The bat crap never stops coming out of the mouth out of the bat crap lady. Here's the latest in an interview with Sue Jeffers who's urging her to run for Senate against Amy
Klobuchar in what 2012
Well now Bachmann is ranting against this Americorps Act.
The quote on Americorps
"I believe when it's all said and done young people put into mandatory service. . . There are provisions for what I would call Re-education camps . Young people get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to work in some of these politically correct forums.. . There is a philosophical agenda behind all of this and especially if young people are mandated to go into this. I would have a very difficult time seeing my children do this. Again a huge power grab at a cost of billions of dollars"
Sue Jeffers Calls these "Propaganda camps". I know little about Jeffers although based on this praise for Bachmann, I'm convinced she's just as nuts.http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/5/163332/8668?new=true
A program that promotes community service is being called re-education camps. People in Americorps are getting modest stipends, not receiving full government benefits. She's mad because we are going to do something to strengthen the economy by increasing Americorps from 75,000 to 250,000 over an eight year period. Or is she mad because this act is named after Senator Kennedy?
I don't think we should really be surprised at some conservative opposition to this program. But to call these re-education camps is really disturbing. Americorps has generally had widespread non-partisan support. Now Bachmann and her minions are trying to use their rhetoric against service in programs like Habitat for Humanity and the Boy Scouts and Boys and Girls Clubs.
So anyways this is just one more reason that we have to stop Bachmann and give her a lot of trouble in 2010. I don't think she is a real threat to become a U.S. Senator, but we certainly cannot give her that option.
We've added the MN-06 Dem Nominee Fund to our Act Blue page. Let's start early and go after Bachmann who is armed and dangerous going after us.