U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann wrote a letter last year recommending a federal pardon for a major campaign contributor who was once convicted of felony money laundering, firearm and drug charges on the basis he had reformed.
This month, she withdrew that recommendation on behalf of Frank E. Vennes Jr., eight days after the FBI searched his Shorewood home and office and confiscated documents, money, art, coins and jewels that agents think may be related to a $3 billion investment fraud scheme in which Minnesota business mogul Tom Petters has been charged.
And please, don't stop talking, Michele:
In the last week, Bachmann also has said numerous times that relationships and advisers of candidates for public office such as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama are "fair game" for public scrutiny, as they may affect the candidates' views and beliefs.
"The media needs to do their job in vetting," she said following a St. Cloud Rotary Club luncheon last week. "Those associations are certainly fair game and something the media brings up."
Is Elwyn Tinklenberg the luckiest Democratic candidate of the year?
