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Bachmann Calls For McCarthy-Like Investigation Into Anti-American Activities Of Liberals
Bachmann Calls For McCarthy-Like Investigation Into Anti-American Activities Of Liberals
Appearing on MSNBC’s Hardball today, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) attacked the patriotism of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), based on his alleged relationship to former Weather Underground member William Ayers and the values of Obama’s former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “I’m ...
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censurebachmann.com — Tell Congress to Censure Michele Bachmann On the October 17 episode of MSNBC's Hardball, Rep. Michele Bachmann... of Minnesota claimed that Barack Obama and other members of Congress share anti-American views. Bachmann thinks that anyone who disagrees ... (more) Censure Michele Bachmann
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Dear Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)
HorsesAss.Org — ... Republican congress-critter calls for investigations of “anti-American” activities, Democratic opponent gets darn near close to a ...

Bachmann: Obama isn?t ?anti-American,? but his views are.
The Hollywood Liberal — ... over her McCarthyite comments that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) “may have anti-American views,” Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) said on Dennis Miller’s radio show today that she doesn’t believe “that Barack Obama is anti-American.” Bachmann confused her own message later in the show when she said she was “concerned he may have anti-American views.” Listen here: Bachmann’s contradictory statement is reminiscent of when Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told CNN that she wasn’t going to call Obama a socialist, but then added that his policies “ ...

Colmes Cut Off Exposing Michelle Bachmann's Lies
News Hounds — ... up her smears on a fellow American. After about two minutes into his portion of the interview, Colmes read to Bachmann her pre-election comments in which she said, “I’m very concerned (Barack Obama) may have anti-American views” and had called for the media to do a “penetrating expose” into the “views of the people in Congress and find out if they’re pro-America or anti-America.” Bachmann denied having said it. You can watch a video of her saying exactly that here. As Colmes pressed her, noting that he had video on his website of her saying it and ...

Was It Just Me Or Was Hannity's New Show A Crashing Bore?
News Hounds — ... Bush, himself, talking about his feelings about leaving the White House and where he goes on his daily walks (Part 2 tomorrow) plus some "fun" with a feature called "liberal translation." Even that seemed tame. The "Great American Panel" had more yawners: Michelle "I want to investigate whether members of Congress are pro-American" Bachmann toned it down. Maybe she was concerned that she might have to again deny having said such a thing (even though she did). Bachmann didn't even bring up Jesus and how he has saved the planet so that we don't ...

Bachmann wants a revolution
Political Animal — BACHMANN WANTS A REVOLUTION.... Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) -- who is, by the way, mad as a hatter -- appeared on a radio show earlier this week, describing elected Democratic officials as the "enemy" and encouraging her constituents to be " ...

Breaking News: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Crazytown) Still Crazy
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... " opposing cap-and-trade legislation, and supports a McCarthyite investigation of "anti-American" liberals, is clearly crazy. She's also a member of Congress, which means we unfortunately have to pay more attention to her than your average ...

"Patriotic" Beck And Bachmann Plot To Break The Law By Not Filling Out Census
News Hounds — ... fact that he's breaking the law, not the fact that he'd be undermining how Congressional districts are distributed to states, the allocation of more than $300 billion in federal funds, or the data that's used to plan for disasters and emergency services. Beck didn't even seem to care a fig about the fact that the Census is mandated by the U.S. Constitution. No, his only concern was that he might lose his permit to have a gun. He was joined in such law-breaking thoughts by Rep. Michele "let's investigate Congress for anti-Americanism" Bachmann. With video. ...

House Democratic Fundraising Committee To Attack Patriotism Of GOP Members
The Political Carnival — ... are trying to score political points, they have flip flopped on troop funding.” This, however, is not really the case. [...] Steve Benen writes, “As a substantive, policy matter, lawmakers can have completely legitimate reasons for voting against military spending measures, and opposition to these expenditures does not make one an unpatriotic terrorist sympathizer.” On multiple occasions, ThinkProgress has criticized Republicans and conservatives for questioning the patriotism of those who were critical of ...

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