minnesota congresswoman, who has obtained media importance for her blazing attacks on Democratic President Barack Obama and against full-size government, reminded Washington and the east had already felt a 5.8 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday.

"Washington, D.C., you'd considered already they'd find the message. An earthquake, a hurricane. Are you listening? The US people have made everything they can, and now it's time for an act of God and we're receiving it," she said, drawing some hoots from her addressees.

Bachmann is a preferred of the fiscally conservative Tea Party movement and of religious social conservatives, but fresh Republican presidential nominee polls have shown her lagging behind Texas Governor Rick Perry and moderate Mitt Romney, who requests to the party's business wing.