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Comprehensive summary and documentation of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s extremist rhetoric, incendiary demagoguery, and misrepresentation since her 2008 reelection to the United States House of Representatives in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District.

Fighting to Protect Our Children (April 14, 2010)
Immelman vs. Bachmann, Round 2 (April 7, 2010)
Today, I announce a second challenge to incumbent Rep. Michele Bachmann for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Minnesotas 6th Congressional District, on a platform of national security, law and order, fiscal responsibility, and uncompromising opposition to political extremism.
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Bachmann Healthscare Strikeout (April 1, 2010)
Bachmann and Violent Extremism (March 25, 2010)
Michele Bachmann’s Abortion Lie (March 24, 2010)
MN-06 Endorses Conspiracy Nut (March 22, 2010)
Bachmann Exploits Troops (March 13, 2010)
Extremism Explodes in America (March 3, 2010)
Michele Bachmann Found in Ohio (March 1, 2010)
Bachmann Conspiracy Nation (Feb. 20, 2010)

A wide open mouth, accusatory pointing and loud vocal emissions often accompany Town Hall Face. Here we see it on display Aug. 12, 2009 in Hopewell, Pa. (Photo credit: Carolyn Kaster / AP — Newsweek)
‘Bizarre’ Bachmann ‘No Friend’ (Feb. 18, 2010)
Bachmann Healthcare Paranoia (Feb. 3, 2010)
Bachmann High on Year-End Lists (Jan. 21 2010)
MN-06 Poll: Bachmann Approval 53% (Dec. 22 2009)
Bachmann Finalist for Liar Award (Dec. 15, 2009)
Bachmann Saps Faith in America (Nov. 30, 2009)
Bachmann Suckers St. Cloud Times (Nov. 23, 2009)
Condemning Beck and Bachmann (Nov. 19, 2009)

Bachmann Reels in CNN (Nov. 18, 2009)

Bachmann Headlines British Press (Nov. 16, 2009)
Poll: Bachmann Approval at 51% (Nov. 14, 2009)
Bachmann Rebuked for Nazi Image (Nov. 12, 2009)

Bachmann Stunt Back to Roots (Nov. 1, 2009)

New York Times Bachmann Fluff (Oct. 29, 2009)

Bachmann: Bob Dole Represents ‘Non-Pro-Freedom’ Agenda (Oct. 21, 2009)

Bob Dole, off to war in 1945.
(The Russell Daily News)
Bachmann’s ‘Anti-American’ Rant (Oct. 18, 2009)
Bachmann’s MSNBC Amnesia (Oct. 12, 2009)
Bachmann ‘School Sex Clinics’ (Oct. 2, 2009)
Truth-O-Meter: School health clinics would not provide abortions — We see no language in the three main versions of the bill that would allow school-based clinics, which have a long history of providing basic health services to underprivileged students, to provide abortions. Nor would the clinics even be new – they have been around for three decades. So we rate the claim Pants on Fire!
Queer Bachmann-Paul Pairing (Sept. 28, 2009)
Bachmann Census Sedition Silence (Sept. 27, 2009)
Dems Link Pawlenty, Bachmann (Sept. 20, 2009)
Bomb-Throwing Bachmann (Sept. 18, 2009)
Bachmann Heads Teabaggers (Sept. 13, 2009)

Al Eisele Pans Michele Bachmann (Sept. 12, 2009)
Pawlenty Compared to Bachmann (Sept. 10, 2009)
Bachmann Eyes ‘Madam President’ (Sept. 9, 2009)
Bachmann: “Slit Our Wrists” (Sept. 2, 2009)
Michele Bachmann ‘Lies in Christ’ (Aug. 31, 2009)
Ron Paul Converts Bachmann (Aug. 27, 2009)
Bachmann Plays Victim … Again (Aug. 14, 2009)

Palinized? Palin-Bachmann photo collage
by The Minnesota Independent
The Empress of Exaggeration (Aug. 8, 2009)

Michele Bachmann’s Greatest Hits (Aug. 6, 2009)
Bachmann Rated ‘Most Vulnerable’ (July 24, 2009)
Michele Bachmann Unmasked (July 20, 2009)
ACORN: Bachmann ‘Pants on Fire’ (July 2, 2009)
Census: Bachmann ‘Pants on Fire’ (July 1, 2009)
2 ‘Pants on Fires’ for Bachmann (June 30, 2009)
Bachmann’s Census Paranoia (June 27, 2009)
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Credit: Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Bachmann ‘False Witness’ Released (June 24, 2009)
Bachmann Big Spender (June 20, 2009)

Rep. Michele Bachmann spent more than $100,000 on printing and franked mail in the first quarter. (Photo credit: John Shinkle /Politico)
Bachmann Bats for End Times (May 20, 2009)
Bachmann Seeks to Block ACORN (May 15, 2009)

Bachmann Liberal Love-Affair (May 14, 2009)
Bachmann ‘Wingnut of the Week’ (May 10, 2009)
Bachmann Ignites Truth-O-Meter (May 6, 2009)
Bachmann: MN Press Pushes Back (May 3, 2009)
Bachmann Watch (April 25, 2009)

MN GOP Ready to Ditch Bachmann? (April 11, 2009)
A “Rash of Lies and Falsehoods” (April 9, 2009)
Bachmann Brainwashing Paranoia (April 8, 2009)
Bachmann Climate Change Forum (April 4, 2009)
Honors for Michele Bachmann (April 1, 2009)
Bachmann Says “I’m Not a Kook” (March 28, 2009)
Bachmann Call for Armed Revolt? (March 24, 2009)
The Princess of Pork (March 18, 2009)
Bachmann on the Media Circuit (March 9, 2009)

Bachmann sounds the socialism alarm.
(Photo credit: CNN / Getty Images)
Bachmann Retort “Kind of Stupid” (March 2, 2009)
More Bachmann Bad Press for GOP (March 1, 2009)
Bachmann: “DCCC is After Me!” (Feb. 26, 2009)
Bachmann ‘Marie Antoinette-ish’ (Feb. 22, 2009)

“Craziest Interview” in U.S. History (Feb. 19, 2009)
Bachmann Sullies Minnesota (Jan. 16, 2009)

Michele Bachmann on election night 2006.
(Photo credit: AP / Star Tribune — Carlos Gonzalez)
More Honors for Bachmann (Jan. 6, 2009)
MN-06: Notable Year in Review (Dec. 31, 2008)
MN-06 ‘Most Embarrassing’ Honors (Dec. 11, 2008)

$2 Gas? Bad News. (Nov. 22, 2008)

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) at the Sartell SummerFest Parade, Sat., June 14, 2008, promising $2 gas with a “Drill Here, Drill Now” strategy of increasing supply. (Photo credit: St. Cloud Times)
Bachmann Bears False Witness (Nov. 20, 2008)
Bachmann Suddenly an ‘Obama Supporter’ (Nov. 9, 2008; scroll down)
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January 2010 Update: New Anti-Bachmann Blog
Michele Bachmann for President … of Crazy
(Bachmann Stupid Overdrive)
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