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Bachmann ad:”My heart is right”
hotair.com - 10/25/2008
Bachmann ad:”My heart is right”
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Our friend Michele Bachmann has a new ad out for the final ten days of the campaign, and it corrects a mistake she made in last week’s appearance on Hardball . “I may not always get my words right,” Rep. [...] Read the rest »
sctimes.com - 10/26/2008
Bachmann's pardon request reversed | sctimes.com | St. Cloud Times
— sctimes.com — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann wrote a letter last year recommending a federal pardon for a major campaign... contributor who was once convicted of felony money laundering, firearm and drug charges on the basis he had reformed. This month, she withdrew that ... (more) Bachmann's pardon request reversed | sctimes.com | St. ...

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cqpolitics.com - 10/19/2008
District Detail: MN-06
— cqpolitics.com — 2008: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) vs. Elwyn Tinklenberg (D) 2006: Michele Bachmann (R) 50 percent, Patty Wetterling... (D) 42 percent Elwyn Tinklenberg gets a second shot at the seat after he lost the Democratic nomination in 2006, when Bachmann won in the ... (more) District Detail: MN-06

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The Moderate Voice:  Michele Bachmann and the Hardball “trap”

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Michele Bachmann and the Hardball “trap”
The Moderate Voice — ... with Chris Matthews, effectively saying that the majority party members of Congress should be investigated to see if they are “unamerican” because they hold liberal views different from her own. I found the original exchange troubling enough, but the point where I became increasingly annoyed was when I saw a number of Right leaning pundits insisting that Matthews somehow set a “trap” for Bachmann. These include my old friend Ed Morrissey of Hot Air, who continues on that course today. ...

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