Ok, so Michele Bachmann, Represenative from Minn to the US House, questioned if Obama had anti-American views and suggested that Congress ought to call him out on it.
Many of us liberals here in MN (the only state that voted for Mondale, thank you very much, D.C. not being a state) have been cringing at Bachmann for years. She seems to always be putting her foot in her mouth or getting herself on camara in some weird way. You might remember her from such hits as getting awkwardly affectionate with the president after a State of the Union speech (on camara on national television), or her extremely conservative views on women's issues. I secretly think she either hasn't completed her transgender surgery yet or that she's a total closet lesbian - something that's causing a lot of self-loathing.
So anyway, let's return to our faux pas already in progress. So Bachmann makes this inflammatory comment on national television while in the middle of running her own campaign for reelection. Within hours, the great people of Minnesota have donated $600,000 to her opponent (unfortunately named, and I'm not even kidding, Edwyn Tinklenberg).
So nice job, Michele, excellent campaign strategy. We hoped your own comments would eventually bring you down, but we couldn't even have dreamed of something this delicious. Thanks for making the election season a little more exciting, even when you're not in my district.
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It wasn't just Minnesotans. One of the mommy/political bloggers I follow on twitter wanted to know who she was running against so she could donate to them.
I donated to Tinklenberg a while back, and as awesome as the name "Edwyn Tinklenberg" is, what's even better is that he goes by "El". So I get e-mails from "El Tinklenberg" which, of course, makes me picture him as if he's dressed up like one of the Three Amigos. This gives me joy.
I was stoked to see MN06 added to the Red to Blue list. I'd love to see that hateful crazy removed from the national stage.
And now the Republican she defeated in the primary is mounting a write-in campaign. This just keeps getting better.
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