Michele Bachman tops SPLC list of militia enablers

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The Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that tracks hate groups, has released a report on the rise of the "Patriot" movement -- right-wing paranoiacs who see creeping socialist totalitarianism in everything from the postal service to the president's middle name.

It's also compiled a list of "enablers," public figures who give these loons mainstream credibility. Guess who tops the list? Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann!

The report informs us that Bachmann "has used her office as a megaphone for outrageous claims and conspiracy theories." (City Pages to the Southern Poverty Law Center: No duh!)

But it does provide an interesting look at some of Bachmann's more colorful political kindred, including a former FBI agent who believes the feds are warehousing 30,000 guillotines in Atlanta for use on patriotic dissenters.

The SPLC clearly likes to write about Michele Bachmann. (We don't know anyone else like that.) They've hammered the representative several times before.

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