The core allegation here is Bachmann's gratitude for government intervention in ag markets.
I am inclined to believe it is true given that Newsbusters apparently put a lot of effort into this rebuttal and did not make any claim that the letter is false.
So here again we appear to have Bachmann's split personality - the Tea Party leader who likes government intervensions.
And what do we get from the Bachmann camp on FR? Exactly what we've come to expect from them - lots of yelling, dragging Palin into the thread, name calling, the works. Everything but actually addressing the topic of the story.
I’m not a Bachmanite, but surely you can see the difference between the following two statements and how Huffington Post twisted the meaning by placing a period where there was none...
“Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed.”
“Your efforts to stabilize prices through direct government purchasing of pork and dairy products are very much welcomed by the producers in Minnesota...”