Keith Ellison labels Michele Bachmann's rantings "Psycho Talk"

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from the MSP Star-Trib:




Bachmann and Ellison trade barbs
Minnesota's congresswoman from the Sixth District has taken on the congressman from the Fifth District.

By BOB VON STERNBERG, Star Tribune

Last update: April 17, 2009 - 10:57 PM


For months, Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann has been an almost constant, outspoken presence on TV and radio talk shows, often lobbing rhetorical grenades that have delighted conservatives, infuriated liberals and raised her national profile far beyond Minnesota's Sixth Congressional District.

A few of Bachmann's zingers have backfired. But this week, one of her targets -- Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison -- fired back.

Bachmann started the row last week when she said during a radio interview that the controversial "flying imams" -- six Muslim men removed from a plane at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in a well-publicized incident in 2006 -- had come to the Twin Cities to attend Ellison's victory celebration after his initial election to Congress.

Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, replied Thursday that Bachmann was engaged in "psycho talk."

According to the transcript of an interview Bachmann gave to a San Francisco talk radio station on April 9, she said: "The imams, the imams, were actually attending, ah, Congressman Keith Ellison's victory celebration, when he won as a member of Congress." She then went on to detail the allegations made at the time about the behavior of the men. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http: http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/43178777.html?page=1&c=y

[suede1]

1. It's really a shame when someone as backwards as Bachmann rises to this level.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. Consider the people who elected her,

twice - or is it more than that?

And keep in mind that their votes count just the same as ours.

Then meditate on the unfairness of that .....................

[camera obscura]

3. Minnesota elected the first Muslim congressman the same year as the first... whatever Michele is.

God bless this state.

[LSparkle]

4. Score one for Ed Schultz and his "Psycho Talk" segment! n/t

[Natalya Slosky]

5. How do people like Bachmann get elected in the first place?

She is a full blown nut. No offense to nuts.

[JuniperLea]

6. There seems to be a very long list...

What about W? Palin? Norm Coleman?