Michele Bachmann 'Surprised' By Jay Leno Interview Questions (AUDIO)

During a radio interview on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said she was "surprised" by questions presented to her during a recent appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show."

The conservative congresswoman sat down for an interview with Jay Leno that aired last Friday night.

"Well, I was very surprised because we had had a pre-show interview and that wasn't at all what I was told we were going to be talking about," Bachmann said of the segment on WLS Radio's "Don Wade and Roma Show." She added, "So I was very surprised."

Leno asked Bachmann about eyebrow-raising remarks she recently made about the HPV vaccine, as well as her position on gay marriage.

Below, audio of what Bachmann had to say about the interview on Monday. Scroll down for video of the presidential candidate's "Tonight Show" appearance.

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Comments

[Alyse73]

12:58 AM on 09/25/2011

What I don't get is why the HPV is so bad. The government requires several vaccines. Why is the one aimed at women's health such a big deal

[Sweendoggedly]

12:57 PM on 10/05/2011

Hint: HPV is sexually transmitted. Hence, bible beaters tend to get themselves into a tizzy when considering their child would have to have sex to get it. (As opposed to measles, all they need to get that is to live near some lunatic that doesn't vaccinate their children based on fear of autism.)

[Jmaximus Spartacus]

02:42 AM on 09/23/2011

Leno should have asked her about her gay husband.

[Armand77789]

12:16 PM on 09/21/2011

She is beautiful woman and strong person.

[considerthis]

12:50 PM on 09/21/2011

and unfortunatly, dumb as a stump

[Jmaximus Spartacus]

02:32 AM on 09/23/2011

Hey don't insult trees that way.

[Rev David Huber]

11:33 PM on 10/05/2011

By what judgment system not based on reality do you come to that conclusion? Being strong is not a moral value - Hitler, Pol Pot, Pharaoh, and Caesar were all strong. And being beautiful is irrelevant, especially physical beauty which I assume you are talking about because she is very clearly not at all beautiful on the inside.

I prefer a moral, intelligent, critically thoughtful compassionate and merciful person - Jesus' qualities - over beautiful and strong any day.

[kaykaythere]

12:10 PM on 09/21/2011

Seems MB believes in Nanny State Interviews -- they demand the questions and the answers and get mad when they don't get what they want.......

[Rev David Huber]

11:36 PM on 10/05/2011

Like Republicans and their "free speech zones" when they're showing up somewhere. Or Bush and his "Town Hall Meetings" in which every person in the "town hall" was vetted beforehand and their questions were either vetted or, more likely, handed out by Rove ("You - you in the blue shirt! - you will ask this question. You will read it exactly, or you and your entire extended family will be audited every year of Bush's presidency!!!!!!!") Disgusting, awful beings they are.

[kaykaythere]

10:37 AM on 09/21/2011

So what did she say that was different than what she always says. She has it all down rote, never waivers from strictly defined talking points whether or not on point.

[rogerb-ri]

01:27 AM on 09/21/2011

If she can't handle a light weight like Jay Leno how would she ever handle the Russians or Iran???
I would love to see her have a migrain as an excuse for not answering the phone at 3am.
Wait, her husband will answer and take the call.

God Bless the USA

[djeaninew1066]

12:39 AM on 09/21/2011

Another Palin Clone or clown. To be a politician is to be fast on your feet and a quick thinker. She is neither.

[exrepublitard]

12:29 AM on 09/21/2011

She was shocked because she spends all her time on FAUX NEWS and they arent allowed to ask any real questions. The last time a FAUX NEWS reporter asked a Republican a difficult question they got fired.

[tokyomk]

10:26 PM on 09/20/2011

FOX News tonight included Bachmann again in the so-called "top tier of three" ... despite her gaffes and lies.

Ron Paul 2012!!

[daveclementsusa]

10:11 PM on 09/20/2011

Leno you should be ashamed for ambushing Michele Bachmann by asking her, "What is your name?"

[TarzanaGirl]

11:46 AM on 09/29/2011

It could have been worse. He could have asked her which newspapers/magazines she reads...

[CamelPaw357]

09:29 PM on 09/20/2011

The fact is, the HPV vaccine will save thousands and thousands of women from a terminal disease, cervical cancer. And the vaccine should be taken before women become sexually active; I recommend age 14 - 16. Michele should take an hour or so, read up on this vaccine, check out the PDR, talk with some medical doctors, then make appropriate comments about this important vaccine. It is obvious she knows very little about the vaccine and some of what she believes is wrong.

[Sweendoggedly]

01:06 PM on 10/05/2011

Really, the HPV vaccine should be given to all children as a matter of course. It's just another safe, effective method for preventing a horrible, potentially fatal disease.

[srivers]

08:00 PM on 09/20/2011

Michele Bachmann should have realized that Jay Leno is a hard-hitting interviewer. :)

[David L Yates]

06:41 PM on 09/20/2011

It would seem that simple, honest, straight forward answers wouldn't be too difficult unless Ms. Bachmann has something to hide (or spin) from her constituents who probably have no idea what she's talking about, since their hearing aids are probably off at that time of night, anyway. Perhaps their hearing-ear dogs could explain it later by pointing at the easy words in the flip book.

[saami]

06:38 PM on 09/20/2011

Did you catch it when she say she was convicted instead of committed or some other word?

[Roger Hearn]

09:11 PM on 09/20/2011

She meant to say "convicted." Wingnut politicians, playing to their base, use many code words just to let the base know they know the lingo, and thus, are for real. Convicted: "I have been convicted of my sins." Translation: "I have acknowledged my sins and have asked and received God's forgiveness." Bachmann and others fill their rhetoric with obscure biblical terms.

[saami]

06:15 PM on 09/26/2011

Thank you, I had no idea that they had their own language and that's odd considering how poorly they use the english language.

[SteveDenver]

06:00 PM on 09/20/2011

Quick, someone hand this woman a foot-long corndog.