If you have any grasp at all of the history of American politics, this video should terrify you. Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota channels Joe McCarthy in calling for an investigation of “anti-American” members of Congress:

And The Nation’s Katrina Vanden Heuvel responds more eloquently on the fly than I could in print:

The good news? Pro-American Americans have raised almost half a million dollars for Bachmann’s opponent El Tinklenberg since her comments were made.