Uber-wingnut loon Rep. Michele "Crazy Eyes" Bachmann has been somewhat low profile since narrowly winning reelection last November. While her fact-free, off-the-wall statements in the past have given the profession of fact checking a big boost, she's generally stayed out of the spotlight. Not anymore.
Wednesday's whopper that President Obama was living extravagantly -- burning through $1.4 billion in chefs, dog walkers and other perks -- was immediately shot down even by the likes of Bill O'Liely on Fux. When CNN's Dana Bash tried to question her about the false claim, Crazy Eyes refused to answer while hustling away from "40 Yard" Bash. The video is priceless:
Then yesterday she claimed that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which celebrates 3 years as law tomorrow, would "literally" kill people, a statement that she declined to back up with facts not surprisingly. On the contrary, the ACA will extend health coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and to 30 million uninsured Americans. Crazy Eyes made the most recent effort to repeal the ACA on the first day of the new Congress back in January, a bill which not a single Rethug co-sponsored with her.
