Bachmann Personally Benefited From Earmarks, Then Falsely Claims She Never Did

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Bachmann Personally Benefited From Earmarks, Then Falsely Claims She Never Did
Michele Bachmann (R-MN) officially kicked off her presidential campaign this morning in Iowa, right after the latest state poll shows her surging and only a point behind front-runner Mitt Romney (R-MA). ...
Michele Bachmann (R-MN) officially kicked off her presidential campaign this morning in Iowa, right after the latest state poll shows her surging and only a point behind front-runner Mitt Romney (R-MA). But as she becomes a more prominent and viable candidate, Bachmann is facing fresh scrutiny over her past remarks and positions. The Los Angeles Times recently released an investigative report showing that she and her family personally benefited from hundreds of thousands of dollars in government aid.
Bachmann, who once declared, "All this pork is bad" and has centered her campaign around denouncing out-of-control government spending, was less than truthful when disclosing the full extent of the earmarks she's taken during an interview on Sunday with Fox News' Chris Wallace.
Wallace confronted her with the government funds she's accepted over the years while portraying herself as a fiscal conservative. They include $30,000 for a counseling clinic run by her husband and $260,000 in federal subsidies for a family farm in Wisconsin, where she is listed as a partner. Bachmann, a Tea Party favorite, struggled to square her pledge not to take congressional pork with accepting earmarks for personal projects.

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[Tomdamang]

In 2005 she not only wanted to eliminate the minium wage, she claimed young workers should have to pay their employer for giving them the privilage to work and learn how to work. This was said in a hearing regarding raising the minimum wage.

[Tomdamang]

Republicans are trying to dumb down america so they can be fooled by people like her.

Don't let corporations take over America.

[TKDMike58]

bachmann is a COMPLETE NUTJOB.....voting for her would be like voting for bozo the clown....