"Hurricane Irene Is God's Warning To Washington". Good joke? Bachman thinks it is. Is this the end of her Presidency run?

”“I don’t know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’ Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we’ve got to rein in the spending,” Bachmann said in Sarasota on Sunday, according to the St. Petersburg Times.” video
Is this ‘just’ another blooper in a row and do Americans think nothing of it oh, that looney again…, or is this the straw that breaks the camel’s back and is it the end of her attempts to being the resident of the White House?
How would (esp. Republican) people feel who were in the midst of the storm and whose property and/or health were affected by it.
If it was a joke on her behalf, what does that say about her (humor)?
I read this on a Dutch section of teletext where you can find ‘funny’ and weird news items.
I’m totally flabbergasted…., I mean, we have some crazy politicians too here, but she is something else (in my view)...