Bachmann’s Brainwashing Paranoia (MSNBC “Hardball,” April 7, 2009) — Sideshow: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is warning that a new bill expanding the AmeriCorps community service agency could lead to the “brainwashing” of America’s youth. Hardball guest host David Shuster reports. (02:34)

The 18-minute podcast of Bachmann’s April 4, 2009, interview with Sue Jeffers on KTLK is available here, at Dump Bachmann. Some excerpts:

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Bachmann fears ‘politically correct re-education camps for young people’ (Minnesota Independent, April 6, 2009)

Bachmann: “I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concern is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go and work in some of these politically correct forums.”

Bachmann: AmeriCorps could morph into “re-education camps” (City Pages, April 6, 2009)

The Republican fear, which is quickly spreading through right-wing pundits, is from some original language that would make AmeriCorps service a requirement for young people. That language has been stripped from the bill.

Rep. Michele Bachmann claims AmeriCorps is reeducation camps for young people (PoliticusUSA, April 6, 2009)

These daily paranoid ramblings from members of the GOP are putting the United States on the verge of becoming a one party country. When Republicans make outrageous claims like Bachmann does, it makes them look crazy, and turns the choice for voters into a contest between a party of the sane, and a party of the insane.

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MN GOP Ready to Ditch Bachmann? (April 11, 2009)

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7/22/09 Update

SCOOP! . . . Bachmann’s son a volunteer at AmeriCorps?
(Dump Bachmann, July 22, 2009)

Michele Bachmann’s son is a commie pinko!
(Greg Laden’s Blog, July 22, 2009)