Rep. Michele Bachmann achieved a first today, she appeared on both Keith Olbermann's World's Worst and Ed Schultz's Crazy Talk. A infamous two-fer. Keith noted her crazed conspiracy theory assertion about the FDA and Ed noted her false assertion that tort reform will in and of itself reduce the cost of healthcare.
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First Keith.
Michele: ... We just heard last week that the federal government now under the Obama Administration is calling for a re-ordering of America's food supply. What's that going to mean? Now will the White House decide how many calories we consume or what types of food we consume? Keith: She's talking about the Food Safety and Enhancement Act of 2009. This sets forth provision that reorganizes the Food and Drug Administration field laboratories and district offices.
Michele: ... We just heard last week that the federal government now under the Obama Administration is calling for a re-ordering of America's food supply. What's that going to mean? Now will the White House decide how many calories we consume or what types of food we consume?
Keith: She's talking about the Food Safety and Enhancement Act of 2009. This sets forth provision that reorganizes the Food and Drug Administration field laboratories and district offices.
Hmmm ... somehow she finds this ominous and threatening.
But she'd already made an appearance on Ed Schultz's Ed Show's Crazy Talk.
Ed: ... she went on NewsMax TV after President Obama's speech last week. They asked her about Obama's extending an olive branch of tort reform. Here's what she said: Vid of Michele on NewsMax.TV: He said he would instruct Katherine Sibelius as Health and Human Services Secretary to implement some demonstration projects. We've already had demonstration projects and they've been wildly successful in the state of Texas..."
Ed: ... she went on NewsMax TV after President Obama's speech last week. They asked her about Obama's extending an olive branch of tort reform. Here's what she said:
Vid of Michele on NewsMax.TV: He said he would instruct Katherine Sibelius as Health and Human Services Secretary to implement some demonstration projects. We've already had demonstration projects and they've been wildly successful in the state of Texas..."
Except this isn't true. Ed points out that Texas healthcare costs have risen the fastest of any state. Oops.