Posts by Karl Bremer

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 a graduate of a law school that once lost its American Bar Association accreditation.

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 vocal, if ill-informed, proponents of opening up the refuge to oil exploration and [...]

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 nuclear power plant in the 6th Congressional District—and specifically in her own backyard.

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 and Alaska for freshman Republican congresspersons only, led by House Minority Leader John Boehner.
“I’ve got to [...]

Michele Bachmann finally got around to filing her 2008 Financial Disclosure Statement, but it appears it may be a day late and $200 short.
Bachmann’s statement was hand-delivered to the Legislative Resource Center in the Office of the Clerk at 9:05 a.m. on June 16, 2008. However, according to the House Committee on Standards of Official [...]

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 and had his Minnesota medical license restricted.
 Robert W. Tatreau of Woodbury serves as vice-chair of the Minnesota Republican Party’s House District 56A [...]

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 LESS … If families in America can tighten their belts, so too can bureaucrats in Washington.”

But when it comes to Bachmann’s [...]