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  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Bachmann posts absurdly question-begging "Conservative Priorities Survey" to her website

    Michele Bachmann is really concerned about where her supporters stand on the important issues. She's so concerned, in fact, that she recently posted a "Conservative Priorities Survey" to her website in order to get a clearer idea of what her backers think.But let's just put it this way -- Bachmann h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Bachmann renounces citizenship in gay-friendly Switzerland, blasts Obama for backing gay marriage

    No doubt uncomfortable with the contrast between her avowed political views and the laws of the land in liberal-minded Switzerland, Michele Bachmann yesterday renounced her Swiss citizenship. In a statement, Bachmann said she renounced her dual citizenship "because I want to make it perfectly clear: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Michele Bachmann becomes a Swiss citizen, hilarity ensues [CARTOONS]

    If Michele Bachmann loses her U.S. House seat to Jim Graves this November, she could always try her hand at running for parliament in Switzerland. That's because on March 19, Bachmann became a Swiss citizen. Her spokeswoman explained that because Marcus Bachmann is of Swiss descent, he and Michele h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Michele Bachmann endorses Romney months after saying Mitt "cannot beat Obama"

    Open wide, Michele. You're about to eat your own words.Today in Virginia, Bachmann announced she's "honored" to endorse Mitt Romney for president, characterizing Mitt as "a man who will preserve the American dream of prosperity and liberty."Bachmann must be planning to play the conservative foil to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Accretive's CEO takes shot at AG Lori Swanson over Fairview controversy

    On Tuesday, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson blasted Chicago-based Accretive Health, the debt collection agency formerly used by Fairview hospitals, for using "boiler-room-style" tactics to try and get emergency room patients to pay their bills upfront.Today, Accretive's CEO shot back.During ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Michele Bachmann, drowned out by Obamacare supporters, says: "We are surrounded by those who benefit from socialism"

    ​If a shrill, conservative tree falls in the woods but everybody around is making too much noise to hear it, does it make a sound?Apparently, it does. And it sounds something like: "We are surrounded by those who benefit from socialism."Those were Michele Bachmann's words today in the midst of a c ... More >>

  • News

    January 25, 2012

    Victoria Jackson: Tea Party princess

    From SNL to the rabid right of modern politics

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Norm Coleman: Obamacare won't be repealed, despite what Romney says

    ​Remember Norm Coleman? Seems like it's been a while since we've seen his name in the news.Turns out, he's still quietly working as a "special adviser" to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. Well, quietly until last weekend, when he opened his mouth and said something Romney probably wish ... More >>

  • News

    January 4, 2012

    Michele Bachmann falls from grace

    From top GOP contender to bottom of the barrel

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Michele Bachmann quits presidential race

    Michele Bachmann has officially quit the 2012 presidential race. After a dismal sixth place finish in the Iowa caucus last night, Bachmann has finally read the enormous writing on the wall and effectively ended her ill-fated campaign. "Last night, the people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    John Kline is addicted to voting in Congress

    Jonh Kline has a perfect attendance record. Total nerd, right?​Congressman John Kline sure has a funny way of being a U.S. Representative. Kline has taken a bizarre approach to his job, as unveiled yesterday by the New York Times. It seems that Kline and several other members of congress have repe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Michele Bachmann warns of the Hezbollah Cuban Missile Crisis that isn't happening

    Michele Bachmann is here to warn you about Cuba, Hezbollah, and everything else.​Michele Bachmann is plunging deeper and deeper into the informational abyss these days, pulling out whatever kind of fact-like thing she stumbles on and throwing it at her wide-eyed audiences, which grow smaller and l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Perrycare: Michele Bachmann's new word for using a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer

    Michele Bachmann has a new word on her mind, and a fake plant over her shoulder.​Michele Bachmann finally figured out the public's problem with her opposition to the HPV vaccine: Not enough branding!So, in the tradition of "Obamacare," her favorite word for Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty endorses Mitt Romney [VIDEO]

    Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney, thus guaranteeing... probably nothing.​Tim Pawlenty waited only a month after dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination before endorsing another candidate. This morning, Pawlenty made his announcement on Fox News, choosing to throw his s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Michele Bachmann: Tell Joe Biden I'm not a "terrorist"

    Not only is Michele not a terrorist, she's a charity case.​Michele Bachmann is not a terrorist, and she needs your money. Bachmann sent out a fundraising e-mail yesterday attempting to raise money off of Joe Biden's reported comment that Tea Party Republicans "acted like terrorists" in the run-up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Michele Bachmann's congressional record

    C-SPANMichele Bachmann: Representation without legislation.​With so much written about the wild things Michele Bachmann says, City Pages thought we'd take a look at what she has actually accomplished in Congress. Despite Bachmann's early success in the presidential polls, her congressional record ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    How Pawlenty did at last night's Republican debate

    Pawlenty had a chance to face down Romney on Obamneycare, and he turned away.​Tim Pawlenty showed everyone Monday night during the Republican debate on CNN why Bill O'Reilly pegged him as a vanilla ice cream salesman. Instead of getting in Mitt Romney's face and smacking him around with the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Pawlenty coins "Obamneycare," no one laughs

    Watch out Mr. Romney.​It's on! Tim Pawlenty, seizing the rhetorical moment by the throat, is getting down to some gutter level insults ahead of tonight's Republican debate in New Hampshire. He's summoned up all his courage and coined a devastating soundbite. "Obmaneycare."

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Michele Bachmann wants to be prez so she can kill "the crown jewel of socialism"

    ​Unlike Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann can answer the question of why she's running for president with one made-up word: Obamacare.In an interview with CNN, America's Craziest Congresswoman called Obama's healthcare program "the crown jewel of socialism" and said that anyone who is running for pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Pawlenty flunks "tell the truth" presidential speech

    ​If you're going to announce your presidential campaign based on a speech that declares, "I'm going to tell you the truth," then the least you can do is -- well -- actually tell the truth. Tim Pawlenty didn't, as an Associated Press fact check of his Iowa speech today demonstrates over and o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty debates on Fox: What he said

    Pawlenty appeared with the also-rans.​Tim Pawlenty showed up last night in South Carolina to debate four other also-rans in the GOP presidential race: Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Gary Johnson. They didn't actually debate, of course. No one debates at debates anymore: They speech ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    5 Future Pawlenty Pop Culture References: Comment Of The Day

    Tim Pawlenty: Pop culture icon.​Tim Pawlenty made some tortured references to Charlie Sheen and Lady Gaga in a speech to Iowa college Republicans the other day, evidently in a bid for the youth vote. After that, and T-Paw's never-ending spate of Hollywood movie trailers aimed at hiding his in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Tim Pawlenty attacks Obama's healthcare as "one of the most flawed and misguided laws in modern history"

    Matt VisionquestBravepaw tweets his feelings on Obamacare.​Tim Pawlenty just excitedly tweeted that we should all check out his statement on the "1 yr anniversary of Obamacare."For such a momentous twitterduction, the statement is decidely brief--just about three tweets worth of text. In it, Pawle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Michele Bachmann's health care funding conspiracy theory debunked

    ​Rep. Michele Bachmann insisted over and over again on Sunday's Meet the Press and on Facebook that she was privy to a sinister plot by President Barack Obama to hide $105 billion worth of funding in the health care reform law. The story has about as much truth as the hogwash she peddled about t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Michele Bachmann begs for cash after Clinton calls her divorced from reality

    Bill Clinton and Michele Bachmann: Fundraising power couple.​Former President Bill Clinton told the World Economic Forum recently that Rep. Michele Bachmann was divorced from reality and living in a parallel universe when it comes to health care in the United States. Right on cue, Bachmann turned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Bill Clinton calls Michele Bachmann divorced from reality on health care

    Clinton takes another shot at Bachmann.​Former President Bill Clinton just told representatives of the world's leading economic powers that Rep. Michele Bachmann exists in a parallel universe divorced from reality when it coms to America's position in the world, especially with regards to heal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Michele Bachmann SOTU response transcript

    Michele Bachmann delivers the tea party SOTU response.​Michele Bachmann insisted she wasn't trying to upstage Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan's official Republican response to the State of the Union address this evening. But she rubbed everyone the wrong way anyway. Here's what she said.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Mark Dayton jettisons Tim Pawlenty's health insurance stands [UPDATE, VIDEO]

    Mark Dayton meets the press today.​Congress passed health care reform. But in Minnesota, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty said we couldn't have it. Today, making good on campaign promises, Mark Dayton said that we can. And his two executive orders can't be stopped by the new Republican-controlled Legisl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Michele Bachmann dismantles health care on Twitter [UPDATE]

    ​It's a legislative move guaranteed to warm the hearts of teabaggers: Michele Bachmann is all set to vote in favor of repealing health care reform on Jan. 12. She said so on Twitter. That might mean that her first major legislative victory is to dismantle another major piece of legislation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Michele Bachmann loses "Lie of the Year" again

    ​After getting trounced last year by Sarah Palin, we really thought she had a shot this time around. But once again, Michele Bachmann has been been stiff-armed by the readers of PolitiFact's annual "Lie of the Year" competition. Her whopper:

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Tim Pawlenty orders Minnesota not to access federal health care reform money

    Tim Pawlenty overrides federal health care legislation.​Minnesota government agencies have been ordered by Gov. Tim Pawlenty not to participate in any of the discretionary benefits contained in federal health care overhaul legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama ear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Michele Bachmann makes re-election bid official

    Via Bachmann for Congress/FacebookShe looks taller on TV, doesn't she?​She forgot to pay her property taxes on time, but incumbent Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann didn't forget to register for her own re-election today, signing papers for the CD6 race with Minnesota Secretary of Stat ... More >>

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