This is just a transcript of a Hardball interview with Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann interspersed with the blogger's editorial comments. Bachmann comes off bad enough labeling Americans anti-American without the blogger's attempt to make her sound even worse. Most of all, though, this piece reminds me why I don't watch pseudo news talk shows -- badgering hosts and blithering guests spouting absurdities.

The link to the video of Chris Matthews' interview of Rep. Michelle Bachmann provide interesting insight into Bachmann's perception that Obama and other "leftists" and "liberals" are "anti-American". The editorializing in the transcript, however, is inappropriate. Apparently the author didn't realize that there is often a delay between when the interviewer speaks and when the interviewee hears the question when the two are located in different studios.

This opinion piece has no journalistic merit. It is an example of the hate on the left for women of accomplishment. There is nothing in the piece that is news, or reporting or honest opinion, just a sexist rant against Rep. Bachmann. Not clear why this was offered at NewsTrust: I had expected an an informative discussion of with the Congresswoman, but found nothing except hate for her.

This could have been fleshed out a lot more and I had never heard of this seemingly crazed woman before I saw her on MSNBC. I thought she was some kind of a horrid joke. Matthews obviously let this ridiculous woman rant and rave to show how most Republican politicians are these days. This woman is easily in the top five of the worst politicians in Congress. Especially disgusting because she is a from a place like Minnesota whose inhabitants should know better than to vote for a person like this. She would be right at home in WWII Nazi Germany. Minnesotans can redeem themselves by kicking this caricature of a woman out of Congress.