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A Minnesotans thoughts on Michelle Bachmann
Open Left - Front Page — ... politician and now she's a favorite of the anti-gay movement. When there was a march for GLBT rights on the day the Minnesota legislature voted down a hateful anti-gay constitutional amendment of hers she literally hid in the bushes and spied on them, ...

The Annals of Spin
Matthew Yglesias — Rep. Michelle Bachman introduces us to the subtelties of universal quantification: Despite the way the blogs and the Democratic Party are spinning it, I never called all liberals anti-American, I never questioned Barack Obama’s patriotism, and I never asked for some House Un-American Activities Committee witch hunt into my colleagues in Congress. Her precise words: MATTHEWS: So you think Barack Obama may have anti-American views? BACHMANN: Absolutely. I’m very concerned that he may have ...

Maia Szalavitz: Drug Czar Pick Earmarks Christian Rehab Linked with Abuse and to Contributor charged with $3.5 billion Fraud
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Given that Ramstad has spent much time and energy seeking compassion for recovering addicts and championing the idea that addiction is a disease, not a moral problem, it is astonishing that he would fund and promote Teen Challenge. The fact that he does suggests--just like his opposition to needle exchange--that he does not know how to carefully evaluate data and vet addiction programs. President-elect Obama, are you listening? [Much thanks to Ken Avidor of the Dump Bachmann blog for alerting me to this story /] P.S. Mainstream media where are you? ...

Maia Szalavitz: Obama Drug Czar Pick Tied to Abusive Christian Rehab Linked to Contributor Charged with $3.5 Billion Fraud
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Given that Ramstad has spent much time and energy seeking compassion for recovering addicts and championing the idea that addiction is a disease, not a moral problem, it is astonishing that he would fund and promote Teen Challenge. The fact that he does suggests--just like his opposition to needle exchange--that he does not know how to carefully evaluate data and vet addiction programs. President-elect Obama, are you listening? [Much thanks to Ken Avidor of the Dump Bachmann blog for alerting me to this story] P.S. Mainstream media where are you? A ...

Bachmann: I Want People "Armed And Dangerous" Against Energy Tax
TPM Election Central — ... fight back," said Bachmann. "Thomas Jefferson told us, having a revolution every now and then is a good thing. And the people - we the people - are going to have to fight back hard if we're not going to lose our country." On the one hand, it seems clear that Bachmann was speaking figuratively. On the other hand, is it appropriate for a member of Congress to speak in any context about being armed for revolution? (Via the University of Minnesota and the Dump Bachmann blog.) ...

Bachmann on 'enemy lines'
Political Animal — ... and the Dump Bachmann blog.) Bachmann appeared over the weekend on the First Team radio show with John Hinderaker and Brian Ward, speaking about the horrible stuff that the Democrats are doing: "I'm a foreign correspondent on enemy lines and I try to let everyone back here in Minnesota know exactly the nefarious activities that are taking place in Washington." Bachmann also spoke out against the cap-and-trade proposals currently making their way through Washington, and how she'll be distributing information against it at an upcoming event in the district. "I want people in ...

The Bachmann Comic: Our Review
TPM Election Central — ... We've received our review copy of "False Witness: The Michele Bachmann Story," the new comic book from our friends at the Dump Bachmann Web site, documenting the rise and extreme statements of our favorite House GOP backbencher, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN). It's ...

Double Standard: Lefty Media Now Targeting GOP Congresswoman's Son
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Remember when the children of public figures were off-limits in the day-to-day hand-to-hand combat of political warfare? It's a rule that didn't just applied to the underage children of politicians, but the adult children. Witness the 2008 suspension of MSNBC's David Shuster for suggesting then-presidential contender Hillary Clinton's 28-year-old daughter Chelsea Clinton was being "pimped out" by the campaign. But maybe that rule only applied to Democrats. When it comes to liberal pundits attempting to score cheap points against conservatives, especially ones they loathe like Rep. ...

Norm Coleman Authors Fundraising Letter For Michele Bachmann
TPM Election Central — ... no mistake about it -- this opposition isn't coming from the Minnesotans she represents in Washington. It's coming from the liberal netroots in places like San Francisco, Manhattan and Vermont. It's coming from the same people who bankrolled Al Franken's race against me and his legal battle to deny honest Minnesotans a fair vote last November. (Emphasis in the original.) The Bachmann campaign did not return our requests for comment. (Via Dump Bachmann and Checks and Balances.) ...

The Bachmann Comic, Issue 2: Our Review
TPM Election Central — The second issue of the Michele Bachmann comic book series, produced by some of our friends at the Dump Bachmann blog, is now in print, and like the previous issue it presents a chilling portrait of a right-wing lunatic who has risen up to the highest levels of American government. However, the presentation of the facts in the second issue deviated from the first issue in a key respect -- that this time around, not all speech balloons from Bachmann are necessarily direct quotes from the woman herself. Paraphrases or new punchlines come in -- and ...

The Republican House Hate Caucus-- The 53 Most Homophobic Members
DownWithTyranny! — ... into a jihad against Kevin Jennings, the Assistant Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. Bigot extraordinaire Steve King of Iowa wrote a letter demanding Obama fire Jennings and 52 other right-wing extremists signed it. This is really the worst of the worst when it comes to homophobia: Steve King (R-IA) Rodney Alexander (R-LA) Robert Aderholt (R-AL) Todd Akin (R-MO) Steve Austria (R-OH) Michele Bachmann (R-MN) Spencer Bachus (R-AL) Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) Joe Barton (R-TX) ...

The Book On Ohio's 2nd? Dropout Leaves Schmidt Virtually Unopposed
OhioDaily - — ... Tood Book, at one point, presented a credible opponent to "Mean" Jean Schimdt and a chance to reduce the crazy quotient of the Ohio Congressional delegation by a factor of ten by knocking off arguably the craziest Republican in Congress not named Bachmann. ...