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Dems slam Bachmann on health care claims
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For the second time in less than a month, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) has painted a bull's eye on a Minnesota Republican, targeting Rep. Michele Bachmann.
The Democrats' "Call 'Em Out" Internet campaign was launched last month, featuring Gov. Tim Pawlenty's criticisms of President Obama's plans to overhaul the nation's health care system.
The new posting, launched today, lambastes Bachmann's similar criticisms of the health care bills moving through Congress.
"Too many Americans live with the painful consequences of our broken health care system to let Bachmann's reckless lies go unchecked," the Democrats said in an e-mail. "So this week, we're calling her out."
The campaign takes its cue from Obama, who said last month that "we will call you out" on misrepresentations of his health care proposals.
Last week, Bachmann raised the specter of schoolhouse abortions if the House Democrats' health reform overhaul becomes law. She suggested that the provisions of the bill would allow young girls to get abortion referrals from what she referred to as "sex clinics."
The Democrats call that "spreading fear and lies yet again."
"Congresswoman Bachmann is used to the Democrats' name-calling," spokesman Dave Dziok wrote in an e-mail. "It's what they do when they can't connect with the people on their policies. And all year long they've been promoting ideas that are flat-out rejected by the American people."
The campaign is pushing Democratic supporters to call Bachmann's Capitol office and donate money to the DNC.
In between Pawlenty, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, and Bachmann, the campaign has targeted House Minority Leader John Boehner and Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl for their opposition to the overhaul bills.
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