One of the most vocal and eccentric of Washington’s wingnuts has consistently been Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann. Prior to Obama’s election, Bachmann, in a throwback to McCarthyism, calls for an investigation into what she calls “anti-Americanism” in Congress. Once Obama is in office, Bachmann manages to fearmonger on the census, ACORN, AmeriCorps, healthcare and more.
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