"Case in point: This week's Newsweek cover - which seems to have captured
Minnesota Congresswoman, Michele Bachmann, at the exact moment
she sees the 'Amazing Robalto' turn his hat into a dove. 'That's amazing. When
do we start the photo shoot?'" -Jon Stewart
In light of the Republican debate in Iowa tonight, I thought I'd take a moment to examine Representative Bachmann, seen above, and some of her recent statements as rated by Politifact. If you haven't been to Politifact, I highly recommend checking it out. Not only does it fact check statements made by politicians, it also has a counter that shows how President Obama is doing on his campaign promises (142 promises kept, 41 compromised, 208 in the works, 72 stalled, and 43 broken - check it out for the specifics), and another showing pledges made by the G.O.P. during their ramp up to the 2010 elections (7 kept, 1 compromise, 1 broken, 5 stalled, 11 in the works, and 32 not rated).
Fun stuff aside, you can also look at individual politicians for things they said, or things said about them. Okay, well, that's fun too, especially when looking at Michele Bachmann, who has an interesting track record for not knowing what she's talking about. This will be, by the way, a rather long post that focuses on the pure insanity of a presidential candidate.
Of her 29 statements on Politifact, only 3 of them are either mostly true, or true. The other 26 range from half true to Politifact's damning "pants on fire" rating. Let's look at some examples.
