LIBERADIO(!)

Everyone – and by everyone I mean all the internets trolls over at Post Politics – are in a tizzy over the campaign contribution history of the new treasurer of the Tennessee Democratic Party, William Freeman.

I have just two words for them: Elwyn Tinklenberg.

Mr. Tinklenberg was the opponent of Minnesota Republican congresswoman Michelle Bachman, who, during the election, all but called for an official investigation into the “unamerican activities” of her Democratic colleagues in the house and senate. On Hardball with Chris Matthews, Bachman said she was “very concerned that [Obama] may have anti-American views,” and didn’t know what was stopping the news media from launching a “penetrating expose” on “the views of the people in Congress” to find out if they are “pro-America or anti-America?”

More recently, Ms. Bachman, who won re-election in November, brought the crazy again by appearing on a Minnesota talk radio show and saying “We’re Running Out of Rich People in this Country,” and repeating the “ACORN is getting 5 million dollars from the stimulus package” lie.

In response to her outrageous McCarthyesque remarks last fall, Mr. Tinklenberg received donations from all over the country, including $250.00 from the TNDP’s newly appointed treasurer, from Americans hoping that she’d get a one-way out of Congress.

Some of Mr. Freeman’s money in years past may have gone to Republican candidates, but by donating to Mr. Tinklenberg’s campaign he has shown Tennessee Democrats where his passion is.