Michele Bachmann Opposes Liberty and Justice For All?
Rep. Keith Ellison, ultraliberal Democrat of Minnesota, appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal Thursday morning, and was asked about Bachmann. What unfolded was a classic elaboration of today's liberal creed — which Ellison dressed up as “liberty and justice for all” — and then insisted Bachmann was opposed to that concept down the line: PETER SLEN, C-SPAN host: Your district borders Michele Bachmann’s. ELLISON: Sure does. And you know, I get along fine with Michele, and she and I were state legislators together, and interpersonally, we’re fine. But of course our views couldn’t be any more different that they are. You know, we just see the world in a fundamentally different light. That’s true. Bachmann is a Tea Party Christian conservative, and Ellison is a left-wing Muslim convert who co-chairs the House Progressive Caucus. But listen to how Ellison announces the liberal creed, and then assumed that Bachmann opposes every ideal he announces, including liberty and justice for all: I believe in inclusion of all Americans, no matter what religion, what color, what race, whoever
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on June 25, 2011. Filed under