Nation Editor Challenges GOP Smear

By MSNBC

October 18, 2008

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Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann (appearing Friday on Hardball with Chris Matthews) attacked Barack Obama and liberals in general as "anti-American." The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, also a guest on the show, strongly rebuked Bachmann for her offensive rhetoric. That video is below.

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A website has been set up to censure Rep. Bachmann. Details are available here.

-Adam Howard

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