Michele Bachmann wears her tinfoil tight

[marmar]

from Washington Monthly, via AlterNet:



Bachmann's Latest Conspiracy Theory is a Doozy


Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) creativity is unrivaled in contemporary politics. Consider her remarks yesterday to a gathering of the Republican Leadership Conference.

Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, the latest candidate to join the Republican presidential campaign, suggested Friday that President Obama secretly wanted Medicare to go bankrupt so retirees would be forced to enroll in the new national health care law.

"This hasn't been talked about very much -- the president's plan for senior citizens is Obamacare," Ms. Bachmann told party activists here. She added, "I think very likely what the president intends is that Medicare will go broke and ultimately that answer will be Obamacare for senior citizens."

Bachmann's principal problem is that she combines the worst of two important traits: she's strikingly ignorant about public policy and she's paranoid to the point of delusion.

It's these qualities that lead Bachmann to come up with such odd theories. In this case, the unhinged Minnesotan believes President Obama is secretly trying to eliminate Medicare, forcing seniors into the Affordable Care Act. Is there any evidence at all to support this? Of course not, but that's not important right now. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/618220/bachmann%27s_latest_conspiracy_theory_is_a_doozy/

[DrDan]

1. unhinged is right - her challenge of Geitner on his support of one-world currency was

simply comedy at its best.

loopy as the day is long.

[hermetic]

2. The crazy is strong

in that one. :silly: