Frank takes dig at colleague in health care debate

Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care legislation.

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Can survivors lead GOP out of the wilderness?

NEW YORK - The Republicans who survived Tuesday night’s Democratic electoral onslaught might bravely insist that “whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”

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Can outspoken Republican survive in Minn.?

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota democrat Elwyn "El" Tinklenberg sounded frustrated on Thursday.

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Link goes to the video at Media Matters.

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Bachmannia descends.

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I forgot to mention this in my post about meeting Michelle Bachmann. While I was standing there waiting to get a picture with her, she was bragging to her followers around her that the House Republicans had kept bringing up pointless amendments.

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The far right's star House member just hit the headlines with a rowdy health-care rally on Capitol Hill. Benjamin Sarlin reports on the Democrats lining up in Minnesota to send Michele Bachmann into early retirement.

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The Minnesota Republican reveals her sources of information, and suddenly everything's a little clearer

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Thousands of protesters came to Capitol Hill yesterday for Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) protest against health care reform, capping months of fear-mongering about the dangers of so-called "socialized" medicine.

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"Fox News has repeatedly advanced, and in Sean Hannity's case adopted, Rep.

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Their main grievance was health care reform—some periodically broke out into chants of "Kill the bill!"—but many protesters saw reform as a part of a larger problem of government overreach: the stimulus, bailouts, and proposed cap and trade legislation.

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House Minority Leader John Boehner was fired up and ready to go at the Tea Party rally today. He even held up his pocket copy of the Constitution, pledging to "stand here with our Founding Fathers, who wrote in the pre-amble: 'We hold these truths to be self evident ..."

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Wonder what he thought of 9/11 and the USA PATRIOT act. House Minority Leader John Boehner addressed the tea party crowd on Capitol Hill today, telling them that health care reform is "the greatest threat to freedom" he's seen as a congressman.

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Michele Bachmann and her crazy mob of Teabaggers have invaded the Hill today. Hoorah Palin/Bachmann 2012

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Tea Party express comes to Capitol Hill with a cast of thousands.

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Dontkillgrandma.com

This article more or less writes itself. On Wednesday, several media outlets reported that the AARP would be officially endorsing the House Democrat healthcare plan, set to be voted on this weekend. The AARP is expected to make their official announcemment today (Thursday).

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On the heels of congressional Republicans comparing health care reform to terrorism, I suppose it stands to reason that these same lawmakers would be equally creative in applying labels to themselves.

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As some form of health care reform nears passage, folks on the far right are getting increasingly frantic. Enter Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who pitched a real tantrum in an interview with the Washington News Observer.

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A Citizens Council on Health Care fundraiser will feature Maria Anne Hirschmann.

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A few months ago, a typical Washington mini-scandal erupted after Fox News reported that the White House was sending e-mail to people who never signed up to receive it. Now it looks like a conservative Republican could soon be doing the same thing.

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Forget about the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute (CBLPI) has announced their hot new "Great American Conservative Women" calendar for 2010.

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It was classic Bachmann: catchy, biting, partisan. But critics say her sound bites also often carry a different quality: inaccuracy. PolitiFact, a nonpartisan project by The St. Petersburg Times of Florida to fact check the statements of political figures, analyzed six of Ms.

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Both Democrats seeking the nomination to run against Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) have reported strong fundraising totals -- though they'll first have to spend it in competition for the Dem nod.

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Nutcase!

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Get out the duct tape - Here comes Michele Bachmann, again!

There are a lot of "Joke of the Day" sites on the web. But for a real jolt of juicyness, I just had to "Facebook friend" Rep Michele Bachmann (R-MN).

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On the House floor Wednesday night, Rep. Michele Bachmann warned that the health insurance reform package currently being debated by Congress would set up "sex clinics" in schools where students "taken away" to have abortions.

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Two articles: Dem Rep: Treat Felonious Corporations At Least as Harshly as ACORN (Which Committed None) (with video)

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excerpt: "" Michele Bachmann, one of the sickest members of Congress that we've ever seen, keeps up the crazy talk when she lies about what's in the SBHC. ""

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