Thanks Michele Bachmann $102,045

[malaise]

so far for Elwyn Tinklenberg!

I love DU :bounce: :rofl: :applause: :woohoo:

[saltpoint]

1. What a fool she was to let Tweety tangle her up in her own

bigotry and propaganda.

And he barely had to lift a finger. She just set fire to herself without much provocation.

[malaise]

4. It's fall down funny

I'd love to see her lose.

[saltpoint]

5. Hi, malaise. Yes. I'm with you. She just opened up her trap

and out came the most ugly bile I've heard in a long time.

She must have got the robocall memo and decided to pimp the Puke message on national tv.

I join you in hoping voters in her district retire her pronto.

[malaise]

marmar started a thread asking if this was her macaca moment

I responded that it was her Macacarthy moment.

Liberals rock!!

[saltpoint]

7. Macacarthy. LOL!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

9. That's the beauty of free speech

You let them talk and talk and talk, as they weave their hateful words into ropes with which they then hang themselves.

Tweety was perfect. I was really thrilled with him. And, yes, I had this thing run up my leg.............................

[saltpoint]

18. Yep. The up-the-leg the thrill of Chris Matthews.

When he's on, he's on pretty good, and he made pretty quick work of bilious Michelle Bachmann.

My god, I don't even want to think about the people in her district who think she's qualified to represent them in a Constitutional republic.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

21. Here's hoping they were as shocked as we were,

and they speak with their ballots.

That was almost as good as Tweety's drumming of that rightwingnut radio talk host who was blathering about "appeasement," but who, Tweety quickly discerned, didn't know what it meant.

That was a classic. I watch the youtube of it every now and then. Great theater.

[rzemanfl]

20. Call your bug guy and complain about that thing on your leg. n/t

[Tangerine LaBamba]

22. You be quiet

We're having drinks, and we might just spend the night together.

Mind your own damn business.................

[rzemanfl]

24. Just be sure he washes his hands (chemicals you know).

I bet he knows how to clean the cobwebs outta there.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

25. Ya think?

I'd hate to lose that really cool echo chamber thing...............

[Lancer]

2. Yippee!

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

[kansasblue]

3. And that's just the ActBlue total. Lots of DUers donated to his site directly

before DU put up an ActBlue page.

[PDittie]

6. What this says about our infrastructure

is nothing short of amazing to me.

It was just four years ago that John Kerry was paralyzed as this same line of Swift Boats attacked his honor. The media did not effectively push back against the lies, and there certainly was no coordinated response from Kerry's supporters, online or off.

To be certain, Kerry himself should have fought back harder. But see, Barack Obama and his campaign has had nothing to do with the Bachmann matter; this has been an instant reaction to the rantings of lunatic Republican in favor of her obscure Democratic challenger in the form of cold, hard cash from the netroots.

Tweety challenged Bachmann's ludicrous assertions straight away as she was spewing them; Keith and Rachel followed up, and Daily Kos and DU advanced the response by picking up the YouTubes of Bachmann's playing kissyface with Bush, then denouncing him more recently as his popularity withered. They also found and posted Tinklenberg's site and publicly called for donations. The rest of us spread the message elsewhere around the blogosphere.

And if you went out to dinner last night, you missed the whole thing.

A hundred grand in 12 hours, all because an idiot conservative ran her stupid mouth. Now THAT's progressive.

[malaise]

8. You need to include Katrina vanden Heuvel's response

Her expressed outrage at Bachmann's comments also facilitated this response.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4258566

[kikiek]

10. Her comments would make a great ad comparing her to McCarthy.

[malaise]

12. Great idea

Now $105,080

[kikiek]

13. They compared money on hand the other day Tink had 300 thousand plus she had over 1 mil.

He has raised 1/3 of what he had on hand! That is so wonderful I am at a loss for words.

[malaise]

17. Here's her money

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00027493&cycle=2008#funds

[kikiek]

15. Here is the link

His campaign released new financial reports Tuesday, showing it raised $469,000 in the third quarter of this year, for a total of $1 million during the 2007-08 election cycle. He has $357,000 in cash on hand.
The third-quarter reports are due to be filed today with the Federal Election Commission. While Bachmann did not release her latest figures Tuesday, she had far outpaced Tinklenberg through the second quarter of this year, raising $2.2 million and having $1.4 million in cash to spend
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/30984239.html?elr=KArksac8P3iUec7PaP3iUqc8P3UU

[marew]

11. Petition for Bachmann censure on Huff Post.

Already signed it myself. Please check it out. I never thought Matthews was that smart but he sure got her to step in her own do-do! :eyes:

[shadowknows69]

14. Anyone remember that song "My own worst enemy"

That's your theme song Michelle. Good luck and all.

[AlCzervik]

16. I hope she keeps on flapping her gums. If she loses i think besides Obama winning

her defeat would be the 2nd best thing of the night. My favorite defeat in 2006 was Richard Pombo, Bachmann makes him seem like just a regular asshole.

[malaise]

19. She's another gift

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/17/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4530564.shtml
<snip>
The Crypt, for one, rejoices that the issue of anti-Americanism has returned to our national political debate, along with the use of the terms "socialist" and "communist," which we missed out on the first time around. We thus call for the immediate restoration of the House Un-American Activities Committee, which has been out of business for almost 40 years. The Crypt also wants Richard Nixon installed as chairman of HUAC, despite the fact that he passed away in 1994.

However, The Crypt is kind of a little grossed out by the idea of "penetrating" and members of Congress, so we instead suggest a regular ol' expose instead.

Bachmann's office declined to make the congresswoman available to elaborate on her Hardball comments. The Crypt will need some help in determining which members are anti-American, although we suspect that anyone with a "D" in front of their name is probably Bachmann's idea of a good place to start.

[Jade Fox]

23. Proud to say I donated to Tinklenberg a few weeks ago......

after seeing Bachman defend Sarah Palin on CNN. I thought, "I don't know who this creepy Congresswoman is, but I'm giving money to her opponent!"