There might not be anyone crazier than Michelle Bachmann (R-MN). She's usually a pretty good judge for what loony talking point is best guiding the GOP. From death panels, socialist takeovers, freedom fighting to "charge of the light brigade," all are constant themes from her very usual playbook. Her intent is to say the most ridiculously bizarre things in order to make sure the MSM will repeat whatever it is she says. Whether or not it's true is of no concern to her. She knows the MSM will repeat it so much that eventually her crazy talk sticks in people's minds and becomes truth.
That's why when she says George Bush only ran up a $400 billion deficit, she could careless how true it is. Eventually Fox News will repeat it enough that it becomes GOP gospel (they do it nearly every day). Or when she says that President Obama has ran up more debt than all 43 past presidents combined, something so laughable that only a complete idiot could believe, she's just repeating Fox News talking points that have been around for almost a year now. The crazier the soundbite, the greater the chance it will be cheered and applauded by Republicans and mindlessly repeated on Fox News and hate radio. This is why Josh Marshall says the MSM is wired more for Republicans because it's the sensational that makes the headline and eventually becomes a fixture of belief by viewers.
The worse way to combat Bachmann's lies is with truth. In the reality-based community, George Bush ran up a $1.3 trillion deficit-- 3 times larger than what occurred in Bachmann's Republican Fantasy World. And if you add up the amount of debt accumulated by every president you get way more than the $1.7 trillion by the Obama administration. In fact, George Bush, the Greatest President Ever, accumulated $2.4 trillion. So right there it's easy to see that all of Obama's accumulated debt doesn't even equal one past president.
But like I said, that's the worse way to dispel the GOP Fantasy World. Facts mean nothing to them. They will believe nothing unless it's on their Fox News teevee sets. The only way to shut down such absolute lies, is to out crazy their crazy. Instead of saying "in reality George Bush ran up a $1.3 trillion deficit." Say "George Bush actually created a budget surplus large enough to pay off the two on-going defense of democracy wars in full." Two wrongs don't make a right. But in this case two crazies could possibly make the MSM actually fact-check instead of just repeating sensationals.
