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Congress Critters Gone Wild
ArchPundit —
Full moon or something:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESdA52S4Dbg
Tweety can slug through a lot of BS, but he’s trying not to laugh.
Idiot Rep. Michele Bachman: Obama Is Anti-American
Oliver Willis —
Clearly, that’s why he’s running for president.
This is your modern Republican party.
Michelle Bachmann's Id
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
From the congresswoman from Minnesota...Kind of like everything coming out at once...Ward Churchill....Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, Michelle Obama, liberals, Saul Alinsky, Rezko, liberals, liberals, Joe the Plumber... Nancy Pelosi, people need to know.... and she calls Barack Obama "anti American."
Bachmann: Obama Has "Anti-American Views"
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
Maybe after this interview Rep. Michelle Bachmann will spend some time with Carly Fiorina in the political hinterlands. Nothing like a member of Congress asserting that lawmakers -- read Barack Obama -- should be investigated for un-American activity.
"I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views," Bachmann said of Obama. "That's what the American people are concerned about."
More: "The news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look -- I wish they would -- I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out: Are they pro ...
Hating Obama
Ben Smith's Blog —
The base, at least as sampled exchanging insults with Obama supporters outside a McCain event in Youngstown, PA earlier this month, really, really hates Obama.
Rep. Michelle Bachman, below on Hardball, reaches more or less into the same kitchen sink.
McCain Surrogate Michelle Bachmann Shows How To Lose Independent Voters
The Moderate Voice —
How many people who strongly supported John McCain in 2000 could ever have dreamed that in 2008 he would become in effect become a surrogate for talk show host Sean Hannity?
McCain surrogatge Rep. Michelle Bachmann appeared on Chris Matthews’ “Hardball” today and her segment featured below is a barely revised version of McCarthyism. She only left out holding up a list. The McCain of 2000 would have repudiated this kind of rhetoric.
And it isn’t a fluke. Another member of Congress was on another program this morning essentially saying the same thing, using the almost some of the same words. This is the message. ...
We Are All Americans Now… Except You.
Firedoglake —
Remember right after September 11th, when the world community declared, "We are all Americans"? Last night in North Carolina, Sarah Palin reminded us that Republicans don't even think that most Americans are Americans:
We believe that the best of ...
Sarah Palin believes Barack Obama loves America, but Republican Michele Bachmann isn't so sure
Top of the Ticket —
Sarah Palin cut Barack Obama some slack today.
"I know Obama loves America," she said during a brief give-and-take with reporters aboard her campaign plane. She continued, "I'm sure that is why he's running for president. It's because he wants to do what he believes is in the best interest of this great nation. ... I don't question at all Barack Obama's love for this great country."
Our colleague Mark Silva at the Swamp has more on what Palin had to say. But whereas the Republican vice presidential candidate attested to Obama's patriotism, a GOP surrogate -- in a ...
You Got a Problem with That?
N/A —
Sarah Palin is here to tell you some Americans are more American than others. Real Americans need not worry. Not that much. Us vs Them is not a game of divide and conquer this year, it’s only a game of divide, even as Republican problems multiply.
Bringing Out the Crazy
Booman Tribune —
I don't want to make a big deal over every bigoted jerk in the country that does something overtly racist, but it's sad to see unapologetic some of these people are. And not all of them are just random citizens, some of them are elected officials : Rep. Michelle Bachmann is nuts. She is seriously deranged. I watched a program on PBS tonight about slavery in the 19th-Century. I'm thinking that the mere fact that I watched a program about slavery probably makes me anti-American in Rep. Bachmann's book. And PBS must be filled with communist program directors. I saw Bay Buchanan on CNN earlier tonight defending Sarah Palin's comments that some ...
Ratcheting Up the Ugly
Discourse.net —
Here’s a pretty scary video of a US Congressperson playing the role of Joe McCarty with a nicer face: Rep. Michele Bachmann: Obama is anti-American
For a mental cleansing, try Katrina Vanden Heuvel Responds to Bachman’s Call for McCarthy like Investigation of Members of Congress
It comes complete with Patrick Buchanan (!) being less McCarthyite than Rep. Bachmann. Ol’ Pat understands where the wind blows….
The worse the polls for the GOP (and ...
Hullabaloo — Bachmann In Trouble by tristero Bachmann was in trouble even before her disgusting rant on Matthews. And for those of you who haven't seen it, here it is again: Let's try to push the ActBlue page of Bachmann's opponent, El Tinklenberg to $100,000 today. We're less than $7,000 away.
Little Miss McCarthyite
Rising Hegemon —
No doubt you've heard that the non-stop moron-a-thon that is Michele Bachmann (R - Of Course) continued last night on "Hardball" (video below). I know that times are tight, but for those of you who have a few bucks to spare in these last few weeks of the election, please consider sending them to Bachmann's opponent, El Tinklenberg ...
Living In The Past
Pacific Views —
What year does Michele Bachmann think it is, anyway, 1954? Has she no sense of decency?
Nah, probably not.
Michele McCarthy Bachmann is under 50 percent in the polls and she has a good challenger in El Tinklenberg, so please help send this witchhunting throwback packing out of Congress.
Imagine there's no bullshit
Corrente —
What a different country and world we’d have if our media had actually been doing its job like this over the last thirty years!
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Hullabaloo — Tinklenberg Closing In On $125,000 by tristero $116,000 as of the time of this post. Give, baby, give! Why? To defeat this asshole:
McCain-Backing Congresswoman Suggests Obamas Have Anti-American Views
Political Punch —
Previous | Main McCain-Backing Congresswoman Suggests Obamas Have Anti-American Views October 18, 2008 12:51 PM On MSNBC's Hardball, Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., said the "collection of friends that Barack Obama has had over this life" -- specifically Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers -- "calls into question what Barack Obama's true beliefs and values and thoughts are." Bachmann also pointed out that Obama had been rated one year by the National Journal as the most liberal Senator, prompting Chris Matthews to ask what the connection is between being liberal and being anti-American."The liberals that are Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers ...
The Stench of Desperation (I am [not] Joe).
Comments from Left Field —
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Right wing identity politics and carefully-manufactured pseudo-populist rage against ‘vote fraud’; Race/red/God-baiting Obama to ridiculous extremes; the hyperbolic overreaction to McCain’s latest campaign stunt FAIL. ...
A Minnesotans thoughts on Michelle Bachmann
Open Left - Front Page —
Michelle Bachmann has turned into quite a hot topic here in the netroots after her disgraceful performance on Hardball that that you can watch for yourself here.
It's hard to even begin on how horrifying that McCarthyesque, hateful interview was. But a lot of us Minnesotans have known about Michelle Bachmann and her hateful, extreme ways for years. Thankfully we've got a real shot at beating her this year, and you can help send her and her hateful brand of politics packing. Keep reading to find out how! The Bachmann Record:
First a little more about Michelle Bachmann and why it is so ...
Today in The Nation: Censure Michelle Bachmann
The Nation: Top Stories —
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 to make this country great, as Katrina vanden Heuvel ...
The Last Refuge Of A Scoundrel: McCain Goes McCarthy
TalkLeft —
See TChris yesterday. Anti-American? Socialist? Yes, the Red Scare is upon us again. Saturday, John McCain said: You see, Obama believes in redistributing wealth, not in policies that help us all make more of it. Joe [the sort of Plumber], in his plainspoken way, said this sounded a lot like socialism. And a lot of Americans are thinking along those same lines. In the best case, "spreading the wealth around" is a familiar idea from the American left. . . . At least in Europe, the Socialist leaders who so admire my opponent are upfront about their objectives. The Democratic Party as a secret Socialist cabal? ...
Daily Digest: Fundraising Frenzies Upending Close Contests
techPresident —
The Web on the Candidates
Bachmann's Remarks Spark Netroots Retaliation: The full fury of the progressive netroots has turned on Minnesota Republican congressman Michelle Bachmann -- and it might put her House seat in jeopardy. This story begins with Bachmann going on MSNBC's Hardball and raising worries that Barack Obama might hold "anti-American views" and pal around with "people who hate America." [YouTube clip here.] That appearance lead to a spontaneous burst of anti-Bachmann fundraising, of which her Democratic challenger ...
No McCarthyites in the U.S. Congress
Rising Hegemon —
Help dump Michele Bachman now: donate to El Tinklenberg. "What I would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would. I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out if they are pro-America or anti-America." --Michele Bachman (R - Of Course), Friday, October 17, 2008 on MSNBC's "Hardball"
These People Are Impossible
Hoffmania! —
Bachmann:
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. Okay, you asked for the media ...
Dump Michele Bachman (R - Of Course)
Rising Hegemon —
Michele Bachmann (R - Of Course), October 21, 2008, St. Cloud, MN Rotary Club: "I did not say that Barack Obama was anti-American, nor do I believe Barack Obama is anti-American. He loves his country, just as everyone in this room does," she told the crowd. "Nor did I call for an investigation of members of Congress for their pro-American or anti-American views. That is not what I said." Michele Bachman (R - Of Course), October 17, 2008 on "Hardball" (video below): Matthews: "So this is a character issue. You believe that Barack Obama may, you're ...
Educators to McCain: Cut It Out, Now.
Blah3 Feed —
This is a press release that came from a group of nearly 100 prominent educators from across the country today. Their message: McCain is defiling the political process with his veiled racism and simmering hate. Statement Concerning Recent Discourse of the McCain/Palin Campaign October 22, 2008 This statement is signed by research faculty of communication programs from across the nation. We speak as concerned educators and scholars of communication but do not claim to speak for our home institutions. We wish to express our great concern over unethical communication behavior that threatens to dominate the closing days of the ...
Hannity & Sharpton!
Politics Daily —
Filed under: MediaGuess who is filling in for Alan Colmes until Sean Hannity can find a new liberal to ignore? Why it's Al Sharpton, of course! And just to round out the line-up of bloviating circus performers, tonight's guests are Michelle Bachman and Meatloaf. So, whatever you had planned at whatever time it is that that show comes on to the FOX News network, cancel it. This is the dawn of a whole new era in television pontificating, people! Hey, maybe they can get some live reports from Joe the Plumber in that nutty Gaza strip, too. Of ...
Michele Bachmann Bizarro World
DownWithTyranny! —
-by Eric Pusey, The Big E, the guy who ran the Norm Coleman Weasel Meter By now almost everyone is familiar with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN). She's the crazy, apocalyptic and amazingly entertaining Republican nutjob from Minnesota. Her antics in Washington, on cable television and right wing talk radio have been written about far and wide in the blogosphere. Most Americans probably shake their heads and feel sorry for we Minnesotans who have to suffer her. And, yes, we're pretty embarrassed by her. But we're going to do everything we can to defeat her in 2010. To help the cause, we at MN Progressive Project have ...
