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This week we awarded Michele Bachmann the coveted Assclown of the Week award. I am not going to link to it – scroll down. Elizabeth, one of my top assets, sent the picture below in and it is too good not to use. It is Assclown Bachmann AS AN ACTUAL CLOWN. How awesome is that?

Send in the clowns. They're already here.

Okay, no surprises this week. Assclown of the Week is that inveterate fuckwit Michelle Bachmann (R) of Minnesota. In a congress crammed to the gills with comedy fools, Bachmann still manages to stand-out like a dog poo on a pool deck.

This week, she weighed in on the Swine Flu debate. Apparently the global (non-) pandemic is the Democratic party’s fault – mostly the President’s.

The eyes. Dead giveaway.

Many have said that Bachmann was just echoing what ol’ fatty Limbaugh had already said. I think there can be no doubt that this elected (how?) official marches to the sound of Rush’s guns. However, she still looked VERY SILLY when she said the following:

“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.”

This pointless party-political nonsense makes sensible people of all political hues roll their eyes. It’s bad for America, and when it is inexpertly deployed by the likes of Bachmann, you can actually feel yourself become a little more stupid…….

….particularly since the seventies swine flu outbreak occurred during Gerald Ford’s administration. He was a Republican, FYI.

Nice one Congresswoman. I for one wish you a long and vocal career in politics.

You make it easy for me.

There was something endearing about Corrine Brown’s speech praising the UF Gators. I mean, if it had been Tim Tebow’s grandmother at a family picnic, tipsy on white wine spritzers, it would have been a hands-down success. The fact that it was our elected representative addressing a full house of Congress gives me pause, but it was endearing nevertheless.

It may come as a shock to some readers that there are members of congress that possess no endearing qualities. Among these, there are representatives that are bogus, representatives that are delusional, representatives that are mean, and representatives  so dumb it is breathtaking. Michelle Bachman (R MN) is firmly in the latter category. She is a dangerous idiot, and she is loose on Capitol Hill.

Not so smart.

I realized this when I was DESTROYING my personal trainer on the treadmill at lunchtime, yesterday. I was watching the House Financial Services Committee question Treasury Secretary Geithner on the so-called stimulus plan and witnessed Bachmann asking a question so FATUOUS (good word) that if I was a Minnesotan I would have handed in my driver’s license and moved to North Dakota.

It seems that I am not the only one who noticed this, and Bachmann does it ALL THE TIME!  Talking Points Memo has recorded the facial expressions of some people Bachmann has addressed (including Geithner), at the exact moment she says something SO STUPID that it is barely understandable to anyone with a high school education and up.

TPM calls it the Bachmann Effect. I’d describe it as confusion, slowly giving way to amazement. Check out this video – watch the faces:

She also farms babies.