Michele Bachmann

(Difference between revisions)'''Michele M. Bachmann''', born April 6, 1956 (age {{age|1956|04|06}}), is a [[conservative]] and the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] woman to be elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Minnesota]].  She represents the 6th District of Minnesota.  Undefeated as a five-term conservative [[congress]]man [[Michele Bachmann]] from a predominantly liberal state, Michele Bachman announced that she would not run for reelection in 2014.http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/29/bachmann/2368527/'''Michele M. Bachmann''', born April 6, 1956 (age {{age|1956|04|06}}), is a [[conservative]] and the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] woman to be elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Minnesota]].  She represents the 6th District of Minnesota.  Undefeated as a four-term conservative [[congress]]man from a predominantly liberal state, Bachman announced that she would not run for reelection in 2014.http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/29/bachmann/2368527/A [[movement conservative]], Michele Bachmann defeated a massive attempt by [[liberals]] to unseat her in 2008 and 2010.  Prior to her election to [[Congress]], she served in the Minnesota state [[legislature]] since first being elected there in 2000 as a check against the leftists then encroaching on Minnesota's freedoms.A [[movement conservative]], Michele Bachmann defeated a massive attempt by [[liberals]] to unseat her in 2008 and 2010.  Prior to her election to [[Congress]], she served in the Minnesota state [[legislature]] since first being elected there in 2000 as a check against the leftists then encroaching on Minnesota's freedoms. U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 6th District
From: January 4, 2007 – Present

Michele M. Bachmann, born April 6, 1956 (age 57), is a conservative and the first Republican woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota. She represents the 6th District of Minnesota. Undefeated as a four-term conservative congressman from a predominantly liberal state, Bachman announced that she would not run for reelection in 2014.[2]

A movement conservative, Michele Bachmann defeated a massive attempt by liberals to unseat her in 2008 and 2010. Prior to her election to Congress, she served in the Minnesota state legislature since first being elected there in 2000 as a check against the leftists then encroaching on Minnesota's freedoms.

Michele Bachmann, an attorney, is a former tax litigator. She has five children and has also opened her home to 23 foster children.[3]

Bachmann is pro-life, pro-gun,[4] pro-religion and holds many other core conservative values. She is widely considered one of the most important politicians in the fight against evolution. She has been heavily influenced by Francis Shaeffer, and is not afraid to defend her conservative Christian moral convictions against even the most desperate attacks by liberals. A search for her on Google turns up five positive sites for every 100 nasty liberal smear sites, like the Huffington Post. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had officially put the outspoken Minnesota Republican in their sights with the bachmannwatch website. In early 2013, the FBI and congressional ethics investigators interviewed former Bachmann campaign workers regarding allegations of improper campaign expenditures.[5] Despite a heavily Republican district, Bachmann narrowly won re-election in 2012, receiving just 4,298 more votes than her DFL challenger Jim Graves.[6]On May 29, 2013, Bachmann announced that she would not seek reelection to Congress in 2014.[5]

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Michele Bachmann became one of the nation's first female presidential candidate from the GOP. Her campaign showed promise with a win in the Iowa straw poll 2011, however the Iowa caucus in 2012 would turn out much different. Her campaign expected more from Iowans but she finished near the bottom. After the less-than-favorable showing she decided to formally suspend her campaign. She was lampooned as a non-intellectual, a target for pathetic journalism to smear. [7] In addition, the MSM went after her husband Marcus. They mock his demeanor as woman-like. [8]

Liberals have been hysterical about some of the candid observations of Congresswoman Bachmann. She was targeted for comments made seeking an investigation into the Obama-Ayers connection, the "tolerant" liberal establishment even compared her to the Nazis.[9] She deserves many compliments for her insight and courage. Congresswoman Rep. Bachmann "has shown an uncanny knack for infuriating critics with sometimes off-the-wall behavior and comments, all the while advancing her own political career." [10]

The liberal smears are part of a familiar pattern whereby they work overtime to try to discredit conservative women or minorities. The reason is obvious: conservative women and minorities disprove the falsehood that liberals are better for them.

Liberals have also tried to smear Michele Bachmann for her work as a tax attorney for the IRS. As usual, Congresswoman Bachmann rose above the liberal smears when she told a crowd "I went to work into that system because the first rule of war is 'know your enemy.'"[11] Their newest line of attack is trying to demonize her opposition to government mandated vaccinations when abstinence is the truest prevention of HPV infection.

The liberal Super-PAC CREDO has even started to target her for her mid-term election in 2014. It claims it will spend at least $500,000 to boot Bachmann out of office.[12]

Bachmann's husband has also been the target of smears by liberals, many of whom disapprove of his work to help misguided gay teens.

? Bachmann leaves church Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post, 27 July 2011? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/29/bachmann/2368527/? http://bachmann.house.gov/Biography/? Bachmann gets new campaign manager, NRA endorsement MN. Public Radio, OCTOBER 3, 2008? 5.0 5.1 Kane, Paul. "For Bachmann, a shift to the GOP sideline", Washington Post, May 30, 2013, p. A1. ? Diaz, Kevin. "Close call for Bachmann", November 8, 2012. ? The Jimmy Fallon Talk Show incident, Chris Wallace interview to name a few? Marcus Bachmann was trending on Twitter January 3rd, 2012? Hardball Gone Mad: Congresswoman Compared to Nazi for Insisting Media Cover Obama-Ayers Connection, Tim Graham, Newsbusters, October 21, 2008? Outspoken But Not Outmaneuvered, Rep. Bachmann Manages Her Candor, Judson Berger, Fox News.com, March 27, 2009? http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/michele-bachmann-i-worked-for-the-irs-so-i-could-take-down-the-irs/? http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/credo-super-pac-2014-target-michele-bachmann

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Michele Bachmann

(Difference between revisions)'''Michele M. Bachmann''', born April 6, 1956 (age {{age|1956|04|06}}), is a [[conservative]] and the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] woman to be elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Minnesota]].  She represents the 6th District of Minnesota.  Undefeated as a five-term conservative [[congress]]man [[Michele Bachmann]] from a predominantly liberal state, Michele Bachman announced that she would not run for reelection in 2014.http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/29/bachmann/2368527/'''Michele M. Bachmann''', born April 6, 1956 (age {{age|1956|04|06}}), is a [[conservative]] and the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] woman to be elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Minnesota]].  She represents the 6th District of Minnesota.  Undefeated as a four-term conservative [[congress]]man from a predominantly liberal state, Bachman announced that she would not run for reelection in 2014.http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/29/bachmann/2368527/A [[movement conservative]], Michele Bachmann defeated a massive attempt by [[liberals]] to unseat her in 2008 and 2010.  Prior to her election to [[Congress]], she served in the Minnesota state [[legislature]] since first being elected there in 2000 as a check against the leftists then encroaching on Minnesota's freedoms.A [[movement conservative]], Michele Bachmann defeated a massive attempt by [[liberals]] to unseat her in 2008 and 2010.  Prior to her election to [[Congress]], she served in the Minnesota state [[legislature]] since first being elected there in 2000 as a check against the leftists then encroaching on Minnesota's freedoms. U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 6th District
From: January 4, 2007 – Present

Michele M. Bachmann, born April 6, 1956 (age 57), is a conservative and the first Republican woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota. She represents the 6th District of Minnesota. Undefeated as a four-term conservative congressman from a predominantly liberal state, Bachman announced that she would not run for reelection in 2014.[2]

A movement conservative, Michele Bachmann defeated a massive attempt by liberals to unseat her in 2008 and 2010. Prior to her election to Congress, she served in the Minnesota state legislature since first being elected there in 2000 as a check against the leftists then encroaching on Minnesota's freedoms.

Michele Bachmann, an attorney, is a former tax litigator. She has five children and has also opened her home to 23 foster children.[3]

Bachmann is pro-life, pro-gun,[4] pro-religion and holds many other core conservative values. She is widely considered one of the most important politicians in the fight against evolution. She has been heavily influenced by Francis Shaeffer, and is not afraid to defend her conservative Christian moral convictions against even the most desperate attacks by liberals. A search for her on Google turns up five positive sites for every 100 nasty liberal smear sites, like the Huffington Post. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had officially put the outspoken Minnesota Republican in their sights with the bachmannwatch website. In early 2013, the FBI and congressional ethics investigators interviewed former Bachmann campaign workers regarding allegations of improper campaign expenditures.[5] Despite a heavily Republican district, Bachmann narrowly won re-election in 2012, receiving just 4,298 more votes than her DFL challenger Jim Graves.[6]On May 29, 2013, Bachmann announced that she would not seek reelection to Congress in 2014.[5]

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Michele Bachmann became one of the nation's first female presidential candidate from the GOP. Her campaign showed promise with a win in the Iowa straw poll 2011, however the Iowa caucus in 2012 would turn out much different. Her campaign expected more from Iowans but she finished near the bottom. After the less-than-favorable showing she decided to formally suspend her campaign. She was lampooned as a non-intellectual, a target for pathetic journalism to smear. [7] In addition, the MSM went after her husband Marcus. They mock his demeanor as woman-like. [8]

Liberals have been hysterical about some of the candid observations of Congresswoman Bachmann. She was targeted for comments made seeking an investigation into the Obama-Ayers connection, the "tolerant" liberal establishment even compared her to the Nazis.[9] She deserves many compliments for her insight and courage. Congresswoman Rep. Bachmann "has shown an uncanny knack for infuriating critics with sometimes off-the-wall behavior and comments, all the while advancing her own political career." [10]

The liberal smears are part of a familiar pattern whereby they work overtime to try to discredit conservative women or minorities. The reason is obvious: conservative women and minorities disprove the falsehood that liberals are better for them.

Liberals have also tried to smear Michele Bachmann for her work as a tax attorney for the IRS. As usual, Congresswoman Bachmann rose above the liberal smears when she told a crowd "I went to work into that system because the first rule of war is 'know your enemy.'"[11] Their newest line of attack is trying to demonize her opposition to government mandated vaccinations when abstinence is the truest prevention of HPV infection.

The liberal Super-PAC CREDO has even started to target her for her mid-term election in 2014. It claims it will spend at least $500,000 to boot Bachmann out of office.[12]

Bachmann's husband has also been the target of smears by liberals, many of whom disapprove of his work to help misguided gay teens.

? Bachmann leaves church Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post, 27 July 2011? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/29/bachmann/2368527/? http://bachmann.house.gov/Biography/? Bachmann gets new campaign manager, NRA endorsement MN. Public Radio, OCTOBER 3, 2008? 5.0 5.1 Kane, Paul. "For Bachmann, a shift to the GOP sideline", Washington Post, May 30, 2013, p. A1. ? Diaz, Kevin. "Close call for Bachmann", November 8, 2012. ? The Jimmy Fallon Talk Show incident, Chris Wallace interview to name a few? Marcus Bachmann was trending on Twitter January 3rd, 2012? Hardball Gone Mad: Congresswoman Compared to Nazi for Insisting Media Cover Obama-Ayers Connection, Tim Graham, Newsbusters, October 21, 2008? Outspoken But Not Outmaneuvered, Rep. Bachmann Manages Her Candor, Judson Berger, Fox News.com, March 27, 2009? http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/michele-bachmann-i-worked-for-the-irs-so-i-could-take-down-the-irs/? http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/credo-super-pac-2014-target-michele-bachmann

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Bachmann Keeps Seat On Intelligence Committee Despite Discredited Anti-Muslim Witch Hunt

Rep. Michele Bachmann

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) will remain a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence during the 113th Congress — despite leading a widely discredited anti-Muslim witch hunt against government personnel last year.

According to the committee list released Friday, Bachmann will stay on the powerful committee despite calls from People for the American Way and others for Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) to remove her. Instead, Boehner in his statement making the announcement praised the lawmakers “charged sacred task of supporting that mission by ensuring the intelligence community has the resources and tools it needs to stay ahead of the evolving threats we face, and by conducting effective oversight of the administration.”

Dismay towards Bachmann’s continuing presence on the committee stems from her use of that position to lead a witch-hunt against then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin and other U.S. government personnel. In the letter sent to the State Department, Bachmann suggested that Abedin and others were allied with the Muslim Brotherhood, seeking to infiltrate the U.S. government and affect policy decisions. The charges were clearly false, based mostly on the conspiracy theories of noted Islamophobe Frank Gaffney.

Bachmann’s actions split the Republican Party, with several prominent members — including former Speaker Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton — signing onto her conspiracies. Many other Republicans — including Boehner himself — abandoned Bachmann to her quixotic pursuit of imaginary infiltration. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), then-Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) and others joined President Obama and Clinton in condemning Bachmann’s scare tactics.

Joining Bachmann in being renamed to the committee are Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) and Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL), who signed onto the original letter sent to State about Abedin. The clearly Islamophobic stances of these committee members makes their position on the committee, with its oversight of the National Security Agency and CIA’s activities, particularly troubling.

Bachmann in particular clearly learned nothing from her experience smearing Abedin. Not only did she stand by the content of her letter to State, as recently as December, but she also compared a letter from a Muslim advocacy group to Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf. (HT: Faiz Shakir)

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