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Rich Broderick, Twin Cities Daily Planet: 'Over the past few weeks as Michele Bachmann s star has risen in the firmament of GOP presidential hopefuls, I have been reading a flurry of emails, blogs, and Facebook status updates from fellow Minnesotans of a leftish bent decrying Bachmann not only for her extremist ideology but for being 'insane' or 'crazy.' Last week she was even treated to one of Matt Taibbi's gonzo wrecking jobs in Rolling Stone that made essentially the same point - she s bonkers, man. Whacko. Cuckoo. A runaway train with no crew on board.'

http://www.truth-out.org/michele-bachmann-new-american-boogeywoman/1309270346



Michele Bachmann Advocates Abolishing Minimum Wage

Travis Waldron, ThinkProgress: 'Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) formally kicked off her presidential campaign yesterday, painting herself as a Tea Party candidate who is ready to lead the country back to prosperity (even if her former chief of staff doesn t think so). Today, in classic Tea Party form, Bachmann reiterated her long-held belief that a federally mandated minimum wage is a job-killing federal regulation that may need to be abolished.'

http://www.truth-out.org/michele-bachmann-advocates-abolishing-minimum-wage/1309440840


Bachmann Lies About Her Family History to Sound More Iowan

Chris Rodda, Truthout: 'In previous speeches in Iowa over the past few months, Bachmann has elaborated on the story of her Iowa roots with a saga that sounds like something straight out of 'Little House on the Prairie.' The only problem is that most of the incredibly inspiring story of Iowan ancestors - which Bachmann is using to sound even more Iowan than most of the Iowans she s speaking to - simply isn t true.'

http://www.truth-out.org/bachmann-lies-about-her-family-history-sound-more-iowan/1309970045

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Keith Olbermann: Does Bachmann Believe Slavery Had Advantages?

Keith discusses her latest adventure in ridiculous thinking with Faiz Shakir of the Center for American Progress.

http://bit.ly/qPGwgc


From Information Clearing House



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