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Today  in The Nation: Censure Michelle Bachmann
Today in The Nation: Censure Michelle Bachmann
Peter Rothberg An online campaign challenges the Minnesota Republican's attack on Obama and his supporters as 'unpatriotic.'
Censure Michele Bachmann
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
 Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) At Her Very Best (video)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) At Her Very Best (video)
youtube.com — Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on MSNBC's Hardball, October 17, 2008... (more) Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) At Her Very Best (video)
Michelle Bachmann gives voice to the right's darkest impulses
crooksandliars.com — Chris Matthews just gave Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Outer Wingnuttia, all the rope she wanted yesterday on Hardball,... and boy did she make a handy little noose with it. First Matthews tried to get Bachmann to tell his audience, per Sarah Palin's homage ... (more) Michelle Bachmann gives voice to the right's darkest ...
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Can Colin Powell Defeat Right Wing Extremist Michele Bachmann?
DownWithTyranny! — ... from Bachmann, just as he has been desperately trying to distance himself from George Bush, quite a feat considering that he has tended to rubber stamp Bush's entire agenda since being elected 6 years ago and that he and Bachmann have tended, in most instances, to vote as though they shared one brain between them. Meanwhile, Coleman has refused to sign the censure petition that The Nation has started circulating.

Digest for October 20th
The Republic of T. — ... Censure Michele Bachmann - On last night's episode of MSNBC's Hardball, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota charged Barack Obama and other members of Congress with sharing "anti-American" views. Defending the McCain campaign's automated phone calls attacking Obama's judgment and character, Bachmann called for a news media "exposé" of the views of members of Congress. Bachmann thinks that anyone who disagrees with her personal political agenda is unpatriotic. But she is the one who has a lot to learn about what it means to love America and what it takes ...

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