As if there was any doubt, Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) proved today that she really has no idea what she's talking about. Case in point: on MSNBC's Hardball, she listed convicted Illinois fundraiser Tony Rezko as one of the "leftists" with which Barack Obama has ...
As if there was any doubt, Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) proved today that she really has no idea what she's talking about. Case in point: on MSNBC's Hardball, she listed convicted Illinois fundraiser Tony Rezko as one of the "leftists" with which Barack Obama has been associating himself. Watch it:
There are a lot of things you can call Rezko, but a "leftist" really isn't one of them. Even Chris Matthews has been paying enough attention to realize he doesn't quite belong in that category. Later in the program, the Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet later referred to the Minnesota Republican as "terribly uninformed."
To see Bachmann's full appearance in all it's McCarthyesque glory, head over to Archpundit's place.
UPDATE: TPM Election Central adds this: "[S]he also alleged that Saul Alinsky was a teacher to Obama in Chicago. Alinsky died in 1972."
UPDATE II: Here's Katrina vanden Heuvel's response:
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