Undercover Gay Bathhouse Spy Will Be Minnesota’s Next Michele Bachmann

Just when we were feeling that the 2012 election cycle seemed suspiciously light on mentally unstable long shot candidates, Mother Jones brings us a delightful little profile of Minnesota GOP congressional candidate Allen Quist, whom queen lunatic Michele Bachmann recently endorsed while noting that in her opinion, the former state representative is a man of "intellectual firepower." *RUBS HANDS.* Oh good, let's start with some of Quist's prior accomplishments: "During his time as a state representative, Quist...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.'" Sounds promising!

What else: Quist lists himself as Adjunct Professor of Political Science at a religious college in Minnesota, the designated field of expertise for wingnuts interested in dinosaur-themed creative writing:

One section [of an online curriculum supplement written by Quist] asks this leading question: "Did dinosaurs and people live at the same time, and why do so many recently discovered ancient art works accurately picture dinosaurs?" The answer is a resounding "yes." "The only reasonable explanation for the stegosaurus carved in stone on the wall of the Cambodian temple is that the artist had either seen a stegosaur or had seen other art works of a stegosaur," Quist writes. "Either way, people and stegosaurs were living at the same time."

Elsewhere, Quist provides scientific evidence for the existence of dragons, and suggests that the Book of Job be taught as a science lesson: "Today we know beyond a reasonable doubt—Job 41 is a picture-perfect description of SuperCroc."

So much fun already! Allen Quist is a gay bathhouse troll who loves dragons. [Mother Jones]