This Congresswoman Bachmann demonstrated herself to be quite ignorant, reactionary, and astonishingly ignorant of what the US proclaims to represent. You can view her toxic commentary at http://www.thenation.com/... or http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
Her opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg has benefitted from her outburst, but this is one race that needs to be reclaimed as a matter of principle.
TINKLENBERG'S CAMPAIGN FUNDING SURGES
Saint Cloud Times , 10/19/08
By Lawrence Schumacher
Elwyn Tinklenberg's congressional campaign received about $450,000 in contributions in the 24 hours after U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's controversial talk show appearance Friday afternoon, campaign officials said Saturday.
More than 9,000 individual donors contributed to the DFL- and Independence Party-endorsed challenger's campaign from nationwide, mostly through the Internet, said Tinklenberg spokesman John Wodele.
"It's phenomenal what the Internet has done to politics," he said. "I don't think all these contributions are a result of her comments. But she put fuel on the fire. No doubt."
Full story here: http://www.sctimes.com/...
It is my sincere hope that the Kos community will pitch in deep for this one. This is a deeply principled election, and this woman clearly has no business anywhere near the levers of power.
We simply MUST take back our country, I don't care if it's one Congressional seat at a time, or better, but this is important work for all of us.