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]

07:33 PM on 11/11/2009

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]

06:02 AM on 11/09/2009

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

[HereComesMegaCorp]

07:26 PM on 11/08/2009

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

[jjohnson1223]

03:39 PM on 11/08/2009

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

[HazelPethigFan]

09:06 AM on 11/08/2009

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]

08:57 AM on 11/08/2009

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

[jhalvers]

02:19 AM on 11/08/2009

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

[sammyscout]

07:23 PM on 11/07/2009

Focus on what matters

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

[blueangels]

10:20 AM on 11/07/2009

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.

[Elyriaohio]

06:37 AM on 01/06/2010

There's a difference between voicing your beliefs & outright lying. This woman has reduced herself to the latter, and "hate-spee­ch" should be exposed for what it is.

[BossBabe]

09:20 AM on 11/07/2009

Michele Bachmann: New leader of the Christian Taliban

[JeffMaylor]

03:40 AM on 11/07/2009

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

[KarateKid]

07:18 AM on 11/07/2009

Bow down, commoner.

[Cambridge9]

01:22 PM on 11/07/2009

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.

[AlexFTW]

03:17 AM on 11/07/2009

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

[JeffMaylor]

03:41 AM on 11/07/2009

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

[AlexFTW]

03:46 AM on 11/07/2009

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

[LiberalLee]

01:23 PM on 11/07/2009

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

[SocialistBoy]

03:12 AM on 11/07/2009

A swine in a suit!!

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

[weatherwaxx]

09:57 PM on 11/06/2009

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]

01:29 PM on 11/07/2009

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]

09:31 PM on 11/06/2009

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

[weatherwaxx]

09:44 PM on 11/06/2009

It can't be soon enough.

[JeffMaylor]

03:42 AM on 11/07/2009

Right after the millions that voted for Obama

[KarateKid]

07:19 AM on 11/07/2009

You forgot your white sheet, boy.

[LiberalLee]

01:24 PM on 11/07/2009

Would that be Jefferson Davis Maylor, by any chance?