Michelle 'McCarthy' Bachmann -- The Hate Monger of Minnesota

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via AlterNet:



Michelle 'McCarthy' Bachmann -- The Hate Monger of Minnesota

By Max Blumenthal, The Daily Beast. Posted October 28, 2008.

How a Minnesota congresswoman became the poster child for the GOP's election 2008 crack-up.



Rep. Michele Bachmann, a Republican from Minnesota, is now notorious for an incident on the October 17 edition of Hardball. Bachmann told Chris Matthews she was "concerned" that Obama "may have anti-American views," and linked him to a Who's Who of leftist agitators, from William Ayers to Saul Alinsky to Ward Churchill. "I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America?" Bachmann said.

Bachmann's comments were an extreme example of McCain-Palin campaign's closing theme: "Real America" and the "the pro-American parts of America" against nebulous socialist elites who "pal around with terrorists." The once reliable tactic backfired in dramatic fashion, jeopardizing Bachmann's reelection in what was once one of the country's safest Republican districts. Bachmann is now the poster child of her party's mounting political woes.

In 2005, while serving in the Minnesota state senate, Bachmann crept surreptitiously to the perimeter of a protest against a bill banning same-sex marriage. She ducked behind a bush, and for several minutes, Bachmann and a staffer observed the rally like spies.

While Bachmann's gaffe startled pundits, a review of her political career shows she has a habit of unusual behavior and inflammatory statements. The fact that she has gotten away with it owes to her relative obscurity and her protection from religious conservatives. "Bachmann was an accident waiting to happen," Steve Perry, the editorial director of the left-learning political news website, The Minnesota Independent, told me. "With no expertise in secular matters, she was caught between an enormous desire for attention and a well justified interest in repelling scrutiny." ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/election08/105084/michelle_%27mccarthy%27_bachmann_--_the_hate_monger_of_minnesota/

[Kazak]

1. Thanks so much, Michelle!

Lots of people probably gained a clearer idea of exactly what they've been voting for for the last couple'a decades, thanks to you.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. And she banned showing the Disney movie Aladdin when she served on a school board

because she felt it promoted witchcraft. She could give Sarah Palin whacko lessons.

[dhpgetsit]

4. What a nightmare ticket! Palin / Bachmann!

[dhpgetsit]

3. Hou have to love the polling trend in that district!

http://www.pollster.com/polls/mn/08-mn-06-ge-bvt.php

I sure hope Tink is able to beat her. It looks extremely tight with some polls showing him ahead!

[LeftishBrit]

5. These RW Republican hate-merchants are scary...

some of them should really have toads and vipers drop from their mouths every time they speak, like the wicked sister in the fairy tale.

[mnmoderatedem]

6. She makes us Minnesotans proud!

NOT!!!!

But hey, God told her to run for Congress, so who are we to question? :shrug:

[BR_Parkway]

7. Then why does she need to campaign or put out yardsigns - God can't just

make everyone vote for her?

[CADEMOCRAT7]

8. Your governor stood up for you all with his endorsement of Obama.

I was very pleased to see this and hear him speak out against her craziness.