Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Bachmann Interview on Pajamas Television

See it at Pajamas Television.

Liberal in the Land of Conservative asks:

At what point do you think Bachmann will do an 18 minute interview with the media that is actually IN her district?


Here's a short clip of Bachmann commenting on what she thinks is an "interesting coincidence":



UPDATE: Emily Kaiser at the City Pages Blotter fact-checks Bachmann:

Here's the quote (at 12 min in): "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence."

Then why did you bring it up? A quick look at the swine flu scare in the 1970s brings up some interesting facts Bachmann seems to have missed that discredits even this "interesting coincidence". The first cases that spurred the swine flu vaccinations actually happened in 1976 under President Gerald Ford, a Republican when some Fort Dix soldiers became ill. Carter continued the vaccinations when he took office.


A comment:

In late March 1976, President Gerald Ford emerged from a meeting with 27 health advisers with an ambitious request: "I am asking every man, woman and child in the country to get an inoculation this fall."