Bashing Bachmann: A Review of Liberal Media’s Most Obnoxious Attacks on the GOP Presidential Contender
Today's official announcement by Republican Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann that she is running for the GOP nomination for President could spawn a whole new round of frenzied attacks by the liberal media on the Tea Party favorite. A review of the MRC's archives shows a particular disdain for Bachmann coming from the likes of MSNBC host Chris Matthews, who once accused her of being a “zombie,” even going as far to ask her on live Election Night coverage if she “hypnotized?” Not to be outdone, Matthews' former colleague Keith Olbermann claimed Bachmann's rise to Tea Party prominence was because she was one of the “evolutionary regressives” that appealed to, as actress Janeane Garafolo, put it, “the white power movement” of “tea-baggers” and “9-12ers.” The following is a collection of some of the left-wing media's most obnoxious quotes about the congresswoman: (videos after the break) Chris Matthews: “Congresswoman Bachmann, are you hypnotized tonight? Has someone hypnotized you? Because no matter what I ask you, you give the same answer. Are you hypnotized? Has someone put you under a trance tonight? That you give me the same answer no matter what question I put to you?” Rep. Michele Bachmann: “I think the American people are the ones that are finally speaking tonight. We're coming out of our trance….I think people are thrilled tonight. I imagine that thrill is probably maybe quite not so tingly on your leg anymore.” — From MSNBC's election night coverage, November 2, 2010 MSNBC's Chris Matthews: “Let's listen to Michele Bachmann, your new boss. By the way she may be a zombie answering to somebody out there — Boris Karloff, I don't know who's giving her orders — but here she is on the debt ceiling. Let's listen to her.” Clip of Michele Bachmann: “I am not in favor of raising the debt ceiling. As a matter of fact, I have a petition that I'm urging people to sign at MichelePAC.com to urge their member of Congress not to raise the debt ceiling.” Matthews: “Do you hear that? Who does she get her orders from?” — Matthews to GOP strategist Todd Harris on Hardball, January 4, 2011
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