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Oral Roberts U grad Bachmann says Harvard grad Obama ‘isn’t well-schooled’

By Karl Bremer | 08.27.08 | 5:17 pm

Michele Bachmann recently told the Hometown Source, an online extension of ABC Newspapers in the northern suburbs, that Barack Obama “isn’t well-schooled and prepared to be President of the United States.”
That’s an interesting observation, coming from…

Despite Michele Bachmann’s presence, GOP Platform Committee rejects drilling in ANWR

By Karl Bremer | 08.27.08 | 5:03 pm

The Republican Party Platform Committee’s rejection today of a plank urging drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a major embarrassment for committee member Michele Bachmann.
The 6th District congresswoman has been one of Congress’ most…

Michele Bachmann would “welcome” a new nuclear power plant in the 6th CD

By Karl Bremer | 08.22.08 | 1:12 pm

First it was the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann claimed was the “most perfect place on the planet to drill” for oil. Now, the overnight energy expert has declared that she would “welcome” another…

Bachmann’s photo ops belie dismal record on renewable energy

By Karl Bremer | 07.23.08 | 8:09 am

After visiting the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden, Colo. last week, Michele Bachmann exclaimed, “My colleagues and I literally walked through America‘s energy future.” The NREL was the first stop on a White House-sponsored junket to Colorado…

Will Michele Bachmann be fined for missing the filing deadline on her Financial Disclosure Statement?

By Karl Bremer | 07.10.08 | 7:46 am

Michele Bachmann: Her annual financial disclosure was late--and incompleteMichele Bachmann finally got around to filing her 2008 Financial Disclosure Statement, but it appears it…

The company she keeps: Prominent Bachmann supporter lost medical license in two states

By Karl Bremer | 06.20.08 | 9:59 am

A retired physician and prominent supporter of Michele Bachmann who appeared with the congresswoman at her press conference in Woodbury June 16 was forced to give up his medical license in two states…

Michele Bachmann uses freedom of the (taxpayer-paid) press to promote herself

By Karl Bremer | 03.21.08 | 3:18 pm

On Michele Bachmann’s congressional website, she pledges to uphold the “American Taxpayers Bill of Rights” [pdf], which calls on House conservatives to “Restore fiscal discipline and find innovative new ways to do MORE with…