Cherry Hill, NJ high schooler Amy Myers is receiving threats of violence (including rape) after her challenge to debate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Batshit) on the U.S. Constitution.
Myers and her father, Wayne, posted her letter to Bachmann on CNN's iReport website on May 6. News outlets including Yahoo and The Atlantic picked up the story over the weekend.
Amy and Wayne Myers said the comments on conservative websites alarmed them most. Several commenters threatened to publish the Myers' home address.
Others threatened violence, including rape, they said.
"They're targeting me just because I'm challenging Bachmann," Amy said.
Amy's challenge is arguably unrealistic: Few if any sitting members of Congress would actually agree to debate a teenager.
Bachmann, talked up by the Republican right wing as a 2012 presidential contender, is often the subject of unflattering press. An aide said Tuesday the office would have no response to Myers' challenge.
The Courier-Post had scheduled a video interview with Amy Thursday. On Wednesday, a somewhat panicked-sounding Wayne Myers phoned to cancel, citing the alleged threats.
How dare she challenge one of the GOP's leading lights (Constitutional scholar and likely frontrunner for the GOP nomination in 2012)!
Here's a Tea Partier in defense of teh crazy one:
Politicians get facts wrong all the time, of course. William Haney, founder of the West Jersey Tea Party, said it was premature to associate those making anonymous threats against Myers with the Tea Party or Bachmann.
"I certainly would be interested in seeing those threats rather than taking the word of a parent," he said.
"I find it exceedingly difficult to believe that anybody who is associated with Michele Bachmann would be threatening Amy."
Perhaps someone should familiarize Mr. Haney with the concept of eliminationist rhetoric.
Of course, Crazy-ass Bachmann is a chickenshit and won't debate her.
Amy's challenge is arguably unrealistic: Few if any sitting members of Congress would actually agree to debate a teenager.
Bachmann, talked up by the Republican right wing as a 2012 presidential contender, is often the subject of unflattering press. An aide said Tuesday the office would have no response to Myers' challenge.
Stay classy, GOP!