Bachmann beats Clark in 6th District

[onehandle]

Source: AP

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Republican and tea party favorite Michele Bachmann has beaten Democrat Tarryl (TEHR'-uhl) Clark in the nation's most expensive U.S. House race.

Bachmann wins a third term after raising more than $11 million and spending at least $8.8 million.

Her prodigious fundraising paid for months of negative TV ads painting Clark as a tax-and-spender.

Clark raised more than $4 million of her own and got plenty of help from outside the district. But she fell short in her attempt to portray Bachmann as more concerned with her national prospects than with the people of the district.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/local/106581108.html

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Asshole.

Well, GoP gets the house majority. I just hope the American people see what the GOP are really after two years.

[polichick]

2. It's hard to comprehend what kind of voter would pull the lever for her. nt

[onehandle]

4. Racist loons and the rich. nt

[lib_wit_it]

16. And people too insulated to understand the duplicity of. Fox Noose

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[SomeGuyInEagan]

18. I know her district ... and you are close but not quite right.

It is the racist and the greedy ... I know some rich folks who are very giving (and are Democrats). It is the racists and the greedy who support Bachmann and, frankly, what has become the Republican Party. This election of 2010 says a lot about what we are as a country.

[glinda]

20. Actually that is what her district is mostly made up of as well as poor uneducated.

[saigon68]

24. Racist Loons

Plenty of those around

[The Hitman]

15. Eh....

she raises a lot of money for us... if she didn't have this job she'd have a Fox News show. I'm sorry if you live in her district, but the Dems as a whole might be better off with her in office.

[theHandpuppet]

22. That's what I don't understand, either.

She's so obviously batshit crazy you have to wonder why so many people chose to embarrass themselves by voting for this loon.

[marmar]

3. She's like a bedbug......she can't be exterminated.

[awoke_in_2003]

17. every time I see that first pic...

I can only think "the shocker" (google it)

[kwolf68]

5. Don't like her

She's unacceptable.

[AtheistCrusader]

6. You better be pulling my chain

[pasto76]

7. Yes! another gold wrapped present for Dems!

ugly nasty rumor that she is going to make a bid for the House leadership!

Bachmann as Speaker, Palin as the 2012 presidential candidate....could it BE any better for us?

ok yeah it could, but if that's how it turns out, I will gladly take that!

[groundloop]

8. Don't be so sure about that.....

I mean, after 8 years of bush/cheeney who would have dreamed the American public would be so stupid as to hand the house back to those people? In Georgia we were cheering the repug primary winner (crook Nathan Deal) because there was no way in hell, with all his baggage, he was going to beat Roy Barnes. Well, he did and we've got to put up with a criminal in the gov. mansion for who knows how long.

[rasputin1952]

9. I despise that creature from hell...

:grr:

[totodeinhere]

10. That sucks. n/t

[CLANG]

11. It's tragic for America.

[truthisfreedom]

dupe

[truthisfreedom]

12. No numbers shown in that article. It would be interesting to see the spread.

That part of the Twin Cities is totally idiotic. Northern TC area is intensely weird. Must be something in the water, or perhaps the gene pool.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Great minds think alike...

I was saying the same thing to my husband at about the same time you wrote this post!

[Thor_MN]

26. Displays better at the link, but FWIW

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=CG&CD=06

Results from Congressional District 06
US REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 6 Totals Pct
Independence BOB ANDERSON 17698 5.83
Republican MICHELE BACHMANN 159479 52.51
Democratic-Farmer-Labor TARRYL CLARK 120846 39.79
Independent AUBREY IMMELMAN 5490 1.81
Write-In WRITE-IN** 181 0.06

[defendandprotect]

13. Oh, noooooo ...... terrible!!

[Lugnut]

19. The stupid astounds me.

WTF?

[glinda]

21. 4x the money did not buy her 4x the votes.

[SemperEadem]

23. jesus jumped up christ on a stick! WTF?

wow... just wow.

[and-justice-for-all]

25. sad, because she is a whole lot of stupid. nt

[Thor_MN]

27. I just don't understand Teabaggers.

Insanely fearful of having the scary government having any hand in any aspect of their healtcare, they cheerfully hand over absolutely everything to corporations that are not obliged to reveal anything to them if there is a dispute. They would rather have corporation drop them the second they get sick rather than let the government be involved. They would cheerfully pony up totally unexplainable annual cost increases with decreased benefits rather than get anywhere near the word "socialized."

[jxnmsdemguy65]

28. Bachmann is a freaking goon...

and she deserves a good bitch slapping.

[DiverDave]

29. Have people even SEEN HER?

Heard her SPEAK??

She is a lunatic, the things she has said are just beyond bazaar.

And THEY RE-ELECT HER??!!??

People are so god damned stupid, god.

The 30 second political commercial is killing us.

The attention spans of 2 day old kittens.

"Please tell me what to think, what to do, how to vote" Because joe 6pack doesn't have TIME to pay attention to who they vote for, "you do know dancing with the stars is coming on, right?"

Imbeciles, plain and simple.
When their social security checks stop coming, when their unemployment isn't extended, WHEN THE TEABAG BULLSHIT reaches their front door, they will learn.

Put your hand on the flame you fucking MORONS, you will learn.
And go crying to who? right, they will get no one on the other end of the phone, because they cut the BUDGET for people that can HELP. GRRR, I could just eat glass right now...

They make me want to VOMIT, RACIST ANTI-EDUCATION,XENOPHOBIC MOTHERFUCKERS!!

It's my children's world they are screwing up, and the brain dead repuke idiots are tearing it down.

Sorry about the rant, it's been building up for days.

Dave

[brentspeak]

30. You've heard of "low information voters"?

Well, meet Michelle Bachmann voters: Low intelligence voters.

[dogfacedboy]

31. Apparently MN-6 is infested with morons.

[Freddie Stubbs]

32. It is a district McCain carried 53%-45%