Michele Bachmann Tells Supporters To "Scare" Congress At Protest

UPDATE: Twelve protesters were arrested outside Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.

Also, see some of the shocking and offensive signs at the protest HERE.

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UPDATE:Thousands arrived to rail against health care reform on Capitol Hill Thursday.

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) shook hands among the protesters.

"This is too great," he said.

Outside, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) led crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance -- which he said drives the liberals crazy.

Akin apparently botched the actual pledge.

At noon, NBC News reported police estimated that there were 3,000 to 3,500 protesters. Matthew Yglesias has some pictures.

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Rep. Michele Bachmman (R-Minn.) has told supporters to try to scare her colleagues into voting against health care reform at a protest Thursday, Politico reports.

"Nothing scares members of Congress more than freedom-loving Americans," she said in a conference call with bloggers and activists Wednesday night. She urged reform opponents to confront lawmakers with video cameras. "I think that will absolutely scare these members of Congress so much that Pelosi will not get the votes and it will kill the bill."

On a Tuesday Fox News appearance, Bachmann described the protest as her "Super Bowl of freedom."

But Bachmann has been having trouble rallying a sizable crowd for the event. A preparatory "attack" on Congress via email, phone and fax appears to have barely been noticed by the enemy.

Meanwhile, rallies in favor of the public option are being organized in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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Comments

[Willow207]

By all means

When logic and reason are in short supply

the republicans

Will always resort to fear!

PSYOPS, it is called in the Pentagon dictionary of mind control!

[nofir2]

Its time to march on Minn capital with cameras till they recall Bachmann

[HereComesMegaCorp]

Eventually, the asylum will find this woman, and make her its own.

[jjohnson1223]

To: Hazelpethigfan: Very interesting!! Thanks for sharing the link. Michelle..is one scary person..

[HazelPethigFan]

What I don't get about Bachmann is that she is a member a church called the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, an ultra conservative church that ain't your Garrison Kiellor type of Lutheran church. The Wisconsin Synod literally believes the Pope is the AntiChrist.

http://www.wels.net/about-wels/doctrinal-statements/antichrist?page=0,0

Her district includes one of the most heavily Catholic counties in the country called Stearns County. She is popular there. huh?? Go figure.

[mofmars333]

I don't hate anyone but this crazy lady comes close.

[jhalvers]

Please let this insane person run for president. Her and Palin would embarrass Republicans for generations.

[sammyscout]

Focus on what matters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOWe4-KXqMM

[blueangels]

to start, some of you guys cannot deal with people disagreeing with you. back off, everyone is entitled to their opinion. jumping down someone's throat when they *gasp* disagree with you doesnt make you right and them right, just a bully. :) be nice to each other, at least we care enough to have an opinion.

the point of the comment, and it isnt directed to conservative or liberals, but to the political process in general:

"Rule 5: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage." Comment: We ridicule tea party protesters as loons, we ridicule war protesters and doped up hippies *sigh* its really disturbing to see that.

"Rule 8: Keep the pressure on. Use different tactics and actions and use all events of the period for your purpose. The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition. It is this that will cause the opposition to react to your advantage.” No comment, just watch MSNBC and Fox and you see it.

"Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame." Comment: The right blames Obama for everything, the left blames Bush for everything. Until we learn that both sides contribute to the problem, there will be no real solution.

[BossBabe]

Michele Bachmann: New leader of the Christian Taliban

[JeffMaylor]

Mmm mmm mmm Barrack Hussein Obama ....all must submit to His authority.

[KarateKid]

Bow down, commoner.

[Cambridge9]

And your authority for such a stupid comment is ----------­---------?­?????????

Please explain what YOUR solutions are? It is pointless complaining about something unless you have a serious solution to the problem.

[LiberalLee]

Ooooo, betcha you get such a charge out of using that middle name of his, doncha?
Petty little puppies.
Make ya feel like a big stwong Amurican de-fender of freedoms, does it?

[jhalvers]

Baby-talk = I'm a fan of you.

[AlexFTW]

You know, as much as I hate this Bachmann woman, something in me just wants to f*** the s*** out of her!

[JeffMaylor]

That's because, unlike Democratic women, she is attractive

[AlexFTW]

You've taken the words right out of your a**.

[LiberalLee]

Or maybe because that's all those dippy GOPer gals are good for?

[SocialistBoy]

A swine in a suit!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvzVAEGc84c&feature=related

[weatherwaxx]

Guy Fawkes Day.

Does this unstable cheerleader recall the charge brought against Fawkes, what happened to him, and WHY England celebrates November 5? Hint: It was to note the DEFEAT of a consplracy to bring down a lawful government. And Guy is still torched in effigy.

[Cambridge9]

I'm not sure that this woman (in fact the majority of folks in this country) have ever heard of Guy Faulkes.

I guess I really don't mean the following comment but - sometimes I wish that certain folks who constantly work against the will of the people (election results) could suffer the same fate.

It seems that the basement of the "Hill" is all too often used for very 'private' purposes - eg:- Newt having his fling down there while railing about a little blue dress in 1998. Hypocracy!!

[marcywrite]

When is this woman going to be brought up on charges of treason?

[weatherwaxx]

It can't be soon enough.

[JeffMaylor]

Right after the millions that voted for Obama

[KarateKid]

You forgot your white sheet, boy.

[LiberalLee]

Would that be Jefferson Davis Maylor, by any chance?