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GOP fundraising committee pulls plug on Bachmann
GOP fundraising committee pulls plug on Bachmann
Michele Bachmann Brian Peterson, Star Tribune Addressing a business group in St. Cloud, Tuesday, Rep. Michele Bachmann said: "I did not, nor do I, question Barack Obama's patriotism. I didn't say that Barack Obama was anti-American nor do I believe that Barack Obama is anti-American."
GOP Pulling Its Ads From Bachmann's Race, Media Buyers Say
huffingtonpost.com — Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann went on a McCarthy-esque rant suggesting Barack Obama was unpatriotic and urging the major newspapers of the country to investigate anti-American sentiment in Congress, the national Republican political parties ... (more) GOP Pulling Its Ads From Bachmann's Race, Media Buyers Say
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Bachmann Doubles Down: ‘Barack Obama’s Views Are Against America’
Bachmann Doubles Down: ‘Barack Obama’s Views Are Against America’
thinkprogress.org — On the defensive over her controversial Hardball appearance last Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) told the St. Cloud Times yesterday that she regretted suggesting that Barack Obama held “anti-American” views. But at the same time Bachmann was ... (more) Bachmann Doubles Down: ‘Barack Obama’s Views Are Against ...
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Obsidian Wings — ... say this sort of thing a lot less. Now we have to rely on their consciences alone; if they paid a price for saying genuinely hateful things, their self-interest would line up on the side of basic decency. We might be getting closer to that world. It has been six days since Michele Bachmann called for an investigation into the un-American views of members of Congress. During that time, El Tinklenberg, her opponent, has raised $1.3 million. The NRCC has pulled its advertising from her district. And SUSA has her down by three points, though ...

Political Animal — ... would probably say this sort of thing a lot less. Now we have to rely on their consciences alone; if they paid a price for saying genuinely hateful things, their self-interest would line up on the side of basic decency. We might be getting closer to that world. It has been six days since Michele Bachmann called for an investigation into the un-American views of members of Congress. During that time, El Tinklenberg, her opponent, has raised $1.3 million. The NRCC has pulled its advertising from her district. And SUSA has her down by three points, ...

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BlueNC - The people's think tank — ... See, I live in one of those new Congressional districts. It's the kind you saw spring up in Minnesota last week. And then there was one that ...

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