Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) seems to be emerging now in a very important role for the Republican Party: To be the leading bogeyman for the Democrats, now that folks like George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Rick Santorum, Jesse Helms, etc., are all long gone and out of office.
The DCCC is now getting in on the Bachmann game, launching BachmannWatch.com:
Rather than focus on the easier target of Bachmann’s record of extremism, McCarthyism and talk of revolution, the Dems are instead setting out to pro-actively debunk things she’s said that simply aren’t true. An example:
$1430 for Everyone in the World?
BACHMANN CLAIMS…
“The amount of money that’s been committed by this Democrat government already, the amount of money that they have committed, your tax money to spend, would equal, and I’m not making this up, a check in the amount of $1,430 written to every man, woman, child in the world.”
http://minnesotaindependent.com/26721/bachmanns-statements-on-stimulus-raise-a-few-eyebrows
THE FACTS
Basic math: dividing the $789 billion recovery package by the estimated world population of 6.7 billion only equals $116.
Check out the press release announcing the site, after the jump.
DCCC Launches “Bachmann Watch” Website
The DCCC announced today the launch of BachmannWatch.com, a new website dedicated to highlighting Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s extreme rhetoric and false claims she makes to bolster her outrageous statements.
“Michele Bachmann isn’t just out of touch with Minnesota families, she is out of touch with the truth,” said Gabby Adler, the Midwestern Regional Press Secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “Michele Bachmann will say anything to support her extreme agenda, even if it means lying and twisting the truth. While Michele Bachmann may play fast and loose with the facts, BachmannWatch.com disproves her lies and provides voters the real story.
The website, www.BachmannWatch.com, features “Michele Bachmann vs. the Truth” where Bachmann’s lies and misstatements are fact checked. The website will be regularly updated as Congresswoman Bachmann further proves how out of touch she is with the hardworking Minnesota families who are looking for common sense solutions to the challenges facing our country.
