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Bachmann Warns Of "Re-Education Camps" For Young People

In an interview on Saturday with local right-wing talk radio host Sue Jeffers, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) warned that the Democrats could soon be requiring America's youth to attend "re-education camps," where they will imbibe the philosophy of the government.

The target of Bachmann's ire is a recently-passed national service bill, expanding Americorps. Although Bachmann said that the language in the present legislation makes service voluntary, she warned that a "Democrat colleague" was proposing to make it mandatory. The discussion happens at the 5:30 mark here:

I believe when it's all said and done, this service that -- I believe that there's a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concern is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go and work in some of these politically correct forums. It's very concerning. It appears that there's a philosophical agenda behind all of this, and especially if young people are mandated to go into this. As a parent, I would have a very, very difficult time seeing my children do this. Again, a huge power-grab, at a cost of billions of dollars.

Another fun part: Jeffers quite vocally encouraged Bachmann to run for the Senate in 2012 against Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar, though Bachmann didn't respond one way or the other during the course of the interview.

(Via Minnesota Independent and Dump Bachmann.)


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Don't listen to her, Michele. The Senate is small stuff.

You should run for President in 2012. You & Klondike Barbie. You'll win, yes you will!

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Bachmann-Palin Overdrive

You ain't seen nothing yet.

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They could use Allan Keyes as a media spokesperson.

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I miss Allan Keyes. I find his particular brand of bat shit crazy very entertaining.

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...and these "camps" would be more dangerous to youth than the GOP's beloved Jesuscorps why?

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Exactly! And the rabid right know about re-education camps don't they?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RNfL6IVWCE

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Asking Children, "Who wants to die for Jesus?" My blood runs very cold when I hear that kind of bullying coming from a grown-up. Can child be expected to say "Not me!" in that environment?

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If I made this kind of stuff up, no one would believe me.

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Am I the only one that thinks she is punking us? I can't believe an elected official is that batshit crazy.

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If this new rant is based on the recently-passed national service bill, expanding Americorps as she so states, it begs the following question:

Wouldn't it have been better to air these concerns in the House Chambers while the process of debating the merits of the bill were being held? Why did she wait until after the bill was passed to announce this?
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Back in the early '80s, some friends of mine got clerical temp jobs at a right-wing astroturf organization ("Fund for a Conservative Majority", if I remember correctly.) They were just doing filing, but eventually quit because they couldn't stand listening to telemarketers scamming seniors out of their Social Security with lines about "President Reagan urgently needs your support..." to pass or oppose some bill that in fact had been voted on months ago.

Point being, she cares much more about whether it works to rile up supporters and make her more of a wingnut hero than actually doing anything about it. It does make you wonder what her constituents believe she's doing in Washington, though.

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So are you saying Bachmann thinks she may be having a Lincoln/Gettysburg moment?

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Mabe because she is not a real leader and no one is following her in the Congress? She's just whacked our right-wing hysteria made for TV? Just my first coupla guesses.

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For young people?!?!?!

OOO OOO


I think I would like to become a counselor

Where to submit resume???

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This woman defines nutcase. A national service idea is just not correct unless it is "right" Throw a few Jeezus meetings in there and everything meets her specs for the way youth should be led

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She is the PERFECT Republican. She actually BELIEVES anything that fills here little empty head coming from AM hate radio and the Fox News channel. ANYTHING!

BTW, did anyone see that Fox News dutifully tried to protect their little prize angel, Ms Bachmann?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/19/pub-michele-bachmann/

In this story, Fox News claims she is just poking at liberals with her jump-the-shark diatribes and it is allllllll part of her plan to run for governor. Ya know, kind of like Michael Steele, right.

Yup, Bachmann is not at all unhinged. Of course, this comes from a news channel that props-up the likes of Glenn Beck ....

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What she is describing sounds suspiciously like grade school.

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Good one!

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From what I hear from a conspiracy minded Ron Paul type that I know here in Minnesota, Bachmann has been going to their meetings and absorbing this crazy stuff. She has become one their heroes. I always suspected that all this woman really did was repeat the republican talking points because there never was any substance or thought that ever came out of her. Iraq war is going great, economy is sound, etc.

Now, she just seems to have found a different set of talking points to puppet. This time, however, they are really, really whacko. And she is do dumb, she just doesn't even understand.

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dont compare this mental case to "ron paul types".

if you have an issue with paul state it instead of claiming people are crazy that believe in him and therefore he must be crazy too.

you are the idiot for making such a claim.
ignorant too.

a perfect republican, why dont you move to her district so you can vote for bachman?

you are just as offensive.
and for the record i dont support paul, i just have this thing about letting people know who the real nuts are.

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You are clueless. She is practically the definition of a "Ron Paul" type. She is proposing an amendment to protect the dollar. She supports auditing the Federal Reserve. And now this. This is front and center on the Ron Paul agenda.

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Further, why in the world would you think that I was a republican or that I would want to vote for her? I am a democrat, I think that much is obvious. It is funny about the Ron Paul movement, they don't even seem to understand where they are on the political spectrum. Try right wing, wacko.

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Yes Ms. Looney Tunes Bachmann, please make our jobs easier and pockets fuller by running in 2012. Also, tell you pal Sarah the Pathological, that we want her to win the republican nomination in 2012 too.

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Wow. Paranoia allows for all sorts of entertaining delusions in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
And it plays to Bachman's base.
Such a clever girl.

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While no connection to Bachmann, Daily Kos bloggers have tied the Pisttsburgh Cop shooter into White Supremacists sites and Glenn Beck.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/6/717115/-Poplawski-Linked-to-Stormfront-and-Glenn-Beck

They've gone deep down the online rabbit hole - something the MSM seems to be staying far away from. The most I've seen from the MSM is that they've referred to Poplawski as a conspiracy theory believer - never mentioning that he was forwarding Glenn Beck's FEMA Camp youtube vid to everybody he knew.

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Make a blog about that. It will get a lot of recommends and maybe other MSM will pick it up. That's some real entertainment there, except for the fact that it's really happening.

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Both the AFA, where I live, and West Point have been infiltrated by Bachmann's little band of merry Jezuz indocrinators for some time: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/us/25academies.html

These people will just not give up. Question is, are people like Bachmann really mindless or are they true believers or,...or do they know better and say stuff anyway?

Why can't we get anyone to interview, really interview, someone like her to see how she ticks?

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"I believe that there's a very strong chance..." that Michele Bachmann is clinically insane.

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On behalf of the majority of Minnesotans, I would like to apologize for Ms. Bachmann's remarks. It seems no matter what we do, we just can't get Cruella DeVille to STFU.

I would think it was a joke if this idea came from anybody else, but unfortunately I know that she's a serious believer in everything she says. She may not be smart, but she makes up for it with her tenacious spirit, idiotic ramblings... and lots and lots of fear mongering.

All I know is that I'm not ever moving to her district. Ever.

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Fortunately, you're not missing much by avoiding her district. I spent many happy years in Mpls. and I love Minnesota, but Blaine, St. Cloud, and Anoka are not exactly state highlights.

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"Cruella DeVille " - funny

I was thinking Katherine Harris with less makeup.

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Zoom, if you decided to move into her district, there are many bargains to be found. Bachmann's district has the highest home forclosure rates in MN, and she's voting against every homeowner relief bill to come down the pike (If you go to the Minnesota Independent link, there's a link to the forclosure story at the lower right).

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What's with the re-? Anyone who voted for her needs an education camp.

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Well, she'd benefit from it, no doubt, as her first education was clearly a failure.

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Is this another dog whistle to paranoids with guns?

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Since BockMan is calling for the indirect assassination of liberals by depicting them as communist extremists of the worst kind, can we call for her direct assassination right now?

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She's gotta wait in line behind Colter et al. It's a long list, and Guido is busy.

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What bothers me more than Michele Bachmann is the people who voted her into office. Really? They can listen to her drivel and think to themselves "Hey, this is the person I want representing my interests!" It's surreal.

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Rather than making an uneducated opinion, read H.R, 1444 and H.R. 1388.

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FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL WHILE FACILITATING EXTINCTION

While some Democrats are of the opinion that President Obama is being TOO bipartisan in his accommodations to Republicans and are disappointed he isn’t playing hardball with them, I believe that his highly visible efforts to include Republicans in the policy making process is serving to illuminate REPUBLICAN OBSTRUCTIONISM and increasing the likelihood that the 2010 elections will result in a filibuster-proof Democratic Senate majority.

If it ultimately becomes necessary for Democrats to go it alone and institute policy changes with zero Republican support, the vast majority of Americans will see their actions as necessary and justified because Republicans have been deliberately trying to undermine President Obama's efforts to fix the problems that eight years of failed Republican leadership created for Americans and America.

In addition, the self-promoting and purposefully flamboyant and offensive histrionics of radical Republican provocateurs, insulters and fabricators like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, Michael Savage, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Michele Malkin, Mary Matalin, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, John Boehner, Michael Steele and Eric Cantor are ALL increasingly alienating younger and working class white, black, Hispanic, female and financially disadvantaged Americans at a time when the core of the Republican Party have progressively devolved into an ignominious and impotent angry minority. Not only do today's most vocal and visible Republicans lack a majority audience, they are literally eviscerating one another as they fight to be the biggest fish in an increasingly smaller pond.

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I'm sure the folks in Minnesota are real proud of Ms. Bachmann...IF I were them, I'd be hiding somewhere dark....

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Now, now. Please do not paint all Minnesotans with that broad brush. While we have a long democratic, farmer, labor history; we have a bit of a run with the crazies. Our former boa clad wrestler governator, Norm Coleman, and now Bachmann to name a few. We are keeping Michele on a short leash, but no muzzle. She actually serves a great purpose to the nation. She reveals the idiocy and hypocrisy, and the nutso right wing fear mongering of the leaderless Republican party. Bachmann has stepped forward, filling a void with a vacuum.

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I'm not sure Ms. Bachman isn't onto something here, although I am certain she has no idea why.

Mandatory national service and re-education camps have been tried before in the U.S., as recently as the early '70s. It was called the Selective Service draft, and those who were pressed into mandatory national military service were sent to boot camps for re-education.

Of course, those of Ms. Bachman's political persuasion cheered such things at the time -- assuming she hasn't yet morphed into a full-fledged libertarian (and even in such case, many libertarians believe national defense is one of the very few activies in which the federal government may legitimately engage) -- and yelled "Love It or Leave It" to those who opposed the draft and the war for which it was intended to provide fodder.

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