Big Taxin' Michele Bachmann

Well, well, well, look who supported raising the state sales tax by .375 percent to support the outdoors and the arts in 2008: Michele Bachmann. That’s right — the same constitutional amendment that Bachmann has been tearing into Tarryl Clark for supporting — you know, the one that raised taxes on your State Fair corn dogs and fried bacon — was supported by none other than Ms. Teabagger herself.

According to Star-Tribune outdoor writer Dennis Anderson’s Oct. 23, 2008 column:

Coleman, Bachmann and Franken spoke in August at Game Fair in Anoka of their support of the Clean Water amendment. Coleman and Bachmann also displayed blaze orange "Sportsmen vote yes" placards in their Game Fair booths (Franken also might have, but I was unable to confirm it).

So why haven’t our astute Minnesota political press reported on this fact in their fact-checking of Bachmann’s ad? Could it be because the real reporting on Michele Bachmann comes from the unpaid bloggers at DumpBachmann?

Maybe it’s time for a new name for Michele: “Big Taxin’ Bachmann.”