Michele Bachmann was for the stimulus while she was against it

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from the MSP City Pages:



Remember the Fox News gabfests, the D.C. rallies and the campaign ads where Michele Bachmann brags about voting against President Barack Obama's stimulus bill? Too much federal spending, she says.

Turns out she had her hand out at the same time. Saddling our kids with the federal debt is OK when she does it.

The Center for Public Integrity and MinnPost have published her letters to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and other federal agency leads, supporting stimulus funding for projects in her district, including $300 million for a new bridge over the St. Croix river near Stillwater.

Letters from other Minnesota lawmakers were published, including from GOP Reps. and stimulus critics John Kline and Erik Paulsen. Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Reps. Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum, Jim Oberstar, Collin Peterson and Tim Walz, who supported the stimulus, also sought support for district projects. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/10/michele_bachman_148.php