Friday, May 01, 2009

Bachman Dodges Question About Her Swine Flu Gaffe on Fox

Eric Kleefeld at TPM:

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) appeared the other day on the Fox Business Channel, and during the interview she was asked exactly what she meant when she connected swine flu outbreaks to Democratic administrations. She immediately changed the subject...


But here's the best part...

The fun part here is that this exchange is from a clip that was posted on her own YouTube account.

Watch a flustered Bachmann dodge the question at 0:55:



UPDATE: Eric Alterman at the Daily Beast tries to figure out what's wrong with Bachmann:

As amazingly idiotic as Bachmann’s swine-flu comments may be, they do not actually exceed her past levels of stupidity, malevolence, and factual incorrectness.


UPDATE: Bachmann sidestepped a question in this video on her You Tube site.