LOL!
Backman's latest gaff, according to this tweet:
from TPM
According to a tweet from NBC News’ Jamie Novogrod, Bachmann responded to the recent raiding of the British embassy in Iran, by saying that if she was President, she would close down the U.S. embassy there.
There’s just one problem: The U.S. has not had an embassy in Iran ever since the Iranian hostage crisis, when revolutionaries from the budding Islamic state held 52 Americans for 444 days. Indeed, frustration over this helped bring down Bachmann’s bete noire Jimmy Carter by defining his presidency as weak. The two countries have not had official diplomatic relations since that time. Furthermore, President Obama’s short-lived offer of outreach “without preconditions” was a critical part of Republican attacks against his foreign policy.
I love it! Everyday is like a new Geography/History/Logic "teachable moment" with the Republican field. We have to admit, that however else they are planning on ruining the world, they have at least made TV more educational. It's like 3rd grade Jeopardy!