Not to be an alarmist but this new story certainly raises the spectra of the McCarthy/HUAC subversive witch-hunts of the late 1940's and 1950's.

On Friday's (October 17, U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (R) of Minnesota told Chris Matthews of MSNBC that the media should investigate members of Congress for their anti-American views:

"What I would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would. I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America? I think the American people would love to see an expose like that."

When asked about Sen. Barack Obama's views in particular she said, "Absolutely, I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views."

Here's a link to this interesting interview and some follow-up stories: Click here for report

Her Democratic opponent with the unlikely name of Elwyn Tinkleberg, has subsequently received over a million dollars from contributions from around the country.

So it goes!
Charley Noble