Michele Bachmann wants to gut social security, but she says you shouldn't be talking about it

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Rep. Michele Bachmann responded to critics who have taken issue with a statement she made about “weaning” Americans off of Social Security and Medicare. The DFL, and candidates Dr. Maureen Reed and Sen. Tarryl Clark blasted Bachmann’s comments earlier this week.

“Now is not the time for political grandstanding,” Bachmann shot back on Wednesday. “My political opponents will surely do their fair share of that as they attempt to contort my words and scare my constituents.”

Bachmann was responding to statements by Clark and Reed on Tuesday.

“What Congresswoman Bachmann is talking about, plain and simple, is bringing an end to Social Security and Medicare,” Clark said in a statement. “Michele Bachmann has decided to yank the proverbial retirement rug out from under her constituents – just when it’s needed the most.”

“Michele Bachmann’s statements Monday are indicative of the way she conducts herself as a Congresswoman,” Reed’s campaign manager Jason Isaacson said on Tuesday. “She purposely injects fear into public policy debates, attempting to paralyze the dialogue and prevent common-sense solutions.”

http://minnesotaindependent.com/55213/bachmann-to-critics-now-is-not-the-time-for-political-grandstanding

Tea Party? No, Totalitarian Party sounds more reasonable to me.