Ol' Crazy Eyes Is Back

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.

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One of the biggest fears of the Rethuglican / New Confederate Party is that the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare) will prove to be so popular with the public once it's implemented that they'll be blamed for obstructing it on a national and state level. They're worried that it will become as popular and successful as Social Security and Medicare, and they'll be on the outside looking in. That's why you see perennial clown Rep. Michele "Minnesota Loon" Bachmann introducing as the first piece of legislation in the 113th Congress the total repeal of the ACA. This, despite the fact that 33 previous attempts have failed, at a cost of millions of dollars and precious time wasted.

Speaking of time wasted, this is the same clown party that brushed away a relief package for victims of Hurricane Sandy, until the pressure built to move on the package today. It's the same lunatic crowd that, after the 2010 elections where they promised to deal with jobs jobs jobs, introduced as their first two measures in the 112th Congress bills to repeal the ACA and ban Federal funds for abortions.

(photo: Can't....stop....looking....at...the eyes...the eyes...the eyes...)