Bachmann approaches Iowa with trail of misstatements

[Kadie]

Bachmann approaches Iowa with trail of misstatements
by Tom Scheck, Minnesota Public Radio
January 21, 2011

St. Paul, Minn. — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann has everything a cable TV talk show producer wants. Attractive and outspoken, she's reliably controversial.

But in some instances, Bachmann is also wrong.

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But independent fact checkers find that the information she relies on is often exaggerated, misleading or wrong. PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning feature of the St. Petersburg Times that checks whether statements made by politicians are true, has repeatedly determined that Bachmann's claim don't ring true.

"We have checked her 13 times, and seven of her claims to be false and six have been found to be ridiculously false," PolitiFact editor Bill Adair said.

Adair said no politician has been checked as often as Bachmann without saying at least something that's true.

"I don't know anyone else that we have checked, more than a couple times, that has never earned anything above a false," he said. "She is unusual in that regard that she has never gotten a rating higher than false."

much more...
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/01/21/michele-bachmann-iowa-misstatements/?refid=0


:rofl:

[DrDan]

1. who keeps voting for this cretin

[emulatorloo]

7. Check out the map of her district sometime. It is AMAZINGLY Gerrymandered

The shape of it is just bizarre.

[bullwinkle428]

2. So they had to redefine a new, enhanced level of false, just for Bachmann?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Oh, am I going to love attending her campaign events in Iowa!

[tridim]

3. Yet, she keeps getting elected.

Why?

[tavalon]

4. But wait, it gets better

She's in Iowa to explore her potential Presidential bid. Mindblowing, isn't it? She ain't just mean, she's inordinately stupid and self centered and very, very misguided.

[cleanhippie]

5. And yet she keeps winning elections. WTF?

[mzmolly]

6. Hard to believe she worked on the Carter campaign.

“I was a reasonable, fair-minded Democrat. And another secret you need to know: My husband and I met in college. We worked on Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign. It’s true, it’s true. This is like a 12-step meeting here today, you know that.”

http://wonkette.com/433801/michele-bachmann-worked-for-jimmy-carter-was-ruined-by-gore-vidal

[Raschel]

8. She is a huge liar. Hope she starts to be called on it often.

[Blue Owl]

9. "But in some instances, she is also wrong?

Some instances?

I'm scratching my head trying to think of a single instance where she has been proven right?

Help me out here...

[Kadie]

10. I got nothing...

:shrug:

:D

[malaise]

11. Nice new nickname

'ridiculously false' :rofl:

[Kadie]

12. LOL

It works.

:rofl:

[Contrary1]

13. How incredibly stupid this woman is.

"I know a friend of mine who's from Minnesota who has recently moved to California who is a young widow, she told me her premiums have just gone up 29 percent. Well, that makes sense because of all of the unfunded mandates in ObamaCare. Now the private insurance companies are picking them up."

I suppose she figures everything costs the same in California as it does in Minnesota.

Idiots.