Please help nip nascent McCarthyism in the bud ... by forwarding this email, and by contributing as little as $1 to U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann's election opponent for the Minnesota-06 House seat, Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg. (yes, that's his name; it *is* Minnesota, dontcha know)

Background: On Friday night's Hardball program on MSNBC, Rep. Bachmann railed for over 6 minutes against Barack Obama's supposed "anti-American" associations (video), which was egregious enough, but then went so far as to suggest that we need to "take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out... are they pro-America or anti-America." (at 6:35 of video clip)

Yes. Seriously. Following the lead of her party's Vice Presidential nominee, and the general thrust of their campaign in recent weeks, a U.S. Representative has effectively called for a return to the era of McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee -- though Bachmann seems about as deep as her VP nominee, so I'm not sure she'd know Joe McCarthy from Charlie.

You may not be able to cast a vote for candidate Tinklenberg, but you can certainly "Cast a Buck Against Bachmann!", right? Any contribution to candidate Tinklenberg would be helpful, even a token $1, as a demonstration of solidarity against Bachmann's comments. If enough people get the message and donate just a buck (or minimally more), we can send a message that we don't need Michelle Bachmann's help in identifying and dealing with anti-American politicians.

Thanks for reading, and pass it on, eh.

Ralph

p.s. There's also a petition being floated, here, that you may want to check out, calling on Congress to censure Rep. Bachmann; but I'm of the mind that money talks, and a swarm of people "casting a buck against Bachmann" would deliver a more powerful message to her -- and her collegues -- and maybe do more to cleanse the US House of her type, very specifically, come next January.