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Michele Bachmann, Tea Partiers Prepare For Last Stand On Health Care
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 24 days ago
Michele Bachmann, Tea Partiers Prepare For Last Stand On Health Care
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and the Tea Party Patriots are not expecting a warm reception on Capitol Hill Thursday. In a series of conference calls Wednesday night, representatives of the "thousands" of tea partiers who have promised to heed Bachmann's call to make a "last stand" against ...
Bachmann calls for 'scare' tactics
politico.com - 24 days ago
Bachmann calls for 'scare' tactics
— politico.com — Minn. rep. tells protesters to “scare” members of Congress into killing the health care reform bill.... (more) Bachmann calls for 'scare' tactics

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Top Bachmann aide quits
politico.com - 24 days ago
Top Bachmann aide quits
— politico.com — The aide who helped turn Rep. Michele Bachmann into a controversial mainstay of cable news has informed... colleagues that she’s quitting – just as the firebrand Republican congresswoman prepares for her biggest media moment yet. (more) Top Bachmann aide quits

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motherjones.com - 24 days ago
Is The Tea Party Over?
— motherjones.com — The tea partiers are launching the revolution. This week. But will anyone actually show up? On Sunday,... Rep. Michele Bachmann challenged viewers of Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to join her last-ditch attempt to kill health care reform. The ... (more) Is The Tea Party Over?

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Talking Points Memo:  Bachmann Rallies Tea Partiers for "Last Stand"

Rising Hegemon:  Exclusive video

skippy the bush kangaroo:  michele bachmann overdrive (into bat s*** crazy)

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Bachmann Rallies Tea Partiers for "Last Stand"
Talking Points Memo — ... We sent TPMDC's Evan McMorris-Santoro deep into the heart of the crazy tonight to get a preview of what we can expect from tomorrow's Tea Party / Town Hall on Capitol Hill. Evan sat in on a series of planning conference calls this evening and just filed this report. ...

Exclusive video
Rising Hegemon — Of the Bachmann-November Teabaggin' Revolution happening at the Capitol today: Glenn Beck apparently got out of the hospital looking different, more color than I would have thought though (there's occasional footage of John Stossel too, I'd advise him to stay away from Mexico City). ...

michele bachmann overdrive (into bat s*** crazy)
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... martin, bachmann and redstate.com's erick erickson told regional organizers on the calls that thursday's rally and storm through the halls of congress were the tea partiers last chance to stop what bachmann called the democrats' plan to "literally have the power of life and death over you." - tpmdc ...

Message Conflict?
Talking Points Memo — ... Meanwhile the people actually organizing the event are calling it a "desperate act" and a "last stand" in the fight against death panels and socialism. In other words, Rep. Bachmann and her fellow rally organizers have attendees ginned up for some kind of anti-Health Care Reform Alamo. ...

The Tea Party Big Picture
Talking Points Memo — ... from the Republican House leadership. We were on the organizational conference calls yesterday evening. And even then it was pretty much still her affair, with a mindset and affect to match. ...

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