Bachmann staffer Peter Waldron tells stories of arrest and high level connections

August 17, 2011 By Warren 4 Comments

He says President Bush got him out of a Ugandan jail with a call to Yowari Museveni. The man at the middle of Michele Bachmann’s victory in Iowa Saturday has lots of stories to tell. Here is an interview in three parts from the Herman and Sharron Bailey Show.

Part 2

Part 3

In this video, among many other things, he accuses Museveni and his wife of maintaining death squads to eliminate enemies. Then he says they are born again Christians and good friends?! I am quite interested in the views of my Ugandan readers on this interview.

UPDATE: Richard Bartholomew has a lengthy background piece on Mr. Waldron – What do Christian Reconstructionists and Moonies have in common?

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Filed Under: politics, uganda Tagged With: michele bachmann, peter e waldron, uganda

Comments

Stephen says:

August 18, 2011 at 1:03 am

It’s a fairly dismal ‘victory’. Out of the tiny number of votes cast she beat Ron Paul by 152. Votes that were bought by her staff suplying paid tickets to potential ‘voters’ at $30 a pop. I think she’s only a serious candidate in her own mind.

Interesting but not surprising to read about this jackanapes. Someone please tell him to get a professional dye job; he looks like a fool.

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Bachmann staffer: Perry is Saul and Bachmann is David — Warren Throckmorton says:

August 17, 2011 at 10:51 pm

[...] posted first on this here and then have a three part video interview from YouTube here. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and [...]
Box Turtle Bulletin » Bachmann Staffer Has Ties To Ugandan “Kill-The-Gays” Pastor says:

August 17, 2011 at 11:35 pm

[...] Peter E. Waldron, the staffer for Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign responsible for her faith-based outreach in Iowa and South Carolina, had been arrested in Uganda in 2006 on charges of running illegal guns and ammunition. Garance Franke-Ruta’s profile at The Atlantic resurrected the details. He had been arrested for possession of assault rifles and ammunition just days before Uganda’s first nominally multi-party elections in 20 years. The charges were dropped after Waldron spent more than a month in 2006 in the notorious Luriza Prison outside of Kampala. He was freed, he says, after pressure from the Bush administration. Of course, when it comes to Ugandan police work, the charges should be seen with some measure of skepticism, although newspaper reports (via archive.org) in Kampala at the time are quite detailed. Waldron himself isn’t helpful in clearing up matters. On the one hand, he says that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni operates death squads, and then calls Uganda’s leadership born-again Christians and good friends. [...]
Fresh Interest in Peter Waldron, Now Working as Michele Bachmann Staffer « Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion says:

August 18, 2011 at 6:55 am

[...] of the events on a Christian talk-show, It’s Time for Herman and Sharron (available at Warren Throckmorton‘s website). Waldon explained that he had been in Uganda as a missionary and as the manager of [...]