Case study in Obama Derangement Syndrome: Michele Bachmann (R-MN-06).
Rep. Michele Bachmann said Tuesday that First Lady Michele Obama’s promoting of tax breaks for breastfeeding is evidence of a “nanny state.”
In an interview on Laura Ingraham's radio show, Bachmann said that pushing tax incentives for breastfeeding is something coming from the “hard left.”
“I’ve given birth to five babies, and I’ve breastfed every single one of these babies,” Bachmann said. “To think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump for my babies, I mean, you wanna talk about the nanny state — I think you just got the new definition of the nanny state.”
To be fair (briefly), it's difficult to pin down with specificity exactly what caused Michele Bachmann's derangement. It certainly predated Barack Obama's political rise. But this is definitively one of the stupidest things ever said by a Member of Congress, ever. And of course it's no accident that the more anti-Obama venom she produces, the brighter her goofy little star shines.
Keep in mind that we're talking about an anti-tax loon excoriating a political enemy -- nay, the spouse of a political enemy -- for proposing a tax cut. That's how warped and poisoned Bachmann's bean has become. Tax cuts are evil "nanny state-ism" when they're proposed by her political enemies.
And please don't forget that Bachmann happily gobbles up government handouts in the form of farm subsidies, to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars. I'm sure she's got an Ayn Rand-style rationale for it, too -- i.e., she's only too glad to grab back some of the taxes "stolen" from her by the "socialist welfare state."
So... what's her friggin' problem with giving new moms the same opportunity? How does a wild-eyed anti-taxer come to regard letting new mothers who breastfeed keep more of their own money to help pay for a healthy upbringing for their children as "the new definition of the nanny state"?
Well, on that score, being dumber than a bag of hammers doesn't hurt. But if you ask me, the blame lies with Obama Derangement Syndrome.
Small wonder, then, that Bachmann has emerged as the head of the House Tea Party Caucus. God bless you, you idiots. Never have a bunch of yahoo know-nothings deserved each other more.