Rep. Bachmann Suspects That TV Hosts Are Stalking Her (Update: Olbermann Responds)

Last night Rep. Michele Bachmann appeared on The O’Reilly Factor and was told by the host that she is “second to Sarah Palin in far left angst…they’re after you now.” Bachmann responded by saying “it’s almost like I have personal stalkers, only they have TV shows” explaining that they are on a competing cable network (hint – it’s MSNBC). Bachmann also suspects that MSNBC has a “stereotype for women” in which she does not fit into. Update – Olbermann responds!

Bachmann’s full quote: “I think it happened with a competing cable network that took an interest in me, and it’s only grown,” she responds. “Now, it’s almost like I have personal stalkers, only they have TV shows, so it’s kind of an interesting phenomenon.”

Update: MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann tells TVNewser, “Having had an actual stalker myself, I think the Congresswoman needs to apologize to women (and men) whose lives are blighted and ruined by such terror and threat. Not even in the mildest of senses – of journalists whose aggressiveness might verge colloquially into ‘stalking’ – is she anywhere close to being such a victim.”

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