Police Release Batch Of Complaints From Michele Bachmann, Staff

[struggle4progress]

by Bill Chappell

... After sifting through the documents (and posting them online), Marc Caputo of The Miami Herald gave a quick rundown of what prompted Bachmann to call the police: "when her house was egged; when protesters threw glitter on her or held up critical signs; when her campaign yard signs were stolen; when a man wrote an email perceived as a threat; and when she screamed that two women were holding her hostage 'against my will' in a city hall restroom."

Perhaps the most unusual report involves a former nun, a bathroom, and a potential charge of false imprisonment. The incident came to light last month, when the Daily Beast's Michelle Goldberg wrote about it ...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/12/137795067/police-release-batch-of-complaints-from-michele-bachmann-staff


<police reports pdf via Miami Herald:> http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2011/07/11/16/25/5YC2p.So.56.pdf


Bachmann's Unrivaled Extremism
Rep. Michele Bachmann's impressive performance at Monday's debate has catapulted her near the front of the GOP pack, but the radical roots of her ideology remain poorly understood. The Daily Beast’s Michelle Goldberg reports.

... Hoping to speak to her, Arnold and another middle-aged woman, a former nun, followed her. As Bachmann washed her hands and Arnold looked on, the ex-nun tried to talk to her about theology. Suddenly, after less than a minute, Bachmann let out a shriek. "Help!" she screamed. "Help! I'm being held against my will!"

Arnold, who is just over 5 feet tall, was stunned, and hurried to open the door. Bachmann bolted out and fled, crying, to an SUV outside. Then she called the police, saying, according to the police report, that she was "absolutely terrified and has never been that terrorized before as she had no idea what those two women were going to do to her." The Washington County attorney, however, declined to press charges, writing in a memo, "It seems clear from the statements given by both women that they simply wanted to discuss certain issues further with Ms. Bachmann." ...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/14/michele-bachmanns-unrivaled-extremism-gay-rights-to-religion.html
Jun 14, 2011 11:08 PM ED

[noiretextatique]

1. bachmann is a nut

with a guilty conscience

[just55650]

5. +1000

[RKP5637]

2. Bachmann is, to say the least, a bit strange IMO. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. We need a forum just for batshit crazy. It's going to be a long long road to 2012.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. We could call it the Republican Women's Forum.