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Bachmann: "A Trap Was Laid" On Hardball (video)
youtube.com - 10/22/2008
Bachmann: "A Trap Was Laid" On Hardball (video)
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Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN), StarTribune.com video, October 21, 2008

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TPM Election Central:  Bachmann: Chris Matthews Trapped Me!

Political Animal:  Bachmann's troubles go from bad to worse

michelebachmann.com - 10/21/2008
Michele Bachmann for Congress
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Michele Bachmann for Congress
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huffingtonpost.com - 10/22/2008
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: Chris Matthews Trapped Me!
TPM Election Central — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), whose re-election has been put in serious danger thanks to her McCarthyist rant on Hardball -- not to mention her ham-fisted attempts at denying she ever said it -- is now admitting that she misspoke. But it gets even better: Bachmann is blaming Chris Matthews for her gaffe, telling a Rotary Club event in her district yesterday that she had never seen Hardball and should have avoided the trap Matthews laid for her: "When I was on Hardball with Chris Matthews last week, I do believe firmly that a trap was laid, but I ...

Bachmann's troubles go from bad to worse
Political Animal — BACHMANN'S TROUBLES GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.... Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) called for a new round of McCarthyism, her troubles keep getting worse. At this point, her Democratic opponent, El Tinklenberg, has raised $1 million in the wake of Bachmann's madness, while Bachmann is still trying to explain herself. In the latest twist, Bachmann told voters yesterday that she'd never seen "Hardball" before, and is convinced that Chris Matthews had set a "trap" and she "stepped into it." As excuses go, this is pretty silly. Bachmann, a member of Congress, said some crazy things. Matthews had the wherewithal to follow up and inquire further, and ...

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