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Confidential to Michele B: Maybe we didn't actually "literally lose our country." Maybe it just literally fell out of the hole in your head?
DownWithTyranny! — ... Luckily, there are hardier souls. Steve Benen of Political Animal, for one. Steve not only listened to the whole 13 minutes but extracted from it these nuggets for the edification of the more timid among us: ...

MN-06: Michele Bachmann, Still a Moran
Swing State Project — To paraphrase Mary McCarthy, every word Michele Bachmann utters is moronic, including "and" and "the." Delightfully, Dump Bachmann caught her doing an interview on wingnut radio the other day, and Steve Benen has excerpted the best goodies: ACORN is "under federal indictment for voter fraud," but the stimulus bill nevertheless gives ACORN "$5 billion." (In reality, ACORN is not under federal indictment and isn't mentioned in the stimulus bill at all.) Many members of Congress have "a real aversion to capitalism." the ...

Read These Now as the "Funk" Will Hopefully Go Away
Shakesville — ... it can continue business as usual. California in budgetary distress. Gee... I wonder which party likes playing obstructionist? "NEW, BOLD IDEAS" from Newt's lips. (Think Progress) General Motors needs more "loan" money. (ABC) OH YAY! Moscow Optimistic about America's New Beginning. Where's Putin to wrestle? Ethics panel opens probe on Sen. Burris. (The Hill) When Rep. Michele Bachmann isn't spouting crazy live, she (or one of her staffers) ...

Michelle Bachmann and the Minnesota Puzzle
The Moderate Voice — ... Bachmann may not seem like a natural fit on this list unless you’ve been paying attention to her increasingly bizarre mental lapses over the last year. During the run up to the election, this is the woman who went on the air and called for McCarthy style hearings to see how many members of Congress were “unamerican” or some sort of enemies of the state. This week, yet another hamster wheel seems to have slipped off its axle when she declared that we’re running out of rich people. Steve Benan explains: ...

Craziest Republicans of the Day: Michele Bachmann and J.D. Hayworth
The Reaction — ... Michele Bachmann: Rep. Bachmann (MN) said many crazy things in an interview with a conservative talk-show host over the weekend, including this: "We're running out of rich people in this country." (Umm... really?) It was all a load of "unhinged stupidity," as Steve puts it. "I should also note that we're not talking about some strange nut screaming on a street corner; this is all coming from an elected member of Congress." ...

The Spectacular Gullibility Of Michele Bachmann
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Anyway, Bachmann's re-election, while terrible for America, is good for amusement and all related amusement-based sectors of the economy. So, hurray, she's back to saying crazy things! This time on the radio! Steve Benen runs down the list: ...

The Spectacular Gullibility Of Michele Bachmann
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Anyway, Bachmann's re-election, while terrible for America, is good for amusement and all related amusement-based sectors of the economy. So, hurray, she's back to saying crazy things! This time on the radio! Steve Benen runs down the list: ...

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Michele?
Daily Kos — There are lies, there is stupidity, there are stupid lies, there are migraine-inducingly-stupid slanderous lies, and then there are Bachmannisms. Steve Benen has the greatest hits from Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's latest flurry of inanity: ACORN is "under federal indictment for voter fraud," but the stimulus bill nevertheless gives ACORN "$5 billion." (In reality, ACORN is not under federal indictment and isn't mentioned in the stimulus bill at all.) Eh, it's relatively easy to confuse the numbers "zero" and "five ...

Bachmann On the Attack Again: 'We're Running Out of Rich People'
Politics Daily — ... on the story, while The Washington Monthly's Steve Benen went through her charges - which included the idea that ACORN got $5 billion in the stimulus bill - line by line. ...

Mario Ruiz: Michele Bachmann and David Koch: Strange Bedfellows
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... There she is again, beaming in front of the cameras last week, the malaprop-spouting Minnesota Republican who led thousands of angry tea-bag marchers on the steps of the nation's Capitol to protest health care reform. It's Michelle Bachmann, whose very name brings smiles to the faces of progressives everywhere for her laughably over-the-top brand of modern conservatism. (With her usual aplomb, she recently ...